Title of position:
Associate Professor Period of Assignment February 03, 2019, to December 12, 2022
Head, Applied Geosciences Division, Institute of Geology, University of the Punjab, Lahore comprising Engineering Geology and Geophysics Sections;
Head, Engineering Geology Section and HEC Approved Supervisor for M. Phil & PhD (Geology)
• Engineering Geology• Rock Mechanics• Soil Mechanics• Geohydrology
2011-2012 Correlation of Uniaxial Compressive Strength (UCS), Point Load Strength Index (Is50) and Schmidt hardness of Various Rock Units of Salt Range, Pakistan. (Research Report Submitted to Director, Research, PU).
2012-2013 Correlation of mineral and mechanical properties of Salt Range rocks (Research Report Submitted to Director, Research, PU).
2013-2014 Geotechnical evaluation of landslides and inventory of remedial works along IslamabadMurree Expressway, Pakistan. (Research Report Submitted to Director, Research, PU).
2014-2015 Stability assessment of Dewal landslide along Murree – Muzaffarabad road, Pakistan (Research Report Submitted to Director, Research, PU).
2015-2016 Back analysis of earthquake induced 80 m high slope failures along Shinkiari-Jabori Road, Abbottabad, Pakistan. (Research Report Submitted to Director, Research, PU). Prof. Dr. Sohail Akram 06/2023 8-11
2017-2018 Rock Characterization and Support Assessment by Empirical Methods for a 20km long Power Tunnel of a Hydropower Project along China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), District Kohistan, KPK, Pakistan. (Research Report Submitted to Director, Research, PU).
2019-2020 Development of Kinematic Criterion for the Evaluation of Undercutting Induced Slope Failures in alternate beds of Shales and Sandstones (Research Report Submitted to Director, Research, PU).
2021-2022 Investigating a Comparison of Durability based Classifications and Characterization of the SubHimalayas Rocks in controlling the Slope Stability (Research Report Submitted to Director, Research, PU)
2022-2023 Numerical evaluation of cut slope angles in Interbedded competent and incompetent rocks of Miocene in Lesser Himalayas, Pakistan (In progress)
1. Saleem, M. U., & Akram, M. S. (2023). Performance assessment of gridded climatic data and modeling spatial accuracy ranking matrix for gridded precipitation using a new pixel-based approach: a district-wise case study of Punjab. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 16(5), 1-18.
2. Ahmed, L., & Akram, M. S. (2022). Durability Based Classification and Characterization of the Rocks of the Sub-Himalayas, Pakistan. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 40(8), 4069-4081.
3. Ahmed, L. and Akram, M.S. (2022). Durability Based Classification and Characterization of the Rocks of the Sub-Himalayas, Pakistan. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering (Published online https://doi.org /10.1007/s10706-022-02140-7.
4. Ahmed, L. and Akram, M.S. (2022). Development of Kinematic Criterion for Undercutting Induced Rock Failures. Journal of Earth Sciences and Technology, Vol. 3 (2), 1–6
5. Salman, F. and Akram, M.S. (2021). Landslide susceptibility mapping using information value method in Jhelum Valley of the Himalayas. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 14 (10), 01-16.
6. Salman, F. and Akram, M.S. (2021). Comparison of data-driven landslide susceptibility assessment using weight of evidence, information value, frequency ratio and certainty factor methods. Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia, 18, (3), 301–317.
7. Ehsan, M. I., Zhao, Y. H., Khalid, P., Azeem, T., Akram, N., Akram, M.S., & Qi, Z. (2021). An improved Rock Physics Modeling approach to estimate attenuation and dispersion for three phase medium to delineate methane hydrates reserves. Himalayan Geology, 42(2), 256-262.
8. Ahmad, B., Akram, M.S., Ahmed, N., Jamil, S., Hussain, M. (2020). Estimation of Local Stress Directions from slipped veins near Dasu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan. Himalayan Geology, 41 (1), 63-72. Prof. Dr. Sohail Akram 06/2023 9-11
9. Ahmed, N., Alib, S. H., Ahmad, M., Khalid, P., Ahmad, B., Akram, M. S., Farooq, S. & Din, Z. U. (2020). Subsurface structural investigation based on seismic data of the north-eastern Potwar basin, Pakistan. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 49 (07), 1258-1268
10. Ghazi, S., Ali, S.H., Shahzad, T., Ahmed, N., Khalid, P, Akram S, Ali, S., Sami, J. (2020). Sedimentary, structural and salt tectonic evolution of Karoli-Nilawahan area, Central Salt Range and its impact for the Potwar Province. Himalayan Geology, 41 (2), 145-156.
