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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] |
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Education |
Formal Education
- PhD (Cand.) Environmental Engineering (National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad)
- MS Environmental Engineering 2016 (National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad)
- BE Environmental Engineering 2012 (National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad)
- Intermediate 2008 (Government College University (GCU), Lahore)
Professional Courses
- Technology for Solid Waste Management with Recycling Promotion for Sound Material-Cycle Society (9 weeks training by JICA, Japan (2022)
- Solid Waste Management (Professional Course) World Bank Group
- Environmental and Social Framework (Professional Course) World Bank Group
- Financial Risk Management (Professional Course) World Bank Group
- Environmental Management Systems 14001:2015 National Productivity Organization (NPO)
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Research Work |
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Research Interests |
- 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)
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Publications |
Conference Papers:
- Recycling Food Waste - Production of Hydrochar/Biochar through Hydrothermal Carbonization (2021)
- Recycling Paper Waste into Plaster Composite Mixture (2021)
International Publiations:
- Heavy Metals Leaching and Groundwater Pollution in Hattar Industrial Estate (HIE) Haripur, Pakistan (2018)
National Publiations:
- 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
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Projects |
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)
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Admin Work |
- Secretary Subject Committee for the implementation of OBE at the department of Environmental Engineering, UET Taxila
- Techical Focal Person for Environmental Impact Assessment at Federal EPA, Pakistan
- Departmental Procurement Head at UET Taxila
- Store Incharge at UET Taxila
- Director Commercial Testing (Water, Wastewater, Air pollution and Solid Waste)
- Lab In-charge (Waste Analysis Lab)
- Lab In-charge (Computer Lab)
- Focal Person - Green Youth Movement (GYM), Club established by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
- Advisor - Environmental & Horticultural Society, UET, Taxila
- Member Disciplinary Committee
- Director Placement Cell
- Techical Focal Person for Environmental Impact Assessment at Federal EPA, Pakistan
- Coordinator for Continuous Professional Activities
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Development Work |
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)
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Experience |
- Internee Engineer (2010) @ 3W Systems, Westridge, Rawalpindi
- Internee Engineer (2011) @ The Urban Unit Lahore (LWMC)
- Assistant Manager Operations / Environment (2012-2012) @ Albayrak Waste Management Company
- 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
- Lab Engineer (2012-2015) @ National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- 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.
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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
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Services |
Training delivered at National Level (As Resource Person)
- Municipal Solid Waste Management at National Centre for Rural Development, Islamabad (2017)
- Municipal Solid Waste Management at National Centre for Rural Development, Islamabad (2018)
- Municipal Solid Waste Management at National Centre for Rural Development, Islamabad (2019)
- Municipal Solid Waste Management at National Centre for Rural Development, Islamabad (2019)
- Municipal Solid Waste Management at National Centre for Rural Development, Islamabad (2020)
- Industrial Effluent Treatment Designs at Pakistan Council for Reasearch in Water Resources (2021)
- Industrial Effluent Treatment Designs at Pakistan Council for Reasearch in Water Resources (2022)
Community Work:
- More than 1000 trees were arranged to plant at UET, Taxila to make it a green campus targeting SDG-13 Climate Action
- Conduxted several awareness seminars at school level to raise the environmental awareness in kids SDG-4 Quality Education
- 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
- 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
- Secretary Subject Committee for the implementation of OBE at the department of Environmental Engineering, UET Taxila
- Techical Focal Person for Environmental Impact Assessment at Federal EPA, Pakistan
- Departmental Procurement Head at UET Taxila
- Store Incharge at UET Taxila
- Director Commercial Testing (Water, Wastewater, Air pollution and Solid Waste)
- Lab In-charge (Waste Analysis Lab)
- Lab In-charge (Computer Lab)
- Focal Person - Green Youth Movement (GYM), Club established by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
- Advisor - Environmental & Horticultural Society, UET, Taxila
- Member Disciplinary Committee
- Director Placement Cell
- Techical Focal Person for Environmental Impact Assessment at Federal EPA, Pakistan
- Coordinator for Continuous Professional Activities
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Memberships |
- Registered Engineer at Pakistan Engineering Council (ENVIRO/210)
- Member Engineer at Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM)
- Member Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA, USA)
- Member at International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
- Member, Waste Advance Magazine (WAM)
- Technical Expert/ IEE/ EIA Reviewer at Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency
- Researcher at National Cleaner Production Centre, Pakistan
- Researcher at Pakistan Science Foundation, Pakistan
Sustainability Ambassador at Bondh E Shams – The Solar Water Project
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Teaching |
Current
- Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (SHWM)
- Water Treatment and Plant Design (WTD)
- Wastewater Treatment and Plant Design WWTD)
- Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
- Contaminated Site Remediation (CSR)
Previous
- Environmental Ecology
- Cleaner Production Techniques (CPT)
- Industrial Wastewater Management
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Academic Positions |
- Lecturer @ Environmental Engineering Department (2015 to date)
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Affiliations |
- Registered Engineer at Pakistan Engineering Council (ENVIRO/210)
- Member Engineer at Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM)
- Member Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA, USA)
- Member at International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
- Member, Waste Advance Magazine (WAM)
- Technical Expert/ IEE/ EIA Reviewer at Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency
- Researcher at National Cleaner Production Centre, Pakistan
- Researcher at Pakistan Science Foundation, Pakistan
Sustainability Ambassador at Bondh E Shams – The Solar Water Project
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Awards |
- Registered Engineer at Pakistan Engineering Council (ENVIRO/210)
- Member Engineer at Chartered Institute of Waste Management (CIWM)
- Member Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA, USA)
- Member at International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
- Member, Waste Advance Magazine (WAM)
- Technical Expert/ IEE/ EIA Reviewer at Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency
- Researcher at National Cleaner Production Centre, Pakistan
- Researcher at Pakistan Science Foundation, Pakistan
Sustainability Ambassador at Bondh E Shams – The Solar Water Project
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Conferences |
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).
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Participations |
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
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Thesis Supervised |
- Influence of Permeate Flux, Backwashing and Relaxation on the Performance of Submerged Membrane Bioreactor using Box-Behnken Response Surface Methodology (2016)
- Recycling of the Vegetable and Animal Waste through Hot Composting- A Case Study from Taxila, 2017
- Comparison between Electrocoagulation and Photo-fenton process for the Removal of dyes from synthatic domestic wastewater (2018)
- Removal of dyes via fenton process from synthatic industrial wastewater (2018)
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Workshops/Courses Attended |
- 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).
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PostGraduate Students |
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Research Group |
- 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)
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