Md. Shamsul Haque

Dr. Md. Shamsul Hoque obtained his B.Sc. Engg. Degree (Civil) in 1984 from BUET, M.Sc. Engg. in Transportation Engg. from the same university in 1987 and PhD in 1994 from University of Southampton, UK. The title of his PhD thesis was “Modeling of Signalized Intersection in Developing Countries”. Now he is the Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering, BUET and University Associate of Dept. of Civil Engineering, Curtin University, Australia and Sch. of Civil Engg and University of Queensland, Australia. He has written a book on ‘Highway & Railway Engineering (Part-1)’, Published by Education and Training Systems, Austria (180 pages). He is the former Director of Accident Research Institute (ARI), Director, Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation (BRTC) of BUET, Chairman, Governing Body, Engineering University Higher Secondary School & College and Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL). So far he has delivered one PhD Degree and 35 Master’s Degrees, has published 179 nos. Journal & Conference papers (including one in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), USA) and also published a book on ‘Highway and Railway Engineering’ from Austria. He is the transport planner of Hatirjheel Project, Kuril Interchange, Banani Trumpet Flyover/Interchange, Master planner of Karnaphuli Container Terminal (KCT) and contributor of Strategic Transport Plan (STP), 7th Five Year Plan, Bangladesh Delta Plan-2100 Formulation Project and National Conservation Strategy (NCS) Project, by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).