Profile

Career 

I joined Loughborough University from industry in 1993 , following a career in infrastructure project management with an American corporation. I was attracted to work in international development with specific reference to sustainable urban infrastructure provision. Now Professor of Sustainable Infrastructure at WEDC, I have published more than 200 journal papers, books and conference papers and has international experience of more than 30 countries. I am also  a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, a member of the editorial panel of an Institution of Civil Engineers journal, have served on several scientific committees and refereed several journals and research submissions for esteemed journals.

Professional affiliations

  • Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, (Member since 1997, awarded Fellowship in 2008.)
  • Member of Pakistan Engineering Council, life member since 1986.
  • Member of World Road Association (PIARC).
  • Member of CIB Work Commission 107 (Construction in Developing Countries) and also participated in the activities of other CIB commissions and task groups. Appointed since 2001.
  • Editorial Panel Member –Engineering Sustainability, ICE

Awards

  • Fellow of higher Eudcation Academy, FHEA
  • Awarded Prize by Mr Bill Gates on Reinvent the Toilet Chllage in 2012

Examples of esteemed professional activities 

Several on-going activities like keeping contacts with the United Nations, The World Bank, etc. 

  • 2019 - Invited participation as the expert reviewer for  the proposal under Academy of Finland, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research.
  • 2018 - Invited by The Royal Society to be part of their review panel  for an  interdisciplinary grant led by the Royal Society in partnership with our sister Academies, The Academy of Medical Sciences, The British Academy and The Royal Academy of Engineering and funded through the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF).
  • 2018 - Invited by CIB to be a member of the Scientific and Technical Committee of the International conference on Professionalism and Ethics in construction held from 21-22 November in UK. 
  • 2018 - Invited participation as the scientific expert in a panel of Academy of Finland, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research.
  • 2017 - Invited by Grand Challenge Fund Canada in their research peer review committee. 
  • 2017 - Invited to be part of Technical Committee on  ISO IWA on Community Scale Resource Oriented Sanitation Treatment Systems. The standard Development is being co-ordinated by ANSI.
  • 2017 - Awarded Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
  • 2016 - Invited by Government of Pakistan to participate in President’s Programme for Care of Highly Qualified Professionals.
  • 2015 - Invited by Roca and Blue print to participate in a meeting hosted on World Toilet day.
  • 2014 - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, after an international competition, awarded funds of  $3,344,569 USD (~ 3.6 million) to the Loughborough University team lead by me. The grant will focus on field-testing the Transformative Technology (for Reinvented Toilet) in Africa and Asia. 

Key collaborators

My research and enterprise activities are conducted with a range of academic and stakeholder partners, including: The World Bank, United Nations agencies, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, Department for International Development , etc.