Dr. M. A. Karim, P. E., BCEE, F.ASCE; Professor of Civil Engineering

 

Welcome to my website.  My area of specialization is Environmental Engineering with emphasis in soil and sediment remediation and decontamination, environmental management, and waste management. My research focuses on remediation technologies that are applicable to in-situ decontamination and remediation of soil and sediment, environmental management, wastewater treatment, and solid and hazardous waste management. My current research is on soil stabilization with fly-ash (FA) and sewage sludge ash (SSA), wastewater treatment and generation of gas/energy from brewery and domestic wastewater, and economic comparisons of conventional and MBR wastewater treatment plants, soil stabilization and improvements of soil Engineering properties with FA and SSA. My Google Scholar  My ORCID

Let me introduce myself briefly. I had my B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Civil Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 1989 and 1992, respectively. I spent about six years as a full-time faculty at BUET where my last position was Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering. I came to USA in 1995 and finished my Ph.D. in Civil/Environmental Engineering from Cleveland State University, Ohio in 2000. I worked about three years for ALLTEL Information Services in Twinsburg, Ohio as an Applications Programmer. Then I worked about eight years (in two different times) for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) as a Senior Environmental Engineer (Solid Waste Permit Writer II) and taught at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) as an Affiliate Professor before I went to Trine University in January 2008, as a full-time Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. I taught part-time at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW) while employed at Trine University. During my time at Trine University I taught a course for VCU on-line using Wimba class room. I also taught at Stratford University, Richmond, Virginia campus as an adjunct faculty while working for VDEQ. Since Fall of 2011, I have been working for the then Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU), Marietta, Georgia (Kennesaw State University, Marietta Campus since January 2015) as a full-time faculty in Civil and Construction Engineering. I was the founding program director for BS in Environmental Engineering program from 2015 to July 2017. I am a graduate faculty of MSCE program. I am a registered professional engineer for the State of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Georgia. I have more than thirty-five journal and proceeding publications and several professional reports in the area of soil and sediment remediation, environmental management, statistical hydrology, wastewater treatment, waste manangement, poject-based learning, engineering education, and improvement/enhancement of soil engineering properties with fly-ash (FA) and sewage sludge ash (SSA). I am a fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers (F.ASCE), a member of American Society for Engineering Education (M.ASEE), and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE) from American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES). I am a Professional Engineer (PE) for the State of Commonwealth of Virginia (0402-037834), and State of Georgia (040550). I am also an ABET EAC Program Evaluator Volunteer (PEV) for Civil Engineering and Environemntal Engineering Programs. I served as an Interim Department Chair as well as an Assistant Department Chair for about 3 years in total. Google Scholar

Selected Recent Publications:

• Karim, M. A., Seo, Y. and Bhavsar, P. (2024), Do the Independent Studies Help Students Learn Better? A Case Study on Student Perception and Attitude, Proceedings of the 2024 ASEE Annual Conference and Exhibition, Portland, OR, June 23-26, 2024. Online Copy

• Hossain, M. F. and Karim, M. A.(2023). Application of Solar Energy in Building Design to Eliminate Pathogens Naturally. IEEE Xplore. DOI 10.1109/ICDH60066.2023.00048 (IEEE).

• Akter, M.S., Shahriar, H., Iqbal, I., Hossain, M. F. Karim, MA, Clincy, V., and Voicu, R. (2023), Exploring the Vulnerabilities of Machine Learning and Quantum Machine Learning to Adversarial Attacks using a Malware Dataset: A Comparative Analysis. IEEE Xplore. DOI 10.1109/SSE60056.2023.00037  (IEEE).

• Karim, M. A. (2023), Does In-Class Problem-Solving Approach Help Students Learn and Improve their Performance? A Case Study, Proceedings of the 2023 ASEE SE Section Annual Conference, George Mason University, Arlington, VA, March 13-14, 2023. Online copy [IF = N/A]

• Karim, M. A. and Adhikari, S .(2022), Does the Active Learning Help Students Learn and Improve their Performance? A Case Study of Engineering and Management, Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 26-29, 2022. Online copy [IF = N/A]
• Karim, M. A. (2022), Do the Prerecorded Lecture Videos Help Students’ Learning During COVID-19 Pandemic? A Case Study, Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE SE Section's Annual Conference, The Citadel, Charleston, SC, March 13-15, 2022. Online copy [IF = N/A]
• Karim, M. A. (2022), Online Synchronous Delivery of Environmental Engineering During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study on Assessment, Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE SE Section's Annual Conference, The Citadel, Charleston, SC, March 13-15, 2022. Online copy [IF = N/A]
• Karim, M. A. and Akinkunmi, I. (2021), Management of Sewage Sludge Ash and Fly-Ash through the Improvement of Soil Engineering Properties, Cosmos Journal Engineering & Technology, Vol 11, No. 2, pp. 1-10, July. Online copy [IF = 1.118]
• Karim, M. A. (2021), Online Synchronous Delivery of Environmental Engineering During COVID-19 Pandemic:  A Case Study on Perception and Attitude, Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE SE Section's Annual Conference, Virtual, March 07-10, 2021. Online copy [IF = N/A]
• Karim, M. A. (2021), Hybrid and Online Synchronous Delivery of Environmental Engineering During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparative Study on Perception, Attitude, and Assessment,European Journal of STEM Education, Vol.6, No.1 05, February, pp. 01-11, DOI: https://doi.org/10.20897/ejsteme/9688. [IF = N/A] 
• Karim, M. A., Hassan, A. S. and Hawa, A. (2020), Enhancement of Soil Engineering Properties with Sewage Sludge Ash, MOJ Ecology and Environmental Science, Vol. 5, No. 5, October, pp. 230-236. DOI: 10.15406/mojes/2020.05.00198. [IF = N/A]   
• Karim, M. A., Hassan, A. S. and Kaplan, A. (2020), Optimization of Soil to Fly-Ash Mix Ratio for Enhanced Engineering Properties of Clayey Sand for Subgrade Use, Appl. Sci., Vol.10, No. 20, October, pp. 1-13. DOI: 10.3390/app10207038. [IF = 2.474] 
• Karim, M. A. and Wetterhan, J.T. (2020), A comparative study of solid waste management in the United States, Europe and Asia, Ann Civil Environ Eng., 4, April, pp. 003-011. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.acee.1001019. [IF = N/A]
• Karim, M. A. (2019),Can Teamwork be Effective in Learning Software Packages and Improving Report Writing Skills? A Case Study, Proceedings of 2019 ASEE-SE Conference held in NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, March 10-12, 2019. [IF = N/A]

• Karim, M. A. and Corazzini, B. (2019), The current status of MSW disposal and energy production: a brief review of waste incineration, MOJ Ecology & Environmental Science, Vol.4, No.1, February, pp. 34-37, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15406/mojes.2019.04.00129. [IF = N/A]

• Yang, J., Kretlow, B., Yee, T. and Karim, M. A. (2018), Traffic Congestion Patterns Recognition – A Deep Learning Approach Using Convolutional Neural Networks, Presentation to ASCE International Conference on Transportation & Development 2018, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, July 15-18, 2018. [IF = N/A]

• Zhao, L. and Karim, M. A. (2018),Use of geosynthetic materials in solid waste landfill design: A review of geosynthetic related stability issues, Ann Civil Environ Eng., 2, June, pp. 006-015. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.acee.1001010. [IF = N/A] 

• Karim, M. A. (2018), Inclusion of Field Trips in Teaching of Environmental Engineering for Civil Engineering Program: A Case Study, Proceedings of 2018 ASEE-SE Conference held in Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida on March 4-6, 2018. [IF = N/A] 

• Karim, M. A. and Moss, B. L. (2017), A Preliminary Laboratory Investigation of Methane Generation Potential from Brewery Wastewater using UASB Reactor, Ann Civil and Environ Eng., 1, May, pp~034-041. [IF = N/A]

• Lowder, L.; Atiqullah, M.; Colebeck, D.; Das, S.; Karim, M. A.; Khalid, A.; Singh, R. and Utschig, T. (2017), Peer Observation: Improvement of Teaching Effectiveness through Class Participation at a Polytechnic University, Journal of STEM Education, Volume 18, Issue 4, Oct-December 2017. [IF = N/A] 

• Karim, M. A. and Mark, J. L. (2017), A Preliminary Comparative Analysis of MBR and CAS Wastewater Treatment Systems, International Journal of Water and Wastewater Treatment, Vol.3, No.2, March, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.16966/2381-5299.138.  [IF = N/A] 
  

• Karim, M. A. (2017), Importance and Sequence of Laboratory Course in Environmental Engineering: A Case Study, Proceedings of 2017 ASEE Zone II Conference held in San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 2-5, 2017. [IF = N/A]

• Karim, M. A. (2016), Hybrid Delivery of Environmental Engineering: Perception, Attitude, and Assessment, Proceedings of the 2016 ASEE 123rd Annual Conference and Exposition held in New Orleans, Louisiana on June 26-29, 2016. [IF = N/A]

• Karim, M. A. (2016), Analytical Solution for Modeling of Transport and Removal of Contaminants from Solid Phase by the CEHIXM Process, Insights in Analytical Electrochemistry, Vol. 2, No. 1:5, pp.1-7, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2470-9867.100013, May. [IF = 0.479] 
  

• Karim, M. A. (2016), Learning Environmental Engineering - On-line, Hybrid, or Face-to-Face: A Case Study, Proceedngs of the 2016 ASEE SE Section's Annual Conference held in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on March 13-15, 2016. [IF = N/A]

• Karim, M. A. (2015), Project Based Learning of Environmental Engineering: A Case Study, Presented in ASEE’s 122nd Annual Conference & Exposition held in Seattle, Washington on June 14-17, 2015. [IF = N/A]
  

• Lowder, M. L., Khalid, A., Ferreira, D., Stutzmann, B., Atiqullah, M., Bohannon, J. L., Chin, C., Singh, R., Yee, T. M., Acharya, K., Karim, M. A., Keyser, R. S., and Colebeck, D. (2015), Student and Faculty Perceptions of Attendance Policies at a Polytechnic University, Presented in ASEE’s 122nd Annual Conference & Exposition held in Seattle, Washington on June 14-17, 2015. [IF = N/A]

• Karim, M. A., Schroeder, P. R. and Bunch, B. W. (2015), A Preliminary Laboratory Investigation of PCB Flux from Dredge Resuspensions and Residuals, Soil and Sediment Contamination: an International Journal, Vol.24, No.5, pp.526~541, May. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15320383.2015.986263. [IF = 0.894]

• Karim, M. A. (2014), Electrokinetics and soil decontamination: concepts and overview, Journal of Electrochemical Science and Engineering - jESE, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp.297~313, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5599/jese.2014.0054. [IF = N/A]

• Karim, M. A. and Khan, L. I. (2014), Comparison of Heavy Metal Removal from Chemically Interactive and Non-Interactive Solid Phases by CEHIXM Process, Separation Science & Technology, Vol.49, No.10, pp. 1449~1460, July. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2014.894523. [IF = 1.16]

• Karim, M. A. and Khan, L.I.(2011), Effect of the Secondary Electrode Configuration in Removing Metal Contaminants from Soils by the CEHIXM Process, Soil and Sediment Contamination: an International Journal, Vol.20, No.7, pp.857~875, November. [IF = 0.894]