Fahmidah Ashraf

Professional Experience

2018-present Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Construction, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2016-2018 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
2017 Advanced Short-term Research Opportunity (ASTRO) Fellow, Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN
2017 Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, North South University, Bangladesh
2015-2016 Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, Philadelphia
2011 Water Resources Engineer, Irrigation Management Division, Institute of Water Modeling, Bangladesh

Teaching

Fluid Mechanics

Water Supply and Hydraulic Engineering

Surface Water hydrology

Groundwater Hydrology

Numerical Methods in Civil Engineering

Computing in Civil Engineering

CADD

Statics

Scholarship

Research Interests

• System Safety
• Risk Analysis and Decision Making
• Failure Analysis
• Hydraulics and Geomorphology of Rivers and Streams
• Hydrologic Reanalyses and Projections
• Bridge Scour and Bridge Collapse

Journal

• Ashraf, F.U., and Islam, M.H. Understanding the Challenges of Hydrological Analysis at Bridge Collapse Sites. Water, MDPI, 15(15), 2772, 2023
• Ashraf, F.U., Tyralis, H., and Papacharalampous, G. Explaining the Flood Behavior for Bridge Collapse Sites. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(9), 1241, 2022
• Ashraf, F.U., and Spaunhorst, M. At-a-station Hydraulic Geometry for Reaches with Bridge Collapse Events. River Research and Applications, 39(1), 108-121, 2022
• Ashraf, F.U., and Flint, M. Analysis of Peak Flow Distribution for Bridge Collapse Sites. Water, 12(1), 2020
• Ashraf, F.U., and Johnson, P.A. Assessing Relative Risk for the Failure Modes of a Bridge Scour Countermeasure. ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, 21(5), 2015
• Islam, M.H., Rahman, M. M., and Ashraf, F. U. Assessment of Water Quality and Impact of Effluents from Fertilizer Factories to the Lakhya River. International Journal of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, 2(8), 208-221. 2010

Conference Proceedings

• Ashraf, F.U., and Flint, M. Retrospective Analysis of U.S. Hydraulic Bridge Collapse Sites to Assess HYRISK Performance. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers, Virtual Conference, June 7-11, 2021
• Ashraf, F.U., and Flint, M. A Novel Paradigm of Risk Study for Bridge Infrastructure. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 19-23, 2019
• Ashraf, F.U., and Liu, X. River Meandering Prediction: Case Studies for Four Rivers in Texas. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers, Cincinnati, Ohio,May 19-23, 2013
• Hossen, M. A., Islam, M. A., Hasan, M. K., Islam, M. H., and Ashraf, F. U. Comparative study on the decay of homogeneous turbulence in the final period of clean and dusty fluid. Third International Conference on Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology,Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011
• Islam, M.H., Rahman, M.M., and Ashraf, F.U. Quality of Effluent Discharged from Fertilizer factories.First International Conference on Knowledge Globalization, North South University, Bangladesh, 2010

Technical Reports

• Schattler, K., Ashraf, F. Maintenance of Pavement Management System for the Peoria County Highway Department, Peoria County Highway Department, 2023
• Johnson, P., and Ashraf, F. Alternative stream channel maintenance at bridge crossings: Selection toolbox, procedure, and recommendations. FHWA/OH-2017-6, Ohio Department of Transportation, Ohio, 2017
• Liu, X., Ashraf, F., Strom, K.B., Wang, K., Briaud, J., Sharif, H., Bin-Shafique, S. Assessment of the effects of regional channel stability and sediment transport on roadway hydraulic structures. Project No. 0–6724, Technical Report 0-6724-1, Federal Highway Administration, Texas Department of Transportation, San Antonio, TX, 2014

Presentations / Talks

• Ashraf, F.U. Defining Stream Channel Instability: A Study of At-A-Station Hydraulic Geometry in Unstable Reaches. AGU Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, New Orleans, LA., December 13-17, 2021
• Ashraf, F.U. Finding Trend in Extreme Events for Hydraulic Bridge Collapse Sites. Geospatial Water Technology Conference: Complex Systems. American Water Resources Association, Virtual Conference, August 4-13, 2020
• Ashraf, F.U., and Timothy, K. How to Explain Flood Frequency Distribution Parameters in Bridge Hydraulics? AGU Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 9-13, 2019
• Ashraf, F.U. An Analysis of Hydraulic Geometry for Unstable Stream Channels. Midwest Region Space Grant Short Talks, Illinois Space Grant, Online, November 20, 2020
• Johnson, P. A., and Ashraf, F. U. Using Risk Matrices for Assessing Bridge Vulnerability to Stream Channel Instability. ASCE-EWRI Conference EWRI World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, West Palm Beach, FL, 2016
• Ashraf, F. U., and Torrez, A. Ethanol Fuel in Brazil. 6th Annual UTSA Architecture, Business, Engineering and Science Student Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2014

Grants

• Maintenance of Pavement Management System for the Peoria County Highway Department, Peoria County Highway Department, 2023 (PI)
• Maintenance of Pavement Management System for the Peoria County Highway Department, Peoria County Highway Department, 2022 (Co-PI)
• Bridge Collapse Risk and Predictive Trends, Office of Sponsored Programs at Bradley University, 2022 (PI)
• Application of Remote Sensing LiDAR Data to Predict Behavior of Unstable River Section for Stream Restoration, Illinois Space Grant, 2020 (PI)
• Decision Support Framework for Resilient and Sustainable Multi-Hazard Bridge Design, Office of Sponsored Programs at Bradley University, 2019 (PI)
• Compatible Flood Frequency Analysis for Robust Bridge Hydraulics, Caterpillar Fellowship at BradleyUniversity, 2019 (PI)

Service

Department Service Activities

• Fluid Mechanics Lab Director
• Teaching Excellence Committee Member
• Research Excellence Committee Member
• Outreach/Service Programs Member

College/University Service Activities Activities

• Advance Ideas Team Member (bradley.edu/ADVANCEBU)
• DCC Academic Implementation Team + Apple Strategist Team Member

Professional Affiliations

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Society of Civil Engineers Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI)
• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
• American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Licensures and Certifications

Honors and Awards

• HydroLearn Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2019
• Advanced Short-term Research Opportunity (ASTRO) Fellowship, Climate Change ScienceInstitute, Oak Ridge National Lab, 2017
• Tuition Grant, Penn State University, University Park, 2013-15
• Fellowship for Foreign Graduate Students, American Association of University Women, Washington, D.C., 2013
• Graduate Student Professional Development Award, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2013
• Valero Masters’ Advanced Research Scholarship, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2012
• Valero Research Scholarship, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2011