Dr. M. R. Kabir

 

Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Dean, School of Engineering

Ph.D., Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, 1993
Post Graduate Diploma, Anna University, India, 1985
M. Sc. Engineering, BUET, 1984
B. Sc. Engineering (Civil), University of Roorkee, India, 1980

Dr. Kabir has a distinguished academic and professional background spanning over thirty years. Before joining UAP, he held various respectable academic positions like faculty member of BUET, Visiting Faculty in the University of Alberta, The University of Texas at Austin and The Technical University of Delft. He also served the department as Head for eight years. He has also worked as a guest faculty in several public and private universities of Bangladesh.

At UAP, he has held positions of Acting Registrar and Acting Vice Chancellor before becoming the Pro Vice Chancellor of the university in 2003, a position he currently holds. He teaches courses on Hydrology, Irrigation and Flood Control, Introduction to Civi  and Environmental Engineering.

Dr. Kabir has about forty publications in national and international journals and proceedings, including papers in the journals of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Natural Hazards, Urban Water, Science and Technology and the Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB). His current research interests include hydrology, river engineering, flood control, sediment transport, etc. He upervised the thesis works of several under and post-graduate students at BUET and UAP. He has been a member of the editorial and review board of several technical journals and bulletins, including the IEB Journal of CE, Journal of WRE at BUET, UAP Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the departmental Technical Bulletin.

In addition to teaching and research, he has worked as the principal investigator and main resource person in numerous government and non-government projects and has offered services as a technical expert to organizations like IWM, IUCN, DWASA, LGED, Department of Fisheries, Water Development Board, Roads and Highways Department, etc.

Dr. Kabir is currently a Life Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh and Life Member of Bangladesh Earthquake Society and Bangladesh Computer Society.  

Publications

1.       Islam, M.M., Chou, F.N.-F. and Kabir, M. R. (2011): Feasibility and acceptability study of rainwater use to the acute and water shortage areas in Dhaka City, Bangladesh, Natural Hazards, Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Vol. 56, No. 1, ISSN 0921-030X.

2.       Islam, M.M., Chou, F.N.-F. and Kabir, M. R. (2010): Acceptability of the rainwater to the slum dwellers of Dhaka City, Water Science & Technology-WST |61.6|, IWA publication 2010, pp. 1515 – 1523.

3.       Islam, M.M., Chou, F.N.-F., Kabir, M. R and Liaw, C.-H. (2010): Rainwater: A Potential Alternative Source for Scarce Safe Drinking and Arsenic Contaminated Water in Bangladesh, An international Journal on Water Resources Management, ISSN 0920-4741, Volume 24, Number 14, Published by the European Water Resources Association (EWRA) by Springer.

4.       Islam, M.M., Kabir, M. R. and Chou, F.N.-F. (2009): Quality Assessment of Stored Rainwater and Its Utilization in Dhaka City, Bangladesh, Proceedings of the 3rd IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Exhibition, October 18~22, 2009, Taipei International Convention Center, Taipei, Taiwan.

5.       Islam, M.M., Kabir, M. R. and Chou, F.N.-F. (2009): Acceptability of the rainwater to the slum dwellers of Dhaka City, Proceedings of The 2nd International Conference on Rainwater Harvesting and Management jointly with the 8th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modeling, September 7~11, 2009, University of Tokyo, Japan.

6.       Islam, M.M., Kabir, M. R. and Chou, F.N.-F. (2009): Rainwater-A Feasible and Economic Solution to the Acute Drinking Water Shortage of the Slum Dwellers of Dhaka City, Proceedings of the 14th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Association, August 3~6, 2009, Putra World Tread Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

7.       Islam, G.M.T, Kabir, M. R and Ainun Nishat (2006): Nodal Point Relation for the Distribution of Sediments at Channel Bifurcation, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), 132(10), 1105-1109, USA.

8.       Kabir, M. R., and Faisal, I. M. (2006) Impact of Climate Variability on Flood Management in Dhaka City, UAP Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 2: 30-36, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Asia Pacific.

9.       Kabir, M. R (2006) Quality Education in Bangladesh, Proceedings of the 1st Annual Quality Convention on Education, Organized by BSTQM, UAP, REHAB and BAAS, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

10.     Faisal, I. M., and Kabir, M. R. (2005) An Analysis of Gender-water Nexus in Rural Bangladesh, Journal of Developing Societies, 21(1-2): 175-194, Sage Publications, the USA.

11.     Faisal, I. M., Parveen, S., and Kabir, M. R. (2005) Sustainable Development through Groundwater Management: A Case Study on the Barind Tract, International Journal of Water Resources Development, 21(3): 425-435, Taylor & Francis, UK.

12.     Kabir, M. R., and Faisal, I. M. (2005) Water-Poverty Nexus in Rural Bangladesh – A Case Study, UAP Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 1: 34-37, 2005, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Asia Pacific.

13.     \Kabir, M. R., and Sharmin N (2003) Fish Friendly Structure- A new motivation in Bangladesh, Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries: Sustainable Livelihoods and Biodiversity in the New Millennium, Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia, 11th – 14th February 2003.

14.     Faisal, I. M., Kabir, M. R., and Nishat, A. (2003) The Disastrous Flood of 1998 and Long-term Mitigation Strategies for Dhaka City, Natural Hazards, Vol. 28: 85-99, 2003, Kluwer Academic Publishing, the Netherlands

15.     Islam G M T, Kabir M. R and Nishat A (2002) Experimental Study on Sediment Distribution at Channel Bifurcation, International Journal of Sediment Research, IRTCES, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 124-136.

16.     Haque, M.A. and Kabir, M. R. (2002) Application of a turbulent stress-flux model in the lower Meghna estuary, Bangladesh Journal of Water Resources Research, Vol.19, Department of Water Resources Engineering, pp. 1-17, BUET.

17.     Islam G M T, Kabir M. R and Nishat A (2001) Nodal Point Relation at a Symmetrical Channel Bifurcation, Proceedings of the First Annual Paper Meet and International Conference on Civil Engineering, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), Chittagong, Bangladesh, pp. 256-263.

18.     Islam G M T, Kabir M. R and Nishat A (2001) Scouring Around Noise-tip of Channel Bifurcation, Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Orlando, USA, CD-ROM.

19.     Islam G M T, Kabir M. R and Nishat A (2000) On the Distribution of Sediments at Channel Bifurcation, Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Water Resources Engineering and Water Resources Planning & Management, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Minneapolis, USA, CD-ROM.

20.     Islam M. M, Rahman M. B and Kabir M. R. (2000) A Study on Physical Impacts of Environmental Processes, Technical Journal River Res. Inst. 7(1):108-117.

21.     Kabir M. R., Faisal I. M. and Khatun F. (2000) Laboratory study and field investigation of scour around bridge pier in Bangladesh, Proceedings of International symposium on scour of foundations, Melbourne, Australia.

22.     Wu S., Kabir M. R. and Rajaratnam N. (2000) Observations on Performance of Three-Tube Pitot Probe, Journal Hydr. Engrg. ASCE 126(9), 712-716.

23.     Islam G M T, Kabir M.R and Nishat A (2000) Influence of Upstream Discharge on Sediment Distribution at Channel Bifurcation, Proceedings of Second International Summer Symposium, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE), Japan, pp. 165-168.

24.     Faisal I. M, Kabir M. R and Nishat A (2000) Non-structural Flood Mitigation Measures for Dhaka City, Urban Water 1(1999), Elsevier.

25.     Kabir M. R and Faisal I. M (1999) Indigenous Practices of Water Harvesting in Bangladesh, Proceedings of the regional workshop on traditional water harvesting systems, organized jointly by ministry of Jahad-E-Sazandegi of Iran and UNESCO, held in Iran.

26.     Rahman M. L, Kabir M. R and Hossain M. M (1998) Velocity Distributions at Channel Bifurcations, Proceedings of Seventh International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Hong Kong, pp. 895-900.

27.     Kabir M. R, Veldman J. J and Howlader A. K. M. N. I (1998) Regulator with Gravity Flap Gate, Proceedings of Seventh International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics, Hong Kong, pp. 901-906.

28.     Kabir M. R and Navera U. K (1998) Relation Between Mean and Maximum Velocities in the River Jamuna, proceedings of the International Water Resources Engineering Conference, ASCE, Memphis, USA.

29.     Kabir M.R. (1997) Sediment Transport in Steady and Unsteady Flow: A Laboratory Study, Bangladesh Journal of Water Resources Research, Vol.14-18, Department of Water Resources Engineering, BUET.

30.     Alam M. K, Kabir M.R and Mahmood S (1997) Problems and Prospects of Chittagong Port, Proceedings of Second Asian and Australasian Ports and Harbors Conference, Vietnam.

31.     Nasir A and Kabir M.R (1997) Applicability of Sediment Transport Predictors in the river Jamuna by Measured Shear Stress, Proceedings of Third International Conference on River Flood Hydraulics, Stellenbosch, South Africa, pp. 207-216.

32.     Islam G M T, Kabir M.R and Nishat A (1997) Influence of Nose Angle on Sediment Distribution at Channel Bifurcation, Proceedings of Third International Conference on River Flood Hydraulics, Stellenbosch, South Africa, pp. 247-254.

33.     Kabir M.R. and Ahmed N (1996) Bed shear stress for sediment transportation in the River Jamuna, Journal of Civil Engineering, IEB, CE24, No.1.

34.     Kabir M. R and Ahmed N. (1995) Shear Velocity Measurement and Sediment Transport in the River Jamuna, Proceedings of Second International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, Beijing, China.

35.     Bhuiyan M. A, Kabir M. R. and Matin M. A. (1995) Collocation on Irregular Domains with Adaptive Hermite Element Family for Transport Problems, Proceedings of Second International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, Beijing, China.

36.     Ahmed N and Kabir M. R (1995) Shear Stress Computation in an Alluvial Channel, Proceedings of the International Seminar on Fluid Mechanics Research, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, BUET, Dhaka, pp.257-265.

37.     Kabir M. R. and Berlamont J. (1994) Sediment transport in Unsteady Flow, Proceedings of International Symposium "East West, North South Encounter on the State of the art in River Engineering Methods and Design Philosophies" St. Petersburg, USSR.

38.     Kabir M. R. and Berlamont J. (1993) Sediment transport in unsteady flow, Proceedings of International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, Washington, USA.

39.     Kabir M. R. and Torfs H. (1992) Comparison of different methods to calculate bed shear stress, Water Science Technology, Vol.25 (8), pp. 131 140.

40.     Kabir M. R. (1992) Sediment transport in unsteady flow, Proc., Study day Sediment Transport, Hydraulic Laboratory, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

41.     Kabir M.R. and Berlamont J (1990) An experimental investigation on flash flood, Proc., 3rd Iranian Congress of Civil Engineering held at Shiraz University, Shiraz Iran.

Reports

    42.  Haque, A., Rahman, M.M. and Kabir M. R, (2002) “Scour Around Bridge Pier in a Compound Channel”, Technical Report-1:    Experimental Investigation in Rectangular Channel, R02/2002,  IFCDR, BUET, Dhaka.

   
43.  Haque, A. and Kabir, M.R., (2000) “A Hybrid Model Study on the Erosion Downstream of Deeply Submerged Sluice Gates”, Technical Report-2: Hybrid Model, R01/2000, IFCDR, BUET.

   
44.  Haque, A. and Kabir, M.R., (2000) “Flow Characteristics and Discharge Estimation in a Compound Channel”, Final Report, IFCDR, BUET.

   
45.  Haque, A. and Kabir, M.R., (1999) “A Hybrid Model Study on the Erosion Downstream of Deeply Submerged Sluice Gates”, Technical Report-1: Experimental Study, R04/99, IFCDR, BUET.

   
46.  Haque, A. and Kabir, M.R., (1998) "Coupled Numerical Modelling for the Transport of Estuarine Cohesive Sediments", Technical Report-3: Model Application in the Lower Meghna Estuary, R06/98, IFCDR, BUET.

   
47.  Haque, A. and Kabir, M.R., (1998) “Coupled Numerical Modelling for the Transport of Estuarine Cohesive Sediments”, Technical Report-2: Model Application, R03/98, IFCDR, BUET.

 

 

Resources

Keynote Lecture Note
CE-107: Environmental Engineering CE-363: Engineering Hydrology CE-461: Irrigation & Flood Control
 






 
       
   


 

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