College of Science, Engineering, and Technology - School of Engineering

Shikha Rahman, Ph.D. P.E.

Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Jackson State University
Jackson, MS 39217-0168

Tel:(601) 979-1094
Fax:(601) 979-4045

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Open channel Hydraulics
Sediment Transport
Turbulence
Scalar Diffusion
Environmental Hydraulics
Experimental Fluid Mechanics
Application and development of experimental techniques
to environmental fluid mechanics problems
Plume tracking by aquatic organisms
Graphics and 3D Visualization Techniques

EDUCATION
Ph.D., P.E.Water Resources and Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 1998 - 2002.
M.Sc., Water Resources Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 1995-1998.
B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bangladesh, 1989-1995.

EXPERIENCE
August, 2002 - To Date, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Jackson State University, MS.
September, 1998 - July, 2002, Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
July, 1996 - July, 1998, Lecturer, Department of Water Resources Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
July, 1995 - June, 1996, Design Engineer, William Halcrow and Partners, an UK based consulting firm.

SAMPLE PUBLICATIONS
Rahman and D.R. Webster (2005), "Effect of bed roughness on scalar fluctuations in turbulent boundary layers," Experiments in Fluids. 38(2).

F. Amini, T. L. Biddlecom, S. Rahman and M. K. Sharpe (2004), "Soil Liquefaction at Depth Scientific Visualization," Environmental Modeling and Simulation ( EMS ). No. 432-086, ISBN: 0-88986-441-1.

J Jackson, S. Rahman, D.R. Webster, and M.J. Weissburg (2004), "Effect of Bed Roughness on Scalar Mixing and Odor Plume Navigation in Turbulent Boundary Layer Flows," 2004 ASLO Ocean Research Conference. Honolulu , HI .

F. Amini, T. L. Biddlecom, S. Rahman and M. K. Sharpe (2004), "Soil Liquefaction at Depth Scientific Visualization," International Conference on Environmental Modeling and simulation (IASTED). St. Thomas , US Virgin Islands .

F. Amini, T. L. Biddlecom, S. Rahman and M. K. Sharpe (2004), "Scientific Visualization of Soil Liquefaction," Army Science Conference.

D.R. Webster, S. Rahman , and L.P. Dasi (2003), "Laser-induced fluorescence measurements of a turbulent plume." J. of Engineering Mechanics, 129(10): 1130-1137.

S. Rahman and D.R. Webster (2002), "The effect of bed roughness on scalar fluctuations in turbulent boundary Vlayers," DFD02 Meeting of The American Physical Society. Dallas , TX . Also Bulletin of American Physical Society, 47 (10): 94.

D.R. Webster, S. Rahman , and L.P. Dasi (2001), "On the Usefulness of Bilateral Comparison to Tracking Turbulent Chemical Odor Plumes," Limnology and Oceanography. 46(5): 1048 - 1053.

S. Rahman and D.R. Webster (2001), "Effect of Bed Roughness on Chemical Plume Structure," 3rd
International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics. Tempe , AZ. D.R. Webster, S. Rahman, and L.P. Dasi (2001), "Chemosensory- Mediated Foraging in a Turbulent Boundary Layer," 2nd International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena. Stockholm .

S. Rahman and D.R. Webster, "Effect of bed roughness on scalar diffusion of turbulent plumes," Submitted to Physics of Fluids.

D.R. Webster, S. Rahman, and L.P. Dasi, "Laser-induced fluorescence measurements of a turbulent plume," To be Published in J. of Engineering Mechanics.

D.R. Webster, S. Rahman, and L.P. Dasi, "On the Usefulness of Bilateral Comparison to Tracking Turbulent Chemical Odor Plumes," Limnology and Oceanography, vol. 46(5), pp. 1048 - 1053 (2001).

D.R. Webster, S. Rahman, and L.P. Dasi, "Bilateral Comparison in Chemosensory-Mediated Foraging," DFD00 Meeting of The American Physical Society, Washington, DC, November, 2000. Also Bulletin of American Physical Society, Vol. 45, No. 9, p. 190 (2000).

S. Rahman, X. Tian, P.J.W. Roberts, and D.R. Webster, "Three-Dimensional Imaging of Chemical Odor Plumes," DFD00 Meeting of The American Physical Society, Washington, DC, November, 2000. Also Bulletin of American Physical Society, Vol. 45, No. 9, p. 142 (2000).

D.R. Webster, P.J.W. Roberts, S. Rahman, and L.P. Dasi, "Information Content of Turbulent Chemical Plumes," DFD99 Meeting of The American Physical Society, New Orleans, LA, November, 1999. Also Bulletin of American Physical Society, Vol. 44, No. 8, p. 36 (1999).