Saqib Mukhtar, agricultural engineer, educator. License Engineer, Texas. Recipient United States Department of Agriculture Certified of Merit, 1992, Governor's Citation-State of Iowa, 1995-1996.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, University Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, 1981. Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering, Iowa State University, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy in Agricultural Engineering, Iowa State University, 1989.
Career
Research officer On Farm Water Management Research Project, University Agrilculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan, 1981. Civil engineer Fort Dodge Area Office United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, 1990—1991, civil engineer Engineering Project Office Centerville, Iowa, 1991—1993. Research assistant, department agricultural & biosystems engineering Iowa State University, Ames, 1982—1989, postdoctoral research associate, department agricultural & biosystems engineering, 1989—1990, agricultural engineering field specialist, 1993—1998.
Extension agricultural engineer Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, since 1998, assistant professor, 1999—2004, associate professor, since 2004. Faculty, Center for Agricultural Air Quality Engineering and Science Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, College Station, since 2002, faculty water management and hydrologic science interdisciplinary graduate degree program, since 2008. Several committee memberships at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University and Iowa State University.
Membership
Coordinator Texas Animal Manure Management Issues, since 1998. Chair Texas Animal Manure Management Conference, 1999, 2009. Member of American Society Agricultural and Biological Engineers (awards committee, Iowa section 1994-1995, Educational Aids Blue Ribbon Award in the Comprehensive Publication Category for Publication-Managing Contaminated Animal and Plant Materials-Field Gu 2009), Gamma Sigma Delta.