Research At COMSATS

Environmental, Water and Geomatics Engineering

Dr. Tahir Ali Akbar

	Designation:	Associate Professor
	Email:	drtahir@cuiatd.edu.pk
	Phone No. :	+92 992 383591-5 Ext.325
	Role:	Faculty
	Research Interests:	Civil Engineering, Water & Waste Water Engineering, Environmental Engineering Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Global PositioningSystem Hydrology, Surface & Groundwater Quality Modelling & Assessment Environmental Quality Modelling & Assessment Land Use Land Cover Change Analysis and Modelling Flood Hazard & Risk Assessment, Drought Hazard & Risk Assessment, Erosion Hazard & Risk Assessment Landslide Hazard & Risk Assessment, Earthquake Hazard & Risk Assessment Multi-hazard Vulnerability Risk Assessment Infrastructure Construction, Maintenance, Rehabilitation and Management Institutional Capacity Assessment Urban Planning, Urban Development, Urban Environment, Urban Services Project Planning, Development, Coordination and Management Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Mining Consultation, Training, Teaching & Research

Academics/ Degrees

PhD in Civil Engineering (2013, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

MS in Natural Resources (2001, University of Wisconsin, USA)

ME in Environmental Engineering (1998, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand)

BS in Civil Engineering (1995, University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan)

Publications/Papers

2021

Journal

T.A.Akbar, Jonas Geldmann,Francis Buner,Zafeer Saqib,Abeer Hashem,Al-Bandari Fahad Al-Arjani,Abdulaziz A. Alqarawi,Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah,A.Pervez,Q.Mahmood,Muhammad Naeem Awan "The Effectiveness of Protected Areas in Conserving Globally Threatened Western Tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus" , Animals ,Volume 11 ,Issue 3 ,Page 680 , 2021

2020

Journal

M.Izhar,Asim Jahangir Khan,Quazi K. Hassan,Asif Khan,T.A.Akbar,Ashraf Dewan "Predicting hydrologic responses to climate changes in highly glacierized and mountainous region Upper Indus Basin." , Royal Society open science , 2020

T.A.Akbar,Allauddin Kakar "Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Selected Marine Fish Species of Gadani Shipbreaking Area and Pakistan." , MDPI,Animals , 2020

T.A.Akbar,Quazi K. Hassan,Q.Mahmood,Gopal Achari "Development and Application of Exceedance Model for Surface Water Quality Parameters." , Polish Journal of Environmental Studies ,Volume 30 ,Issue 2 ,Page 1497-1511 , 2020

Conference

T.A.Akbar "Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Selected Marine Fish Species of Gadani Shipbreaking Area and Pakistan." , MDPI, Animals , 2020

2019

Journal

T.A.Akbar "Investigative Spatial Distribution and Modelling of Existing and Future Urban Land Changes and Its Impact on Urbanization and Economy" , Remote Sensing, January 2019. ,Volume 11 ,Issue 2 ,Page 105 , 2019

T.A.Akbar "Simulating Current and Future River-Flows in the Karakoram and Himalayan Regions of Pakistan Using Snowmelt-Runoff Model and RCP Scenarios" , Water, April 2019. ,Volume 11 ,Issue 4 ,Page 761 , 2019

T.A.Akbar "Remote Sensing-Based Quantification of the Relationships between Land Use Land Cover Changes and Surface Temperature over the Lower Himalayan Region" , Sustainability, 3rd October 2019 ,Volume 11 ,Issue 19 ,Page 5492 , 2019

T.A.Akbar,Qaisar Mahmood,Zulfiqar Ahmad Bhatti,Faridullah,Muhammad Irshad,Muhammad Bilal,Malik Tahir Hayat,Usman Irshad,Muhammad Arslan,Naeem Shahid,Maria Sabeen "Allium cepa assay based comparative study of selected vegetables and the chromosomal aberrations due to heavy metal accumulation." , Saudi journal of biological sciences , 2019

2018

Journal

T.A.Akbar,Ahmad Raza,Hira Jabbar "GIS Based Decision Making in Education Sector" , Pakistan Journal of Urban Affairs ,Volume 6 ,Page 46 , 2018

2017

Journal

T.A.Akbar "Pedestrian Environment and Behavior in Lahore, Pakistan." , Journal of Transport & Health, 14 Sep, 2017 ,Volume 7 ,Issue 2 ,Page 181-189 , 2017

T.A.Akbar "An Innovative Solution for e-governance and election management." , Urban Geographics, September 2017 ,Volume 1 ,Issue 1 ,Page 22-25 , 2017

Conference

T.A.Akbar "GIS-based Mapping and Accessibility Analysis to Public Health Facilities in Sheikhupura, Pakistan" , Future Smart Cities, The Asia GIS Conference 2017, Asia Geographic Information System, Hong Kong Geographic Information System Association, Centre of Urban Studies sand Urban Planning, HKUrbanLab, The University of Hong Kong, Geographic/Land Information System Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong, January 5-7, 2017 , 2017

T.A.Akbar "Land Cover Change Analysis Using Remote Sensing" , 19th International Conference on Geodetic Remote Sensing and Data Analysis, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, Hotel NH Roma Villa Carpegna, Rome, Italy, March5-6, 2017. , 2017

2015

Conference

T.A.Akbar "GIS Application in KPK Welfare Department Assisted in Mapping Disabilities for District Haripur" , 3rd Pakistan Urban Forum, The Urban Unit, Alhamra Arts Council Lahore, Dec. 4-8, 2015. , 2015

T.A.Akbar "GIS Applications for Police Department in Punjab & KPK" , 3rd Pakistan Urban Forum, The Urban Unit, Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore, Dec. 4-8, 2015. , 2015

T.A.Akbar "GIS For Health Sector of KPK & Punjab" , 3rd Pakistan Urban Forum, The Urban Unit, Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore, Dec. 4-8, 2015. , 2015

T.A.Akbar "GIS Provided Innovative Solution for Election Management in KPK & Punjab" , 3rd Pakistan Urban Forum, The Urban Unit, Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore, Dec. 4-8, 2015. , 2015

T.A.Akbar "GIS Improved Decision Making in Education Sector For KPK & Punjab" , 3rd Pakistan Urban Forum, The Urban Unit, Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore, Dec. 4-8, 2015. , 2015

T.A.Akbar "GIS For Disaster & Emergency Management Smarter Planning. Better Response. Faster Recovery" , 3rd Pakistan Urban Forum, The Urban Unit, Alhamra Arts Council, Lahore, Dec. 4-8, 2015. , 2015

2013

Journal

T.A.Akbar "Development of Remote Sensing Based Models for Surface Water Quality" , CLEAN-Soil, Air, Water, 4 Oct,2013 ,Volume 42 ,Issue 11 ,Page 1044-1051 , 2013

T.A.Akbar "Pesticide Health Risk Mapping and Sensitivity Analysis of Parameters in Groundwater Vulnerability Assessment" , CLEAN-Soil, Air, Water, 14 Jan, 2013 ,Volume 41 ,Issue 11 ,Page 1073-1079 , 2013

T.A.Akbar "Clusterization of Surface Water Quality and Its Relation to Climate and Land Use/Cover" , Journal of Environmental Protection, April,2013. ,Volume 4 ,Issue 4 ,Page 333-343 , 2013

Conference

T.A.Akbar "Developing Remote Sensing-Based Models for Quantifying Water Quality" , Remote Sensing & Monitoring Forum, Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada (PTAC) and Leading Operational Observations & Knowledge for the North (LOOKNorth), Calgary, Petroleum Club, Devonian Room, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 27, 2013 , 2013

2012

Conference

T.A.Akbar "Surface Water Quality Classification and Analysis Using Machine Learning and MODIS" , Annual scientific meeting of Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) and The Canadian Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (CSAFM), Banff Park Lodge, Banff, Alberta, Canada, June 5-8, 2012. , 2012

2011

Journal

T.A.Akbar "Landslide hazard zoning along Himalayan Kaghan Valley of Pakistan—by integration of GPS, GIS, and remote sensing technology" , Landslides, December, 2011 ,Volume 8 ,Issue 4 ,Page 527-540 , 2011

T.A.Akbar "A Methodology for Clustering Lakes in Alberta on the basis of Water Quality Parameters" , CLEAN-Soil, Air, Water, 13 October 2011 ,Volume 39 ,Issue 10 ,Page 916-924 , 2011

T.A.Akbar "Development and evaluation of GIS-based ArcPRZM-3 system for spatial modeling of groundwater vulnerability to pesticide contamination" , Computer & Geosciences, July 2011 ,Volume 37 ,Issue 7 ,Page 822-830 , 2011

Conference

T.A.Akbar "Multivariate Statistical and GIS based Methodology for Source Water Quality Classification" , Canadian Geophysical Union, Banff Park Lodge, Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 15-18, 2011. , 2011

2010

Journal

T.A.Akbar "GIS based ArcPRZM-3 model for bentazon leaching towards groundwater" , Journal of Environmental Sciences, December 2010 ,Volume 22 ,Issue 12 ,Page 1854-1859 , 2010

T.A.Akbar,G. Achari,Q. K. Hassan "A Remote Sensing Based Framework for Predicting Water Quality of Different Source Waters" , The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (ISPRS Archives) ,Volume 34 ,Issue 0 ,Page 0 , 2010

Conference

T.A.Akbar "A Remote Sensing Based Framework for Predicting Water Quality of Different Source Waters." , Canadian Geomatics Conference and Symposium of Commission I, Convergence in Geomatics – Shaping Canada's Competitive Landscape, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), Calgary, Alberta, Canada, May 15-18, 2010 , 2010

2009

Conference

T.A.Akbar "GIS Based Earthquake Hazard Analysis of Kaghan Valley" , 3rd International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan, August 16-18, 2009. , 2009

T.A.Akbar "GIS Based Earthquake Hazard Impact Assessment for Muzaffarabad, AJK, " , 3rd International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan, August 16-18, 2009. , 2009

T.A.Akbar "Pakistan GIS-Web Based Disaster Management System, " , 3rd International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan, August 16-18, 2009. , 2009

T.A.Akbar "Application of GIS Based Landslide Hazard Zonation Map for Construction of Roads in Kaghan Valley," , 3rd International Conference on Environmental Sustainable Development, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan, August 16-18, 2009. , 2009

T.A.Akbar "Visual Basic-ArcView Based System for Ground Water Contamination Analysis" , 13th International Diffuse Pollution Conference by International Water Association (IWA DIPCON), Seoul, South Korea, October 12-15, 2009 , 2009

T.A.Akbar "GIS-RS Based Decision Support System for Water Quality Management in Alberta" , 3rd International Poster Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Nov. 5, 2009. , 2009

2001

Conference

T.A.Akbar "An Integrated ArcPRZM-3 System for Spatial Modelling of Pesticide and Nitrate Leaching" , National conference, 24th Annual Meeting of Green Bay American Water Resources Association, 2001 , 2001

T.A.Akbar "Development, Application and Comparison of ArcPrzm-3 with DRASTIC for Pesticide Contamination Analysis of Ground Water in Woodruff County, Arkansas" , National meeting of American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America, Charlotte, USA, 2001 , 2001

2000

Conference

T.A.Akbar "An integrated ArcView-PRZM3 system for non-point source pollution Modelling, " , 4th International Conferences on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modelling, 2-8 Sep,2000 , 2000

T.A.Akbar "An Integrated Arcview-PRZM3 System for Spatial Modelling of Pesticide and Nitrate Leaching," , National conference, 92nd Annual Meeting/Conference for Soil Science Society of America, Nov. 5-9, 2000 , 2000

T.A.Akbar "Assessing Nonpoint Source Agricultural Chemical Pollution Using a Coupled GIS-Model System in the Arkansas Delta." , International conference, 92nd Annual Meeting/Conference for Soil Science Society of America, 5-9 Nov 2000 , 2000

Environmental, Water and Geomatics Engineering

Dr. Tahir Ali Akbar

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