BIO OF MS. Nafisa Nawrin Chowdhury
Nafisa Nawrin Chowdhury is currently working as a Research Associate (Civil and Environmental Engineering) at the Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Research (C3ER), BRAC University. She has completed her graduation in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) from North South University with honors and achieved the prestigious distinction of Summa Cum Laude. She is a focused researcher with a working experience of around 2.5 years, summarized as a Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant at North South University & Junior Engineer at O.Creeds Ltd. Nafisa has research proficiency in environmental engineering/science & water resources engineering. During her tenure at North South University, she contributed to several internationally funded research projects including geomorphological changes of Surma River due to climate change, the assessment of multipurpose cyclone shelters in Cox’s Bazar, the evaluation of household waste management chain from source to end and the recyclable potential of Construction & Demolition waste. Additionally, at O.Creeds Ltd., she was engaged in various national projects and prepared comprehensive reports such as IEE, ESIA, EIA and feasibility studies. Nafisa is proficient in technical research, conducting field surveys, sample collection, data analysis and interpretation along with result dissemination. Nafisa’s scholarly contributions include one journal paper and six conference papers addressing topics within Civil & Environmental Engineering.
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Area Of Interest
- Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation
- Climate Resilient Infrastructures
- Water Quality Analysis
- Municipal Waste Management
- Construction & Demolition Waste Management
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Conference Publication
- Chowdhury, N.N., Sayanno, T.K., Das, A.R., Ahmed T., Saad, H.M., Haque, S.E., Nahar, N. (2023). Climate Change Induced Flood Disasters in Sunamganj. 16th UIU - International Conference on Sustainable Development, Bangladesh.
- Chowdhury, N.N., Sayanno, T.K., Das, A.R., Ahmed T., Saad, H.M., Haque, S.E., Nahar, N. (2023). A Sustainable Solution to Mitigate Climate Change Induced Flash-flood Disasters in Sunamganj, Bangladesh. 9th ICWFM, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Chowdhury, N.N., Sayanno, T.K., Das, A.R., Saad, H.M., Haque, S.E., Nahar, N. (2023). Possible Impacts of Climate Change-Induced Flash Flood on Sunamganj. UBC WEST Conference: Tapping into Water Sustainability. Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Ahmed S., Chowdhury, N.N., Sayanno, T.K., Haque, S.E., Nahar, N. (2024). Case Study Bangladesh: A Review on Reduction of Evaporative Losses from Soil and Surface Water. 7th International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD); KUET, Bangladesh. [Accepted]
- Haque, S.E., Nahar, N., Haque, S., Chowdhury, N.N., Sayanno, T.K., Salek, Z., Asif, M. M., (2024). Construction and Demolition Waste Generation Rates, and Recycling and Reuse Potential Scenario for the Greater Dhaka Area. 7th International Conference on Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ICCESD); KUET, Bangladesh. [Accepted]
- Chowdhury, N.N., Mahmood. A., Mahmud. M., Devnath. I., Islam M.N., (2023). Analytical Bending Solutions of Nanosized Euler Bernoulli Beams by the Stress-driven Nonlocal Integral Model. SEMIT 2023; Turkey.
Projects Involvement
Project List
- Roadmap to MCPP
Awards/Achievements
- Daily Stars Award, Cambridge International Education
- Summa Cum Laude, North South University