Academic Experience (20 + years)

Regulatory Experience

FE/EIT Instructor, Review course (80 hours) for Morning session and Discipline specific session in Chemical Engineering.  Group comprised of both mechanical and chemical engineers.   January 5-16, 2013, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Hazardous Substances Engineer, California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Berkeley, California 1988 – present http://www.dtsc.ca.gov (+1) 510.540.3932

Instructor for Chemical Engineering PE Course, Berkeley, California 1991 – present  http://www.reviewpe.com

¨  Independent twice a year in Berkeley (1997 - present).

¨  Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco (1993-94).

¨  Professional Publications Institute, Belmont 1991-96.

Theory, examples, handout and modules are prepared for this chemical engineering review course. 

To assist remote/distant students, lecture transcripts, and their audio files are posted.  Students can use modules to evaluate their knowledge of the subject areas. 

These modules are developed in PHP and MySQL.  Data entry is in standard text format.

Education:

Publications:

Ph.D. Materials Engineering and Science, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, July 1986.

Dissertation: "The Selective Removal of Co(II) and Ni(II) in Ammoniacal Solutions Using Al(III) and Fe(III) and Their Redissolution Behavior" sponsored by National Science Foundation.

M.S. Chemical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology June 1983.

M.S. Thesis: "A Prelude to the Dynamic Simulation of Chemical Processes"

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan September 1974.

Ahmad, Waqar, "Emissions from Cyanide Plating Baths, 2001, Department of Toxic Substances Control (unpublished work).

Ahmad, Waqar, "Optimum spacing of extraction wells," Hydrogeology Journal, Vol. 3, No. 3, 1995.

Ahmad, W. et al, "The Redissolution Kinetics of Aluminum Coprecipitated Products in Ammoniacal Solutions," Metallurgical Transactions, Vol. 10B, 1987.

Ahmad, W., and Han K.H., "The Coprecipitation Kinetics of Co(II) and Ni(II) from Ammoniacal Solutions Using Al(III) and Fe(III) ions, "Hydrometallurgical Reactor Design and Kinetics, "TMS, AIME, 1986.

Industrial Experience

Industrial Experience

Process Operator, Riyadh Oil Refinery, Saudi Arabia (August 1980 - Dec 1981) – start-up (hydrogen sec. )

Staff Engineer, National Fertilizers Corporation, Lahore, Pakistan (Mar 1976 - Jul 1980 4+ years)  Paksaudi Fertilizers Limited, Mirpur Mathelo, Pakistan - start-up (ammonia sec.)