Faculty & Staff
Dr. Shoaib Rashid Saleem
Assistant Professor / Director
PhD, School of Engineering, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
MASc, Department of Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
BSc, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Phone :  
Mobile : 0302-6109556  
Fax :
Email : [email protected]
Address : Center for Precision Agriculture (C4PA), Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi
Work Experience : 10 Year(s)
Research Interest :
  • Precision Agriculture Technologies
  • Variable Rate Technologies
  • Agricultural Robotics and UAVs
  • Soil Variability and Crop Health Monitoring
  • Integrated Surface and Groundwater Modelling
  • Contamination Hydrogeology
  • Climate Change Impact Analysis and Adaptation
  • Remote Sensing and GIS
  • Total Publications : 15
    Publications (Latest Ten)
    1. Shahzad, B., M.A. Khan*, S.R. Saleem*, U. Habib, M.N. Tahir, Z. Haroon. 2025. Identification and Mapping of Yield Limiting Factors of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) using Proximal Sensing and Geostatistical Techniques. International Journal of Agricultural & Biological Engineering. 18(3).

    2. Ahmed, A., S. Saleem*, M.N. Tahir, S.H. Manzoor, Q. Zaman, Z. Zhang, R. Ahmed. 2025. Design and development of industrial prototype of spot specific orchard sprayer using ultrasonic sensing system and advanced pressure control mechanism. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 237(110690)

    3. Naqvi, S.M.Z.A., Hussain, S., Awais, M., Tahir, M.N., Saleem, S.R*., Al-Yarimi, F.A., Ashurov, M., Saidani, O., Khan, M.I., Wu, J. and Wei, Z., 2025. Climate-resilient water management: Leveraging IoT and AI for sustainable agriculture. Egyptian Informatics Journal, 30, p.100691.

    4. Khan, H.A., Farooq, U., Saleem, S.R*., Rehman, U.U., Tahir, M.N., Iqbal, T., Cheema, M.J.M., Aslam, M.A. and Hussain, S., 2024. Design and development of machine vision robotic arm for vegetable crops in hydroponics. Smart Agricultural Technology, 9, p.100628.

    5. Kaleem, A., S. Hussain, M. Aqib, M.J.M. Cheema, S. Saleem, U. Farooq. 2023. Development Challenges of Fruit-Harvesting Robotic Arms: A Critical Review. AgriEngineering, 5(4):2216-2237. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriengineering504013

    6. Haroon, Z., M.J.M. Cheema, S.R. Saleem, M. Amin, M.N. Anjum, M.N. Tahir, S. Hussain, Zahid, F. Khan. 2023. Potential of Precise Fertilization through Adoption of Management Zones Strategy to Enhance Wheat Production. Land 2023, 12, 540. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12030540

    7. Saleem, S. R., J. Levison, B. Parker, R. Martin, E. Persaud. 2020. Impacts of climate change and different crop rotation scenarios on groundwater nitrate concentrations in a sandy aquifer. Sustainability. 12(1153) doi:10.3390/su12031153

    8. Saleem, S. R., J. Levison, B. Parker, R. Martin, M. Usman. 2019. Evaluation of DRAINMOD-NII and RZWQM2 models for nitrate concentrations from agricultural fields in southern Ontario, Canada. Agricultural Water Management.

    9. Usman, M., M. U. Qamar, R. Becker, M. Zaman, C. Conrad, S. Saleem. 2019. Numerical modelling and remote sensing based approaches for investigating groundwater dynamics under changing land-use and climate in the agricultural region of Pakistan. Journal of Hydrology. 581(124408) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.124408

    10. Saleem, S., Q. Zaman, A. Schumann, A. Madani, A. Farooque, and D. Percival. 2013. Impact of variable rate fertilization on groundwater contamination in wild blueberry cropping system. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 29(2): 225-232.