LAFAYETTE Сòòò½APP“ The City of Lafayette will host Dr. M. Fazlul Bari, head of the Physical Infrastructure Division for the PeopleСòòò½APP™s Republic of Bangladesh, from Sept. 4 through Sept. 7. BariСòòò½APP™s visit follows a tour of London and Toronto, where he met with officials to learn about city planning and development in England and Canada.
Bari will meet Сòòò½APP faculty and administrators, Lafayette Consolidated Government officials, and visit the National Wetlands Research Center and other research centers to exchange ideas about issues related to city infrastructure development, operation and management. He will tour LafayetteСòòò½APP™s water supply and sanitation facilities, housing and transportation systems.
The PeopleСòòò½APP™s Republic of Bangladesh is also interested in how emission controls, traffic management and traffic safety are achieved, according to Bari.
He is a new member of The Bangladesh Planning Commission, the central planning organization of his country. The planning commission formulates objectives, goals and strategies of five-year plans within the framework of long-term perspective for 15-20 years. The policy-making body consists of the prime minister as chairman, a vice chairman and five other members.
Prior to his recent appointment to the Planning Commission of Bangladesh, Bari served for several years as faculty in the Water Resources Department at Bangladesh Сòòò½APP of Engineering and Technology in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His fields of interest include water resources systems planning, mathematical optimization and modeling, and environmental hydrology.
Bari has a Ph.D. in water resources and environment from West Virginia Сòòò½APP and a master's degree in engineering and bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Bangladesh Сòòò½APP. He has published many papers and is an internationally respected researcher and engineer.