Dr Ataur Rahman

• Biography
• Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise
• Grants/Current Projects
• Publications
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Biography

Dr Ataur Rahman has a specialisation in Water Engineering. He obtained his BEng (Civil) from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Masters in Hydrology from National University of Ireland and PhD from Monash University. He worked in Sinclair Knight Merz, CRC for Catchment Hydrology and QUT before joining the University of Western Sydney in 2002. He conducted research in Cornell University (USA) and in The University of Newcastle in 2010 during his sabbatical leave.

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Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise

300762 Fluid Mechanics
300766 Hydrology
85021 Environmental Engineering

Dr Rahman's research interests include hydrologic modelling, catchment simulation, water quality management, and urban water cycle modelling. He has published 114 refereed technical papers and 13 research reports. He received the G.N. Alexander Medal from Engineers Australia. He is heavily involved in the current upgrade of Australian Rainfall and Runoff, and acting as Project Leader for Project 5 Regional flood methods.

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Grants/Current Projects

Derivation of design rainfalls using GLS regression and region of influence approach, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, $61,000.

Australian Rainfall & Runoff – Project 5 Regional flood methods for Australia, Engineers Australia, $206,000.

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.

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Publications

Haddad, K., Rahman, A. and Green, J. (2010). Design Rainfall Estimation in Australia: A Case Study using L moments and Generalized Least Squares Regression. Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment. DOI: 10.1007/s00477-010-0443-7.

Eroksuz, E. and Rahman, A. (2010). Rainwater Tanks in Multi-unit Buildings: A Case Study for Three Australian Cities. Resources, Conservation & Recycling. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.06.010. pp. 1-4.

Haddad, K. and Rahman, A. (2010). Selection of the best fit flood frequency distribution and parameter estimation procedure – A case study for Tasmania in Australia, Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment, DOI: 10.1007/s00477-010-0412-1. 

Van der sterren, M., Rahman, A., Shrestha, S., Barker, G. and Ryan, G. (2009). An overview of on-site retention and detention policies for urban stormwater management in the greater Western Sydney region in Australia, Water International, 34(3):362-372.

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

Rahman, A., Weinmann, P.E., Hoang, T.M.T, Laurenson, E.M (2002). Monte Carlo Simulation of flood frequency curves from rainfall, Journal of Hydrology, 256 (3-4), 196-210.

Bates, B.C., Rahman, A., Mein, R.G., Weinmann, P.E. (1998). Climatic and physical factors that influence the homogeneity of regional floods in south-eastern Australia. Water Resources Research, Vol. 34, No. 12, 3369-3381.

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