Portrait of M. Razu Ahmed

M. Razu Ahmed

Positions

Postdoctoral Associate

Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Geomatics Engineering

Contact information

Phone number

Office: 403.220.4984

Location

Earth Observation for Environment Laboratory: END308

Email

Background

Educational Background

PhD GIScience, University of Calgary,

MA Geography (Geomatics), Brock University,

MS Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente,

MSc Geology, University of Dhaka,

BSc Geology, University of Dhaka,

Research

Areas of Research

Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fire, Forest Fire, Natural hazards/disasters, Local warming using earth observing satellites, Remote sensing and GIS, Environmental modelling, Integrated GIScience approaches

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
ENGO 435 Remote Sensing Fall 2020
ENGO 583 Environmental Modelling Winter 2021
ENEN 635 Environmental Modelling Winter 2021

Publications

  • Ahmed, M.R., Rahaman, K.R., Quazi, K.H. Wildland fire-induced risk assessment at the community level using a remote sensing approach. Proceedings of the 39th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing (CSRS), University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, June 19-21. (2018)
  • Rahaman, K.R., Quazi, K.H., Ahmed, M.R. Modeling urban local warming at high spatial resolution using satellite-based remote sensing imageries. 39th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing (CSRS). University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, June 19-21. (2018)
  • Rahaman, K.R.; Quazi, K.H.; Ahmed, M.R. Quantifying urban local warming in the face of climate change using remote sensing technique in Alberta. Proceedings of the Alberta Land Institute (ALI): 2018 Land Use Conference - Land, Water, & Society, Edmonton, AB, Canada, May 30-31. (2018)
  • Turner, K.W.; Hughes, D.D.; Thorne, W.B.; Ahmed, M.R. Identifying hydroecological impacts of climate-induced northern landscape changes using integrated field and remotely sensed data. Proceedings of the ESRI Canada Research and Education Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 11. (2017)
  • Rahaman, K.R., Ahmed, M.R., Quazi, K.H. Evaluating pedestrian environment in city center: Decisive factors for sustainable walkway friendly development. Walk21 Calgary: (re)Connecting Community Together, The XVIII International Conference on Walking and Liveable Cities, September 19–22. (2017)
  • Turner, K.W.; Hughes, D.D.; Thorne, W.B.; Ahmed, M.R. Using integrated field and remote sensing approaches to investigate hydroecological impacts of climate-induced landscape changes in northern Yukon. Proceedings of the Transdisciplinary Sustainability Seminar Series, ESRC, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada, September 22. (2017)
  • Quazi, K.H.; Rahaman, K.R.; Ahmed, M.R. Modelling of natural hazards: Research at Earth Observation of Environmental Laboratory at the University of Calgary. Proceedings of the 7th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Identification (MSI 2017), the International Association of Science and Technology for Development, Calgary, AB, Canada, July 19 – 20. (2017)
  • Rahaman, K.R.; Quazi, K.H.; Ahmed, M.R. Modelling of local warming trend using remote sensing data. Proceedings of the Modeling workshop, Ministry of Parks and Environment, Edmonton, AB, Canada, March 16-17. (2017)
  • Turner, K.W.; Ahmed, M.R.; Hughes, D.; Roque, R.; Wolfe, B.B.; Hall, R.I. Detecting spatial and temporal patterns in hydrological conditions across important northern lake-rich landscapes. Proceedings of the GIS in Education and Research Conference, ESRI Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 30. (2015)
  • Ahmed, M.R.; Turner, K.W. Assessing landscape-scale changes in shrub proliferation in Old Crow Flats, Yukon using remote sensing approaches. Proceedings of the ACUNS Student Conference 2015, Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS), Calgary, AB, Canada, November 05-08. (2015)
  • Ahmed, M.R.; Hasan, K.; Huque, I. Monitoring the changes in the distribution of the mangrove species of the Sundarbans using satellite images: A consequence of sea level rise. Proceedings of the IUFRO Landscape Ecology Conference, Concepcion, Chile, November 5-12. (2012)

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