ADVISORY COMMITTEE 1. Michael Kieran, Transportation Consulting Principal, IBI Group 2. Don McKnight, McGill University 3. Mario Iacobacci, Ph.D., Director, Economics / Directeur, Analyse économique, AECOM 4. Gerry Kolaitis, Director of Strategic Planning at VIA Rail, Montreal, Canada LIST OF EXECUTIVE MEMBERS PRESIDENT Md. Shohel Reza Amin 625 Rue Milton, Apartment 804 Montreal, Quebec, H2X1W7 Canada Home phone: 514-289-2024 Cell phone: 438-936-4119 Email: md_amin@encs.concordia.ca shohelamin@gmail.com Mr. Md. Shohel Reza Amin is a PhD student and Research Assistant in the Department of Building, Civil & Environmental Engineering at Concordia University. He is also a part-time Research Assistant in a research project of Professor William Reimer (Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, Concordia University). Mr. Amin has research interest on the integration of land use and transportation modeling, and dynamic transport infrastructure asset management system. Prior to commencing his PhD study at Concordia University, Mr. Amin was a PhD researcher in the School of Built Environment (University of Ulster, UK), an Assistant Professor in urban and regional planning discipline at a university in Bangladesh, and a Transport Consultant of the District Towns Infrastructure Development Project in Bangladesh. Mr. Amin is affiliated with different professional, research and student organizations in North America and Bangladesh. He has been awarded Alain Lamoureux award 2013, Canada Steamship Lines Inc. Award in Transportation Studies 2013, and Graduate Student Paper Award in the TRANSLOG Conference 2012 during his ongoing doctoral research work. Both in his academic and professional career, Mr. Amin has conducted some multidisciplinary research works in the fields of urban and regional planning, civil engineering and social science.
VICE-PRESIDENT (EXTERNAL) Nathalie Oum, ing., M.Sc. (PhD student) Cell phone: 438-777-8451 Email: kottmayo@hotmail.com Office Direction de la Gestion Stratégique des Réseaux d'eau Unité Plan directeur 1555, rue Carrie-Derick, bureau 1327 Montréal (Québec) H3C 6W2 Tél : (514) 280-0074; Fax : (514) 280-4269 Email: nathalie.oum@ville.montreal.qc.ca Nathalie Oum, est diplômée de l École Nationale Supérieure d électronique, d électrotechnique, d informatique, d Hydraulique et de Télécommunications, de Toulouse (en France), où elle reçoit son titre d ingénieur en Hydraulique et Mécaniques des fluides. Elle poursuit un cycle d études supérieures à l École Polytechnique de Montréal, où elle obtient son grade de maîtrise dans le cadre d une recherche opérationnelle axée sur l optimisation des plans de réhabilitation des réseaux d aqueduc. Elle se joint ensuite au Consortium Cima-Génivar-Tecsult-Aecom, où elle participe activement au projet d élaboration du Plan d intervention des réseaux d eau et de voirie de la Ville de Montréal pendant 4 ans. Suite à cela, elle intègre le Service de l eau de la Ville de Montréal où elle travaille présentement à mettre en place une plateforme structurée de la gestion des actifs des réseaux d eau secondaires. Parallèlement, elle poursuit en temps partiel des études doctorales en gestion des actifs. Son sujet de thèse porte sur le développement d un outil économique d aide à la décision pour assister les gestionnaires dans leurs décisions de savoir s il est avantageux ou non de faire la coordination des travaux sur trois (3) systèmes : eau potable, égout et voirie. Nathalie Oum, graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d électronique, d électrotechnique, d informatique, d Hydraulique et de Télécommunications, in Toulouse (France), where she received her Bachelor degree in Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics. She pursued graduate studies at the Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, where she obtained her Master degree in Operational research, with a focus in optimization of rehabilitation plans for water main systems. She joined the Cima-Génivar-Tecsult- Aecom Consortium, where she actively participated in the project of developing the intervention Plan for water, sewer and road networks for the City of Montreal during 4 years. Following this, she joined the Water Service of the City of Montreal, where she is currently working to establish a structured asset management platform for local water and sewer mains. Meanwhile, she continues part-time doctoral studies in Asset Management. Her thesis focuses on the development of a decision support system to assist municipal planners in their decisions to whether coordinate or not infrastructure works among three (3) municipal systems: water, sewer and roads.
VICE-PRESIDENT (RESEARCH) Umma Tamima Full address Room no 275, McDonald building, 817 Sherbrooke street west, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2K6, Canada Phone: 514-289-2024 Office (if any): 514-398-6860 Email: umma.tamima@mail.mcgill.ca tamima_025@yahoo.com Umma Tamima is a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil Engineering at McGill University. She holds two MS degrees in Urban and Regional Planning from London School of Economics (LSE) and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Her research areas include natural hazards and risk analysis, and Evacuation Modeling. She has more than two and half years of teaching experience at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). She was involved in the project work of University Grants Commission (UGC), Bangladesh. Umma Tamima has also been affiliated with the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE), Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP), and International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM). She was awarded the Dean Faculty Award (Three times) from BUET, Award for Excellent Academic Performance-BUET, Excellence in Education Award by CitiBank N.A., Commonwealth Scholarship-UK, McGill Engineering Doctoral Award (MEDA) and others. She is also working as a General Secretary at Bangladeshi Graduate Students Association (BGSS), McGill. She was also acting as a Graduate Representative of Post Graduate Students Society from Civil Engineering Department, McGill University.
GENERAL SECRETARY Diana Virginia Rivera Lara 3770 Pierre Thomas Hurteau, St. Hubert, Quebec. J3Y8S5 Home phone: 450-462-3756 Cell phone: 514-571-6397 Email: engineer.rivera@outlook.com Diana is a competent and proficient Civil Engineer Professional with special interest in roads, bridges, buildings and residential sector. Having always been the kind of person to ask how and why, she is passionate about the built environment around us. Following the path of her true passion Diana completed her bachelor of Civil Engineering at Universidad del Valle de Mexico (UVM). Diana is a highly efficient, hardworking and a talented civil engineer with a comprehensive knowledge of design processes and also infrastructure and construction methods. Easy going by nature and able to get along with both work colleagues and senior managers, Diana is a motivated team player with excellent communication skills and academic qualifications. Diana has experience assisting on a range of civil engineering projects including residential and commercial site development; rural and urban roadway reconstruction; highways; interchanges and bridges. Client-focused, organized and deadline orientated, Diana has proven ability to produce detailed technical specifications from customer s requirements and ensure that projected architectural designs are functional, safe and economical all while meeting the needs of the client. After obtaining a favorable education and useful work experience, Diana decided to continue her education, and currently she is studying her Master in Engineering (Civil Engineering) at Concordia University.
TREASURER Ahsan Alam Dept. of Civil Engg. & Applied Mechanics, Room 492, Macdonald Engineering Building, 817 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec, H3A 0C3 Home phone: +1-514-473-4594 Cell phone: +1-514-473-4594 Office: Desk-07, Room-MD398, McDonald Engg. Building Email: ahsan.alam2@mail.mcgill.ca Ahsan is a PhD candidate in the Civil Engineering department of McGill University. His current research is focused on understanding and investigating transit bus emissions. It involves evaluating the influences of different factors such as roadway characteristics, passenger loading, speed aggregation etc. to understand the detailing required in estimating bus emissions. His research also investigates the impacts of different alternative technologies and improved operational conditions that could achieve meaningful reduction of transit emissions. He investigated the impacts of several transit improvement strategies on emissions that were implemented by Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) in a busy urban transit corridor in Montreal. At present, he is investigating the effect of speed aggregation on the simulation of transit bus emissions. It attempts to improve the precision of traditional average speed based emission modelling techniques and to develop a more sophisticated emission estimation methodology that could be used along with traditional regional meso-scale traffic model. He started his PhD in January 2011 and he is an important member of the Transportation and Air Quality (TRAQ) group under the supervision of Dr. Marianne Hatzopoulou. He completed his B.Sc in Civil Engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) where his research was mainly focused on evaluating the performance of two recently built flyovers. Later, he obtained his M.A.Sc in Civil Engineering from The University of British Columbia, Canada. His Masters research involved the quantification of the road safety benefits of sustainable transportation modes including transit bus and bike. He was elected as the student representative and served as a committee member of the CITE BC Interior Chapter where he played a strong role in organizing events and conferences. He was awarded for various student paper (presentation and poster) competitions. He loves traveling, biking, cooking and watching sports.
MEMBER FOR COMMUNITY NEEDS Hamed Shahrokhi Shahraki Apt. 704, 3210 Avenue forest Hill, Montréal, Québec H3V 1C7 Home phone: - Cell phone: 438-992-4241 Office (if any): 514-848-2424 Ext:7141 Email: hamed.shahrokhi.ut@gmail.com Hamed Shahrokhi Shahraki is a Master s student at Transportation Lab at Concordia University. Mr. Shahrokhi s research interests and specialties are focused on Road Safety Analysis, Microscopic Vehicular Simulation Models applications, Transportation Network Analysis and Optimization, and Applications of ITS Strategies. Prior to starting his Master s study, Mr. Shahrokhi completed his Bachelor in area of Civil Engineering (Surveying Division) at the University of Tehran. For his graduate studies he has been collaborating with Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) on a project focused on road safety analysis of reserved lanes since January 2012. Mr. Shahrokhi has published number of research papers in very well- known journals and conferences (e.g. Transportation Research Board (TRB), CSCE, and etc.). Because of his outstanding academic performance, Mr. Shahrokhi has been awarded the Partial Tuition Remission Award for two consecutive years. Mr. Shahrokhi also is affiliated with the Canadian Institute of Transportation Engineers (CITE), Québec Student Chapter as executive committee member since January 2013.