Asif Faisal Chowdhury

Asif Faisal Chowdhury

I’m an AI engineer and PhD researcher in Construction Management at LSU, also pursuing an MSc in Computer Science. I build systems that connect model outputs to measurements, source evidence, and human review.

My work spans production conversational AI, multimodal retrieval, document verification, and operator-behavior research.

From production AI to applied research

2024 to present

Graduate Research Assistant

Louisiana State University, Bert S. Turner Department of Construction Management

Develop drawing retrieval, document validation, and operator-assessment systems through NSF-funded construction AI research (Grant 2222881). Design evidence checks for proposed post-session simulator feedback.

September 2024 to present

Energy Assessment Team Leader & Researcher

LSU Industrial Training & Assessment Center

Lead industrial energy assessments, analyze utility bills and on-site measurements, perform energy-balance calculations, and author client technical reports. Assessment totals are team-associated outcomes; recommended savings and implemented savings remain separate.

July 2023 to January 2024

Prompt Engineer (Project-based)

Combokid, remote, Hong Kong

Built and integrated multi-agent workflows, image-based features, and retrieval-augmented generation into a child-healthcare chatbot.

December 2022 to January 2024

AI/NLP Engineer

Headless Technologies Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Developed and deployed Rasa and Dialogflow chatbots for engaze.ai. Built backend services, APIs, the Mujib Jigyasa heritage chatbot, and a government-complaint classifier.

March to May 2023

Prompt Engineer (Project-based)

Remote Kitchen, remote, Canada

Defined requirements and system design, and built an initial language-model prototype for stakeholders.

January 2021 to September 2022

Research Assistant

ICT Innovation Lab, Islamic University, Bangladesh

Developed and tested machine-learning models for computer-vision and IoT projects.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Construction Management

Louisiana State University

2024 to present

Master of Science, Computer Science

Louisiana State University

2026 to present

Bachelor of Science, Information and Communication Technology

Islamic University

2018 to 2022

Production and earlier projects

Systems built before the PhD, grouped under the work that produced them.

December 2022 to January 2024

Headless Technologies Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh

AI/NLP Engineer

July 2023 to January 2024

Combokid, remote, Hong Kong

Prompt Engineer (Project-based)

March to May 2023

Remote Kitchen, remote, Canada

Prompt Engineer (Project-based)

Tools follow the problem

Python, machine learning, and system integration, with evaluation built into the workflow.

Retrieval and language systems

Multimodal retrieval, sparse and visual fusion, conversational APIs, and Bengali NLP.

Drawing retrieval

Verification and evaluation

Executable numeric checks, unit-aware calculations, baseline comparisons, and reviewable findings.

AuditGuard

Multimodal measurement

Joystick inertial signals, gaze analysis, video interpretation, and locomotion prediction.

Operator behavior

Teaching and community

June 2020 to March 2022

Mentor, SAICE Programming Club, Islamic University

Taught Python and basic C programming, guided coding exercises and projects, and organized coding events and competitions.

LSU Industrial Training & Assessment Center · September 2024 to present

Energy Assessment Team Leader & Researcher

I lead industrial energy assessments: utility-bill analysis, on-site measurement, energy-balance calculations, and client technical reports. Totals are team assessment outcomes.

Recommended annual electricity savings

8,208,899 kWh/year

16 assessments with recommendations

Implemented annual electricity savings

5,950,754 kWh/year

11 assessments with implementation reports