Imran Hossain Newton
  • Graduate Student
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Biography

I am a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Texas A&M University at Galveston and a Ph.D. student in the Department of Oceanography at Texas A&M University, College Station. I am working on Coastal Sediment Management. In addition, I have five years of research experience in the Water Resources sector with a specialization in Coastal Hydro-morphodynamics.

Advisor: Dr. Timothy M. Dellapenna

Job Duties

  • Teaching Assistant
  • Giving lectures and Grading homework

Research Interests

  • Sediment Transport Processes
  • Coastal Erosion
  • Coastal Morphodynamics
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Numerical Modeling
  • Climate Change

Educational Background

  • M.Sc., Water Resources Development, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh, 2018
  • B.Sc. Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh, 2016

Selected Publications

  • Peer-Reviewed Journals

    1. Newton, I. H., Hasan, M. H., Razzaque, S., & Roy, S. K. (2024). Assessment of Climate-Induced Rice Yield Using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) Regression Analysis: A Case Study from Coastal Context. Earth Systems and Environment, 8(4), 1437-1451. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-024-00483-0.
    2. Zzaman, R. U., Nayeem, M. A., Nowreen, S., Newton, I. H., Islam, A. S., Zahid, A., & Rahman, M. S. (2023). CIMCA: Infusing computational intelligence in multi-criteria analysis to assess groundwater potential for recharge. Environmental Modelling & Software, 169, 105812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105812
    3. Hasan, M. H., Newton, I. H., Chowdhury, M. A., Esha, A. A., Razzaque, S., & Hossain, M. J. (2023). Land Use Land Cover Change and Related Drivers have Livelihood Consequences in Coastal Bangladesh. Earth Systems and Environment, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-023-00339-z. Publisher-Springer, (Impact Factor: 1.25, Type: Q1).
    4. Leya, R. S., Bala, S. K., Newton, I. H., Chowdhury, M. A., Haque, S.M. (2022). Water Security Assessment of a Peri-Urban Area: A Study in Singair Upazila of Manikganj District of Bangladesh, Environment, Development and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-02023-6, Publisher-Springer, (Impact Factor: 4.08, Type: Q2).
    5. Newton, I.H., Islam, A.S., Islam, G.M.T., Razzaque, S., Bala, S.K. (2021). A Conjugate Application of MODIS/Terra data and Empirical Method to Assess Reference Evapotranspiration for the Southwest Region of Bangladesh, Environmental Earth Sciences, 80(6), 1-22, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-021-09482-0 Publisher-Springer, (Impact Factor: 3.11, Type: Q2).
    6. Nowreen, S., Newton, I.H., Zaman, R.U., Islam, A.S., Islam, G.M.T., Alam, M.S. (2021). Development of potential map for groundwater abstraction in the Northwest region of Bangladesh using RS-GIS based weighted overlay analysis and water-table-fluctuation technique. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 193(1), 1-17, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08790-5, Publisher-Springer, (Impact Factor: 3.31, Type: Q2).
    7. Newton, I.H., Islam, A. F. M. T., Islam, A.S., Islam, G.M.T., Tahsin, A., Razzaque, S. (2018). Yield Prediction Model for Potato Using Landsat Time Series Images Driven Vegetation Indices. Remote Sensing in Earth Systems Sciences, 1(1–2), 29–38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41976-018-0006-0, Publisher- Springer.
    8. Newton, I.H., Biswas, A., Sakib, M.M., Zaman, S., Sattar, N.S., Akter, R. (2017). Development of Extreme Rainfall Based Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves for Dhaka City in Bangladesh. International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, 8(1), 1324–1328.

     

    Book chapters

    1. Newton, I.H., Zaman, R.U., Nowreen, S., Islam, A.S., Razzaque, S., Islam, G.M.T. (2020). Deciphering of Groundwater Recharge Potential Zones in Dhaka City, Bangladesh by RS and GIS Techniques. In Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate (pp. 85–97). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47786-8_5, Publisher- Springer.
    2. Tahsin, A., Razzaque, S., Haque, A., Newton, I.H., Saleh, A.F.M., Mamtaz, R., et al. (2020). Impact of Internal Road Network on Water-Logging Inside Polders. In Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate (pp. 15–35). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47786-8_2, Publisher- Springer.
    3. Zzaman, R.U., Nowreen, S., Newton, I.H. (2020). Groundwater Fluctuation in Response to Annual Rainfall in North-West Region of Bangladesh. In Water, Flood Management and Water Security Under a Changing Climate (pp. 251–266). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47786-8_18, Publisher- Springer.

     

    Conference Proceedings (Abstract and Presentation)

    1. Peter, A., Newton, I. H. (2024). Flood Risk and Exposure for Critical Infrastructure in Texas Coast: A Spatial Analysis Approach to Resilience Planning. TAMUG 19th Annual Student Research Symposium!, April 16-18, 2024
    2. Islam, J., Mahmud, M. T., Mamun, A. A., Karmakar, T., & Newton, I. H. (2024). Groundwater level lowering due to over-pumping in rohingya refugee camps and its socio-environmental consequences. 7th International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ICACE2024), CUET, Chattogram, Bangladesh.
    3. Newton, I.H., Razzaque, S., Akter, A., Hossain, D., Tahsin, A., Haque, A., et al. (2021). Modelling probabilistic monsoon flood in Bangladesh, In: 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM-2021). IWFM, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    4. Newton, I.H., Razzaque, S., Akter, M., Rahman, M., Ahsan, Q., Haque, A et al. (2021). Juvenile Hilsa response to hydro-morphodynamic changes in the migratory routes due to anthropogenic interventions in the coastal waters of Bangladesh, In: 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM-2021). IWFM, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    5. Akter, A., Razzaque, S., Newton, I.H., Hossain, D., Tahsin, A., Ahsan, Q., et al. (2021). Sedimentation along Bangladesh Coast during storm surge events, In: 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM-2021). IWFM, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    6. Dutta, P., Islam, A.S., Roy, B., Newton, I.H. (2021). A study on the probabilistic future floods in the Teesta River basin of Bangladesh. In: 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM-2021). IWFM, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    7. Haider, M J., Haque, M.A., Hossain, M. J., Newton, I.H., Razzaque, S., Akter, A., et al. (2021). Flooding and Sedimentation in the Floodplains of Bangladesh: Application of Bangladesh Delta Model (BDM), In: 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM-2021). IWFM, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    8. Hossain, M.J., Haider, M.J., Haque, M.A., Razzaque, S., Hossain, D., Newton, I.H., et al. (2021). Tide and Storm Surge Propagation and its impacts on sedimentation in the Coastal Ocean and the Bay of Bengal, In: 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management. (ICWFM-2021). IWFM, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    9. Razzaque, S., Newton, I.H., Akter, A., Hossain, D., Tahsin, A., Haque, A., et al. (2021). Three-dimensional modeling of hydro-morphodynamic processes in the Ganges- Brahmaputra-Meghna delta, In: 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM-2021). IWFM, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
    10. Tahsin, A., Razzaque, S., Hossain, D., Newton, I.H., Akter, A., Ahsan, Q., et al. (2021). Impact of monsoon depression on the coastal flooding in Bangladesh, In: 8th International Conference on Water and Flood Management (ICWFM-2021). IWFM, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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