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Name Engr. Babar Abbas
Designation Lecturer
Department Environmental Engineering (Taxila)
Highest Qualification MS (Environmental Engineering), National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
Specialization Advance Wastewater Treatment & Membrane Technologies/ Solid Waste Management
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Email [email protected]

Formal Education

  1. PhD (Cand.) Environmental Engineering (National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad)
  2. MS Environmental Engineering 2016 (National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad)
  3. BE Environmental Engineering 2012 (National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad)
  4. Intermediate 2008 (Government College University (GCU), Lahore)

Professional Courses

  1. Technology for Solid Waste Management with Recycling Promotion for Sound Material-Cycle Society (9 weeks training by JICA, Japan (2022)
  2. Solid Waste Management (Professional Course) World Bank Group
  3. Environmental and Social Framework (Professional Course) World Bank Group
  4. Financial Risk Management (Professional Course) World Bank Group
  5. Environmental Management Systems 14001:2015 National Productivity Organization (NPO)​​​​​​​
  • Circular Economy, Solid Waste Management (Municipal & Industrial SWM Planning, Composting,  Modern Recycling Techniques, Anaerobic Digestion i.e., Biogas Production and Landfill Designing).
  • Waste to Energy - Bioenergy, Incineration
  • Environmental Management Systems/ Cleaner Production Techniques
  • Water Resources (Treatment and Conservation)
  • Advanced Wastewater Treatment (Membrane Technology)

Conference Papers:

  1. Recycling Food Waste - Production of Hydrochar/Biochar through Hydrothermal Carbonization (2021)
  2. Recycling Paper Waste into Plaster Composite Mixture (2021)

International Publiations:

  1. Heavy Metals Leaching and Groundwater Pollution in Hattar Industrial Estate (HIE) Haripur, Pakistan (2018)

National Publiations:

  1. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BENCH SCALE MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR) SYSTEMS (2012)

1. PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BENCH SCALE MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR (MBR) SYSTEMS (Aman Ahmad1 , Babar Abbas1 , Rasikh Habib1 , Humayun Khan1 , Sher Jamal Khan1)

https://pecongress.org.pk/images/upload/books/24-Aman%20Ahmad.pdf

 

 

 

Supervisor: Engr. Babar Abbas
FYDP 2 groups - 2k19 Session got sponsorship from 2 multinational organizations PepsiCo and WWF-Pakistan worth Rs. 2.4 Million.

1. Designing, Installation and Performance Evaluation of 2 groundwater recharging well at UET Taxila targeting SDG-6

Sponsor is PepsiCo (Amount Rs. 1.6 Million)

2. Designing, Construction and Performance Evaluation of Wetlands to treat the real domestic wastewater in rural areas as a community development program - targeting SDG-6

Sponsor WWF-Pakistan (Amount Rs. 0.8 Million)

3. 

  1. Secretary Subject Committee for the implementation of OBE at the department of Environmental Engineering, UET Taxila
  2. Techical Focal Person for Environmental Impact Assessment at Federal EPA, Pakistan
  3. Departmental Procurement Head at UET Taxila
  4. Store Incharge at UET Taxila
  5. Director Commercial Testing (Water, Wastewater, Air pollution and Solid Waste)
  6. Lab In-charge (Waste Analysis Lab)
  7. Lab In-charge (Computer Lab)
  8. Focal Person - Green Youth Movement (GYM), Club established by Higher Education Commission of  Pakistan
  9. Advisor - Environmental & Horticultural Society, UET, Taxila
  10. Member Disciplinary Committee
  11. Director Placement Cell
  12. Techical Focal Person for Environmental Impact Assessment at Federal EPA, Pakistan
  13. Coordinator for Continuous Professional Activities

Supervisor: Engr. Babar Abbas
FYDP 2 groups - 2k19 Session got sponsorship from 2 multinational organizations PepsiCo and WWF-Pakistan worth Rs. 2.4 Million.

1. Designing, Installation and Performance Evaluation of 2 groundwater recharging well at UET Taxila targeting SDG-6

Sponsor is PepsiCo (Amount Rs. 1.6 Million)

2. Designing, Construction and Performance Evaluation of Wetlands to treat the real domestic wastewater in rural areas as a community development program - targeting SDG-6

Sponsor WWF-Pakistan (Amount Rs. 0.8 Million)

  1. Internee Engineer (2010) @ 3W Systems, Westridge, Rawalpindi
  2. Internee Engineer (2011) @ The Urban Unit Lahore (LWMC)
  3. Assistant Manager Operations / Environment (2012-2012) @ Albayrak Waste Management Company
    1. Job Description included Preparation & Implementation of solid waste management plans for Lahore and conducted trainings at Urban Unit, Lahore for the coordinators from different cities of Punjab to develop new companies in respective cities
  4. Lab Engineer (2012-2015) @ National University of  Sciences & Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan
      • Procurement and management of the Lab equipment.
      • Development of laboratory manuals.
      • Conduct of Environmental Impact Assessment
      • Conducting Officer for special events like Convocation & International Workshops.
      • Invigilator at NUST Entrance Test (NET) computer based.
      • Organized International workshops for the wastewater treatment via MBR at NUST.
      Nominated as conducting officer while UN General Secretary his Excellency Mr. Ban Ki Moon visited NUST in August 2013.

 

 

5. Lecturer (2015- to date) @ University of Engineering & Technology Taxila Pakistan

Training delivered at National Level (As Resource Person)

  1. Municipal Solid Waste Management at National Centre for Rural Development, Islamabad (2017)
  2. Municipal Solid Waste Management at National Centre for Rural Development, Islamabad (2018)
  3. Municipal Solid Waste Management at National Centre for Rural Development, Islamabad (2019)
  4. Municipal Solid Waste Management at National Centre for Rural Development, Islamabad (2019)
  5. Municipal Solid Waste Management at National Centre for Rural Development, Islamabad (2020)
  6. Industrial Effluent Treatment Designs at Pakistan Council for Reasearch in Water Resources (2021)
  7. Industrial Effluent Treatment Designs at Pakistan Council for Reasearch in Water Resources (2022)

Community Work:

  1. More than 1000 trees were arranged to plant at UET, Taxila to make it a green campus targeting SDG-13 Climate Action
  2. Conduxted several awareness seminars at school level to raise the environmental awareness in kids SDG-4 Quality Education
  3. Installation of wetland wastewater treatment plant at Haripur with collaboration of WWF-Pakistan to serve the rural community (worth Rs. 0.8 M) (2022) SDG-6: Clean water and sanitation
  4. Installation of 2 groundwater recharging wells at UET, Taxila campus in collaboration to PepsiCo and WWF Pakistan (worth Rs. 1.6 M) 2022) to meet the SDG-6: Clean water and sanitation
     

 

Other Services

  1. Secretary Subject Committee for the implementation of OBE at the department of Environmental Engineering, UET Taxila
  2. Techical Focal Person for Environmental Impact Assessment at Federal EPA, Pakistan
  3. Departmental Procurement Head at UET Taxila
  4. Store Incharge at UET Taxila
  5. Director Commercial Testing (Water, Wastewater, Air pollution and Solid Waste)
  6. Lab In-charge (Waste Analysis Lab)
  7. Lab In-charge (Computer Lab)
  8. Focal Person - Green Youth Movement (GYM), Club established by Higher Education Commission of  Pakistan
  9. Advisor - Environmental & Horticultural Society, UET, Taxila
  10. Member Disciplinary Committee
  11. Director Placement Cell
  12. Techical Focal Person for Environmental Impact Assessment at Federal EPA, Pakistan
  13. Coordinator for Continuous Professional Activities
  1. Registered Engineer at Pakistan Engineering Council (ENVIRO/210)
  2. Member Engineer at Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM)
  3. Member Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA, USA)
  4. Member at International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
  5. Member, Waste Advance Magazine (WAM)
  6. Technical Expert/ IEE/ EIA Reviewer at Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency
  7. Researcher at National Cleaner Production Centre, Pakistan
  8. Researcher at Pakistan Science Foundation, Pakistan

Sustainability Ambassador at Bondh E Shams – The Solar Water Project

Current

  1. Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (SHWM)
  2. Water Treatment and Plant Design (WTD)
  3. Wastewater Treatment and Plant Design WWTD)
  4. Environmental Management Systems (EMS) 
  5. Contaminated Site Remediation (CSR)

Previous

  1. Environmental Ecology
  2. Cleaner Production Techniques (CPT)
  3. Industrial Wastewater Management
  1. Lecturer @ Environmental Engineering Department (2015 to date)
  1. Registered Engineer at Pakistan Engineering Council (ENVIRO/210)
  2. Member Engineer at Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM)
  3. Member Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA, USA)
  4. Member at International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
  5. Member, Waste Advance Magazine (WAM)
  6. Technical Expert/ IEE/ EIA Reviewer at Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency
  7. Researcher at National Cleaner Production Centre, Pakistan
  8. Researcher at Pakistan Science Foundation, Pakistan

Sustainability Ambassador at Bondh E Shams – The Solar Water Project

  1. Registered Engineer at Pakistan Engineering Council (ENVIRO/210)
  2. Member Engineer at Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM)
  3. Member Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA, USA)
  4. Member at International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
  5. Member, Waste Advance Magazine (WAM)
  6. Technical Expert/ IEE/ EIA Reviewer at Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency
  7. Researcher at National Cleaner Production Centre, Pakistan
  8. Researcher at Pakistan Science Foundation, Pakistan

Sustainability Ambassador at Bondh E Shams – The Solar Water Project

Needed to be updated (soon)

  • Challenges & Opportunities of Wastewater Reuse by NUST - Webinar                                                                (2021)
  • Climate change as a Non-Traditional Security Challenge: Relevance for Pakistan by Hanns Seidel Foundation (2021)
  • Online Teaching Course Level-I by HEC Pakistan                                                                                                 (2021)
  • Geographical Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing in the Field of Engineering                                   (2021)
  • Geographical Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing in the Field of Engineering                                   (2018)
  • Occupational Health and Safety Techniques by Pakistan Engineering Council                                                    (2016)
  • Mitigation measures for overcoming Climate Change Impacts in Pakistan, NUST                                               (2015)
  • ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System by ISTACH. Inc. By LWMC                                              (2012)
  • Occupational Health and Safety Hazard Determination by ISTACH. Inc By LWMC                                              (2012)
  • Environmental-OHSA Risk Analysis Application by ISTACH. Inc. By LWMC                                                        (2012)
  • International Workshop on Water and Sanitation Technologies for Sustainable Development at IESE, NUST (10 Feb. 2015)
  • Workshop on the prospects for developing a Nationally Appropriate Measurement Action (NAMA) programme for the waste sector in Pakistan by UN-Habitat and UN-ESCAP 2014.
  • International Workshop on Sustainable Energy and Membrane Systems for Desalination and Water reuse at NIT NUST (10 – 11 December 2013) – British Council & Water Aid Funded
  • International Conference on “Education for managing Hydrological Extremes & Related geo-hazards” at NUST by UNESCO (2011)
  • Participated in “Seminar on Innovation and Entrepreneurship” at NUST 2011.
  • International Conference on Pakistan climate change study by UNDP at Islamabad Hotel (2010).

Needed to be updated (soon)

  • Resource Person at National Training on Solid Waste Management held at NCRD Islamabad (8 to 12 Jan, 2018)
  • Resource Person at National Training on Solid Waste Management held at NCRD Islamabad (24 to 28 April, 2017)
  • Micro Teaching Techniques for Faculty by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) (Oct, 2016)
  • Occupational Health and Safety Techniques by Pakistan Engineering Council, 2016
  • Mitigation measures for overcoming Climate Change Impacts in Pakistan, NUST, 2015
  • ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Training by ISTACH. Inc. Istanbul Turkey conducted at LWMC in 2012
  • Occupational Health and Safety Hazard Determination Training by ISTACH. Inc Istanbul Turkey conducted at LWMC in 2012
  • Environmental-OHSA Risk Analysis Application Training by ISTACH. Inc. Istanbul Turkey conducted at LWMC in 2012
  1. Influence of Permeate Flux, Backwashing and Relaxation on the Performance of Submerged Membrane Bioreactor using Box-Behnken Response Surface Methodology (2016)
  2. Recycling of the Vegetable and Animal Waste through Hot Composting- A Case Study from Taxila, 2017
  3. Comparison between Electrocoagulation and Photo-fenton process for the Removal of dyes from synthatic domestic wastewater (2018)
  4. Removal of dyes via fenton process from synthatic industrial wastewater (2018)
  • International Workshop on Water and Sanitation Technologies for Sustainable Development at IESE, NUST (10 Feb. 2015)
  • Workshop on the prospects for developing a Nationally Appropriate Measurement Action (NAMA) programme for the waste sector in Pakistan by UN-Habitat and UN-ESCAP 2014.
  • International Workshop on Sustainable Energy and Membrane Systems for Desalination and Water reuse at NIT NUST (10 – 11 December 2013) – British Council & Water Aid Funded
  • International Conference on “Education for managing Hydrological Extremes & Related geo-hazards” at NUST by UNESCO (2011)
  • Participated in “Seminar on Innovation and Entrepreneurship” at NUST 2011.
  • International Conference on Pakistan climate change study by UNDP at Islamabad Hotel (2010).
  • Circular Economy, Solid Waste Management (Municipal & Industrial SWM Planning, Composting,  Modern Recycling Techniques, Anaerobic Digestion i.e., Biogas Production and Landfill Designing).
  • Waste to Energy - Bioenergy, Incineration
  • Environmental Management Systems/ Cleaner Production Techniques
  • Water Resources (Treatment and Conservation)
  • Advanced Wastewater Treatment (Membrane Technology)