G M Tarekul Islam

Research

Current Research Interest

Hydro-morphology of Rivers and Floodplain
Remote Sensing and GIS in Water and Environmental Monitoring
Climate Change Impact on Water Resources
Humanitarian Engineering
Hydro-meteorological Disaster Management

On-going Research Projects

Enhancing Coastal Resilience with Nature-Based Solutions Project, Funded by Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), October 2022 - September 2024 (Co-Investigator).
Remote sensing assessment and capacity building for sustainable development in Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region, Funded by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), January 2022 - December 2022 (Institutional Lead).
Integrated flood services and climate change adaptation for the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basin, Funded by Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), January 2022 - December 2024 (Institutional Lead).

Past Research Projects

ENabling Humanitarian Attributes for Nurturing Community-based Engineering (ENHANCE), Funded by European Commission, November 2018 - May 2023 (Institutional Lead).
Climate Change Risks Assessment for Building Climate Resilient Infrastructures, Funded by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), July 2019 - December 2020 (Co-Investigator).
Developing Flash Flood Forecasting System for the Haor Region of Bangladesh and Capacity Building & Knowledge Management; Funded by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), May 2015 – June 2020 (Co-Investigator).
Water-energy-food nexus perspective: Path making for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to country actions in Asia, Funded by Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), September 2016 - June 2019 (Country Lead).
Assessment of Climate-Induced Long-term Water Availability in Ganges River Basin and Impacts on Energy Security in South Asia (Phase I); Funded by Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN), November 2014 - December 2018 (Country Lead).
Water in South Asia: Impacts of Climate Change and Variability (WASIACLIVAR), Funded by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), August 2017 - April 2018 (Country Lead).
Enhancing Regional Cooperation for Capacity Building and Research in Areas of Water Resource Management within Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) Network, Funded by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), August 2017 - April 2018 (Country Lead).
High End cLimate Impact and eXtremes (HELIX); Funded by European Union (EU), November 2013 – October 2017 (Co-Investigator).
Assessing Health, Livelihoods, Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation in Populous Deltas; Funded by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Department for International Development (DFID), UK, April 2012 – November 2016 (Co-Investigator).
Characteristics and Mechanism of Extreme Climate Events under Climate Change Background; Funded by Commission for Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), January 2014 – December 2015 (Country Lead).
Development of Flood Hazard and Risk Maps with Effect of Climate Change Scenario; Funded by Climate Change Trust Fund (CCTF), June 2010 - May 2012 (Co-Investigator).
Impact of Climate Induced Disasters on Gender; Funded by Climate Change Trust Fund (CCTF), June 2010 - May 2012 (Co-Investigator).
Hydraulic Profiling of Important Fish Habitats of the Jamuna River; Funded by BUET, February 2010 - January 2011 (Co-Investigator).
Field Based Applied Research for the Stabilization of the Major Rivers in Bangladesh; Funded by Ministry of Education, Japan, December 2008 - February 2010 (Co-Investigator).
Fundamentals of Flow and Sediment Transport in a Meandering Compound Channel; Funded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan, November 2006 - October 2008 (Principal Investigator).
Effectiveness of Bandal-Like Structures as Sustainable Solution to River Erosion in Bangladesh; Funded by Japan Asian Friendship Society (JAFS), Japan, May 2005 -November 2006 (Co-Investigator).
Scour Mitigation around Piers and Abutments Using Sacrificial Piles; Funded by BUET, January 2003 - July 2004 (Co-Investigator).
Unsteady Flow Fields over Floodplains in a Meandering Compound Channel; Funded by BUET, August 2002 - July 2003 (Principal Investigator).
Development of a Flood Flow Channel Facility and Study of River Bank Stabilization; Funded by BUET, January 2002 - November 2006 (Principal Investigator).
Morphological Behavior of the Upper Meghna River with Particular Emphasis on the Meghna and Bhairab Bridges; Funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Japan, February 2001 - October 2003 (Co-Investigator).
Dhaka City Stormwater Quality Assessment; Funded by BUET, April 1997 - August 1997 (Co-Investigator).
Urban Runoff in the Developing World: Dhaka City Study; Funded by UK Overseas Development Administration, May 1996 - September 1997 (Co-Investigator).
Extended Study of Stage-Discharge Relationship of the Jamuna at Bahadurabad; Funded by BUET, June 1996 -December 1996 (Co-Investigator).

Title	Climate Change Risks Assessment for Building Climate Resilient Infrastructures
Funding Agency	International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Duration	November 2018 - October 2021
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. Dr. AKM Saiful Islam, Prof. Dr. G.M. Tarekul Islam and Prof. Dr. Sujit Kumar Bala
Short Description	The north-central districts of Bangladesh are characterized by high exposure to annual monsoon floods, reducing potential for agricultural production and limiting accessibility. Target population and communities lack year-round employment opportunities (on- or off-farm/ self- and/or wage-employment), as well as precise information on flood levels. Infrastructure maintenance and design is challenged by increased water flows and floods. To address these challenges, the Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) has developed PROVATi3 project to facilitate sustainable livelihoods for poor households and smallholders in selected Upazilas of Jamuna-Teesta flood plain area of six North-central districts of Bangladesh. This research component of the PROVATi3 project will address the following: - assessment of the impact of climate change on the Teesta-Brahmaputra river system; - assessment of erosion and accretion of land/char due to meandering of rivers; - determination of flood risk zones by applying satellite information, past flood history, potential impact of climate change on river flows of each project Upazila. The research results would should indicate the necessary modifications in design on roads, culvert/bridge, markets, ghats, slope protection etc. and might lead to up-dates in design standards at LGED. This project will be implemented by IWFM of BUET.

Title	ENabling Humanitarian Attributes for Nurturing Community-based Engineering (ENHANCE)
Funding Agency	European Commission
Duration	November 2018 - October 2021
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. Dr. G.M. Tarekul Islam, Prof. Dr. AKM Saiful Islam and Prof. Dr. Sujit Kumar Bala
Partner Institutes	University of Warwick, UK (Lead Partner) University of West Attica, Greece Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Ho Chi Minh University of Transport, Vietnam Ho Chi Minh University of Technology, Vietnam
Short Description	ENabling Humanitarian Attributes for Nurturing Community-based Engineering (ENHANCE), is a 3 year collaborative project supported through the European Commission under the Erasmus+ Key Action 2 Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices; Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education. The project investigates complex humanitarian issues from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives in order to develop balanced, intelligent and synergistic solutions. The ENHANCE project introduces modern, innovative pedagogical approaches, identifying and tackling inherent barriers in quality, knowledge organisation, content, and hierarchy, and ensuring advancement of emerging skills. The project aims at nurturing humanitarian attributes through engineering education for serving unsupported communities effectively and responsibly, in identifying problems and defining sustainable solutions for: Disaster risk reduction; Safer engineering; Resilience of critical infrastructure and the need to involve local communities and ensure interdisciplinary and inter-professional co-operation when designing and applying engineering solutions to address humanitarian challenges. Project Website in Bangla Project Website: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/enhance

Title	Water in South Asia: Impacts of Climate Change and Variability (WASIACLIVAR)
Funding Agency	International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Duration	August 2017 - April 2018
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. G.M. Tarekul Islam
Partner Institutes	Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University, Nepal Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Reading, UK Department of Atmospheric Sciences, IIT-Delhi, India Centre for Climate Change Research, IITM Pune, India Sherubtse College, Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan Hydrometeorology Department, Kabul University, Afganistan
Short Description	The aim of the WASIACLIVAR is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the hydro-climatology of South Asia taking advantage of observational data, reanalyses, global and regional climate models outputs. The processes dominating the variability of the regional climate of South Asia and its response to forcings will be connected with large-scale climate drivers such as ENSO, NAO, and the mid-latitude jet. The specific goal of the project is to make an assessment of water as resources and as source of risks in the region, in the context of low-frequency variability of the climate and its response to anthropogenic forcings, in order to provide input for national and regional stakeholders. Climatic extremes will be analysed at different temporal and spatial scales (e.g. spatially extended heat waves vs. localized floods), in order to be able to take advantage of a larger range of datasets and to provide information to a variety of stakeholders. The project will mainly focus on the large Himalayan river basins, follow an upstream-downstream approach, and pay special attention to High Asia, taking into account the special challenges of mountainous communities and the important role played by glaciers for the climate of the region.

Title	Enhancing Regional Cooperation for Capacity building and Research in areas of Water Resource Management within Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) Network
Funding Agency	International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Duration	August 2017 - April 2018
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. G.M. Tarekul Islam
Partner Institutes	Centre for Water, Climate and Env. Policy, Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Conservation and Environment, Lamai Goempa, Bumthang, Bhutan Central Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu Nepal Advanced Centre for Water Resource Development and Management (ACWADAM), Pune, India Watershed Management Division, Department of Forests and Park Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Bhutan
Short Description	The main purpose of the project is to foster Institutional collaboration, and sharing scientific knowhow and capacity building on water resources management among member Institutions from BBIN Countries. The project is expected to enhance the capacity of the local researchers of the partner institutions in terms of water resources management, get familiar with the best designs of water harvesting structures in the partner institutions and best practices for climate smart model village selected for replication in the partner countries.

Title	Water-energy-food nexus perspective: Path making for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to country actions in Asia
Funding Agency	Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
Duration	September 2016 - June 2019
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. G.M. Tarekul Islam
Partner Institutes	Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan Central University of Rajasthan, India Center of Research for Environment Energy and Water, Nepal Ha Noi University of Natural Resources and Environment, Viet Nam
Short Description	Water and energy security are vitally important for sustainable development. The UN General has approved a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Among the proposed goals, Goal 2, Goal 6 and Goal 7 focus on the security of three basic elements (food, water and energy, respectively) for survival of human being, economic growth and development. About 27 indicators have been proposed for food, water and energy goals by the UN General Assembly Open Working Group for Sustainable Development Goals. The securities of three basic elements are interdependent and the nature of interdependency should be taken for designing the future objectives of the country and region. But, to date resource management is mostly done in unilateral sectoral approach, causing unintended trade-offs and conflicts among relevant sectors or areas. Unsurprisingly, a lot of discussion has been made to reflect integration approach in the SDGs process. In the Asia-Pacific, where faces significant challenges in ensuring water, energy and food security achieving the SDGs on food, energy and, water will require an integrated perspective across the plans of resource management. The proposed project will explore synergies and trade-offs among food-water-energy targets that will help the countries (both developed and developing countries) to develop policies and actions to manage three resources effectively and meet related targets more swiftly. This project will also perform comparative analysis in the context of readiness to implement SDGs by the developed countries, emerging countries and developing countries in the region and this will facilitate to learn the good cases from each other.

Title	Developing Flash Flood Forecasting System for the Haor Region of Bangladesh (F-FLOOD) and Capacity Building & Knowledge Management
Funding Agency	International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and and implemented by Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)
Duration	May 2015 – June 2019 (4-year)
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. A.K.M. Saiful Islam Prof. G.M. Tarekul Islam Prof. Mashfiqus Salehin Prof. Sujit Kumar Bala and Prof. M. Shahjahan Mondal
Partner Institutes	Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (FFWC) of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) Institute of Water modeling (IWM)
Short Description	The Climate Adaptation and Livelihood Protection (CALIP) is a supplementary project integrated with IFAD's Haor Infrastructure and Livelihoods Improvement Project (HILIP) launched in 2012.The CALIP project will work in the same project areas as HILIP in the five Haor districts of Netrakona, Habiganj, Brahmanbaria, Kishoreganj and Sunamganj in 28 Upazilas selected on the basis of their exposure to climate risks and poverty context. These include 4 Upazilas in Netrakona, 4 Upazilas in Kishoreganj, 6 Upazilas in Brahmanbaria, 3 Upazilas in Habiganj and 11 Upazilas in Sunamganj. The objective of the HILIP/CALIP project is to enhance livelihood opportunities and reduce vulnerability of the poor. The main outcomes expected from the HILIP/CALIP project include: (i) enhanced access to markets, livelihood opportunities and social services; (ii) enhanced village mobility, reduction in production losses and protection against extreme weather events; (iii) enhanced access to fishery resources and conservation of biodiversity; (iv) enhanced production, diversification and marketing of crop and livestock produce; (v) efficient, cost effective and equitable use of project resources; and vi) enhanced capacity and knowledge for building resilience (new outcome introduced by CALIP).

Title	High End cLimate Impact and eXtremes (HELIX)
Funding Agency	European Union (EU)
Duration	November 2013 – October 2017 (4-year)
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. A.K.M. Saiful Islam Prof. G.M. Tarekul Islam Prof. Sujit Kumar Bala
Partner Institutes	University of Exeter, UK Met Office, UK Tyndall Centre, University of East Anglia, UK Free University Amsterdam, Netherlands Joint Research Centre, EU (Spain & Italy) World Food Programme, UN (Italy) University of Liege, Belgium Institute Pierre-Simon Laplace, France Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany University College London, UK Technical University of Crete, Greece IGAD Centre for Climate Prediction and Application, Kenya Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Delhi, India National Agency for Civil Aviation and Meteorology, Senegal
Short Description	Climate change is a reality now and being demonstrated across the globe through various climate events. Warming up of our earth with the gradual increase of temperature as forecasted by the scientific community is no longer a myth. Climate change beyond 2°C, 4°C and 6°C is to impact severely as a result of "extreme" events to be occurred in upcoming years. To address this problem, an initiative has been taken through the project "HELIX". The High-End cLimate Impacts and eXtremes (HELIX) is a collaborative project funded by European Union, and started in November 2013, with sixteen participating institutions led by the Exeter University, UK. Assessment of climate change impacts as a result of 2°C, 4°C and 6°C world will be conducted in HELIX on a global scale under a range of physical and socio-economic conditions with the consideration of different adaptations scenarios. As a partner of HELIX, BUET will focus on South Asia (case study: Bangladesh) for the apprehended implications of higher-end scenarios beyond 2°C, 4°C and 6°C and possible warming of the world upon different bio-physical systems of the country like agriculture, water resources, ecology, infrastructure, health, socio-economy, etc. Project website: http://helixclimate.eu/home

Title	Assessing health, livelihoods, ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in populous deltas
Funding Agency	Department for International Development (DFID), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Duration	April 2012 – March 2016 (4-year)
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. Md. Munsur Rahman Prof. Mashfiqus Salehin Prof. Md. Rezaur Rahman Prof. Anisul Haque Prof. G.M. Tarekul Islam Prof. A.K.M. Saiful Islam Prof. Abul Fazal M Saleh Prof. M. Shahjahan Mondal Ms Shampa
Partner Institutes	Bangladesh	Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM) Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Institute of Livelihood Studies (ILS) Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) Ashroy Foundation ICDDR,B Bangladesh Agricultural University Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) Technological Assistance for Rural Advancement (TARA)
	UK	University of Southampton University of Exeter Oxford University University of Dundee Plymouth Marine Laboratory National Oceanographic Centre (NOC) Hadley Centre
	India	Jadavpur University Aranyak (Rural Development)
	China	East China Normal University
Short Description	This project aims to develop methods to understand and characterize the key drivers of change in ecosystem services that affect the environment and economic status in the world’s populous deltas, Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM). It is characterized by densely populated coastal lowlands with significant poverty, supported to a large extent by natural ecosystems such as the Sunderbans. It is under severe development pressure due to many rapidly growing cities, e.g. Khulna and the capital, Dhaka. At present the importance of ecosystems services to poverty and livelihoods is poorly understood. Government policy rarely considers an ES perspective; hence a holistic overview of their value is often overlooked. Hence, the major focus of this project is to develop methods to understand and characterize the key drivers of change in ecosystem services that affect the environment and economic status in this populous delta. Addressing the gaps in Government policy by providing policy makers the knowledge and tools so that they are able to evaluate the effects of policy decisions on people’s livelihoods in deltas is another objective of this project. Project website: http://www.espadelta.net/

Title	Assessment of Climate-Induced Long-term Water Availability in Ganges River Basin and Impacts on Energy Security in South Asia
Funding Agency	Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
Duration	November 2014 - December 2015
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. G.M. Tarekul Islam
Partner Institutes	Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan Central University of Rajasthan, India Center of Research for Environment Energy and Water, Nepal
Short Description	The study aims to explore methodology development in linking different modelling techniques (hydrological modelling, energy system modelling and GIS) and to address the practical conflicts between water and energy supply. Through quantitative assessment, stakeholder consultation and field surveys of power plants, this study can be expected to deliver an integrated assessment and planning aid tool, which can help policy makers in the region to address water and energy security issues from a river basin perspective through integrated resource management and regional cooperation.

Title	Characteristics and Mechanism of the Extreme Climate Events under the Climate Change Background
Funding Agency	Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS)
Duration	January 2014 - December 2015 (2-year)
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. G.M. Tarekul Islam Prof. A.K.M. Saiful Islam Debanjali Saha
Partner Institutes	International Center for Climate and Environment Sciences (ICCES), China Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, Malaysia Department of Meteorology, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, Pakistan Department of Meteorology, CIIT, Islamabad, Pakistan Industrial Technology Institute (ITI), Sri Lanka Himalayan Cryosphere, Climate and Disaster Research Centre (HiCCDRC), Kathmandu University, Nepal Iranian Research Organization for Science & Technology (IROST), Iran Atmospheric Science and Meteorological Research Center, Iran Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), Pakistan National Weather Forecasting Centre, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), Pakistan
Short Description	The joint research would be carried out by gathering the relevant meteorological data of collaborating countries with daily/monthly temporal resolution. The main objective of the joint research project is to explore the characteristics and mechanism of extreme climate events along with expert-exchange, short-term trainings and sharing of facilities/laboratory resources.

Title	Development of Flood Hazard and Risk Maps with Effect of Climate Change Scenario
Funding Agency	Climate Change Trust Fund (CCTF)
Duration	June 2010 - May 2012 (2-year)
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. M. Mozzammel Hoque Prof. M. Shah Alam Khan Prof. Tarekul Islam Prof. Mashfiqus Salehin Dr. M. Shahjahan Mondal Dr. AKM Saiful Islam
Lead organization	Institute of Water and Flood Management, BUET
Short Description	The present study is an attempt to carry out a comprehensive analysis of hazard and risk by considering different types of floods and different elements at risk under each of the study areas representing different flood types, hazard and vulnerability mapping for different elements of risks and developing composite risk maps. Furthermore, the study integrates technical assessment of flood hazards and risks with community based local hazard and risk maps, with the latter being used to verify the former. Most importantly, the study considered the dynamic nature of flood hazards and risks by bringing in the impact of climate change on hazard and risk mapping. The outcome of the study is expected to be used as basic information to the log-term strategy on disaster reduction.

Title	Impact of Climate Induced Disasters on Gender
Funding Agency	Climate Change Trust Fund (CCTF)
Duration	June 2010 - May 2012 (2-year)
Researcher from IWFM	Dr. Sujit Kumar Bala Dr. Tarekul Islam
Lead organization	Institute of Water and Flood Management, BUET
Short Description	Bangladesh has been identified as most vulnerable to tropical cyclones, third most vulnerable to sea level rise and sixth most vulnerable to floods. Climate change associated adversity and vulnerability is contextual and gender specific. Disaster impacts men and woman differently. It magnifies the socially constructed inequalities between men and women where women are always the worst victim due to their gender differentiated roles and lack of access and control over resources. Women’s contribution in household and society is often overlooked which further limit their due participation in decision making sphere. The purpose of the study is to explore the gender dimension of climate change induced disaster.

Title	Hydraulic Profiling of Important Fish Habitats of the Jamuna River
Funding Agency	BUET
Duration	February 2010 - January 2011 (1-year)
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. Rezaur Rahman Prof. Munsur Rahman Dr. Tarekul Islam
Partner Institutes	Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Cervices (CEGIS) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Bangladesh Technological Assistance for Rural Advancement (TARA)
Short Description	Contemporary approaches to river management increasingly stress the need for integration between the physical and biological aspects of river environments. No eco-hydraulic information are available for the lower Brahmaputra or the Brahmaputra – Jamuna. Such baseline information are important for sustainable management of a river. Brahmaputra – Jamuna is already a heavily trained river. In the 1960s, a 220 km embankment was built on its right bank delinking the river from its floodplain. As a result, fish resources in the area were considerably damaged. The overall objective of this research project is to gather information on the hydraulic characteristics that the fishes prefer for their habitats in the Jamuna.

Title	Field Based Applied Research for the Stabilization of the Major Rivers in Bangladesh
Funding Agency	Ministry of Education, Japan
Duration	December 2008 - February 2010 (1-year 3-month)
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. M. Mozzammel Hoque Prof. Md. Munsur Rahman Dr. G. M. Tarekul Islam Dr. Mohammed Asad Hussain Prof. Md. Rezaur Rahman
Partner Institutes	Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Japan Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS)
Short Description	The need for river training and bank protection in Bangladesh arises from the fact that most of the rivers of the country and unstable and hence they are not in a state of equilibrium with the governing physical processes. As a result. thesis rivers undergo rapid changes of water and sediment regime with continuous adjustment in depth, slope, width and plan form. The purpose of the project is to investigate the causes and mechanisms of failure of the river training and bank protection works and to understand the flow and erosion mechanism around the river bends.

Title	Fundamentals of Flow and Sediment Transport in a Meandering Compound Channel
Funding Agency	Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Duration	November 2006 - October 2008 (2-year)
Researcher	Dr. G M Tarekul Islam Prof. Yoshihisa Kawahara
Lead Organization	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hiroshima University
Short Description	Natural meander river is usually composed of a deep main channel and adjacent shallow floodplains. Such compound channels offer advantages mainly that of ensuring reasonable depth at low flows, while the floodplains give storage for floods during high flows. This is why a two-stage channel or compound channel is proposed as a design cross-section to retain large parts of the natural environment unchanged. When the main meander channel is flanked by floodplains with meandering levee, it results in a doubly meandering compound channel. The purpose of the research project is to explore the effect of longitudinal slope on flow pattern and to understand the 3-D flood flow structure in a doubly meandering compound channel.

Title	Effectiveness of Bandal-Like Structures as Sustainable Solution to River Erosion in Bangladesh
Funding Agency	Japan Asian Friendship Society (JAFS)
Duration	May 2005 -November 2006 (1.5 year)
Researcher from IWFM	Dr. Md. Munsur Rahman Dr. Anisul Haque Dr. G M Tarekul Islam Dr. Md. Rezaur Rahman Prof. M. Mozzammel Hoque (Adviser)
Lead Organization	Institute of Water and Flood Management, BUET
Short Description	The geographical location of Bangladesh is complex and unique in nature, and problems related to river bank erosion and their countermeasures are very difficult to handle. Any adaptive method must be capable to sustain during the monsoon, when discharge usually exceed the capacity of the river systems and during the dry season when flow is limited and rivers are mostly silted up. The goal of this research project is to develop a sustainable method for river erosion protection where expertise of local people would be utilized and would be technically sound, economically viable, suitable for environmental preservation and acceptable to the local community.

Title	Scour Mitigation around Piers and Abutments using Sacrificial Piles
Funding Agency	BUET
Duration	January 2003 - July 2004 (1.5-year)
Researcher from IWFM	Dr. Anisul Haque Dr. G M Tarekul Islam M. Asad Hussain
Lead Organization	Institute of Water and Flood Management, BUET
Short Description	The sacrificial piles are used to mitigate scour around bridge piers. This method consists of using a single pile or group of piles in front of bridge piers. The arrangement should be such that scoured materials from the sacrificial piles should have enough volume to fill the scour hole created upstream of the pier. This concept differs from earlier study made with sacrificial piles that mainly deals to reduce strength of horseshoe vortex. The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of sacrificial piles for scour mitigation, alternative arrangements of piles tested in front of the pier under clear water condition.

Title	Unsteady Flow Fields over Floodplains in a Doubly Meandering Compound Channel
Funding Agency	BUET
Duration	August 2002 - July 2003 (1-year)
Researcher from IWFM	Dr. G M Tarekul Islam
Lead Organization	Institute of Water and Flood Management, IWFM
Short Description	A natural meander river is usually composed of a deep main channel and adjacent shallow floodplains. Such compound channels offer advantages mainly that of ensuring reasonable depth at low flows, while the floodplains give storage for floods during high flows. This is why a two-stage channel or compound channel is proposed as a design cross-section to retain large parts of the natural environment unchanged. When the main meander channel is flanked by floodplains with meandering levee, it results in a doubly meandering compound channel. In natural rivers, most of the flows are unsteady especially during flood. The unsteadiness of the flood waves influences the velocity distribution, suspended sediment transport, bed load sediment transport etc.. The main purpose of the research is to analyze the temporal and spatial variation of primary and secondary velocity fields in the floodplain of a doubly meandering compound channel.

Title	Development of a Flood Flow Channel Facility and Study of River Bank Stabilization
Funding Agency	BUET
Duration	January 2002 - November 2006
Researcher from IWFM	Dr. G M Tarekul Islam Dr. M. Anisul Haque Dr. M. Shah Alam Khan Dr. Md. Munsur Rahman Prof. Jahir Uddin Chowdhury (Adviser)
Lead Organization	Institute of Water and Flood Management, BUET
Short Description	The Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology lacks laboratory facilities for the basic and applied research flood related problems such as floodplain sedimentation, bank erosion and river channel changes, morphological behavior at channel bifurcation, compound channel flow, failure of hydraulic structures and river channel stabilization. The purpose of the project is to design and construct a Flood Flow Channel (FFC) facility for carrying out research in the above field.

Title	Morphological Behaviour of the Upper Meghna River with Particular Emphasis on the Meghna and Bhairab Bridges
Funding Agency	Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Duration	February 2001 - October 2003
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. M Mozzammel Haque Dr. M Anisul Haque Dr. M Munsur Rahman Dr. Tarekul Islam Mohammd Asad Hussain
Partner Institutes	Setsunan University, Japan Kyoto University, Japan University of Tokushima, Japan Tottori University, Japan
Short Description	In Bangladesh, enormous discharge of the main river systems, the Brahmaputra-Ganges-Meghna and their numerous tributaries and distributaries make the rivers unstable especially during monsoon. The main objectives of the project is to evaluate river channel processes, bank erosion and local scouring, tidal characteristics, interaction between groundwater and tidal fluctuation; to evaluate the risk of the Meghna bridge from river channel changes and local scouring; to suggest the protective measures to the Meghna bridge from possible risk of river channel changes and to evaluate the morphological conditions of the river Meghna at the vicinity of Bhairab Railway bridge.

Title	Dhaka City Stormwater Quality Assessment
Funding Agency	BUET
Duration	April 1997 - August 1997
Researcher from IWFM	M. Shah Alam Khan Prof. Jahir Uddin Chowdhury G M Tarekul Islam
Lead Organization	Institute of Water and Flood Management, BUET
Short Description	The main purpose of the study is to provide an overview of the quality of storm runoff generated from urban areas in Dhaka city.

Title	Urban Runoff in the Developing World: Dhaka City Study
Funding Agency	UK Overseas Development Administration
Duration	May 1996 - September 1997
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. Jahir Uddin Chowdhury G M Tarekul Islam
Partner Institute	Institute of Hydrology, UK
Short Description	Small interval rainfall data and stormwater runoff data for urban areas in the developing countries are scarce. Design procedures for urban stormwater drainage are usually based on developed country experience and standards. Collection of good quality rainfall and runoff data from urban catchments in the developing world is needed to review drainage design and develop appropriate model to suit the local condition. The purpose of the project was to measure rainfall and runoff in Dhaka city during 1996 and 1997, and to investigate the spatial variability, storm duration, average rainfall intensity, peak 5-minute intensity, time to peak intensity and inter-storm time using point rainfall data.

Title	Extended Study of Stage-Discharge Relationship of the Jamuna at Bahadurabad
Funding Agency	BUET
Duration	June 1996 - December 1996 (6-month)
Researcher from IWFM	Prof. Jahir Uddin Chowdhury G M Tarekul Islam
Lead Organization	Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET
Short Description	The Jamuna is a large braided river in Bangladesh. It is the lowest reach of the Brahmaputra river. The reach between the off-take of the Old Brahmaputra and the confluence with the Ganges is called the Jamuna River and is about 140 km long. The river is characterized by high seasonal variability. The purpose of the study is to investigate the hydraulic characteristics of the gauging section by analyzing the cross-sectional parameters, velocity, discharge and local water surface slope based on two consecutive years of intensive measurement.

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