As a graduate teaching assistant at AUS, Waleed Nawaz taught the Statics and Mechanics of Materials recitation sections multiple times. He also assisted in various courses including Geotechnical Principles, Mechanics of Material, Structural Concrete Design, Steel Design, Structural Dynamics, Earthquake Engineering and Fluid Mechanics. As a graduate research assistant, he supervised various experiments conducted by different senior design groups. Before joining AUS, he worked in the oil and gas firm Saipem Sharjah as an offshore engineer. His research interests include strengthening and computational modeling of reinforced concrete structures.