CURRICULUM VITAE Syed Muhammad Bilal Waris Ali PERSONAL INFORMATION Extension No. Office. Fax No. Room No. E‐mail 2589 +968 2414 2589 +968‐2414‐1331 2031 waris@squ.edu.om EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION EDUCATIONAL PhD (University of Tokyo, Japan, 2010) MSc (University of Tokyo, Japan, 2007) BSc (University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore , Pakistan, 2004) EMPLOYMENT HISTORY April 2004 – August 2011 Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore , Pakistan. September 2011 – to date Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering , College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. AWARDS AND RECOGNITION Japanese Ministry of Education and Cultural Exchange (MEXT) scholarship for Ph.D, 2007 ‐2010. Japanese Ministry of Education and Cultural Exchange (MEXT) scholarship for M.Sc, 2005 – 2007. SERVICES UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION AND COMMITTEES Department Representative, Industrial training committee, College of Engineering. 2011 – 2012. Department Representative, Industrial training committee, College of Engineering.2012 – 2014. Department Representative, Ad hoc Information screen committee, College of Engineering.2013 – 2014. Chair, Ad hoc committee for Department and postgraduate leaflets , Department of Civil and Architecture Engineering. 2013. Member, Postgraduate committee, Department of Civil and Architecture Engineering. 2014‐2015. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE SERVICE TO THE PUBLIC HONORS/MEMBERSHIPS SCHOLARLY ACHIEVEMENTS PUBLISHED REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS Waris M. B, Ishihara T., “Dynamic response analysis of floating offshore wind turbine with different types of heave plates and mooring systems by using a fully nonlinear model”, Coupled Systems Mechanics, Vol. 1, No. 3,pp 247‐268, 2012. BOOKS AND CHAPTERS IN BOOKS CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Waris M. B, Ali N, Al‐Jabri K.S, Use of Recycled Tire in Concrete for Partial Aggregate Replacement, 3rd International conference on Civil Engineering, Mauritius. Nov 2014. Al‐Jabri K.S, Pillay P. , Waris M. B, Pervez T, 3D finite element modeling of beam– column flexible endplate composite connections at elevated‐temperatures, 8th International Conference on Structures in Fire, Beijing, China. Jun 2014. Ishihara T., Waris M. B, Kagaya K., “Dynamic Response Prediction of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine System using Fully Nonlinear Model”, EWEA Offshore 2011, The Netherlands. Nov 2011. Waris M. B, Ishihara, T., “Influence of mooring force estimation on dynamic response of floating offshore wind turbine system”, Renewable Energy Conference, Yokohama, Japan. May 2010. Ishihara T, Waris M. B, Sukegawa H., “A study on influence of heave plate on dynamic response of floating offshore wind turbine system”, EOW2009, Sweden, Sep 2009. Waris, M. B, Ishihara, T., Sarwar, M. W, Fujino, Y, “Galloping response prediction of Ice‐accreted transmission lines”, AWAS08, Korea. May 2008. Waris M. B, Ishihara T., Sarwar M. W, Fujino Y, “Numerical study of aerodynamic forces on trains in crosswind using LES turbulence model”, ICWE12, Australia. Jul 2007. WORKSHOP/SYMPOSIUM/FORUM PROCEEDINGS Conference Title Responsibility International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering, 2010. Event Organizer International Conference on Water Resource Engineering and Finance Secretary and Management, 2011. Event Organizer Member, Technical Gulf Seismic Forum, 2013 Committee Member, Organizing International conference on Estuaries and Coasts, 2015 Committee TECHNICAL REPORTS FUNDING GRANT AND CONTRACT SUPPORT Grants Contracts & Support Services Short course Income