Minhazul Islam

GIS Analyst and Model Developer | Water Resources Engineer | Environmental Engineer | Environmental Data Analyst

Tempe, AZ

About Me

I am a PhD candidate in Environmental Engineering at Arizona State University, expecting to graduate by December 2025. I did my BSc. in Water Resources Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and MS in Civil Engineering from Tennessee Technological University. My core expertise or interest area includes wastewater reuse, national PFAS occurrence, watershed hydrologic modeling (HECHMS/SWAT), hydrodynamic modeling (HECRAS), urban stormwater modeling (SWMM), ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Python/R/Matlab, Google Earth Engine, Remote Sensing, Wastewater Engineering, and Water quality modeling.

Education

Projects

Journal Publications

  1. Ruyle, B.J., Pennoyer, E.H., Vojta, S., Becanova, J., Islam, M., Webster, T.F., Heiger-Bernays, W., Lohmann, R., Westerhoff, P., Schaefer, C.E. and Sunderland, E.M., 2025. High organofluorine concentrations in municipal wastewater affect downstream drinking water supplies for millions of Americans. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (3) e2417156122. [ Link ] [ New York Times ,  Washington Post ,  CNN ,  STAT ,  press release ]
  2. Mahmood, A.U., Islam, M., Gulyuk, A.V., Briese, E., Velasco, C.A., Malu, M., Sharma, N., Spanias, A., Yingling, Y.G. and Westerhoff, P., 2024. Multiple Data Imputation Methods Advance Risk Analysis and Treatability of Co-occurring Inorganic Chemicals in Groundwater. Environmental Science & Technology, 58(46), pp.20513-20524. [ Link ] [ Phys.org ,  EurekAlert ,  Water Online ,  Smart Water Magazine ,  ScienceDaily ,  press release ]
  3. Ahmed, K.J., Oyshi, J.T., Islam, M., Rashid, M.B., Atiqul Haq, S.M. and Tasneem, N., 2024. Comparing household heads’ perception of climate change variability with meteorological trends and understanding mitigation measures to combat the adverse effects in coastal areas of Bangladesh. SN Social Sciences, 4(9), p.168. [ Link ]
  4. Baker, J., Schunk, N., Scholz, M., Merck, A., Muenich, R.L., Westerhoff, P., Elser, J.J., Duckworth, O.W., Gatiboni, L., Islam, M. and Marshall, A.M., 2024. Global-to-Local Dependencies in Phosphorus Mass Flows and Markets: Pathways to Improving System Resiliency in Response to Exogenous Shocks. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 11(6), pp.493-502. [ Link ]
  5. Islam, M., Thompson, K., Dickenson, E., Quiñones, O., Steinle-Darling, E. and Westerhoff, P., 2023. Sucralose and Predicted De Facto Wastewater Reuse Levels Correlate with PFAS Levels in Surface Waters. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 10(5), pp.431-438. [ Link ]
  6. Saha, P., Islam, M., Oyshi, J.T., Khanum, R. and Nishat, A., 2020. A sustainability analysis on the trends and frequency of the channel flow of a carp breeding river against human interventions and governing public–private partnership (PPP) as adaptation. SN Applied Sciences, 2, pp.1-17. [ Link ]
  7. Saha, P., Islam, M., Oyshi, J.T., Khanum, R. and Nishat, A., 2019. A sustainability study of the flow regulation impacts by dams in a carp breeding river using the hydrodynamic model and building block analysis. SN Applied Sciences, 1(11), p.1429. [ Link ]

Thesis

  1. PhD Thesis: Islam, M., 2025. Geospatial Innovations in Drinking Water and Wastewater Treatment Using Sparse Datasets Across United States of America. [Proposed]
  2. MS Thesis: Islam, M., 2020. Development of GIS-Based Algorithm to Delineate Median Vegetated Swales Along Highways in Putnam County, Tennessee (Master's thesis, Tennessee Technological University). [ Link ]
  3. BSc. Thesis: Islam, M., 2017. Assessment of stormwater runoff from the western part of Chittagong city using GeoSWMM (Doctoral dissertation, B. Sc. thesis, Department of Water Resources Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh).

Conference Papers & Presentation

  1. Islam, M., Solis, J., Earl, S., Westerhoff, P., 2025. Decennial Phosphorus Dynamics in Central Arizona Phoenix– Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP- LTER) Site. 27th Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP-LTER) Program Annual All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium.
  2. Saha, A., Islam, M., Muenich, R., Earl, S., Obeneour, D., Morrison, E., Nelson, N. and Westerhoff, P., 2024. Development of an Urban Watershed Modeling Framework for Arid Regions Using SWAT. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting 2024.
  3. Islam, M., Solis, J., Earl, S., Westerhoff, P., 2024. Decennial (2000-2020) P Flow Dynamics in CAP LTER. AZ Water Research Symposium, March 22 (2024).
  4. Islam, M., Saha, A., Muenich, R.L. and Westerhoff, P., 2023, December. Unlocking the Potential of Wastewater Treatment Plants for Phosphorus Recovery: Identifying Optimal Locations for Technology Implementation and Fertilizer Production. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2023, No. 158, pp. H13K-158).  https://tinyurl.com/3cdbt2je 
  5. Islam, M. and Westerhoff, P., 2022. DRINCS: A GIS-based model that is used to predict de facto reuse, nutrient recovery and PFAS risk analysis. Water Quality Technology Conference - WQTC 2022.
  6. Islam, M., Muenich, R.L. and Westerhoff, P., 2022, December. Quantifying the Potential Phosphorus Recovery From Municipal Wastewater Across the Contiguous United States. In Fall Meeting 2022. AGU.
  7. Islam, M. and Westerhoff, P., 2021, December. Microbial Risk Assessment Informed by De Facto Reuse at Public Drinking Water Systems Across Contiguous United States. AGU Fall Meeting 2021. Poster presentation.  https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm21/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/840990 
  8. Islam, M., Cunniungham, T., Snigdha, N.J. and Kalyanapu, A., 2019. Reservoir Routing Model for Cane Creek Lake, Cookeville, TN. Tennessee American Water Resources Association (TNAWRA) Symposium 2019.  https://tinyurl.com/22hhhtds 
  9. Saha, P., Tasneem, J., Islam, M., Khanum, R. and Nishat, A., 2019, March. Assessment of flow regulation impacts by dams in Halda river using hydrological and hydrodynamic modelling. 7th International Conference on Water and Flood Management-ICWFM 2019. Conference Paper.  https://tinyurl.com/yxypxvyb 
  10. Mahmood, F. and Islam, M., 2017. Analysis Of Intense Rainfall Runoff And Water Logging In Recent Years Due To Drainage Congestion In Chittagong City Using Hydrological Model.

Technical Skills

  • Programming Languages: Python, R, MATLAB, C/C++, Bash
  • GIS Software: ArcGIS, QGIS, ENVI, Google Earth Engine (GEE)
  • Water Resources Modeling Software: HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, EPA SWMM, SWAT
  • Experience with Dataset Types: Tabular Data, Raster, Vector, LiDAR Point Cloud
  • Other Software: Microsoft Office Suite, Latex
  • Field Survey: GPS, Streamflow Measurement, Total Station
  • Engineering Design Software: AutoCAD

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