Designation Assistant Professor
Email ID(s) sarmadriaz@nutech.edu.pk Contact # 0343-4250926
Profile Summary
Dr Malik Sarmad Riaz completed his Masters and Doctorate in Transportation Sciences from Belgium. Being a civil engineer from one of the top institutes in Pakistan, he has worked in several positions in design as well as execution of mega projects. Dr Malik Sarmad Riaz has vast experience of both industry and academia.
| Qualification | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sr. No | Degree | University | Year | ||||||
| 1 | P.hD | Hasselt University, Belgium | 2020 | ||||||
| 2 | MS | Hasselt University, Belgium | 2016 | ||||||
| 3 | BS | National University of Science & Technology (NUST), Islamabad | 2012 | ||||||
| 4 | Any other | ||||||||
Teaching Experience | |||||||||
| Sr. No | Designation | University | Year | ||||||
| From | To | ||||||||
| 1 | Lecturer | Hasselt University, Belgium | Aug-18 | Feb-20 | |||||
| 2 | Teaching assistant | Hasselt University, Belgium | Aug-16 | Aug-18 | |||||
Industrial Experience | |||||||||
| Sr. No | Designation | Industry | Year | ||||||
| From | To | ||||||||
| 1 | Doctoral Researcher | Hasselt University, Belgium | Aug-16 | Feb-20 | |||||
| 2 | Mobility Analyst | VelocityRDT, London, UK | Feb-16 | Jul-16 | |||||
| 3 | Project Officer/Highways Manager | FWO, Pakistan - Indus Highway | Apr-14 | Sep-14 | |||||
| 4 | Assistant Project Manager | FWO, Pakistan - Indus Highway | Apr-13 | Apr-14 | |||||
| 5 | Assistant Design Engineer | Sampak International Pvt Ltd, Pakistan | May-12 | Apr-13 | |||||
Honors and Awards | |||||||||
| Sr. No | Award | Year | |||||||
| 1 | President Pakistan Student Association - Belgium | 2017 | |||||||
| 2 | HEC Scholarship | 2014 | |||||||
| 3 | Merit Scholarships in NUST | 2011 | |||||||
Research Areas/Interests | |||||||||
| Sr. No | Area | Description | |||||||
| 1 | Transportation Engineering | Pavement design and analysis, Innovative methods | |||||||
| 2 | Traffic Engineering & Safety | Mobility management | |||||||
| 3 | Effect of Users on the transportation network | Understanding road users behavior, improving their safety and design of Infrastructure based on Vulnerable road users (VRUs) | |||||||
Journal Publications | |||||||||
| Sr. No | Journal Name | Publication Title with I.F | Year | ||||||
| 1 | Personal and Ubiquitous computing | Evaluation of a gamified e-learning platform to improve traffic safety among elementary school pupils in Belgium (IF = 2.3) | 2019 | ||||||
| 2 | Accident Analysis & Prevention | Observing the observation of (vulnerable) road user behaviour and traffic safety: A scoping review (IF = 3.7) | 2019 | ||||||
| 3 | Safety | Evaluation of a Road Safety Education Program Based on Driving Under Influence and Traffic Risks for Higher Secondary School Students in Belgium (IF = 1.4) | 2019 | ||||||
Conference Publications | |||||||||
| Sr. No | Journal Name | Publication Title | Year | ||||||
| 1 | HeAd 2018, Valencia, Spain | Integration of gamification in a traffic education platform for children | 2018 | ||||||
| 2 | GSTIC 2018, Brussels, Belgium | Development of a digital learning platform embedded with gamification elements to improve traffic insight among pupils of elementary school | 2018 | ||||||
| 3 | 29th ICTCT Workshop, Lund, Sweden | Observing observation of road user behaviour: A scoping review into current practices in scientific literature. | 2017 | ||||||
| 4 | RSS2017 - Road Safety & Simulation International Conference, The Hague, Netherlands | Observing observation of road user behaviour: A scoping review into current practices in scientific literature. | 2017 | ||||||