Dr. Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz

Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh

Associate Professor

Email: habib@becm.kuet.ac.bd; habibkuet@yahoo.com

Qualifications

2016 Ph.D., The University of Adelaide, Australia, Materials and Structural Engineering

2011 MSc., University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia, Structural Engineering

2006 BSc., Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh, Civil Engineering

Publications (Selected)

1. Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Arafat Alam Akash, Deric John Oehlers, Phillip Visintin, Abdul Hamid Sheikh, Mohammad Ali, Michael Grifitth (2023): Experimental and analytical studies of size effects on compressive ductility response of Ultra-High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced concrete, Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier Ed., Vol. 409, 15 December 2023, 133864, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.133864 (Impact factor = 7.4).
2. Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Md Montaseer Meraz, Md. Abu Safayat, Nusrat Jahan Mim, Md. Tanjid Mehedi, Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi, Rajesh Kumar Shrestha, Sk Abdul Kader Arafin, Tayyaba Bibi (2023): Performance evaluation of high-performance self-compacting concrete with waste glass aggregate and metakaolin, Journal of Building Engineering, Elsevier Ed., Vol. 67, 105976, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2023.105976, (Impact factor = 6.4).
3. Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Md. Tareq Hossain Khondokor, Irfan Gazi, Jannat Ara Jabin (2024): 3D printed cementitious concrete composite incorporating short fibers: Fabrication, progress, and efficiency for long-term concrete infrastructures, Journal of Building Engineering, Elsevier Ed., (Under Review).
4. Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Phillip Visintin, Mohammad Ali, Manpreet Singh, Michel Griffith and Abdul Hamid Sheikh (2016): Manufacturing ultra-high performance concrete utilising conventional materials and production methods, Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier Ed., Vol. 111, May 2016, pp. 251-261. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.02.102
5. Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Fahim Shahriyar Aditto, Shuvo Dip Datta, Md. Tareq Hossain Khondoker, Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan, Md. Kawsarul Islam Kabbo, Jannat Ara Jabin (2024): Predicting the response of high-strength self-compacting concrete incorporating supplementary cementitious materials: Experimental evaluations and machine learning modelling, International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, Springer Link, 18, 67 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40069-024-00707-7.
6. Ibrahim Hakeem, Bothaina Osama, Weiwen Li, Peng Wang, Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Mohammad Ghalib Al Hudeesh, Walid Mansour (2024): Restoration of load capacity and stiffness of continuous steel-concrete composite beams having web openings using externally applied FRP, Structural Concrete, Wiley, July 2024, pp. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1002/suco.202300895.
7. Shuvo Dip Datta, Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Abu Sayed Mohammad Akid, and Norsuzailina Mohamed Sutan (2022): Evaluating the size and replacement effect of coarse aggregate on the properties of recycled aggregate concrete using destructive and non-destructive techniques, Journal of Building Engineering, Elsevier Ed., Vol. 61, 105249, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.105249 (Impact factor = 6.4).
8. Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Md. Kawsarul Islam Kabbo, Fahim Shahriyar Aditto, Jannat Ara Jabin, Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan (2024): Mechanical and durability properties of structural cellular concrete incorporating waste marble powder and silica fume, Journal of Building Engineering, Elsevier Ed., (In Revision).
9. Ayan Saha, Fahim Shahriyar Aditto, Lopa Kundu, Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Md. Musharrof Hossain Sunny (2024): Analysis of Waste Glass as a Partial Substitute for Coarse Aggregate in Self-Compacting Concrete: An Experimental and Machine Learning Study, Journal of Building Engineering, Elsevier Ed., Elsevier Ed. (In Revision).
10. Md. Mottakin, Shuvo Dip Datta, Md. Mehrab Hossain, Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, SM Arifur Rahman, Mohammad Alharthai (2024): Performance evaluation of textile effluent treatment plant sludge as supplementary cementitious material in concrete using destructive, non-destructive and machine learning approaches, Journal of Building Engineering, Elsevier Ed., Available online 2 September 2024, 110627, Elsevier Ed., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.110627
11. Jannat Ara Jabin, Md. Tareq Hossain Khondoker, Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Fahim Shahriyar Aditto (2024): High-temperature effect on the mechanical behavior of recycled fiberreinforced concrete containing volcanic pumice powder: An experimental assessment combined with machine learning (ML)-based prediction, Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier Ed., Vol. 418, 135362 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135362 (Impact factor = 7.4).
12. Ayan Saha, Tanjil Morshed Tonmoy, Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Fahim Shahriyar Aditto, Walid Mansour (2024): Assessment of mechanical, durability and microstructural performance of sulphate-resisting cement concrete over portland cement in the presence of salinity, Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier Ed., Vol. 418, 135362, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135527
13. Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Mahmudur Hossain Khan, Md. Kawsarul Islam Kabbo, Ali Hussain Alhamami, Fahim Shahriyar Aditto, Md. Saziduzzaman Sajib, U. Johnson Alengaram, Walid Mansour, Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan, Shuvo Dip Datta, Arafat Alam (2024): Assessment of mechanical characteristics with machine learning prediction and microstructural characteristics of a biochar-cement mortar composite, Construction and Building Materials, Elsevier Ed., Vol. 411, 134281, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.134281 (Impact factor = 7.4).
14. Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Al-Imran, Shuvo Dip Datta, Jannat Ara Jabin, Fahim Shahriyar Aditto, Noor Md. Sadiqul Hasan, Mahamudul Hasan, Ahmad Akib Uz Zaman (2024): Assessing the influence of sugarcane bagasse ash for the production of eco-friendly concrete: Experimental and machine learning approaches, Case Studies in Construction Materials, Elsevier Ed., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2023.e02839, Available online 30 December 2023. (Impact factor = 6.2).
15. Shuvo Dip Datta, Md. Mamun Sarkar, Arifa Sultana Rakhe, Fahim Shahriyar Aditto, Md. Habibur Rahman Sobuz, Nur Mohammad Nazmus Shaurdho, Nusrat Jahan Nijum & Suman Das (2024): Analysis of the Characteristics and Environmental Benefits of Rice Husk Ash as an Eco-friendly Cementitious Material through Experimental and Machine Learning Approaches, Innovative Infrastructures Solution, Vol. 9, article number 121, Springer Link, https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-024-01423-7.