HYDROTEC AND ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LIMITED - Key Persons

Dr Mahmud Ahsan

Job Titles:
  • Founding Director of Hydrotec
  • Member of the International Association for Hydro - Environment Engineering
Dr Mahmud Ahsan is the founding Director of Hydrotec and Engineering Consultants Limited. Mahmud graduated in Civil engineering (1997) from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, and then completed a Master's degree (2001) at Hohai University specialised in computational hydraulics funded by government scholarships. His pioneering development of a new advection-diffusion model in Master's research is well recognized in the national and international scientific communities. Mahmud later pursued his PhD research at the University of Manchester where he was awarded a well-respected scholarship by the University of Manchester. He focused his PhD research (2007) on computational hydrodynamics especially turbulence modelling in free surface flow and porous bed. He applied his developments in the closed channel flow, open channel flow both over permeable and impermeable beds and the oscillatory flow. His findings in turbulence models show that some of the conventional models in the present days do not properly represent the real hydraulic properties. Therefore, without sufficient knowledge of hydraulics and turbulence statistics project engineers and modellers might skip very important aspects which could eventually produce catastrophic consequences. Dr Ahsan has extensive industrial experience in flood risk assessment, river and coastal modelling, flood alleviation, flood mitigation, project appraisal study, drainage strategy, surface water management plans, flood mapping outlines, flood forecasting, wave overtopping, hydrology, water quality modelling, morpho-dynamics, irrigation and drainage, wastewater drainage in urban networks and civil engineering design. He published and presented his research developments in peer-reviewed national and international conferences including in the UK, USA, France, China, Malaysia and Bangladesh. Dr Ahsan is a member of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR, 2007) and Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE, 2005), UK.