Faculty Profile

Dr Zeeshan Ahmad

Chairperson, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Professor

School of Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Dr. Zeshan Ahmad received his PhD degree from University of Genoa, Italy. He also worked as Postdoctoral researcher for 2 years in PMAR Robotics Lab, University of Genoa, Italy. He received his MS Mechanical Engineering degree from Hanyang University, South Korea and BS in Mechanical Engineering from UET Lahore. Having over the fourteen years of progressive experience in Research and development, industry and Academia. He worked on one of the 7th Frame Work European Funded Project AUTORECON - AUTOnomous and Cooperative Machines for Highly RECONfigurable Assembly Operations of the Future. The focus of AUTORECON project was: To develop the reconfigurable and sensing network in order to pick randomly placed components and route them by using cooperative robot handling in automotive industry. The field of interests includes; Robotic system for manufacturing, Manufacturing, CAD, FEA, and Design Optimization.

Interest Areas

CAD
Design Optimization
Mechanics
Finite Element Method
Structural Analysis
Flexible Manufacturing
Robotic Systems for Manufacturing

Professional Experience

Name of Organization	Designation	Start Date	End Date
University of Management & Technology (UMT), Lahore	Assistant Professor	01-02-2016	Present

Selected Publications (Impact Factor)

Publication Type	Title	Journal Name	Impact Factor	Year of Publication
International Publications with impact factor (less than 2.0) / JCR / SJR	Fatigue Life of Megawatt-Scale Composite Wind Turbine Blades with Shallow-Angled Laminates	Mechanics of Composite Materials	0.801	2019
International Publications with impact factor (less than 2.0) / JCR / SJR	Design and optimization of open-channel water ultraviolet disinfection reactor	Chemical Papers	1.246	2019
International Publications with impact factor (2.0 and above)	Finite element analysis and statistical optimization of end-burr in turning AA2024	Metals	2.259	2019
International Publications with impact factor (less than 2.0) / JCR / SJR	Fixture layout optimization for multi point respot welding of sheet metals	Journal of Mechanical Science & Technology	1.221	2018
International Publications with impact factor (less than 2.0) / JCR / SJR	Computational analysis of viscous flow using modified sparse point representation method	Journal of Engineering Technology	0.910	2018
International Publications with impact factor (2.0 and above)	Impact of asymmetric lamp positioning on the performance of a closed-conduit UV reactor	Ain Shams Engineering Journal	3.091	2017
International Publications with impact factor (less than 2.0) / JCR / SJR	Nonlinear response topology optimization using equivalent static loads—case studies	Engineering Optimization	1.809	2017
International Publications with impact factor (2.0 and above)	Design and testing of a highly reconfigurable fixture with lockable robotic arms	Journal of Mechanical Design	2.828	2016
International Publications with impact factor (less than 2.0) / JCR / SJR	Optimization of lamp arrangement in a closed-conduit UV reactor based on a genetic algorithm	Water Science and Technology	1.624	2016
International Publications with impact factor (less than 2.0) / JCR / SJR	Reconfigurability and Flexibility in a Robotic Fixture for Automotive Assembly Welding	Advances in Reconfigurable Mechanisms and Robots II	0.000	2016
Conference Papers (presented in International Association)	Design and testing of a novel stepless lockable joint for use in reconfigurable fixtures	ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences	0.000	2014
Conference Papers (presented in International Association)	Fixture Layout Optimization Using Element Strain Energy and Genetic Algorithm	International Conference on Mechanical Engineering Design and Analysis, Paris France, 07-08 October 2013	0.000	2013
Conference Papers (presented in International Association)	Preliminary Study on Fixture Layout Optimization Using Element Strain Energy	International Conference on Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Venice Italy, 14-15 April 2013	0.000	2013
Conference Papers (presented in International Association)	Fixture layout optimization for large metal sheets using genetic algorithm	International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering, Stockholm Sweden, 15-16 July 2013	0.000	2013
International Publications with impact factor (less than 2.0) / JCR / SJR	Preliminary Study on Nonlinear Static Response Topology Optimization Using Equivalent Load	Transactions of the Korean society of Mechanical Engineers- A,	0.000	2009
Conference Papers (presented in International Association)	Preliminary Study on Nonlinear Response Topology Optimization Using Equivalent Loads	Proceedings of the KSME 2009 Fall Annual Meeting	0.000	2009