Madeha Sattar Khan 

Madeha Sattar Khan

Lecturer

Email: madeha@jidpus.buet.ac.bd, Khanmadeha000@gmail.com 

Research Interest 

  • Improving structural resilience against different types of disasters.
  • Resilient infrastructure and communities.
  • Structural collapse safety assessment.
  • Seismic assessment of innovative structural materials.
  • Earthquake engineering and performance-based design.

Academic Qualification 

  • M.Sc. in Civil & Structural Engineering (2022-Present) 
    Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) 
  • B.Sc. in Civil Engineering (2016-2020) 
    Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) 
    • B.Sc. Thesis: Performance Based Bridge Design according to AASHTO Seismic Design Category C 

List of Publications

Published

  • Khan, M. S., Mehrin, M., Tasnim, M., & Amin, A. S. (2024). Disability-Inclusive Emergency Evacuation Planning for Dhaka Metro Stations. Proceeding of 7th International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD 2024), Bangladesh
  • Hoque, I., Khan, M.S., Mehrin, M., Tasnim, M., Quadir, S.T., Alam, J., Aiswarza, S. A., & Amin, A. F. M. S. A Study of the Panic Driving Behavior in Non-Lane Based Heterogenous Traffic. TRB Paper No. -25-04509. Transportation Research Board 104th Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. January, 2025.

Submitted and Under Review

  • Hoque, I., Quadir, S.T., Alam, J., Khan, M.S., Mehrin, M., Tasnim, M., Fariha, Z., & Amin, A. F. M. S. (2024, Under Review). A Hybrid Machine Learning and Microsimulation Framework for Simulating Metro Station Evacuation. Natural Hazards.

  • Mehrin, M., Khan, M, S., Tasnim, M., & Amin, A. F. M. S. (2024, Under Review). Investigation of Cooling Effects of Lakes During Heatwaves: A Case Study of Dhaka City. Water and Environment Journal.
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Honors and Awards

  • Recipient, Young Engineer and Scientist’s Award (Y-E-S) by the Honda Foundation, Japan in 2022

  • Winner, The very first structural design competition of Bangladesh, EN-GENIUS as a member of BUET-Sparklers Team in 2020

  • Finalist, Safe Water Challenge organized by UNDP, Bangladesh in 2019

  • Champion, Techfest Bangladesh Round in ‘Sustainability’ as a part of National Robotech Festival in 2017

  • Recipient, Dean’s Award, BUET, in each academic year of study

  • Recipient, BUET Academic Merit Scholarship in each term

  • Awarded, 16th position in the divisional round of the 5th Bangladesh Physics Olympiad in 2015

Other Experiences

  • Reviewer, Progress in Disaster Science Journal, Elsevier in 2024

  • Student Member, American Concrete Institute since 2022

  • Member, Review Team, 5th Annual Paper Meet and 2nd Civil Engineering Congress in 2022

  • Member, Organizing committee, Seminar on the completion of Padma Bridge in 2022

  • Founding Vice President, BUET Innovation & Design Club (BIDC) in 2022