Faculty Profile

Dr. Muhammad Saiful Islam

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Professor Institute of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801973833107
  • Email: saiful-cee@sust.edu

Biography

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Saiful Islam has earned a PhD degree in Construction and Project Management from the Queensland University of Technology in 2019. He has an MSc degree in Construction Engineering and Management from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia and a BSc degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh. He has been working as a faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, since June 2007.

Education

  • PhD, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
  • MSc, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
  • BSc, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh

Research Interests

  • Dr. Islam does research in Construction Engineering and Project Management with particular attention in project risk and uncertainty management, project time, and cost management.

Active Research Project

  • N/A

Previous Research Project

  • Predicting the Costs and Contingencies of Power Plant Projects using CART Models. A grant offered by the King Faisal University Research Centre. Approved budget was 5,600 AUD.
  • Investigating the root causes of non-conformities in Building construction supply chain. The grant was awarded by the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Research Centre and was successfully completed. Approved budget was 5,500 AUD.
  • Performance Monitoring and Prioritizing Maintenance Works of Saudi Arabian Road Networks: An Image Processing Approach. The grant was awarded by the Research Centre of Building and Construction Materials, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals. Approved budget was 71,000 AUD.
  • Modelling risk-induced contingency cost for zero emission technology-based LNG projects. An Internal grant offered by the Central Queensland University Research Centre. Approved budget is 20,000 AUD.

Journal Publish

  • 1. Advancement in the automation of paved roadways performance patrolling: A review
  • 2. Nonconformity Assessment in Building Construction Projects: A Fuzzy Group Decision-Making Approach
  • 3. Structuring risks for a comprehensive understanding of cost overruns in power plant projects
  • 4. Fuzzy Approach for Evaluating Critical Factors in the Design and Construction of Conventional Wastewater Treatment Plants
  • 5. Modified Mamdani-Fuzzy Inference System for Predicting the Cost Overrun of Construction Projects
  • 6. Life Extension Feasibility Study of a Combined Cycle Power Plant
  • 7. A Coupled Genetic Programming Monte Carlo Simulation–Based Model for Cost Overrun Prediction of Thermal Power Plant Projects
  • 8. Modeling bidding decisions and bid markup size for construction projects: A fuzzy approach
  • 9. Physiological impacts on construction workers under extremely hot and humid weather
  • 10. Budget and Cost Contingency CART Models for Power Plant Projects
  • 11. Quality Management System Framework for Construction Companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  • 12. A case study on the service quality perception in a university mall: customers’ perspective
  • 13. Comparative Cost Analysis of Different Thermal Power Plant Projects
  • 14. Grasping the Nonconformities in Building Construction Supply Chains
  • 15. Risk induced contingency cost modeling for power plant projects
  • 16. Behavior of Carbon Nano-Tubes (CNTs) as Modifier to Resist Aging and Moisture Damage in Asphalt
  • 17. Muhammad Saiful Islam, Madhav P. N., Martin Skitmore, and Golam Kabir. A Knowledge-based Expert System to Assess Power Plant Project Cost Overrun Risks. Expert Systems with Applications- Elsevier, vol. 136 (1), 2019: 12-36.
  • 18. Muhammad Saiful Islam, Madhav P. N., and Martin Skitmore. Modified Fuzzy Group Decision Making Approach to the Cost Overrun Risk Assessment of Power Plant Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 2019, vol. 145 (2).
  • 19. Prediction and sensitivity analysis of CNTs modified asphalt’s adhesion force using a radial basis neural network model
  • 20. Muhammad Saiful Islam and Bambang Trigunarsyah. Construction Delays in Privately Funded Large Building Projects in Bangladesh. Asian Journal of Civil Engineering (Springer), 2018, 1-15.
  • 21. Muhammad Saiful Islam, Madhav P. N., Martin Skitmore, and Meghdad Attarzadeh. Current Research Trends and Application Areas of Fuzzy and Hybrid Methods to the Risk Assessment of Construction Projects. Advanced Engineering Informatics (Elsevier), vol. 33, 2017: 112-131.
  • 22. Muhammad Saiful Islam, Razwanul Islam, Tarek Mahmud. Safety Practices and Causes of Fatality in Building Construction Projects: A Case Study for Bangladesh. Jordan Journal of Civil Engineering, vol. 11 (2), 2017: 267-278.
  • 23. Muhammad Saiful Islam and Bambang Trigunarsyah. Construction Delays in Developing Countries: A Review. Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management, vol. 7 (1), 2017.
  • 24. Md. Arifuzzaman, Muhammad Saiful Islam, and Muhammad Imtiaz Hossain. Moisture Damage and Evaluation in SBS and Lime Modified Asphalt using AFM and Artificial Intelligence. Neural Computing and Application (Springer), vol. 28 (1), 2017: 125-134.
  • 25. M Farhad Howladar, Md. Mehedi Hasan, Saiful Islam, Fazle M. M. Shine, C. Quamruzzaman. Gas Blowout Impacts on Ground Water Environs around the Tengratila Gas Field, Chattak, Bangladesh. Journal of Water Resource and Protection, vol. 5, 2013: 64-170.
  • 26. Muhammad Saiful Islam, Hasibur R., and Md. Ashrafuzzaman. Evaluation and Comparison of Building Construction Technologies in Two Major Cities of Bangladesh. International Journal of Structure and Civil Engineering Research, vol. 1(1), 2012: 99-109.
  • 27. M. Ahmed, K. M. Khaleduzzaman, Nure Alam Siddique, and Saiful Islam. Earthquake vulnerability Assessment of Schools and Colleges of Sylhet, A North Eastern City of Bangladesh. SUST Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 19 (5), 2012: 27-34.
  • 28. Muhammad Saiful Islam, MAI Chowdhury, SA Iqbal, SAB Rahman, and MK Hossain. Assessment of Health Care Waste Generation in Sylhet City. Bangladesh Journal of Environmental Science, vol. 18, 2010: 56-61
  • 29. MAI Chowdhury, Muhammad Saiful Islam, AFMK Chowdhury, and S Ahmmed. Urban Heat Island Effects in Sylhet City. Journal of Environmental Science and Natural Resources, vol. 3(1), 2010: 185-189.
  • 30. Cost Overrun Risk Assessment for Healthcare Projects: A Modified Fuzzy Group Decision-Making Approach
  • 31. A Framework for Assessing the Impacts of COVID-19 on the Construction Industries in Developing Countries

External Affiliations

  • Member of the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh
  • Reviewer of the Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE
  • Reviewer of the Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
  • Reviewer of the International Journal of Construction Management
  • Reviewer of the Iranian Journal of Fuzzy System
  • Reviewer of the Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence Journal, Elsevier

Awards & Recognition

  • Dean’s Award 2020 for publishing a high-quality journal paper. The award was given by the Dean of School of Applied Sciences and Technology, SUST, Bangladesh.
  • (2015-2018) QUT Excellent Top-Up, and QUT Postgraduate Research Award (QUTPRA) offered by the Queensland University of Technology, Australia.( IF49 9339591)
  • (2015-2018) International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS) offered by the Department of Education and Training, Australian Government. (IF49 9339591)
  • (2012-2014) Post-graduate Research Scholarship offered by the Ministry of Higher Education, King Fahad University, Saudi Arabia. (A00181152)
  • (1999-2003) University Merit Scholarship offered by the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh

Conference

  • 1. Fuzzy-based performance measurement of building construction projects: a case study
  • 2. Benefits Realization and Application Challenges of Green Concrete Towards Sustainability in Saudi Arabian Construction.
  • 3. Comparative Cost Analysis of Different Thermal Power Plant Projects
  • 4. Parametric Modeling of the Cost of Power Plant Projects; 2020 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing and Technologies (3ICT); https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9311963
  • 5. Cost Contingency Modelling for Construction Projects: Insight from the Literature; 2019 International Conference on Innovation and Intelligence for Informatics, Computing, and Technologies (3ICT); 10.1109/3ICT.2019.8910317
  • 6. Muhammad Saiful Islam and Madhav Nepal, “A Fuzzy-Bayesian Model for Risk Assessment in Power Plant Projects”, Presented in the “ProjMAN-International Conference on Project MANagement” at 5-7 October, 2016, Porto City, Portugal.
  • 7. Muhammad Saiful Islam,BambangTrigunarsyah, Mohammad Hassanain, and SadiAssaf, “Causes of Delay in Construction Projects in Bangladesh”, Presented in“The 6th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management (ICCEPM)”, 12-14 October, 2015, Busan, South Korea.
  • 8. Muhammad Saiful Islam and Yeasin Ahmed, “Risk Assessment of Construction Projects in Bangladesh”, Presented in the “International Postgraduate Research Conference (IPGRC)”, 8-10 April, 2013, University of Salford, Manchester, UK
  • 9. K. M. Khaleduzzaman, M. S. Islam, S. K. Kundu, and S. Shil, “Building Construction Workers’ Quality and Safety: A Case Study on Sylhet City”. Presented in the Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education (CERIE), 11-13 January, 2011, SUST, Sylhet.
  • 10. Cost Estimation Model for Residential Buildings- A Fuzzy Expert System
  • 11. Critical Building Components Analysis: An Empirical Study

Teaching

  • Details of Construction, Project Planning and Management, Cost Estimation, Structural Analysis I & II, Reinforced Concrete Design, Surveying

Graduate Supervision

  • Omar Ebrahim. Enhancing the Construction Resilience to Cope with the Post COVID-19 Precautions Measures Uncertainty: A Fuzzy-based Approach. M.Sc. Thesis. Completed in 2023.
  • Vasanth Venkatesh. Lean management for reducing lean wastes in public-private partnership healthcare projects. M.Sc. Thesis. Completed in 2022.
  • Yaman Saeid Al-Nahhas. Fuzzy-Mamdani Approach for Predicting Cost Overruns in Large Construction Projects. M.Sc. Thesis. Completed in 2021.
  • Ibrahim S. Zaqout. Modeling Bidding Decision and Bid Markup Size for Construction Projects: A Fuzzy Approach. M.Sc. Thesis. Completed in 2021.