Email: shohel@ce.buet.ac.bd
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Dr. Shohel Rana

Professor
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Specialization: Structural Engineering

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Education

  • Ph.D.   (Civil Engineering),     The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan, 2015
  • M.Sc.   (Civil and Structural Engineering),   Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2010
  • B.Sc.    (Civil Engineering), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 2007

Research Interest

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM), Vibration-based damage identification, Signal Processing, System Identification, Experimental Modal Analysis, Structural Dynamics, Bridge Engineering, Structural Optimization, Finite Element Modelling, Earthquake-Resistant Building Design, Seismic Analysis, Seismic performance assessment, Retrofitting of Structures.

Research Awards

  • Research Grant award for the Project titled “Damage Identification of a Truss Bridge Using Vehicle-Induced Dynamic Response Based on 1-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Network and Statistical Distance Metric” funded by the Research and Innovation Centre for Science and Engineering (RISE), BUET, Dhaka, 2024.
  • Research Grant award for the Project titled “Development of Statistical Index Based Damage Identification Method for Bridge Structures Using Vehicle Induced Dynamic Response Considering Vehicle-Bridge Interaction Modelling” funded by the Research and Innovation Centre for Science and Engineering (RISE), BUET, Dhaka, 2023-2024
  • Research Grant award for the Project titled “Statistical Approach of Structural Health Monitoring for Bridge Structures” funded by the SMEC-BUET, Dhaka, 2023.
  • Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship: For Doctoral research from October 2012 to September 2015.
  • Recognized Reviewer Status Awards (Certificate) by ELSEVIER, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2016.
  • Journal Best Paper Award for the paper titled “Retrofitting of a Seismically Deficient RCC Building by Steel Bracing System” in the Journal of Modern Science and Technology, 2017.

Professional Work at National and International Levels

Consultancy Projects and Others:

  • Consultancy services for “Vetting of Design & Drawing of 640 m 4-Lane Aesthetic Progressive Cantilever Box Girder Bridge over the Feni River, Sonagazi and Mirsharai Economic Zone Connecting Road Project under Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Dhaka, 2025.
  • Consultancy Services for the design review of the construction of 02-Nos Slipway Each 2000 MT (Max) with related Infrastructures at Dockyard No 1 & 2 of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC)”, 2024-2025.
  • Consultancy Services for the Substructure Design Review & Construction Supervision for Padma River Crossing section under the “Payra Gopalganj-Aminbazar 400kV Double Circuit Transmission Line (2nd Phase) Project”, Bangladesh-China Power Company (Pvt.) Ltd. (BCPCL), 2024-2026.
  • Consultancy services for “Design Review for the Steel structure of Gorai Truss Bridge by MACRON for Construction of a Broad-Gauge Rail Line from Madhukhali to Magura via Kamarkhali Project, Package WD-2”, Bangladesh Railway, Rajshahi, 2024-2025.
  • Consultancy services for “Crack Investigation of RCC Shear Wall of BCIC Bhaban, Dilkusha, Dhaka, 2024.
  • Consultancy services for “Design Review and Top Supervision for the Construction of Bridge Over the Surma River at chainage on Sachna Bazar-Beheli GC – Tahirpur under Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Dhaka, 2024-2025.
  • Consultancy services for “Design Drawing Review of the River Crossing Foundation of River Crossing Transmission Lines Scheme (RCTLS) over Padma and Jamuna Rivers under Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), 2023-2025.
  • Consultancy work for the “Feasibility Study and Detail Design for Permitting Locomotive and Coaches with Higher Axle Loads Over the Existing Kalurghat Bridge of Bangladesh Railway with Feasible Strengthening Measures as an Interim Alternative until the New Bridge is Constructed”, Bangladesh Railway, 2022-2025.
  • Consultancy work of “Consultation on Design Vetting and Advisory Service During Construction of Submarine Base Camp by Poly Technologies INC (PTI), China on G to G Basis”, Bangladesh Navy, 2021-2023.
  • Consultancy work for the “Independent Proof Check of The Design and Drawings of Shell-Like Structure having Curvilinear Steel Truss and Glass Curtain Wall of The Padma Bridge Museum, Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project, Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA)”, 2021-2022.
  • Team Member as Bridge Engineer in the consultancy work of “Feasibility Study and Detailed Design for the Construction of an Elevated Expressway/Road from Mithamain Sadar Upazila to Karimganj Upazila via Mithmain Cantonment of Kishoreganj District”, Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA)”, 2020-2022.
  • Consultancy work for the “Advisory services for the project of (i) Providing fiber sheet roofing works and RCC floor for extension area of import cargo canopy and (ii) Construction of Ansar/Security Barrack/Shade at Residential Area, Kawla at HSIA, Kurmitola, Dhaka, for Civil Aviation Authority (CAAB), Headquarters, Kurmitola, Dhaka, 2021-2022.
  • Consultancy work for the “Feasibility Study of Digital Security Agency (DSA), Bangladesh, Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) Division, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Bangladesh”, 2021-2022.
  • Consultancy work for the “Detail Engineering Assessment (DEA) of 30-storied Bangladesh Bank Head Office Building, Motijheel”, 2020-2022.
  • Consultancy work for the “Investigation of a Fire Affected Building of Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ), BEPZA, Savar, Dhaka”, 2021-2022.
  • Consultancy work for the “Preliminary Assessment Report Based on Visual Inspection of Head-Office Building of Rupali Bank Ltd. at 34, Dilkusha, Motijheel, Dhaka”, 2021.
  • Consultancy work for the “Vetting of 05 Nos. River Crossing Suspension and Anchor Towers with Foundation for Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB), Dhaka”, 2021.
  • Consultancy work for the “Detail Engineering Assessment (DEA) of Sharmin Apparels Ltd. & Fashions Ltd. Building of Sharmin Group at Narashinghpur, Zirabo, Ashulia, Dhaka”, 2020-2021.
  • Consultancy work for the titled “Design Checking of New Steel Bridge at 2nd km on Tongi Bypass Road under Gazipur Road Division”, 2019-2020.
  • Consultancy work for the “Top Supervision of 13 numbers Buffer Godowns for Fertilizer Storage & Distribution in different districts of Bangladesh of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporations (BCIC)”, 2019-2020.
  • Consultancy work for the “Design Checking of Padma Bridge Rail Link Project”, Construction Supervision Consultant CSC Cell, Corps of Engineers, Bangladesh Army, 2019-2025.
  • Consultancy work for the “Expert opinion on technical issues on submitted design of 12 (Twelve) Storied DESCO Head-Office Building with 06 (Six) Basement at Nikunja, Dhaka”, 2018.
  • Consultancy work for the “Vetting of IFF Center, Bangladesh Navy Dockyard, Chittagong, Bangladesh Navy”, 2018.
  • Consultancy work for the “Vetting of Main Plant Steel Structure Buildings Design of GPH Ispat Ltd. BMRE Project, Chittagong”, 2017.
  • Team member as Bridge Designer in the consultancy work “Bridge design for Purbachal New Town Project: Kuril to Balu River Canal System Planning Design & Construction Top Supervision”, 2017.
  • Consultancy work for the “Structural design checking of two ten storied building at Jessore and Dhaka for Bangladesh Air Force”, 2016.
  • Consultancy work for the ASCE-31-Tier-1 Assessment (Seismic Vulnerability Assessment) of Unit-2 factory structure of Univogue Garments Co. Ltd., Chittagong, 2015.
  • Team member as Bridge Engineer in the consultancy work “Cost Assessment of Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) (PPP) Project”, 2010.
  • Consultancy work for the “Supervision Services for Installation of Eight nos. 20m-90m Self Standing Tower (SST) for Bangladesh Police”, 2009.

Activities as a Resource Person:

  • 6-day long training/short course on “Structural Design and Detailing According to the BNBC 2017” funded by BEPZA, organized by BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety (BUET-JIDPUS), Dhaka, December, 2019.
  • “Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Engineering Structures” presented in the International Conference on Robotics, Electrical and Signal Processing Techniques (iCREST), organized by Faculty of Engineering, American International University (AIUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 10-12 January, 2019.
  • “Fundamentals of Earthquake Resistant Design and Retrofitting of Reinforced Concrete Buildings” organized by BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety (BUET-JIDPUS), Dhaka, 2018.
  • “Technical Knowledge Exchange between Nepal and Bangladesh on advanced, cost-effective and climate resilient bridge structures” funded by World Bank/ SSKE TF, organized by BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety (BUET-JIDPUS), Dhaka, February, 2018.
  • “Structural Vulnerability Assessment and Structural Health Monitoring”, organized by BUET-JIDPUS in association with University of British Columbia (UBC), Okanagan, Canada, December, 2015.

Research Paper Review

  • “Population-based Markov Chain Monte Carlo method with Delayed-Acceptance applied to structural damage identification”, submitted to Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Springer Nature,
  • Low-Cost Road Surface Condition Evaluation using the Roadroid Smartphone Application: A case study of Johannesburg, South Africa”, submitted to Journal of Road Engineering,
  • “Temperature Effect Separation for Bridge Deflection monitoring based on SVD-WTD-RLMD”, submitted to Advances in Concrete Construction, Techno Press,
  • “Structural Damage Detection and Localization of Railway Concrete Slab Track using different Frequency-based Transforms”, submitted to Innovative Infrastructure Solutions, Springer Nature,
  • “A semi-supervised learning-based IRI estimation framework using smartphone collected public vehicle response”, submitted to Automation in Construction, Elsevier,
  • “Research on Road Surface Roughness Evaluation Method Based on Intelligent Mobile Terminals”, submitted to Frontiers in Earth Science,
  • “Research on Impact Coefficient of Highway Bridges in Heavy-Cargo Transportation Based on International Roughness Index”, submitted to Scientific Reports, Springer Nature,
  • “A Novel Damage Identification Method for Arch Bridge Using Symplectic Geometry Wavelet Packet Energy”, submitted to Structures, Elsevier,
  • “Study on Seismic Optimization Design of Steel Silo Support Stiffening Ribs Based on Seismic Response Analysis”, submitted to Structures, Elsevier,
  • “Wireless Vibration Testing and Bridge Deck Damage Identification Using Underneath Maintenance Walkway”, submitted to Scientific Reports, Springer Nature,
  • “Road Pavement Degradation Monitoring Using Vibration Data”, submitted to Scientific Reports, Springer Nature,
  • “Road Roughness Detection based on Discrete Kalman Filter Model with Driving Vibration Data Input”, submitted to International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology,
  • “Road Pavement Degradation Monitoring Using Vibration Data”, submitted to International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology,
  • “Dynamic Response of Bridge Deck Pavement System for Steel-Concrete Three-Span Continuous Beam”, submitted to Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, SAGE,
  • “Multi-objective optimization of post-tensioned concrete box-girder road bridges considering cost, CO2 emissions, and safety”, Engineering Structures, Elsevier, Volume 125, 2016, pp.325-336.
  • “Production of GI Wire Fiber Reinforced Micro-concrete”, Proceedings of the 1st Bangladesh Civil Engineering Summit 2016, BUET, 24 November, 2016, pp. SE 104-109.
  • “Optimum geometric configuration of fuse for seismic force resisting rocking frame”, Proceedings on International Conference on Disaster Risk Management, BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety (BUET-JIDPUS), Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 12-14, 2019, pp.43-48.
  • “Behavior of typical steel column sections under standard fire”, Proceedings on International Conference on Disaster Risk Management, BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety (BUET-JIDPUS), Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 12-14, 2019, pp.119-124.
  • “Non-linear finite element investigation of the lateral load capacity of stiffened SPSW for various aspect ratios”, Proceedings on International Conference on Disaster Risk Management, BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety (BUET-JIDPUS), Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 12-14, 2019, pp.49-54.

Selected Publications

Journal Publications (recognized and refereed journals/proceedings):

  1. Talukder, R., Siddique, F., and Rana, S., (2025) “Regression (REG-1DCNN) based unsupervised bridge damage detection using vehicle induced acceleration response and dynamic time warping algorithm”, Measurement, Elsevier, 256: 118380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2025.118380.
  2. Zahid, T.B. and Rana, S. (2025) “Output Only Damage Detection of a Steel Truss Bridge Based on a Semisupervised BiLSTM Modeling Scheme”, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, Wiley, 2025: 5965478. https://doi.org/10.1155/stc/5965478
  3. Sakib, N. and Rana, S., (2025) “SRDI: Synergistic Distance-Based Approaches for Supervised Statistical Pattern Recognition in Structural Health Monitoring”, Structures, Elsevier, 75: 108760. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2025.108760
  4. Zaman, M.H., and Rana, S. (2025) “Performance Assessment of Existing Retrofitted Reinforced Concrete Buildings with Different Steel Bracing Systems”, Advances in Civil Engineering, Wiley, 2025: 9123021. https://doi.org/10.1155/adce/9123021
  5. Sakib, N., and Rana, S., (2024) “Vibration-Based Damage Identification of a Steel Frame Using an Output-Only Algorithm”, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer Nature, 511:275:285. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63276-1_28.
  6. Rahman, M.A., Abrar, R. and Rana, S. (2024) “Identification of FRP Debonding of an I-Girder Bridge Using Statistical Analysis of Impulse Induced Vibration Responses”, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer Nature, 511:353:361. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63276-1_36.
  7. Rana, S., Adhikary, S., Tasnim, J., (2022) “A Statistical Index Based Damage Identification Method of a Bridge Using Dynamic Displacement under Moving Vehicle”, Structures, Elsevier, 43:79-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc. 2022.06.018.
  8. Asaduzzaman, Rana S. (2022) “Smart Monitoring of Pavement Condition Utilizing Vehicle Vibration and Smartphone Sensor”, Advances in Civil Engineering, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Springer Nature, 184:199-209. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5547-0_20.
  9. Rana, S., Asaduzzaman, (2021) “Vibration Based Pavement Roughness Monitoring System Using Vehicle Dynamics and Smartphone with Estimated Vehicle Parameters” Results in Engineering, Elsevier, 12:100294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2021.100294.
  10. Adhikary, S., Rana, S., Tasnim, J., Islam, N., (2021), “Dynamic Impact Factor Determination of an Existing Pre-stressed Concrete I-Girder Bridge Using Vehicle-Bridge Interaction Modelling”, Journal of Civil Engineering and Construction, 10(3):163-176. https://doi.org/10.32732/jcec.2021.10.3.163.
  11. Rana, S., Nagayama, T., Hisazumi, K. and Tominaga, T., (2019) “Damage Identification of a Belt Conveyor Support Structure Based on Cross-sectional Vibration Characteristics”, Structural Control and Health Monitoring, WILEY, 26(6): e2349. https://doi.org/10.1002/stc.2349.
  12. Rana, S., Nagayama, T., Hisazumi, K. and Tominaga, T., (2016) “Clarification of cross-sectional vibration characteristics for damage identification of belt conveyor support structure”, In Transforming the Future of Infrastructure through Smarter Information: Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart Infrastructure and Construction, ICE Publishing, Cambridge University, UK, 27-29 June, 2016, pp. 417-422. https://doi.org/10.1680/tfitsi.61279
  13. Honarbakhsh, A., Nagayama, T., Rana, S., Tominaga, T., Hisazumi, K., Kanno, R., (2015) “Damage identification of belt conveyor support structure using periodic and isolated local vibration modes”, Smart Structures and Systems, 15(3):787-806. doi: 10.12989/sss.2015.15.3.787.
  14. Islam, N., Rana, S., Ahsan, R., and Ghani, S.N., (2014) “An Optimized Design of Network Arch Bridge using Global Optimization Algorithm”, Advances in Structural Engineering, 17(2): 197-210. doi: 10.1260/1369-4332.17.2.197.
  15. Rana, S., Islam, N., Ahsan, R., and Ghani, S.N., (2013) “Application of Evolutionary Operation to the Minimum Cost Design of Continuous Prestressed Concrete Bridge Structure”, Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 46:38-48. doi:10.1016/j.engstruct. 2012.07.017.
  16. Ahsan, R., Rana, S., and Ghani, S.N., (2012) “Cost Optimum Design of Post-Tensioned I-Girder Bridge Using Global Optimization Algorithm”, Journal of Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 138(2):273-284. https://doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0000458.

Conferences Proceedings (national and international conferences and seminars):

  • Siddique, S., and Rana, S., (2025) “A Deep Semi-Supervised Learning based Damage Identification of a Bridge Using Vehicle-Induced Dynamic Displacement and Multilayer Perceptron Model”, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Core Engineering & Technology (IUT-ICCET 2025), Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, Bangladesh, April 2025, Paper ID 138.
  • Rahman, M.A., and Rana, S., (2025) “Seismic Performance Evaluation of a Bridge Following Displacement-Based Design Concept”, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Core Engineering & Technology (IUT-ICCET 2025), Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, Bangladesh, April 2025, Paper ID 109.
  • Siddique, F., Talukder, R. and Rana, S., (2025) “A Numerical Study on Early Damage Detection of a Bridge Based on Vehicle Induced Dynamic Response using a Deep Learning Algorithm”, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Core Engineering & Technology (IUT-ICCET 2025), Islamic University of Technology, Gazipur, Bangladesh, April 2025, Paper ID 142.
  • Jannat, S.R., and Rana, S., (2024) “Prestressed Concrete I-Girder Bridge System – An Optimized Cost-Effective Design with Sensitivity Analysis”, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovation of Civil Engineering & Architecture for Sustainable Development (IICASD-2024), DUET, Gazipur, Bangladesh, November 2024, pp.378-389.
  • Islam, M., and Rana, S., (2024) “Seismic Performance Assessment of Existing Retrofitted RC Building with Different Patterns of Steel Bracing Using Nonlinear Dynamic Response”, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovation of Civil Engineering & Architecture for Sustainable Development (IICASD-2024), DUET, Gazipur, Bangladesh, November 2024, pp.286-298.
  • Hasan, M.A., and Rana, S., (2024) “Detecting Damage in Bridges Using Vehicle Induced Dynamic Response: A Time Series Analysis and Arima Modeling Approach”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD 2024), Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna, Bangladesh, February 2024, 2024_0053_1-2024_0053_14.
  • Rahman, M.A., Abrar, R. and Rana, S., (2023) “Identification of FRP Debonding of an I-Girder Bridge Using Statistical Analysis of Impulse Induced Vibration Responses”, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials (CICM 2023), organized by Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 26-28 July 2023.
  • Sakib, N., and Rana, S., (2023) “Vibration-Based Damage Identification of a Steel Frame Using an Output-Only Algorithm”, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials (CICM 2023), organized by Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 26-28 July 2023.
  • Sakib, N., Rana, S., and Jafar, S.B., (2023) “A Statistical Pattern Recognition for Structural Health Monitoring Using Vibration Signals”, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering (ICPACE 2023), organized by Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 12-14 October 2023, pp.453-458.
  • Roy, S. and Rana, S., (2023), “Dynamic Behavior of A Tied-Arch Bridge to Strong Ground Motion”, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education, School of Applied sciences & Technology Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), January 2023, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
  • Zaman, R. and Rana, S., (2022), “Vehicle-Bridge Interaction (VBI) Simulation and Damage Identification of a Bridge Using Responses Measured in a Passing Vehicle by Empirical Mode Decomposition Method”, Proceedings of the 5th Annual Paper Meet and 2nd Civil Engineering Congress, July 2022, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • *Hisamuzzaman, M., and Rana, S., (2021), “Seismic Retrofitting Performance Assessment of a RMG Building with Various Patterns of Steel Bracing System”, Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ICACE-2020), Imam, Rahman and Pal (eds.), SE: 265-271, 4-6 March 2021, CUET, Bangladesh.
  • *Asaduzzaman, and Rana, S., (2021), “Smart Monitoring of Pavement Condition Utilizing Vehicle Vibration and Smartphone Sensor”, Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ICACE-2020), Imam, Rahman and Pal (eds.), SE: 242-249, 4-6 March 2021, CUET, Bangladesh.
  • *Adhikary, S., Tasnim J., and Rana, S., (2021), “Vehicle-Bridge Interaction Simulation Based on Finite Element Model of Bridge and Quarter Car Vehicle Model”, Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ICACE-2020), Imam, Rahman and Pal (eds.), SE: 31-37, 4-6 March 2021, CUET, Bangladesh.
  • *Rana, S., and Hisamuzzaman M., (2019) “Most efficient steel bracing pattern of a seismically vulnerable RC building based on nonlinear static pushover analysis”, Proceedings on International Conference on Disaster Risk Management 2019 (ICDRM 2019), published by BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety (BUET-JIDPUS), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 12-14 January, 2019, pp.55-61.
  • *Hossain, M.S., Goswami, D. and Rana, S., (2019) “Identification of FRP de-bonding of an I-girder Bridge by Vibration-Based Cluster Analysis”, Proceedings of International Conference on Structural Engineering Research (iCSER2019), Published by Science, Technology and Management Crest Australia (STAMCA), organized by GCSTMR, Australia and BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19-22 January, 2019, pp. 188-193.
  • *Snigdha, M.A.K., Sheen, F., and Rana, S., (2019) “Identification of FRP de-bonding of an I-girder by Frequency Analysis”, Proceedings of International Conference on Structural Engineering Research (iCSER2019), Published by Science, Technology and Management Crest Australia (STAMCA), organized by GCSTMR, Australia and BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19-22 January, 2019, pp. 182-187.
  • *Hossain, M.R., Rahman, M.F. and Rana, S., (2019) “Dynamic Behavior of a Tied-Arch Bridge to Seismic Excitation”, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Structural Engineering Research (iCSER2019), Published by Science, Technology and Management Crest Australia (STAMCA), organized by GCSTMR, Australia and BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19-22 January, 2019, pp.157-160.
  • *Rana S., Asaduzzaman, Bagha, M.H., Saha, B., and Azam, M.G., (2019) “Vibration Based Pavement Condition Monitoring Using Smartphone as a Sensor”, Proceedings of International Conference on Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 7-9 February 2019.
  • *Hisamuzzaman M. and Rana, S., (2019) “Performance Assessment of Retrofitted RC Frames with Different Patterns of Steel Bracing”, Proceedings of International Conference on Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 7-9 February 2019.
  • *Rana, S., Rased, M. and Hisamuzzaman, M., (2017) “Analysis and Design Comparison of RCC Buildings with Shear Wall by BNBC-1993 and BNBC-2012”, Proceedings of Civil and Water Resources Engineering Conference, Published by: Global Institute of Science & Technology, Melbourne, Australia; 3-4 November, 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh. ISBN: 978-1-925488-52-4.
  • *Rana, S., Kamal, M. M. and Hisamuzzaman, M., (2017) “Retrofitting of a Seismically Deficient RCC Building by Steel Bracing System”, Proceedings of Civil and Water Resources Engineering Conference, Published by: Global Institute of Science & Technology, Melbourne, Australia; 3-4 November, 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh. ISBN: 978-1-925488-52-4.
  • Rana, S., Nagayama, T., Hisazumi, K. and Tominaga, T., (2015) “A Numerical Study on Corrosion Damage Detection of Belt Conveyor Support Structure Based on Cross-Sectional Vibration Characteristics”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering and Applied Science, Hokkaido, Japan, July, 2015, pp. 287-296.
  • Rana, S., Nagayama, T., Hisazumi, K. and Tominaga, T., (2014) “Damage Assessment of Support Structure of Belt Conveyor by Cross-sectional Local Vibration Modes”, Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology, ANCRiSST-2014, Taipei, Taiwan, 1-3 August, 2014.
  • Rana, S., Ahsan, R., and Ghani, S.N. (2010) “Design of Prestressed Concrete I-Girder Bridge Superstructure Using Optimization Algorithm” Proceedings of the IABSE – JSCE Joint Conference on Advances in Bridge Engineering-II, 8-10 August, 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp.211- 223.