Dr. Md. Shamsul Hoque is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), specializing in Transportation Engineering. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from BUET in 1984 and his Master of Science in Transportation Engineering from the same institution in 1987. He later completed his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in 1994 from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, where his doctoral research focused on the modeling of signalized intersections in developing countries.
Dr. Hoque holds notable academic affiliations as a University Associate with the Department of Civil Engineering at Curtin University, Australia, and with the School of Civil Engineering at The University of Queensland, Australia. He is the author of the book Highway and Railway Engineering (Part-1), published by Education and Training Systems, Austria. Over the course of his distinguished career, Dr. Hoque has held several key leadership positions, including Director of the Accident Research Institute (ARI), Director of the Bureau of Research, Testing and Consultation (BRTC) at BUET, Chairman of the Governing Body of the Engineering University Higher Secondary School & College, and Director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL). He has made significant contributions to academic research and capacity building, having supervised one Ph.D. and 35 Master’s graduates, and published 179 journal and conference papers, including a publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), USA.
Email shoque@ce.buet.ac.bd
