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Department of Civil Engineering (CE)

H M Imran Kays

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering (CE)

CONTACT INFORMATION

7th Floor, General Mustafiz Tower, MIST.

Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh.

Education

PhD in Civil Engineering      University of Oklahoma                                                      Jan 2022 – Aug 2025

(Focus Area: Transportation Engineering)

MSc in Civil Engineering      Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)    Nov 2014-April 2017

(Focus Area: Transportation Engineering)

BSc in Civil Engineering       Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST)     Jan 2010-Dec 2013

 

Working Experiences

May 2014-present

Assistant Professor,

Major, Corps of Engineers, Bangladesh ARMY Department of Civil Engineering,

Military Institute of Science and Technology, Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka

Jan 2022- July 2025

Graduate Research Assistant and PhD Candidate School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

May 2021- Dec 2021

Graduate Research Assistant and PhD Student Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Florida International University, Miami, Florida

August 2020-May 2021

Graduate Research Assistant and MS Student Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia

May 2014-present

Assistant Professor (On study leave), Department of Civil Engineering,

Military Institute of Science and Technology, Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka Major, Corps of Engineers, Bangladesh ARMY

Honors And Awards

  • 2024 Best Poster Award (2024 Oklahoma Transportation Symposium)
  • 2024 Donald E Hall Scholarship
  • 2024 Cleo Cross Scholarship
  • 2024 Walt Kolb Civil Engineering Graduate Fellowship
  • 2024 Bullard Dissertation Completion Fellowship for the 2024-2025 academic year
  • 2024, 2025 Robberson Travel Grant
  • 2023 Gallogly College of Engineering Scholarship.
  • 2023 College of International Studies Access Scholarship.
  • 2022 Oklahoma Traffic Engineering Association Scholarship.
  • 2020, Distinguished Graduate Student, Civil Engineering, BEaM Lab, Georgia Southern University.
  • 2010, 2011 MIST Dean’s List
 
  • 2007, 2009 Awarded with General Government Scholarship in both SSC and HSC Exam.

 

PATENTS/TOOLS

    1. Patent - Contagion-based flood propagation models using multilayer network (provisional application for patent, application ID – 63/771,798), Role: Inventor
    2. Patent - Digital Twin for resilient interdependent infrastructures against natural hazard (in progress).
    3. Tool (copyrighted) - Using social media platform information to map lifeline infrastructure risks resulting from hazard events.

Publication

Journal Publication

  1. Kays, H. M., Muraleetharan, K. K., & Sadri, A. M. (2024). A Data-driven Resilience Framework of Directionality Configuration based on Topological Credentials in Road Networks. IEEE Transaction in Intelligent Transportation System (IF-7.9).
  2. Kays, H. I., Sadri, A. M., Harvey, P. S., & Miller, G. A. (2025). Modeling Flood Propagation and Cascading Failures in Interdependent Transportation and Stormwater Networks. International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, 100741 (IF-4.1).
  3. Kays, H. I., Al Momin, K., Muraleetharan, K. K., & Sadri, A. M. (2025). Translating risk narratives in socio-technical systems into infrastructure utilization metrics during compounding hazard events. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 30, 101361 (IF-3.9).
  4. Kays, H. M., Muraleetharan, K. K., & Sadri, A. M. (2024). How Public Perception Shape Transportation Policies: Integrating Socio-Geographic Monitoring Stations with National Databases. Transportation Research Record (Under Review) (IF-1.6).
  5. Kays, H. I., Sadri, A. M., Muraleetharan, K. M., Harvey, P. S., & Miller, G. A. (2023). Exploring the Interdependencies Between Transportation and Stormwater Networks: The Case of Norman, Oklahoma. Transportation Research Record, 03611981231189747 (IF-1.6).
  6. Ahmed, Md Ashraf, H. M. Kays, and Arif Mohaimin Sadri. "Centrality-based Lane interventions in road networks for improved level of service: the case of downtown Boise, Idaho." Applied Network Science 8.1 (2023): 1-19 (IF-1.3).
  7. Momin, K. A., Kays, H. I., & Sadri, A. M. (2023). Identifying Crisis Response Communities in Online Social Networks for Compound Disasters: The Case of Hurricane Laura and COVID-19. Transportation Research Record, 03611981231168120 (IF-1.6).
  8. Kays, H. M., Shimu, T. H., Hadiuzzaman, M., Muniruzzaman, S. M., & Mizanur Rahman, M. (2017). H- CTM for simulating non-lane-based heterogeneous traffic. Transportation Letters, 1-9 (IF-3.3).

 

Conference Proceedings

  1. Kays, H. I., Momin, Khondhaker Al, Chowdhury, Md Saffiquzzaman, A. M., Sadri, Muraleetharan, K. M., (2025). Predicting Long-Term Urban Traffic Patterns Under Varying Weather Conditions with AI. Conference on Transportation & Development (ICTD 2025), June 8-11, 2025.
  2. Muntasher, K., Imran Kays, H. M., Ali, A., Muraleetharan, K. K., Zaman, M., & Sadri, A. (2025). Assessing Pavement Vulnerability to Flooding through Interdependencies in Road and Stormwater Networks. In International Conference on Transportation and Development 2025 (pp. 593-603).
  3. Al Momin, K., Kays, I., & Mohaimin Sadri, A. (2025). Modeling EV Adoption Potential Using Public Perception and Infrastructure Accessibility. In International Conference on Transportation and Development 2025 (pp. 286-299).
  4. Kays, H. I., Sadri, A. M., Muraleetharan, K. M., Harvey, P. S., & Miller, G. A. (2024). Modeling Flood Propagation and Cascading Failures in Interdependent Transportation and Stormwater Networks. 104th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 5–9, 2025.
  5. Kays, H. M., Muraleetharan, K. K., & Sadri, A. M. (2024). How Public Perception Shape Transportation Policies: Integrating Socio-Geographic Monitoring Stations with National Databases. 104th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting.
 
  1. Kays, H M, Momin, Khondhaker Al, Muraleetharan, K. M, Sadri, A. M. (2023). A Data-driven Resilience Framework of Directionality Configuration based on Topological Credentials in Road Networks. Published at 103rd Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, January 7–11, 2024.
  2. Kays, H. I., Momin, Khondhaker Al, Muraleetharan, K. M, Sadri, A. M. Translating Risk Narratives in Socio-technical Systems into Infrastructure Utilization Metrics during Compounding Hazard Events. Published at 103rd Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, January 7–11, 2024.
  3. Kays, H M, Sadri, A. M. (2021). Towards Unifying Resilience and Sustainability for Transportation Infrastructure Systems: Conceptual Framework, Critical Indicators, and Research Needs. Published at 101st Transportation Research Board (TRB), Annual Conference, 2022, January 09-13, 2022.
  4. Kays, H.M., Khan, M.A., Hadiuzzaman, M., Muniruzzaman, S.M., Hossain, S. and Haque, N (2015). Modelling and Calibration of Fundamental Diagram for Merging Multi Lane to Single-Lane Heterogeneous Traffic Flow Situation in Bangladesh. Conference paper published in First International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials (CICM), MIST, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 14-15 December 2015.

Oral Presentation

  1. 2024 103rd Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, January 7–11, 2024. Kays, H M, Sadri, A. M., Cascading Failures in Flash Floods: A Study on the Interdependent Transportation and Stormwater Systems.
  2. 2024 103rd Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, January 7–11, 2024. Kays, H M. A Data-driven Resilience Framework of Directionality Configuration based on Topological Credentials in Road Networks.
  3. 2023 48th Annual Natural Hazards Workshop, July 12th, 2023; Kays, H M, Sadri, A. M., Muraleetharan,

K. M. “A Decision Support Framework to Integrate Household-level Risk Perception on Multiple Hazards”.

  1. 2022 Oklahoma Transportation Research Summer Symposium (OTS), August 4th, 2022; Kays H M Imran, Arif Sadri, K. K. Muraleetharan, Scott Harvey, Gerald Miller; Exploring the Interdependencies between Transportation and Stormwater Networks in Oklahoma.
  2. First International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials (CICM), MIST, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 14-15 December 2015.

Poster Presentation

  1. 2023 102nd Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board, January 8-11th January 2023; Kays, H M, Sadri, A. M., Muraleetharan, K. M, Harvey, P. S., Miller, G. A. “Exploring the Interdependencies between Transportation and Stormwater Networks: The Case of Norman, Oklahoma.”
  2. 2023 Oklahoma Transportation Research Day (OTRD), October 17th, 2023; Kays, H M, Momin Khondhaker Al, Sadri, A. M., Muraleetharan, K. M. “A Data-driven Resilience Framework of Directionality Configuration based on Topological Credentials in Road Networks.”
  3. 2023 Oklahoma Transportation Research Summer Symposium (OTS), July 24th, 2023; Kays, H M, Sadri,

A. M., Muraleetharan, K. M, Harvey, P. S., Miller, G. A. “Interdependency Modeling of Traffic and Stormwater Networks to Capture Propagation and Cascading of Failures”

  1. 2022 Oklahoma Transportation Research Summer Symposium (OTS), August 4th, 2022; Kays H M Imran, Arif Sadri, K. K. Muraleetharan, Scott Harvey, Gerald Miller; Exploring the Interdependencies between Transportation and Stormwater Networks in Oklahoma.
  2. 2022 Oklahoma Transportation Research Summer Symposium (OTS), August 4th, 2022; Momin Khondhaker Al, H M Imran Kays, Arif Sadri; Identifying Hurricane Laura Crisis Response Communities in Online Social Networks.
  3. 2022 Oklahoma Transportation Research Summer Symposium (OTS), August 4th, 2022; Menziwokuhle Thwala, H M Imran Kays, Momin Khondhaker Al , K. K. Muraleetharan, Arif Sadri; Translating Social Media Crisis Narratives into Road Network Utilization Metrics for Multi-hazard Events in Oklahoma.
  4. 2022 101st Transportation Research Board (TRB), Annual Conference, 2022, January 09-13, 2022; Kays, H M, Sadri, A. M. (2021). Towards Unifying Resilience and Sustainability for Transportation Infrastructure Systems: Conceptual Framework, Critical Indicators, and Research Needs.

Funded Projects

  1. Oklahoma EPSCoR: Modeling interdependent transportation, water and energy infrastructures interact with severe weather, S2S extremes, Sponsor- National Science Foundation (NSF).
 
  1. Tsunami evacuation capacity building for tsunami prone areas in Valdivia, Chile. Sponsor- United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
  2. Meeting the 21st Century Surveying-Geomatics Education Needs of GDOT and Georgia. Sponsor- Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT)

Leadership Roles

    1. Organizing member to develop the Transportation Risk and Information Commons Lab (TRICS Lab) at School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science.
    2. Member of the Student Association of Bangladesh.
    3. Organizing member of First International Conference on Advances in Civil Infrastructure and Construction Materials (CICM-2015) held at Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh held on 14-15 December 2015.
    4. Organizing member of International Conference on Climate Change and Water Security (ICCWS 2015) held at Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh on 27 December 2015.

Professional Services

  1. Member:
    1. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
    2. Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
    3. Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB)

 

  1. Reviewer:
    1. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Transportation Research Record
    2. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure

 

  1. Other Professional Services:
    1. Analysis of Traffic Management Options between Bridge-2 (On Balu River) and At-Grade Intersection-3 on Purbachal Link Road, N-103 Highway, Dhaka
    2. Traffic analysis of Purbachal Link Road design (Kuril flyover to Kanchan intersection), N-103 Highway, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    3. Geometric Design of Approach Road at “Bridge over Kaptai Lake connecting Baghachari to Naniarchar Upazilla, Rangamati, Chattagram, Bangladesh.”

H M Imran Kays

Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering (CE) imran_kays@ce.mist.ac.bd