Journal of Civil Engineering Research

Journal of Civil Engineering Research is an open access scientific journal intended to bring together the information in different areas of civil engineering around the world. The aim of this journal is to combine theory and practice in civil engineering and thus advancement of civil engineering sciences. It will provide a platform for academicians, researchers and engineers to share their experience and solution to problems in different areas of civil engineering.

Md. Mizanur Rahman

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Civil Engineering Research

Lecturer, School of Natural and Built Environments, University of South Australia, Australia

Research Areas

Geotechnical Engineering, Liquefaction

Education

2009Ph.DUniversity of New South Wales, UNSW, Australia
2002B.ScRajshahi University of Engineering & Technology Bangladesh

Experience

2010-presentLecturer, University of South Australia (UniSA)
2009-2010Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Canterbury (UC)
2009Visiting Research Associate, University of New South Wales at ADFA Canberra, Australia
2005-2009PhD Student, University of New South Wales Australia
2003-2005Lecturer, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET) Rajshahi-6204, Bangladesh
2003Part Time Teacher, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET)

Membership

Member of International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
Member of International Association of Engineering Geology and environment, (IAEG)
Member of New Zealand Geotechnical Society (NZGS)
A/Member of ASCE, USA
Member Geo-institute, ASCE, USA
Member of IEB, Bangladesh
Executive member of Teacher Association, 2003-2004, RUET, Bangladesh

Publications: Journals

[1]  Rahman, M. M. and Lo, S. R. (2011) "Discussion on: Is the quasi-steady state a real behaviour? A micromechanical perspective." Geotechnique, (with the assessor).
[2]  Baki, M. A. L., Rahman, M. M., Lo, S. R. And Gnanendran, C. T. (2011) "linkage between static and cyclic liquefaction of loose sand with a range of fines contents" Canadian Geotechnical Journal (In review).
[3]  Rahman, M. M. and Lo, S. R. (2011) "Predicting the onset of static liquefaction of loose sand with fines" Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, ASCE, USA (Accepted).
[4]  Rahman, M. M., Lo, S. R., Cubrinovski, M., and D. Cameron (2011) "Effect of fines on undrained behaviour of sandy soils" Geotechnical Journal, Bangladesh (Accepted).
[5]  Rahman, M. M., Cubrinovski, M., and Lo, S. R. (2011). "Small strain shear modulus and equivalent state parameter for loose sand with fines." Geomechanics and geoengineering, (In review).
[6]  Rahman, M. M., Lo, S. R. and Baki, M. A. L. (2011). "Equivalent granular state parameter and undrained behaviour of sand-fines mixtures" Acta Geotechnica, (Accepted).
[7]  Rahman, M.M. (2011) "Comment on: Influence of inter-granular void ratio on monotonic and cyclic undrained shear response of sandy soils by M. Belkhatir, A. Arab, H. Missoum, T.Schanz, in C. R. Mecanique 338 (2010) 290-303" Comptes Rendus Mecanique, 339(1), 58-62 doi: 10.1016/j.crme.2010.12.009.
[8]  Lo, S. R., Rahman, M. M. and Bobei, D. C (2010) "Limited flow behaviour of sand with fines under monotonic and cyclic loading." Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 5(1), 15-25. doi: 10.1080/17486020903452709
[9]  Bobei, D. C., S. R. Lo, Wanatowski, D., Gnanendran, C. T. Rahman, M. M. (2009) "A modified state parameter for characterizing static liquefaction of sand with fines."Canadian Geotechnical Journal 46(3): 281-295. doi:10.1139/T08-122
[10]  Rahman, M. M., S. R. Lo, and Gnanendran, C. T. (2009) "Reply to discussion by Wanatowski, D. and Chu, J. on-On equivalent granular void ratio and steady state behaviour of loose sand with fines." Canadian Geotechnical Journal 46(4): 483-486. doi:10.1139/T09-025
[11]  Rahman, M. M., Lo, S. R., and Gnanendran, C. T. (2009) "On equivalent granular void ratio and steady state behaviour of loose sand with fines." Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 45(10):1439-1455. doi: 10.1139/T08-064
[12]  Rahman, M. M., and Lo, S. R. (2009) "The prediction of equivalent granular steady state line of loose sand with fines." Geomechanics and Geoengineering, 3(3): 179-190. doi: 10.1080/17486020802206867

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  Cameron, D. A., Azam, A.H. and Rahman, M. M. (2011) "Basic Engineering Properties of Recycled Demolition Waste for Pavement Construction" International Conference on Advances in Geotechnical Engineering, 7-9 November, Perth, Australia. (accepted)
[2]  Rahman, M. M. and Lo (2011) "Effect of fines and fines type on the undrained behaviour of sandy soil under critical state soil mechanics framework" The International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation (GEDMAR2011), 17-20 May, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia, World Scientific, pp. 403-408.
[3]  Rahman, M. M., Baki, A. L. and Lo, S.R. (2011) "Prediction of undrained monotonic and cyclic behaviour of sandy soils based on equivalent granular state parameter" IACMAG2011, 9-11 May, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 839-844. [ERAID: 43196, A]
[4]  Rahman, M. M., Cubrinovski, M. and Lo S.R. (2010) "Initial shear modulus of sandy soil and equivalent granular void ratio" 11th IAEG Congress, 2010, 5-10 September, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 623-630.
[5]  Rahman, M. M., Lo, S. R. and Cubrinovski, M. (2010) "Effect of fines and fines type on the liquefaction behaviour of sandy soil" Bangladesh Geotechnical Conference 2010: Natural Hazards and Countermeasures in Geotechnical Engineering, 4-5 November, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 311-316.
[6]  Baki A. L., Lo S.R. and Rahman, M. M. (2010) "Effect of cyclic stress reversal on cyclic instability behaviour of loose sand-silt mixtures" 11th IAEG Congress, 2010, 5-10 September, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 1649-1656.
[7]  Mofiz, S. A. and Rahman, M. M. (2010) "Shear strength behavior of barind soil on triaxial extension stress path tests" 11th IAEG Congress, 2010, 5-10 September, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 2249-2256.
[8]  Mofiz, S. A. and Rahman, M. M. (2010) "Evaluation of failure load-deformation characteristics of geo-reinforced soil using simplified approach" 11th IAEG Congress, 2010, 5-10 September, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 4383-4392.
[9]  Rahman, M. M., Lo S.R. and Mofiz, S. A. (2010) "Artificial Neural Network in CPT base liquefaction prediction" Proc. 17th South East Asia Geotechnical Conference, Taiwan, May 10-13, 2010. Vol.2, pp.343-346.
[10]  Baki, A. L., Rahman, M. M. and Lo S.R. (2010) "Cyclic undrained behaviour of silty sand under partial cyclic reversal" Proc. 17th South East Asia Geotechnical Conference, Taiwan, May 10-13, 2010, Vol.2, pp.427-430.
[11]  Rahman, M. M., Lo, S. R., and Cubrinovski, M. (2010) "Equivalent granular void ratio and behaviour of loose sand with fines." 5th International conference on recent advances in geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil dynamics, 24-29 May, San Diego, California, USA. pp.1-10.
[12]  Baki, A. L., Lo, S. R., and Rahman, M. M. (2010) "Cyclic instability behaviour of sand silt mixture under partial cyclic reversal loading." 5th International conference on recent advances in geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil dynamics, 24-29 May, San Diego, California, USA. pp.1-8.
[13]  Rahman, M. M. and S. R. Lo (2009). "On equivalent granular SSL for sand with fines." 17th International Conference on Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering, Alexandria, Egypt, pp.205-208, doi: 10.3233/978-1-60750-031-5-205
[14]  Rahman, M. M., Karim, M. R., Baki, A. L. & Paul, D. K. (2008) "Ultimate lateral load resistance of laterally loaded pile." 5th International Conference on Bored and Auger Piles, BAPV, Ghent, Belgium. pp.155-159, doi: 10.1201/9780203882870.ch13.
[15]  Lo, S. R., Rahman, M. M., and Bobei, D. C. (2008) "Limited flow behaviour of sand with fines under monotonic and cyclic loading" Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation & Rehabilitation (GEDMAR08), Nanjing, China, pp.201-209, doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-79846-0.
[16]  Rahman, M. M., and Lo, S. R. (2007) "Equivalent granular void ratio and state parameters for loose clean sand with small amount of fines." 10Th Australia New Zealand Conference on Geomechanics, Brisbane, Australia, pp.674-679.
[17]  Rahman, M. M., and Lo, S. R. (2007) "On intergranular void ratio of loose sand with small amount of fines." 16th South East Asian Geotechnical Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 255-260.
[18]  Mofiz, S. A., Sarker, D. C., Sobhan, M. A., Rahman, M. M., Awal, M. R., Taha, M. R., and Hossain, M. K. (2005) "Instrumentation and matric suction measurement in a decomposed granite soil slope." Advanced Experimental Unsaturated Soil Mechanics-Experus 2005, Trento, Italy, pp.527-532.
[19]  Mofiz, S. A., Sobhan, M. A., Sarker, D. C., Rahman, M. M., and Awall, M. R. (2005) "Effective Stress Nonlinear Model Parameters and Simulation of Stress-strain for Expansive Soil." Proceedings of International Conference on Problematic Soils, Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, N. Cyprus, pp.603-612.
[20]  Rahman, M. M., Bari, M. W., Islam, M. S., and, M. M. R., and Siddika, M. A. (2004) "Beam Bar Bond Transfer Mechanism and Bond Requirement for Exterior Beam-Column Connection." 7th International Conference on Concrete Technology in Developing Countries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Paper No.: C031.
[21]  Mofiz, S. A., Rahman, M. M., and Alim, M. A. (2004) "Stress-Strain Behaviour and Model Prediction of Reinforced Residul Soil." Proceedings of the Fifteenth Southeast Asian Geotechnical Conference (15th SEAGC), Bangkok, Thailand, pp.607-610.
[22]  Bari, M. W., Rahman, M. M., Ali, M. M. Y., and Awal, M. R. (2004) "An Approach of Slab Analysis by Finite Element Method." 7th International Conference on Concrete Technology in Developing Countries, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp.265-272.
[23]  Rahman, M. M., Alim, M. A., and Chowdhury, M. A. S. (2003) "Investigation of lateral load resistance of laterally loaded pile in sandy soil." 4th International Conference on Bored and Auger Piles, BAPIV, Ghent, Belgium, pp.209-215.