Civil Engineering

Ms. Zasiah Tafheem

Designation: Assistant Professor

Email: zasiah.ce@aust.edu

Office Extension: 405

Room No: CE#05

Research Interests

• Opening in Reinforced concrete wall
• Structural steel pipe-joint
• Seismic performance of building
• Finite element analysis
• Structural Dynamics
• Concrete Sustainability

Educational Background

• Master of Science (MSc), (Civil & Structural Engg.), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
• Bachelor of Science (BSc), (Civil Engineering), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Honors and Achievements

• MEXT Scholarship, The Government of Japan, 2018

Publications

1. Experimental study of the influence of opening size and additional reinforcement around opening on seismic performance of reinforced concrete walls, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, Springer, 2022, Springer. URL
2. Experimental investigation on bolted flanged steel pipe joint subjected to flexure, International Journal of Structural Engineering, Inderscience Publisher, 2021, Inderscience Publisher. URL
3. Experimental investigation on the properties of concrete containing post-consumer plastic waste as coarse aggregate replacement, Journal of Materials and Engineering Structures (Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria), 2018, Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria. URL
4. Effect of base isolator on the structural response of reinforced concrete multistoried building under seismic loads, Journal of Civil Engineering, Science and Technology (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)), 2017, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). URL
5. Finite Element Investigation on the behavior of Bolted flanged steel pipe joint subject to bending, Journal of Civil Engineering, The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), 2015. URL
6. Comparative assessment on structural performance of optimally designed Steel braced buildings under lateral loading, Journal of Civil and Earthquake Engineering (JCEE) [CUET], 2014, CUET.
7. Effect of Edge beam and Shear Wall on the structural behavior of flat-plate multistoried Building: A Computing modeling for lateral load analysis, The AUST Journal of Science and Technology, 2013, AUST. URL
8. Investigation of the effect of Number of Story on different structural components of RC building, International Journal of Civil, Environmental, Structural, Construction and Architectural Engineering (waset.org), 2007, waset.org. URL
9. Earthquake response analysis of a multistoried RC building under Equivalent Static and dynamic loading as per Bangladesh National Building Code 2006, Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering, [UTM: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Press], 2006, UTM: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Press. URL

1. Influence of openings and strengthening methods on shear Strength of RC wall specimens, 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 18WCEE, Milan, Italy, 30 June - 5 July, 2024. URL
2. Seismic response of Reinforced Concrete walls with opening: Experiment And Strut-and-tie Method, Proceedings of the Japan Concrete Institute (JCI) Annual convention, Chiba, Japan, July 13-15, 2022.
3. Influence of openings on the shear strength and stiffness of cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, 27 Sept.- 2 Oct, 2021. URL
4. Experimental study on Ferro-cement retrofit for RC frame with infilled Brick masonry wall, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE), Sendai, Japan, 27 Sept.- 2 Oct, 2021.
5. Experimental investigation and capacity evaluation of Ferro-cement laminated masonry infilled RC frame, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE), Sendai, Japan, 27 Sept.- 2 Oct, 2021.
6. Investigation of the influence of opening parameters on the seismic capacity of reinforced concrete walls, Proceedings of the Japan Concrete Institute (JCI) Annual convention, Nagoya, Japan, July 7-9, 2021.
7. Review on the effect of openings on the seismic response of wall panels, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE), Sendai, Japan, 27 Sept.- 2 Oct, 2021. URL
8. Seismic Isolation systems in structures: The State of art Review, Proceedings of the 11th Global Engineering, Science and Technology Conference, 18-19 December, 2015.
9. Investigation on bolt tension of a flanged pipe joint subjected to bending, Proceedings of the 4th Annual Paper Meet and 1st Civil Engineering Congress, IEB, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 22-24, 2011.
10. Seismic analysis of a three-span deck girder bridge, Proceedings of the 2nd International Joint Conference of IABSE-JSCE on Advances in Bridge Engineering - II, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 8-10, 2010. URL