Courses Offered by Prof. Amanat

 

Undergraduate Level

Current assignments

CE 411: Structural Analysis and Design II: Analysis of Indeterminate Plane Frames.

CE 319: Design of Steel Structures

CE 400: Project and Thesis

CE 410: Structural Analysis and Design Sessional II
CE 316: Concrete Structures Sessional

Past assigments
CE 311: Structural Analysis and Design I: Analysis of determinate frames, influence lines
CE 315: Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures I: Introduction to basic concrete mechanics, beams.
CE 317: Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures II: Concrete structures like slab, column, flat plates, footing etc.
CE 416: Computer Aided Analysis and Design of Structures

CE 421: Dynamics of Structures: Introduction to basic dynamics of structures

CE 212: Strength of Materials Sessional

Postgraduate Level

Current assignments

CE6121: Advanced Structural Steel Design
Past assignments

CE6110: Computer Methods in Civil Engineering
CE6108: Analysis and Design of Shells
CE6119: Advanced Theory and Design of Steel Structures.

 

OTHER ASSIGNMENTS

a)     Curriculum Improvement

1) Introduction of new courses as well as revision of existing courses to incorporate computer and IT based education at undergraduate level:

CE102 Computer Aided Drafting.

CE205 Numerical Methods.

CE206 Computer Programming.

CE319 Design of Steel Structures

CE416 Computer Aided Design of Structures.

2) Revision of the course curriculum at undergraduate level to make it more acceptable for European as well as US accreditation.

 

b) Laboratory Development
     1) Establishment of the 1st Computer Laboratory in the Civil Engineering Dept.

Acquisition of a space.

Purchase of PC.

Design of civil works.

Furniture design.

Setting up the PCs.

Setting up the server and network.

Lab management.

 

     2) Concrete Laboratory:

Development of reaction frame and base anchorage to test large scale RC frames.

Procurement of laboratory equipment like cement moulds as per ASTM and ISO standards using local resources. Procurement of concrete cylinder and cube moulds as per ASTM and ISO standards using local resources.

Procurement of concrete mixer machines.

Procurement of concrete concrete crushers.

Installation of floor anchorage system for testing of concrete structures like stairs etc.


     3) Strength of Materials Laboratory.

Manufacturing of lab apparatus as per ASTM standards using local resources.

Calibration of different testing machines.

Development of 1000 ton capacity reaction frame for calibrating hydraulic jacks

Fabrication of precision extensometers for materials testing.

Setup and operation of newly acquired UTMs.

 

c)     Production of Teaching Aids
                Preparation of standardized lecture notes for the CE 323(old), CE312(old), CE316, CE319 and CE410 courses


d)     Staff Development
                Organized training course for faculty members on computer aided drafting.

 

e)     Others
          1) Installation of local computer network (LAN) infrastructure in the department and its management:

Estimating the hardware requirement.

Designing the LAN topology

Supervising the installation of LAN.

Management and troubleshooting.

2) Former Member-Secretary of the BRTC Management Committee.

3) Member, Board of Undergraduate Studies (BUGS) of the Department of Civil Engineering, BUET.

4) Member, Board of Post-graduate Studies (BPGS) of the Department of Civil Engineering, BUET.

5) Member, Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation (BRTC) Group of Consultants, Department of Civil Engineering, BUET


Contribution to the University Administration

Member, Gender Equality Policy Group (GEP), BUET - Univ. of Alberta Institutional Linkage Project, 2003-2004. Activities include a) Preparation of a video documentary, b) Organizing Seminars, c)Nation-wide survey, d) Preparation of Action Plan. e) Formation of a Forum of Woman Technical Professionals f) Publishing Posters, Leaflets and Newsletters etc.

Member of the Invitation Committee, Convocation 2005. Duties included preparation of the list of invitees, collection of their addresses, preparation of invitation card for guests and others.

Member of the Invitation Committee, Convocation 2004. Duties included preparation of the list of invitees, collection of their addresses, preparation of invitation card for guests and others.

Field Judge, BUET Sports 2000. Appointed field judge by Director of the students welfare to judge the sports events.


Hall Administration

Worked as an assistant provost of Ahsanullah Hall (west) from Feb. 1999 to October 2002. Duties involved supervision of the food and dinning facilities at the hall mess along with other routine works.

Worked as the provost of Ahsanullah Hall from April 2007 to Nov. 2010.


Last update: March 2019