Waqar Ahmad

Instructor: Thirty years in public sector and chemical processing industries

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• • Ahmad, Waqar, "Emissions from Cyanide Plating Baths, 2001, Department of Toxic Substances Control (unpublished work).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

References:

Academic – Professors

Dr. Kenneth N Han (PhD Advisor), Dr. TE Ramabhadran (MS Advisor), Dr. James M Munro

Academic – Students

Diane Spencer, Jignesh Desai, Project Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Judy Huang, Director, Alameda County Water District

Employment – Supervisors

California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control,

Supervisor, Mr. Alfred Wong, PE (510) 540.3946