Mahmud Sakib

Mahmud Sakib

Postdoctoral Research Associate

  sakib@tamu.edu

Research

  • Physical oceanography
  • Ocean Observing Systems (Buoys, Autonomous Vehicles, HF Radar)
  • Operational Oceanography
  • Marginal Seas

Selected Publications

  1. Oceanography

Mahmud, S., Steven DiMarco, Kerri Whilden, Anthony Knap, Chuan-Yuan Hsu (2020). Estimating Open Ocean Vertical Current Velocity from Glider Flight Characteristics: application to mixing processes in the Gulf of Mexico. In Oceans 2020, Gulf of Mexico/Singapore 10/12/2020-10/15/2020 (Virtual only).

Mahmud, S., Steven Francis DiMarco and Anthony Knap (2020). Glider Observations of the Loop Current and LC Eddy in the western Gulf of Mexico: comparison of buoyancy mixing and relationships with oxygen variability. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020, San Diego, CA: 02/16/2020-02/20/2020.

Mahmud, S., Sidorovskaia, N., Li, K., Pierpoint, C., & Tiemann, C. (2018). Comparing the Performance of Bottom-moored and Unmanned Surface Vehicle Towed Passive Acoustic Monitoring Platforms for Sperm Whale Studies. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA: 02/05/18-02/08/18.

Mahmud, S., Sidorovskaia, N., Li, K., Pierpoint, C., Tiemann, C., & Mellinger, D. K. (2017). Comparing Performance of Bottom-moored and Unmanned Surface Vehicle Towed Passive Acoustic Monitoring Platforms for Sperm Whale Detection. In 174th meeting of the Acoustical Society of America. New Orleans, LA: 12/04/17-12/08/17.

Mahmud, S., Sidorovskaia, N. A., Li, K., Pierpoint, C., Tiemann, C., & Mellinger, D. K. (2017). Comparing Performance of Bottom-Moored, Glider, and Unmanned Surface Vehicle Towed PAM Platforms for 

Marine Mammal Detection. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA: 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

Risbourg, J., Sidorovskaia, N. A., Li, K., & Mahmud, S. (2017). Assessing Beaked and Sperm Whale Movement Patterns Using Acoustics and Environmental Characteristics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA: 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster.

    2.Physics

A. Islam, S. Mahmud, S. M. Hossain, Sk. A. Latif, M. H. Ahsan. Elemental Analysis of Raw Materials of Nuclear Reactor Shielding to Develop Low Activation Concrete. Journal of Nuclear Sciences DOI: 10.1501/nuclear_0000000015.
A. Islam, S. Mahmud, S. M. Hossain, K. Naher, M. H. Ahsan. Elemental Analysis of Cements Used for Nuclear Reactor Shielding by INAA Technique. SUST Journal of Science and Technology, vol.26 No.3, 2016; page: 7-11.
A. Islam, S. Mahmud, S. M. Hossain, K. Naher, M. H. Ahsan. Determination of Trace Elements in Local Reactor Shielding Materials by INAA Technique. Bangladesh Chemical Congress 2012, 35th Annual Conference of Bangladesh Chemical Society.
A. Islam, S. Mahmud, S. M. Hossain, K. Naher, M. H. Ahsan. Elemental Analysis of Raw Materials of Concrete to Develop Low Activation Nuclear Reactor Shielding. Bangladesh Physical Society 2012. Poster.
A. Islam, S. Mahmud, S. M. Hossain, K. Naher, M. H. Ahsan. Elemental Analysis of Cements Used for Nuclear Reactor Shielding by INAA Technique. International conference on advance physics 2013, SUST.
Mahmud, M. A. Islam, S. M. Hossain, K. Naher, M. H. Ahsan. Studies on Elemental Composition and Natural Radioactivity of Bangladeshi Sands for Using in Nuclear Reactor Shielding. International Conference on Physics for Energy and Environment, Bangladesh Physical Society, 2014. Poster.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Oceanography, Texas A&M University (2022)
  • M.S. in Physics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (2017)
  • M.S. in Physics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh (2010)
  • B.Sc. in Physics, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh (2009)

Awards

  • 1000 Year Scholarship, SUT-US and LCEA (2019)
  • Donald & Melba Ross Graduate Scholarship from the College of Geosciences, Oceanography (2019)
  • GoMRI Scholar, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative (GoMRI) (2017)

Additional Information

Oceanographic Cruises

18-22 July 2022                       Maintenance and recovery of TABS buoys.

12-15 October 2021              R/V Pelican, Chief Scientist, Planning and Recovery of Liquid Robotics SV3 Wave Glider ASV

9-15 August 2021                   R/V Pelican, Science Party (Team Lead: Night Shift), NOAA-OAR-OAP, Crossroads of Ocean Acidification (XR02). Hydrography, WaveGlider ASV

15-20 April 2021                     R/V Pelican, Science Party (Team Lead: Night Shift), NOAA-OAR-OAP, Crossroads of Ocean Acidification (XR01). Hydrography

5 January 2020                        R/V Manta, Recovery of Slocum Glider

13-17 October 2019              R/V Pelican, Science party (Team Lead: Night Shift), Whitecap Decay Rate (WDR01). Hydrography

27 September 2019              R/V Trident, Science party, Whitecap Decay Rate (WDR01). Surface water sampling

15-18 December 2018         R/V Pelican, Science party, Stones MetOcean Observatory Project. Hydrography

29 Sep-1 Oct 2018                 R/V Pelican, Science party, Gulf of Mexico Mixing (GoMix). Hydrography, Mooring recovery

20-28 June 2018                     R/V Point Sur, Science party, Gulf of Mexico Mixing (GoMix). Hydrography, Mooring deployment

26-30 October 2015              R/V Pelican, Science party, LADC-GEMM, Glider recovery, Mooring recovery, Hydrography, Passive Acoustics Monitoring

8-17 June 2017                     R/V Pelican, Science party, LADC-GEMM, Hydrography, Passive Acoustics Monitoring, Mooring recovery, and deployment

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