Bio
Dr. Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, PhD, MIEB, is an Associate Professor of Materials and Structural Engineering. He has over 12 years of industrial experience in consultancy and contracting in designing and constructing multi-story reinforced concrete structures and composite steel in 911±¬ÁÏ. This was followed by nine years of research experience in higher studies, then lecturing at Khulna University of Engineering and Technology (KUET), 911±¬ÁÏ, in 2016.
Dr. Habibur has a BSc from KUET, 911±¬ÁÏ, an MSc in Structural Engineering from the University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia, and a PhD from the University of Adelaide, Australia. His research expertise on the flexural, strength, and ductility behavior of RC Members, strengthening and retrofitting of RC members, time-dependent performance of RC structures, new generation ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHPFRC), concrete sustainability and durability, low-cost, lightweight aggregate concrete by using waste materials and machine learning for materials quantification and characterization.
Dr. Habibur is a leading researcher in structural and material engineering. His PhD research focuses on ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete manufacturing, structural performance, and numerical modeling of the segmental moment-rotation approach by using partial-interaction theory in RC structures. Through his Master's research, he has developed techniques for strengthening and stiffening RC structures bonding with fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) to their surfaces to increase their strength and ductility. His research also focuses on lightweight concrete production by utilizing waste materials following RC members' material properties and structural performance. Currently, he is conducting research on material quantification and characterization by adopting advanced machine-learning quantifications in the engineering field.
He has contributed two books and numerous book chapters, over 150 technical papers with 100 journal articles, and 40 conferences proceeding as author and co-author. Dr. Habibur teaches structural design and analysis, reinforced concrete design, steel and prestressed structure, Foundation analysis and design, and Tall building design and analysis.
Publication
Book
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1. Ehsan Ahmed, Habibur Rahman Sobuz and Bong Fui Zin, "Time-Dependent Deflection of Palm Shell Aggregate RC Beams," Lap Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Heinrich-Böcking-Straße 6, 66121 Saarbrücken, Germany, 2011.
International Journal
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22. Md. Jewel Rana Md. Rakibul Hasan, Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Vivian W. Y. Tam (2020), "," International Journal of Construction Management, Taylor & Francis, Published Online 24 August 2020, .
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21. Md. Jewel Rana, Md. Rakibul Hasan, Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Norsuzailina Mohamed Sutan (2020), "," International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation (In press), Emerald Insight, Published Online 11 November 2020, .
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20. Shanjida A. Shohana, Md. I. Hoque and Md. H.R. Sobuz (2020), "," Advances in Concrete Construction, Techno Press, vol. 10, no: 5, pp. 369-379, .
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19. Shakil Ahmed and Habibur Rahman Sobuz (2019), "," Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, Emerald Insight, vol. 9, no: 2, pp. 174-207, .
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18. Ayan Saha, Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Md. Ikramul Hoque, and Rashid Muzahid (2020), "Influence of Waste Glass Aggregates on the Rheological Properties of Self- Compacting Concrete (SCC)," Australian Journal of Civil Engineering, Taylor & Francis , vol. 18, no: 2, pp. 272-285, .
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17. Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan, Phillip Visintin, Deric John Oehlers, Terry Bennett and Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz (2019) , "," Materials and Structures, Springer Link, vol. 52, no: 52, .
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16. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Phillip Visintin, Mohammad Ali, Manpreet Singh, Michel Griffith and Abdul Hamid Sheikh , "Manufacturing Ultra-high Performance Concrete Utilising Conventional Materials and Production Methods," Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier Ed., vol. 111, pp. 251-261, 2016. (Impact factor = 2.29).
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15. Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan , Md. Shiblee Sayed, Habibur Rahman Sobuz and Costas Ioannou , "Effects of Non Sway and Sway Methods for Analysis and Design of RC Frames for Multi-Storied Building," International Journal of Physical Science, , vol. 6, no: 17, pp. 4294–430, 2011.
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14. Md. Saiful Islam, Sinin Hamdan, Azman Hassan,Zainal Abidin Talib, Habibur Rahman Sobuz , "The Chemical Modification of Tropical Wood Polymer Composites," Journal of Composite Materials, SAGE Publications and Published on behalf of American Society for Composites, vol. 48, no: 7, pp. 783-789, 2014.
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13. Md. Saiful Islam, Sinin Hamdan, Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Md. Rezaur Rahman and Abu Saleh Ahmed , "Thermal and Decay-Resistance Properties of Tropical Wood Plastic Composites," Journal of Composite Materials, SAGE Publications and Published on behalf of American Society for Composites, vol. 47, no: 12, pp. 1493-1500, 2013.
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12. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan, Nafisa Tamanna and Md. Saiful Islam, "," Journal of Materials, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, vol. 2014, pp. 1-6, 2014.
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11. Ehsan Ahmed, Habibur Rahman Sobuz and James Bong Hin Lee , "Flexural and Cracking Performance of Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthened with Ferrocement Laminates," ASEAN Journal on Science Engineering and Technology for Development (AJSTD), , vol. 27, no: 2, pp. 51-60, 2010.
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10. Norsuzailina Mohamed Sutan, Sinin Hamdan, Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Vincent Lelanggan ak. Laja and Md. Saiful Islam , "Porosity and Strength of Pozzolan Modified Cement," Concrete Research Letters, , vol. 2, no: 4, pp. 326-335, 2011.
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9. Noor Md. Sadiqul hasan, Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Md. Shiblee Sayed and Md. Saiful Islam, "The Use of Coconut Fiber in the Production of Structural Lightweight Concrete," Journal of Applied Sciences, Science Alert, vol. 12, no: 9, pp. 831-839, 2012.
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8. Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan, Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Nafisa Tamanna, Mohamed Slah Talha and Md. Saiful Islam , "Properties of Concrete by using Bagasse Ash and Recycle Aggregate," Concrete Research Letters, , vol. 5, no: 2, pp. 768-785, 2014.
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7. Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan, Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Nafisa Tamanna and Abubakar Sharif Auwalu, "Investigation into the Sutability of Kenaf Fiber to Produce Structural Concrete," Advanced Materials Letters, VBRI Publishing, vol. 6, no: 8, pp. 731-737, 2015.
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6. Ehsan Ahmed and Habibur Rahman Sobuz, "Immediate and Time-Dependent Behavior of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Concrete Beams," Key Engineering Materials, Trans Tech Publications, vol. 471-472, pp. 73-78, 2011.
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5. Habibur Rahman Sobuz. and Ehsan Ahmed , "Flexural Performance of RC Beams Strengthened with Different Reinforcement Ratios of CFRP Laminates," Key Engineering Materials, Trans Tech Publications, vol. 471-472, pp. 79-84, 2011.
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4. Md. Alhaz Uddin, Jameel Hossain, Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan, Shahinul Islam and Amanat Ullah , "Experimental Study on Strength Gaining Characteristics of Concrete Using Portland Composite Cement," Korean Society of Civil Engineering (KSCE), Springer, vol. 17, no: 4, pp. 789-796, 2013.
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3. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Deric John Oehlers, Phillip Visintin, Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan Md. Ikramul Hoque, and Abu Sayed Mohammad Akid, "Flow and Strength Characteristics of Ultra-high Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete: Influence of Fiber Type and Volume-fraction," Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction, Tech Reviews Ltd, vol. 6, no: 1, pp. 15-21, 2017.
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2. Ehsan Ahmed and Habibur Rahman Sobuz, "Flexural and Time-Dependent Performance of Palm Shell Aggregate Concrete Beams," Korean Society of Civil Engineering (KSCE), Springer, vol. 15, no: 5, pp. 859-865, 2011.
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1. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Ehsan Ahmed, Norsuzailina Mohamad Sutan, Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan, Md. Alhaz Uddin and Md. Jahir Uddin, "Bending and Time-dependent Responses of RC Beams Strengthened with Bonded Carbon Fiber Composite Laminates," Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier Ed., vol. Vol. 29, pp. 597-611, 2012, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.11.006
National Journal
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1. Md. Shah Jamal and Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz , "A Sustainable Approach of Demolition, Reconstruction, Reuses and Recycling construction materials in 911±¬ÁÏ," BAUET Journal , 911±¬ÁÏ Army University of Engineering and Technology , vol. 01, no: 01, pp. 83-90, 2017.
International Conference
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10. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Ehsan Ahmed, Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan and Liew Yu Voon, "A Comparative Study of Time-Dependent Performance of RC Beams using Oil Palm Shell (OPS) and Normal Weight Aggregates (NWA)," 7th International Materials Technology Conference and Exhibition (IMTCE2010), , 13th - 16th June 2010.
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9. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Ehsan Ahmed and Liew Yu Voon , "Performance of Oil Palm Shell (OPS) as a Replacement Coarse Material in the Structural Concrete Production," Engineering Conference 2010 (EnCon2010) , University Malaysia Sarawak , 2nd - 5th August 2010 .
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8. Habibur Rahman Sobuz and Ehsan Ahmed , "Study on Long-term Deflections of RC Beams Strengthened with CFRP Subjected to Sustained Loading," 4th International Conference on Built Environment in Developing Countries (ICBEDC 2010), University Sains Malaysia , 1st - 2nd December 2010.
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7. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Abdus Salam and Noor Hasan , "Clay Bricks Salinity Removal Process in the Production of Conventional Structural Bricks," 7th International Materials Technology Conference and Exhibition (IMTCE2010), , 13th - 16th June 2010.
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6. Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan, Habibur Rahman Sobuz and Gudi John Manak Apac, "High Performance Concrete Made with Steel and Polypropylene Fibres Concrete," 5th International Conference on Built Environment in Developing Countries (ICBEDC 2011), University Sains Malaysia , 6th – 7th December 2011.
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5. Habibur Rahman Sobuz and Ehsan Ahmed, "Time-dependent Deflection and De-bonding Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams Strengthening with FRP Laminates," Engineering Conference 2010 (EnCon 2010) , University Malaysia Sarawak , 14th - 15th April 2010 .
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4. Habibur Rahman Sobuz and Ehsan Ahmed , "An Analytical Investigation on Deflection Performance of RC Beams Strengthened with CFRP Sheets," World Engineering Congress 2010, Conference on Engineering and Technology Education, , pp. pp. 92-97, 2nd - 5th August 2010 .
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3. Ehsan Ahmed, Habibur Rahman Sobuz and Liew Yu Voon , "Deflection of Oil Palm Shell (OPS) Aggregate Concrete Beams Under Sustained Loading," World Engineering Congress 2010, , pp. pp.160-165, 2nd - 5th August 2010 .
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2. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Ehsan Ahmed and Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan , "Effectiveness of CFRP Composites Laminates in Long-term Deformations Performance of RC Beams," 3rd Regional Symposium on Engineering and Technology , , 21-23 November 2011.
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1. Habibur Rahman Sobuz and Ehsan Ahmed , "Behavior of CFRP Strengthened Creep and Shrinkage Deformations of RC Beams under Sustained Loads," ASEAN Australian Engineering Congress (AAEC), , 25-27 July 2011.
Scholarship and Award
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R & D EXPO Building RDI & C Competencies for Academic Excellence, University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Malaysia (Bronze Medal Winner and Certificate)
Research Exhibition
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Home District Scholarship at the period of Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C) Level, 911±¬ÁÏ Government (Sirajgonj District)
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Home District Scholarship at the period of Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C) Level, 911±¬ÁÏ Government (Sirajgonj District)
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Merit Order Scholarship, 911±¬ÁÏ Government (Manpower Development), Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, 911±¬ÁÏ
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Zamalah Pascasiswazah Award and Scholarship, Malaysian Government Scholarship (Tuition fees waive), Sarawak, Malaysia
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Research Assistant, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University Malaysia Sarawak, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Commonwealth Scholarship in Australia and Australian Postgraduate Award (APA)
During my PhD
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International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS), Australia
During my PhD
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DSTO Industry Scholarship Collaboration with School of Civil, Environment and Mining Engineering, The University of Adelaide, Australia
During my PhD
Research
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New generation ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHPFRC)
Machine learning for materials quantification and characterization
Development of ultra-high performance self-consolidating concrete (SCC)
Concrete sustainability, concrete durability and concrete materials
Recycling of low cost light weight aggregate concrete
Sustainable concrete production from waste materials
Reinforced concrete structures – flexural and strength and ductility behavior
Retrofitting of reinforced concrete using fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) materials
Time dependent behavior of reinforced concrete structures and strengthening with FRP
Solid wastes for concrete production
Academic Experience
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Assistant Professor
Building Engineering and Construction Management
Khulna University of Engineering and Technology , Khulna
Working Area: Structural Engineering
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Research Fellow
School of Civil, Environment and Mining Engineering
The University of Adelaide , Australia
Working Area: Structural Engineering
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Teaching Assistanship
School of Civil, Environment and Mining Engineering
The University of Adelaide , Australia
Working Area: Civil Engineering
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Research Assistantships
Civil Engineering
University Malaysia Sarawak , Malaysia
Working Area: Structural Engineering
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Structural Design Engineer
Tarique Hasan and Associate Limited , Dhaka
Working Area: Structural Engineering
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Structural Design Engineer
The Civil and Structures , Dhaka
Working Area: Structural Engineering
Professional Membership
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Member (37077)
The Institution of Engineers, 911±¬ÁÏ
Course Conduct
Supervision
• CE 3111 Structural Analysis and Design – I
• CE 3211 Structural Analysis and Design – II
• CE 3113 Reinforced Concrete Structures – I
• CE 3213 Reinforced Concrete Structures – II
• CE 2114 Practical on Mechanics of Solids
• CE 3114 Practical on Reinforced Concrete Structures
• CE 4221 Design of Steel Structures
• CE 4223 Precast and Prestressed Concrete
• BECM 4230 Practical on Structural Health Monitoring
• BECM 4105 Health and Safety in Construction