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Engr. Dr. M. Mohsin Waqas
Assistant Professor
PhD Agricultural Engineering University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Research Interests

  • Remote Sensing and GIS application in Water Resources & Management
  • Climate Change and Hydrological Modelling for Agriculture Water Management
  • Precision Agriculture

Biography

  • The educational carrier of Dr. Muhammad Mohsin Waqas starts from the Village of Dera Ghazi Khan and leads to the BZU, Multan for the B.Sc. Agricultural Engineering, and after that M.Sc. and PhD Agricultural Engineering was completed from University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF), Pakistan. During the educational carrier the, Dr. Waqas also worked in different projects funded by DAAD, Germany, USPCAS-AFS and HEC TDF in Department of Irrigation and Drainage. Dr. Waqas also worked with the International Water Management Institutes in different projects as research consultant. Dr. Waqas was selected as “Champion of Change” for the pursuance of the research in University of California Davis, USA. Dr. Waqas was also nominated as GIS expert from the WVC of UAF as team member for “Redefining the Agroecological Zones of Punjab with the United Nations department of Food and Agriculture Organization. Dr. Waqas was selected as Assistant Agriculture Engineer in Field Wing of Punjab Agriculture Department through the Punjab Public Service Commission. Dr. Waqas also selected in KFUEIT in August, 2018 and he preferred to join academia as he inherits the teaching profession from his father Sardar Yaqeen Muhammad Sajid. His father was a teacher and writer of Punjab Text Book Board in 90s. His family also donated the land for the Govt Girls primary school in in his village.
  • Dr. Waqas is currently working as assistant professor and his research and teaching expertise are contributing to produce the skilled student in the field of Remote Seeing and GIS, Climate Change and Hydrological Modeling and Agriculture Water Management from the Department of Agricultural Engineering and Civil Engineering. Dr. Waqas is also performing the duties of CBA Coordinator, Member Departmental Graduate Committee. Dr. Waqas also contributed as member of curriculum development committee and member Board of studies for the BS/MS/PhD Agricultural Engineering, BS Food Engineering, BS Agriculture, BS/MS Energy Systems Engineering, MS/PhD Water Resources Management, MS/PhD Engineering Hydrology, MS/PhD Climate Change and MS/PhD Water Resources Engineering. He was a core team member for the conduct of Pakistan Engineering Council Zero Visit. He is also working as editor in Chief of an Emerging Journal Big Data in Agriculture under Zabeline Publisher Malaysia. He is the authors of the more than 20 research articles, 2 Book Chapters and more than 10 conference abstracts.

Awards and Honors

  • Certificate of Appreciation from the Worthy Vice Chancellor, KFUEIT for the Excellent Performance and Dedication on assigned duties for the session (2019-20).
  • USAID Research Scholar under USPCAS-AFS at University of California Davis, USA
  • UN-FAO team member on redefining the AEZ of Punjab, Pakistan
  • Won a project (0.6 million PKR) as Team Leader/ Focal Person from International Water Management Research Institute (IWMI) during doctoral studies.

Publications

  • S. Ullah, A. Abid, W. Aslam, R. S. Noor, M. M. Waqas and T. Gang. Predicting Behavioral Intention of Rural Inhabitants toward Economic Incentive for Deforestation in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.  Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 2 10.3390/su13020617. (IF= 2.576)
  • A. Ullah, I. Ahmad, M. H. Rahman, M. Waseem, M. M. Waqas, M. A. Bhatti and A. Ahmad. Optimizing Management Options through Empirical Modeling to Improve Pearl Millet Production for Semi-Arid and Arid Regions of Punjab, Pakistan. Sustainability Volume 12 Issue 18 10.3390/su12187715. (IF= 2.576)
  • S. Ali, M. J. M. Cheema, M. M. Waqas, M. Waseem, U. K. Awan and T. Khaliq. Changes in Snow Cover Dynamics over the Indus Basin: Evidences from 2008 to 2018 MODIS NDSI Trends Analysis. Remote Sensing Volume 12 Issue 17 10.3390/rs12172782. (IF= 4.509)
  • I. Ahmad, A. Singh, M. Fahad, M. M. Waqas. Remote sensing-based framework to predict and assess the interannual variability of maize yields in Pakistan using Landsat imagery. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, (IF=3.858).
  • Q. Saddique, M. I. Khan, M. H. Rahman, X. Jiatun, M. Waseem, T. Gaiser, M. M. Waqas, I. Ahmad, L. Chong and H. Cai. Effects of Elevated Air Temperature and CO2 on Maize Production and Water Use Efficiency under Future Climate Change Scenarios in Shaanxi Province, China. 2020. Atmosphere, (IF=2.397).
  • M. Kashif, H. Niaz, M. Sultan, T. Miyazaki, Y. Feng, M. Usman, M. W. Shahzad, Y. Niaz, M. M. Waqas, I. Ali. (2020). Study on desiccant and evaporative cooling systems for livestock thermal comfort: Theory and experiments. Energies (Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps: Energy and Environmental Issues II). (IF=2.707).
  • M. M. Waqas, S. H. H. Shah, U. K Awan, M. Waseem, I. Ahmad, M. Fahad, Y. Niaz, S. Ali. (2020). Evaluating the Impact of Climate Change on Water Productivity of Maize under Semiarid Environment of Punjab, Pakistan. Sustainability (Special Issue Climate Resilient Sustainable Agricultural Production Systems).12:3905 (IF=2.59).
  • M. Fahad, I. Ahmad, M. Rehman, M. M. Waqas and F. Gul. Regional Wheat Yield Estimation by Integration of Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture into a Crop Model. 2019. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2019.1692651 (IF=2.53).
  • M. M. Waqas, U. K. Awan, M. J. M. Cheema, I. Ahmad, M. Ahmad, S. Ali, S. H. H. Shah, A. Bakhsh & M. Iqbal. 2019. Estimation of Canal Water Deficit Using Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS: A Case Study in Lower Chenab Canal System. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 47, 1153–1162. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-019-00977-9 (IF= 1.102).
  • M. M. Waqas, S. H. H. Shah, U. K. Awan, M. Arshad. R. Ahmad: Impact of Climate Change on Groundwater Fluctuation, Soil Salinity and Water Productivity in Sugarcane Farmers’ Fields: A case study in Lower Chenab Canal system. 2019. 56 (2) 443-450. (PakJAS, DOI: 10.21162/PAKJAS/18.7194). (IF=0.69).
  • M. Ahmad, M. Arshad. M. Iqbal, M. M. Waqas, M. Awais. Simulation of Groundwater Quantity Using Hydrological Model for Mithawan Spate Irrigated Area of Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan (Pak. J. Agri. Sci., Vol. 55(4) 847:853, 2017, ISSN (Print) 0552-9034, ISSN (Online) 2076-0906, DOI: 10.21162/PAKJAS/18.6093), (IF=0.69).
  • Contribution to non-Apis bee fauna of family Apidae (Hymenoptera) from Layyah, Punjab, Pakistan. 2020. Imran Bodlah Muhammad Adnan Bodlah, Yasir Niaz, Muhammad Tariq Rasheed, Ammara Gull e Fareen, Muhammad Nawaz, Kamran Ikram, Muhammad Mohsin Waqas, Bilal Rasool. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology
  • K. Ikram, Y. Niaz, S. Hamid, M. U. Ghani, M. Z. Mansha, M. A. Bodlah, M. Nadeem, M. M. Omar, F. Shabir, M. M. Waqas, H. Arshad, R. Ali, G. Yasin, S. Hassan, M. Bilal Akram. (2020). Development of Active Air Suspension System for Small Agriculture Vehicles. Big Data In Agriculture (BDA). 2(2):23-28.
  • M. M. Waqas, Y. Niaz, S. Ali, I. Ahmad, M. Fahad, H. Rashid, U. K. Awan. (2020). Soil Salinity Mapping Using Satellite Remote Sensing: A Case study of Lower Chenab Canal System, Punjab. Earth Sciences Pakistan (ESP). 4(1):07-09.
  • A. Nazeer, M. M. Waqas, S. Ali, U. K. Awan, M. J. M. Cheema, A. Baksh. Land use land cover classification and wheat yield prediction in the Lower Chenab canal system using remote sensing and GIS. Big data in agriculture. 2020. 2 (2); 39-33; DOI: 10.26480/bda.01.2020.34.37
  • M. A. Mudassar, S. Hussain, H. Shafique, A. Raza, M. Jahangir, M. G. Khalid, M. M. Waqas.     Development and testing of self-sustainable bio-reactor for biogas production. Big Data In Agriculture. 2020. 2 (2); 34-37; DOI: 10.26480/bda.01.2020.34.37
  • K. Ikram, Y. Niaz, M. Z. Mansha, M. U. Ghani, F. Shabir, M. M. Waqas, M. A. Bodlah, M. Nadeem, A. Afzal, M. M. Omer, A. Waheed. CLEANING MATERIAL ARRANGEMENT TESTING FOR SUGARCANE DETRASHER: A SIMULATION APPROACH. 2020. BIG DATA IN AGRICULTURE. 2 (2); 47-50; DOI: 10.26480/bda.01.2020.47.50.
  • R. M. Amir, S. Ali, M. J. M. Cheema, S. Hussain, M. M. Waqas, M. S. Waqas, R. H. Arshad, M. Salam, A. Raza and M. Aslam. ESTIMATING SEDIMENT YIELD AT TARBELA DAM AND FLOOD FORECASTING THROUGH CONTINUOUS PRECIPITATION-RUNOFF MODELING OF UPPER INDUS BASIN. 2020. BIG DATA IN WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING. 2 (2); 43-48; DOI :10.26480/bdwre.02.2020.36.41
  • Z. Noreen, M. M. Waqas, S. H. H. Shah. EFFECT OF IRRIGATION WATER SALINITY ON TRANSPIRATION AND LEACHING REQUIREMENT: A CASE STUDY FOR WHEAT UNDER SEMIARID ENVIRONMENT OF PUNJAB. 2020. BIG DATA IN AGRICULTURE. 2 (1); 05-09; DOI: 10.26480/bda.01.2020.05.09
  • M. M. Waqas, Yasir Niaz, Haroon Rashid, Muhammad Adnan Bodlah, Sikandar Ali, Hassan Raza, Muhammad Fahad, Muhammad Ishfaq, Syed Hamid Hussain Shah. IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON RAINFALL IN THE IRRIGATED INDUS BASIN: A CASE STUDY IN THE LOWER CHENAB CANAL SYSTEM. 2020. BIG DATA IN AGRICULTURE. 2 (1); 10-12; DOI: 10.26480/bda.01.2020.10.12
  • M. M. Waqas, M. Awais, S. H. H. Shah. ESTIMATION OF HIGH-RESOLUTION RAINFALL USING MICROWAVE LINKS DATA OF CELLULAR SYSTEM. 2020. BIG DATA IN AGRICULTURE. 2 (1); 17-19; DOI: 10.26480/bda.01.2020.17.19
  • S. H. H. Shah, M. M. Waqas, M. Kashif, M.S. Afzal, A. Ben-Gal, H. P. Weikard, S. E. A. T. van der Zee: Effective management of brackish irrigation for a network of farms along a river by considering Soil-Water-Plant feedback mechanisms: A conceptual framework development (African-Asian Journal of Rural Development, Vol:50, No.1, 2017, pp:139:159)
  • A. Arshad, S. Ali, S. N, Khan, M. Riaz, S. Arshad, Ch. Arslan, S. Noor, M. M. Waqas: Designing of floating wetland for treatment of municipal waste water and environmental assessment using emergy technique (Proceedings of the International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2017, 7(3): 78-89)

Affiliations

  • Lifetime member of Pakistan Engineering Council.
  • USAID Alumnae