Currently I am Senior Lecturer in Mechanical & Automotive Engineering and Award Leader for MSc Automotive Engineering within School of Creative Arts and Engineering. I have been Couse Leader for BEng (Hons) with a Foundation Year along with teaching and module management for range of modules within Mechanical and Automotive Engineering at both UG and PG level since I joined Staffordshire University in 2015.
I worked at the University of Birmingham for almost two years as Research Fellow (Post-doc) for Innovate UK’s Low Rolling Resistance Tyre Project (£1M) as lead researcher from UoB. Before joining UoB, I was visiting Researcher at SKF Engineering and Research Centre, Holland, during my fully funded PhD studies at Bournemouth University, UK, and conducted research on Innovative Hybrid Bearing project for special and severe operating conditions. Before joining Bournemouth University in January 2011, I also worked at the Centre for Fluid and Structure Mechanics in Pakistan for 4 years (2007-2011) as Manager (Technical) where I was leading and researching in the area of CFD and Structural Analysis projects.
I have been a winner of the prestigious BU PhD Scholarship Award, JNU South Korea PhD Scholarship, Fully Funded Master Studies Scholarship at GIKI and UG Engineering Merit Scholarship at UET Peshawar. I have also been awarded generous funding and bursaries to travel USA, France, Italy, Germany, Greece, Holland and Austria for Conferences and Technical Courses.
Professional memberships and activities
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) – Engineering Council, UK
- Member (MIMechE) – Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK
- Member (RE) – Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
- Fellow (FHEA) – Higher Education Academy, UK
Academic qualifications
- PhD Mechanical Engineering (Tribology) – Bournemouth University, UK
- PgCHPE – Staffordshire University, UK
- MSc Mechanical Engineering (Distinction) – GIK Institute, Pakistan
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical (First Class) – UET Peshawar, Pakistan
Expertise
- Modelling and Simulation
- Structural Integrity
- Tyre Dynamics
Research interests
Tyre Dynamics (Modelling, Analysis and Testing)
Contact Mechanics and Structural Integrity
Wear, Surface Analysis and Tribology
Suspension Design and Analysis
FE based simulation and Stress Analysis
Teaching
Postgraduate
- Advanced Vehicle Dynamics (Module Leader) – Level 7
- Technical Paper Authoring (Module Leader) – Level 7
Undergraduate
- Advanced Vehicle Design (Module Leader) – Level 6
- Vibration Analysis – Level 6
- Mechanical Systems (Module Leader) – Level 5
- Fundamentals of Mechanics & Thermo-Fluid (Module Leader) – Level 4
- Thermo-Mechanical Principles (Module Leader) – Level 4
- Engineering Science – Level 3
Publications
Effects of Inflation Pressure internal variations on the Tire Rolling and Cornering Characteristics – Tire Technology Conference – Hannover Germany – 2018
Parameters influencing the cornering stiffness and moments of radial tire – Tire Technology Conference – Hannover Germany – 2017
Factors affecting relaxation length of radial tyre – Tire Technology Conference – Cologne Germany – 2015
Defect Tolerance Assessment of Silicon Nitride in Rolling Contact – Technical Report Submitted to SKF ERC, Holland - 2014
Determination of load capacity of non-gasketed flange joint under combined internal pressure, axial and bending loading for safe strength and sealing – J Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci – 36:477-490 – 2014
Modelling of surface defects in Silicon Nitride rolling element in lubricated rolling contact – STLE Conference– Orlando USA – 2014
An experimental investigations of rolling contact failure within silicon nitride subject to micros surface defects – WTC - Polytechnic di Torino (DIMEAS) 2:1142-1145 - 2013
Surface star defect tolerance assessment on finished silicon nitride balls in rolling contact – Leeds Lyon Conference – Lyon France – 2013
Hydrostatic pressure effects in silicon nitride under rolling contact: A FEA study – BU conf. 2013
Lubrication effects on the star surface defects within silicon nitride under rolling contact – BU conf. 2012
• Defect Tolerance Assessment of Silicon Nitride in Rolling Contact – Preliminary Investigation, Technical Report Submitted to SKF ERC, Holland - 2012
Defect tolerance assessment of silicon nitride in rolling contact – BU conference - 2011
Performance of a non-gasketed flange joint under combined internal pressure and bending loading – ASCE J. E.Mechanics – 136: 1519-1527 - 2010
Stamina of a non-gasketed flange joint under combined internal pressure and axial loading – IMechE J. Proc. M. Eng. 222:E 143-155 - 2008
3-D non-linear FEA of a non-gasketed flange analysis under combined internal pressure and axial loading – ASME PVP - Computer Applications Technology and Bolted Joints; 2: 253-260 - 2007