Profile Dr.

Masood, a US Citizen, came to Pakistan from USA and joined COMSATS, Islamabad in September 2008 as Foreign Professor. Dr. Masood is the holder of two undergraduate degrees (Govt. College, Lahore and Military College of Engineering), two master degrees (USA) and two doctoral degrees (USA). He earned his first Ph.D., in Civil Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA, Professor Dr. Muhammad Tahir in 1987, and his second Ph.D., in Urban and Regional Planning from Texas A&M University, USA, in 1999. Masood Dr. Masood started as a civil engineer and a city and regional planner, but later developed his expertise in management sciences field, project management, environmental planning, as an academician, and a researcher. Dr. Masood brings a wealth of knowledge and decades of professional work experience in Pakistan and USA. Prior to 1984 he was a Commissioned Officer in the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers and took early retirement as a Lt. Colonel and went to USA for higher studies. His army service includes command and staff appointments including working as Garrison Engineer and Commander Military Engineering Service (Pakistan Navy) in Chittagong, Karachi and Islamabad for seven years during which he planned and managed large projects like Naval Base Chittagong, PNS Iqbal Karachi (Submarine establishment and sea birth), and Naval Hospital (PNS Hafeez) Islamabad. In 1970, he completed his Command and Staff College course and was instructor at Tactics Wing, School of Infantry and Tactics, Quetta. Before relocating to the US in 1988, Dr. Masood served as a Project Engineer at the United States Agency for International Development (Project Manager for two multi-million Dollar rural road and water development projects in Sindh and Balochistan), and as Research Consultant for the Government of Pakistans National Transport Research Center in Islamabad (conducted research studies and planned traffic engineering seminars). In USA, Dr. Masood served as a faculty in the University of Southwestern Louisiana where he taught several undergraduate and graduate level courses. Dr. Masood also worked as a Transportation Engineer/Planner for the Northwest Louisiana Council of Governments in Shreveport and as Senior Transportation Systems Analyst in the Planning Department of the Metropolitan Transit Authority (METRO) in Houston, Texas. He later got involved in Project Planning and

Business Management and served for 14 years in US industry. He also served as Senior Analyst in the METROs Office of Budget and Management, and as Senior Project Manager in its Department of Police and Public Safety which was his last posting before returning to Pakistan in September 2008 to teach at COMSATS. Since his arrival in Pakistan in fall 2008 as a Foreign Professor under Higher Education Commission Foreign Faculty Program, he has been teaching Project Management as well as MBA and EMBA courses. Dr. Masood has a number of publications to his name and has been a member of several professional associations like PEC, PE Texas, ITE USA, ASCE, and APA. In 2011, his three papers have been accepted for publication by international journals, three articles are under consideration by international journals, and four papers are being submitted in October. Telephone: 051-2262882, Mobile 0323-5522 342 Email:dr.tahirmasood@comsats.edu.pk Webpage: drtahirmasood.com Core Areas of Expertise Management Sciences Teaching

Taught Courses in the BS, MS Project Management, MBA, and EMBA programs at COMSATS and Other Universities Entrepreneurship Human Resource Management Communication Management Project Risk Management

Project Quality Management Business Research Methods Analysis for Business Decision Making (Research Methodology)

Quantitative

Mathematical Modeling Project Constraint (Scope, Time, Cost) Management Project Management. Areas of Academic and Research Interests Papers for publication, consultancy, supervision of Ph.D., MS, and MBA students 2

Human Resources Management Project Management Entrepreneurship Traffic Management

Conflict Management

Logistics and Supply Chain Management Aviation Management. Project Management Dr. Masoods business and project management expertise includes planning, designing and evaluation of projects and teaching undergraduate/graduate level courses. He also can offer his services related to civil engineering contract management including conflict resolution.
Project Design And Monitoring

Project Management
Project Evaluation And Appraisal

Project Planning

Civil Engineering, Environmental Planning, and Urban Planning Fields Dr. Masoods expertise and vast experience include working on a range of reputable engineering projects, He can offer a broad portfolio of services related to civil engineering, urban development, project management, environmental planning, management sciences, and planning of school/college/university campuses as elaborated below:
Civil Engineering & City Planning Review of designs and technical reports related to civil engineering projects and traffic studies Review existing City development plans and make new plans. Plan, design, and construct Golf Courses and sub-divisions (colonies) Conflict resolution and contract arbitration Review of contract documents and bids Streets and Highways. Rural Roads Projects. Environmental Planning Traffic Engineering Signal Designs Geometric Designs Traffic Studies Traffic Circulation plans Parking Studies Traffic Signs Speed Control and Safety/Security/Devices (cameras and other electronic surveillance devices) Safety studies and audit Capacity building of the Systems Mass Transit Systems Road Transport High Speed Rail Light Rail and Mono Rail

Taught the following courses at undergraduate and graduate levels in USA (University of SW Louisiana): Public Policy Formulation and Analysis City Planning Transportation Planning Environmental Planning Data Collection and Analysis

Academic and Consultancy Services: During the last three years at COMSATS, apart from teaching and member of various committees, also did the following: Suggested and advised (submitted concept papers and detailed proposals) on introduction of new programs like MS Project Management, MBA Logistic and Supply Chain Management, Civil Engineering Department, and City and Regional Planning Department, MBA Aviation Management, MBA Traffic Management, MBA Health Management, etc. With other Management faculty as in-house consultancy, prepared feasibility studies to establish new COMSATS campuses in four cities-Vehari, Larkana, Karachi, and Quetta. Dr Masood can offer services to educational institutes, NGOs, government organizations, and universities in setting up of new academic and training (one day to one week seminar and workshop) programs in management sciences, civil engineering (traffic engineering, highway safety, transportation planning), environmental planning, urban planning, and project management fields. He can plan and conduct national/international seminars, workshops, and conferences. He can prepareuggested and proposals, feasibility studies, PC 1, and plans to set up new institutes of excellence, research institutes and departments in schools, colleges, and universities or to set up new campuses. Detailed VITA and References: If requested.