Curriculum vitae
A one-page summary of my experience, education and publications.
Experience
Jun 2026 – Present
Civil Designer, Stantec
In this role, I support a wide range of water resources and environmental design projects that combine engineering analysis, civil design, geospatial analysis, permitting, regulatory review, and field survey work. My role allows me to contribute across multiple stages of a project, from initial watershed assessment, concept design, data collection through design, plan production, permitting, bidding, construction specs preparations, and on-site construction supervision.
Aug 2024 – May 2026
Graduate Research Assistant, STORM Group, University of Minnesota Duluth
Built a HYDRUS-2D model of how sewers and soil profiles shape urban hydrology; field sampling with the City of Duluth.
Oct 2023 – Jun 2024
Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Dhaka International University
Taught surveying, fluid mechanics and structural analysis; helped earn program accreditation.
Publications
Islam, I.M.A., Shuster, W., Zhang, K. (2026). A Numerical Simulation Study to Quantify and Evaluate Urban Karst Flux.
In preparation
Islam, I.M.A., Ding, Z., Kumar, A., Zhang, R., Zhang, K. (2026). Data-Driven Stream Monitoring Network Optimization for Maximal Nutrient Prediction.
In preparation
Ding, Z., Kumar, A., Islam, I.M.A., Montezuma, M.A., Zhang, R., Zhang, K. (2026). Flow Reconstruction from Sparse Measurements in Urban Drainage Networks: An Application and Evaluation of Data-Driven Sparse Sensing.
Under review, Journal of Hydrology
Islam, I.M.A., Kumar, A., Zhang, K. (2025). Variations of Urban Water Balances Considering Subsurface Fluxes Associated with Sanitary Sewers: A Hydrologic Modeling Study. Journal of Hydrology.
Islam, I.M.A. (2026). Evaluating the Impact of Sewer-Groundwater Interaction on Sewer-Mediated Flux Using Integrated Hydrologic Modeling.
Islam, I.M.A., Kumar, A., Zhang, K. (2025). Impact of Soil and Sewer Trench Materials on Urban Sewer-Mediated Fluxes: A Hydrologic Modeling Study. AGU Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
Oral presentation
Islam, I.M.A., Kumar, A., Zhang, K. (2025). Variations of Urban Water Balances Considering Subsurface Fluxes Associated with Sanitary Sewers. Minnesota Water Resources Conference.
Poster
Zhang, K., Islam, I. M. A. (2024). How Do Subsurface Soil Profiles Near Sewers Impact Urban Karst?. AGU Fall Meeting.
Poster