Ph.D in Civil Engineering

                     The University of Tokyo, Japan (2015)

M.Sc. in Civil Engineering

                     U.E.T. Taxila, Pakistan (2012)

B.Sc. (Hons.) in Civil Engineering

                     U.E.T. Taxila, Pakistan (2008)

• Soil Liquefaction
   
• Ground Response Analysis under Dynamic Loading
   
• Site Investigation
   
• Instrumentation for Slope Stability
   
• Rock Weathering
   
• Performance of Lifelines During Earthquakes
   

List of Publications

Published in International /National Journals

1. Mao, Wuwei, Wei Li, Rouzbeh Rasouli, Naveed Ahmad, Hu Zheng, and Yu Huang. "Numerical Simulation of Liquefaction-Induced Settlement of Existing Structures." Journal of Earth Science 34, no. 2 (2023): 339-346.
2. Danish, Aamar, Mohammad Ali Mosaberpanah, Rabin Tuladhar, Muhammad Usama Salim, Muhammad Arslan Yaqub, and Naveed Ahmad. "Effect of cenospheres on the engineering properties of lightweight cementitious composites: A comprehensive review." Journal of Building Engineering (2022): 104016.
3. Ibraheem, Muhammad, Faheem Butt, Rana Muhammad Waqas, Khadim Hussain, Rana Faisal Tufail, Naveed Ahmad, Ksenia Usanova, and Muhammad Ali Musarat. "Mechanical and Microstructural Characterization of Quarry Rock Dust Incorporated Steel Fiber Reinforced Geopolymer Concrete and Residual Properties after Exposure to Elevated Temperatures." Materials 14, no. 22 (2021): 6890.
4. Ahmed, Imtiaz, Nick Thom, Syed Bilal Ahmed Zaidi, Nabeel Ahmed, Juan S. Carvajal-Munoz, Taqia Rahman, and Naveed Ahmad. "A mechanistic approach to evaluate the fatigue life of inverted pavements." Construction and Building Materials 311 (2021): 125288.
5. Hussain, Khadim, Faheem Butt, Mamdooh Alwetaishi, Rana Muhammad Waqas, Fahid Aslam, Muhammad Ibraheem, Zhu Xulong, Naveed Ahmad, Rana Faisal Tufail, Muhammad ali Musarat and Enas E. Hussein. "Effect of Quarry Rock Dust as a Binder on the Properties of Fly Ash and Slag-Based Geopolymer Concrete Exposed to Ambient and Elevated Temperatures." Applied Sciences 11, no. 19 (2021): 9192.
6. Ahmad, Afaq, Muhammad Usman Arshid, Toqeer Mahmood, Naveed Ahmad, Abdul Waheed, and Syed Shujaa Safdar. "Knowledge-Based Prediction of Load-Carrying Capacity of RC Flat Slab through Neural Network and FEM." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2021 (2021).
7. Danish, Aamar, Mohammad Ali Mosaberpanah, Muhammad Usama Salim, Naveed Ahmad, Farhan Ahmad, and Afeef Ahmad. "Reusing biochar as a filler or cement replacement material in cementitious composites: A review." Construction and Building Materials 300 (2021): 124295.
8. Sohail, Muhammad Rameez, Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Usman Rashid, Rana Waqas, and Usman Muhammad. "Comparison of GFRP and CFRP confinement of normal and high strength concrete." Građevinar 72, no. 06. (2020): 475-484.
9. Muhammad Usama Salim, Naveed Ahmad, Aamar Danish. “Experimental Approach to determine the Stability of Embankment Slope using 1-D Shake Table”. Journal of Earthquake Science and Soil Dynamics Engineering, 3(1): 1-9
10. Danish, Aamar, Naveed Ahmad, and M. Usama Salim. "Manufacturing and performance of an economical 1-D shake table." Civil Engineering Journal 5, no. 9 (2019): 2019-2028.
11. Jaffar, Syed Taseer Abbas, Long-zhu Chen, Hassan Younas, and Naveed Ahmad. "Heavy metals pollution assessment in correlation with magnetic susceptibility in topsoils of Shanghai." Environmental Earth Sciences 76, no. 7 (2017): 277.
12. Safdar, Muhammad, Tauseef Shaukat, Zakria Khan, Irfan Jamil, Muhammad Waseem, and Naveed Ahmad. "Experimental and Numerical Modelling of Helical Piles Subjected to Lateral Loading." Journal of Himalayan Earth Science 54, no. 2 (2021).
13. Kaleem, AllahDitta, Naveed Ahmad, Raja Abubakar Khalid, Aamar Danish, Muhammad Safdar, Faheem Butt, and Shaheera Sharib. "Characterization and Standardization of Sand for Geotechnical Research in Pakistan." Technical Journal 26, no. 3 (2021): 1-8.
14. N. Ahmad, Y. Rasheed, U. Saleem, A. Ahmad, F. Butt, M. Safdar, S. Sharib. Technical Journal, “Mineralogy as a key parameter for strength evaluation of clayey subgrades”, 26 (3), 18-24.
15. Safdar, Muhammad, Muhammad Waseem, Tosif Ullah, Faheem Shah, Waqas Ahmad, and Naveed Ahmad. "Geochemical and geotechnical characterization of expansive soils." Bahria University Research Journal of Earth Sciences 6 (2021): 1-15.

16. Waseem, Muhammad, Muhammad Safdar, Tanveer ul Haq, Faheem Shah, Waqas Ahmad, and Naveed Ahmad. "Slope Stability Analysis of the Qalandarabad Landslide." Technical Journal 26, no. 02 (2021): 1-17.

17. Safdar, Muhammad, Hamza Ahmad Qureshi, Faheem Shah, and Naveed Ahmad. "Parametric Study and Design Method for Axial Capacity of Helical piles: A Literature Review." Journal of Applied and Emerging Sciences 11, no. 2 (2021): 217-227.

18. Qureshi, Hamza Ahmad, Naveed Ahmad, and Muhammad Safdar. "Parametric Study for Lateral Capacity of Helical Piles: A State-of-the-Art Literature Review." Journal of Applied and Emerging Sciences 11.2 (2021): 228-234.

19. Hafeez, I., et al. "A laboratory-based research study to investigate the aggregate packing characteristics and its influence on asphaltic mixture’s performance." Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 40 (2015): 3119-3134.

Paper Published in Conferences

1. Muhammad Rameez Sohail, Naveed Ahmad. “Performance enhancement of loose unsaturated soils using vertical sand drains.” 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil & Environmental Engineering (ICACEE-2023), 22-23rd Feb, 2023, University of Engineering & Technology Taxila, Pakistan.
2. Engr. Abrar Ullah, Dr. Naveed Ahmad, Dr. Irfan Jameel, Engr. Zia Ullah. “An Experimental study for Lateral Contribution of Piles and Raft in a Piled Raft Foundation.” 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil & Environmental Engineering (ICACEE-2023), 22-23rd Feb, 2023, University of Engineering & Technology Taxila, Pakistan.
3. S. Hussain, S. Mehboob, N. Ahmad, F. Butt, Abuzar. “Experimental Study on Seismic Response Characteristics of Soil On Building Models Using 1-D Shake-Table.” 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil & Environmental Engineering (ICACEE-2023), 22-23rd Feb, 2023, University of Engineering & Technology Taxila, Pakistan.
4. Abdus Saboor Khan, Kashif Riaz, Naveed Ahmad. “Relation Between Resilient Modulus Evaluated from UPV And Dynamic Triaxial Testing Machine.” 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil & Environmental Engineering (ICACEE-2023), 22-23rd Feb, 2023, University of Engineering & Technology Taxila, Pakistan..
5. Tasawar Abbas, Hammad Raza, Naveed Ahmad, Haseeb Yaqoob. “Evaluation of Dynamic Properties and Liquefaction Potential of Soils Using SPT-N Values.” 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil & Environmental Engineering (ICACEE-2023), 22-23rd Feb, 2023, University of Engineering & Technology Taxila, Pakistan.
6. Haseeb Yaqoob, Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Junaid Riaz, Maryem Naeem, Tasawar Abbas. “Laboratory Reproduced Weathering of Soft Rocks and Its Application for Risk Assessment.” 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil & Environmental Engineering (ICACEE-2023), 22-23rd Feb, 2023, University of Engineering & Technology Taxila, Pakistan.
7. Muhammad Mudassar, Dr. Zia-Ur-Rehman, Dr. Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Abdul Rehman, Babar Khan. “Study on Strength Characteristics of Collapsible Soils Considering Varying Moisture Content.” 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil & Environmental Engineering (ICACEE-2023), 22-23rd Feb, 2023, University of Engineering & Technology Taxila, Pakistan.
8. Shahrukh Abbas, Shaheera Sharib, Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Junaid Zafar. “Prediction of Geotechnical Engineering Properties Using Artificial Neural Networks: A State-of-the-Art Review and Advances.” 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil & Environmental Engineering (ICACEE-2023), 22-23rd Feb, 2023, University of Engineering & Technology Taxila, Pakistan.
9. M. Umair, Shahzad Ahmad, Noman Ali, Naveed Ahmad. “Utilization of Rice Husk Ash for Strength Enhancement of Clayey Soil.” 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil & Environmental Engineering (ICACEE-2023), 22-23rd Feb, 2023, University of Engineering & Technology Taxila, Pakistan.
10. Muhammad Zubair, Dr. Naveed Ahmad, Dr. Irfan Jamil, Muhammad Lateef, Haris Uddin Qureshi. “Role of Piles in a Piled Raft Foundation System.” 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil & Environmental Engineering (ICACEE-2023), 22-23rd Feb, 2023, University of Engineering & Technology Taxila, Pakistan.
11. Haseeb Yaqoob, Maryem Naeem, Muhammad Junaid Riaz, Naveed Ahmad. “Characterization of Weathering Cycle for Laboratory Reproduced Accelerated Weathering of Soft Indigenous Rocks.” 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering & Disaster Management, 2022, UET Peshawar, Pakistan.
12. M. Jabran, T. Mustafa, N. Ahmad, K.S. Majid. “Strength Enhancement of Expansive Soil Using Unconventional Material.” 7th Multi-Disciplinary Student Research International Conference (MDSRIC), 29-30th Nov, 2022, University of Wah, Pakistan.
13. Abrar Ullah, Naveed Ahmad, Kiramat Ali. “An Experimental Study on Lateral Contribution of Raft and Pile in a Piled Raft Foundation System” 4th Conference on Sustainability in Civil Engineering (CSCE'22), August 11 2022, Department of Civil Engineering, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
14. Muhammad Zubair, Naveed Ahmad, Irfan Jamil, Abrar Ullah. “Experimental Study on load carrying capacity of individual piles in a piled raft foundation system.” 4th Conference on Sustainability in Civil Engineering (CSCE'22), August 11 2022, Department of Civil Engineering, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
15. Hammad Haider, Naveed Ahmad, Shaheera Sharib. “Effect of Non-Plastic Fines on Hydraulic Conductivity of Lawrencepur Sand.” 1st International Conference on Advances in Civil & Environmental Engineering, 22-23rd Feb, 2022, University of Engineering & Technology Taxila, Pakistan.
16. Zakirullah, Kashif Riaz, Muhammad Bilal, Naveed Ahmad. “Development of empirical correlations between index and strength properties for indigenous subgrade soils.” 3rd Conference on Sustainability in Civil engineering (CSCE'21), August 11 2021, Department of Civil Engineering, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
17. Sharib, Shaheera, Naveed Ahmad, Vagelis Plevris, and Afaq Ahmad. "Prediction models for load carrying capacity of RC wall through neural network." In Proceedings of the 14th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control (EUROGEN 2021), pp. 132-142. 2021.
18. Engr. Rais Agha and Naveed Ahmad. “Solution to foundation problems in collapsible soils of kallar kahar, district chakwal, punjab, Pakistan.” 2nd Conference on Sustainability in Civil Engineering (CSCE’20), August 12 2020, Department of Civil Engineering, Capital University of Science & Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
19. Engr Allah Ditta Kaleem and Naveed Ahmad. "Characterization and Standardization of Sand for Laboratory Testing in Pakistan." 2nd Conference on Sustainability in Civil Engineering (CSCE’20), August 12 2020, Department of Civil Engineering, Capital University of Science & Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
20. Bilal, Muhammad, and Naveed Ahmad. "Effectiveness of Stone Dust as an Expansive Soil Stabilizer." 2nd Conference on Sustainability in Civil Engineering (CSCE’20), Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad Pakistan. 2020.
21. Hammad Haider and Naveed Ahmad, “Effect of fines on the engineering properties of lawrencepur sand”, 3rd Pak-Turk International Conference on Emerging Technologies in the field of Sciences and Engineering, (76-80), 9-10th June 2020, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
22. Naveed, A. & Towhata, I. “Undrained cyclic behavior of non-plastic silty sand using hollow cylindrical torsional shear device”, 50th Japan National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, 1st-4th September 2015, Sapporo Japan, D-07(961), 1921-1922.

1. Director Undergraduate Studies
2. Incharge Academic Cell
3. Incharge Soil Mechanics and  Foundation Laboratory 
4. Member Deparmental Curriculum
5. Member Postgraduate Scrutiny
6. Member Deparmental Consultancy Services Team

Teaching Experience

                                      05-12-2008 To date

Professional Experience (with same duration)

• Laboratory Testing related to Soil.
• Providing Consultancy Services in Soil Investigation since December 2008.

Pakistan Engineering Council

Japanese Geotechnical Society

   Undergraduate level

• Soil Mechanics-I
• Soil Mechanics-II
• Surveying (Field Work)

   Masters level

• Advanced Soil Mechanics
• Soil Dynamics
• Foundation Engineering
• Ground Improvement

   Ph.D level

• Mechanics of Unsaturated Soils
• Geo-Hazards

Lecturer                         

          05-12-2008 To 28-12-2015

Assistant Professor     

          29-12-2015 To date

1. 2nd International Conference on Advances in Civil & Environmental Engineering (ICACEE-2023), 22-23rd Feb, 2023, University of Engineering & Technology Taxila, Pakistan.
2. 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering & Disaster Management, 2022, UET Peshawar, Pakistan.
3. 7th Multi-Disciplinary Student Research International Conference (MDSRIC), 29-30th Nov, 2022, University of Wah, Pakistan.
4. 4th Conference on Sustainability in Civil Engineering (CSCE'22), August 11 2022, Department of Civil Engineering, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
5. 1st International Conference on Advances in Civil & Environmental Engineering, 22-23rd Feb, 2022, University of Engineering & Technology Taxila, Pakistan.
6. 3rd Conference on Sustainability in Civil engineering (CSCE'21), August 11 2021, Department of Civil Engineering, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
7. 14th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control (EUROGEN 2021), pp. 132-142. 2021.
8. 2nd Conference on Sustainability in Civil Engineering (CSCE’20), August 12 2020, Department of Civil Engineering, Capital University of Science & Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
9. .2nd Conference on Sustainability in Civil Engineering (CSCE’20), Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad Pakistan. 2020.
10. 3rd Pak-Turk International Conference on Emerging Technologies in the field of Sciences and Engineering, (76-80), 9-10th June 2020, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
11. 50th Japan National Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, 1st-4th September 2015, Sapporo Japan, D-07(961), 1921-1922.

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