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Dr. Mohammed Zakiul Islam 2022-06-27T16:11:50+06:00

Zakiul Islam, MIAB
Professor, Dept. of Architecture, BUET

Ph.D.                 North Carolina State University, USA
M.Arch              The University of Texas at Austin, USA
B.Arch,             Department of Architecture, BUET

Book (authored or Edited) and Book Chapters:

  • Islam, M. Z. and Kabir, S. (Eds.) (2019) “Aspirations and Ideas: Designing with Context”. A publication by The University Press Limited (UPL), Dhaka, Bangladesh in association with Context and Institute of Architects Bangladesh. ISBN 978 984 506 279 4,
  • Islam, M. Z. (2019) “Learning Environment of the Future” in the book titled “Aspirations and Ideas: Designing with Context”, Editors: Mohammed Zakiul Islam and Saimum Kabir, ISBN 978 984 506 279 4, The University Press Limited, pp 62-63, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Islam, M. Z. and Mallick, F. H. (2014) “What has environment got to do with public health? The relationship between urban health and built environment “, in the Bangladesh Health Watch Report 2014: Urban Health Scenario Looking Beyond 2015. Edited by Syed Masud Ahmed, Kuhel Faizul Islam and Abbas Bhuiya, Bangladesh Health Watch, James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University.
  • Amin, S. and Islam, M. Z. (2003) National Martyr’s Memorial in Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh Volume 7, pages 261-262

Journal Publications (recognized and refereed journals):

  • Khan, M., McGeown, S. and Islam, M. Z. (2019). “There is no better way to study science than to collect and analyse data in your own yard: Using an outdoor classroom to promote science learning among primary school children in Bangladesh”, Children’s Geographies. 17(2). pp. 217-230. doi: 10.1080/14733285.2018.1490007
  • Cerin et al. (2019) “Development and validation of the neighborhood environment walkability scale for youth across six continents”. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 16 (122)
  • Islam, M. Z., Moore, R. and Cosco, N. (2016) “Child-Friendly, Active, Healthy Neighborhoods: Physical Characteristics and Children’s Time Outdoors.” Environment and Behavior. 48(5), pp. 711-736, DOI: 10.1177/0013916514554694
  • Monsur, M., Mansur M., and Islam, M. Z. (2016) “Are children living on dead-end streets more active? Near-home street patterns and school-going children’s time spent outdoors in Dhaka, Bangladesh”. Preventive Medicine.103. pp. 73-80
  • Antonaccio,O., Tittle,C. R. Brauer,J., R. and Islam, M., Z. (2015)  “Supported and coerced? A cross-site investigation of the effects of social support and coercion on criminal probability”. Journal of Quantitative Criminology. 31(1). pp. 49-92
  • Islam, M. Z. (2012) “Using Google Earth to Study Children’s Neighborhood: An Application in Dhaka, Bangladesh” in Children, Youth, and Environment. 22(2). pp 93-111
  • Brauer, J. R., Tittle, C. R., Antnaccio, O. and Islam, M. Z. (2012) “Childhood Experiences and Self-Control”. Deviant Behavior. 33(5). pp 375–392
  • Moore, R., Cosco, N. and Islam, M. Z. (2010) “Behavior Mapping: A Method for Linking Preschool Physical Activity and Outdoor Design” in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 42(3). pp 513-519
  • Islam, M. Z. (2004) “Is There an Islamic City?” in Protibesh. 9(1). pp 26-32,

Conferences (national and international conferences/seminars):

Proceedings:

  • Islam, M. Z. (2020) “Looking after a decade: A comparison of identified neighborhood areas in an interval of eleven years” in Proceedings EDRA 2020 – 51st International Conference of Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA): Transform: Socially Embedded Collaboration” at The Design School, Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, 04 -07 April 2020
  • Islam, M. Z. and Monsur, M (2011) “Changes in Built Environment Changes in Children: Relationship between Street Type and Children’s Outdoor Activity” in Proceedings of the International Network Symposium on Continuity and Changes of Built Environment – Housing, Culture and Space across Lifespan, International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS), Daegu, Korea, 2011
  • Islam, M. Z. (2010) “Is Density Always Beneficial? Relationship between Built Form’s Density and Children’s Outdoor Activity in a Developing Country” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Built Environment in Developing Countries (ICBEDC), Malaysia, 2010
  • Leobach, J., Moore, R., Cosco, N. and Islam, M. Z. (2009) “The New GIS Frontier: The Integration of Qualitative and Participatory Methods with Geographic Information Systems” with Janet Leobach, Robin Moore, and Nilda Cosco in Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association, Kansas city, Missouri, USA, May 27-31, 2009
  • Islam, M. Z. (2003) “Outdoor for Indoor: The Study of Indoor climate due to changes in the Street Canyon” in Proceedings of the 20th Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture (PLEA), Santiago, de Chile, 2003
  • Islam, M. Z. (2000) Building Home not Shelter in Proceedings of the 3rd Housing & Hazards International Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pages 107-111

Presentations (in publicly announced event):

  • Islam, M. Z., UNCRC and children’s rights in the built environment in workshop titled, “Displaced children’s experience of places: exploring ways for improving children’s experiences of places in temporary settlements” organized by University College London (UCL) Research Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL Bartlett Real Estate Institute and Health Management Bangladesh Foundation, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. 2019
  • Islam, M. Z., “Designing Spaces in Context: Reaching Beyond the 5%” at the Dhaka LitFest organized by University Press Limited, PSR Seminar Room, Bangla Academy, Dhaka, November 09, 2019
  • Islam, M. Z., “Accommodating For Accommodation”, Kathan Lecture Series, Department of Architecture, North-South University, Dhaka, 24 August 2018
  • Islam, M. Z., “Architecture and its way of Life”, Department of Architecture, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2017
  • Islam, M. Z., “Landscape as Playscape for children: Case Study-Dhaka” at American International University-Bangladesh, July 2016
  • Islam, M. Z., Invited speaker at the Short Course on “The Urban lived environment and its consequence for health” offered by James P. Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University, October 2014
  • Islam, M. Z., Monsur, M., and Khan, M., “How Environment Shape Our Children: The relationship between Children and Physical Characteristics of the Physical Environment”, Conference on Child Rights & Sight, Organized by Distressed Children and Infants (DCI), Yale University, Yale UNICEF, Rights & Sight for Children (RSC), Eye Surgery Associates, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA, 2013 (Second author presented the paper)
  • Islam, M. Z., Panel Speaker at Urban Health Symposium: Taking action for healthy cities in Bangladesh jointly organized by the Centre for Urban Equity and Health at BRAC Institute of Global Health (BIGH), Eminence Associates for Social Development, Bangladesh Urban Health Network and the Centre for Equity and Health Systems and icddr,b., 22-23 November, 2013
  • Islam, M. Z., “Use of Satellite Images in Study of Children’s Outdoor Activity” Presented at the International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS) conference, Rome, Italy, 2008
  • Islam, M. Z., “Using Satellite Image for Neighborhood Research with Children” presented at the INTERCOM Research Exchange Program, College of Design, North-Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA, 2008

Completed Supervision of MArch and PhD thesis:

  • The Relationship between Children’s Physical Activity and Outdoor Design Features in Schools of Dhaka, Sheikh Muhammad Rezwan, 2020
  • Outdoor as Learning Environment for Children at a Primary School of Bangladesh, Matluba Khan, 2012
  • Impact of Street Design on Children’s Independent Mobility in Dhaka City, Muntazar Monsur, 2011

Research Grants and Awards/Honorable mentions received (based on BUET or CAF-BRTC projects):

  • Research grant (Sub-recipient) from the National Institute of Health (NIH), USA, for the IPEN Adolescent: International Study of Built Environments and Physical Activity (Bangladesh), 2014
  • First Place, Winner of the Design Competition for Department of Glass & Ceramics Engineering Building, BUET, (Team Member). Team Leader is Sheikh Ahsan ullah Mojumder, 2012
  • First Place at the Annual North Carolina State University Graduate Research Symposium, USA, 2008
  • Landscape Architecture Research Award, College of Design, North Carolina State University, 2008
  • Best Young Architect Award, Berger Award for Excellence in Architecture, Bangladesh 2005

Professional Works (under CAF-BRTC):

  • Design Team Leader, Masterplan and Design of Gulshan Central Park, Dhaka (On-going)
  • Design Team Leader, Regional Training Institute, Sonali Bank, Khulna, (On-going)
  • Design Team Leader Ship Modelling Test Center, Naval Architecture Department, BUET
  • Design Team Leader, 18 Storied Residential Tower, BUET

Event organizer or contributor (in BUET or at national level as Convenor, Coordinator etc):

  • Juror, Institute of Architects Bangladesh Research and Publication Award, 2020
  • Juror, Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB) Design Award, 2019
  • Juror, Berger Award for Excellence in Architecture, 2019
  • Member, Committee for Advanced Studies and Research (CASR), BUET
  • External examiner, Ph.D. Candidate supervised by Dr. Zhang Ye, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2017
  • Moderator, Film Society Club, BUET, 2017
  • Architecture Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor, BUET, 2016-17
  • Convener, Research Methodologies at the Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, December 2014
  • Convener, Architecture Student Association Committee
  • Coordinator, Board of Post Graduate Studies, 2008 – 2011

Professional or Learned Body Affiliations:

  • Member, International People’s Environment Network
  • Member, Leadership Council of International School Ground Alliance
  • Member, Institute of Architects, Bangladesh