Dr. Syed Qasim Endowed Professorship

This professorship was established to honor Dr. Syed Qasim for his 34 years of dedication and service to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Funds from this professorship will support research, tuition, fees and other discretionary expenses in perpetuity. Kelcy Warren (BSCE '78), co-chairman and co-CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, L.L.C., recognizing Dr. Qasim for his positive influence on UT Arlington students, has graciously offered to match up to $100,000 in additional funds toward this endowment.

Dr. Qasim is an internationally-recognized authority on water and wastewater management systems, design and process evaluation of municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment facilities, biological nutrient removal, taste and odor control in municipal water supplies, water reclamation and reuse in industrial plants, monitoring of toxic chemicals in natural waters, biogas generation and the preparation of environmental assessment reports.

He has published several books, served on influential investigative panels and is the recipient of numerous awards, including:

Received the Distinguished Research Award presented by The University of Texas at Arlington
Received the Halliburton Award for Excellence in Research presented by the Faculty of the College of Engineering
Awarded “Best of the Best in Publishing Scholarship” for Sanitary Landfill Leachate: Generation, Control and Treatment , published by Technomic Publishing Company, 1994
Served as a panelist on National Science Foundation's review concept papers on Civil Infrastructure and High Performance Computing and Communication Program.
Was an invited consultant for the United Nations Development Program, visiting India under the Transfer of Knowledge Through Expatriate Nationals program.
Received Fulbright Fellowship for research and teaching in India.

Dr. Qasim is also noted for the annual short courses on water and wastewater treatment and facilities that he developed and conducted, not only on the UT Arlington campus, but also in may overseas locations.