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Name Engr. Sadia Fida
Designation Lecturer
Department Environmental Engineering (Taxila)
Highest Qualification M.Sc. (Environmental Engineering), University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan
Specialization Water & Wastewater Treatment/ Noise Assessment/EIA
Phone No 051-9047-799
Cell No
Fax No 051-9047-797
Email [email protected]

- Ph.D. (Cont'd) Environmental Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology Islamabad, Pakistan.

- MS Environmental Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan.

- B.Sc.(Environmental Engineering) University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Pakistan.

  • Water and wastewater treatment
  •  Environmental Impact Assessments
  •  Solid waste Management

Journal Articles:

  1. Muhammad Zeeshan, Sadia Fida, Aki Sebastian Ruhl, Uchenna Egwu, Gaurav Kondal, Shamas Tabraiz, Comparison of NaOH and NaOCl on-line chemical enhanced backwash on membrane fouling of high flux membrane bioreactor treating sewage,Chemical Engineering Journal Advances,Volume 14,2023,100500,ISSN 2666-8211,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2023.100500.
  2. Fida, S., Haydar, S., & Zeeshan, M. (2022). Fouling reduction in nanofiltration membranes in the treatment of municipal sewage–effect of coagulant type used for prior chemically enhanced primary treatment. Water Science & Technology, 86(9), 2375-2384.
  3. Muhammad Bilal Asif, Nadeem Majeed, Sidra Iftekhar, Rasikh Habib, Sadia Fida, Shamas Tabraiz, (2015), chemically enhanced primary treatment of textile effluent using alum sludge and chitosan, Desalination and Water Treatment, DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1015448. (I.F. 0.987)
  4. Shamas Tabraiz, Sarmad Hassan, Aumber Abbas, Sadia Nasreen, Muhammad Zeeshan, Sadia Fida, Burhan Abdullah Shamurad, Kishor Acharya, Evangelos Petropoulos (2018), Effect of effluent and sludge recirculation ratios on integrated fixed films A2O system nutrients removal efficiency treating sewage, Desalination and Water Treatment, 2018 (I.F. 0.987)

Conference Papers:

1- Zeeshan, M., Nasreen, S., Fida, S., Abbas, B., Rashid, M. U., Amir, M. T. Heavy Metals Leaching and Groundwater Pollution in Hattar Industrial Estate (HIE) Haripur, Pakistan. 7th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Sciences, Singapore (29-30 January 2018), doi:10.5176/2251-189X_SEES18.6

2- Zeeshan, M., Fida, S., Bibi, Z., Ahmed, M. S., Jalil, K. A. 2017. Fouling Reduction Techniques in Membrane Bioreactor: A Review. 1st International Conference on SEPARATION PROCESSES – ICSP 17, Lahore (26-27 April, 2017)]

Potential Reuse of municipal wastewater using Nano-filtration

▪ Air quality Assessment of Margallah Crushing Zone, Taxila

▪ Advanced wastewater treatment of different Textile Processing units and its potential onsite reuse for environmental and economic benefits.

▪ Integration of Up-flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) and Adsorption Technique for Treatment of Beverage Industry Wastewater

▪ Evaluation and Optimization of Leachate Treatment by Fenton Process Combined with Adsorption

▪ Optimization of Thermal Catalytic Depolymerization of Plastic waste to enhance fuel yield

  • Director Undergraduate Studies
  • Incharge Academic Cell, Environmental Engineering Department, UET Taxila.
  • Member Subject Committee
  • Member Scholarship and Fee Concession Committee
  • Focal Person for Laptop Distribution

(a) March-12, 2013 to July-31, 2013 EMPLOYER: International Development Consultants, Lahore Pakistan. Worked as Environmental Engineer - Environmental Impact Assessment of Kurram Tangi Dam - Resettlement plans for the Construction of Pakpattan Hydro-power Project

(b) Feb-14, 2014 to 29-April, 2014 EMPLOYER: National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad PAKISTAN. Worked as Lab Engineer in Biotechnology Lab.

(c) 30-April, 2014 to date. EMPLOYER: University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila Pakistan. Currently Teaching - Environmental Impact Assessment - Microbiology - Cleaner Production Techniques

- Pakistan Engineering Council (Enviro/208)

Teaching following Subjects of B.Sc Environmental Engineering

  • Introduction to Environmental Engineering
  • Cleaner Production Techniques
  • Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Air and Noise Pollution Control Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering Lab Techniques
  • Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
  • Pakistan Engineering Council (Registered Engineer)

Conference Papers:

1- Zeeshan, M., Nasreen, S., Fida, S., Abbas, B., Rashid, M. U., Amir, M. T. Heavy Metals Leaching and Groundwater Pollution in Hattar Industrial Estate (HIE) Haripur, Pakistan. 7th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Sciences, Singapore (29-30 January 2018), doi:10.5176/2251-189X_SEES18.6

2- Zeeshan, M., Fida, S., Bibi, Z., Ahmed, M. S., Jalil, K. A. 2017. Fouling Reduction Techniques in Membrane Bioreactor: A Review. 1st International Conference on SEPARATION PROCESSES – ICSP 17, Lahore (26-27 April, 2017)]

Potential Reuse of municipal wastewater using Nano-filtration

▪ Air quality Assessment of Margallah Crushing Zone, Taxila

▪ Advanced wastewater treatment of different Textile Processing units and its potential onsite reuse for environmental and economic benefits.

▪ Integration of Up-flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) and Adsorption Technique for Treatment of Beverage Industry Wastewater

▪ Evaluation and Optimization of Leachate Treatment by Fenton Process Combined with Adsorption

▪ Optimization of Thermal Catalytic Depolymerization of Plastic waste to enhance fuel yield

▪ “Practical Perspective of Environmental Engineers” by Environmental Engineering and Management Society on 25, August to 1st, Sept 2013, Lahore Pakistan.

▪ “Climate change Implication and adaptation for Rural Areas” on 19th to 23rd December, 2016 by National Centre for Rural Development, Islamabad.

▪ One day seminar “Engineering Leadership and Ethics” on 18th February, 2016 by Pakistan Engineering Council.

▪ International workshop on “Resource recovery from Membrane Biological Reactors from Laboratory to Pilot Scale” on 31st March – 1 st April, 2016 by Water Aid`.

▪ “Research and Inferential Statistics Capacity Building in Inferential Statistics and Analysis” on 26th to 27th January, 2017 by Research centre for Training and Development, UET Taxila.

▪ Workshop on Outcome Based Education (OBE) systems by Dr. Abdul Khaliq (CASE) 24th January, 2017 UET, Taxila

▪ International workshop on Outcome Based Education (OBE) systems by Prof. Megat on 1st-2nd February, 2017 by UET, Taxila & PEC.

▪ Workshop on Outcome Based Education (OBE) systems by Dr. Shahiad (CASE) on 6th February, 2017 by UET, Taxila.

▪ Importance of Safety, Health and Environment Regulations for Sustainable Development in Perspective of Pakistan Vision 2025 and to achieve Sustainable and Millennium Development Goals 6th October 2016 Pakistan Chapter of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)

▪ “Environmental Impact Assessment for Rural Development Projects” on 8th to 10th May, 2017 by National Centre for Rural Development, Islamabad. (As a trainer)