1. Shakhawat Hosen Tanim
3502 Jefferson Commons Drive, Apt-301 A
Tampa, Florida 33613
University of South Florida.
813-484-0465 ● stanim@mail.usf.edu
RESEARCH
INTERESTS
- Natural Hazard and Disaster Management
- Geographic Information System
- Transportation Planning
EDUCATION -PhD Student of Geography and Environmental Science (GIS
concentration).
University of South Florida
Research: Modelling mass evacuation for emergency management.
Expected Completion: December 2019.
Supervisor: Dr. Graham Tobin
Relevant Coursework: Advanced GIS, Programming for GIS, GIS in Transportation,
Stat & Econometric Methods, Travel Demand Modelling, Environmental
Management, Doc Dissertation Preparation
- MS in Disaster Management.
University of Dhaka, Completion: July 2015.
Thesis Topic: Vulnerability and preparedness of hospitals regarding any destructive
earthquake: A case study of hospitals of Dhaka.
Supervisor: Dr. Mehedi Ahmed Ansary
- Bachelor in Urban and Regional Planning ,
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Completion: February 2011.
Thesis Topic: A comparative study between CNG and Petrol/Diesel driven vehicles
of Dhaka
Supervisor: Dr. Roxana Hafiz
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Doctoral Level)
School of Geosciences, University of South Florida.
Teaching assistant for courses:
-Geographic Information System
-GIS for Non-Majors
-World Regional Geography
Aug 2015 to date
Major Responsibilities:
-Assisting faculty members with teaching and course preparation, as well as assist in
lab teaching and other roles directly related to classroom instruction.
Assistant Urban Planner
Sheltech (Pvt.) Ltd, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
May 2011 to Jul 2015
Major Responsibilities:
-Participate in preparation of Master Plans for different metropolitan cities and
municipal districts of Bangladesh.
-Analyse the conducted survey for the plan preparation with GIS , other geospatial
tools and SPPS.
-Use of GIS to explore Natural hazard, Environmental Sustainability, Urban analysis
and transportation planning of Bangladesh.
GIS officer
Forum for Physical Development of Bangladesh, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
May 2011 to Dec 2014
Major Responsibilities:
-Assist researcher with GIS on development, disaster, economic, housing and
planning issues.
-Researcher for the publishing different book on development issues.

2. Junior GIS Analyst
Sheltech Consultants (Pvt.) Ltd.
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Feb 2011 to May 2011
Major Responsibilities:
- Use GIS to prepare master plan of different municipal districts of Bangladesh.
Prepared survey report, interim report, draft master plan report & final report and
make presentation.
Project Assistant (part time)
Department of Urban & Regional Planning,Technische
Universität, Dortmund, Work location: Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
Feb 2009 to Mar 2009
Major Responsibilities:
-Support the research in the empirical field investigation (e.g. key informant
interviews, group discussion, household interviews, exercise of Venn-diagram,
observations)
-Support the researcher in processing and analysing the empirical data with GIS.
Research Assistant (Part-time)
Cardiff School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff
University.
Work location: Dhaka, Bangladesh.
May 2009 to Jun 2009
Major Responsibilities:
-Entrusted with creating base map for the transportation analysis for potential MRT
in Dhaka.
-Assist the researcher on the analysis of the data and solving related problems.
TRAINING -Advanced webinar on Using NASA Remote Sensing for Flood Monitoring and
Management”
Authority: ARSET, NASA(March-April 2016)
-Application of Geographic Information System (GIS)
Authority: Bangladesh Institute of Planners (2013)
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATION
Tanim, S.H. and Tobin, G.A. Documenting Social Factors and Evacuation
Vulnerability: Pinellas County, Florida. Applied Geography Conference.
Louisville, Kentucky. 2016
Tanim, S.H. and Tobin, G.A. Integrating Social and Transportation Aspects
of Evacuation with GIS: Hillsborough and Pinellas County of Florida.
Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers. Columbia,
South Carolina. 2016
Yu, Q. and Tanim, S.H. Understanding How Urban Landscape
Heterogeneity and Socio-economic Structure Affect Urban Heat Islands
Effects in the City of Tampa. Research Symposium Celebrating Geographies of
Space. Tampa, Florida. 2016
PUBLICATION Tanim, S.H. and Tobin, G.A. (2017) Documenting Social Factors and Evacuation
Vulnerability: Pinellas County, Florida. Papers in Applied Geography.
(Accepted)
Tanim, S., & Urmi, S. (2014). Vulnerable Hospital functions after a potential
earthquake in Dhaka. (pp. 104-110). Souvenir of World Town Planning Day
(pp. 66-77). Dhaka: Bangladesh Institute of Planners.
Tanim, S., & Roy, D. (2013). Climate induced vulnerability and migration of the
people from Islands of Bangladesh: A case study on coastal erosion of
Kutubdia Island. Souvenir of World Town Planning Day (pp. 66-77). Dhaka:
Bangladesh Institute of Planners.
Tanim, S., & Dalia, M. (2012). Nature of housing location and trend of housing
types: Assessing the rural housing of Bangladesh. Souvenir of World Town
Planning Day (pp. 65-76). Dhaka: Bangladesh Institute of Planners.
Tanim, S. H., Rahman, A., & Sadik, T. A. U. (2011). Comparison between CNG and
Petrol/Diesel driven vehicles of Dhaka. LAP LAMBERT Academic
Publishing.
PROJECTS - A comparative study of Passengers’ Travel Pattern in Dhaka- Chittagong
Route considering Bus and Train users. Identified the problems and potentials of
bus and train services on the Dhaka Chittagong route based on primary survey of
both transport authority and users. After analyzing the survey data using ArcGIS
and SPSS, facilities were recommended. (2010)

3. -“Earthquake Risk in Bangladesh” and “Potential Rural Housing and in
Compact Township” under Forum for Physical Development of Bangladesh.
(2013)
AWARDS -SGS Tharp Research Fellowships 2016-2017 by USF School of Geoscience.
-Champion in presentation on “Planning for community’ on the World Town
Planning day 2009 by the Bangladesh Institute of Planners.
-Champion in presentation on ‘Green City’ on the World Town Planning day 2009
by the Bangladesh Institute of Planners.
-Bangladesh Govt. Scholarship for achieving topmost result at Higher Secondary
Certificate Examinations, September 2005.
SOFTWARE
SKILLS
Expert level user
ArcGIS
SPSS
ENVI
AutoCAD
Intermediate level user
Python 2.7
R and SAS
Nlogit
Microsoft Project
CREDENTIALS Registered Planner of Capital Development Authority (RAJUK) for Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIP
-Member of American Association of Geographers
-Member of SouthEastern Division of the Association of American Geographers
-Member of Bangladesh Institute of Planners
ORGANIZING &
LEADERSHIP
ACTIVITIES
-Served as a Central President of BADHAN (A voluntary blood donor’s organization)
(2010-2011)
-Served as a General Secretary of USAB - URP Student’s Association of Bangladesh
University of Engineering and Technology (2010-2011)
-Served as a Public Relation Secretary of BUETplanners -An Association of
Graduate Planners of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. (2014-
2015)