DEPARTMENT.FACULTY
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.QUALIFICATION
M.Sc., M.Phil, Ph.D., NET, JRF and SRF
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.DESIGNATION
Professor
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.THRUST_AREA
Engineering Geology, Sedimentology, Rock Engineering, Disaster Management Studies.
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.ADDRESS
S/O Mr. Masood Alam, Jama Masjid Road, Post Office Gandhi Nagar, Dist. Basti, 273001, UP, INDIA.
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.MOBILE
9412459471
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.EMAIL
mmalam.cv@amu.ac.in, masroor8497@rediffmail.com
- DEPARTMENT_STAFF.TIME_TABLE
Time Table Odd and Even SemesterTime Table 2022-23 Odd Semester
Completed M. Sc. (Geology) in 1990, qualified NET (CSIR-UGC), JRF in 1991 and SRF in 1994. After completing Ph. D. in 1997, got selected for Research Associateship in 1997. The M. Phil and Ph. D. are in the field of Sedimentology, related to Petrofacies and diagenesis of sandstones of Jaisalmer and Marwar Basins of Rajasthan.
First joined the Department of Geology as a lecturer in 1996 and later on in the Depatt of Civil Engineering as lecturer Engineering Geology. Became Reader in 2006, Associate Professor in 2009 and Professor in 2012. Developed an Engineering Geology lab and started the new course as "Geo-engineering of Rocks and Rock Masses" and "Rock Engineering" at UG and PG level. Also taught Remote Sensing and GIS, Petroleum Geology & Exploration and Disaster Management Courses at different levels.
Delivered tens of lectures on Disaster Management, Environmental Stresses and Strain, Climate Change at various forums especially at UGC Academic Staff College, AMU, Aligarh.
Played a key role in starting new M. Tech. Course in Geo-Technical Engineering from the session 2016-17. My research interest includes Engineering Geology, Geo-engineering and Rock Mechanics, Earthquake Engineering, Sedimentology and Disaster management. Also, part of the group overseeing the "Centre for Studies on Disaster Management" in the Department of Civil Engineering. Departmental Coordinator (B. Tech.) for NBA got Five Year Accreditation.
Ongoing Research Project:
Co-Opt Researcher: Enhanced Biomass Production using waste water and electricity generation.Funded by CPRI, Bangalore., Rs.1.63 crore, with Dr. Nadeem Khalil (Deptt. of Civil Engg, Principal Investigator) and Prof. Imtiaz Ashraf (Deptt. of Electrical Engg, Co – opt Researcher).\ from 2018-20.
Co – PI of A Research Project DST
SERB,
titled "Geochemical and Nd-Sr isotopic constraints of the gneisses,
metabasites and metasedimentary rocks of the Mangalwar Complex (BGC-II) of the central Rajasthan, Aravalli Craton, NW India: implications for sedimentary and magmatic Protoliths
and regional correlation" of Rs 39,38,240/- 2020-2023.
Apart from teaching assignments have a long association with students' extra curricular activities as Provost, Nadeem Tarin Hall from 2015 to 2017 and was a member of AMU Court and Academic Council.
Also worked as Program Officer of NSS and Warden in various halls of residence. Presently working as Part Time Coordinator of NSS.
Have published one book titled "Fundamentals of Engineering Geology and Geo-Engineering" in 2013.
Published 9 Modules M-09 to M-15 on Engineering Geology for MHRD/UGC ePG Pathshala in for Paper 10 with 09 Videos on each module can be found on "Vidya Mitra" on YouTube.
Have published Seventeen International and Thirty Nine research papers in National journals. Thirty Two papers were published in International (06) and National Conferences (26).
Carried out work related to Urdu translation of books under the aegis of the Centre for Promotion of sciences, AMU, Aligarh.
The important journals under which papers have been published includes, the Journal Construction and Building Material Acta Geochimica, Arabian Journal of Geosciences Natural Resource Research, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, and International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, Houston, USA. Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, China. Himalayan Geology, Dehradun. Journal Geological Society of India, Bangalore. Indian Minerals, Geological Survey of India, Calcutta Indian Journal of Petroleum Geology, Dehradun. Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India).
Cordinator: ATAL FDP on “Underground Space Utilization” from 18th Jan to 22 Jan., 2021, awarded by AICTE.
Citations: Google Scholar 476, H Index 12, I-10 Index 14, Scopus 238
- Mohd. Masroor Alam: Key Publications 50
- Solution of Map with Inclined rocks parallel to strike line