Environmental/Wastewater Engineering

Rabia Shoukat

571-***-**** (Cell) • *****.*********@*****.*** • Sterling, VA

EDUCATION

MS in Environmental Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST). PAKISTAN, Graduated August 2017

GPA: 4.0/4.0

Bachelors’ of Environmental Engineering, National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST). PAKISTAN, Graduated June 2014

GPA: 3.31/4.0

TECHNICAL SKILLS

MS Office, Micro Survey CAD, AutoCAD, Wastewater GPS-X 6.2, SPSS Software, EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero, Analytical environmental techniques

PUBLICATIONS

Hybrid Anaerobic-Aerobic Biological Treatment for Real Textile Wastewater – (in process for publication)

Wastewater Biological Treatment Technologies: An Eminent Hybrid Approach to Treat Real Textile Water

oRevised as Chapter 39 in “Wastewater Treatment”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Water and Wastewater Treatment Laboratory (IESE) – Project Researcher (Sept 2016 – Aug 2017)

Real textile industrial wastewater treatment by hybrid technology of anaerobic and aerobic biological systems

Coupling of anaerobic continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) and aerobic sequencing batch reactor (SBR)

Performance evaluation and optimization of hybrid anaerobic-aerobic system at variable HRTs

Biogas production from anaerobic treatment i.e. sustainable energy source

Assistance in installing Membrane bioreactors (MBR), pilot plants for treating fluctuating wastewater strengths

United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) – Project Technical Lead (June 2014 – May 2015)

Capacity Building and strengthening of Biomass Technologies Support System in Pakistan

Lead research assistants in conducting survey on the availability of biomass in Pakistan

Implementation of resource mapping study of Biomass Gasification Technologies (BGTs)

Drafting and designing of BGT manual

National Engineering Services Pakistan (Pvt) Limited (NESPAK) – Project Intern (May 2013 – Sept 2013)

Internship program in Disaster Management & Reconstruction Division

Environmental earthquake disasters related risk assessment & analysis

Technical report writing on various disaster management projects involved in project planning and monitoring

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Hybridization of Biological Systems to treat Real Textile Wastewater (2017)

Design of Hybrid Biological Wastewater Treatment System

Performance evaluation and optimization of Hybrid anaerobic CSTR-aerobic SBR system.

Treatment of Real Textile water at optimized system condition

Municipal Solid Waste Management (2016)

Determination & analysis of household waste generation and composition.

Statistical analysis

Carbon Dioxide Sequestration & Reclamation of Saline Land Using Algae (2013-2014)

Sample collection of soil from salt and rich area followed by experimental analysis.

Reduction of land salinity using various algal species along with bio-diesel resource recovery.

Design of artificial saline lands on pilot scale.

Contact this candidate