Dr. Haider Hasan

Biography

Haider Hasan has contributed to the design and improvement of teaching curricula at NED University of Engineering & Technology. His research focuses on tsunami modelling and nearshore coastal hydrodynamics, with particular emphasis on simulating complex processes such as inundation and wave dynamics. He has worked with international collaborators to investigate the 1945 Makran tsunami, including visits to the University of Washington for data acquisition and modelling tools. In addition, he has contributed to UNESCO and UNESCAP projects aimed at improving tsunami hazard assessment, producing inundation and evacuation maps, and enhancing community resilience in Pakistan.

Area of Specialization

Coastal Engineering

Research Interests

tsunami modelling, nearshore hydrodynamics

Selected Publications

• Adams, L. M., Atwater, B. F., & Hasan, H. (2018). Karachi tides during the 1945 Makran tsunami. Geoscience Letters, 5(1), 25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40562-018-0121-z

• Atwater, B. F., Hasan, H., Naeem, G., Kakar, D. M., Humayun, A., Seshachalam, S., Elton, J., Hasan, N. A., Usman, A., Lodhi, H. A., Ahmed, S., Wright, L., & Adams, L. M. (2020). Karachi effects of the Makran earthquake and tsunami of November 1945: Mercury spilled, tide gauge impaired, seawalls overrun, boats displaced, mosque flooded. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

• Hasan, H., Atwater, B. F., & Ahmed, S. (2018). A digital elevation model for simulating the 1945 Makran tsunami in Karachi Harbour. Geoscience Letters, 5(1), 23. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40562-018-0117-8

• Hasan, H., Nicholas Dodd, & Roland Garnier. (2009). Stabilizing effect of random waves on rip currents. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114(C7). https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JC005031

• Kakar, D. M., Naeem, G., Usman, A., Hasan, H., Lodhi, H. A., Srinivasalu, S., Andrade, V., Rajendran, C. P., Beni, A. N., & Hamzeh, M. A. (2014). Elders Recall an Earlier Tsunami on Indian Ocean Shores. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 95(51), 485–486.

• Lodhi, H. A., Ahmed, S., & Hasan, H. (2021). Tsunami heights and limits in 1945 along the Makran coast estimated from testimony gathered seven decades later in Gwadar, Pasni and Ormara. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., 2021, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2021-53

• Lodhi, H. A., Hasan, H., & Nandasena, N. A. K. (2020). The role of hydrodynamic impact force in subaerial boulder transport by tsunami—Experimental evidence and revision of boulder transport equation. Sedimentary Geology, 408, 105745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2020.105745