| Name: Saadat ShahidiTel: (857) 961-7854
 Email: shahidi.s@northeastern.edu
    Education: Ph.D. Student, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Northeastern
                                  University, Boston, MA, United States B.S., Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering
                                  and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh  
                                
                                  
                                
                               Research
                                    Interests: My research aim is to reduce the health
                                  impact of environmental pollution on individuals. My research interests are:
                                  
                               1. Health impact of air pollution exposure
                                  
                                  
                                
                               2. Air pollution modeling
                               3. Low-cost air quality measurements     
                                
                               Research Experience 
                                Graduate Research Assistant, Northeastern
                                  University, Boston, MA, USA (2023-Present)
                                  
                               • Modeling personal exposure to air
                                  pollutants in Greater Boston  • Analyzed, prepared, and updated
                                  inputs
                                  for APEX  • Explored model outputs to find out
                                  population groups that are more exposed to air pollution  
                               • Deployed low-cost air quality
                                  sensors in Brookline for iSUPER project  • Facilitated an air quality scavenger
                                  hunt with students from La Colaborativa     
                                
                               Professional Experience 
                                Junior Environmental Engineer, TYPSA Group,
                                  Dhaka, Bangladesh (2022-2023)
                                  
                               • Preparing IEE and EIA reports on
                                  baseline environmental conditions and anticipated environmental impacts for the
                                  feasibility study of several projects.  
                               • Processing geospatial data to
                                  facilitate decision-making for environmental and economic aspects of potential
                                  infrastructure projects of Bangladesh Bridge Authority. 
                                  
                                
                               Honor and Award 
                                Department of Civil and Environmental
                                  Engineering Fellowship Award, Northeastern University (2023)
                                  
                                  
                                
                               Conference Presentation
                                Priyam Chowdhury, Saadat Shahidi, and Zarin
                                  Tasnim. “A Step Ahead Towards Achieving SDG-6 (Clean Drinking Water): Comparison Among
                                  Different Arsenic Removal Techniques to Choose the Best One from Bangladesh’s
                                  Perspective.” Presented at the International Conference on Environmental Protection
                                  for Sustainable Development.
                                  
                                  
                                
                               Software Skills
                               QGIS, AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator
                                  
                                  
                                
                               Air Quality Models
                               APEX, WRF-Chem
                                  
                                  
                                
                               Programming Languages
                               R, Python, C, Fortran
                                  
                                  
                                
                               Affiliations 
                                President, Environment Watch: BUET
                                  (2021-2022)
                                  
                                  
                                
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