School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty Shakil Ahmad

SHAKIL AHMAD

Associate Professor
Summary

Dr. Shakil Ahmad is currently serving as Associate Professor at Department of Water Resources Engineering and Management (WRE&M) of NUST Institute of Civil Engineering (NICE). Dr. Shakil received MSc Water Resources Engineering from Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Engineering (CEWRE), University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Lahore, Pakistan and PhD degree from the University of Tokyo (UT), Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Shakil has more than 25 years of multidisciplinary research, teaching and industrial/consultancy experience in various disciplines of WRE&M with emphasis on climate change and its impact on water cycle variability, hydro-meteorological extremes (i.e. floods, droughts and heat waves), hazard vulnerability and risk assessment, hydrological & hydraulic modelling, water balance studies, reservoir operation & sedimentation, hydropower optimization, stormwater drainage, and various other WRE&M projects. In his academic career, he has supervised over 31 post-graduates in WRE&M and also published over 39 papers (Cumulative Impact factor = 130+, total citations = 800+, H-index =15+, i10-index = 21+).

Academic Background
PhD (Climate System and Water Cycle Variability) The University of Tokyo October 01, 2007 - March 12, 2012
Honours and Awards
MEXT Scholarship Japanese government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship for PhD October 01, 2007
1st position Got 1st position in M.Sc. Water Resources Engineering, Center of Excellence in Water Resources Engineering, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, 2001. August 01, 2001
1st Position Got 1st position in B.Sc. Agricultural Engineering (Irrigation & Drainage Engineering), Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 1997. October 01, 1997
Publications
Growing Glacial Lake Outburst Flood Risks in Ghizer District: A Karakoram Anomaly Region May 23, 2025 IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing - Accepted
High-resolution monthly gridded temperature dataset development and trend analysis across Afghanistan: a spatio-temporal approach May 05, 2025 Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Volume:156, Issue:5, Article Number 280
Hydro-Climatic variability in the Potohar Plateau of Indus River Basin under CMIP6 climate projections December 14, 2024 Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Volume 156, Article Number 20
Exploring the dynamics and future projections of land use land cover changes by exploiting geospatial techniques; A case study of the Kabul River Basin October 30, 2024 Heliyon - Volume: 10, Issue: 20, Article Number: e39020
Developing high resolution monthly gridded precipitation dataset for Afghanistan March 27, 2024 Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Pages 1-22
Analyzing land use land cover (LULC) changes induced by the run-of river project and respondent survey: a case of Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project on Indus River, Pakistan March 01, 2024 Environmental Research Communications - Volume 6, Issue 3, Article Number 035002
Assessing the utility of hybrid hydrological modeling over complex conditions of the Chitral basin, Pakistan December 01, 2023 Journal of Water and Climate Change - Volume 14, Issue 12, Pages 4444–4464
Evapotranspiration estimation using a satellite-based surface energy balance: a case study of Upper Bari Doab, Pakistan November 30, 2023 Environmental Earth Sciences - Volume:82, Issue:24, Pages: 14
Development of daily bias-corrected ensemble precipitation estimates over the Upper Indus Basin of the Hindukush-Karakoram-Himalaya October 01, 2023 Journal of Water and Climate Change - Volume 14(10), Pages 3517–3538
Development of high resolution daily gridded precipitation and temperature dataset for potohar plateau of indus basin September 04, 2023 Theoretical and Applied Climatology - Volume 154, pages 1179–1201
Short-long-term streamflow forecasting using a coupled wavelet transform-artificial neural network (WT-ANN) model at the Gilgit River Basin, Pakistan May 01, 2023 JOURNAL OF HYDROINFORMATICS - Vol:25 (3), Pages:881-894
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
Intercomparison and Assessment of Stand-Alone and Wavelet-Coupled Machine Learning Models for Simulating Rainfall-Runoff Process in Four Basins of Pothohar Region, Pakistan February 24, 2023 Atmosphere - Volume 14(3), Article Number 452
Development of methods for the simplification of complex group built causal loop diagrams: A case study of the Rechna doab February 01, 2023 Ecological Modelling - Volume 476, Article Number 110192
Hydrological and ecological impacts of run off river scheme; a case study of Ghazi Barotha hydropower project on Indus River, Pakistan January 12, 2023 Heliyon - Volume 9, Issue 1, Article Number e12659
Identification of Potential Natural Aquifer Recharge Sites in Islamabad, Pakistan, by Integrating GIS and RS Techniques November 29, 2022 Remote Sensing - Volume 14(23), Article Number 6051
Estimation of Water Balance for Anticipated Land Use in the Potohar Plateau of the Indus Basin Using SWAT October 28, 2022 Remote Sensing - Volume 14(21), Article Number 5421
A methodological framework for modeling sustainability visions: A case study of groundwater management in Faizpur distributary, Pakistan September 01, 2022 Agricultural Water Management - Volume 271, Article Number 107822
Linking flood risk perceptions and psychological distancing to climate change: A case study of rural communities along Indus and Chenab rivers, Pakistan February 15, 2022 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction - Volume 70, Article Number 102787
Hydroclimatology of the Chitral River in the Indus Basin under Changing Climate February 09, 2022 Atmosphere - Volume 13(2), Article Number 295
Plausible Precipitation Trends over the Large River Basins of Pakistan in Twenty First Century January 24, 2022 Atmosphere - Volume 13(2), Article Number 190
Removal of levofloxacin from aqueous solution by green synthesized magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles using Moringa olifera: Kinetics and reaction mechanism analysis December 15, 2021 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety - Volume 226, Article Number 112826
Application of Machine Learning Techniques in Rainfall–Runoff Modelling of the Soan River Basin, Pakistan December 09, 2021 Water - Volume 13(24), Article Number 3528
An approach to understanding the intrinsic complexity of resilience against floods: Evidences from three urban communities of Pakistan September 01, 2021 International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction - Volume 63, Article Number 102442
Performance Evaluation of Soft Computing Approaches for Forecasting COVID-19 Pandemic Cases July 09, 2021 SN Computer Science - Volume 2, Article Number 372
Comparative Study of Powerful Predictive Modeling Techniques for Modeling Monthly Reference Evapotranspiration in Various Climatic Regions June 23, 2021 Fresenius Environmental Bulletin - Volume 30, No. 06B/2021, Pages 7490-7513
Multi-element uptake and growth responses of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) to TiO2 nanoparticles applied in different textured soils June 01, 2021 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety - Volume 215, Article Number 112149
Climate change and hydrological regime of the high-altitude Indus basin under extreme climate scenarios May 10, 2021 Science of the Total Environment - Volume 768, Article Number 144467
Spatio‐Temporal Evaluation of Gridded Precipitation Products for the High‐Altitude Indus Basin February 26, 2021 International Journal of Climatology - Pages 1-24
Flood Hazard Assessment for the Tori Levee Breach of the Indus River Basin, Pakistan February 25, 2021 WATER - https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water
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
Climatic and hydrological projections to changing climate under CORDEX-South Asia experiments over the Karakoram-Hindukush-Himalayan water towers February 10, 2020 Science of the Total Environment - Volume 703, Article Number 135010
Application of tuned liquid column ball damper (TLCBD) for improved vibration control performance of multi-storey structure October 24, 2019 PLoS ONE - Volume 14(10), Article Number e0224436
Adjustment of measurement errors to reconcile precipitation distribution in the high-altitude Indus basin August 01, 2018 International Journal of Climatology - Volume38, Issue10, Pages 3842-3860, August 2018
Ensembling Downscaling Techniques and Multiple GCMs to Improve Climate Change Predictions in Cryosphere Scarcely-Gauged Catchment April 09, 2018 Water Resources Management - Volume 32, Pages 3155–3174
Rainfall Extremes: a Novel Modeling Approach for Regionalization April 01, 2017 Water Resources Management - Volume 31, Issue 6, Pages 1975-1994
Characteristics of climatological tropospheric conditions during pre-monsoon and matured phases of Pakistan summer monsoon January 01, 2012 Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering) - Volume 68, Issue 4, Pages 157-162
Satellite-based snowcover distribution and associated snowmelt runoff modeling in Swat River Basin of Pakistan March 01, 2011 Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences - Volume 48 (1), Pages 19-32
Numerical analysis of groundwater-flow and solute-transport under skimming Well January 01, 2011 Science, Technology and Development - Volume 30(1), Pages 12-28
Conferences
Impact of Ghazi Barotha Hydropower Project on Land use/ Land Cover along Indus River March 13, 2023 - March 15, 2023 Ehsan Inam Ullah, Dr. Muhammad Fahim Khokhar, Dr. Shakil Ahmad, Dr. Umer Khayyam, Remote Sensing, GIS and Climate Change (Applications, Strategies, Solutions & Education)
The Integrated Modeling Approach for Urban Flooding in the Context of Changing Climate (Case of Lai Nullah, Pakistan) October 17, 2016 - October 19, 2016 Dr. Shakil Ahmad, Engr. Hammayun Zulifqar Rana, Dr. Muhammad Azmat, Water and Environment for Sustainable Development in Changing Climate
A Study on Extremely Dry and Wet Summer Monsoon in Pakistan by Focusing on the Anomalous States of the Upper Troposphere April 22, 2012 - April 27, 2012 Shakil Ahmad, Dr. Toshio Koike, Dr. Kazuaki Nishii, European Geophysical Union (EGU) General Assembly 2012
Role of Anomalous States of Upper Tropospheric Circulation on Extremely Dry and Wet Summer Monsoon Events December 05, 2011 - December 09, 2011 Shakil Ahmad, Dr. Toshio Koike, Dr. Kazuaki Nishii, Dr. Maheswor Shrestha, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2011
Role of anomalous states of upper tropospheric circulation on extremely dry and wet summer monsoon events October 24, 2011 - October 28, 2011 Dr. Shakil Ahmad, Dr. Toshio Koike, Dr. Toru Tamura, Dr. Kazuaki Nishii, Dr. Mohamed Rasmy Abdul Wahid, WCRP Open Science Conference: Climate Research in Service to Society
2D Numerical Simulation of River Hydrodynamics-Application to Indus River Reach Downstream Ghazi Barrage August 26, 2007 - August 27, 2007 Dr. Sajjad Haider, Tayyab Akram, Dr. Shakil Ahmad, The Second International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development "ESDev-2007"
Project Researcher The University of Tokyo October 01, 2011 - June 30, 2012
Teaching & Technical Assistant The University of Tokyo September 01, 2010 - September 30, 2011
PhD Candidate The University of Tokyo October 01, 2007 - September 30, 2011
Lecturer National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) October 11, 2005 - September 30, 2007
Project Engineer (Water Resour Halcrow Pakistan (Pvt.) Limited January 14, 2005 - October 31, 2005
Senior Engineer Associated Consulting Engineers – ACE (Pvt.) Limited July 28, 2003 - January 13, 2005
Assistant Engineer Irrigation Department of Agriculture, AJK March 08, 2002 - July 26, 2003
Agricultural Credit Officer United Bank Limited – UBL October 01, 2001 - February 28, 2002
Junior Engineer Associated Consulting Engineers – ACE (Pvt.) Limited December 16, 1999 - September 30, 2001
Research Associate Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Engineering (CEWRE) August 01, 1999 - August 31, 2001