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by Waqar Ahmad, PhD, PE 

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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.

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Hazardous Substances Engineer, California Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Berkeley (Since Jul 1988 – 24 plus years) Environmental Engineering duties including

permitting, closure, post-closure and cleanup of hazardous waste facilities in compliance with both federal and state regulations. Facilities included boilers, industrial furnaces, open-burn, open detonation, mixed-waste, precious metals and used oil treatment and storage facilities.

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Process Operator, Riyadh Oil Refinery, Saudi Arabia (August 1980 - Dec 1981): A team member that commissioned a

hydrogen plant of 100,000 bpd oil refinery.

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Staff Engineer, National Fertilizers Corporation, Lahore, Pakistan (Mar 1976 - Jul 1980 4 plus years) A team member in the commissioning, and

start-up phases of ammonia section of 1760 tons per day urea plant (July 1977 – July 1980)

A team member in the operations department responsible for the normal operation of a 240 tons per day ammonium sulfate plant Mar 1976 – Jun 1977).

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Trainee Engineer, Ravi Rayon Limited, Kala Shah Kaku, Pakistan (Oct 1974 – Feb 1976).

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Ph.D. Materials Engineering and Science, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, July 1986.

M.S. Chemical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology June 1983.

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan September 1974.

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"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. 

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"A Prelude to the Dynamic Simulation of Chemical Processes" 

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Professional Engineer, Chemical Engineering (#4524), California 1990.

Registered Environmental Assessor (#4759), California 1993.

Community College Instructor Credential, Engineering (# 17651), California 1988.

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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.

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Northern California Section of AIChE Award for Chemical Engineering Excellence in Continuing Education 1994/1995. 

Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) 

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