Dr. Md. Mahmudul Hasan

Assistant Professor
 Dept. In Charge, CRTTC
Department of Civil Engineering
Ph.D., (Urban and Env. Engg.), Ritsumeikan University, Japan, 2014
M.Engg., (Urban and Env. Engg.), Ritsumeikan University, Japan, 2010
B.Sc. (Civil Engg.), KUET, Bangladesh, 2002



 

 

Dr. Hasan, joined UAP in 2015 as an Assistant Professor, with specialization on Environmental Engineering, in the department of Civil Engineering. Just after the completion of PhD at 2014, he started his career in academia as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering in University of Information Technology & Sciences (UITS), Dhaka. Later he was entrusted with the position of Head of the Department. In addition to academia he has experience in working as an Assistant Engineer at Department of Public Health Engg. (DPHE), in the project namely Bangladesh Water Supply Program Project (BWSPP) funded by World Bank. His work was extended to the Planning Division, DPHE afterwards. He also has international working experiences for instance Tepia Corporation Japan and Kankyosoken Co. Ltd., Japan.

Dr.  Hasan has been working and doing research in the environmental sector for over 10 years. His research interests include: Environmental sanitation, Fecal sludge management, Water supply, Water and wastewater (domestic and industrial) treatment, Environmental pollution control, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental management.

During his six years research journey in Ritsumeikan University, Japan, he worked under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jun Nakajima to develop a Simple Ceramic Filter (SCF) made of clay soil (80%) and rice bran (20%) and also to investigate its sustainable applications in water and wastewater treatment processes. Besides lab-scale experiments, extensive field test results in Bangladesh rural areas confirmed that the developed SCF could remove more than 99% of arsenic from groundwater. The SCF also successfully applied for treating wastewater in Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) process and Waste Stabilization Pond (WSP) process. His pioneer PhD research findings were published in different peer-reviewed journals and presented at various international conferences as well as national level conferences and received different prestigious awards and honors and also got recognition through several media coverage in Japan. Currently Dr. Hasan working on Sanitation, Water Quality Indices (WQI), River water quality, Dhaka city lake water, Wastewater treatment using duckweed etc.

He has a number of publications internationally acclaimed peer reviewed journals namely Desalination, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, Environmental Technology & Innovation, Water Environment Research, Journal of Water and Environment Technology (JWET), Environmental Engineering Research. 

 Dr. Hasan completed several training programs, workshops, attended seminars that include: Urban Rainwater Harvesting System, Fecal Sludge and Septage Management, Bangladesh Water Security, Water Safety Plan, Participatory Management of Low-Cost Water Supply and Sanitation etc. 

Dr. Hasan was a member of the Self-Assessment Committee till 2018 and actively participating in the implementation of the Outcome Based Education (OBE) in the department.

Dr. Hasan is a life fellow of the Institute of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB), Bangladesh.

Thesis Supervision

Graduate level

  1. Roadside urination and public toilet facilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  2. Development of a Sanitation and Hygiene Index (SHI) and categorization of government primary schools in Dhaka city. 
  3. Assessment of drinking water quality status of government primary schools in Dhaka city using water quality indices (WQI). 
  4. Pollution mapping of transboundary rivers water in Bangladesh: A case study of Padma river.
  5. Evaluation of duckweed-based wastewater treatment system for treating domestic wastewater.
  6. Point and nonpoint pollution sources—a case study of Gulshan Lake, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  7. Study on wastewater discharge from point sources in Gulshan Lake, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  8. Investigation of using raw greywater as an alternative water source in concrete production.
  9. Use of river water on concrete production: case study of Padma and Shitalakshya river.
  10.  Assessment of using surface water as an alternative water source in concrete manufacturing.
  11.  Investigation of using seawater as an alternative source of water in concrete production.

 Postgraduate level

  1.  Pollution evaluation of Dhaleswari River in the vicinity of Savar tannery industrial park using water quality index (WQI). M. Sc. Engg. (Civil) Program, Dept. of Civil Engg., University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Dhaka. [ongoing].
     
  2. Medical waste management in Singra Upazila of Natore district: Current assessment and future development. M. Engg. (Civil) Program, September 2018, Dept. of Civil Engg., University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Dhaka.

 

Publications

ResearchGate Profile: Mahmudul Hasan
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PhD Thesis
 Md. Mahmudul Hasan, 2014, “Development and applications of a simple ceramic filter (SCF) for water and wastewater treatment”, PhD Thesis, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.
 
M. Engg. Thesis
Md. Mahmudul Hasan, 2010, “Development of low cost ceramic membrane bioreactor for decentralized wastewater treatment and reuse”, Master’s Thesis, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.

 Journal (peer reviewed)
  1. 2020 Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Asaduzzaman Pial, M. Shahriar Arafat, Md Jihad Miah and M. Shamim    Miah. Influence of raw greywater on compressive strength of concrete, Magazine of Civil Engineering, 100 (8), xx-xx. (accepted for publication)
     
  2. 2020 Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Shakil Ahmed and Raofur Adnan. Assessment of physico-chemical characteristics of river water emphasizing tannery industrial park: A case study of Dhaleshwari River, Bangladesh, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192, 807. (Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020)
     
  3. 2020 Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Shakil Ahmed, Raofur Adnan and Md. Shafiquzzaman. Water quality indices to assess the spatiotemporal variations of Dhaleshwari river in central Bangladesh, Environmental Sustainabilty and Indicators, 8, 100068. (Elsevier Publication)
     
  4. 2020 Tanveer Saeed, Md Jihad Miah, Nehreen Majed, Mahmudul Hasan and Tanbir Khan, Pollutant removal from landfill leachate employing two-stage constructed wetland mesocosms: co-treatment with municipal sewage, Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27, 28316–28332. (Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020)
     
  5. 2019 Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Tanveer Saeed and Jun Nakajima. Integrated simple ceramic filter and waste stabilization pond for the treatment of domestic wastewater, Environmental Technology & Innovation, 14, 100319. (Elsevier Publication)
     
  6. 2018 Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Koushik Basak and Kazi Rayhan. Roadside urination and public sanitation facilities in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Journal of Advanced Civil Engineering Practice and Research, 7, 9-17. (Ababil Publishers, Malaysia)
     
  7. 2015 Md. Mahmudur Rahman, Md. Mahmudul Hasan and Jun Nakajima. Categories and water quality of artificial water storage ponds in rural areas of Khulna, Bangladesh, Journal of Water and Environment Technology (JWET), 13 (6), 411-426. (Japan Society of Water Environment (JSWE) Publication, Japan)
     
  8. 2015 Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Shafiquzzaman, Jun Nakajima, Abdel Kader T. Ahmed and Mohammad Shafiul Azam. Application of a low cost ceramic filter to a membrane bioreactor for greywater treatment, Water Environment Research, 87 (3), 233-241. (Water Federation Publication, UK)
     
  9. 2014 Md. Mahmudul Hasan and Jun Nakajima. Operational factors in membrane bioreactors using a simple ceramic filter, Journal of Water and Environment Technology (JWET), 12 (1), 65-75. (Japan Society of Water Environment (JSWE) Publication, Japan)
     
  10. 2013 Md. Shafiquzzaman, Md. Mahmudul Hasan and Jun Nakajima. Iron mixed ceramic pellet for arsenic removal from groundwater, Environmental Engineering Research, 18 (3), 163-168. (Korean Society of Environmental Engineers (KSEE) Publication, Korea)
     
  11. 2012 Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Shafiquzzaman, Jun Nakajima and Quazi Hamidul Bari. Application of a simple arsenic removal filter in a rural area of Bangladesh, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 12.5, 658-665. (International Water Association (IWA) Publication, UK)
     
  12. 2011 Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Shafiquzzaman, Md. Shafiul Azam and Jun Nakajima. Application of a simple ceramic filter to membrane bioreactor, Desalination, 276 (1-3), 272-277. (Elsevier Publication)
     
  13. 2011 Md. Shafiquzzaman, Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Jun Nakajima and Iori Mishima. Development of a simple, effective ceramic filter for arsenic removal, Journal of Water and Environment Technology (JWET), 9 (3), 333-347. (Japan Society of Water Environment (JSWE) Publication, Japan)
     

International conference proceedings
  1. 2018 Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Mehedi Hasan and Tanveer Saeed, “Evaluation of duckweed-based waste stabilization pond system for domestic wastewater treatment”, 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD 2018), KUET, Khulna, Bangladesh, 9~11 February 2018 (ISBN-978-984-34-3502-6).
     
  2.  2018 Md. Mahmudul Hasan and Jun Nakajima, “Application of a low-cost ceramic filter to an algae-based waste stabilization pond system”, 4th International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD 2018), KUET, Khulna, Bangladesh, 9~11 February 2018 (ISBN-978-984-34-3502-6).
     
  3. 2013 Md. Mahmudul Hasan and Jun Nakajima, "Operational factors in membrane bioreactor using a simple ceramic filter”, Water and Environment Technology Conference (WET-2013) Tokyo, Japan, 15~16 June 2013
     
  4. 2012 Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Shafiquzzaman and Jun Nakajima, “Membrane bioreactor process using a simple ceramic filter for wastewater reclamation and reuse”, 1st International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD-2012), KUET, Khulna, Bangladesh, 23~24 March 2012.
     
  5.  2012 Jewel Kumar Golder, Quazi Hamidul Bari, Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Kumar Fagun Mallick and Md. Selim Reza, “Development of a simple ceramic membrane filter for wastewater treatment”, 1st International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD-2012), KUET, Khulna, Bangladesh, 23~24 March 2012.
     
  6. 2011 Jun Nakajima, Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Shafiquzzaman and Quazi Hamidul Bari “Application of a simple arsenic removal filter in rural area of Bangladesh”, 4th IWA-ASPIRE conference and exhibition, Tokyo, Japan, 2~6 October 2011.
     
  7.  2011 Jun Nakajima, Md. Shafiquzzaman and Md. Mahmudul Hasan “Development of iron mixed ceramic pellet for arsenic removal from groundwater”, 4th IWA-ASPIRE conference and exhibition, Tokyo, Japan, 2~6 October 2011.
     
  8.  2010 Md. Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Shafiquzzaman, Mohammad Shafiul Azam and Jun Nakajima, “Development of a simple type ceramic membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment in developing countries”, 44th annual conference of Japan Society of Water Environment (JSWE), Japan, 15~17 March 2010.

Seminar & Workshop

Training, Symposium, Seminar & Workshop

  • 2018 Urban Rainwater Harvesting System, an international training organized by WaterAid Bangladesh and Rain Forum at Chuti Resort, Rajendrapur, Gazipur, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh.

  • 2018 Urban Rainwater Harvesting System, an international training organized by WaterAid Bangladesh and Rain Forum at Chuti Resort, Rajendrapur, Gazipur, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh.

  • 2018 Experience Sharing Session for Program Evaluators of Board of Accreditation for Engineering and Technical Education (BAETE), Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), ERC Conference Room, 2nd Floor, IEB HQ, Ramna, Dhaka-1000.

  • 2018 Writing Research Articles Using LATEX, a workshop organized by IQAC, University of Asia Pacific.

  • 2018 Moodle & Google Classroom a workshop arranged by IQAC, University of Asia Pacific.

  • 2018 Improving Learning and Teaching Skills (ILTS), a training program organized by University of Asia Pacific.

  • 2016 Dialogue on Sustainable Urban Domestic Wastewater Management, a roundtable discussion organized by RAiN forum, WaterAid, ITN-BUET, EQMS and the Daily Star at The Daily Star Azimur Rahman Conference hall, 64-65, Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh.

  • 2016 Faecal Sludge and Septage Management, an international training organized by CSE-India, WaterAid Bangladesh, ITN-BUET, at BRAC CDM, Rajendrapur, Gazipur, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh

  • 2016 Extremes under Future Climate and Their Implications, a seminar arranged by BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention & Urban Safety (BUET-JIDPUS), BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

  • 2015 Social Work Education and professional Recognition: Problems and Prospects in Bangladesh, a workshop arranged by University of Information Technology and Sciences (UITS), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

  • 2014 A Sustainable Water Treatment Technology for Developing Countries, a seminar arranged by Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Information Technology and Sciences (UITS), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

  • 2012 Global Human Resources and Innovation: RU-APU Joint Symposium, arranged by Ritsumeikan University and Asia Pacific University, Japan.

  • 2012 Sustainability Science, a training organized by Research Center for Sustainability Science, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.

  • 2008 Bangladesh Water Security, a workshop arranged by Ritsumeikan Research Center for Sustainability Science (RCS), Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.

  • 2006 Water Safety Plan, a training arranged by International Training Network (ITN), BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

  • 2002 Participatory Management of Low-Cost Water Supply and Sanitation, a training arranged by International Training Network (ITN) Sub Center, BIT, Khulna, Bangladesh.

 Awards, Honors & Scholarships

o   Water Environment Technology (WET) Excellent Presentation Award, awarded by Japan Society on Water Environment (JSWE), Tokyo, Japan.

o   Research Proposal Contest Award, awarded by graduate student career path support center, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.

o   Best Poster Award, ASTER Innovation Fair-2011, Awarded by Ritsumeikan University and ASTER, Japan.

o   Monbukagakusho Scholarship during graduate study granted by Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), Japan.

o   Kenkuy Shorei Scholarship granted by Ritsumeikan University Parents Association, Ritsumeikan University, Japan.

o   Ichikawa International Scholarship granted by Ichikawa foundation, Japan.

o   ASTER (Society for the Advancement of science and Technology) Fellowship granted by Aster center and Ritsumeikan University partners, Japan.

Research Fund Achievement

2019: As a PI (Principal Investigator): a research grant of amount 2,85,000 BDT was approved for a research project entitled “Assessment of drinking water quality, sanitation facilities, hygiene practices and fecal sludge management (FSM) status of govt. primary schools in Dhaka, Bangladesh: A case study of Dhaka South City Corporation” from Institute for Energy, Environment, Research and Development (IEERD), University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Dhaka.

2016: As a PI (Principal Investigator): a research grant of amount 37,500 BDT was approved for a research project entitled “Effect of water quality on compressive strength of concrete” from Research Fund, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Dhaka

 









Media Coverage
 
Research at Ritsumeikan University: Beyond Borders (English & Japanese ver.):
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Ritsumeikan University Newsletter and Newsletter Video:
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