Research Groups

Research Groups at MCE

Research Focus

​Contact Info of Research Group

Geotechnical Engineering Group:​

Dr Sarfraz Ahmed (Professor, Research Group Lead)​

Dr Abdul Waheed (Associate Professor)​

Dr Hamid Ashraf (Associate Professor)

Dr Rana Muhammad Asad​ (Associate Professor)

Nawab Ali Dogar (Lecturer)

• Management of blast associated risks

• Earthquake engineering

• Geo-mechanical instrumentation, decision making using micro-electro mechanical sensors and artificial intelligence

• Geo-hazards and tunnelling

• Ground behaviour monitoring, adv numerical modeling and predictive forecasting

• Geotech & geo-prey site technique

• Soil & site improvement

• Shallow & deep foundations

• Advance numerical modeling technique in complex geo-mechanics & problems (tunnels, subways, landslides, dams)

Structure Engineering Group:

Dr Rizwan Ahmed (Associate Professor, Research Group Lead)​​

Dr Syed Hassan Farooq (Associate Professor)

Dr Adeel Zafar (Associate Professor)​

Dr Shahid Siddique (Assistant Professor)​

• Concrete materials and technology

• Probabilistic analysis of structural stability

• High strength concrete

• Fire safety structural analysis

• Vulnerability assessment against natural hazards

• Risk assessment against natural hazards, Seismic assessment

Transportation Engineering Group:

Dr Sarfraz Ahmed (Professor, Research Group Lead)​

Dr Muhammad Irfan (Professor, Dean)

Dr Wasim Irshad Ul Haq Kayani (Professor)​

Dr Jawed Iqbal (Associate Professor)

Dr Inamullah Khan (Assistant Professor)​​

• Highway Infrastructure/Asset management system

• Life cycle highway asset performance and economic evaluation

• Traffic engineering and safety analysis

• Sustainable transportation system

• Statistical and econometric analysis

• Transportation system evaluation and decision making

• Travel behavior and transport modeling

• Transportation planning and urban mass transit system

• Pavement Materials

Construction Engineering & Management:

Dr Rai Waqas Azfar (Assistant Professor, Research Group Lead)​​

Dr Salah Ud Din Azad (Associate Professor)

Dr Khwaja Mateen Mazher (Assistant Professor)

Dr Abubakar Sharafat (Assistant Professor)​​

Dr Ali Abbas (Assistant Professor)​​

• Construction safety management

• Construction accident analysis

• Economics in construction,​ Scheduling, planning, monitoring mega projects

• Material flow & inventory management. supply chain management, operation management

• Preparing different consultancy contracts relating to design and construction supervision

• Logistics, supply chain planning & management, financial management

Water Resource Engineering & Management:

Dr Naeem Shehzad (Associate Professor, Research Group Lead)​​

Dr Muhammad Amjad (Assistant Professor)​​

Muhammad Ukasha (Lecturer)

• Hydrology studies and related impact assessment analysis

• Fluid Mechanics

• Water resource engineering  and management

Disaster Management:

Dr Naeem Shehzad (Associate Professor, Research Group Lead)

Dr Sajid Mehmood​​ (Assistant Professor)

Dr Tariq Feroz (Assistant Professor)​​

• Flood hazard mapping and forecasting

• Disaster risk and vulnerability

• Environmental risk assessment

• GIS applications in disaster risk mitigation and management