Engineering Consultant Energy Development

Faisal Shakib Ahmed

**** ********** **, *-***, KY 40503 Cell: 859-***-**** email: **********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

To become a skilled geotechnical engineer and seek opportunities that deals with a variety of geotechnical engineering projects which would provide me an opportunity to utilize my knowledge, problem-solving skills and contribute towards the development of a company.

EDUCATION

The University of Kentucky (Expected to complete by January, 2022) Lexington, KY

Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering (Emphasis in Geotechnical Engineering)

Dissertation: Analysis and predictions of hydrologic behavior of rainfall induced landslides

Cumulative GPA: 4.00/4.00

The University of Texas at Arlington (Completion date – August 2012)

Arlington, TX

Master of Science in Civil Engineering (Emphasis in Geotechnical Engineering)

Thesis: Engineering Characteristics of Recycled Plastic Pins, Wood and Bamboo for considering slope stability Applications in Texas

Cumulative GPA: 3.63/4.00

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Completion date – June 2007)

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (Major: Structures, Minor: Geotech)

Undergraduate Thesis: Finite Element Analysis of lateral deflection of a column due to the applications of Lateral Load, using ANSYS

Cumulative GPA: 3.72/4.00

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant (2011 - 2012)

University of Texas at Arlington, Department of Civil Engineering

Worked for TxDOT (Texas Department of Transportation) as a Graduate Research Assistant to examine the effect of Recycled Plastic Pins (RPPs) in slope stability applications in major Highways in Texas. Worked for the City of Denton, Texas, as a Graduate Research Assistant in Landfill and Waste management project that included Landfill gas to energy development project, Renewable Fuel, Application of Resistivity imaging to analyze the soil moisture effects, Waste composition and characterization like determining the physical composition of waste and examining its effect on waste unit weight., permeability, and moisture content.

Research Assistant (2016 - Present)

University of Kentucky, Department of Civil Engineering

Performed extensive research on various sites at Kentucky with an aim to investigate and predict rainfall induced landslide. The work constituted wide-ranged testing and analysis which includes preparing compacted specimen, performing tri-axial test, conducting finite element simulations using PLAXIS to evaluate the slope behavior during a complete cycle of a season and predicting the seasonal variation of in-situ hydrologic behavior using an analytical transient infiltration model in MATHCAD Prime 6.0. The Web Soil Survey and HYDRUS were employed to obtain the in-situ soil hydrologic parameters as inputs for setting up the test sites in PLAXIS. Prior the analysis, the model for the test sites built in PLAXIS were calibrated based on the measured in-situ soil hydrologic data. For some test sites, the in-situ soil hydrologic measurements were obtained using the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) data.

Research Assistant (Summers 2018 - 2020)

Kentucky Geological Survey, Landslides Hazard Section

The work dealt with three active landslides which were monitored by the Kentucky Geological Survey. The aim of the work was to provide means to predict the in-situ soil hydrologic behavior from a measured rainfall data. The work is published as a journal article which is shown under the “PUBLICATIONS” title.

Teaching Assistant (2016 - Present)

University of Kentucky, Department of Civil Engineering

Taught the laboratory section of the soil mechanics course to the aspiring undergraduates as a principal instructor. The course covered all the possible geotechnical engineering laboratory tests, required for an undergraduate to fully understand the strength and behavioral characteristics of a soil

Engineering Consultant (2012-2013)

Vitti Sthapati Brindo Ltd.,Bangladesh

Worked in the project of “The Asian University for Women”, as a project engineer.

Engineering Consultant (2012 - 2013)

Medway Consultancy Services (U.K) Ltd., Bangladesh

Worked as an Inspection Engineer under and actively involved in Bangladesh Garments Inspection as a Structure and Fire Safety Auditor with the following responsibilities as mentioned

Structural designs of existing buildings for design acceptance.

Identify strength and weaknesses in existing buildings by design review and visual inspection of buildings

Fire safety and inspection on factories

Prepare detailed reports of all above

Conducted an actual live load carrying capacity of a Factory by imposing the design loads on a slab.

Engineering Consultant (2018)

Associated Engineers, Inc., Madisonville, Kentucky

Conducted and prepared soil tri-axial test report for the Midway South Soil Testing project. The tests were performed as Isotropic Consolidation Undrained test (CIU) at three different confining stresses. Maximum stress, minimum stress and pore pressure at failure were reported.

Faculty lecturer (2015 - present)

North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Currently serving as a faculty member (on study-leave) in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at North South University Bangladesh which is ranked 4 in Bangladesh and 228 in Asian University rankings. Taught various courses including Visual C++, Engineering Geology and Geomorphology, Civil Engineering Drawing using AutoCAD. Besides academic duties offered contributions in various departmental activities such as organizing Civil Fest 2015, Contributor in the School of Engineering and Physical Science news, Lab development.

PUBLICATIONS

Ahmed, F. S., Bryson, L. S., and Crawford, M. M. " Behavioral analysis of an actual landslide under transient rainfall using finite element program " Water Resources Research (To be submitted)

Ahmed, F. S., Bryson, L. S., and Crawford, M. M. " Prediction of conditions leading to occurrence of a landslide using the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) data " Journal of Hydrology (To be submitted)

Ahmed, F. S., Bryson, L. S., and Crawford, M. M. (2021). "Prediction of seasonal variation of in-situ hydrologic behavior using an analytical transient infiltration model." Engineering Geology, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001379522100394X.

Ahmed, F. S., and Bryson, L. S. "Influence of hydrologic behavior in assessing rainfall-induced landslides." Proc., Geo-Congress 2019: Embankments, Dams, and Slopes, American Society of Civil Engineers Reston, VA, 194-204. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784482070.019

Bryson, L. S., and Ahmed, F. S. "Shear Behavior of Weathered Compacted Shales." Proc., Geo-Congress 2019: Engineering Geology, Site Characterization, and Geophysics, American Society of Civil Engineers Reston, VA, 229-238. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/9780784482131.024)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Geotechnical Engineering Software: PLAXIS, SlopeW, Spectra-3

Engineering Drawing Software: AutoCAD

Programming languages: Visual C++, Mathcad Prime 6.0

Applications: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Curve expert professional

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Registered Engineer in The Institution of Engineers Bangladesh, M-32358 (2013 – 2015)

Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (Anticipated in December 2021)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Received invitation from Chi Epsilon for outstanding performance in graduate courses at The University of Kentucky

UTA Department of Civil and Environment Engineering Scholarship: Summer 2011 – Summer 2012

Scored the best Academic project for the Foundation Design for the Civil Engineering Lab Building for UTA

Placed 17th as an undergraduate and awarded Dean’s scholarship in the year 2003 & 2005

RELATED COURSEWORKS

Stability of earth slopes, Landfill design, Rock mechanics, Advanced soil mechanics, Groundwater and seepage, Advanced geotechnical engineering, Earthquake engineering, Fundamental geophysics

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Member of the Bangladesh Student Association at The University of Kentucky (BSAUKY), a registered organization of The University of Kentucky.

Member of BSAUKY Cricket team.

Member of BSAUKY Soccer team.

Goalkeeper of the Runners-up team in “Bangladesh Premier Soccer League” held in Lexington, KY

REFERENCES

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