1. Regional flood methods in Australia, Project 5-Australian Rainfall and Runoff, funded by Engineers Australia.
- Western Sydney University
- Australia
- PhD, Monash University
Areas of interest
Flood hydrology, statistical hydrology, urban stormwater management, rainwater harvesting, climate change impact assessment, green roof and social hydrology.
Biography
Ataur Rahman is a professor in water and environmental engineering and has over 30 years’ experiences in water industry, teaching and research. He is one of the authors of Australian Rainfall and Runoff (national guideline). His current research focuses on statistical hydrology, urban hydrology, rainwater harvesting, stormwater management and climate change impact assessment. He has authored 556 refereed publications, which include 199 journal articles. He won the G N Alexander Medal from Engineers Australia and Western Sydney University’s Vice Chancellor’s Excellence Award in Post-Graduate Research Supervision. He is serving in the editorial board of Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (ASCE) and Water (Switzerland).
Research Project
2. Use of purple (vegetated) roof for stormwater management in Western Sydney, funded by Kanuf, Green Roof Diagnostics and Sydney Water.
3. Evaluation of bioretention systems as a component of water sensitive urban design, funded by Blacktown City Council.
Key Publications/Reports
1. Afrin, N., Rahman, A., Mim, S.T., Sharafati, A., Ahamed, F. (2026). Uncertainty analysis for AI-based regional flood methods in Australia, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 1-17.
2. Pan, X., Yildirim, G., Rahman, A. (2026). Peaks-Over-Threshold Based Regional Flood Frequency Analysis Models based on Ordinary Kriging: A Case Study for Eastern Australia, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, (2026) 40:32.
3. Ross, T., Alim, M.A., Rahman, A. (2025). Simple and effective filtration system for drinking water production from harvested rainwater in rural areas. Journal of Environmental Management, 373, 123887.
4. Ahmed, A., Khan, Z., Rahman, A. (2024). Searching for Homogeneous Regions in Regional Flood Frequency Analysis for Southeast Australia, Journal of Hydrology – Regional Studies, 53, 101782.
5. Alim, M.A., Jahan, S., Rahman, A., Rahman, M.A., Liebman, M., Garner, B., Griffith, R., Griffith, M, Tao, Z. (2023). Experimental investigation of a multilayer detention roof for stormwater management, Journal of Cleaner Production, 395, 136413.