News & Announcements
RA positions are available for both undergraduate and graduate students. If you are ready to get your hand dirty and learn fundamental sciences behind developing and characterizing novel paving materials, please contact Dr. Hossain.
January 3, 2022: Welcome to Faris Tarhuni and Rupesh Mahat for joining the team. Both will pursue their MSE studies under the supervision of Dr. Hossain
February 7, 2020: Dr. Hossain and his colleague participated in the Jonesboro High School Career Fair
February 5, 2020: Team Assisted in Organizing a Safety Training for Local industry Partner
January 29, 2020: Team delivered poster presentations at Arkansas Soil & Water Education Conference (ASWEC) 2020 Irrigation Expo held in Jonesboro, AR
1. Service Life Estimation of Metal Irrigation Pipes for Agricultural Lands of Arkansas by MdAriful Hasan, S.M.ASCE1 Sumon Roy, S.M.ASCE2 and Zahid Hossain, P.E., M.ASCE3
2. Seismic Site Factors for North-East Arkansas: A Literature Review by MdAriful Hasan, S.M.ASCE1 MdRafiue Islam 2, and Zahid Hossain, P.E., M.ASCE2
January 15, 2020: Team delivered three presentations at the 2020 Transportaiton Research Board Annual Meeting held in Washington DC
August 27. 2019: Dr. Hossain Presents Research on Rice Resource
Dr. Hossain presented his research findings on the sustainable use of rice husk ash in flowable fill concrete at the 2019 summer conference of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Committee on Resource Conservation and Recovery. His presentation is online. The workshop was at the National Academies of Science in Washington, D.C. Hossain also serves as a committee member.
http://www.astate.edu/inside/2019-08-27
November 23, 2019: Dr. Hossain's Research has been aired on KASU Radio broadcast and Create@State Podcast
November 4, 2019: Team delivered four presentations at the 2019 Oklahoma Transportation Research Day
December 15, 2019: Morshed Received his MS and Accepted a Job Offer from a Private Industry
MM Tariq Morshed completed his MS degree requirements and accepted a job offer from a private industry in Little Rock, Arkansas
August 1, 2019: Islam Received his MS and Accepted a Job Offer from a Private Industry
Kazi Tamzidul Islam completed his MS degree requirements and accepted a job offer from a private industry in Little Rock, Arkansas
August 1, 2019: Hassan his MS and Accepted a Job Offer from ArDOT
Mohammad Nazmul Hassan completed his MS degree requirements and accepted a job offer from a ArDOT, Little Rock, Arkansas
April 4, 2019: Dr. Hossain Received 2019 A-State Faculty Achievment Award for Advising
Dr. Zahid Hossain, associate professor of civil engineering, was recognized as recipient of the Faculty Achievement Award for Advising for 2018-19. Nominators spoke of his sincere engagement with students, his dedication to one-on-one interaction, and his high level of professionalism in giving effective academic guidance. Hossain completed his doctoral degree at the University of Oklahoma, and joined A-State's faculty in 2012.
http://www.astate.edu/news/faculty-achievement-award-winners-announced-for-2018-19
October 15, 2017: Congratulations to Sumon Roy, Badrul Ahsan, Feroze Rashid and Shahriar Alam
My warmest congratulations to my current and former team members (Sumon Roy, Badrul Ahsan, Feroze Rashid and Shahriar Alam) for their accomplishments in getting their papers accepted at the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting/Conference to be held on January 7-11, 2018 in Washington D.C. Way to go! Below is the list of papers:
1. Study of Potential Use of Rice Husk Ash (RHA) as a Supplementary Cementitious Material in Concrete Industry by Mohammad Badrul Ahsan and Zahid Hossain
2. Multiscale Evaluation of Rejuvenated Asphalt Binders With a High Rap Content by Zahid Hossain, Sumon Roy and AM Feroze Rashid
3. Linking Chemical Compositions and Rheological Properties of Asphalt Binders by Md. Shahriar Alam and Zahid Hossain
August 31, 2017: Welcome to Nazmul, Tariq and Tamzid
Welcome aboard-Nazmul, Tariq and Tamzid. We are glad to have you in the team. Now the home (lab) is warm again!
July 31, 2017: Congratulations to Badrul and Shahriar
Congratulations to both of you for succefully defending your theses. Feel bad that you will be leaving, but happy to see your accomplishments.
June 30, 2017: Congratulations to Feroze and Istiaque
Congratulations to both you for landing on new jobs.
May 31, 2017: Welcome to Bryce
Welcome aboard, Bryce. Very happy to have you in team.
January 31, 2017: Welcome to Sumon
Welcome aboard, Sumon. Very happy to have you in team.
December 31, 2016: Congratulations to Feroze and Istiaque
Congratulations to both you for successfully defending your theses.
November 1, 2016: Dr. Hossain and his colleages receives UTCAward
Dr. Hossain has led A-State to become a consortium member of the regional University Transportation Center (UTC). A-State and 11 other universities in the region received a five-year award to address transportation problems. LSU is the lead university of this award.
July 31, 2016: Congratulations to Zia
Congratulations to Zia for successfully defending your thesis.
September 8, 2015: Welcome to Badrul and Shahriar
It is my pleasure to welcome Badrul Ahsan and Shahriar Alam in my research team. I am very excited to have you! Welcome aboard.
August 13, 2015: Congratulations to Nazmul and Biswajit
Our warmest congratulations to Nazmul Chowdhury and Biswajit Bairgi for the successful completion of their Master's degrees. We will miss you in the lab and around the campus. Wish you all the best with your future endeavor. Stay in touch!!
April 15, 2015: Congratulations to Biswajit and Robert
Our team rocks! You made it again by winning first places in two categories at the 2015 Create@aState Event. Details can eb found at http://www.astate.edu/a/ortt/research-development/create-@-state/2015%20winners.jpg
June 6, 2014: Dr. Hossain and his colleages receives NSF:MRI Award
Dr. Hossain and his colleagues receive a Major Research Instrument (MRI) grant from National Science Foundation (NSF). As part of this grant, an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) will be acquired to evaluate nano-scale properties of materials and support ongoing multi-disciplinary materials research, education, and training programs. Additonal information about this award can be found at the following NSF website.
May 29, 2014: Dr. Hossain Receives 2014 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award
Dr. Hossain receives the prestigious 2014 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) to study longer lasting and cost effective novel materials for pavements. As part of this project, Dr. Hossain will partner with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the University of Oklahoma. A graduate student will be assisting Dr. Hossain to meet the goals of this project and will be supported (partially) through this grant. Additional information about this award can be found at Inside A-State (http://www.astate.edu/inside/2014-06-03) Digest and ORAU (https://www.orau.org/university-partnerships/faculty-student-programs/powe/powe-winners.aspx) websites.
June 1, 2014: Welcome to Abbas
Welcome to Abbas Karouni for joining our research team. Abbas brings his expertise in the area of instrumentation and material characterization. As a chemistry student, Abbas will be assisting Dr. Hossain in the NASA sponsored project througout the summer.
April 15, 2014: Dr. Hossain Receives 2014 Arkansas State Excellence in Scholarship award
Dr. Hossain received the 2014 Arkansas State Excellence in Scholarship award for his research into the use of novel paving materials. This is another huge moment for the team to celebrate. Thanks to everyone in the team for the hardwork and dedication.
April 10, 2014: Congratulations to Nazmul and Biswajit
It is another great moment for our team and COE. I am very delighted to let you know that Nazmul and Biswajit won three awards in the 2014 Create@STATE event. Nazmul received two awards on his poster titled "Forensic Investigations Of Poor-Performing Pavements In Arkansas." Nazmul received the Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Award (overall) and the 2nd Place award in the Graduate STEM category. Biswajit received the second place (overall) award in Three Minute Thesis Competition. The title of Biswajit's oral presentation was "Sustainable Use of Scrap Tire in Pavement." Way to go team!
April 1, 2014: Welcome Robert
Welcome to Robert Darrinton for joining our research team. Robert brings his expertise in the area of material concrete processing and characterization, and his leadership skills.
February 1, 2014: Welcome Hans and Tremaine
Wecome Hans Gilbert and Tremaine Harris to the team. Both Hans and Tremaine will be doing their internship in our laboratory. They will be exposed to material testing, and data analysis that we do on daily basis.
June 1, 2013: Labview Internship at Nucor
Nucor-Yamato at Blytheville is in need of an intern who knows LabView. Below is the high level description of the position provided by a hiring manager/engineer at Nucor: http://www.ni.com/labview/
"I am looking for an intern that knows programming in LabView to develop a video recognition software. I have books and the manuals, so maybe a student with a light knowledge in LabView programming is good for the project. About time, I depends on the school schedule. Normally goes from summer to fall or the other half of the year. We rent apartments for the interns, 1 intern per room, apartments have either 2 or 3 rooms. All services in the apartment are included, with internet and cable. Salary is between 18 to 20 dollars per hr. I need one intern for this project ASAP, I believe we can do the project in a couple months, but I will have them busy with other projects if we finish early. If you have somebody and fits our needs I can arrange the HR give you the exact detail in times and salary." Contact mhossain@astate.edu if interested.
Recent/Upcoming Conference Paticipaiton by the Team:
GeoChina 2018, China
2018 TRB Annual Meeting, Washington DC
ICPIC 2018, Washington DC
2017 TRB Annual Meeting, Washington DC
2016 TRB Annual Meeting, Washington DC
2015 IFCEE, San Antonio, TX
GeoChina 2016, Sandong, China
GeoHubei International Conference July 20-22, 2014
Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting January 12-16, 2014
17th Annual International Road Federation World Meeting & Exhibition November 9-13, 2013
Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference August 4-7, 2013
2013 ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition June 20-22, 2013
Last modified in June, 2013
