Dr. Rashid Rehan is a Professor at the National Institute of Urban Infrastructure Planning (NIUIP) and is currently also serving as its Director. He obtained his BSc degree in Civil Engineering from UET Peshawar, receiving a Gold Medal for academic excellence. He was awarded the President’s Scholarship by the University of Western Ontario Canada for Master’s program. During his PhD studies at the University of Waterloo, he received the prestigious Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) doctoral award.
Dr. Rashid’s almost 3 decades of professional experience includes working in various private and public sector organizations before he joined UET Peshawar. His research and professional areas of interest include: climate change adaptation & mitigation in physical infrastructure systems; utility financing & service delivery; water supply and sanitation; and infrastructure asset management. Within the public policy domain, he has worked on developing water supply & sanitation, and housing policies.
His public service contributions include serving on the Boards of Directors of Water and Sanitation Services Company Peshawar (WSSP) and TransPeshawar (an urban mobility company). He is currently a member of the Environmental Protection Council of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Publications:

Khan, M.U., Saeed, S., Nehdi, M.L., and Rehan, R. (2021). “Macroscopic Traffic-Flow Modelling Based on Gap-Filling Behavior of Heterogeneous Traffic”, Applied Sciences, 11(9), 4278.

Sheheryar, M., Rehan, R. and Nehdi, M. L. (2021). “Estimating CO₂ emission savings from ultrahigh performance concrete: a system dynamics approach”, Materials, 14(4), 22 p.

Enouy, R., Unger, A. and Rehan, R. (2019). “An advective-dispersive transport model for residential water consumption”, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 21(4), pp. 607-623.

Rehan, R., Younis, R., Unger, A. J. A., Shapton, B., Budimir, F., and Knight, M. A. (2016). “Development of Unit Cost Indices and Database for Water and Wastewater Pipelines Capital Works”, Journal of Cost Analysis and Parametrics, 9(2), pp. 127-160.

Younis, R., Rehan, R., Unger, A. J. A., Yu, S., and Knight, M. A. (2016). “Forecasting the Unit Price of Water and Wastewater Pipelines Capital Works and Estimating Contractors’ Markup”, Journal of Cost Analysis and Parametrics, 9(1), pp. 46-68.

Nasir, H., Rehan, R., Younis, R., Mabood, F., Saeed, S., and Aslam, M. S. (2015). “Machinery selection for demolition and recycling of pavements: A simulation based tool”, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 34(2), pp. 85-94.

Saeed, S., Khan, A. N., Rehan, R., Sajid, S. H., Aslam, M. S., and Shahzada, K. (2015). “Cost and performance optimization of precast post tensioned pre-stressed girder bridge superstructures”, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 34(2), pp. 13-19.

Usman, T., Rehan, R., and Saeed, S. (2015). “Quantifying the effects of UPass: A transit demand management strategy”, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 34(1), pp. 60-67.

Enouy, R., Rehan, R., Brisley, N., and Unger, A. (2015). “An implicit model for water rate setting within municipal utilities”, Journal AWWA, 107(9), pp. E445-E453.

Rehan, R., Unger, A. J. A., Knight, M. A., and Haas, C. T. (2015). “Strategic water utility management and financial planning using a new system dynamics tool”, Journal AWWA, 107(1), pp. E22-E36.

Ahmad, Z., Shahzada, K., Gencturk, B., Khan, A.N., Rehan, R., Fahad, M., Ashraf, M., and Ali, Z. (2015). “Seismic capacity assessment of unreinforced concrete block masonry buildings in Pakistan before and after retrofitting”, Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 19(3), pp. 357-382.

Rehan, R., Knight, M. A., Unger, A. J. A., and Haas, C. T. (2014). “Financially sustainable management strategies for urban wastewater collection infrastructure – development of a system dynamics model”, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 39, pp. 116-129.

Rehan, R., Unger, A. J. A., Knight, M. A., and Haas, C. T.  (2014). “Financially sustainable management strategies for urban wastewater collection infrastructure – implementation of a system dynamics model”, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 39, pp. 102-115.

Rehan, R., Knight, M. A., Unger, A. J. A., and Haas, C. T. (2013). “Development of a system dynamics model for management of municipal watermain networks”, Water Research, 47(20), pp. 7184-7205.

Shah, S.F.A., Naseer, A., and Rehan, R. (2013). “Use of rubber waste in concrete to reduce environmental pollution – An overview”, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 32(1), pp. 33-39.

Rehman, W., Naseer, A., Rehan, R., Ashraf, M., and Ibrar, M. (2012). “Performance of brick masonry cavity walls with different wall ties”, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 31(2), pp. 26-31.

Rehan, R., Knight, M. A., Unger, A. J., and Haas, C. T. (2011). “Application of system dynamics for developing financially self-sustaining management policies for water and wastewater systems”, Water Research, 45(16), pp. 4737-4750.

Nehdi, M. L., and Rehan, R., (2007). “Raising the bar for civil engineering education: A systems thinking approach”, Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice, 133(2), pp. 116-125.

Rehan, R., and Nehdi, M. L. (2005). “Carbon dioxide emissions and climate change: Policy implications for the cement industry”, Environmental Science & Policy, 8(2), pp. 105-114.

Rehan, R., Nehdi, M. L., and Simonovic, S. P. (2005). “Policy making for greening the concrete industry in Canada: A systems thinking approach”, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 32(1), pp. 99-113.

Nehdi, M. L., Rehan, R., and Simonovic, S. P. (2004). “System dynamics model for sustainable cement and concrete: A novel tool for policy analysis”, ACI Materials Journal, 101(3), pp. 216-225.

Email:

rashid “at” uetpeshawar “dot” edu “dot” pk