Director, Southern Plains Transportation Center (2022-Present): Major activities in CY2022 include the following: (i) Formed a Core Group for proactively working on the Regional UTC proposal for the UTC competition held in 2022. The size of the consortium increased from eight to eleven. The group held regular meetings to discuss theme, needs and potential topics. These discussions helped solidify the consortium and developing a timely theme “Enhancing Economic Prosperity and Safety through Durable and Climate Resilient Transportation Infrastructure.” Major efforts were made to receive commitment for significant cash match from ODOT. Also, major efforts were made to secure institutional match and letters of support. The proposal was submitted successfully on August 25, 2022; (ii) Worked closely with the ODOT leadership to generate funding for workforce development and outreach activities and applied projects through Service Agreement ($500K/year); (iii) Was instrumental to generating nine projects (about $500K total) through this Agreement in FY2022; (iv) Offered the 2022 Transportation Regional Internship Program (TRIP). With 25 plus students participating regionally, it was a very successful program; (v) Organized the 2022 Oklahoma Transportation Research Day on October 18, 2022 in collaboration with ODOT and ABC-UTC (OU is a member of this consortium, which is led by the Florida International University). With about 200 people attending in-person, it was a hugely successful event for workforce development, outreach and technology transfer. In addition to three keynote lectures and nine podium presentations, 36 posters were presented by students. The poster competition led to five winners; (vi) Organized a one-day short course on Alternative Dispute Resolution for Engineers; about 30 people attended this event; (viii) Organized many workshops, seminars, tech transfer and outreach activities; (ix) Worked closely with UC-Berkley on its National UTC proposal; (x) Worked closely with OSU on its Tier 1 UTC proposal.
Co-Director, ABC-UTC: a Tier 1 University Transportation Center led by Florida International University, with OU as a consortium member. Responsible for soliciting research ideas, coordinating development and submission of proposals, organizing workforce development and outreach activities, attending all meetings, and submitting reports and data required by OST-R including quarterly progress reports, bi-annual activities report, annual highlight, and performance indicators. Details of 2022 activities can be found at https://abc-utc.fiu.edu/ OU is also a member of the Engineering Solutions for Resilient and Sustainable Coastal Infrastructure (INTERACT) consortium, which is led by FIU. INTERACT organizes national level webinars (see https://interact.fiu.edu/ for details) and is seeking major funding for research. During CY22, OU worked closely with the FIU team in preparing its Tier 1 UTC proposal.
Executive Director of Southern Plains Transportation Center (October 2013 – present): Accomplishments in 2013 and 2014 include: (i) Developed and issued two RFPs (SPTC14.1 and SPTC14.2). Received 42 Research and 7 Education/Outreach proposals for SPTC14.1, and 16 proposals for SPTC14.2; (ii) Funded 20 Research and 2 Education/Outreach projects (SPTC14.1) and 4 Research and 1 Education/Outreach projects (SPTC14.2). Overall, 14 public and private institutions were funded, including 6 non-consortium institutions; 9 projects were collaborative (at least two universities); (iii) 31 students were supported under the Transportation Regional Internship Program (TRIP); (iv) Organized Oklahoma Transportation Research Day (170 participants); (v) Organized Transportation-Climate Summit (100 participants); (vi) Organized technical session at Tribal Safety Champion Workshop in Norman.
Interim Technical Director, OTC: (January – December 2009). (a) Developed a process for submission and review of quarterly progress report; (b) Developed a process for submission and review of annual progress report; (c) Prepared OTC Newsletter; (d) Enhanced ODOT-OTC Research Day making it a major avenue for the dissemination of OTC products; (e) Organized periodic seminars and workshops; (f) Held one successful funding competition in 2008 and one in 2009; (g) Developed a process and used it to select OTC Student of the Year.
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education: (July 2005 – December 2013). (a) Provided leadership in expanding the annual research expenditures of the College from $17.9 Million (FY06) to $21.5 Million in FY08; (b) Grants in-force increased from $49.2 Million (239 projects in FY06) to $71.8 Million (258 projects in FY08); (c) Archival publications of the College have increased steadily. CoE faculty published 225 archival journal papers and book chapters, and 264 conference proceedings papers in CY2008. Also, CoE faculty disclosed 10 inventions and received 9 patents; (d) Introduced and funded Seed Funding for Interdisciplinary Research to promote and enhance interdisciplinary collaboration; (e) Formalized the graduate programs in General Engineering; (f) Organized interdisciplinary seminars and research roundtables.
OU Director, Oklahoma Transportation Center (OTC): (2003-2005; Executive Director for one year, 2005). Organized monthly meetings; prepared grant applications for major funding; provided leadership in strengthening collaborations among OTC institutions and in securing matching funds, required under the UTC guidelines.
Acting Director: Rock Mechanics Institute (2000-2001). Managed the affairs of the institute including the research program, students, research scientists and other staff, having a budget of over $1 Million.
Technology Transfer Manager,Rock Mechanics Research Center (RMRC) (1992-2000). Provided leadership in organizing technology transfer activities including bi-annual meetings with the members of the Rock Mechanics Consortium and organizing seminars and workshops. The annual expenditures of the Center were about $1.2 Million.
Member, Committee A (1990-1992, 1994-1996). As a member of Committee A, Dr. Zaman was actively involved in the administrative affairs of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science (CEES) including faculty evaluation, faculty recruiting, budget priorities and policy decisions.
Faculty Sponsor, University of Oklahoma Vietnamese Student Association (August 1983-December 1990)
Faculty Sponsor, University of Oklahoma Bangladesh Student Association (since August 1982)
Other Positions Held
October 2013 – Present: Director, Southern Plains Transportation Center
Gallogly College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
August 2010 – Present: Alumni Chair Professor of Petroleum and Geological Engineering
July 1993 – Present:Professor (David Ross Boyd Prof. since 2003; Aaron Alexander Prof. since 2004)
School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
July 2005 – December 2013: Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs Gallogly College of Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
June 1988 – June 1993:Associate Professor (Tenured May 1988)
School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Sept. 1982 – May 1988:Assistant Professor
School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
May 19 – Aug. 18, 1986:Summer Faculty Research Participant
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, Illinois
Aug. 1981 – Aug. 1982:Research Associate
Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Sept. 1979 – May 1981:Research Assistant
Department of Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, Virginia
Sept. 1977 – Aug. 1979:Teaching Assistant
Department of Civil Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
May 1975 – July 1976:Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh