Dr. Md. Abdul Matin Professor Department of Water Resources Engineering j
Personal Information

Academic Qualification

• Ph.D. (Civil Engineering), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K,  1989
• M. Sc. Engineering, (Water Resources), BUET, June ,1984
• B. Sc. Engineering (Civil), BUET, May, 1981
• HSC (Science), Dhaka College, Dhaka, 1975
• SSC (Science), Dhaka Govt. Muslim High School, 1973

Teaching Experience

1. Professor  (Grade-1)
   Department of Water Resources Engineering, BUET, Dhaka,
   From October 13, 2012 to date.
2. Professor
   Department of Water Resources Engineering, BUET, Dhaka,
   From May 5, 2000 to October 12, 2012.


3. Associate Professor
   Department of Water Resources Engineering, BUET, Dhaka,
   From 11 st July 1999 to 4 th May 2000.


4. Associate Professor , WRE (on leave), worked as Sr. Hydraulics Lab. Engineer
   Dept. of Civil Engineering, King Saud University , Riyadh , KSA,
   From 20 th July 1996 to 10 th July 1999.


5. Associate Professor
   Department of Water Resources Engineering, BUET, Dhaka,
   From 27 th Nov. 1994 to 19 th July 1996.


6. Assistant Professor
   Department of Water Resources Engineering, BUET, Dhaka,
   From 15 th Dec. 1984 to 26 th Nov. 1994.


7. Lecturer
   Department of Water Resources Engineering, BUET, Dhaka,
   From 6 th March 1982 to 14 th Dec. 1984.


8. Lecturer
   IFCDR, BUET, Dhaka,
   From 25 th June 1981 to 5 th March 1982.

Administrative and Management Positions:

• Dean, Faculty of Post Graduate Studies(FPGS), BUET, Dhaka
• Chairman, Steering Committee, 11 BUET Convocation-2019
• Head, Department of Water Resources Engineering, BUET, Dhaka , from April 2009 to April 2011.
• Provost, Chatri  Hall, BUET from 2007 to March 2010.
• Head, Department of Water Resources Engineering, BUET, Dhaka , from 2001 to 2003.
• Provost , Suhrawardy Hall, BUET from January 2000 to 2003.
• Asstt. Provost ( in Charge of Union and Students affairs), Sher-e-Bangla Hall, from 1989 to 1996 ( severed continuously for six years period )

Membership /Fellowship of Learned Societies, Professional Institutions and Other Noteworthy Affiliations:

• Life Fellow, Institution of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB), F/3281
• Member , National Oceanographic and Maritime Institute (NOAMI)
• Member,  Board of Trustee, BUET Alumni, (Academic Council, BUET Nominated)
• Member , Broad of Trustee, CEGIS, upto August,2019, Dhaka .
• Member , Board of Trustee, Institute of Water Modeling (IWM), April 2009 - April 2011, Dhaka .
• Member , Board of Governor, IWFM, BUET, 2004-2006.
• Member , Editorial Board, Journal of NOAMI.
• Member , Editorial Board, Journal of Civil Engineering, IEB, 2007-2009 .
• Member, Editorial Board , Bangladesh Journal of Water Resource Research, WRE BUET
• Member, Bangladesh University Council, 2006- 2008.
• Member, Committee of Advance, Studies and Research (CASR), BUET from 2003 to 2006.
• Member, Research and Academic Committee (RAC), IWFM, BUET.
• President PROBISHINIBASH, BUET Society,  2019-2021, 2021-2023 Dhaka
• Director, PROBISHINIBASH  BUET  Society, 2008-2009, 2013-2016 Dhaka
• Vice President, PROBISHINIBASH  BUET  Society, Dhaka . 2010-2011
• Member, Executive Committee, BUET Teachers Association for years 1990, 2002, 2003, 2010, and 2011
• Treasurer , BUET Teachers Club, 1995

Training and International Exposure:

• Participated in the International Training workshop on “Water Management, Institute of Water Management , Izmir , Turkey, August, 2000
• Worked as Sr. Hydraulics Lab. Engineer Dept. of Civil Engineering,, King Saud University , Riyadh , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 20 th July 1996 to 10 th July 1999
• Worked as Resources Person: In the training workshop on “ Coastal Engineering and Coastal Management, organized by BUET-DUT University linkage project and Sponsored by DGIS, Ministry of foreign affairs, The Netherlands, January 1996
• Participated in In the sixth International Training workshop on “River Flow Forecasting, University College Galway, Ireland, April 24 to June 30, 1995
• Visited as Resource Person in Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), The Netherlands for the Development of Post Graduate course material on " River Engineering”. under BUET-DUT University linkage project and Sponsored by DGIS, Ministry of foreign affairs, The Netherlands, June to August,1993.
• Alumni, Association of Commonwealth Academic Scholar , Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom .

Theses

• Matin, M.A. : " The Geometry of Alluvial Channels. Ph.D Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K., 1988, p.240.
• Matin, M.A. : "Analysis of Rainfall Data for Estimating the Intensity Duration Frequency Relationship of North Eastern Region of Bangladesh ". M.Sc thesis Department of Water Resources Engineering, BUET, Dhaka , 1984. p.84.
• Matin, M.A. , Islam, M, Khan, M.” Minimum Reinforcement of Concrete Beam under Flexure., B.Sc (Civil) Engineering thesis, Dept. Civil Engineering, BUET May 1981.

Countries Visited

United Kingdom , Russia, China , Hongkong, Singapur, Philipines, Dubai Turkey , Germany , Sweden , Denmark , The Netherlands , Ireland , Austria , Czech Republic , Slovakia . Kingdom of Saudi Arabia .