NUST INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
Faculty Zain Maqsood

Zain Maqsood

Assistant Professor
  • NUST Institute of Civil Engineering
  • 051886463
Summary

Dr. Zain Maqsood specializes in advance geotechnical testing, and he owns a rich experience of laboratory and model testing on bounded and unbounded geomaterials. Dr. Zain earned his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from NICE, NUST, and he was awarded with the President Gold Medal. Dr. Zain secured MEXT scholarship in 2014 for his Masters and PhD degree programs from the University of Tokyo, Japan. He is the recipient of Furuichi Award (2016) for his outstanding research performance, and later he served as a project researcher (postdoctoral fellow) in the Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory of The University of Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Zain also gained valuable experience of handling consultancy project while his stay in NESPAK as a geotechnical engineer. Dr. Zain Maqsood is currently serving as an Assistant Professor and OIC of Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory of NUST Institute of Civil Engineering (NICE).

Academic Background
PhD (Geotechnical) The University of Tokyo September 23, 2016 - September 13, 2019
Honours and Awards
Publications
Predictive Modelling of Cohesion and Friction Angle of Soil using Gene Expression Programming: A Step Towards Smart and Sustainable Construction March 18, 2024 Muhammad Naqeeb Nawaz, Badee Alshameri, Zain Maqsood , Waqas Hassan, Neural Computing and Applications - Pages 1-22
An innovative application of fine marble dust for the construction industry to mitigate the piping, internal erosion and dispersion problems of sodium-rich clays December 08, 2023 Waqas Hassan, Badee Alshameri, Zain Maqsood , Abbas Haider, Syed Muhammad Jamil, Hassan Mujtaba, Construction and Building materials - Volume 408, Article Number 133834
Incorporating potassium-rich waste material in a sustainable way to stabilize dispersive clay: A novel practical approach for the construction industry October 12, 2023 Waqas Hassan, Badee Abdulqawi Hamood Al-Shameri, Syed Muhammad Jamil, Zain Maqsood, Abbas Haider, Arfan Shahzad, Construction and Building Materials - Volume 400, Article Number 132717
A novel technique for the construction industry to mitigate dispersibility and internal erosion problems of Sodium rich clays by using Water-Soluble Potassium Rich Ions Material October 12, 2023 Waqas Hassan, Badee Abdulqawi Hamood Al-Shameri, Abbas Haider, Zain Maqsood, Syed Muhammad Jamil, Arfan Shahzad, Construction and Building Materials - Volume 400, Article Number 132780
PET Waste Management in Pakistan Through use of PET Shreds as Additive in Backfill Soil September 22, 2023 Fawad Sheikh, Badee Alshameri, Zain Maqsood , Abbas Haider, Jawad Hassan, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment - Volume 195, Article Number 1239
Sustainable incorporation of Plaster of Paris kiln dust for stabilization of dispersive soil: A potential solution for construction industry September 15, 2023 Bushra Fatima, Badee Abdulqawi Hamood Al-Shameri, Waqas Hassan, Zain Maqsood , S. Muhammad Jamil, Aziman Madun , Construction and Building Materials - Volume 397, Article Number 132459
Mechanical Behaviour and Stress-Strain Recovery Characteristics of Expanded Polypropylene October 12, 2022 Zain Maqsood, Junichi Koseki, Hiroyuki Kyokawa, Geosynthetics International - Volume 31 Issue 1, Pages: 18-30
Swelling and strength characteristics of sand treated with paper sludge ash-based stabilizer July 25, 2022 Maliki Otieboame Djandjieme, Kimitoshi Hayano, Hiromoto Yamauchi, Zain Maqsood, Construction and Building Materials - Volume 341, Article Number 127849
Verification of 3D AE Source Location Technique in Triaxial Compression Tests Using Pencil Lead Break Sources on a Cylindrical Metal Specimen February 02, 2022 Xianfeng Li, Ali Naqi, Zain Maqsood, Junichi Koseki, Applied Sciences - Volume 12, Issue 3, Article Number 1603
Micromechanical Behavior of Granular Soils Characterized by Acoustic Emission October 23, 2021 Wenli Lin, Ang Liu, Wuwei Mao, Zain Maqsood, Junichi Koseki, Lithosphere - Volume 2021, Article ID 4061808, 14 pages
Mechanical behaviour and loading rate dependency of gypsum-mixed fine-grained soils September 27, 2021 Masum Shaikh, Hiroyuki Kyokawa, Zain Maqsood, Md. Kamrul Ahsan, Junichi Koseki, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Geotechnical Engineering - Pages 1-12
Experimental Study on the Relationship between the Velocity of Surface Movements and Tilting Rate in Pre-Failure Stage of Rainfall-Induced Landslides September 07, 2021 Jiren Xie, Taro Uchimura, Chao Huang, Zain Maqsood, Jingli Tian, Sensors - Volume 21(18), Article Number 5988
Experimental study on hardening characteristics and loading rate dependent mechanical behaviour of gypsum mixed sand November 30, 2020 Zain Maqsood, Junichi Koseki, Md. Kamrul Ahsan, Masum Shaikh, Hiroyuki Kyokawa, Construction and Building Materials - Volume 262, Article Number 119992
Experimental study on the mechanical behaviour of bounded geomaterials under creep and cyclic loading considering effects of instantaneous strain rates October 01, 2020 Zain Maqsood, Junichi Koseki, Yukika Miyashita, Jiren Xie, Hiroyuki Kyokawa, Engineering Geology - Volume 276, Article Number 105774
Influence of salinity exposure on the mechanical properties of cement-treated sand September 21, 2020 Md. Kamrul Ahsan, Masum Shaikh, Dipankar Chandra Barman, Zain Maqsood, Geotechnical Research - Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 161-172
Predicting the sliding behavior of rotational landslides based on the tilting measurement of the slope surface May 01, 2020 Jiren Xie, Taro Uchimura, Gonghui Wang, Hemakanth Selvarajah, Zain Maqsood, Quan Shen, Guoxiong Mei, Shifan Qiao, Engineering Geology - Volume 269, Article Number 105554
A new prediction method for the occurrence of landslides based on the time history of tilting of the slope surface February 01, 2020 Jiren Xie, Taro Uchimura, Gonghui Wang, Quan Shen, Zain Maqsood, Canrong Xie, Jiapeng Liu, Weikai Lei, Shangning Tao, Pan Chen, Hongyuan Dong, Guoxiong Mei, Shifan Qiao, Landsldies - Volume 17, Pages 301-312
Conferences
Characterization of weathering cycle for laboratory reproduced accelerated weathering of soft indigenous rocks December 15, 2022 - December 16, 2022 Haseeb Yaqoob, Maryem Naeem, Muhammad Junaid Riaz, Naveed Ahmad, Zain Maqsood, 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Civil Engineering and Disaster Management
Strength evaluation of Cement-Treated Sand-Expanded Polystyrene Bead Lightweight Fill November 03, 2021 - November 05, 2021 Khola Iqbal, Hammad Siddique, Waleed Iqbal, Taro Uchimura, Zain Maqsood, 11th International Conference on Geotechnique, Construction Materials & Environment, GEOMATE 2021
Project Researcher The University of Tokyo October 01, 2019 - December 31, 2020
Junior Engineer NESPAK June 14, 2013 - September 30, 2014
Junior Engineer NESPAK Foundation August 27, 2012 - June 13, 2013