Bio
Ahad grew up in Bangladesh, where he earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Civil Engineering from the Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET). He began his career as a research faculty member at the Institute of River, Harbor, and Environmental Science, where he spent four years conducting research projects in Coastal Engineering.
In the 2020s, Ahad moved to the United States and completed his PhD at the University of South Carolina in 2023. His doctoral research focused on the life cycle of flood risk management. Accomplishing his doctoral research, Ahad joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Water Resources Science and Engineering Group. Currently, he is working on reservoirs' hydro-thermal operation under the challenges of climate change.
Awards
FACT Fellowship - Purdue University
Education
PhD in Civil Engineering (2023) - University of South Carolina, USA
MSc. in Civil Engineering (2019) - CUET, Bangladesh
BSc. in Civil Engineering (2015) - CUET, Bangladesh