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Muhammad Salik Javaid

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Career chronology

A concise, printable record of engineering service, advisory work, university education, credentials and public profiles.

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Current appointment
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Abasyn University Islamabad Campus
Education
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, 1994
M.Sc. Civil Engineering, 1991
Georgia Institute of Technology
Professional registration
Licensed Professional Engineer
Pakistan Engineering Council
Principal fields
Hydraulics · hydrology · water resources
hydraulic structures · disaster resilience

Engineering service

Construction, design and research

Mar 2006 — Jul 2007Rawalpindi

Director, Research & Development

Corps of Engineers · Engineer-in-Chief’s Office

Coordination and monitoring of civil-engineering research and development programmes at national level.

Jul 2002 — Oct 2005Rawalpindi

Chief Consulting Engineer

Corps of Engineers · Directorate of Design & Consultancy

Consulting design leadership for major civil and hydraulic infrastructure.

Jul 2001 — Jul 2002Pakistan

Commander, Construction Engineers Group

Frontier Works Organization

Feasibility work, specifications, cost analysis and construction management in northern Punjab and Azad Jammu & Kashmir.

Reconstruction and advisory

Risk, recovery and water infrastructure

Oct 2005 — Mar 2006Islamabad

Founder Director General (Planning)

Earthquake Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority

Policy and planning for post-earthquake housing, infrastructure and environmental reconstruction in Northern Pakistan and Azad Kashmir.

Jul 2009 — Jun 2010Pakistan

Disaster Risk Reduction Consultant

United Nations Development Programme

Work on mainstreaming disaster-risk reduction into development policy, including hydrological and geotechnical risk.

OngoingIslamabad

Technical advisory work

Independent professional practice

Dams, barrages, hydraulic structures, seepage investigation, irrigation and drainage, catchments, sediment, floods and expert review.

University education

Teaching and academic leadership

Jan 2023 — presentIslamabad

Faculty, Civil Engineering

Abasyn University Islamabad Campus

Current university directory title: Professor. Supplied résumé title for the appointment beginning in 2023: Adjunct Faculty.

May — Aug 2020Baltimore, USA

Adjunct Visiting Faculty

Morgan State University

Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Engineering.

Feb 2014 — May 2019Islamabad

Head & Founding Faculty, Civil Engineering

Abasyn University Islamabad Campus

Department formation, curriculum, laboratories, faculty and accreditation.

Sep 2011 — Feb 2014Lahore

Associate Dean & Head, Civil Engineering

The University of Lahore, New Campus

Programme leadership, accreditation, research supervision and faculty development.

Aug 2009 — Jul 2011Islamabad

Head, Hydraulics & Water Resources

NUST School of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Graduate and undergraduate teaching, research and laboratory development.

Aug 2007 — Jul 2009Risalpur

Head, Hydraulics & Fluid Mechanics

NUST Military College of Engineering

Teaching, departmental research and academic committee service.

Education

Engineering formation

Ph.D., Civil Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
1994
M.Sc., Civil Engineering
Certificate in Geo-Hydrology
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
1991
B.Sc., Civil Engineering
Military College of Engineering, Risalpur
1984

Affiliations

Professional bodies

Pakistan Engineering Council · American Society of Civil Engineers · Institution of Engineers Pakistan · Global Water Partnership · Pakistan Water Partnership · National Water Policy Expert Group · Energy Security Action Plan Expert Group

Membership grade, registration numbers and appointment dates are omitted where the supplied record does not provide them.

External records

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