- Ph.D. Student
- Email: sharmin_ara@tamu.edu
- Office: Eller O&M 704
Biography
Advisor: Dr. Burak Güneralp
Professional Affiliations:
Member of ITC Alumni Association
Member of BUET Alumni Association
Member of Bangladesh Institute of Planners
Member of BUET Planners
Member of URP Students Association of BUET (USAB)
Member of CUET Teacher’s Association
Member of American Association of Geographers (AAG)
Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Research Interests
- Land use change and land use change modeling
- Geospatial analysis
- Urban heat risk
- Environmental sustainability
- Hazard & disaster management
- Climate change impact
Educational Background
- Ph.D., Geography, Texas A&M University (continuing)
- Master of Science in Applied Earth Science (specialization in Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk Management) (2011-2013), Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
- BURP (2009), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka
Awards & Honors
- Susan M. Arseven ‘75 ‘Make-A-Difference’ Memorial Award, 2024, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
- Summer Field Award, 2024, Southwest Division of the American Association of Geographers (SWAAG)
- Lechner Graduate Scholarship, 2022-2023, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University
- Research Grant for conducting two research projects from the Directorate of Research & Extension (DRE), Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (2019-2020)
- Netherlands Fellowship Program funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2011-2013
- Landslide Risk Management in South Asia Training Fellowship provided by SAARC Disaster Management Center (SDMC), 2011
- Deans Award (Undergraduate level), 2006-07, BUET, Bangladesh
- Technical and Compensatory Scholarship from BUET (every academic year)
Selected Publications
- Ara,S., Alif, M.A.J. & Islam, K.M.A. (2021) Impact of tourism on LULC and LST in a coastal island of Bangladesh: A geospatial approach on St. Martin’s Island of Bay of Bengal. Journal of Indian Society of Remote Sensing 49(10):2329–2345 (DOI: 10.1007/s12524-021-01389-4)
Ara, S. (2014). Impact of Temporal Population Distribution on Earthquake Loss Estimation: A Case study on Sylhet, Bangladesh. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 5(4): 296-312, (DOI:10.1007/s13753-014-0033-2) (ISSN 2095-0055)
Jahan, I., Ansary, M. A., Ara, S., & Islam, I. (2011). Assessing Social Vulnerability to Earthquake Hazard in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh. Asian Journal of Environment and Disaster Management (AJEDM), Volume 3, No 3, 285-300. (ISSN 1793-9259)
Ara, S., Islam, K.M., Alif, A. J. (January 2020). Spatio-temporal relationship of LST, LULC, and NDVI in Saint Martin’s Island of Bay of Bengal. Paper presented at the ‘International Conference on Earth and Environmental Sciences & Technology for Sustainable Development (ICEEST 2020), Dhaka
Uddin M.N. & Ara, S. (December 2018). Monitoring Chlorophyll-a concentration on River Karnaphuli using Landsat Satellite imageries. Paper presented at the 4th international conference on advances in civil engineering (ICACE), Chittagong.
Ara, S., & Ansary, M. A. (2011). Assessment of community fire hazard vulnerability: a case study of ward 65 in Dhaka city; Paper presented at the International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia (USMCA 2011), Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Ansary, M. A., Ara, S., & Afrin, T. (October 13-15, 2010). Evaluation of firefighting system at high rise buildings in Dhaka city; Paper presented at the International Symposium on New Technologies for Urban Safety of Mega Cities in Asia (USMCA) 2010, Kobe, Japan