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