Dr. M. Rashad Islam is an Associate Professor and undergraduate program coordinator at the Colorado State University Pueblo. He is also a registered Professional Engineer (PE), and an ABET Program Evaluator for Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Technology and Construction Engineering Technology undergraduate programs. Dr. Islam received a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering (with the grade of 'distinction' in the research, and a GPA of 4.

0 out of 4.0 in the coursework) from the University of New Mexico, USA. He has a Masters degree jointly from the University of Minho (Portugal) and the Technical University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain). Dr. Islam has more than 100 publications including several reference books, several text books, over 60 scholarly journal articles, several technical reports and conference papers. His major textbooks are "Pavement Design - Materials, Analysis and Highways, McGraw Hill, ISBN 9781260458916", "Civil Engineering Materials - Introduction and Laboratory Testing, ISBN-13: 978-0367224820", "Engineering Statics, ISBN - 9781003098157", "Construction Safety, McGraw Hill (ISBN 9781264257829)", Construction Safety - Health, Practices, and OSHA, ISBN - 978-1-264-25782-9", "FE Civil Review with 800 Solved Problems (ISBN 978-0997918038)", "FE Civil Practice Exams 2 Full Tests Including Solutions (ISBN? 978-0997918045)", "FE Civil Practice Problems (ISBN 978-0997918083)" and so on. Dr. Islam is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and is associated with the American General Contractors (AGC).