Dr Muhammad Shahid
Lecturer (Education) in Civil Engineering
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- Email: muhammad.shahid@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 266303
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research area(s)
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Hydrological Response Under Changing Environments – Investigating the dynamic interaction between water systems and environmental shifts, including land use changes and climate variability.
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Eco-Hydrology – Exploring the relationships between ecological processes and hydrological systems to promote sustainable water resource management.
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Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources – Assessing how climate variability and extremes influence water availability, quality, and distribution.
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Urban Hydrology – Addressing water challenges in urban areas, including stormwater management, flood risks, and sustainable urban water systems.
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Precipitation Estimation – Developing and improving methods for accurate precipitation measurement using remote sensing and ground-based techniques.
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Floods and Droughts – Analyzing the occurrence, prediction, and mitigation of extreme hydrological events to enhance water security and resilience.
Research Interests
- Investigating water systems and environmental changes
- Analyzing climate change and land use impacts on hydrology
- Focus on hydrological modeling and eco-hydrology
- Studying urban water management challenges
- Researching floods, droughts, and extreme hydrological events
- Enhancing precipitation estimation techniques
- Developing sustainable water management strategies
Research grants and projects
Project details
- Economic and environmental implications of Water harvesting practices under changing climate and land use scenarios across Pakistan, Higher Education Commission China Pakistan Economic Corridor Grant No. CPEC-161 (COPI, 2021 − 2024).
- Numerical modeling of landslide dam breach case studies from China and Pakistan ,State Key Laboratory of Water Resources Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, China ,National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant No. 2020SDS01 (Co-PI, 2020 − 2022).