To provide students with engineering knowledge and skills to contribute in the progress of society by offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs in mechanical engineering of high international standards in a conducive environment that promotes active learning and research.
• HEC Approved Supervisor
• Post-Doc (Materials Modelling) University of Manchester,UK, 2008
• PhD (Mechanical Engineering) University of Manchester,UK, 2007
• MS (Mechanical Engineering) KFUPM, Dhahran,Saudi Arabia,1996
• BSc (Mechanical Engineering) UET, Lahore, 1993
Research Interests:
• Composite Materials
• Thermal & Structural FEA, HPC
• X-Ray Computed Tomography
• Image-based Modeling
Publications:
• Bari, Khan, Lowe, Farooqi – Measurement of Thermal Diffusivity for Alumina Borosilicate Glass Bearing TRISO Fuel Particles_Experiment and Modelling Correlation – Journal of Materials Science – v48 n14 pp4866 2013
• Ali, Buckthorpe, Cheyene, Farooqi, Mummery – Comparative Study of Predictive Finite Element Methods for Mechanical Properties in 2D Woven Carbon/Carbon Composites, Advanced Materials Science – v59 pp116 2009
• Farooqi, Sheikh – Finite Element Modelling of Thermal Transport in Ceramic Matrix Composite – Computational Materials Science – v37 n3 pp361 2006
• Ali, Farooqi, Buckthorpe, Cheyene, Mummery – Comparative Study of Predictive FE Methods for Mechanical Properties of Nuclear Composites – Journal of Nuclear Materials – n3 v383 pp247 2009
• Khan, Al-Sulaiman, Farooqi, Younas – Fatigue Life Predictions in Woven Carbon Fabric/Polyester Composites based on Modulus Degradation – Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites – n5 v20 pp377 2001
• Khan, Al-Sulaiman, Farooqi – Fatigue Damage Characterization in Plain-Weave Carbon-Carbon Fabric Reinforced Plastic Composites – Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites – Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites – n15 v17 pp1320 1998
• Mokheimer, Antar, Farooqi, Zubair – Analytical and Numerical Solution along with PC Spread-sheet Modeling for a Composite Fin – Heat and Mass Transfer – n4 v32 pp229 1997
Contact Information:
Email: johar@dsu.edu.pk, qec@dsu.edu.pk
Phone: 021-35844868
QEC Secretariat
Extension: 114
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• PhD (Mechanical Engineering) ENSMA, Poitiers, France
• MS (Mechanical Engineering) Université de Poitiers, France
• BE (Mechanical) NEDUET, Karachi, Pakistan
Profile:
• Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, DHA Suffa University
• Cluster Head – Thermofluids cluster
Formerly:
• Assistant Professor, Dawood University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi
• Assistant Manager, SUPARCO, Karachi
• Lecturer, NED University
Research Interests:
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• High-Speed Flows
• Compressible Turbulence
• Immersed Boundary Methods
• Higher-Order Numerical Schemes
• Aeroacoustics
Research Projects (Ongoing and Completed) :
• EPSRC project, “Quiet Aerofoils of the Next Generation” (April 2016-August 2018)
• Developed an in-house 3-dimensional finite volume Navier-Stokes solver for compressible flow simulations with immersed boundary methods for City University of London, UK (Sep 2014 to Mar 2016)
Publications:
• M. F. Shahab, G. Lehnasch, T. B. Gatski and P.Comte. Statistical characteristics of an isothermal, supersonic boundary layer flow from DNS data. Flow Turbul. Combust. vol. 86(3-4), 369-397, 2011
• M. F. Shahab, P. Comte, G. Lehnasch and T. B. Gatski. Analysis of Boundary Layer Structure Downstream of a Shock Impingement. 9th International ERCOFTAC Symposium on Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Measurements, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2012
• M. F. Shahab, G. Lehnasch, T. B. Gatski and P.Comte. Post-shock downstream evolution of turbulent boundary layer based on quadrant analysis, 20eme Congrés Français de Mécanique, Besançon, France, 2011
• M. F. Shahab, G. Lehnasch, T. B. Gatski and P. Comte. Influence of wall cooling on the statistics of a supersonic turbulent boundary layer flow. 8th International ERCOFTAC Symposium on Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Measurements, Marseille, France,
• M. F. Shahab , G. Lehnasch , T. B. Gatski, and P. Comte. Probing high-speed wall-bounded flows using DNS. 45th Symposium of Applied Aerodynamics, Marseille, France, 2010
• M. F. Shahab, G. Lehnasch, T. B. Gatski and P. Comte. DNS of a spatially developing, supersonic turbulent boundary layer flow over a cooled wall. 6th International Symposium on Turbulence, Heat and Mass Transfer, Rome, Italy, 2009
• M. F. Shahab, G. Lehnasch, T. B. Gatski and P. Comte. Statistical Characteristics of the Interaction of an Impinging Shock Wave and Turbulent Boundary Layer. Sixth International Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flow Phenomena, Seoul, Korea, 2009
| Publications | Impact Factor | Citations | i10-Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 4.9 | 50+ | 1 |
Significant Achievements:
• Gold Medalist, BE (mechanical), NEDUET
• Declared as Star Laureate 2005 in XVIth Star Awards 2005
Contact Information:
Email: farrukh.shahab@dsu.edu.pk
• PhD (Mechanical Engineering) KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
• MS (Mechanical Engineering) KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
• BE (Mechanical Engineering) NUST, Pakistan
Profile:
• Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, DHA Suffa University
• Cluster Head – Mechanics cluster
Research Interests:
• Computational mechanics
• Homogenization methodologies
• Heterogeneous materials design
• Solar photovoltaic systems
• Evolutionary optimization
Research Projects (Ongoing and Completed) :
• Structural design of high-speed target drone Development of a photovoltaic powered reverseosmosis system
• Computational modeling and analysis of thermal barrier coatings
• Development of improved ceramic substrate material for power electronics applications
• Development of improved computational model for estimation of thermal conductivity of nanocomposites
Publications:
• Siddiqui, Muhammad Usama and Abul Fazal M. Arif. 2016. Generalized Effective Medium Theory for Particulate Nanocomposite Materials. Materials 9(8):694. (Impact Factor: 2.94)
• Siddiqui, M. U. and Abul Fazal M. Arif. 2016. A Computational Approach for the Constitutive Modeling of Elastoplastic Behavior of Metal Matrix Composites. International Journal of Computational Methods 14(2): 1750058. (Impact Factor: 1.12)
• Siddiqui, Muhammad Usama, Abul Arif, and Salem Bashmal. 2016. Permeability-Selectivity Analysis of Microfiltration and Ultrafiltration Membranes: Effect of Pore Size and Shape Distribution and Membrane Stretching. Membranes 6(3):40. (Impact Factor: 2.12)
• M. U. Siddiqui, A. F. M. Arif, N. Saheb and M. S. Khan. 2017. Constitutive modeling of elastoplasticity in spark-plasma sintered metal-matrix nanocomposites. Materials Science and Engineering: A 689:176-188 (Impact Factor: 2.65)
• S. S. Akhtar, M. U. Siddiqui, Kabeer Raza, A. S. Hakeem, L. T. Kareem, A. F. M. Arif. 2017. Computational and experimental study on the effective properties of Alumina/Nickel Composite. Accepted in Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology (Impact Factor: 1.53)
• Nouari Saheb, Najam Ul Qadir, Muhammad Usama Siddiqui, Abul Fazal Muhammad Arif, Syed Sohail Akhtar and Nasser Al-Aqeeli. 2014. Characterization of Nanoreinforcement Dispersion in Inorganic Nanocomposites: A Review. Materials 7:4148-81. (Impact Factor: 2.94)
• S. S. Akhtar, L. T. Kareem, A. F. M. Arif, M. U. Siddiqui, A.S. Hakeem. Development of a Ceramic-based Composite for Direct Bonded Copper Substrate. Ceramics International 43(6):5236-5246 (Impact Factor: 2.76)
• Siddiqui, M. Usama, A. F. M. Arif, Leah Kelley, and Steven Dubowsky. 2012. Three-Dimensional Thermal Modeling of a Photovoltaic Module under Varying Conditions. Solar Energy 86(9):2620-31. (Impact Factor: 3.68)
• Siddiqui, M. U. and A. F. M. Arif. 2013. Electrical, Thermal and Structural Performance of a Cooled PV Module: Transient Analysis Using a Multiphysics Model. Applied Energy 112:300-312. (Impact Factor: 5.75)
• Siddiqui, M. U., A. F. M. Arif, A. M. Bilton, S. Dubowsky, and M. Elshafei. 2013. An Improved Electric Circuit Model for Photovoltaic Modules Based on Sensitivity Analysis. Solar Energy 90:29-42. (Impact Factor: 3.68)
• Siddiqui, M. U. and M. Abido. 2013. Parameter Estimation for Five- and Seven-Parameter Photovoltaic Electrical Models Using Evolutionary Algorithms. Applied Soft Computing 13(12):4608-21. (Impact Factor: 2.86)
• Hasan, Osama, A. F. M. Arif, and M. U. Siddiqui. 2013. Finite Element Modeling, Analysis, and Life Prediction of Photovoltaic Modules. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 136(2):21022. (Impact Factor: 1.44)
• Siddiqui, M. U. and A. F. M. Arif. 2012. Effect of Changing Atmospheric and Operating Conditions on the Thermal Stresses in PV Modules. in ASME ESDA 2012 Vol. 2. Nantes France.
• Hasan, Osama, A. F. M. Arif, and M. U. Siddiqui. 2012. Finite Element Modeling and Analysis of Photovoltaic Modules. in Proceedings of the ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Housten, Texas.
• Siddiqui, M. U. and A. F. M. Arif. 2014. Computational Homogenization of Metal Matrix Composites. in Proceedings of the 25th CANCAM. London, Ontario, Canada.
• Siddiqui, M. U. and A. F. M. Arif. 2016. Estimation of Thermal Conductivity of Nanocomposites with Non-Uniformly Distributed Inclusions. in 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM 2016). Montréal, Québec, Canada.
• Akhtar, S. S., A. Bin Ali, M. U. Siddiqui, A. F. M. Arif, and Amir Al-Ahmad. 2016. Development of Graphene-Filled Polymer Nanocomposites for Enhanced Thermal Conductivity. in 3rd International Conference on Structural Nano Composites (NANOSTRUC 2016). Aberdeen, Scotland.
• Akhtar, S. S., A. F. M. Arif, M. U. Siddiqui, H. K. R. Chishti, and L. T. Kareem. 2016. Computational Design and Development of Alumina-Nickel Droplet Composites. in Proceedings of the ASME 2016 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition. Phoenix, AZ, USA.
• Muhammad Usama Siddiqui, Abul Fazal Muhammad Arif and Syed M. Zubair. Heat Exchanger for Photovoltaic Panels. Patent number 20150280040.
| Publications | Impact Factor | Patents | Citations | i10-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 43.8 | 1 | 456 | 11 |
Contact Information:
Email: musiddiqui@dsu.edu.pk
• MSc (Advanced Manufacturing Technology), University of Manchester, UK
• BE (Mechanical), NED University
Formerly:
• Lecturer, Institute of Business Management, Karachi
• Assistant Manager (Operations), M&Q Ltd. Manchester, UK
Research Interests:
• 3D Printing
Contact Information:
Email: zeeshan@dsu.edu.pk
Extension: 155
• MS (Energy Systems), Middle East Technical University-NCC, Turkey
• BE (Mechanical), NED University
Research Interests:
• Thermofluids, Energy systems
Contact Information:
Email: zaid.hasany@dsu.edu.pk
Extension: 153
(On Study Leave)
• MS (Materials and Surface Engineering), NUST, Islamabad
• BE (Metallurgy), NED University
Research Interests:
• Corrosion, Coatings and Fracture Analysis
Contact Information:
Email: ameenuddin@dsu.edu.pk
Extension: 205
Profile:
Senior Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering Department, DHA Suffa University
Formerly:
Lecturer Mechatronics Engineering Department, KIET (3+ years experience)
Trainee Engineer Indus Motor Company (1 year experience)
Research Interests:
Publications:
Dioxide Re-compression Brayton Cycle. Applied Sciences 2020, 10,1129 (Impact factor 2.7 )
| Publications | Impact Factor | Citations |
| 3 | 22.1 | 73 |
Contact Information:
Ext: 228
• ME (Manufacturing), NED University
• BE (Industrial & Manufacturing), NED University
Research Interests:
• Lean Manufacturing
Contact Information:
Email: safa.sattar@dsu.edu.pk
Extension: 347
● MSc (Automotive Engineering), International Islamic University Malaysia, Gombak.
● BE (Mechatronics), SZABIST, Karachi.
Formerly:
● Instrumentation & Control Engineer, MEC Pvt Ltd (Yokogawa Pakistan)
● Research Assistant, International Islamic University Malaysia
Research Interests:
● Structural Mechanics
● Vehicle Dynamics
● Finite Element Analysis
Publications:
● Khatri, N. A., Darsivan, F. J., Faris, W. F., & Ismail, A. F. (2020). Fatigue Life Study of Suspension Ball Joints on the Basis of Ride Quality. International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration, 16(1/2), 69–84. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJVNV.2020.10034841
● Khatri, N. A., Darsivan, F. J., & Faris, W. F. (2019). Effect of Ride Quality on the Reaction Forces of a Lower Arm Ball Joint. 5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Automotive Engineering & Mobility Research (ReCAR).
● Khatri, N. A., Shaikh, H., Maher, Z. A., Shah, A., & Ahmed, S. F. (2018). A Review on Optimization of Vehicle Frontal Crashworthiness for Passenger Safety. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i2.34.13894
● Rashied, Z., Hamees, M., Hassan, M. U., Hameed, S., & Khatri, N. A. (2016). Real Time Implementation of Robust PID Controller for Stabilization of Ball Balancing Beam. International Journal of Conceptions on Information Technology and Computing, 4(2), 6–9.
Certifications:
● Project Management Professional (PMP), IBA Karachi
● Control Valve Fundamentals for Sales Professionals – Baker Hughes
● Foundations for Implementing Root Cause Analysis – SAE International
● PMMI Mechatronics: Programmable Logic Controllers 1 – FATEK Automation Corporation
● Creative Problem Solving – University of Minnesota (Online)
● Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills – University of Michigan (Online)
Contact:
● Email: naveed.ahmed@dsu.edu.pk
● Extension: 154
• M.Engg (Materials Engineering), NED University
• BE (Metallurgy), NED University
Research Interests:
• Shape Memory Alloys
• Biomaterials
• Fatigue life of SMAs and Renewable Energy
Contact Information:
Email: mansoor.idrees@dsu.edu.pk
Extension: 156
ME (Mechanical Engineering), DHA Suffa University
BE (Mechanical Engineering), NEDUET
Research Interests
* Wind Energy Systems
* Solar Energy Systems
* Thermofluids
* Machine Learning
