Publications

Dr. Sukomal Modak, Ph.D.

Refereed Archival Journal Articles

  1. Modak, S. and Sotelino, E. D., “The Generalized Method for Structural Dynamics Applications,” Advances in Engineering Software, Vol. 33, No. 7-10, pp. 565-575, 2002.
  2. Modak, S. and Sotelino, E. D., “An Object-Oriented Programming Framework for the Parallel Dynamic Analysis of Structures,” Computers & Structures, Vol. 80, pp. 77-84, February 2002.
  3. Modak, S. and Sotelino, E. D., “The Iterative Group-Implicit Algorithm for Parallel Transient Finite Element Analysis,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 869-885, February 2000.
  4. Modak, S., Sotelino, E. D., and Hsieh, S. H., “A Parallel Matrix Class Library in C++ for Computational Mechanics Applications,” Microcomputers in Civil Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 83-99, March 1997.
  5. Hsieh, S. H., Modak, S., and Sotelino, E. D., “Object-Oriented Parallel Programming Tools for Structural Engineering Applications,” Computing Systems in Engineering, Vol. 6, No. 6, pp. 533-548, December 1995.

Published Book Chapter

  1. Modak, S. and Sotelino, E. D., “Partitioned Methods of Solution in Structural Dynamics Systems,” Invited Review Chapter in “Structural Dynamic Systems: Computational Techniques and Optimization” edited by C. T. Leondes, Gordon and Breach International Series in Engineering, Technology, and Applied Science, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, Volume 13, pp. 1-80, 1999. ISBN 90-5699-657-6

Refereed Conference Articles

  1. Sujit Kumar Modak, Sukomal Modak, and Partha Modak, “Cost and Performance of an Effluent Treatment Plant for a Textile Process Industry in Savar, Bangladesh,” presented in the conference on Development and Democracy in Bangladesh-Problems and Prospects, held at Clark Kerr Center, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA, November 6-8, 2015.
  2. Sotelino, E. D. and Modak, S., “A Parallel Algorithm for Structural Dynamics Applications,” published in the Proceedings of The 2004 ASCE Structures Congress — Building on the Past: Securing the Future, Editor George E. Blandford, pp. 1-8, presented in Structures Congress, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, May 22-26, 2004.
  3. Modak, S. and Sotelino, E. D., “Generalizing Direct Time-Stepping Algorithms for Transient Problems in Solid Mechanics,” presented in the Fifth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium, September 6-8, 2000, published in the proceedings Computational Mechanics: Techniques and Developments, edited by B. H. V. Topping, Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, EH3 5BR, UK, ISBN 0-948749-68-7, pp. 161-171, September 2000.
  4. Sotelino, E. D. and Modak, S., “An Algorithm for the Parallel Transient Finite Element Analysis of Structures,” published in the Proceedings of the ASCE Structures Congress 2000 — Advanced Technology in Structural Engineering, Editor M. Elgaaly, Section 8, Chapter 4, presented in conference held in Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 8-10, 2000.
  5. Sotelino, E. D. and Modak, S., “A Programming Framework for Parallel Transient Analysis of Building Structures,” presented in the mini-symposium “13th Conference on Analysis and Computation” of the Structural Engineers World Congress, held in San Francisco, published in the proceedings, paper reference T101-6, ISBN 0-08042845-2, July 19-23, 1998.
  6. Habibullah, A., Modak, S., Boen, T., and Wilson, E. L., “Recent Developments in the Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Structures,” Review Article in the Fortieth Anniversary Annual Conference of Surabaya Institute of Technology, Indonesia, (also published as a report of Computers & Structures, Inc., Berkeley, California), November 1997.

Conference Presentations

  1. Modak, S., and Partha Modak, “Reusing Treated Wastewater in Textile Process Industry and Advancing Towards Zero-Liquid Discharge,” presented in the Fourth International Conference on Bangladesh Environment (ICBEN-4), jointly organized by Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) and Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN), held Online worldwide, December 26-27, 2020.
  2. Modak, S., Partha Modak, and Bhajan Sarker, “Potential Danger of Elevated Level of Nitrates in Groundwater of Bangladesh,” presented in the Fourth International Conference on Bangladesh Environment (ICBEN-4), jointly organized by Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) and Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN), held Online worldwide, December 26-27, 2020.
  3. Modak, S., Bhajan Sarker, and Partha Modak, “Managing the waterlogging problem of Dhaka City,” presented in the Fourth International Conference on Bangladesh Environment (ICBEN-4), jointly organized by Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) and Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN), held Online worldwide, December 26-27, 2020.
  4. Modak, S. and Souren Modak, “Enforcing Building Design Codes in Bangladesh with Limited Government Resources,” presented in the conference on Development and Democracy in Bangladesh – Problems and Prospects, held at Clark Kerr Center, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA, November 6-8, 2015.
  5. Partha Modak, Seema Modak, Souren Modak, and Modak, S., “Development of Low-Cost Indigenous Wastewater Treatment Plant based on Up-Flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) Process for Textile Process Industry to Achieve the Effluent Quality as Set by the Government,” presented in the conference on Bridging the Policy-Action Divide: Challenges and Prospects for Bangladesh, held in The Faculty Club, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA, February 22-24, 2013.
  6. Seema Modak, Partha Modak, Souren Modak, and Modak, S., “Development of Low-Cost Secondary Treatment System based on Non-Woven Fabric Filter to Polish Effluent from Textile Process Industry Pre-treated by UASB,” presented in the conference on Bridging the Policy-Action Divide: Challenges and Prospects for Bangladesh, held in The Faculty Club, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA, February 22-24, 2013.
  7. Modak, S. and Seema Modak, “Effect of Grading System in SSC and HSC Examinations on the Admission Process in Public Universities in Bangladesh,” presented in the conference on Bridging the Policy-Action Divide: Challenges and Prospects for Bangladesh, held in The Faculty Club, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA, February 22-24, 2013.
  8. Modak, S., “Ranking Schools, Colleges and Teachers Based on Distribution of Students Performance at SSC and HSC Levels in Bangladesh,” presented in the conference on Ideas and Innovations for the Development of Bangladesh: The Next Decade, held in Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 9-10, 2009.
  9. Modak, S., Souren Modak, and Partha Modak, “Feasibility of Bamboo Based Green-Technology for Low-Cost High-Quality Environment-Friendly Durable Building Construction towards Sustainable Development in Bangladesh,” presented in the conference on Ideas and Innovations for the Development of Bangladesh: The Next Decade, held in Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 9-10, 2009.
  10. Modak, S., “Quantifying Achievement in Education in the Perspective of SSC and HSC Level Examination Systems in Bangladesh,” presented in the conference on Bangladesh in the 21st Century, held in Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) Building, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 13-14, 2008.
  11. Souren Modak, Partha Modak, and Modak, S., “Design and Implementation of Low Cost Efficient Septic System in Bangladesh,” presented in the conference on Bangladesh in the 21st Century, held in Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) Building, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 13-14, 2008.
  12. Modak, S., “The Information-Flow Phenomenon in the Iterative Group-Implicit Algorithm for Parallel Transient Analysis,” published abstract, presented in the 37th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, held in the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, October 23-25, 2000.
  13. Modak, S. and Sotelino, E. D., “Optimizing Direct Time-Stepping Algorithms for Transient Problems in Solid Mechanics,” published abstract, presented in the 37th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, held in the University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, October 23-25, 2000.
  14. Modak, S. and Sotelino, E. D., “A Generalized Time Integration Algorithm for Transient Problems in Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics,” published abstract, presented in the mini-symposium entitled “Computational Methods for Transient Problems in Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics,” of the 36th Annual Technical Meeting of the Society of Engineering Science, held in The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, October 25-27, 1999.
  15. Modak, S. and Sotelino, E. D., “The Iterative Group-Implicit Algorithm for Parallel Transient Analysis,” presented in the mini-symposium on “Very Large Eigenvalue Problems,” organized by the United State Association of Computational Mechanics, held in the University of Colorado at Boulder on August 4-6, 1999, Proceedings of the Fifth US National Congress on Computational Mechanics edited by Alejandro Carosio, Pawel Smolarkiewicz, Kaspar Willam, Jisung Yang, University Printing Services, University of Colorado at Boulder, pp. 277-278, July 1999.

Seminar Presentations

  1. Modak, S., Partha Modak, and Seema Modak, “Low-cost Sustainable Industrial Waste-Water Treatment,” presented in a seminar organized by the School of Public Health of UC Berkeley and the International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basin on “The Global Water Crisis” in honor of Nobel Laureates Charles H. Townes and Rabindranath Tagore, UC Berkeley, CA, July 21, 2012.
  2. Modak, S., “Water and Environmental Challenges of Bengal Basin,” presented in a seminar organized by the School of Public Health of UC Berkeley and the International Institute of Bengal and Himalayan Basin in honor of Nobel Laureate Charles H. Townes — A Celebration of His Life and Work, UC Berkeley, CA, July 24, 2010.
  3. Modak, S., “Percentile Ranking Based Grading and System Performance Measures for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in Bangladesh,” presented seminar at BRAC University Institute of Educational Development, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 25, 2008.
  4. Modak, S., “Percentile Ranking Based Grading System for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in Bangladesh,” presented seminar at Dhaka Teachers’ Training College, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 24, 2008.

Published Reports

  1. Modak, S. and Sotelino, E. D., “The Generalized Time Integration Method for Structural Dynamics Applications,” Technical Report, CE-STR-00-01, Purdue University, 77 p., 2000.
  2. Modak, S. and Sotelino, E. D., “Partitioned Methods of Solution Algorithms in Structural Dynamics Systems,” Technical Report, CE-STR-97-10, Purdue University, 95 p., 1997.
  3. Modak, S., Sotelino, E. D., and White, D. W., “An Object-Oriented Class Library for 2D Plotting,” Technical Report, CE-STR-94-22, Purdue University, 59 p., 1994.
  4. Modak, S. and Cofer, W. F., “Determination of Rheological Parameters of Pile Foundations for Bridges for Earthquake Analysis,” Technical Report submitted to Washington State Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration, WA-RD 406.1, 303 p., July 1997.
  5. Cofer, W. F. and Modak, S., “Determination of Rheological Parameters of Pile Foundations for Bridges for Earthquake Analysis,” Summary Report submitted to Washington State Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration, WA-RD 406.2, 49 p., July 1997.
  6. Habibullah, A., Modak, S., Boen, T., and Wilson, E. L., “Recent Developments in the Nonlinear Seismic Analysis of Structures,” Computers & Structures, Inc., Berkeley, California, (also published as a review article in the Fortieth Anniversary Annual Conference of Surabaya Institute of Technology, Indonesia), November 1997.

Compiled Software Manuals

  1. Computers & Structures, Inc., “ETABS®: Integrated Three-Dimensional Static and Dynamic Analysis and Design of Building Systems — Concrete Frame Design Manual,” 207 p., Contributed several new chapters and revised all the chapters, Published on CD-ROM with ETABS package, Computers & Structures, Inc., Berkeley, California, First Edition July 2000 (v7.0), Revised August 2000 (v7.1), Revised (v7.1) December 2000.
  2. Computers & Structures, Inc., “ETABS®: Integrated Three-Dimensional Static and Dynamic Analysis and Design of Building Systems — Steel Frame Design Manual,” 206 p., Contributed several new chapters and revised all the chapters, Published on CD-ROM with ETABS package, Computers & Structures, Inc., Berkeley, California, First Edition July 2000 (v7.0), Revised August 2000 (v7.1), Revised (v7.1) December 2000.
  3. Computers & Structures, Inc., “SAP2000®: Integrated Finite Element Analysis and Design of Structures– Concrete Design Manual,” 198 p., Published in one volume with “SAP2000 Steel Design Manual,” Contributed several new chapters and revised all the chapters, Computers & Structures, Inc., Berkeley, California, First Published August 1997 (v6.1), Reprint September 1997 (v6.1), Reprint November 1997 (v6.1), Revised October 1998 (v7.0), Revised (v7.4) May 2000.
  4. Computers & Structures, Inc., “SAP2000®: Integrated Finite Element Analysis and Design of Structures — Steel Design Manual,” 169 p., Published in one volume with “SAP2000 Concrete Design Manual,” Contributed several new chapters and revised all the chapters, Computers & Structures, Inc., Berkeley, California, First Published August 1997 (v6.1), Reprint September 1997 (v6.1), Reprint November 1997 (v6.1), Revised October 1998 (v7.0), Revised (v7.4) May 2000.
  5. Computers & Structures, Inc., “SAFE™: Integrated Analysis and Design of Slabs by the Finite Element Method — User’s Manual,” 217 p., Published in one volume with “SAFE Verification Manual,” Contributed several new chapters and revised all the chapters, Computers & Structures, Inc., Berkeley, California, First Published March 1998 (v6.0), Revised (v6.0) October 1998.
  6. Computers & Structures, Inc. “SAFE™: Integrated Analysis and Design of Slabs by the Finite Element Method — Verification Manual,” 135 p., Published in one volume with “SAFE User’s Manual,” Contributed several new chapters and revised all the chapters, Computers & Structures, Inc., Berkeley, California, First Published March 1998 (v6.0), Revised (v6.0) September 1998.

Funded Research Proposal

  1. Sotelino, E. D. and Modak, S., “Object-Oriented Concurrent Algorithms for the Analysis of the Coupled Problem of Seepage and Mechanics in Soil-Structure-Interaction”, Research Proposal, 1995-97, Funded by Purdue Research Foundation, 1995.