Professor
Full Time Faculty

Dr. Md. Shoaib Chowdhury

Ph.D. (Transportation), New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), USA
M.E. (Civil Engg.), The City College of New York (CCNY), New York, USA
B.Sc. (Civil Engg.), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), P.E. (Professional Engineer), New York, USA

Phone: +880-2-55668200 Ext: 6231
Email: shoaib.chowdhury@northsouth.edu
Office: SAC 728

Curriculum Vitae :
About

Dr. Md Shoaib Chowdhury joined NSU in 2016 as an Associate Professor. He has nearly two decades of experience in the field of civil/transportation engineering combining research, academia, and consulting. As a researcher he has contributed in several areas of transportation, including funding, financing, and institutional issues; transit network modeling and scheduling with timed transfer; advanced mathematical and simulation modeling of traffic and transit operations; sustainable transportation development; and transportation safety. As a transportation engineer, 2000-2008, he helped develop transportation infrastructures and services in the New York metropolitan area. In recognition of his professional contributions, Parsons Brinckerhoff awarded him professional associate status in 2005. He was also awarded a Rockwell-ITS-America scholarship and a George Krambles Transit Foundation Scholarship in 1997 and again in 1998. For his research contributions, Sigma Xi elected him a member in 2000.

Dr. Chowdhury is a licensed professional engineer (P.E.) in the State of New York, USA and a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He currently serves on two ASCE (Transportation & Development Institute) committees – The Freight and Logistics Committee, and The Street and Highway Operations Committee as a member. He also volunteers as a technical reviewer for numerous international journals and conferences. He has authored or coauthored approximately 40 technical articles and also attended numerous seminars and conferences while serving as key note speaker and session moderator.

Before joining at NSU, Dr. Chowdhury had been an instructor at the City College of New York and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, as well as a lecturer in various professional education venues. At CCNY, he also participates in the preparation of questions and evaluation of exam papers for the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam (traffic/transportation). He earned his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from BUET, a master’s in civil engineering from CCNY, and a Ph.D. in transportation from NJIT.

Selected Publications

1) Shoaib Chowdhury “Developing Integrated Multimodal Transportation Networks in Bangladesh with Regional Connectivity: Key Issues and Challenges”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Transportation & Development, ASCE/T&DI, Houston, Texas, June 26-29, 2016

2) Shoaib Chowdhury “A simulation Based Operations Evaluations of Major Interchange Configurations”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Transportation & Development, ASCE/T&DI, Houston, Texas, June 26-29, 2016

3) Shoaib Chowdhury “Managing the Freight Deliveries in Manhattan: Opportunities for Collaborative City Logistics Measures”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Transportation & Development, ASCE/T&DI, Houston, Texas, June 26-29, 2016

4) Shoaib Chowdhury , “Public Transport in Dhaka: Organizational, funding and Financing Issues for Sustainable Development”, ICSI-2014, pp. 349-359, ASCE, ISBN: 9780784478745, 2014

5) Shoaib Chowdhury, “Sustainable Transportation Systems for Dhaka Metropolitan City: Issues and Opportunities”, ICSI-2014, pp. 448-459, ASCE, ISBN: 9780784478745, 2014

6) Shoaib Chowdhury, “Funding Road Safety Programs and Projects in Bangladesh”, T&DI Congress 2014:pp. 437-447, ASCE, ISBN: 9780784413586, 2014.

7) Shoaib Chowdhury, “Easing Congestion with Pedestrian Crossing at Midblock”, T&DI Congress 2014: pp.430-436., ASCE, ISBN: 9780784413586, 2014.

8) Shoaib Chowdhury and Steven Chien , “Joint optimization of bus size, headway, and slack time for efficient timed transfer”, Journal of Transportation Research Board, TRR No. 2218, pp 48-58, Transit Volume 3, 2011

9) Shoaib Chowdhury, “An Evaluation of New Jersey Jug-handle Intersection (NJJI) with and without Pre-Signals”, T&DI congress, pp. 1245-1254, ASCE, ISBN: 9780784411674, 2011

10) Shoaib Chowdhury, “Public Private Partnership: A Prospective in the Development of Sustainable Transport Infrastructures and Services in Bangladesh”, T&DI congress, pp. 1016-1025, ASCE, ISBN: 9780784411674, 2011

11) Shoaib Chowdhury, “Examining the Operational Benefits of Freeway Ramp Metering Control Using CORSIM (CORridor Simulator)”, AATT-2006, pp. 504-509, ASCE/T&DI, ISBN: 9780784407998, 2006

12) Shoaib Chowdhury and Steven Chien, “Intermodal Transit System Coordination,” Journal of Transportation Planning and Technology, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp257-288, December 2002

13) Steven Chien, Dimitrios Goulias, Shmuel Yahalom, and Shoaib Chowdhury, “Simulation Based Estimations of Delays at Freeway Work Zones,” Journal of Advanced Transportation, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp 131-156, September 2002

14) Steven Chien, Kyriacos Mouskos, and Shoaib Chowdhury, “Generating Driver Population for the Microscopic Simulation Model (CORSIM),” Journal of “SIMULATIONS”, Vol. 76, No.1 pp40-25, January 2001

15) Shoaib Chowdhury and Steven Chien, “Dynamic Vehicle Dispatching at Intermodal Transfer Stations,” Journal of Transportation Research Board, TRR No. 1753, pp 61-68, December 2001

16) Steven Chien, Shoaib Chowdhury, Kyriacos Mouskos, and, Yuqing Ding, “Enhancements of the CORSIM Model in simulating Transit Operations,” Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 126, No.5, pp396-404, September/October 2000

Awards & Honors

1) Rockwell ITS America Scholarship, 1997

2) George Krambles Transit Foundation Scholarship for the paper titled “Intermodal Transit System Coordination”, 1998

3) Listed in the Marques Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 7th edition, 2003-2004

4) Listed in the Marques Who’s Who in the World, 24th edition, 2007

5) Listed in the Marques Who’s Who in America, 59th edition, 2005

6) Professional Associate award, Parsons Brinckerhoff, 2005

7) Member, Alpha Epsilon Lambda Graduate Honor Society (Sigma Chapter), NJIT, 1999

8) Member, Sigma Xi, elected in 2000

9) Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, elected in 2015

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D.(Transportation), New Jersey Institute of Technology(NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, USA
M.E.(Civil Engg.), The City College of New York(CCNY), New York, USA
B.Sc.(Civil Engg.), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology(BUET)
P.E.(Professional Engineer), New York, USA

Academic Experience

Current:

Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North South University, Dhaka (2016- To date)

Past:

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Civil Engineering, The City College of New York, USA

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

Post Doctoral Research Associate, Institute for Transportation Systems (CUNY-ITS), The City College of New York, USA

Corporate Experience

Selected Experience:

Senior Transportation Engineer, Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), Inc. New York

Junior Engineer/Technical Assistant, Surface Water Modeling Centre, Dhaka

Courses

At North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Currently teaching

1) CEE 100: Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering

2) CEE 410: Construction Engineering

Tentative future courses

1) MAT 140: Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers

2) CEE 350: Traffic Analysis and Design

3) CEE 452: Engineering Economics

4) SCM 310: Logistics and Transportation

5) CEE 415: Socio-economic Aspects of Development Projects

6) CEE 250: Introduction to Transportation Engineering

7) CEE 490 Special Topic

8) CEE 499 Engineering Project

At The City College of New York, New York, USA

1) CE326: Transportation Planning (Undergraduate)

2) CE 327: Transportation Systems Engineering (Undergraduate)

3) CE 520: Traffic Engineering (Both Graduate and Undergraduate)

4) CE 540: Highway Engineering (Both Graduate and Undergraduate)

5) CE I 4000: Traffic Control (Graduate Course)

6) CE G 3500: Transportation Safety (Graduate Course)

At The New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA

CE351: Introduction to Transportation Systems (Undergraduate)

Membership & Professional Activities

1) Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers

2) Member, Freight and Logistics Committee, Transportation & Development Institute, ASCE

3) Member, Street and Highway Operations Committee, Transportation & Development Institute, ASCE

4) Review responsibilities with numerous international journals

Research Interests

Sustainable transportation development and application of advanced technologies in transportation