Ph.D. in Engineering Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge — Summer 2023. Dissertation: Analytical Advances in Homeowner Flood Risk Quantification Considering Insurance and Hazard Mitigation

M.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge — Spring 2022

Thesis: Examining Optimal Truck Platoon Configurations to Maximize Its Operational, Safety, And Environmental Performance

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology — July 2014

Assistant Professor Research, LaHouse Research and Education Center (10/2023 – present)

Extension Associate, LaHouse Research and Education Center (08/2023 – 09/2023)

Graduate Research Assistant, Louisiana State University (01/2020 – 07/2023)

Research Assistant, Structural Steel Bd. Ltd. (03/2017 – 12/2019)

Assistant Manager (Civil Engineer), Asset Developments Ltd. (03/2016 – 08/2016)

Civil Engineer, Jiangsu Lingzhi Environmental Protection Co. Ltd. (08/2014 – 12/2015)

Rahim, M.A., Al Assi, A., Mostafiz, R.B., and Friedland, C.J., (2024). Effects of Damage Initiation Points of Depth-Damage Function on Flood Risk Assessment. npj Nat. Hazards 1, 6 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-024-00004-z.

Rahim, M.A., Rohli, R.V., Mostafiz, R.B., Bushra, N. and Friedland, C.J., (2024). Historical Global and Regional Spatiotemporal Patterns in Daily Temperature. Front. Environ. Sci. 11:1294456. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1294456.

Rahim, M.A., Friedland, C.J., Mostafiz, R.B., Rohli, R.V. & Bushra, N. (2023). Analytical advances in homeowner flood risk quantification considering insurance, building replacement value, and freeboard. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11, 1180942. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1180942.

Rahim, M. A., & Hassan, H. M. (2021). A deep learning based traffic crash severity prediction framework. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 154, 106090. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2021.106090.

Mostafiz, R. B., Al Assi, A., Taghinezhad, A., Friedland, C. J., Rohli, R. V., Rahim, M. A., ... & Johnson, E. (2025). Flood risk and mitigation calculator tool to support decision-making for enhancing community resilience: a case study of the USA Gulf Coastal region. Frontiers in Built Environment, 11, 1486791.

Arif, T. M., & Rahim, M. A. (2025). Agentic AI for Real-Time Adaptive PID Control of Servo Motor. Actuators, 14(9), 459. https://doi.org/10.3390/act14090459

Gnan, E. †, Mostafiz, R.B. †, Rahim, M.A. †, Friedland, C.J., Rohli, R.V., Taghinezhad, A., and Al Assi, A. (2024) Freeboard life-cycle benefit-cost analysis of a rental single-family residence for landlord, tenant, and insurer. Front. Clim. 5:1295592. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2023.1295592.

Assi, A.A., Mostafiz, R.B., Friedland, C.J., Rohli, R.V., Taghinezhad, A., & Rahim, M.A. (2023). Cost-effectiveness of Federal CDBG-DR Road Home Program Mitigation Assistance in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Nat Hazards 117, 1291–1319. doi: 10.1007/s11069-023-05904-3.

Kodavatiganti, Y., Friedland, C.J., Rahim, M.A., Mostafiz, R.B., Taghinezhad, A., and Shandy, H. (2023). Material Quantities and Estimated Construction Costs for New Elevated IRC 2015-Compliant Single-Family Home Foundations. Front. Built Environ. 9:1111563. doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2023.1111563.

Friedland, C.J., Lee, Y., Mostafiz, R.B., Lee, J., Mithila, S., Rohli, R.V., Rahim, M.A., Gnan, E., and Farris, M.T. (2023). FloodSafeHome: Evaluating Financial Benefits and Savings of Freeboard for Improved Decision-Making in Flood Risk Mitigation. Front. Commun. 8:1060901. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1060901.

Assi, A.A., Mostafiz, R.B., Friedland, C.J., Rohli, R.V. and Rahim, M.A. (2023). Homeowner Flood Risk and Risk Reduction from Home Elevation between the 100-and 500-year Floodplains. Front. Earth Sci. 11:1051546. doi: 10.3389/feart.2023.1051546.

Mostafiz, R.B.* †, Rahim, M.A.†, Friedland, C.J., Rohli, R.V., Bushra, N., and Orooji, F. (2022). A Data-driven Spatial Approach to Characterize Flood Hazard. Front. Big Data 5:1022900. doi: 10.3389/fdata.2022.1022900.

Gnan, E., Friedland, C.J., Rahim, M.A.*, Mostafiz R.B., Rohli, R.V., Orooji, F., Taghinazhad, A., and McElwee, J. (2022). Improved Building-specific Flood Risk Assessment and Implications of Depth-damage Function Selection. Front. Water – Water and Hydrocomplexity. doi: 10.3389/frwa.2022.919726.

Gnan, E., Friedland, C.J., Mostafiz R.B., Rahim, M.A., Gentimis, T., Rohli, R.V., and Taghinazhad, A. (2022). Economically optimizing elevation of new, single-family residences for flood mitigation via life-cycle benefit-cost analysis. Front. Environ. Sci. – Water and Wastewater Management. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.889239.

Imam, M., Rahman, M., Roy, S., Hoque, F., Ahsan, U., Abdullah, S., ... & Rahim, M. A. (2022). Analysis of Diurnal Air Temperature Range Variation over Bangladesh. Earth Systems and Environment, 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s41748-021-00282-x.

Mostafiz, R.B., Bushra, N., Rohli, R.V., Friedland, C.J., and Rahim, M.A. (2021). Present vs. future property losses from a 100-year coastal flood: A case study of Grand Isle, Louisiana. Frontiers in Water, 3, Art. No. 763358. doi: 10.3389/frwa.2021.763358.

Arif, T. M., Ji, Z., Rahim, M. A., & Nunna, B. B. (2021). Modeling Focused-Ultrasound Response for Non-Invasive Treatment Using Machine Learning. Bioengineering, 8(6), 74. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering8060074.

Bushra, N., Mostafiz, R.B., Rohli, R.V., Friedland, C.J., and Rahim, M.A. (2021). Technical and social approaches to study shoreline change of Kualkata, Bangladesh. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Art. No. 730984. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.730984.

Assi, A.A., Mostafiz, R.B., Friedland, C.J., Rahim, M.A., and Rohli, R.V. (2022). Assessing community-level flood risk at the micro-scale by owner/occupant type and first-floor height. Front. Big Data 5:997447. doi: 10.3389/fdata.2022.997447.

Deep Learning (5 courses) Specialization, Coursera

Mathematics for Machine Learning (3 courses) Specialization, Coursera

Probabilistic Graphical Models (3 courses) Specialization, Coursera

Build Basic Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Coursera

Supply Chain Management (5 courses), MITx, edX

American Geophysical Union (2021-Present

European Geophysical Union (2022-present)