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KHURSHID SHAHID ALMEHER, PhD
Date of birth: 05 May 1973 (31)
Nationality: Bangladeshi
Home Address: 4-4-21-105 Hikonari, Misato, Saitama
341-0003
Telephone: 048-958-4899 (Home); 03-3512-5522 (Official);
080-5096-4663 (Mobile)
E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]
SUMMARY:
- Active experience in a Real Estate Consulting
firm's Due Dilligence works. (continuing)
- Fluent in English and well conversant
in Japanese.
- Doctoral degree in Architecture.
(Research)
- Professional Bachelor of Architecture
degree.
- Four years of active experience as Web
developer, e-commerce consultant, content management specialist,
and graphic designer.
- One year experience as Consultant for
hire at Simplex Designs, a reputed engineering firm.
- Four years in total and one and half
years of active experience in teaching at university level.
- Experience as a consulting architect
at own atelier.
- Experience of executing real life built
residential and national monument projects.
- Experience of working part-time at Japanese
design office.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Operating Systems: 12 years experience
of using Windows in the area of Operations, Administration,
Software Installations, and Troubleshooting. Familiar
with Apple Mac.
Drawing and Design: Over ten years experience and
fully conversant on Autodesk AutoCAD.
Graphic Presentation & Desktop Publishing:
Expert skills in MS Power Point, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator,
PageMaker, Macromedia Fireworks. Have commercially published
works in these areas.
Web Scripting Languages: Professional web developer.
Competent in HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, and PHP.
Word Processing, Relational Database, & Spreadsheet:
MS Word, Excel, Access, and MySQL.
Internet & Web Design: Hands-on skills in using
Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, MS Front Page.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:[
Currently am a Full-time employee at Index Consulting,
Inc. Tokyo, Japan. All other current experiences refer
to either part-time, free-lance, and/or self-employed
scores of esponsibilities ]
[ Current ]:Assistant
Consultant: (April 2005 - To date) Real Estate
Solutions, Index Consulting, Inc.
Responsibilities: Due Dilligence. [ www.index-consulting.jp
]
Freelance Web and Graphic Developer:
[ Sept '02 - To Date ]
Stationed in Tokyo, Japan.
- Accomplishments:
Successfully designed and developed several dynamic and
static WebPages for Professional Organizations and Community
Support portals. Responsibilities spanning from Concept
Development, Content Development & management, Design,
Development, Commissioning to Maintenance. Also designed
and printed posters, magazines, and brochures for different
organizations. Examples can be checked at www.geocities.com/ksameher/works.html
. The Projects are,
• Tani Electronics Corporation:
[ www.tanidenki.co.jp
]
• Baticrom Online Store:
[ www.baticrom.com
]
• Suntell Japan, Inc.: [ www.suntelljapan.com
in process]
• Bangladesh Tigers Cricket Club: [ www.bangladeshtigers.com
]
• Japan-Bangla Network: [ www.japan-bangla.net
]
• Bi-Monthly Porobash Magazine: [A Japan based Community
Magazine. Designed the First Issue of the magazine for
printing. Also the present Development Editor of the magazine.]
For reference, [ www.porobash.com
]
Announcer [ March 2003 - To Date ]
Nippon
Hoso Kyokai (NHK)
International Broadcasting Section, Tokyo, Japan.
Appointed as an announcer at the Bengali
Section of Radio Japan to execute as a professional translator
and radio announcer that is broadcast internationally.
Programs include daily news and weekly programs, encompassing
a wide variety of topics.
[ Past ]:
Teaching Assistant (TA)
[ Oct '03 – Mar '04 & Oct '02 – Mar '03]
Department of Architecture
University of Tokyo, Japan.
Taught at the Design Studio of the Undergraduate
3rd Year students.
Responsibilities: The projects were ‘Renovation
of an urban school’, ‘Redesigning and Renovating
an Urban School Premise’, and ‘Design of a
new-age facility for the elderly’. Worked as an
assistant to the Studio Director. Ensuring collective
involvement in project development. Giving design inputs
where applicable through reasoning and trial and error
methods.
Architectural Intern [ May 2000 - October
2002 ]
Nihon Sekkei, Tokyo, Japan.
Responsibilities:
Roppongi Campus Documentation: Participated through
the complete process of documentation project of University
of Tokyo, Roppongi campus. The basic tiers were, site
surveying, formulation of raw drawings for annotations,
consult existing drawings, and prepare complete CAD drawings
of the project. Preparation of CAD drawings was solely
undertaken.
Busena Golf Resort, Okinawa: Was also a part
of the development team for Busena Golf Resort Design
and produced proposals along with the team.
Lecturer [ Sept
1997 - Mar 1999 ]
Discipline of Architecture
Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh.
Courses taught/supervised:
History of Architecture I & II: Egyptian, Greek and
Roman Architectural history and development. Climate &
Design I & II: Architectural design methods and processes
for tropical climate. Design Studio I & II: Fundamental
design principle of 2D and 3D composition, processing
and developing creative design problems. Graphics Studio
I & II: Teaching architectural language, basic graphic
drawing techniques, making architectural presentations,
processing and making projects to suit current needs.
Consultant Partner [Self-employed]
[ Aug 1998 - Mar 1999 ]
Architect’s Den, Khulna, Bangladesh.
Accomplishments:
Founder member of this design atelier located at Khulna,
Bangladesh. Designed and supervised four full scale residential
projects, a national monument design, and a residence
renovation project.
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Architecture:
[ April '02 - March '05 ]
Department of Architecture
University of Tokyo, Japan.
Research:
‘A Study on the Applications of Behavior Research
in Architectural Design Practice.’
Master of Engineering (M.Engg)
in Architecture: [ April '00 - March '02 ]
Department of Architecture
University of Tokyo,Japan.
Research:
‘A Figurative Study of Louis Kahn’s Capitol
Complex at Dhaka: Analysis through Shape and Shape Grammars
Theory.’
Certificate Course:
[ April 1999 - Sept 1999 ]
Successfully graduated the Japanese
Language, Culture and Affairs Level One Course offered
at the International Center, the University of Tokyo.
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch):
[ Sept 1992 - Oct 1997 ]
Discipline of Architecture
Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh.
Graduation Thesis & Project:
Design of the National Secretariat at Dhaka, Bangladesh,
and a thesis on the work of Louis I Kahn’s Capitol
Project at Dhaka and relationship with the B.Arch thesis
design as executed on the Master Plan of Kahn.
WORKSHOPS/DESIGNS:
- Design Competition: Participated
in the International DuPont 2000 Design Competition on
the project of ‘A Cancer Treatment and Preventive
Studies Retreat’ at LaJolla, California, USA.
- Housing Seminar: Participated
in the ‘Housing Seminar in Commemoration of the
IYSH (International Year of Shelter for the Homeless)
held in Tokyo, Japan, August 20 – 27, 2002, sponsored
by Japan Housing Association and supported by The Building
Center of Japan.
- Tokyo Story: Participated in
the ‘Tokyo Story’ workshop, a joint collaboration
between Architecture Association (AA), London, Berlage
Institute, Rotterdam, and the University of Tokyo, on
the propagation of Urban Prototypes following the ‘EOTM’
theory, conducted by Raoul Bunschoten.
[ website
]
- Ramen Architecture: Participated
in the ‘Ramen Architecture’ workshop hosted
by Department of Architecture, the University of Tokyo,
conducted by guest professors from Vienna Institute of
Technology, Austria, on the use of Form Z in terms of
geometries of knots in the urban fabric, held in April,
2000.
- Built Project: Designed and supervised
a national monument and cenotaph in memory of the martyrdom
of BirShreshtha Noor Mohammad and his fellow freedom fighters
at Kashimpur, Jessore, Bangladesh.
AWARDS:
Monbugakusho Scholarship: (1999-2005)
Awarded Japanese Government Scholarship for pursuing Masters
and Doctoral studies in the Department of Architecture
at the University of Tokyo.
Merit Scholarship (Undergraduate): (1992-1997)
Merit Scholarship for outstanding academic records awarded
throughout all five years of studies as an undergraduate
student by the university.
Merit Scholarship (College): (1989-1991) Merit
scholarship awarded on the basis of academic excellence
in High School graduation (Secondary School Certificate)
by the Board of Education, Jessore, Bangladesh.
REFEREES:
1. Yasushi Nagasawa,
Professor. Department of Architecture, University of Tokyo,
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan. Tel.: 03-5841-6169.
2. Kazuhiko Nishide,
Associate Professor. Department of Architecture, University
of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan.
Tel.: 03-5841-6169.
PERSONAL DATA:
Marital Status: Married.
Languages Known: Bengali (mother tongue), English
(fluent), Japanese (fairly spoken and understood), Arabic
(moderately read), and Hindi (spoken).
Countries Visited:
Currently residing in Japan; China, India, Pakistan, England,
Greece, Saudi-Arabia.
[ 17 April 2005 ] |
