Dr. Rehan Sadiq

School of Engineering

University of British Columbia, Canada

Associate Professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2001  Ph.D., Civil/ Environmental Engineering, Memorial University, Canada

1997  M.S., Civil/ Environmental Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia

1995  M.S., Public Health Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan

1993  B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan

Publications (Selected)

1. Bakhtavar, E., Hosseini, S., Mian, H. R., Hewage, K., & Sadiq, R. (2025). Robust prediction of water arsenic levels downstream of gold mines affected by acid mine drainage using hybrid ensemble machine learning and soft computing. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 489, 137665.
2. Khan, I. A., Deen, K. M., Asselin, E., Yasir, M., Sadiq, R., & Ahmad, N. M. (2025). Boosting water flux and dye removal: Advanced composite membranes incorporating functionalized AC-PAA for wastewater treatment. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 145, 705-720.
3. Hassan, M., Khosravi, K., Farooque, A. A., Esau, T. J., Boluwade, A., & Sadiq, R. (2024). Prediction of carbon dioxide emissions from Atlantic Canadian potato fields using advanced hybridized machine learning algorithms–Nexus of field data and modelling. Smart Agricultural Technology, 9, 100559.
4. Liyanage, D. R., Hewage, K., Ghobadi, M., & Sadiq, R. (2024). Thermal resiliency of single-family housing stock under extreme hot and cold conditions. Energy and Buildings, 323, 114809.
5. Kotagodahetti, R., Hewage, K., Bakhtavar, E., & Sadiq, R. (2024). Life cycle-based multi-objective model for optimal gaseous fuel generation and portfolio allocation in gas grids: A strategic decarbonization. Energy Conversion and Management, 319, 118926.
6. Sultana, S. R., Rana, A., Chhipi-Shrestha, G., Kamali, M., Sadiq, R., Hewage, K., & Alam, M. S. (2024). Looking beyond energy efficiency targets: Life cycle sustainability of mechanical and water heating equipment in Canadian homes. Journal of Cleaner Production, 473, 143469.
7. Correa, L., Razi, F., Hewage, K., & Sadiq, R. (2024). Environmental and social life cycle analysis of hydrogen-powered railway locomotives in Canadian context. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 83, 198-209.
8. Correa, L., Razi, F., Sadiq, R., & Hewage, K. (2024). Life cycle costing analysis of a retrofitted hydrogen-powered locomotive: Canadian context. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 133, 104295.
9. Mian, H. R., Hewage, K., & Sadiq, R. (2024). Responsible financing and investment: identification, development, and assessment of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) metrics. Sustainable Futures, 100246.
10. Wijayasekera, S. C., Hewage, K., Razi, F., & Sadiq, R. (2024). Fueling tomorrow's commute: current status and prospects of public bus transit fleets powered by sustainable hydrogen. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 66, 170-184.
11. Salehi, S., Fontana, M. E., Tscheikner-Gratl, F., Herrera, M., Sadiq, R., & Mian, H. R. (2024). A fuzzy group decision-making model for Water Distribution Network rehabilitation. Urban Water Journal, 21(3), 364-379.
12. Siddique, S., Grassauer, F., Arulnathan, V., Sadiq, R., & Pelletier, N. (2024). A review of life cycle impacts of different pathways for converting food waste into livestock feed. Sustainable Production and Consumption.
13. Mohammadiun, S., Gharahbagh, A. A., Bakhtavar, E., Hu, G., Li, J., Hewage, K., & Sadiq, R. (2024). Integrated optimization of marine oil spill response and liquid oily waste management using mathematical programming and evolutionary metaheuristic techniques. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 463, 132838.
14. Ahmad, H., Chhipi-Shrestha, G., Hewage, K., & Sadiq, R. (2024). Life cycle thinking and its application to the built environment. In Materials Selection for Sustainability in the Built Environment (pp. 17-41). Woodhead Publishing.
15. Razi, F., Hewage, K., & Sadiq, R. (2023). A comparative exergoenvironmental evaluation of chlorine-based thermochemical processes for hydrogen production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(95), 37108-37123.
16. Saeed, M. S., Fahd, F., Khan, F., Chen, B., & Sadiq, R. (2023). Human health risk model for microplastic exposure in the Arctic region. Science of The Total Environment, 895, 165150.
17. Ahsan, N., Hewage, K., Razi, F., Hussain, S. A., & Sadiq, R. (2023). A critical review of sustainable rail technologies based on environmental, economic, social, and technical perspectives to achieve net zero emissions. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 185, 113621.

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