MS (Hons.) in Remote Sensing and GIS 

           COMSATS University Islamabad, CUI, Pakistan (2021)

MS in Structural Engineering

           National University of Sciences & Technology, NUST, Pakistan (2018)

BSc in Civil Engineering

           National University of Sciences & Technology, NUST, Pakistan (2012)

• Spatial analysis, modeling, and statistics

• Digital remote sensing for mapping and monitoring the environment

• Water resources management, ecology, and biogeography

• Land assessment, digital terrain analysis, and soil landscape modeling

• GIS and society

1. Using applications of geospatial techniques to address environmental issues, landuse/landcover change and hazard risk assessment.

2. Land/geomatics surveying from a range of sources, such as satellite surveys, GPS and conventional methods.

3. Repair and strengthening of reinforced concrete structures.

Journal Articles:

1. “Rapid repair of geopolymer concrete members reinforced with polymer composites: Parametric study and analytical modeling” Engineering Structures. (2024): 299, 117143. (ISSN 0141-0296), (Impact Factor = 5.5). Authors: Raza, A., Selmi, A., Ouni, M.H., Arshad, M., Kahla, N.B.
2. “Tests and modeling of hybrid fiber-reinforced geopolymer concrete elements having BFRP helix: An application for sustainable built environment” Journal of Building Engineering. (2023): 82, 108229. (ISSN 2352-7102),  (Impact Factor = 6.4). Authors:  Raza, A., Abdellatif S., Arshad, M., Elhadi, K.M., Alashker, Y.
3. “Influence of cyclic loading on lightweight self-compacting concrete double-skin tubular columns” Alexandria Engineering Journal. (2023): 84, pp.234-249. (ISSN 1110-0168), (Impact Factor = 6.8). Authors: Elhadi, K.M., Ouni, M.H., Arshad, M. Raza, A., Abid, M., Deifalla, A.F. 
4. “Effectiveness of FRP confinement for low strength recycled aggregate concrete compressive members having optimized combination of fibers” Structural Concrete. (2023): pp.1-13. (ISSN 1464-4177), (Impact Factor = 2.7). Authors: Raza, A., Elhag, A.B., Ouni, M.H., Arshad, M.
5. “Evaluation of Mechanical and Microstructural Characterization of Microfiber-Reinforced Nanocomposites Comprising Nano-Alumina” Arabian Journal for Sciences and Engineering. (2023): pp.1-16. (ISSN 2193-567X), (Impact Factor = 2.8). Authors: Elhadi, K.M.,  Arshad, M., Raza, A., Khan, Q.Z., Kahla, N.B., Elhag, A.B.
6. “Effectiveness of using nanoparticles in green composites: A scientometric analysis of fresh, mechanical, durability, and microstructural features” Construction and Building Materials. (2023): 402, 133077. (ISSN 1879-0526), (Impact Factor = 7.4). Authors: Raza, A., Ahmed, M., Khan, Q.Z., Azab, M., Arshad, M.
7. “Efficiency of rapid repairing for composites and structural fibre-reinforced plastic waste aggregate concrete members” Structures. (2023): 56, 105061. (ISSN 2352-0124),  (Impact Factor = 4.1). Authors:  Elhadi, K.M., Abdellatif, S., Raza, A., Arshad, M.
8. “A scientometric evaluation of self-healing cementitious composites for sustainable built environment applications” Journal of Building Engineering. (2023): 76, 107361. (ISSN 2352-7102),  (Impact Factor = 6.4). Authors:  Abdellatif, S., Elhadi, K.M., Raza, A., Arshad, M. Elhag, A.B.
9. “A critical review on mechanical, durability, and microstructural properties of industrial by-product-based geopolymer composites” Journal of Reviews on Advanced Materials Science. (2023): 62(1), pp.1-38. (ISSN 1605-8127), (Impact Factor = 5.028). Authors: Elhag, A.B., Raza, A., Khan, Q.Z., Abid, M., Masood, B., Arshad, M., Deifalla, A.F. 
10. “Behavior of alkali-activated coal ash basalt fiber-reinforced geopolymer nanocomposite incorporated with nano sodium oxide” Journal of Materials Letters. (2023): 335, 133850. (ISSN 0167-577X), (Impact Factor = 3.57). Authors: Ouni, M.H., Raza, A., Haider, H., Arshad, M., Azab, M., Elhag, A.B. 
11. “Assessing the Rainfall Water Harvesting Potential Using Geographical Information System (GIS)” CivilEng.  (2022): 3(4), pp.895-908. (ISSN 2673-4109),  Authors: Ahmed, A., Valyrakis, M., Ghumman, A.R.,  Arshad, M., Pasha, G.A., Farooq, A., and Janjua, S. 
12. “Parametric Investigation of GFRP-RCC Jute Fibre-Reinforced Recycled Aggregate Concrete Elements” Journal of Structures. (2022): 45(1), pp.1043-1061. (ISSN 2352-0124), (Impact Factor = 4.01). Authors: El Ouni, M.H., Raza, A., Elhadi, K.M, Azab, M., Arshad, M., and Matiullah.
13. “Enhancement of mechanical and toughness properties of carbon fiber-reinforced geopolymer pastes comprising nano calcium oxide” Journal of Austrailian Ceramic Society. (2022): 59(2), pp.1-13. (ISSN 2510-1560), (Impact Factor = 1.52). Authors: El Ouni, M.H., Raza, A., Haider, H., Arshad, M., and Babar, A.
14. “Theoretical Prediction of Two-Peak Behavior of GFRP-Reinforced Concrete Compressive Members” Journal of Materiale Plastice. (2022): 59(3), pp.31-51. (ISSN 2668 – 8220), (Impact Factor = 0.782). Authors: Ouni, M.H., Raza, A., Arshad, M.
15. “Comparative geospatial approach for agricultural crops identification in interfluvial plain - A case study of Sahiwal district, Pakistan” Pakistan Journal of Agriculture Sciences. (2022): 59(4), pp.567-578. (ISSN 0552 – 9034), (Impact Factor = 0.856). Authors: Raza, D., Shu, H., Khan, S.U., Ehsan, M., Saeed, U., Aslam, H., Aslam, W.A., Arshad, M.
16. “Evaluation of foliage spread conversion into industrial land under the significance of urbanization and environment” Fresenius Environmental Bulletin. (2020): 29(6), pp.4612-4623. (ISSN 1018 – 4619), (Impact Factor = 0.37). Authors: Khan, S.U., Raza, D., Saeed, U., Younas, I., Arshad, M., Ali, M. and Ahmad, S.R.

Conference Papers:

1. Yasir, M., Khurshid, M.B., Khan, J.A., Arshad, M., 2022. 'Modelling the Relationship of Road Network with Built up Areas', December 15-16, 2022, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering and Disaster Management (ICCEDM-2022), Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar. ISBN: 969-23648-1-5.
2. Ahmed, A., Ghumman, A.R., Alsaleem., S.S., Pasha, G., Arshad, M., Rashid, T., Ali, M., and Umer, 2019. ‘Investigation of Rainfall Harvesting Potential in University of Engineering & Technology Taxila- A GIS approach. 22-24 January 2019, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Water Resources and Arid KSA Environments, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
3. Bilal, H., Yaqub, M., Rehman, S.K, Arshad, M. and Ullah, R., 2018. ‘Effect of waste foundry sand as a fractional replacement of natural clayey soil on the properties of fired clay bricks’, October 18-19, 2018, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Management & Sciences (ICETEMS-2018), City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan: Paper ID: ICETEMS-18-192.
4. Bilal, H., Yaqub, M., Rehman, S.K, Arshad, M. and Ullah, R., 2018. ‘Effect of marble dust as a partial replacement of natural sand on the performance of concrete’, October 18-19, 2018, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Management & Sciences (ICETEMS-2018), City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan: Paper ID: ICETEMS-18-194.

▪ Topographic Survey of Construction Site of Official Residences for The Honourable Federal Tax Ombudsman, Sector F-5/2, Islamabad.

▪ Topographic Survey for Establishment of Pak-Korea Testing Lab for PV. Modules and Allied Equipment, Sector H-8/4, Islamabad. 

Resident Tutor (RT) Hostels, January, 2016 to December, 2017.

Lecturer (26th Dec. 2022 - To Date) at University of Engineering & Technology, UET Taxila, Pakistan
Lab Engineer (4th Nov. 2013 - 25th Dec. 2022) at University of Engineering & Technology, UET Taxila, Pakistan
Site Engineer (Civil) (1st Oct. 2012 – 31st Nov. 2013) at National Foundation at Resource Development (NFRD), Rawalpindi, Pakistan 

1. I serve as a reviewer for academic journal of Materials, MDPI with ISSN of 1996-1944, CS of 4.7 and 3.748 IF.  
2. Participated as trainer/ resource person for CPD workshop on "Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing in the field of Engineering" organised by Department of Environmental Engineering, UET Taxila (2021)

Registered Engineer of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC). CIVIL/33690

IEP Islamabad, Pakistan Since 2013. No. M-18407/PSR-254 (CIVIL)

Undergraduate Labs in Civil Engineering Department:

1. Surveying-I

2. Surveying-II

Undergraduate Courses in Environmental Engineering Department:

1. Introduction to GIS &  RS

2. Surveying & Leveling

Lecturer

As a Participant:

1. National Conference on Rehabilitation & Strengthening of Structures (NCRSS 2017) Organized by Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Lahore, Pakistan Dated: December 13-14, 2017.

Paper(s) Published in Conference Proceedings:

1. Ahmed, A., Ghumman, A.R., Alsaleem., S.S., Pasha, G., Arshad, M., Rashid, T., Ali, M., and Umer, 2019. ‘Investigation of Rainfall Harvesting Potential in University of Engineering & Technology Taxila- A GIS approach. 22-24 January 2019, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Water Resources and Arid KSA Environments, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2. Bilal, H., Yaqub, M., Rehman, S.K, Arshad, M. and Ullah, R., 2018. ‘Effect of waste foundry sand as a fractional replacement of natural clayey soil on the properties of fired clay bricks’, October 18-19, 2018, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Management & Sciences (ICETEMS-2018), City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan: Paper ID: ICETEMS-18-192.
3. Bilal, H., Yaqub, M., Rehman, S.K, Arshad, M. and Ullah, R., 2018. ‘Effect of marble dust as a partial replacement of natural sand on the performance of concrete’, October 18-19, 2018, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Management & Sciences (ICETEMS-2018), City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan: Paper ID: ICETEMS-18-194.

CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CPD) ACTIVITIES  

1. GIS and Remote Sensing in the Field of Engineering
2. Self Consolidating Concrete (SCC)
3. Risk Management in Construction
4. Sustainable Urban Transportation System
5. Teaching & Learning focused on Outcome Based Education (OBE)
6. Tools to Improve Professional Writing
7. Engineering Leadership and Ethics
8. Rehabilitation & Strengthening of Structures 
9. Discovering the World through GIS
10. Climate Change & Water (Seminar)
11. Hydrological Modeling for Snow-Fed Catchment (Webinar)
12. Entrepreneurship for Engineers
13. Development of Technical Team & Execution of a Project
14. Watershed Modeling using Python and Pyshed (Online Workshop)
15. Distributed Hydrological Modeling using Satellite Precipitation Data (Online Workshop)
16. Digital Transformation (Online Workshop)
17. Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Technologies and Business Strategy (Online Workshop)
18. Massive Connectivity in 5G+ Networks for Smart Cities

SEMINARS, WBINARS & ONLINE CONFERENCES  

1. Importance of Space Education and Awareness; Case Study of Pakistan's Space Education & Awareness Drive (SEAD) Program, ISNET.
2. "Discovering the World through GIS ”, Directorate of Soil Survey, Agriculture Department, Govt. of KP, Pakistan.
3. Webinar Training on Forestry Applications (QGIS), TGIS Online Platform, Gujrat, India 
4. Air Quality in Pakistan: Interpreting Data and Improving Public Health Communication, Centre for Climate Research and Development (CCRD), Islamabad, Pakistan.
5. River Modelling Using HEC-RAS 1D/ 2D Features, Centre of Excellence in Water Resource Engineering (CEWRE), UET Lahore, Pakistan
6. International Webinar on Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Aerosol - Recent Perspective on Air Quality & Modeling, Department of Physics, KL University, Andhra Pradesh, India
7. International Webinar on Use of GPS & GNSS in Modern Survey, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, India
8. Webinar on Two Dimensional (2D) Sediment Transport Modeling, Center of Excellence in Water Resource Engineering (CEWRE), UET Lahore, Pakistan
9. Seminar on Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) Model Training and Application, BZU, Multan, Pakistan
10. Land Resource Assessment Using Remote Sensing, Department of Geography, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

• “Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) in the Field of Engineering” on 4th March, 2021, CPD Workshop by Environmental Engineering Department, UET Taxila, Pakistan. (As a trainer)
• “Geographic Information System (GIS)” on 20-24th October, 2022, Hands On Workshop by Department of Zoology, University of Karachi, Pakistan. (As a trainer)
• “Research and Inferential Statistics - Capacity Building in Inferential Statistics and Analysis” on 26-27th January, 2017, through Video Conferencing by Research Center for Training & Development (RCTD), Dubai.
• “GIS & GeoVisualisation” on 3-7th April, 2017, by The Urban Unit, Urban Sector Development & Management Services Unit (Pvt.) Ltd., Lahore, Pakistan.
• “Life Skills” on 19-20th, February, 2018 by Punjab Higher Education Commission (PHEC) Staff Development Academy, Lahore, Pakistan.
• “Satellite Land Monitoring System for REDD+”, on 13-15th March, 2017 by Ministry of Climate Change, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• “Hands-on Training Course on ArcGIS Software”, on 9-13th July, 2018 by Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Space Applications and Research Centre (SPARC), Lahore, Pakistan.
• “Climate Change and Numerical Modeling (RegCM)”, on 6-10th August, 2018 by Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), National Centre for Remote Sensing & Geoinformatics (NCRG), Karachi, Pakistan.
• “Spatial Database Development for Web GIS using Open Source Software”, on 10-14th September, 2018 by, Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Space Applications and Research Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• “Remote Sensing & GIS Applications in Land Administration”, on 12-16th November, 2018 by Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Space and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan.
• “Analysis & Interpreatation with SPSS Tools”, on 19-20th March, 2019 by COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• “Satellite Based Disaster Management and Mitigation”, on 01-05th April, 2019 by Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Space Applications and Research Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• “R for Everyone; Introduction to Data Analysis and Visualization”, on 25-26th April, 2019 by COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• “Python: Pythonian way of Learning Data Analyzation and Visualization”, on 11-12th July, 2019 by COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• “Advanced Remote Sensing & GIS”, on 15-26th July, 2019 by Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), National Centre for Remote Sensing & Geoinformatics (NCRG), Karachi, Pakistan.
• “Hydro-Climatic Modeling and Analysis Techniques”, on 10-13th February, 2020 by Geospatial Research & Education Lab (GREL), IST, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• “Python for Scientific Calculations, Spatial Data Handling, and Remote Sensing”, on 3-7th February, 2020 by Geospatial Research & Education Lab (GREL), IST, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• “Introduction to GIS Mapping”, Online Course, September, 2020, University of Torronto, Canada.
• “GIS Data Acquisition and Map Design”, Online Course, September, 2020, University of Torronto, Canada.
• “Spatial Analysis and Satellite Imagery in a GIS”, Online Course, September, 2020, University of Torronto, Canada.
• “Fundamentals of GIS”, Online Course, September, 2020, University of California, Davis, USA.
• “Virtual Training Workshop on Earth Observation Applications in Agriculture & Forestry”, on 18 August, 2020 to 10th September, 2020 by Centre for Water Informatics and Technology (WIT), LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan.
• “Hydrological Modeling for Snow-Fed Catchment (Webinar)”, on 13th October, 2020 by CEWRE, UET Lahore, Pakistan.
• “Discovering the World through GIS (Webinar)”, on 25th November, 2020 by Directorate of Soil Survey, Agriculture Department, Govt. of KP, Pakistan.
• “Climate Change and Water" (International Seminar)”, on 2nd December, 2020 by CEWRE, UET Lahore, Pakistan.
• “Virtual Training Workshop on Google Earth Engine”, 14th October - 16th December, 2020 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Pakistan.
• “Environmental and Climate Change Analysis using Google Earth Engine (GEE)", on 25-27th December, 2020 by Geo-Training Wing of Geo-Spatial Works, Lahore, Pakistan.
• “Webinar Training on Vegetation Analysis with Satellite Imagery in GIS Software", on 25-26th January, 2021 by The Creators at Online Platform, Ranchi, Jharkand, India.
• “Improving Research Planning skills using Elsevier Tools-ScienceDirect & Scopus", on 9th February, 2021 by Elsevier at Online Platform, University of Engineering and Technology, UET, Taxila, Pakistan.
• “Webinar Training on HEC-RAS Modelling", on 13th February, 2021 by TGIS at Online Platform, Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India.
• “Online Beginner's Course on Google Earth Engine", on 15th-16th March, 2021 by The Creators Online Platform, India.
• “Webinar Training on HEC-HMS Modelling", on 17th April, 2021 by TGIS at Online Platform, Ahmedabad, Gujrat, India.
• “Online Workshop on River Modelling Using HEC-RAS 1D / 2D Features", on 28th April, 2021 by CEWRE, UET Lahore, Pakistan.
• “Remote Sensing Image Acquisition, Analysis and Applications”, Online Course, 24th March - 13th May, 2021, The University of New South Wales UNSW, Australia.
• “Landslide Hazard Modeling: A Geospatial Technique”, Online Workshop, 29th May - 30th May, 2021, Integrated Institute for Advanced Research and Information (IIARI), India.
• “Introduction to R for Hydrology”, Online Workshop, 4th June, 2021, UNESCO Water Chair on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), COMSATS University, Islamabad, Wah Campus.
• “Workshop on Empowering Beginners with GIS (WEBGIS)”, Environmental Applications with Hands-on Training and Exercises on ArcMap, 24th August - 17th September, 2021, EnviGIS Mapping Services, Climate Beacons Network, Karachi, Pakistan.
• “Online Workshop on Utilization of Satellite Precipitation Data for Ungauged Catchments", on 27th October, 2021 by CEWRE, UET Lahore, Pakistan.
• “Google Earth Engine & Its Application in Geoinformatics”, One Month Professional Certificate Course (Online), 23rd October - 20th November, 2021, Integrated Institute for Advanced Research and Information (IIARI), India.
• “Data Science and Machine Learning using Python”, Course (Online), 21st September - 30th October, 2021, Centre for Continuing Education Studies (CES), LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan.
• “Graphic Design Course”, (Online), 1st November - 22nd December, 2021, Centre for Continuing Education Studies (CES), LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan.
• “Surface Motion Estimation with Synthetic Aperture Radar”, Course (Online), 3rd December - 30th December, 2021, Association of Sciences and Technology Professionals, Deqing Geospatial Information Town, PRC (DQGAST), China.
• “Environmental Applications of RS and GIS”, Course (Online), 30th January - 20th March, 2022, EnviGIS Mapping Services, Climate Beacons Network, Karachi, Pakistan.
• “Google Earth Engine Workshop”, (Online), 7th April, 2022, Montesinho Biodiversity Observatory, Portugal.
• “Online Workshop on Distributed Hydrological Modeling Using Satellite Precipitation Data", on 23rd June, 2022 by CEWRE, UET Lahore, Pakistan.
• “Disaster Monitoring & Management using GIS & RS",on 4-7th October, 2022 by Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Space Applications and Research Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan.

1. Engr. Hazrat Bilal
   Lecturer/ Coordinator (Academics), Department of Civil Engineering at City University of Science & Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan.
    
2. Engr. Waleed Ahmad
   Lab Engineer, Department of Civil Engineering at City University of Science & Information Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan.
    
3. Mr. Sami Ullah Khan
   GIS Manager, The Urban Unit, Urban Sector Development & Management Services Unit (Pvt.) Ltd., Lahore, Pakistan.