SK Belal Hossen
University of Maine
Degrees:
B.S. Civil (Structural) Engineering – Military Institute of Science and Technology – 2010
M.Phil. Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) – 2015
Ph.D. Civil (Geotechnical) Engineering – University of Maine – In Progress
Preferred Career after Graduation:
Engineering consultancy
Broad research Area:
Transportation geotechnics, soil structure interaction problems in geotechnics, energy foundation and deep excavations.
Specific Research Area:
Ground improvement, sustainable and cost-effective solution to geotechnical and geo-transportation problems
Student Bio: Belal completed his Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering and a Master’s in Geotechnical Engineering in 2010 and 2015, respectively. He is currently pursuing his PhD in Civil Engineering with major in Geotechnical Engineering under supervision of Professor Aaron Gallant and Professor Warda Ashraf at University of Maine. Belal’s research topic is carbonation of subgrade materials for rapid stabilization of soils. Before pursuing his PhD, he worked both in academics and engineering consultancy firm. He was a lecturer of civil engineering department at Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka-Bangladesh for 4 years and worked as a design and resident geotechnical engineer for Maurice Lee & associates and ARUP in Hong Kong for 3 years. Belal’s geotechnical professional experience includes design and supervision of slope stabilization, ground investigation, foundations, and deep excavation works.
Top Accomplishments in 2020: (1) Publication of my first article based on year 1 research titled, Elemental Testing of Carbonated Silty Sand Treated with Lime in Geotechnical Special Publication of ASCE; (2) Presenting my research (poster presentation) titled Rapid Stabilization of Non-plastic Granular Soils via Carbonation in Geo-Congress 2020 held in Minneapolis, MN on February 26; and (3) To obtain my Engineer-Intern (EI) certification from Maine PE board on September 18 after passing the Fundamental of Engineering (Civil) examination and getting NCEES academic credential approval to be certified as EI.
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