Projects
Here is a list of projects being carried out at WIT.
Ongoing Projects
Water Justice in Muslim Societies: A Scoping Study of Three River Basins
PI: Dr. Adeel Malik
Co-PIs: Dr. Abubakr Muhammad
Duration: September 1, 2025 - September 1, 2026
Supporting Agency: Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF)
Link: ISRF Project
Low-Cost Floating Sensor Network for Monitoring Large Aquatic Environments
PI: Dr. Talha Manzoor
Co-PI: Dr. Naveed Ul Hassan (LUMS)
Duration: April 2025 – April 2027
Supporting Agency: The Khalid and Mussarrat Aziz Research Grants for Planet Earth, LUMS
Title: Experiential Learning to Understand Water Conflict in the Namal Valley
PI: Dr. Talha Manzoor
Co-PI: Dr. Malik Jahan Khan (LUMS)
External Collaborators: Dr. Andrew Bell (Cornell)
Duration: February 2025 – December 2025
Supporting Agency: Cornell University
Context-Aware IoT for Long-Term Environmental Monitoring in Remote Regions of Pakistan
PI: Dr. Talha Manzoor
Co-PI: Dr. Ijaz Haider Naqvi (LUMS)
Duration: May 2025 – April 2026
Supporting Agency: LUMS Faculty Initiative Fund
Climate policy assessment and Mitigation Modeling to Integrate national and global Transition pathways for Environmental-friendly Development (COMMITTED)
PI: Dr. Abubakr Muhammad
Co-PIs: Dr. Talha Manzoor
Duration: January 1, 2023, to June 30, 2026
Supporting Agency: European Commission's Directorate on Climate (DG Clima)
Link: COMMITTED Webpage
Completed Projects (Selected)
Preventing Water-related Conflicts in Small Lake Systems: A Holistic Approach for Sustainable Coexistence
PI: Dr. Talha Manzoor
Co-PI: Dr. Malik Jahan Khan (LUMS), Dr. Andrew Bell (Cornell), Dr. Iqra Abdullah (Greenwich)
Duration: August 2024 – April 2025
Supporting Agency: United States Institute for Peace (USIP)
Securing Socio-Economic Stability and Data-Driven Resilience for Un gauged Namal Valley Watershed at Monsoon Margins
PI: Dr Usman Ali (NUST)
Co-PI: Dr. Talha Manzoor (LUMS), Dr. Malik Jahan Khan (LUMS), Dr. Shabeh-Ul-Hasson (Hamburg)
Duration: January 2022 – December 2024
Supporting Agency: German Academic Exchange Program (DAAD)
A scalable off-grid early warning and communication system for GLOF risk reduction, at theclimate vulnerable communities of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
PI: Dr. Abubakr Muhammad
Co-PIs: Dr. Naveed-Ul-Hassan
Duration: January 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024
Supporting Agency: APNIC Foundation
Development of Agricultural Robotics Lab
PI: Dr. Abubakr Muhammad
Co-PIs:
- Dr. Mian Muhammad Awais (LUMS)
- Dr. Murtaza Taj (LUMS)
- Dr. Hassan Jaleel (LUMS)
Duration: January 1, 2019, to June 30, 2022
Supporting Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
Installation of Water Quality Sensors Suite
PI: Dr. Abubakr Muhammad
Duration: January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021
Supporting Agency: Worldwide Fund for Nature - Pakistan (WWF)
Autonomous Mobile Sensors for Hyper Resolution Hydrology
PI: Dr. Abubakr Muhammad and Dr. Karsten Berns
Duration: January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022
Partner Institute: University of Kaiserslautern
Supporting Agency: DAAD
Deployment of Forest Health Calculator
PI: Dr. Mian Muhammad Awais & Dr. Abubakr Muhammad
Duration: August 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
Supporting Agency: Worldwide Fund for Nature - Pakistan (WWF)
Digital Soil Moisture Meters and Weather Stations Installation
PI: Dr. Abubakr Muhammad
Duration: January 1, 2021, to December 31, 2021
Supporting Agency: ALMOIZ Industries Limited
Climate Technology Market Assessment Services in Pakistan
PI: Dr. Abubakr Muhammad
Co-PIs:
- Mr. Faisal Baloch (Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives)
- Mr. Shamoon Tariq (Fresh Pack Food Packaging Company)
- Mr. Salman Abbasi (Individual Consultant)
- Dr. Mahmood Ahmad (LUMS)
- Dr. Fozia Parveen (LUMS)
Duration: May 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Supporting Agency: International Trade Center (ITC)
DyMASH (Dynamic Mapping and Sampling for High- Resolution Hydrology)
PI: Dr. Abubakr Muhammad
Duration: January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019
Partner Institute: University of Kaiserslautern
Supporting Agency: DAAD
Provincial Agriculture Disaster Risk Management Operational Plan and Implementation Guidelines(Punjab & Sindh)
PI: Dr. Abubakr Muhammad
Co-PIs:
- Dr. Mahmood Ahmad (LUMS)
- Dr. Asif Khan (LUMS)
- Dr. Saher Asad (LUMS)
- Dr. Sanval Nasim (LUMS)
Duration: May 1, 2018, to October 31, 2018
Supporting Agency: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Use of Air Quality Measurements and Land-Atmosphere Models to Support the Development of Winter Smog Mitigation Strategies
PI: Dr. Abubakr Muhammad
Co-PI: Dr. Maudood Ahmad
Duration: February 1, 2018, to July 2019
Supporting Agency: Higher Education Commission (HEC)
A Hydro-informatics test-bed for smart irrigation and flood prediction applications in the Namal Valley
PI: Dr. Abubakr Muhammad
Co-PI: Dr. Talha Manzoor
Duration: March 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021
Supporting Agency: Faculty Initiative Fund (FIF), LUMS
