Personal Information

 Assistant Professor

Department of

Faculty of Maritime Studies - Hydrographic Surveying

Contact Information

Phone: 6227372 Ext. 154

Email: mawan@kau.edu.sa

Muhammad Bashir

 Assistant Professor

Profile

A professional hydrographer having a decade experience of serving at sea. conducting and managing small and large scale survey. Professionally Charged Survey having CAT A certification from USA. Cat B from UK and basic from Japan. Throughout career,served at national and international organizations and scientific boards.

Served as Deputy Hydrographer Pakistan and last as Director National Center for Maritime Policy Research(NCMPR) Bahria University Karachi Pakistan.

Education

  • 2006

    Master degree from Ocean MappingJoint Hydrographic Center, Hydrography, New Hampshire, امــريــكـا

  • 2006

    Master degree from Ocean MappingJoint Hydrographic Center, Hydrography, New Hampshire, امــريــكـا

  • 2010

    Master degree from HydrographyCenter of Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of Newhampshire ,USA, Karachi, بـاكســـتان

Employment

  • 1991-1993

    Signal Communication, Marine, Karachi, بـاكســـتان

  • 1993-1998

    Navigator, Survey , Karachi, بـاكســـتان

  • 1998-1999

    Survey, Maritime Academy, Karachi, بـاكســـتان

  • 1999-2000

    Data Processing, Survey , Tokyo, اليــابــان

  • 2000-2003

    head, Training Coordinator, Islamabad, بـاكســـتان

  • 2003-2004

    Planning, Analaysis, , المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2004-2005

    Senior Surveyor, Ship, Karachi, بـاكســـتان

  • 2005-2005

    Nautical Charting and Data processing, Taunton, Taunton, بريطانيا

  • 2005-2006

    Data Processing, USA, New Hampshire, امــريــكـا

  • 2007-2007

    Hydrographic School, Hydrographic School, Karachi, بـاكســـتان

  • 2008-2012

    Operations Head, Deputy, Karachi, بـاكســـتان

  • 2012-2013

    Policy Development, Director, Karachi, بـاكســـتان

  • 2013-2015

    Lecturer, Vessel, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2015-حاليا

    Hydrographer, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

Deep Sea Ocean Mapping

Baseline

Extension of Continental Shelf Surveys

Port and harbour surveys

Navigation and route planning

 

Scientific interests

In academics the interests are to study latest about safety of navigation, ships safety and hazards, latest techniques about hydrography, latest equipment, Data management, data mining, data analysis.

Courses

XZ-20536 MSS 310
xz - 16415 420 MSS
XA - 27538 390 MSS
I-15823 330 MSN
Underwater Imaging and Mapping-1 322 MSS
Marine Geology for Hydrographers 414 MSS
Field Hydrographic Course-2 490 MSS

Areas of expertise

Navigation and Law of the Sea Specialized in Marine Navigation and Ship piloting . Expert on Law of the Sea and served on ABLOS of the IHO Board