Civil Engineering

Dr. Sharmin Reza Chowdhury

Research Interests

• Seismic Analysis of Buildings
• Analytical and Numerical modeling of RC Members
• Building Materials and Constructions
• Assessment and Retrofitting of Buildings
• Experimental Studies

Educational Background

• Ph.D, (Civil Engineering (Structure)), Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
• Master of Science (MSc), (Civil Engineering (*Structure)), Bangladesh University of Eng. and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh.
• Bachelor of Science (BSc), (Civil Engineering), Bangladesh University of Eng. and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh.

Honors and Achievements

• • Working as one of the reviewers in International Indexed Journal, “ACI Structural Journal”, ACI Structural Journal, 2017
• Who’s Who in the World 2013-2014 and also 2014-2015, Who’s Who in the World, 2013
• • Bogazici University Foundation Fellowship, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006
• the Best Paper, 2000, IEB ( The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh), 2000

Publications

• Structural behavior of CFRP wrapped circular hollow bridge piers under cyclic loading considering local buckling limit state, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2024
• SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF MULTI-STORIED RC BUILDING WITHRE-ENTRANT CORNER, Jurnal Teknology Science and Engineering, 2024
• Study on carbonation of low strength concrete made of brick aggregate, Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2024
• PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF PREDICTION MODEL FOR FERROCEMENT JACKETED RC COLUMN, 7th International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD 2024), Bangladesh, 2024
• Numerical investigation on the effect of infill masonry on lateral behaviour of surrounding RC frame, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2023
• A REVIEW ON THE COMPRESSIVE & TENSILE STRENGTH OF DIFFERENT FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETE, Second International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials (CICM-2023), 26-28 July 2023, Organized by Department of Civil Engineering Military Institute of Science and Technology Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh, 2023
• REVIEW ON CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE AND NYLON FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE BEHAVIOR, Malaysian Journal Of Civil Engineering, 2023
• Numerical Analysis of Retrofitted RC Column under Lateral Load, Computational Engineering and Physical Modeling, 2022
• PERFORMANCE OF JUTE FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE IN THE CONTEXT OF BANGLADESH, Malaysian Journal Of Civil Engineering, 2022
• A Study on the Behavior of Standard and Non-standard Sized Cores Made of Brick and Stone Chips, Journal of Structural Engineering, its Applications and Analysis, HBRP Publications, 2022
• FACTORS AFFECTING MIX DESIGN OF CONCRETE, Malaysian Journal Of Civil Engineering, 2022
• Bond properties of reinforcing bars embedded in brick aggregate concrete, Journal of Civil Engineering IEB, 2022
• EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF RECYCLED AGGREGATE CONCRETE IN BANGLADESH CONTEXT, Malaysian Journal Of Civil Engineering, 2022
• A State of Art Review of Light-Weight Steel Structure for Residential House Construction, Journal of Structural Engineering, its Applications and Analysis, 2022
• Performance of Recycled Aggregate Concrete in Bangladesh Context: A Review, Journal of Building Construction, HBRP Publications, 2021
• State of The Art Review of Bond Properties of Reinforcing Bar Embedded in Brick Aggregate Concrete, Journal of Structural Engineering, its Applications and Analysis Volume 4 Issue 2, 2021
• Analyzing the Filling Ability Property of Self-Compacting Concrete Using Fly Ash and Superplasticizer, Journal of Civil and Construction Engineering, MAT Journals, , Volume-7, Issue-2 (May-August, 2021, 2021
• Stone dust as fine aggregate in concrete: Effects on compressive strength, tensile strength and workability, Journal of Civil Engineering IEB, 2020
• Lateral Load Distribution in Frame Structures, International Journal of Advances in Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IJAMCE), 2020
• Numerical Analysis of High Rise RCC Buildings with Shear Walls Having Opening of Different Shapes, International Journal of Advances in Mechanical and Civil Engineering, 2020
• Hysteresis behavior of reinforced concrete bridge pier: a review, IABSE-JSCE 4th Joint Conference on Advances in Bridge Engineering,26-27 August, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2020, 2020
• Effect of Gaps Between Infill Wall and Reinforced Concrete Frame Under in Plane Loading – A Review, Journal of Civil and Construction Engineering, MAT Journals, 2020
• A Review Paper on Increasing Torsional Strength of RC Beam using Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Journal of Structural Engineering, its Applications and Analysis, HBRP Publication, 2020
• A Comparison between Strengthened CFRP and GFRP laminated RC Beam: Finite Element Approach, Journal of Structural Engineering, its Applications and Analysis, HBRP Publication, 2020
• “Lateral Load Distribution in Frame Structures, IRAJ Global International Conferences and Seminars, India, Virtual International Conference, Hong Kong, 14 Sep, 2020, 2020
• Performance of CSEB Block alternative to Brick in the context of Bangladesh, IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE), 2020
• Numerical analysis of High rise RCC buildings with Shear walls having opening of different shapes, Proceedings of 105th IASTEM International Conference, Putrajaya, Malaysia, 4-5 February, 2018, 2018
• Effective location of Shear Wall on Performance of Building frame subjected to lateral loading, International; Journal of advances in Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Vol. 4, Issue 6, 2017
• Numerical Modeling of Masonry Infilled RCC Structure Under Seismic Loading, Nnational Conference on Earthquake and Environmental Disasters (NCEED), 17 December, 2015, CUET, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2015
• Seismic Behavior of Short Column Originated from Level Difference on Slopping Ground, Nnational Conference on Earthquake and Environmental Disasters (NCEED), 17 December, 2015, CUET, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2015
• Numerical Analysis of Concrete Filled Steel Tubular (CFT) Columns, First International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials organized by MIST, Dhaka, held in 14-15 December, 2015. Bangladesh, 2015
• Importance of Hysteretic Constitutive Model for high-strength reinforcing steel in seismic analysis of Reinforced Concrete(RC) Structures, International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD-2014), 14-16 February, 2014, KUET, Khulna, Bangladesh, 2014
• The Effect of Lap Splice Length on the Cyclic Lateral Load behavior of Columns with Low-Strength Concrete and Plain Bars, Advances in Structural Engineering, 17(5), 639-658, 2014
• Seismic Behavior of RC buildings having different types of Slabs with Opening, 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering 2014 (ICACE-2014), 26–28 December, 2014, CUET, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2014
• Effects of Opening on the Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beam, IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE), Vol-11, Issue-2, Ver. VII (Mar-April, 2014), pp 52-61, 2014
• Numerical Modelling of RC Beams with Openings, 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering 2014 (ICACE-2014), 26–28 December, 2014, CUET, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2014
• Necessity of nonlinear bond stress -slip model for simulation the cyclic behavior of Reinforced Concrete Members, International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD-2014), 14-16 February, 2014, KUET, Khulna, Bangladesh, 2014
• State-of-the-Art Modeling Approach for Simulating Bond Slip Behavior in Reinforced Concrete Members, International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education 2013 ICERIE 2013, 11 ̶ 13 January, SUST, Sylhet, Bangladesh, 2013
• Preventing Soft Storey Irregularity in RC Frame Buildings, International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education 2013 ICERIE 2013, 11 ̶ 13 January, SUST, Sylhet, Bangladesh, 2013
• Analytical Modeling of Columns with Inadequate Lap Splices, American Concrete Institute (ACI) Structural Journal, Vol-110, No-5, September-October, 2013, 2013
• Selection of Constitutive Models for Concrete in Simulating Reinforced Concrete Members, International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Materials Engineering, 1-3 November, 2013, RUET, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 2013
• Bond Slip Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Columns With Deficient Lap Splices, 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, held on 24-28 September, 2012
• Numerical Modelling of Concrete Tensile Strength Test by Wrapping Scripting Language with Complied Library, International Journal of Computer Applications, 40(14), 34-38, 2012
• An Analytical Model for Reinforced Concrete Columns with Lap Splices, Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 2012
• Effects of Opening in Shear wall on Seismic Response of Structures, International Journal of Computer Applications, 59(1), 10-13, 2012
• Optimal Bracing System for Multi-Story Steel Building, 1st International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET) Chittagong – 4349, Bangladesh 12-14 December 2012, 2012
• Analytical Modeling of the Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Columns with Deficient Lap Splices, Seventh National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 30 May -3 June, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011
• Analytical Modeling of Bond Slip Behavior in Reinforced Concrete Columns, National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 11-14 October, Ankara, Turkey, 2011
• Verification of Assumptions for Approximate Analysis used In Building Frames, The AUST Journal of Science and Technology,Vol-3, Issue-2, Published 2013, 2011
• Analytical Modeling of Bond Slip Responses in Reinforced Concrete Structural Columns, Structural Engineers World Congress, April 4-6, Villa Erba. Como, Italy, 2011
• An Easy Way to Analyse Octagonal Slab, 4th Annual Paper Meet and 1st Civil Engineering Congress, 22-24, December, Dhaka Bangladesh, 2011
• Finite Element Modelling of Edge Supported Slab with Opening, Proceedings of First International Workshop on Design of Concrete Structures Using EN 1992-1-1, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic,16-17 September, 2010, pp. 337-346, 2010
• Estimation of serviceability deflection of edge supported slabs, Part 2: Coefficient method, Proceedings of the 28th Conference on OUR WORLD IN CONCRETE & STRUCTURES, Singapore, 28 - 29 August 2003, pp. 202-210, 2003
• Estimation of serviceability deflection of edge supported slabs, Part 1: Modelling Slab Response, Proceedings of the 28th Conference on OUR WORLD IN CONCRETE & STRUCTURES, Singapore, 28 - 29 August 2003, pp.195-202, 2003
• Simplified Analysis of Octagonal Slabs, Proceedings of the 28th Conference on OUR WORLD IN CONCRETE & STRUCTURES, Singapore, 28 - 29 August 2003, pp.187-194, 2003
• Behavior of edge supported slab with opening, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, 31st Annual Conference, June 4 - 7, 2003,Moncton, NB, Canada, 2003
• Finite element analysis of edge supported octagonal slab, Canadian Society of ivil Engineering, 31st Annual Conference, June 4 - 7, 2003, Moncton, NB, Canada, 2003
• Coefficient method of analysis for octagonal slabs, The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Vol. CE 30, No. 2, December 2002, pp. 111-122, 2002
• Behaviour of edge supported slab with opening, Proceedings of the First Annual Paper Meet and International Conference on Civil Engineering, 2 - 3 November 2001, Bangladesh, pp. 160-171, 2001
• Simplified calculation method for serviceability deflection of edge supported slabs; Part 2: Coefficient method, The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Vol. CE 27, No. 1, June 1999, 1999
• Simplified calculation method for serviceability deflection of edge supported slabs; Part 1: Modeling Slab Response, The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh Vol. CE 27, No. 1, June 1999, pp. 29-40, 1999