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Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering Department, City Campus, LLU. I have instructed courses in Civil Engineering and Civil Engineering Technology Department. Courses Taught at the Undergrad level so far: o Construction Management o Soil Mechanics o Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering o Hydraulic Engineering Courses Taught at the Graduate level so far: o Engineering Management o Geotechnical Investigation o Advanced Soil Mechanics o Seismology & Earthquake Engineering • Member of the Post Graduate Research Committee (PGRC) Civil Engineering Department • Convener of the Departmental Outcome-based Education System (OBE) • Prepared the SAR-2022 report and successfully attained accreditation for sessions 2019 and 2020. • Academic coordinator of the Civil Engineering department, responsible for preparation of the schedule for the semester course allocation for teachers in the department. • Member Curriculum Review Committee (CRC), which involves reviewing and developing curriculum.

Worked as a Teaching Assistant (TA) in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Key Responsibilities: • Taught master’s level soil dynamics laboratory class. • Delivered lectures on demonstrating Geo-comp ShearTrac II cyclic direct, simple shear (CDSS) & LoadTrac II apparatus. • Hands-on experience with laboratory testing especially Cyclic Direct Shear testing (CDSS), and other soil mechanics laboratory tests • Taught soil mechanics laboratory class at the undergraduate level. Completed many Research Projects as a Graduate Research Assistant in collaboration with different companies and research institutes, reported as follows: o “Development of site response analysis guidelines for local sites”, (2021) - Korea Institute of Construction Technology (KICT). o “Developing effective stress analysis guidelines for liquefaction evaluation”, (2020) - Korea Institute of Construction Technology (KICT). o “Development of stress reduction factor and magnitude scaling factor for Korea”, (2020) - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). o “Development of guidelines for cyclic stress ratio (CSR) calculation for liquefaction evaluation”, (2020) o “Development of site classification system for shallow bedrock sites”, (2019). o “Seismic safety evaluation for dams and reservoirs”, (2020) - Korea Rural Community (KRC) Corporation research institute. o “Estimating soil strength properties of field soil samples using direct, simple shear and cyclic simple shear tests”, (2019)- Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (KHNP)

Worked as Lecturer / Technical Trainer at Saudi Mining Polytechnic under two different employers. o Saudi Mining Polytechnic under Ma’aden, KSA employee: April 2015 to July 2016 o Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA: April 2014 to March 2015 Project preview: The Saudi Mining Polytechnic has signed an operating agreement with the Missouri University of Science and Technology. Missouri S&T is the international partner of the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC) and the Ma'aden Company of Saudi Arabia to train and educate personnel for Ma’aden (The mining industry of KSA). Key Responsibilities: I taught the following subjects at Saudi Mining Polytechnic, Ar’ar. • To Teach 3 main job streams to trainees: Surface, Underground & Operators • Training the Operators of Ma’aden Wa’ad Al-Shamal Phosphate Company (MWSPC) • Provide technical assistance to the Program Director. Collecting data, and compiling reports. • In addition, besides teaching coursework, I helped develop coursework and exam conductance. • Learnt and trained Ma’aden trainees at SMP for simulators (Immersive Technology)

Junior Engineer / Geotechnical Engineer Worked on different Projects: o Syedwala Bridge construction over River Ravi, Pakistan o Head Baloki Canal project, Punjab, Pakistan o Greenline: BRTS (Bus Rapid Transit System), Lahore Project, (JV between SKB and AL-Barak, Turkey) Here, I have been indulged in the following activities: • Responsible for Testing Material, especially soil and concrete testing. • Supervised construction activities: drilling, friction pilling, and retaining walls. • Prepared Construction reports for consultants and clients and maintained records for billing purposes. • Interacted with the Consultant to resolve various construction technical issues and work progress.