| Instructor: | Thirty five plus years in public and private sectors (refinery, fertilizers, and cellulose production plants). |
| Industrial Experience: |
Hazardous Substances Engineer, California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Berkeley (7/ 88 - present) Duties include planning and implementing the full range of hazardous waste permitting activities involving engineering work. |
| Process Operator, Riyadh Oil Refinery, Saudi Arabia (8/80 - 12/81): A team member that commissioned a hydrogen plant of 100,000 bpd oil refinery. | |
| Staff Engineer, National Fertilizers Corporation, Lahore, Pakistan (3/76 - 7/80)
Duties included commissioning, and start-up phases of ammonia section of 1760 tpd urea plant (7/77 - 7/80) supervising production schedule of 240 tpd ammonium sulfate plant (3/76 - 6/77). | |
| Trainee Engineer, Ravi Rayon Limited, Kala Shah Kaku, Pakistan (10/74 - 2/76). | |
| Academic Experience: | Instructor for Chemical Engineering PE Course Independent in Berkeley (1997-present). |
| Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco (1993-94). | |
| Professional Engineering Institute, Belmont 1991-96. | |
| Education: | Ph.D. Materials Engineering and Science, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 7/86. |
| M.S. Chemical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 6/83. | |
| B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan 9/74. | |
| 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. Thesis: "A Prelude to the Dynamic Simulation of Chemical Processes" | |
| Professional Registration: | |
| Professional Engineer, Chemical Engineering (#4524), California 1990. | |
| Registered Environmental Assessor (#4759), California 1993. | |
| Community College Instructor Credential, Engineering (# 17651), California 1988. | |
| Publications: | |
| Ahmad, Waqar, "Emissions from Cyanide Plating Baths, 2001, Department of Toxic Substances Control (unpublished work).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. | |
| Award: | Northern California Section of AIChE Award for Chemical Engineering Excellence in Continuing Education 1994/95. |
| Affiliation: | Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) |