Civil Engineering

Ms. Zasiah Tafheem

Research Interests

• Opening in Reinforced concrete wall
• Structural steel pipe-joint
• Seismic performance of building
• Finite element analysis
• Structural Dynamics
• Concrete Sustainability

Educational Background

• Master of Science (MSc), (Civil & Structural Engg.), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)
• Bachelor of Science (BSc), (Civil Engineering), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Honors and Achievements

• MEXT Scholarship, The Government of Japan, 2018

Publications

• Influence of openings and strengthening methods on shear Strength of RC wall specimens, 18th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 18WCEE, Milan, Italy, 30 June - 5 July, 2024
• Seismic response of Reinforced Concrete walls with opening: Experiment And Strut-and-tie Method, Proceedings of the Japan Concrete Institute (JCI) Annual convention, Chiba, Japan, July 13-15, 2022
• Experimental study of the influence of opening size and additional reinforcement around opening on seismic performance of reinforced concrete walls, Asian Journal of Civil Engineering, Springer, 2022
• Influence of openings on the shear strength and stiffness of cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, 27 Sept.- 2 Oct, 2021
• Experimental study on Ferro-cement retrofit for RC frame with infilled Brick masonry wall, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE), Sendai, Japan, 27 Sept.- 2 Oct, 2021
• Experimental investigation and capacity evaluation of Ferro-cement laminated masonry infilled RC frame, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE), Sendai, Japan, 27 Sept.- 2 Oct, 2021
• Investigation of the influence of opening parameters on the seismic capacity of reinforced concrete walls, Proceedings of the Japan Concrete Institute (JCI) Annual convention, Nagoya, Japan, July 7-9, 2021
• Review on the effect of openings on the seismic response of wall panels, 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE), Sendai, Japan, 27 Sept.- 2 Oct, 2021
• Experimental investigation on bolted flanged steel pipe joint subjected to flexure, International Journal of Structural Engineering, Inderscience Publisher, 2021
• Experimental investigation on the properties of concrete containing post-consumer plastic waste as coarse aggregate replacement, Journal of Materials and Engineering Structures (Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria), 2018
• Effect of base isolator on the structural response of reinforced concrete multistoried building under seismic loads, Journal of Civil Engineering, Science and Technology (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)), 2017
• Seismic Isolation systems in structures: The State of art Review, Proceedings of the 11th Global Engineering, Science and Technology Conference, 18-19 December, 2015
• Finite Element Investigation on the behavior of Bolted flanged steel pipe joint subject to bending, Journal of Civil Engineering, The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), 2015
• Comparative assessment on structural performance of optimally designed Steel braced buildings under lateral loading, Journal of Civil and Earthquake Engineering (JCEE) [CUET], 2014
• Effect of Edge beam and Shear Wall on the structural behavior of flat-plate multistoried Building: A Computing modeling for lateral load analysis, The AUST Journal of Science and Technology, 2013
• Investigation on bolt tension of a flanged pipe joint subjected to bending, Proceedings of the 4th Annual Paper Meet and 1st Civil Engineering Congress, IEB, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 22-24, 2011
• Seismic analysis of a three-span deck girder bridge, Proceedings of the 2nd International Joint Conference of IABSE-JSCE on Advances in Bridge Engineering - II, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 8-10, 2010
• Investigation of the effect of Number of Story on different structural components of RC building, International Journal of Civil, Environmental, Structural, Construction and Architectural Engineering (waset.org), 2007
• Earthquake response analysis of a multistoried RC building under Equivalent Static and dynamic loading as per Bangladesh National Building Code 2006, Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering, [UTM: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Press], 2006