A high-performing, initiative-taking and driven Chartered Engineer with 20 years’ experience in managing and leading transport planning and engineering projects. A civil engineer as well as transport planner with an enthusiasm for collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams, clients and stakeholders for the delivery of solutions that meet clients’ objectives and add value. Enforces compliance with policies, procedures, regulations and standards. A leader with an established international network and has an excellent communication, analytical, report writing and organisational skills whilst managing complex workloads and exceeding demanding targets against critical deadlines.

Dr Shohel Amin is the Research Ethics Lead in the Department of Engineering Management. He is also the visiting professor in the School of Architecture Engineering at Xi’an Technological University, Shaanxi province, China. He joined the Engineering for Sustainable Development research group in 2024.

In addition, Dr. Amin is elected as the Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT). The Fellow (FCIHT) is the highest grade of membership of the Institution and is conferred on highly respected and experienced professionals who have reached a senior level of responsibility working in highways and transportation with a proven ability. He is also the member (academician) of the Academy of Urbanism.

Following the completion of a PhD in 2016, he undertook a post-doctoral research position at Concordia University under the supervision of Professor Luis Amador. He was also the part-time data analyst in Rural Economy Canada project under the supervision of the late Professor Emeritus Bill Reimer. He was the lecturer in civil engineering (highways & transportation) at Coventry University during the period of 2016-2024. Dr. Amin has also completed a professional certificate course on Discrete Choice Analysis: Predicting Demand and Market Share at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America. 

Area of Expertise

•    Transport planning and policies
•    Travel behaviour and demand modelling
•    Sustainable multi-modal transport planning
•    Local transport decarbonisation and active travel 
•    Road safety and accident analysis
•    Transport project appraisal
•    Bigdata analytics
•    Business case development
•    Stakeholder consultation, management and negotiation
•    Dealing with complex and politically sensitive matters.

PhD in Civil Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 2016

Professional Certificate in Discrete Choice Analysis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 2013

MSc in Urban and Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh 2009

BSc in Urban and Regional Planning, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh 2004

Chartered Engineer (CEng)

Fellow, Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation

Fellow, Advance HE

Software skills

• ArcGIS

• PTV Vissim

• PTV Viswalk

• PTV Visum

• LinSig

• Junction 11

• R

• SPSS

• MS Office Suite 

Training

• PTV Vissim Introduction to Microscopic Traffic Flow Simulation
• PTV VisWalk Realistic Pedestrian Simulation with Viswalk
• Junction 11 ARCADY and PICADY
• LinSig Junction modelling
• CIHT Essential Leadership Skills Bundle
• CIHT Project Management Scheduling and Frameworks
• CIHT Mental Health Awareness in the Workplace Programme
• CIHT EDI in the workplace
• Coaching certification course by the Associate Certified Coach

LT21TIE Transport Infrastructure Engineering

DT2ATM Advanced Transport Modelling 

DT2TIE Transport Infrastructure Engineering

LT3TPS Transport Planning for Sustainable Futures

LT3TTE Traffic & Transport Engineering

DT2MTP Managing Data in Transport Projects