School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty Hamza Farooq Gabriel

Hamza Farooq Gabriel

Professor
Summary

Dr. Hamza Farooq Gabriel is presently serving as Professor and Director Regional Centre for Water Technologies & Trans-boundary Issues (RCWTTI) at SCEE (NICE), National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Islamabad. Previously he also served as Head of Water Resources Engineering & Management Department at SCEE (NICE) from October 2012 to June 2023. Dr. Hamza received his BSc Civil Engineering Degree from the University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore in 1984. In 1992 and 2010, he received his MSc Civil Engineering Degree in Construction Management from the University of Birmingham, UK and PhD (Applied Hydrology) from the Charles Sturt University (CSU), New South Wales, Australia respectively. Before joining NUST, Dr. Hamza has served at the Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Engineering (CEWRE), UET, Lahore from August 1984 to February 2004. Dr. Hamza has a multidisciplinary teaching and research experience of over 35 years in water resources management, water resources engineering, engineering hydrology and construction project management. He has supervised over 100 MSc/MPhil theses in various disciplines of civil engineering and has published over 100 international and national journal /conference papers.

Academic Background
PhD (Applied Hydrology) Charles Sturt University July 26, 2006 - March 23, 2010
Honours and Awards
12th Annual Environment E 12th Annual Environment Excellence Award-2015 organized by National Forum for Environment & Health (NFEH) August 24, 2015
Publications
Spatial forest health monitoring using geospatial technique: A case study of Changa Manga Forest, Pakistan September 02, 2024 Journal of Xi’an Shiyou University, Natural Science Edition - Volume 67, Issue 09, Pages 177-195
Mapping and projecting spatiotemporal trends in groundwater levels and flow direction in Pakistan's water-scarce aquifer system August 01, 2024 Groundwater for Sustainable Development - Volume 26, Article Number 101234
Catchment-scale assessment of drought impact on environmental flow in the Indus Basin, Pakistan July 01, 2024 Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences - Volume: 24, Issue:06, Page: 2191-2214
Treatment Efficiency of Integrated Constructed Wetland for Domestic Wastewater June 30, 2024 NUST Journal of Engineering Sciences - Volume 17, No. 1, Pages 39-48
Analyzing the Role of Changing Climate on the Variability of Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curve Using Wavelet Analysis March 18, 2024 Water Resources Management - Pages 1-23
Remote sensing and GIS based multi-criteria analysis approach with application of AHP and FAHP for structures suitability of rainwater harvesting structures in Lai Nullah, Rawalpindi, Pakistan February 08, 2024 Urban Climate - Volume 53, Article Number: 101817
Editorial on Hydrology and Water Resources in Agriculture and Ecology January 08, 2024 Remote Sensing - Volume 16(2), Article Number 238
Dam Break Flow: A Comparative Model Study Using OpenFOAM and BASEMENT November 03, 2023 Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering - Pages 1-17
Enhancing Streamflow Modeling by Integrating GRACE Data and Shared Socio-Economic Pathways (SSPs) with SWAT in Hongshui River Basin, China May 18, 2023 Remote Sensing - Volume:15, Issue: 10, Article Number:2642
Conserving Water: Cost and Productivity Analysis of Responsive Drip and Conventional Irrigation April 01, 2023 Environmental Engineering and Management Journal - Volume 23, No. 4, Pages 639-649
Soil Erosion Modelling and Accumulation Using RUSLE and Remote Sensing Techniques: Case Study Wadi Baysh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia February 09, 2023 Sustainability - Volume 15, Issue 4, Article Number 3218
Acceleration of flow modeling using a freeware 2D GPU-shallow water equations code October 03, 2022 Arabian Journal of Geosciences - Volume 15, Article Number 1584
Bias correction method of high‑resolution satellite‑based precipitation product for Peninsular Malaysia May 01, 2022 Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Volume 148, Pages 1429-1446
Sensitivity analysis and optimization of land use/cover and aquifer parameters for improved calibration of hydrological model April 01, 2022 Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology - Volume 41(2), Pages 21-34
Plausible Precipitation Trends over the Large River Basins of Pakistan in Twenty First Century January 24, 2022 Atmosphere - Volume 13(2), Article Number 190
Hydraulic performance of constructed wetland at NUST H-12 campus December 01, 2021 Journal of Applied Research in Water and Wastewater - Volume 8, Issue 2, Serial Number 16, Pages 169-173
Quantitative assessment of regional land use and climate change impact on runoff across Gilgit watershed October 31, 2021 Environmental Earth Sciences - Volume 80, Article Number 743
Performance efficiency of a large-scale integrated constructed wetland September 20, 2021 Journal of Environmental Treatment Techniques - Volume 9(3), Pages 629-635
Assessing the potential and hydrological usefulness of the CHIRPS precipitation dataset over a complex topography in Pakistan September 03, 2021 Hydrological Sciences Journal - Pages 1-21
Impact of Urbanization on Groundwater Levels in Rawalpindi City, Pakistan February 01, 2021 Pure and Applied Geophysics - Volume 178, Pages 491-500
Application of precipitation products for flood modeling of transboundary river basin: a case study of Jhelum Basin November 22, 2020 Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Pages 1-16
Application of Machine Learning Techniques to Delineate Homogeneous Climate Zones in River Basins of Pakistan for Hydro-Climatic Change Impact Studies October 01, 2020 Applied Sciences - Volume 10, Issue 19, Article Number 6878
Towards sustainable wastewater management: A spatial multi-criteria framework to site the Land-FILTER system in a complex urban environment September 01, 2020 Journal of Cleaner Production - Volume 266, Article Number 121987
Application of Meta-Models for Accurate Calibration of Hydrological Model Parameters June 18, 2020 Journal of Critical Reviews - Volume 7, Issue 16, Pages 767-779
Analysis of seepage loss from concrete lined irrigation canals in Punjab, Pakistan May 26, 2020 Irrigation and Drainage - Pages 1-14
Anthropogenic Effects of Coal Mining on Ecological Resources of the Central Indus Basin, Pakistan February 15, 2020 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - Volume 17(4), Article Number 1255
Flow Division at a Free-Surface, Three-Channel Intersection Using 1D Shallow Water Equations October 01, 2019 Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering - Volume 44, Issue 10, Pages 8489-8501
Effect of stakeholder’s conflicts on project constraints: a tale of the construction industry August 12, 2019 International Journal of Conflict Management - Volume 30, Issue No. 4, Pages 538-565
Centennial Heat Wave Projections over Pakistan using Ensemble NEX GDDP Data Set December 01, 2018 Earth Systems and Environment - Volume 2, Issue 3, Pages 437–454
Rainfall-runoff, flood inundation and sensitivity analysis of the 2014 Pakistan flood in the Jhelum and Chenab river basin October 26, 2018 Hydrological Sciences Journal - Volume 63, Issue 13-14, Pages 1976-1997
Development of a flood forecasting system using IFAS: a case study of scarcely gauged Jhelum and Chenab river basins July 01, 2018 Arabian Journal of Geosciences - NULL
Causes of Discrepancies between Design and Construction in the Pakistan Construction Industry January 15, 2018 Journal of Construction in Developing Countries - NULL
Quantification of Material Wastage in Construction Industry of Pakistan: An Analytical Relationship between Building Types and Waste Generation December 01, 2017 Journal of Construction in Developing Countries - Volume 22(2), Pages 19–34
Supercritical Flow Simulation at a Right Channel Junction. Comparison between a Uniform and a Sparse Mesh November 07, 2017 KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, - Volume 21, Issue 7, Pages 2984-2990
Empirical Evidence of Extension of Time in Construction Projects August 01, 2017 ASCE Journal of Legal Affairs and Dispute Resolution in Engineering Construction - Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Article Number: UNSP 04517008
FIDIC Conditions of Subcontract as a Model for General Conditions of Subcontract in Pakistan December 01, 2016 Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems - Volume 1, Issue 6, Pages 5-13
Critical External Risks in International Joint Ventures for Construction Industry in Pakistan November 03, 2016 International Journal of Civil Engineering - Volume 16, Issue 2A, Pages 189-205
Modeling for Sediment Management of Gulpur HPP Reservoir On Poonch River August 01, 2016 Science International - Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 3903-3914
Use of Hydrological Modeling Techniques to Evaluate, Develop and Enhance Irrigation Potential of a Humid Subtropical Watershed May 06, 2015 Book on Irrigation and Drainage - Sustainable Strategies and Systems - Chapter 4, Pages 77-90
Probabilistic Application in Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Deficient Low- to Medium-Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Pakistan May 03, 2015 Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering - Volume 40, Pages 2479–2486
Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Deficient RC Structures with Bar Pullout and Joint Shear Degradation January 02, 2015 Advances in Civil Engineering - Article Number: 537405
Evaluation of Development and Land Use Change Effects on Rainfall-Runoff and Runoff-Sediment Relations of Catchment Area of Simly Lake Pakistan July 25, 2014 Life Science Journal - Volume 11, Issue 7, Pages 11-15
Assessment of Flows in a Glaciated Region-Shigar River Basin, Pakistan June 01, 2014 Technical Journal (University of Engineering and Technology Taxila) - Volume 19, Issue 1, Pages 38-50
The Impacts of Climate Change on Water Stress Situations in the Yellow River Basin, China December 01, 2013 Irrigation and Drainage - Volume 62, Issue 5, pages 545-558
Subcontracting Practices in the Construction Industry of Pakistan December 01, 2012 Journal of Construction Engineering and Management - ASCE - Volume 138, Issue 12, Pages 1353-1359
Estimation of Floods of Ungauged Catchments in Jhelum River Basin in Pakistan January 01, 2006 Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology - Volume 23, No.3, Pages 179-188
Comparison of Different Seepage-Control Measure Using Electrical Model January 01, 2005 PCST Jouranl of Science and Technology - Volume No. 23 No. of pages 7
Conferences
EVALUATION OF SEEPAGE LOSSES FROM LINED AND UNLINED IRRIGATION CANAL August 25, 2024 - August 26, 2024 Faridullah Khan, Dr. Hamza Farooq Gabriel, Hassan Akhtar, Muhammad Zaheer, 5th International Conference on Engineering and Applied Natural Sciences ICEANS 2024
Analyzing The Land-Use Impact on Flood Regime in Soan Basin August 22, 2022 - August 22, 2022 Usama Nazar, Dr. Muhammad Shahid, Dr. Hamza Farooq Gabriel, 4th Conference on Sustainability in Civil Engineering (CSCE’22)
A meta-model assisted framework of optimization of the Hydrological model parameters for accurate calibration May 04, 2020 - May 08, 2020 Ammara Nusrat, Hamza Farooq Gabriel, Sajjad Haider, Muhammad Shahid, Ammara Nusrat, Hamza Farooq Gabriel, Sajjad Haider, Muhammad Shahid, Ammara Nusrat, Hamza Farooq Gabriel, Sajjad Haider, Muhammad Shahid, 22nd EGU General Assembly 2020
Depletion and quality deterioration of Groundwater Resources and its consequences on irrigated agriculture [Case Study: Pakistan] May 08, 2019 - May 10, 2019 Ammara Mubeen, Hamza Farooq Gabriel, Abdul Sattar Shakir , International Groundwater Resilience to Climate Change and High Pressure Conference
Estimation of Highway Project Duration at the Planning Stage and Analysis of Risk Factors Leading To Time Overrun June 08, 2014 - June 11, 2014 Muhammad Irfan, Sidra Kaleem, Hamza Farooq Gabriel, Second Transportation and Development Institute Congress
Recent developments in the regression methods for computing peak flood discharges August 26, 2013 - August 27, 2013 Muhammad Irfan, Mohiuddin Ali Khan, Hamza Farooq Gabriel, 2nd International Conference on Hydrology & Groundwater Expo
Assistant Professor CoE in Water Resources Engineering (CEWRE) September 01, 1999 - February 27, 2004
Lecturer/JRA CoE in Water Resources Engineering (CEWRE) August 20, 1984 - August 31, 1999