Hydraulics, Irrigation & Drainage
The Hydraulics, Irrigation and Drainage (HID) program educates students in the field of open channel and groundwater hydraulics in combination with engineering principles and to support useful plant life, with minimum degradation of soil and water resources. The primary objective is to understand soil, water and plant relationships and how they can be applied to better manage surface and groundwater resources in the production of food and fiber. HID Engineering program, especially at the graduate level, is structured to be interdisciplinary. In addition to increasing their understating of engineering fundamentals, students are encouraged to appreciate environmental and ecological effects of irrigated agriculture. This is important since irrigated agriculture has come under increasing criticism for being a heavy user of scarce water resources due to climate change and for polluting soil and water resources.
Recommended Elective Courses
- Soil and Water Conservation
- Climate Change Impact on Water Resources
- Conjunctive Surface/Groundwater Management
- Sediment Transport and Management
- Hydraulic Structure Design
| # | Name & Designation | Date of Joining | Post PhD Experience (In years) | BPS / TTS / Contract | PhD Degree Status | HEC Approved Supervisor (Y/N) | No. of Students Being Supervised | Teaching Load per Semester (Cr.Hrs.) | Administrative Roles / Responsibilities | ||||
| Title | Area of Specialization | University | HEC Attested / Equivalency | Ph.D | M.Phil. / MS | ||||||||
| 1 | Dr. Abdul Latif Qureshi, Professor |
01.02.1990 | 20 | BPS-21 | Hydraulics & Irrigation Engineering | Hydraulics Engineering & Irrigation | MUET, Jamshoro | No | No | - | 10 | 06 | 1. Sectional Head HID, 2. Convener UPC, MUET, 3. Member LBCAWB |
| 2 | Dr. Kamran Ansari, Professor |
1.10.1998 | 13 | BPS-21 | Open Channel Hydraulics | Open Channel Hydraulics | The University of Nottingham | Yes | No | - | 01 | 03 | 1. Director, 2. Sectional Head IWRM, 3. Convener Admission Committee |
| 3 | Dr. Ghulam Hussain Dars, Assistant Professor |
18.05.2015 | 02 | BPS-19 | Integrated Water Resources Management | Integrated Water Resources Management | MUET, Jamshoro | Yes | Yes | - | 06 | 03 | In-charge Hydraulic Lab |
| 4 | Dr. Muhammad Munir Babar, Visiting Professor |
12.12.2014 | 25 | Visiting Faculty | Hydraulics | Open Channel Hydraulics | Kyoto University, Japan | No | No | - | 01 | 03 | Visiting Faculty |
| # | Name & Designation | Date of Joining | Post PhD Experience (In years) | BPS / TTS / Contract | PhD Degree Status | No. of Students Being Supervised | Teaching Load per Semester (Cr.Hrs.) | Administrative Roles / Responsibilities | ||||
| Title | Area of Specialization | University | HEC Attested / Equivalency | Ph.D | M.Phil. / MS | |||||||
| 1 | Mr. Waqas Ahmed, Assistant Professor |
07.05.2015 | 06 | BPS-19 | Water Resources Engineering and Management | Water Resources | University of Stuttgart, Germany | Yes | No | 04 | 03 | On Study Leave |
| Sr.# | Course title | Credit hrs | Course type |
| First Semester | |||
| 1 | Professional Development and Practice | 3.0 | Common |
| 2 | Hydro-informatics: Data Management and Analysis | 3.0 | Core |
| 3 | Open Channel Hydraulics | 3.0 | Core |
| 4 | Agricultural Land Drainage | 3.0 | Core |
| 5 | Graduate seminar: Water Security in Pakistan | 0.0 | Common |
| Total | 12.0 | ||
| Sr.# | Course title | Credit hrs | Course type |
| Second Semester | |||
| 1 | Water Law, Policy and Community | 3.0 | Common |
| 2 | GIS and Remote Sensing Applications | 3.0 | Core |
| 3 | Groundwater Hydraulics | 3.0 | Core |
| 4 | Irrigation Water Management | 3.0 | Core |
| 5 | Graduate seminar: Water Security in Pakistan | 0.0 | Common |
| 6 | Preparation of Thesis Research Proposal | 0.0 | Core |
| Total | 12.0 | ||
| Sr.# | Course title | Credit hrs | Course type |
| Third Semester | |||
| 1 | Watershed Modeling | 3.0 | Elective |
| 2 | Graduate Seminar: Water Security in Pakistan | 0.0 | Core |
| 3 | Thesis Research, Data Collection & Processing etc | 0.0 | Core |
| Total | 3.0 | ||
| Sr.# | Course title | Credit hrs | Course type |
| Fourth Semester | |||
| 1 | Research/ Data Collection & Processing, Thesis Write-up and Final Seminar | 6.0 | Elective |
| Total | 6.0 | ||
| Sr.# | Course title | Credit hrs | Course type |
| First Semester | |||
| 1 | Mathematical Modeling and Simulation | 3.0 | Core |
| 2 | Research Methodology | 3.0 | Core |
| 3 | Advanced GIS Applications and Remote Sensing | 3.0 | Core |
| 4 | Graduate seminar: Water Security in Pakistan | 0.0 | Core |
| Total | 9.0 | ||
| Sr.# | Course title | Credit hrs | Course type |
| Second Semester (3 Elective Course) | |||
| 1 | Innovations in Agriculture Water Management | 3.0 | Elective |
| 2 | Waterlogging and Salinity Control in Irrigated Environments | 3.0 | Elective |
| 3 | Water Resources System Analysis | 3.0 | Elective |
| 4 | Water Control and Measurement | 3.0 | Elective |
| 5 | Graduate seminar: Water Security in Pakistan | 0.0 | Elective |
| Total | 9.0 | ||