Wahed Ali Mir

Background

Mir, Wahed Ali was born on October 7, 1932 in Hyderabad, Deccan. Son of Mohammed Ali and Afzal (Begum) Mir.

Education

Bachelor of Mech. and Elec. Engineering, University Karachi, Pakistan, 1955; M of Mech. Engineering, McMaster U., 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Mech.

Engineering, University Waterloo, 1967.

Career

Assistant professor, U. Basrah, Iraq, 1972-1973; engineer specialist, Gilbert/Commonwealth, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1974-1979; mechanic engineer Clinch River project, Burns & Roe, Orradell, New Jersey, 1979; specialist, Sargent & Lundy, Chicago, 1979; staff engineer, Gould, Inc., Cleveland, 1979-1981; senior engineer, Bechtel Corporation, Gaithersburg, Maryland., 1981-1984; chief consultant, Mir Cons., Karachi, since 1984; professor mechanic engineering Nadershah Edulji, Dinshah U. Engineering and Technology, Karachi, since 1986. Deputy director Pakistan Industrial Technology Assistance Center, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, 1959-1964. Research assistant McMaster U., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1964.

Research associate U. Waterloo, Ontario, 1964-1968. Assistant professor Howard U., Washington, 1968-1972.

Achievements

• Wahed Ali Mir has been listed as a noteworthy Engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Canada branch Muslim Students Association United States and Canada, U. Waterloo, 1965-1967. Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Interests

• Avocations: reading, writing, reviewing, chess, photography.

Connections

Married Surriaya Aziz Khan, September, 1969. Children: Aisha, Zahra, Umer, Hafsa, Muhammed.

Father:

Mohammed Ali Mir

Mother:

Afzal (Begum) Mir

Spouse:

Surriaya Aziz Khan

child:

Hafsa Mir

child:

Muhammed Mir

child:

Aisha Mir

child:

Zahra Mir

child:

Umer Mir