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 Instructor for Chemical Engineering PE Course  Independent twice a year in Berkeley ( present).  Bechtel Corporation, San Francisco ( ).  Professional Engineering Institute, Belmont

 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.

 Process Operator, Riyadh Oil Refinery, Saudi Arabia (August Dec 1981):  A team member that commissioned a hydrogen plant of 100,000 bpd oil refinery.

 Staff Engineer, National Fertilizers Corporation, Lahore, Pakistan (Mar Jul 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).

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

 Ph.D. Materials Engineering and Science, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, July  M.S. Chemical Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology June  B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan September

 "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.

 "A Prelude to the Dynamic Simulation of Chemical Processes "

 Professional Engineer, Chemical Engineering (#4524), California  Registered Environmental Assessor (#4759), California  Community College Instructor Credential, Engineering (# 17651), California

 Ahmad, Waqar, "Emissions from Cyanide Plating Baths, 2001, Department of Toxic Substances Control (unpublished work).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, Optimum spacing of extraction wells  Ahmad, W. et al, " The Redissolution Kinetics of Aluminum Coprecipitated Products in Ammoniacal Solutions," Metallurgical Transactions, Vol. 10B,  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,

 Northern California Section of AIChE Award for Chemical Engineering Excellence in Continuing Education 1994/1995.  Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)