Dr Mohasin Howlader

Biography

Dr Md Mohasin Howlader is a Highway Engineer and transportation safety researcher specialising in traffic conflict–based crash risk assessment, AI-driven video analytics, and advanced statistical modelling. He completed his PhD in Road Safety at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), where he developed innovative methodological frameworks integrating trajectory-based traffic conflict measures with Extreme Value Theory (EVT) based modelling frameworks.

In August 2025, Dr Howlader joined QUT as a Research Fellow (Postdoctoral Research Fellow) in Transport Safety. He is currently engaged in several applied safety research projects on Queensland road networks, working in close partnership with the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) and the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR). His research focuses on integrating video analytics, machine learning, and advanced statistical modelling to generate robust, data-driven insights that support operational, infrastructure, and policy-level road safety interventions on motorways and intersections.

Before returning to academia, Dr Howlader spent nearly 15 years with the Roads and Highways Department (RHD), Government of Bangladesh, where he established a strong professional foundation in the planning, procurement, design, supervision, and delivery of major national highway and bridge infrastructure projects. He served as Project Manager and Deputy Project Manager across multiple flagship corridor upgrades, including the Dhaka–Chittagong Highway Project, Western Bangladesh Bridge Improvement Project, and the SASEC Road Connectivity Project. His responsibilities spanned the full project lifecycle, from preparing FIDIC-based tender documents, detailed engineering estimates, and contract evaluations to overseeing construction supervision, quality assurance, stakeholder coordination, and policy development.

Dr Howlader is also a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), with a proven record of managing large-scale, international, and multi-stakeholder infrastructure programs from strategic planning through commissioning. His combined technical and managerial expertise has supported the successful delivery of complex transport projects under constrained timelines, regulatory frameworks, and multidisciplinary environments.

Beyond project delivery, Dr Howlader led several national-level initiatives within RHD, including the development of the RHD Road Safety Engineering Manual and the preparation and updating of road safety technical specifications. His recent professional contributions include:

• Implementing Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) solutions on national highways;
• Leading the development of national Road Safety Engineering Manual and Technical Specifications;
• Leading the development of overload control policies, technical documentation, and steering capacity-building workshops, and national awareness programs.
• Designing and implementing road safety “diets,” including the standardisation of traffic signs, pavement markings, and roadside elements to ensure network-wide uniformity, legibility, and consistency;

Dr Howlader’s academic journey includes a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) under the Erasmus Mundus Scholarship (European Commission-funded), and an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka, providing him with a rare blend of technical, analytical, and managerial expertise.

With a career that uniquely bridges deep field-based engineering leadership and advanced research innovation, Dr Howlader brings a systems-oriented, practice-informed perspective to transportation safety. He remains committed to developing practical, scalable, and evidence-based solutions that enhance the safety, efficiency, and resilience of transport systems.

Research Areas: Dr Howlader's specific research interests include

• Traffic Conflict Analysis
• Engineering Factors in Traffic Operation and Safety
• Econometrics and Artificial Intelligence Applications in Transport Engineering
• Road Safety Device Design & Deployment
• Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)

• Peter Vulcan Prize for the Best Conference Submission by the 2023 Australasian Road Safety Conference (ARSC), Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 19-21 September 2023 for the paper "Howlader, M., Burbridge, B. and Haque, M. M. (2023). A before-after evaluation of a new part-time protected right-turn signal"
• Best Paper Award by the TRB Committee on Statistical Methods: AED60 In 102nd Annual Meeting of Transportation Research Board (TRB), Washington DC, USA, 8-12 January 2023 for the paper "Howlader, M., Bhaskar, A., Yasmin, S. and Haque, M. M. (2023). A Non-Stationary Extreme Value Modeling Framework to Identify Suitable Traffic Conflict Measures for Right Turn Crashes at Signalized Intersections; TRBAM-23-04906"
• Best Conference Submission at the 7th conference of Transport Research Group of India (CTRG) 2023 for the paper "Howlader, M., Bhaskar, A., Yasmin, S. and Haque, M. M. (2023). A Bivariate Extreme Value Modeling Framework for Estimating Opposing-through Crash Frequency by Severity"
• Executive Dean’s Commendation for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia.
• Commonwealth-funded Postgraduate Research Scholarship, Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP).
• Erasmus Mundus Scholarship (European Union–funded) for the Master of Civil Engineering in Sustainable Construction under Natural Hazards and Catastrophic Events.
• Diploma with Honours, Master of Civil Engineering Study Program (Sustainable Construction under Natural Hazards and Catastrophic Events).
• Honourable Mention for Outstanding Elaboration and Defence of Master’s Thesis, Sustainable Construction under Natural Hazards and Catastrophic Events.
• Valedictorian (Highest Professional Distinction), 51st Foundation Training Course, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), Bangladesh.