Dr. Zahir ud Din Khan ( Associate Professor )

33+ years of experience as Teacher, researcher and Technologist  focusing on: 

• Estabilishing the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at NUST (Islamabad) and serving as its foundar Principal
• Imparting quality education in Civil/Environmental engineering to BE, MS and PhD (Environmental Sciences & Engineering) students and scholars
• Supervising BE, MS and PhD Candidiates in Environmental/CIvil Engineering. Successfully supervised 25 MS and 2 PhD candidates
• Publishing research work in Index Factor and other Journals in Water treatment, EIA, Cleaner Production and Industrial Effluent Treatment and reuse, and Rainwater harvesting.  Completed 9 research projects on Cost-Effective water / Domestic & industrial Wastewater Treatment at national and international levels sponsored by UNESCO, HEC, WWF, and NUST.  Have Published 15 IF and 17 non-IF papers.  Work in progress on Books related to Cleaner Production, Environmental Sciences and Water Treatment
• Supervising Technical Aspects of Punjab Saaf Pani Project as Chief Technical Officer
• Promoting EIA developement, environmental management and Cleaner Production in Small and Medium Enterprises in Pakistan and Australia
• Supervised preparation of EIA Reports, Feasibility reports, RFP and RFB for water supply project.

Latest Qualification : PhD

Teaching Courses

• CE 412 Environmental Engineering
• CE 315 Hazards and Disaster Management

Research Interest

• Water Treatment, EIA, Cleaner Production, Industrial Waste Management