About me
Dr. Javed Bari is a distinguished professor and researcher at North South University (NSU), specializing in Civil and Transportation Engineering. 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 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.
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. His research has been widely published and presented in high-impact journals and conferences, including ASCE, TRB, AAPT, IRF, and ASC. Dr. Bari has over 25 years of experience teaching at the university level, with senior leadership roles spanning more than nine years. He also spent over eight years teaching and conducting research at Arizona State University. His research interests include road safety, traffic and crash data analysis, recycling of roadway materials, pavement design, traffic surveys, and large-scale infrastructure project evaluations. Earlier in his career, he worked with key government agencies in Bangladesh, including LGED (PSC), PWD (BCS), and RHD (BCS).
Dr. Javed Bari is formally trained in strategic planning, budgeting, performance measures, project management, and road safety, and has undergone accreditation training for engineering programs under the Washington Accord’s Outcome-Based Education (OBE) Accreditation protocol. His leadership skills and interpersonal abilities have played a vital role in driving institutional vision and strategic initiatives.
Additionally, Dr. Bari served as Director of the South Asian Disaster Management Center at IUBAT-International University of Business Agriculture and Technology from 2011 to 2013. His training in both Bangladesh and the USA covers a wide range of specialized areas, including mechanistic-empirical pavement design guide (MEPDG), performance-based maintenance contracts (PBMC), pavement and sidewalk preservation, incident command systems (ICS), environmental impact assessment (EIA), road safety audits, environmental audits, and environmental law.
