A seminar was held at the meeting room of Administrative Building of KUET on last 10 Nov. 2014, at 3:00pm, in which Dr. Md. Julfikar Hossain, the Executive Engineer of KUET, described the scope and main outcomes of his Ph.D. dissertation and illustrated some aspects on the present construction practices in Japan. Dr. Julfikar acquired Ph.D. from Saga University in the month of Sept. 2014 with the dissertation title as “Coefficient of Consolidation of Clayey Deposits from Piezocone Test Results”.Prof. Alamgir, the VC of KUET was present as the Chief Guest, while the Teachers, Engineers and Officers from the relevant departments and sections including Prof. SS Sikder, Dean of CE Faculty, Engr. ABM Mamunur Rashid, Chief Engr. were present. Dr. Julfikar stressed the need to follow the new outlook in the construction of buildings in our country. It is to be noted here, Dr. Julfikar got his B.Sc.Eng. in 2002 and M.Sc. Eng. degree 2007 from the CE dept. of KUET and Prof. Alamgir was his Masters’ supervisor. Dr. Julfikar was greeted warmly by flowers for timely completion of Ph.D. from Japan and also for resuming his job here.