Summary
Dr. Ather Ali is currently serving as Assistant Professor in Structural Engineering at NUST Institute of Civil Engineering (NICE), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad. Formerly, he has served as the first Head of Civil Engineering Department at NUST Balochistan Campus (2019-2020). During his academic career, Dr Ather have also proven to be a sensational academician by winning several competitive scholarships and awards, being the only engineering candidate from Pakistan who won the prestigious Commonwealth Scholarship twice for both his degrees of MSc in Structural Engineering (2010) and PhD in Civil Engineering (2012) from the University of Manchester. Dr Ather has actively supervised UG projects and PG theses in computational analysis, material technology and structural retrofitting of RCC and Masonry structures, which has been published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals. Dr Ather has expertise in linear and non-linear analysis of brittle heterogeneous materials. He is proficient in the use modern tools for numerical simulations and programming, such as Etabs, Abaqus, Python, Matlab, etc.
Academic Background
PhD
(Structures) University of Manchester
September 21, 2012 - January 06, 2017
Honours and Awards
Publications
Multi-hazard risk perception: An empirical study of the remote Gilgit city, Hindukush-Karakorum-Himalayan (HKH) region, Pakistan
October 01, 2023
Syed Samad Shah, Irfan Ahmad Rana, Ather Ali,
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction - Volume 96, Article Number 103996
Evacuation decision making and risk perception: flooded rural communities in Pakistan
June 13, 2023
Abdul Muqeet, Irfan Ahmad Rana, Rida Hameed Lodhi, Fawad Ahmed Najam, Ather Ali,
Environmental Hazards - Vol:23, No. 1, Pages:54-71
Quantifying the role of social capital for enhancing urban resilience against climate crisis: Empirical evidence from formal and informal settlements of Pakistan
November 01, 2022
Maheen Shahid, Irfan Ahmad Rana, Ali Jamshed, Fawad Ahmed Najam, Ather Ali, Ayman Aslam,
Cities - Volume 130, Article Number 103851
Effect of Bentonite as Partial Replacement of Cement on Residual Properties of Concrete Exposed to Elevated Temperatures
September 15, 2022
Sardar Farhan Mushtaq, Ather Ali, Rao Arsalan Khushnood , Rana Faisal Tufail, Ali Majdi, Adnan Nawaz, Serdar Durdyev, Dumitru Doru Burduhos Nergis, Jawad Ahmad,
Sustainability - Volume 14, Issue 18, Article Number 11580
Flood risk perception and communication: The role of hazard proximity
August 15, 2022
Asher Ali, Irfan Ahmad Rana, Ather Ali, Fawad Ahmed Najam,
Journal of Environmental Management - Volume 316, Article Number 115309
Structural behavior of GFRP reinforced recycled aggregate concrete columns with polyvinyl alcohol and polypropylene fibers
May 24, 2021
Umer Rafique, Ather Ali, Ali Raza,
Advances in Structural Engineering - Pages 1-14
Eco-friendly utilization of rice husk ash and bagasse ash blend as partial sand replacement in self-compacting concrete
March 01, 2021
Muhammad Hamza Hasnain, Usman Javed, Ather Ali, Muhammad Saeed Zafar,
Construction and Building Materials - Volume 273, Article Number 121753
Conferences
Teaching Assistant
University of Manchester
November 01, 2012 - December 31, 2016
Design Engineer
AA associates
October 01, 2009 - July 15, 2010