BUET-IWFM

RESEARCH

  • Enhancing Climate Resilience of Coastal areas of Bangladesh with Nature-Based Solutions

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

    Duration: October 2022 - September 2024

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  • Enhancing Climate-Resilient Groundwater Supply and Food Security Using Aquifer Storage and Recovery Technique (ECASRT)

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

    Duration: February 2023 - February 2026

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  • Gendering Water and Climate Science Research in South Asia

    Research Collaborator: Lead: University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Co-Lead: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET, Bangladesh, Affiliates: Nepal Engineering College, Nepal

    Duration: January 2022 - December 2023

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  • Built Water Storage in South Asia

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET, Affiliates: IWMI (Sri Lanka) and GWP-SAS (Sri Lanka)

    Duration: 3 Years

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  • Downscaling and analyzing satellite derived data against in-situ measurements: A step towards sustainable groundwater use in Bangladesh

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

    Duration: May 2023 - September 2024

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  • Spatiotemporal modeling of nutrient cycling through a selected coastal river in the southwest region of Bangladesh

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

    Duration: May 2023 - September 2024

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  • Improving water management in micro-watersheds of southwest Bangladesh through physical intervention and community participation

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

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  • Bottom-up Approach to Uptake PreDisaster Recovery Strategy through Advance Cyclone Classifier Model in South-Western Zone in Bangladesh

    Duration: July 2023 to June 2024

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

    Research Collaborator: Leading Organization: IWFM, BUET Associate Organization: CSE, BUET

    Duration: July 2022 to June 2024

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  • Research on Water-related Disaster Mitigation and Environment Symbiosis Technology in Rural Bangladesh

    Research Collaborator: Leading Organization: Kyoto University Associate Organization: IWFM, BUET

    Duration: October 2019 to March 2024

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  • Academic Alliance on Anticipatory Action

    Research Collaborator: Leading Organization: Tufts University, USA; Associate Organization: IWFM, BUET

    Duration: September 2021 to March 2024

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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: Leading Organization: Tribhuvan University, Nepal; Associate Organization: IWFM, BUET; TERI, India; and CU, Bangladesh

    Duration: October 2021 to March 2024

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  • Uptake of Climate Change Adaptation Research Results in South Asia: Evaluation of Adaptation Trials in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Delta and its Upscaling to Climate Financing (Bangladesh)

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

    Duration: February 1, 2020 - June 30, 2022

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  • Promoting Resilience of Vulnerable Through Access to Infrastructure, Improved Skills and Information (PROVATi³)

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

    Duration: September, 2019 - June, 2022

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  • Research Project on Developing Flash Flood Early Warning System (FFEWS), Capacity Building and Knowledge Management for the Haor Region of Bangladesh

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET; Affiliates: Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB); Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD); Institute of Water Modeling (IWM)

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  • ENHANCE-ENabling Humanitarian Attributes for Nurturing Community-based Engineering

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

    Duration: November 15, 2018 - May 31, 2023

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  • Understanding the Hydro-climatic Drivers of Cholera Outbreaks

    Research Collaborator: Lead: University of Notre Dame, The United States of America (USA); Affiliate: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b); Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

    Duration: May, 2019 - March, 2023

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  • Research on Water-related Disaster Mitigation and Environment Symbiosis Technology in Rural Bangladesh

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

    Duration: October, 2019 - March, 2023

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  • Assessing Health Impacts of Urban Flooding under Changing Climate: A Case Study in Dhaka City

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

    Duration: October 2021 - May 2022

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  • Living Polders: Dynamic Polder Management for Sustainable Livelihoods, Applied to Bangladesh

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Utrecht University; Affiliates: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET; Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, TNO Geological Survey, Netherlands

    Duration: July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2021

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  • CORE Bangladesh: COmmunity REsilience through Rapid Prototyping of Flood Proofing Technologies

    Research Collaborator: Lead: UNESCO-IHE (IHE Delft Institute for Water Education); Affiliates: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET; Delft University of Technology, HKVLijn, Netherlands

    Duration: July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2021

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  • Oasis Platform for Climate and Catastrophe Risk Assessment – Asia

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Oasis Loss Modeling Framework Ltd., The United Kingdom (UK); Affiliate: Department of Civil Engineering, BUET

    Duration: January, 2019 - December, 2021

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  • Research on Sediment Distribution and Management in South-West Region of Bangladesh

    Research Collaborator: Lead: Water Resources Planning Organisation (WARPO); Affiliate: Institute of Water and Flood Management (IWFM), BUET

    Duration: July, 2019 - December, 2021

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