Engineering Seminars and Outreach

[EO15] “Getting Future Ready – Novel Techniques for Structural Fire Testing,” Civil Engineering Symposium, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, Dec. 9, 2022.

[EO14] “Building a Sustainable Prince George,” Panel discussion, 2022 UNBC Climate & Justice Teach-In as part of the Bard College and Open Society University Network’s Worldwide Initiative, Prince George, BC, Canada, March 23, 2022.

[EO13] “Structural Fire Engineering,” University of Manitoba Webinar, Winnipeg, Canada, March 14, 2022.

[EO12] “Structural Engineering against Natural & Man-made Hazards,” EBUS Academy Ă— UNBC Research Talks, Zoom Webinar session, March 10, 2022.

[EO11] “Performance Based Structural Fire Engineering,” UBC Structures Seminar, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Feb. 17, 2022.

[EO10] “Performance-Based Design for Structures under Fire,” Annual General Meeting of the Central Interior Branch, Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada, Feb. 8, 2022.

[EO9] “Sustainable structures versus fire hazards – the current score,” UNBC Interdisciplinary Weekly Seminar Series, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada, Sep. 24, 2021.

[EO8] “Intersections of Structural Resilience and Data Science in a Natural Hazards Context,” Department of Civil Engineering, SRM Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, India, online conference session, May 19, 2021.

[EO7] “Opportunities of growth in the Engineering Sector of Pakistan,” Dhanani School of Science & Engineering, Habib University, Karachi Pakistan, online seminar session, Apr. 20, 2021.

[EO6] “Research opportunities within Structural Fire Engineering,” American Concrete Institute, ACI Student Chapter at the NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi Pakistan, online seminar session, Apr. 5, 2021.

[EO5] “Building a Resilient Pakistan,” STEM Forward 2020 Virtual Job Fair, online conference session, Nov. 20-21, 2020.

[EO4] “Technology for improving Disaster Management and Planning,” BuiltByHer Hackathon, National Incubation Center, Karachi in collaboration with The Asia Foundation & The US Department of State, online conference session, Oct. 6 2020.

[EO3] “Resilience of Communities and Civil Infrastructure against Extreme Hazards,” Inauguración de la Semana Internacional de Ingeniería, Universidad Tecnológica Centroamericana (UNITEC), Honduras, online conference session, Aug. 31 2020.

[EO2] “Fiery Data: Safeguarding Future Cities against Fire Hazards,” International Technology Data Science Bootcamp, IEEE Society of Social Implications of Technology Madras Section, online conference session, Jun. 4 2020.

[EO1] “Design of Structures for Fire,” Guest Lecture Series at National Engineering Services Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd. Lahore, Pakistan, Dec. 15-17, 2017.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

[EDI9] “What does it mean to be an engineer of the 21st century? – Engineering and EDI,” UNBC Orientation and Welcome-back programming for Winter 2022 semester, online workshop session, Jan. 13, 2022.

[EDI8] “Keynote: Role models – a powerful tool to empowerment,” Launch of the publication: How to overcome gender bias in the Pakistani construction sector, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Islamabad Pakistan, online Keynote session, Oct. 26, 2021.

[EDI7] “Builtbyher Workshop: Developing solutions around STEM,” National Incubation Center, Karachi in collaboration with The Asia Foundation & The US Department of State, online conference session, Oct. 5 2021.

[EDI6] “Celebrating the Champions for Change in South Asia: Gender Equality in Leadership,” Webinar conducted by the World Bank South Asia Team, Mar. 9, 2021.

[EDI5] “Knowledge-sharing and Lesson-learning: developing STEAM education for Afghan women,” Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, UK, Invitation-only, Virtual Research/Expert Roundtable, Feb. 4 2021.

[EDI4] “WiSE Spotlight: Ramla Qureshi, founder of Women Engineers Pakistan”, University at Buffalo Women in Science and Engineering, Nov. 18, 2019.

[EDI3] “STEM Education – Interactive Game-based Learning,” First Regional Conference Women in Power Sector Professional Network in South Asia, World Bank, Kathmandu, Nepal, Feb. 20-21 2019.

[EDI2] “Women on Web,” International Leadership Conference ILC2018, IEEE Women in Engineering, Virtual Track, May 9, 2018.

[EDI1] “Working for Diversity & Inclusion,” 4th Annual Global Women in STEM Conference and Awards, San Francisco, CA, Sep. 11 2017.