Munaz Ahmed Noor, PhD, is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), with more than three decades of experience in structural engineering education, research, consultancy, and academic leadership. He earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Tokyo and completed both his BSc and MSc at BUET, ranking first in both programs.

His professional and research interests include tall-building structural systems, seismic design and assessment, reinforced-concrete and steel design, construction materials, soil–structure interaction, and disaster resilience. He has contributed to major high-rise and infrastructure projects in Bangladesh and has served on national expert panels, including the Panel of Experts for the seismic analysis of the Ruppur Nuclear Power Plant.

Professor Noor has authored three engineering books and more than 90 journal and conference papers. He has also served as the Founding Vice-Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Digital University, Vice-Chancellor of the Islamic University of Technology, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of National University. In Introduction to Tall Building Design, he brings together academic rigor, practical engineering judgment, and decades of teaching experience to make the fundamentals of tall-building design clear and accessible.