Dr. Kazi Parvez Fattah | American University of Sharjah
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College / Department

College of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering

Teaching areas

Graduate: CVE 651 – Wastewater Treatment Process Control. NGN 509 - Advanced Computational Methods. Undergraduate: CVE 452 - Water distribution and wastewater collection systems; CVE 325 – Numerical Methods in Engineering; CVE 351 – Environmental Engineering; CVE 341 – Water Resources Engineering; EWE 333 - Water Quality and Treatment

Research areas

Environmental management of water and wastewater treatment systems; Resource recovery; Water distribution systems; Decentralized water treatment; Treatment and reuse of desalination reject water; Water reuse; Development of sustainable concrete; Solid waste management.

Education

PhD, Civil Engineering - Environmental Engineering Concentration, University of British Columbia, 2010
Master, Master Of Applied Science, Civil Engineering/ Environmental Engineering Concentration, University of British Columbia, 2004
BS, Civil Engineering/ Environmental Engineering Major; Water Resources Minor, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2001

Professional experience

Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2017 - Present
Assistant Professor, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2010 - 2017
Associated Engineering, Associated Engineering, BC, Canada, 2010 - 2010
Research Assistant, Department Of Civil Engineering, University of british Columbia, BC, Canada, 2006 - 2010
Independent Consulting Engineer, Metro, BC, Canada, 2009 - 2009
Lecturer, University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, 2001 - 2001

Memberships

Water Environment Federation (WEF), USA, October 2008
British Columbia Water and Waste Association, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, January 2008
Civil Engineer, The Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 2002
Engineer-in-Training (EIT) Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia (APEGBC), Vancouver, BC, Canada, January 2006 - December 2011

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 2495

Dr. Kazi Parvez Fattah

Associate Professor

Prior to joining AUS, Kazi Parvez Fattah worked as an environmental engineering consultant in Canada and as a faculty member in Bangladesh. His research interests are in environmental management of water and wastewater treatment systems, water distribution network, removal and recovery of nutrients, treatment of desalination reject/brine water; water reuse, application of nanoparticles in concrete and green concrete. He is currently the Deputy Editor of Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science (JEES), ICE. He is actively involved with collaborators worldwide and a reviewer for vari...

Publications

Yassir Makkawi, Omar Moussa And Kazi Fattah. Comparative assessment of the pyrolysis of anaerobically digested and undigested sewage sludge, Renewable Energy
Kazi Fattah And Alaa Kamel. Effectiveness of reject brine in removal of phosphorus from wastewater, December December 2020
Bassant Abdelrahman And Kazi Fattah. Public Acceptance of Grey Water Reuse: A Case Study & Analysis in the UAE, December December 2020
Md. Ehosan Habib, Muhammad Ali And Kazi Fattah. Modified Sand for the Removal of Manganese and Arsenic from Groundwater., Journal Of Environmental Engineering And Science, December December 2020
Maruf Mortula, Aqeel Ahmed, Kazi Fattah, Ghina Zannerni, Syed Shah And Ahmed Sharaby. Sustainable management of organic wastes in Sharjah, UAE through co-composting, November November 2020
Md. Mortula, Aqeel Ahmed, Kazi Fattah, Ghina Zannerni, Shah Syed And Ahmed Sharaby. Sustainable management of organic wastes in Sharjah, UAE through co-composting, Methods Protoc, November November 2020
Kimia Assar, Serter Atabay, Abdullah Yilmaz And Kazi Fattah. Empirical analysis of backwater level due to skewed bridge constriction, Water Management, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2020
Fatiima Iqbal, Kazi Fattah And Md. Mortula. Comparative Evaluation of Granulated Blast Furnace Slag and Activated Carbon for Treatment of Organic Matter and Solids from Residential Greywater, International Association Of Chemical, Biological, And Medical Sciences Researchers, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2020
Ghina Zannerni, Kazi Fattah And Adil Al-tamimi. Ambient-cured geopolymer concrete with single alkali activator, Sustainable Materials And Technologies, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2020
Partho Das, Muhammad Ali And Kazi Fattah. Assessment of Contaminant Flux from Heavily Polluted Benthic Sediment of Tongi khal (Canal): An Ex-Situ Approach, Desalination And Water Treatment, March March 2020
Kazi Fattah And Maruf Mortula. Leaching of organic material in polymeric pipes distributing desalinated water, International Journal Of Hydrology Science And Technology, January (1st Quarter/Winter) January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2020
Md. Mortula, Kazi Fattah, Tarig Ali, Alaeldine Idris And Mayada Albardan. Spatiotemporal Assessment of Water Quality in the Distribution Network of City of Sharjah, UAE, International Journal Of Information And Decision System, 2019
Ghina Zannerni, Kazi Fattah And Adil Tamimi. Ambient-Cured Geopolymer Concrete with Single Alkali Activator, Sustainable Materials And Technologies
Partho Das, Muhammad Ashraf And Kazi Fattah. Assessment of Contaminant Flux from Heavily Polluted Benthic Sediment of Tongi khal (Canal): An Ex-Situ Approach, March March 2019
Alaa Kamel, Fatima Iqbal, Amina Hamoodat And Kazi Fattah. Nutrient recovery from wastewater using desalination reject brine, March March 2019
Amina Hammodat, Fatima Iqbal, Alaa Kamel, Kazi Fattah And Alaeldin Idris. Sustainability of greywater reuse, March March 2019
Kazi Fattah, Adil Al-tamimi, Ayda Alkadi, Mira Afaneh, Mohamad Awada And Ala’a Khalaf. Self-Cleansing Cement Matrix using Nano Titanium Dioxide, International Journal Of Advances In Mechanical And Civil Engineering, February February 2019
Kazi Fattah And Mohamed Hamoda. Editorial, Journal Of Environmental Engineering And Science, January (1st Quarter/Winter) January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Md Maruf Mortula, Kazi Fattah, Tarig Ali, Alaeldin Idris And Mayyada Bardan. Spatiotemporal assessment of water quality in the distribution network of City of Sharjah, UAE, International Journal Of Information And Decision Sciences, January (1st Quarter/Winter) January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Robert Houghtalen And Kazi Fattah. A Project-Based Approach to IWRM for Small Communities in Developing Countries., 2018
Zahid Khan, Aqeel Ahmed And Kazi Fattah. Analysis of Prerecorded Video Lectures on the Performance of Undergraduate Students and their Feedback in Geology- A Case Study, March March 2018
Wendong Tao, Keshav Sauba, Kazi Fattah And John Smith. Designing constructed wetlands for reclamation of pretreated wastewater and stormwater, Reviews In Environmental Science And Bio/technology, 2017
Kazi Fattah, Adil Al-tamimi, Waseem Hamweyah And Fatima Iqbal. Evaluation of sustainable concrete produced with desalinated reject brine, International Journal Of Sustainable Built Environment, 2017
Noha Hassan, Kazi Fattah And Adil Tamimi. Modelling mechanical behavior of cementitious material incorporating CNTs using design of experiments, Construction And Building Materials, 2017
Noha Hassan, Kazi Fattah And Adil Tamimi. Modelling mechanical behaviour of cementitious material incorporating CNTs using Design of Experiments, Construction And Building Materials, November November 2017
Kazi Fattah, Adil Al-tamimi, Waseem Hamweyah And Fatima Iqbal. Evaluation of sustainable concrete produced with desalinated reject brine, International Journal Of Sustainable Built Environment, June June 2017
Kazi Fattah And Mahsa Hashemi. Making the desert alive again -- opportunities through wastewater treatment using wetlands, 2016
Ghina Zannerni, Adil Al-tamimi And Kazi Fattah. Production and Strength Evaluation of Sustainable Geopolymer Concrete in the UAE, 2016
Md. Mortula, Kazi Fattah And Tarig Ali. Study the Variability of Water Quality in a Large Water Distribution Network, 2016
Oliver Kruger, Kazi Fattah And Christian Adam. Phosphorus recovery from the wastewater stream—necessity and possibilities, Desalination And Water Treatment, 2016
Wendong Tao, Kazi Fattah And Matthew Huchzermeier. Struvite recovery from anaerobically digested dairy manure: A review of application potential and hindrances, Journal Of Environmental Management, 2016
Faisal Hai, Kazi Fattah, Devendra Saroj And Maria Moreira. Membrane reactors for bioethanol production and processing, 2015
Kazi Fattah, N Hassan And Adil Tamimi. Effect of adding polar impurities on carbon nanotubes and concrete bonding strength, 2015
Noha Hassan, Kazi Fattah And Adil Tamimi. Standardizing protocol for incorporating CNTs in concrete, 2015
Kp Fattah And Ds Mavinic. Investigating techniques to determine magnesium addition requirements for the operation of a struvite crystallization process, International Journal Of Environmental Science And Technology, 2015
Faisal Hai, Kazi Fattah, Devendra Saroj And Maria Moreira. Chapter 11: Membrane reactors for bioethanol production and processing, February February 2015
Vida Moradinasab, Mohsen Hajipour, Kazi Fattah And Alireza Joudi. Design of Alternative, Sustainable Energy Sources, Second International Conference On Sustainable Systems And The Environment, Sharjah, Uae, Date: February 12-13, 2014, 2014
Kazi Fattah And Farah Chowdhury. Staying ahead of struvite problems in wastewater treatment plants, 2014
Kazi Fattah. Phosphorus and Struvite--Rethinking Their Existence, International Conference On Biological, Chemical And Environmental Sciences (iicbe), January (1st Quarter/Winter) January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2014
Kazi Fattah, Sina Shabani And Aqeel Ahmed. Use of desalinated reject water as a source of magnesium for phosphorus recovery, International Journal Of Chemical Engineering And Applications, 2013
Kazi Fattah. Finding Nutrient-Related Problems in Wastewater Treatment Plants, 2012
Kazi Fattah. Assessing struvite formation potential at wastewater treatment plants, International Journal Of Environmental Science And Development, 2012
Kazi Fattah, Donald Mavinic And Frederic Koch. Influence of process parameters on the characteristics of struvite pellets, Journal Of Environmental Engineering, 2012
Nahid Khalifa, Kazi Fattah And Abdallah Al-alami. Towards a Sustainable University Campus--Water Use and Plastic Generation, International Proceedings Of Chemical, Biological And Environmental Engineering (ipcbee), 2012
Farah Chowdhury And Kazi Fattah. Development of a Sustainable Water Conservation Strategy, Proceedings Of The International Symposium On Sustainable Systems And The Environment, Sharjah, March 23-24, 2011, 2011
Kazi Fattah And Donald Mavinic. Modeling and optimization of struvite precipitation process for phosphorus recovery from wastewater, 2011
Kazi Fattah. Development of control strategies for the operation of a struvite crystallization process, 2010
Kazi Fattah, Ying Zhang, Donald Mavinic And Fred Koch. Use of carbon dioxide stripping for struvite crystallization to save caustic dosage: performance at pilotscale operation, Canadian Journal Of Civil Engineering, September September 2010
Al Forrest, Kp Fattah, Ds Mavinic And Fa Koch. Standardizing the struvite solubility product for field trial optimization, 2009
Kazi Fattah, Ying Zhang, Donald Mavinic And Frederic Koch. Application of carbon dioxide stripping for struvite crystallization—I: Development of a carbon dioxide stripper model to predict CO2 removal and pH changes, Journal Of Environmental Engineering And Science, 2008
Kp Fattah, N Sabrina, A Britton, Ds Mavinic And Fa Koch. Comparing the Effectiveness of Two Carbon Dioxide Strippers in Reducing Costs for Struvite Crystallization, Proceedings Of The Water Environment Federation, 2008
Kazi Fattah, Donald Mavinic, Frederic Koch And Cristina Jacob. Determining the feasibility of phosphorus recovery as struvite from filter press centrate in a secondary wastewater treatment plant, Journal Of Environmental Science And Health, Part A, 2008
Kp Fattah, Ds Mavinic, Ms Rahaman And Fa Koch. Development of a process control system for online monitoring and control of a struvite crystallization process, 2008
Al Forrest, Kazi Fattah, Ds Mavinic And Frederic Koch. Optimizing struvite production for phosphate recovery in WWTP, Journal Of Environmental Engineering, 2008
Kazi Fattah, Nandini Sabrina, Donald Mavinic And Fred Koch. Reducing operating costs for struvite formation with a carbon dioxide stripper, Water Science And Technology, 2008
Alexander Forrest, Kazi Fattah, Donald Mavinic And Frederic Koch. Application of artificial neural networks to effluent phosphate prediction in struvite recovery, Journal Of Environmental Engineering And Science, June June 2007
Kazi Fattah. Pilot scale struvite recovery potential from centrate at Lulu Island Wastewater Treatment Plant, 2004

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, The Eco-Fareej: Public space and sustainable Infrastructure systems for food production and wastewater and organic waste recycling in Emirati neighborhoods, June 2020 - May 2022
Grant, Treatment of desalination reject brine for reuse and material recovery, June 2020 - May 2022
Grant, Decentralized treatment of greywater for reuse purposes, American University of Sharjah, June 2018 - December 2020
Grant, Recovery of magnesium from desalination reject brine for phosphorus recovery from wastewater, June 2018 - December 2020
Grant, Production of Acidic Biochar for Soil (PABSA), Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), May 2018 - September 2020
Grant, Use of Electrocoagulation/Advanced Oxidation - Membrane Process for Greywater Treatment and Reuse, Sandooq Al Watan Applied Research and Development

Awards and Honors

Teaching Excellence Award, College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, 10 May 2017
Session Best Paper Award, International Academy of Engineering, Awarded for best presentation at the Annual international conference on chemical processes, ecology and environmental engineering (ICCPEE'16), 29 April 2016

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