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

1. A study of micro-silica as a substitution of cement for sustainable concrete, International e Journal Of Engineering Research And Development, 2024.
2. Study on carbonation of low strength concrete made of brick aggregate, Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2024, Elsevier. URL
3. Structural behavior of CFRP wrapped circular hollow bridge piers under cyclic loading considering local buckling limit state, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2024.
4. SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF MULTI-STORIED RC BUILDING WITHRE-ENTRANT CORNER, Jurnal Teknology Science and Engineering, 2024, UTM. URL
5. Numerical investigation on the effect of infill masonry on lateral behaviour of surrounding RC frame, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2023, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering. URL
6. REVIEW ON CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE AND NYLON FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE BEHAVIOR, Malaysian Journal Of Civil Engineering, 2023, Penerbit UTM Press. URL
7. Numerical Analysis of Retrofitted RC Column under Lateral Load, Computational Engineering and Physical Modeling, 2022, pouyan.
8. EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE OF RECYCLED AGGREGATE CONCRETE IN BANGLADESH CONTEXT, Malaysian Journal Of Civil Engineering, 2022, Penerbit UTM Press. URL
9. PERFORMANCE OF JUTE FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE IN THE CONTEXT OF BANGLADESH, Malaysian Journal Of Civil Engineering, 2022, Penerbit UTM Press. URL
10. Bond properties of reinforcing bars embedded in brick aggregate concrete, Journal of Civil Engineering IEB, 2022, IEB. URL
11. A State of Art Review of Light-Weight Steel Structure for Residential House Construction, Journal of Structural Engineering, its Applications and Analysis, 2022, HBRP.
12. FACTORS AFFECTING MIX DESIGN OF CONCRETE, Malaysian Journal Of Civil Engineering, 2022, UTM. URL
13. 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, HBRP Publications. URL
14. 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, HBRP Publications. URL
15. Performance of Recycled Aggregate Concrete in Bangladesh Context: A Review, Journal of Building Construction, HBRP Publications, 2021, HBRP Publications.
16. 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, MAT Journals. URL
17. Stone dust as fine aggregate in concrete: Effects on compressive strength, tensile strength and workability, Journal of Civil Engineering IEB, 2020, IEB. URL
18. 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.
19. Performance of CSEB Block alternative to Brick in the context of Bangladesh, IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE), 2020.
20. 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.
21. A Comparison between Strengthened CFRP and GFRP laminated RC Beam: Finite Element Approach, Journal of Structural Engineering, its Applications and Analysis, HBRP Publication, 2020.
22. Lateral Load Distribution in Frame Structures, International Journal of Advances in Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IJAMCE), 2020.
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. Analytical Modeling of Columns with Inadequate Lap Splices, American Concrete Institute (ACI) Structural Journal, Vol-110, No-5, September-October, 2013, 2013.
28. Effects of Opening in Shear wall on Seismic Response of Structures, International Journal of Computer Applications, 59(1), 10-13, 2012.
29. Numerical Modelling of Concrete Tensile Strength Test by Wrapping Scripting Language with Complied Library, International Journal of Computer Applications, 40(14), 34-38, 2012.
30. An Analytical Model for Reinforced Concrete Columns with Lap Splices, Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 2012.
31. Verification of Assumptions for Approximate Analysis used In Building Frames, The AUST Journal of Science and Technology,Vol-3, Issue-2, Published 2013, 2011.
32. Coefficient method of analysis for octagonal slabs, The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Vol. CE 30, No. 2, December 2002, pp. 111-122, 2002.
33. 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.
34. 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.

1. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF PREDICTION MODEL FOR FERROCEMENT JACKETED RC COLUMN, 7th International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD 2024), Bangladesh, 2024.
2. 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.
3. “Lateral Load Distribution in Frame Structures, IRAJ Global International Conferences and Seminars, India, Virtual International Conference, Hong Kong, 14 Sep, 2020, 2020.
4. 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. URL
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. Analytical Modeling of Bond Slip Responses in Reinforced Concrete Structural Columns, Structural Engineers World Congress, April 4-6, Villa Erba. Como, Italy, 2011.
19. 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.
20. Analytical Modeling of Bond Slip Behavior in Reinforced Concrete Columns, National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 11-14 October, Ankara, Turkey, 2011.
21. An Easy Way to Analyse Octagonal Slab, 4th Annual Paper Meet and 1st Civil Engineering Congress, 22-24, December, Dhaka Bangladesh, 2011.
22. 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.
23. Behavior of edge supported slab with opening, Canadian Society of Civil Engineering, 31st Annual Conference, June 4 - 7, 2003,Moncton, NB, Canada, 2003.
24. Finite element analysis of edge supported octagonal slab, Canadian Society of ivil Engineering, 31st Annual Conference, June 4 - 7, 2003, Moncton, NB, Canada, 2003.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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.