1: Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering (BSc).
    Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU), Multan, Pakistan.

2: Master of Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering (MSc).
    University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan.

3: Doctor of Philosophy, Civil and Environmental Engineering (Ph.D.)
    Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Japan

Research Theme: Synergising Aquatic Environmental Engineering with Disaster Prevention and Risk Reduction Measures.

Research Interests:

• Investigation of soft solutions (forests and vegetation) to mitigate the flood and tsunami energy in inland areas.
• The combined utilisation of coastal forest, sand dunes and banks to reduce the impact of tsunamis.
• The role of single- and double-layer vegetation in protecting houses during floods is significant.
• Analysis of secondary disasters caused by driftwood, as well as the development of response strategies.
• Investigating the scour behaviour by changing the position and angle of the riparian vegetation patch along the dike.
• Effect of large floating debris during floods on scouring.
• Clarification of the connection between flood characteristics and vegetational dynamics in midstream areas, as well as the recommendation of strategies for managing and maintaining rivers and their vegetation based on the findings.
• Investigation of tree parameters, including arrangement, density, diameter and crown part in variation of flow structure.
• Investigation of various debris
• Investigation of scour reduction around bridge piers.
• Utilisation of numerical simulation to analyse the internal flow properties.

• Iqbal, Sohail, Fakhar Muhammad Abbas, Rizwan Haider, Ghufran Ahmed Pasha, Lun Zhao, Naveed Anjum, Nadir Murtaza, and Zeshan Abbas. "Numerical Investigation of Flow Around Partially and Fully Vegetated Submerged Spur Dike." Water 17, no. 3 (2025): 435. (Impact Factor=3.5)
• Haider, Rizwan, Sohail Iqbal, Fakhar Muhammad Abbas, and Amina Fakhar. "CFD analysis of flow dynamics around the series of dikes with alternative length layout." Natural Hazards (2025): 1-20. (Impact Factor=3.3)
• Anjum, Naveed, Fakhar Muhammad Abbas, Ghufran Ahmed Pasha, Jawad Ashraf, Usman Ghani, and Md Abedur Rahman. "How Emergent Vegetation Patch Shapes Affect Flow Structure in Open Channel Environments." Ecohydrology (2024): e2740. (Impact Factor=2.5)
• FAKHAR Muhammad Abbas, Norio Tanaka, and Amina. "Numerical Investigation of Internal Flow Properties around Horizontal Layered Trees by Using the Reynolds Stress Model." Mathematics 11, no. 3 (2023): 712. (Impact Factor=2.59)
• Fakhar Muhammad Abbas, and Norio Tanaka. "Utilization of geogrid and water cushion to reduce the impact of nappe flow and scouring on the downstream side of a levee." Fluids 7, no. 9 (2022): 299. (Impact Factor=1.8)
• Fakhar Muhammad Abbas, and Norio Tanaka. "Investigation of flow structure with moat acting as a water cushion at the toe of an overflowing levee." Environmental Fluid Mechanics 22, no. 4 (2022): 865-889. (Impact Factor=2.1)
• Fakhar Muhammad Abbas, and Norio Tanaka. "Numerical Study of Flow Structures through Horizontal Double-Layered Vegetation Consisting of Combined Submergent and Emergent Vegetations." Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami 16, no. 01 (2022): 2250004. (Impact Factor=2.1)
• Fakhar Muhammad Abbas, Usman Ali Naeem, Usman Ghani, and Talat Farid Ahmad. "Experimental study of inclined bridge pier scouring." Mehran University Research Journal Of Engineering & Technology 39, no. 4 (2020): 859-870. Domestic Journal
• Fakhar Muhammad Abbas. "Investigating role of vegetation in protection of houses during floods." Civil Engineering Journal 5, no. 12 (2019).
• Fakhar Muhammad Abbas, Norio Tanaka and Amina. Investigation of energy loss, number and size of air bubbles generated due to nappe flow impinging into pooled water by varying the physical scale. Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, Transactions of Civil Engineering. 2025, (Impact Factor=1.7)
• Fakhar Muhammad Abbas, Norio Tanaka and Amina. Optimizing Crown and Trunk Heights in Rigid Vegetation Model for Effective Mitigation of Flood Damages. Journal of Earthquake and Tsunami. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793431125500071 (Impact Factor=2.1)
• Zeeshan Akbar, Fakhar Muhammad Abbas, Nadir Murtaza, Ghufran Ahmed Pasha, Iqbal, Abdul Razzaq Ghumman. Predicting scour depth in a meandering channel with spur dike: A comparative analysis of machine learning techniques. Natural Hazards. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0260494. (Impact Factor 3.3)
• Fakhar Muhammad Abbas., Aldrees, A. A. Z., Iqbal, S., Tariq, M. A. U. R., Anjum, N., Iqbal, M., ... & Pasha, G. A. Optimizing tree crown density of finite coastal vegetation patches for enhanced tsunami mitigation. Natural Hazards, 1-27, (2025). (Impact Factor 3.3)
• Fakhar Muhammad Abbas., Amina, Pasha, G. A., Iqbal, S., Anjum, N., Shahid, M., ... & Haider, R. The Role of Angled Vegetation in Modifying Hydrodynamic Properties Around Dike. Ecohydrology, 18(5), e70064. (2025). (Impact Factor 2.1).
• Fakhar M Abbas, Amina, Norio Tanak. "Assessing the Impact of Debris Accumulation around varying configuration of Riparian Vegetation in Dike Breaching During Extreme Flooding Events." In Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures (ISHS) 2024. ETH Zurich, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000676023.

Research Projects Supervised 

•  Hydrodynamic properties around a trapezoidal channel by using various configurations of riparian vegetation.

• Investigation of a hybrid defence system to mitigate the tsunami damages.

• Investigation Of Flow Features Along Dike Walls by Using Various Arrangements Of Riparian Vegetation.

• Optimising Coastal Forest Management: Flow Hydrodynamics of High and Low Crown Combinations.

• The role of tree crown density on the variation of internal flow properties by using numerical simulation.

• Numerical Investigation of Flow Hydrodynamics Around Gap Region of Finite Coastal Vegetation Patches.

• Impact Of Different Alignments of Riparian Vegetation on Flow Features and Dike Stability.

• Investigation of flow dynamics around a spur nose by using a combination of short and tall layers of vegetation.

• Assessing the Impact of Debris Accumulation around varying configurations of Riparian Vegetation in Dike Breaching During Extreme Flooding Events

1. Assistant Professor                      Sep 2025-Till date.

Civil Engineering Department, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan.

2. Assistant Professor                     Oct 2022-August 2025.
COMSATS University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Abbottabad, Pakistan.

3. Research Assistant                      Sep 2019-Sep 2022
SAITAMA UNIVERSITY, JAPAN.

4. Research Assistant                       Sep 2017 – Aug 2019
University of Engineering and Technology.
Taxila, Pakistan.
5. Lecturer Work                               Nov 2016 – Nov  2018
Quaid-e-Azam College of Engineering & Technology, affiliated with UET Lahore.
Sahiwal, Pakistan.