Kauser Jahan Associate Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Rowan University

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Kauser JahanAssociate Professor Civil and
Environmental Engineering Rowan University
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Baby Pictures
Wow!! A manhole!! Maybe I can have a career in
wastewater treatment!!
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School Years
Elementary School St. Helens, Pakistan Middle
School St. Marys Convent, Nepal
Holy Cross School, Bangladesh
Musical Pursuits!!
 
 
 
5th Grade Play Pied Pier of Hamelin Maybe a
career in acting!!
5th Grade, 1970 Elementary School President
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College Years (9-12 Grade)
1976 College Extracurricular Activities
Champion National Debate Champion 1977, 1978
Ranked First in Secondary School Certification
Examination out of 86,758 students First female
in Bangladesh to top the class of 1976
High School Missionary School, Rajshahi
Bangladesh
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Strong Family Background in Science and
Engineering
Maternal Grandfather Class of 1929 Bengal
Engineering College Shibpur, India
Kausers pursuit in Civil Engineering as such was
no big deal. She began her Civil Engineering
education at the Bangladesh University of
Engineering and Technology in 1979 and graduated
in 1983 ranking 11th in a class of 180 students.
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Wedding Pictures
Married Classmate Tariq Ahmed on December 25,
1984.
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HONEYMOON PICTURES AT COXS BAZAR
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Graduate School 1987-1993
Literature Review for Thesis
University of Minnesota Minneapolis, 1987-1993
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1986-1987
Ph.D Thesis Defense
Freezing Cold Minneapolis
Dr. Ahmed and Dr. Jahan
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Birth of Sajaa, October 1988
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Mahaas Birth, January 1997
NSF Proposal Writing!
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K-12 Outreach
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Arsenic Research with Rowan Students
A team of Rowan students traveled to Bangladesh
to experience first hand the arsenic calamity.
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Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
November 2005 Picayune, Mississippi Rowan team
helping rebuild baseball dugout.
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REU and EWB Activities
Kauser with the 2005 REU Students
Active mentor for EWB projects Potable Water
SystemMataderos, Honduras
Cordell Yazzie Native American Student from
Northern Arizona University
Potable Water SystemBan Pa Tung, Thailand
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Travel
Honolulu, Hawaii
Gooseberry Falls, Duluth, Minnesota
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Hilo, Hawaii
Half Dome, Yosemite
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Akaka Falls, Big Island Hawaii
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Notre Dame Cathedral, France
Sydney, Australia
Oslo, Norway
Zurich, Switzerland
Hyde Park, London, U.K.
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SEWING
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Acknowledgements
Mother Shamsun Nahar Father A. K. M.
Muslehuddin Husband Tariq Ahmed Daughters
Sajaa and Mahaa Rowan University, Civil and
Environmental Engineering Department