Dr Ataur Rahman

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Biography

Dr Ataur Rahman has a specialisation in Water and Environmental Engineering. He has over 25 years of experience in industry, academia and research. He worked in Sinclair Knight Merz, CRC for Catchment Hydrology (Monash University) and the Physical Infrastructure Centre in Queensland's University of Technology before joining the University of Western Sydney.

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Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise

85021 Environmental Engineering
300482 Engineering Geology and Concrete Materials
300675 Honours Thesis
300513 Engineering Software Applications
300602 Advanced Environmental Engineering
85009 Water Engineering

Dr Rahman's research interests include hydrologic modelling, catchment simulation, water quality management, and urban water cycle modelling (water sensitive urban design and rain water harvesting). He has published over 80 refereed technical papers and received the G.N. Alexander Medal from Engineers Australia in 2002 for his research on hydrologic modelling.

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Grants/Current Projects

Australian Rainfall & Runoff - Regional methods for design flow estimation in ungauged catchments in New South Wales. Engineers Australia, $28,000.

Australian Rainfall & Runoff - Victorian Regional Flood Frequency - Sensitivity Analysis. Department of Sustainability and Environment Victoria and Engineers Australia, $9,000.

Research and development of the 96 hours and 120 hours design rainfall temporal patterns for the Gold Coast region in Queensland, Sinclair Kinght Merz, $8,000.

Application of the Monte Carlo Simulation Technique to the Coomera River Catchment for design flood estimation, Gold Coast City Council, $7,000.

Enhanced Joint Probability approach to flood estimation in the Gold Coast City Council area. Gold Coast City Council, $15,000.

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Publications

Rahman, A., Weinmann, PE., Hoang, TMT, Laurenson, EM. "Monte Carlo Simulation of flood frequency curves from rainfall". Journal of Hydrology, 2002, 256 (3-4), 196-210.

Rahman, A., Carroll, D., Mahbub, P., Khan, S., Rahman, K. "Application of the Monte Carlo Simulation Technique to Design Flood Estimation in Urban Catchments: A Case Study for the Coomera River Catchment in Gold Coast Australia". Water Practice and Technology, 2007, Vol. 2, Issue 2, IWA Publishing.

Mitchell, C. and Rahman, A. "Rainwater Tanks: Costs and benefits". Issues, Vol. 79, June 2007, 41-42.

Rahman, A., Islam, M., Rahman, K., Khan, S., Shrestha, S. "Investigation of Design Rainfall Temporal Patterns in the Gold Coast Region Queensland". Australian Journal of Water Resources, 2006, 10(1), 49-61.

Rahman, A. "A quantile regression technique to estimate design floods for ungauged catchments in South-east Australia". Australian Journal of Water Resources, 2005, 9(1), 81-89.

Rahman, A., Weinmann, PE. and Mein, RG. "The use of probability-distributed initial losses in design flood estimation". Australian Journal of Water Resources, 2002, 6(1), 17-30.

Weinmann, PE., Rahman, A., Hoang, T., Laurenson, EM., Nathan, RJ. "Monte Carlo simulation of flood frequency curves from rainfall - the way ahead". Australian Journal of Water Resources, 2002, 6(1), 71-80.

Bates, BC., Rahman, A., Mein, RG., Weinmann, PE. "Climatic and physical factors that influence the homogeneity of regional floods in south-eastern Australia". Water Resources Research, 1989, Vol. 34, No. 12, 3369-3381.

Rahman, A., Islam, SM., Dbais, J., Bhuiyan, T. "A Windows-based Computing Tool for Rainwater Tank Analysis and Design in Multistorey Developments". 31st Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Adelaide, 15-17 April 2008.

Rahman, A., Dbais, J., Mitchell, C., Ronaldson, P., Shrestha, S. "Study of rainwater tanks as a source of alternative water supply in a multistorey residential building in Sydney Australia". In Proc. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2007, May 15-19, ASCE.

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