Malik Sarmad Riaz

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