BUET-IWFM

RESEARCH

  • REACH: Improving Water Security for the Poor

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Oxford University, Bangladesh Lead: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET, Affiliates: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b); Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies, DU; Department of Development Studies, DU

    Duration: June, 2015 - December, 2024

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  • Remote sensing assessment and capacity building for sustainable development in Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

    Duration: January 2022 - December 2024

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  • Integrated flood services and climate change adaptation for the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basin

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Duration: January 2022 - December 2024

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  • Center for Climate and Health GlObal Research on Disasters (CORD)

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Tufts University, USA , Affiliate: IWFM, BUET

    Duration: September 2023 - September 2026

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  • Web-based Agricultural Information System for Bangladesh (WebAIS)

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Technische Hochschule Koln-TH Koln, Germany, BD Lead: IWFM, BUET; Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Affiliates: Tehnischen Universitat Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt); University of Bonn

    Duration: June 2024 - August 2026

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  • Improving Water Management in Micro Watersheds of Southwest Bangladesh through Physical Intervention and Community Participation

    Research Collaborator: Lead: IWFM, BUET, Affiliate: Center of Resilience for Youth (CRY), Bangladesh

    Duration: April 2024- December 2024

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  • Implementation of geospatial technique in flood and drought monitoring for the safety of nuclear installations.

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC), Affiliate: IWFM, BUET

    Duration: November, 2023 - June, 2027

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  • Preparatory Survey on Chattogram – Cox’s Bazar Highway Improvement Project (Phase 2)

    Research Collaborator: Unknown

    Duration: September 2023 - November 2024

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  • UKRI GCRF Living Deltas Hub

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Newcastle University, United Kingdom; Affiliate: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

    Duration: March, 2019 - December, 2024

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  • Field Based Applied Research on “Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR)” technology for increasing cropping intensity of Bangladesh

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET; Affiliate: Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC)

    Duration: December, 2020 - December, 2023

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  • Sediment Discontinuity in Ganges River and its Impact on Flooding Patterns

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

    Duration: January 2022 - June 2025

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  • Towards sustainable urban water management in Hindukush Himalayan (HKH) Region: a participatory approach to improving water security in mountain cities

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Tribhuvan University, Nepal; Affiliates: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India; and Chattogram University, Bangladesh

    Duration: October 2021 - September 2023

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  • Understanding flood risk in human-altered landscapes from cities to farms: inferences from satellites and machine learning

    Research Collaborator: Lead: University of Arizona, Affiliate: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

    Duration: November, 2021 - March, 2025

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  • Academic Alliance on Anticipatory Action

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Tufts University, USA, Affiliate: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

    Duration: September, 2021 - September, 2023

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  • Monitoring and assessment of morphological changes of the Feni River near the proposed LGED two bridges

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

    Duration: January, 2022 - June, 2025

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  • Development of web-application of Early Warning System for River Erosion (EWS-RE)

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET, Affiliate: Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), BUET

    Duration: July, 2022 to June, 2024

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  • Numerical Investigation of Non-Linear Surge-Tide Interactions in the Bay of Bengal along the Bangladesh Coast

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

    Duration: June, 2016 - December, 2018

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  • DEltas, vulnerability and Climate Change: Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA)

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  • CoCooN: Climate Policy, Conflicts and Cooperation in Peri-Urban South Asia: Towards Resilient and Water Secure Communities

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  • Dynamic Deltas: Communities and Institutions for Flood Resilience: Enhancing Knowledge and Capacity to Manage Flood Risk in the Bangladeshi and Dutch Deltas

    Research Collaborator: Wageningen University, IWE Group (Netherlands); UNESCO-IHE (IHE Delft Institute for Water Education); Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

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  • Water Security in Peri-urban South Asia: Adapting to Climate Change and Urbanization

    Research Collaborator: South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies (SaciWATERs), Hyderabad, India; Nepal Engineering College, Kathmandu, Nepal

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  • ESPA Deltas: Assessing Health, Livelihoods, Ecosystem Services And Poverty Alleviation in Populous Deltas

    Research Collaborator: Lead: University of Southampton, The United Kingdom (UK); Bangladesh Lead: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

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  • Harnessing of water-energy-food nexus for making path of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to the country actions

    Research Collaborator: Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) (Japan) and Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

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  • Development of a Water Resources Model as a Decision Support Tool for National Water Management

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  • Risk-based Evaluation of Brahmaputra Water Development in Meeting Future Water Demand

    Research Collaborator: Water Resources Planning Organization (WARPO)

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  • Assessment of Sea Level Rise and Vulnerability in the Coastal Zone of Bangladesh through Trend Analysis

    Research Collaborator: Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS); Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) and Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

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