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Javed Bari, PhD, PE, M.ASCE (he/him/his)

Professor
North South University
Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Professor Dr. Javed Bari is a distinguished professor and researcher at North South University (NSU), specializing in Civil and Transportation Engineering. With over 30 years of combined experience in academia, administration, and industry, Dr. Javed Bari is an authority in road safety, pavement design and analysis, materials characterization and recycling, traffic studies, and infrastructure project evaluation. He was a key member of the team at Arizona State University that developed the MEPDG (Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide) for AASHTO during 2000 and 2006, under the direct supervision of Professor M. W. Witczak.

Dr. Bari's academic credentials include a Ph.D. and M.S. in Civil/Transportation Engineering from Arizona State University, USA, and a B.Sc. in Civil/Structural Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He is also among the very few professionals in Bangladesh to hold an active Professional Engineer (P.E.) license from the USA.

In his early career, Dr. Bari worked for 6 years as a Senior Pavemenr Design Engineer at the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), USA and also for another 6 years with three key government agencies in Bangladesh, namely Local Government Engineering Department, Public Works Department and Roads and Highways Department. Since joining NSU in 2013, he has held pivotal leadership roles, including Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Dean of the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences (SEPS). During his tenure as SEPS Dean from 2019 to 2024, NSU achieved its highest recognition yet in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023, being ranked as the #1 university in Bangladesh for Engineering, with a global ranking in the 301-400 range.

Dr. Bari’s research works have been widely published and presented in high-impact journals and conferences, including ASCE, TRB, AAPT, IRF, and ASC. His research interest includes: Road safety; Traffic and crash data analysis; Recycling of roadway materials; Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), environmental audit environmental safeguards; Pavement design and analysis; Traffic surveys and analysis; Highway materials characterization; and In-depth socio-economic-environmental and engineering evaluation and feasibility studies of large infrastructure projects.

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