PROJECTS
PROJECTS
Project Title: Evaluation of chemical induced toxicity and quorum quenching potential using fish as a model organism
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Amounting Rs. 4,671,171
Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Duration: 2017-2020
Project Title: Chlorine Decay Modeling in a Proto-type distribution Network
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Amounting Rs. 1,052,278
Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Duration: 2016-2017
Project Title: Toxicity of Road Runoff Pollutants on Common Carp (Cyprinus Carpio)
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC) Startup Research Grant Program
Amounting Rs. 4,60,500
Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Duration: 2016-2017
Project Title: Enhancing Biogas Production from Sewage Sludge and Ligno¬Cellulosic Waste through Nanoparticles Assisted Chemical Pretreatment
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Amounting Rs. 4.34 Million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Zeshan
Duration 3 Years
Project Title: Carbon Storage and Allocation Pattern in Plant Biomass under Drought Stress and Nitrogen Supply
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Amounting Rs. 422,700
Co- Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Duration: 2016-2017
Project Title: Chlorine Decay Modeling in a Proto-type distribution Network
Funding Agency: PSF
Amounting Rs. 1,052,278
Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Duration: 2016-2017
Project Title: Kinetics of drinking water disinfection by-product (chlorine) at lab scale and within the distribution network
Funding Agency: NUST
Amounting Rs. 290,000
Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Project Title: Diurnal variation of Rawal Lake microbial flora and toxicity potential of environmental contaminants in aquatic life NUST
Funding Agency: NUST
Amounting Rs. 568,613
Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Duration: 2013-2014
Project Title: Soil–applied TiO2 nanoparticles affect the phytoavailability of phosphorus and yield of rice and wheat.
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Amounting Rs 2.911 million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Muhammad Arshad
Project Title: Development of an integrated strategy for phytoremediation of lead contaminated soils
Funding Agency: Jointly funded by Pak-France Governments
Amounting Rs. 1.45 million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Muhammad Arshad
Project Title: Recovery of cellulose from cotton gin waste and conversion to Carboxymethyl Cellulose (CMC) along with toxicity and economic analysis
Funding Agency: Reso-Chem, Lahore, Pakistan
Amounting Rs.0.5 million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Muhammad Arshad
Project Title: Comet assay setup for environmental toxicity studies at IESE-SCEE-NUST Islamabad
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Amounting Rs. 0.5 million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Muhammad Arshad
Project Title: Establishment of Pilot Scale Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) at NUST
Funding Agency: NUST R&D Fund
Amounting Rs. 37 Million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sher Jamal Khan
Project Title: WASH Based Research and Development in Academia
Funding Agency: WaterAid, UK
Amounting Rs. 10.87 Million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sher Jamal Khan
Project Title: Voices of Community-Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector
Funding Agency: Oxfam, GB
Amounting Rs. 1.8 Million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sher Jamal Khan
Project Title: WASH Action Research with Academia
Funding Agency: WaterAid, UK
Amounting Rs. 1.85 Million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sher Jamal Khan
Project Title: Extensive use of CNG and its impacts on air quality and crops yield in Punjab
Funding Agency: Natural Science Linkage Program (NSLP) by PSF and US-AID
Amounting Rs. 8.0 million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Faheem Khokhar
Project Title: persistent winter fog monitoring across the borders of South Asian countries
Funding Agency: Int’l. Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Nepal
Amounting Rs. 1 million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Faheem Khokhar
Project Title: ROGPA (Record Of GHGs over PAksitan during last decade)
Funding Agency: Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF) Pakistan
Amounting Rs 1.5 million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Faheem Khokhar
Project Title: Concept Proposal for REDD+ Initiatives in Pakistan
Funding Agency: Int’l. Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) Nepal
Amounting Rs.10 Million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Faheem Khokhar
Duration: 2014-2015
Project Title: Biogas production through dry anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Amounting Rs. 0.5 Million.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Zeshan
Project Title: Satellite Remote Sensing of PM2.5 and Selected PM Components in Islamabad, Pakistan
Funding Agency: TWAS, Italy
Amounting US $ 5000
Principal Investigator: Dr. Zeeshan Ali Khan
Project Title: Bacteriological and chemical quality determination of drinking water within the distribution network of Rawalpindi and Islamabad
Funding Agency: COMSTECH-TWAS
Amounting US $ 10000
Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Duration: 2011-2013
Project Title: Detection of Escherichia coli by multiplex PCR and determination of genetic diversity using pulsed field gel electrophoresis in drinking water
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Amounting Rs. 4,591,002
Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Duration: 2009-2013
Project Title: Study for Combined Effluent Treatment Plant for Textile Industry in Faisalabad
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Amounting Rs. 238,312
Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Duration: 2008-2010
Project Title: Monitoring of Microbial Contaminants and Residual Chlorine in Water Distribution Network of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Rawalpindi
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Amounting Rs. 3,315,959
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Duration: 2007-2009
Project Title: The Effects of Environmental Pesticides Residues on the Health of workers in Pesticide Manufacturing Industries of Pakistan
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Amounting Rs. 532,440
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Duration: 2007-2008
Project Title: Action learning in environmental engineering to develop employability skills and experience-the use of UK employer sponsored virtual summer placement via Brunel University for undergraduate and postgraduate students in Pakistan
Funding Agency: British Council
Amounting Rs. 2.1 Million
Principal Investigator :Dr. Sher Jamal Khan
Project Title: Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse at Bench Scale Using Advanced Biological Treatment Technologies
Funding Agency: British Council, UK and Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan
Amounting £56,800
Team Leader: Dr. Sher Jamal Khan
Project Title: SUN-Net(SUpport for the future INCO-NET actions in South Asia)
Funding Agency: European Commissions under FP7 program (FP7-INCO-2013-1, INCO-NET)
Amounting Euro 1.7 million
Co Principal Investigator: Dr. Faheem Khokhar
Project Title: How clean is air that We breathe in twin cities of Pakistan
Funding Agency: German Academic Exchange Council (DAAD), Germany
Amounting Rs.Euro 20,000
Principal Investigator: Dr. Faheem Khokhar
Project Title: Upgradation of Environmental Microbiology Laboratory at IESE-NUST, Rawalpindi
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Amounting Rs. 1.0 Million
Co Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Duration: 2006-2007
Project Title: Establishing the experimental setup for research on biodegradation studies, Rawalpindi
Funding Agency: NUST
Amounting Rs. 50,000
Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Duration: 2005-2006
Project Title: Program for Environmental Research & Training (PERT), based in Islamabad, operated throughout Pakistan
Funding Agency: Royal Netherlands Embassy (RNE)
Amounting Rs. 2.0 Million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Imran Hashmi
Duration: 2002-2004
Project Title: Nestle Wastewater Treatability Studies
Funding Agency: 3W Group (Pakistan)
Amounting Rs. 0.7 Million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sher Jamal Khan
Project Title: Membrane bioreactor technology (MBR) for wastewater treatment and reuse
Funding Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Amounting Rs. 4.0Million
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sher Jamal Khan