Position & Department: Chairman/Assistant Professor, Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Food Processing
Position & Department: Chairman/Associate Professor, Department of Irrigation & Drainage, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Soil and Water Resources Management, Crop Water Requirement and Irrigation Scheduling, Hydrologic Modeling, GIS and Remote Sensing Applications for Extreme Rainfall Alerts and Flood Hazard Mapping.
Position & Department: Chairman/Associate Professor, Department of Structures & Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Soil erosion by using RUSLE and GIS for Small Mountainous Watershed, Drinking and Wastewater Quality monitoring , Composting of solid waste to convert into valuable safe fertilizer, Biomass compaction machine for producing bio-fuel energy, Industrial pollution and its control.
Position & Department: Chairman/Associate Professor, Department of Fibre Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: The share of textile sector in total exports of Pakistan is more than 60% and the Spinning Sector is the most important segment in the of textile production chain. The high costs of raw material and the lack of research and development activities in textile sector offer major hurdles in the development of the textile industry. Improving or enhancing the quality of the existing machinery and utilizing the true potential of the raw material by introducing new technology can be very useful for increasing the industrial growth of a country. My research interests include the optimization of existing processes and development of new processes for the improvement of Textile Industry. Furthermore, the other major area of interest for my research activates is the modern field of Technical Textiles.
Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Department of Fibre Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Textile Colorimetry, Natural Fibre Technology
Position & Department: Dean/Professor, Department of Irrigation & Drainage, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Water is the most important vital input for crop productivity. The efficient use of it is very important. There are number of ways to increase the water use efficiency. The advanced techniques of efficient use of water and modeling approach can guide the user to apply optimum water for the crop. This will ensure water use efficiency without yield reduction. It can also simulate crop water productivity under changing climatic scenarios.
Research Intersts: Clothing manufacturing, Clothing comfort, 2D and 3D CAD application in Clothing
Position & Department: Chairman, Department of Farm Machinery and Power, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Post Harvest Engineering and Food Storage Engineering
Research Intersts: Synthetic Fibers, Sustainable Materials, Polymeric Composites, Nanomaterials, Catalysis
Research Intersts: Fibre and Textile Technology in University of Agriculture Faisalabad Pakistan is the sole Department offering B.Sc. (Hon) degree program in Textile Technology, which covers the entire textile sector particularly Spinning, Weaving, Knitting, Dyeing, Non-Woven and Technical Textiles. My current interests are focused on Textile waste water treatment by phytoremediation applying floating treatment wetlands technology, Cotton ginning and Baling, Cotton fibre Spinning , Textile Testing & Quality Control, Specialty yarns, Non-Woven and Technical Textiles.
Position & Department: Lecturer, Department of Fibre Technology, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Department of Fibre and Textile Technology is the sole depart all over the country and offering Master level degree program in textile fibre sciences, which covers the entire textile sector in particularly in spinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing and applications of advanced techniques on synthetic fibre technology. My current area of interests are focused on applications of modern techniques applied on Natural as well as Synthetic Fibres and their end products.
Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Department of Structures & Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Waste Management, Bio-hydrogen Production, Mechanics
Research Intersts: Textile Wet Processing, Fibre Technology, Technical Textiles, Nanotechnology
Research Intersts: Environmental remediation by Nanotechnology, Photocatalysis of water splitting, Production of Hydrogen by photocatalysis, Removal of CO2 and heavy metals by photocatalysis, Li-ion batteries, Na-ion batteries
Research Intersts: Textile Dyeing and Finishing, Prediction Modeling of Textile Related Properties, Nano Technology, Technical Textiles, Knitting Technology, High Performance Fibers
Research Intersts: My primary interest lies in the field of Textile Testing and Quality Control. Furthermore, I have interest in optimization of Fabric Dyeing methods and Finishing procedures by using modern technologies.
Position & Department: Associate Professor, Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Development of non-destructive techniques for determination of food quality & safety based on spectroscopy & chemo metrics
Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Microfluidic systems for food product development, Encapsulation
Position & Department: Lecturer, Department of Structures & Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: subsurface hydrology, contaminant transport modeling, contaminated site assessments
Research Intersts: Sustainable production, Edible coating, encapsulation
Position & Department: Associate Professor, Department of Irrigation & Drainage, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Hydrological modeling, Prediction in ungauged basins
Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Department of Irrigation & Drainage, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Climate Change Impact at Water Resources, Hydraulic & Hydropower Engineering, Dam & Reservoir Engineering, Open Channel Hydraulics, Design of Hydraulic Structures
Research Intersts: Water Resources Management (OFWM, HEIS); Remote Sensing and Precision Agriculture; Hydrologic Modeling
Research Intersts: Solid Waste Management, Wastewater treatment, Waste-to-Energy Technologies, Renewable Energy Technologies, Combustion of Solid Materials/Wastes, Fluidized Bed Combustion (FBC), Pulverized Fuel Combustion (PFC), Thermal Power Plants, Thermal Process Engineering, Heat and Mass Transfer, CFD Modeling and Simulation
Position & Department: Lecturer, Department of Irrigation & Drainage, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Water Management
Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Department of Farm Machinery and Power, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Renewable Energy; Farm Machinery; Manufacturing Engineering; Power Plants
Research Intersts: Irrigation water Management, Soil Water Plant Relationship, Crop Water Requirement and Irrigation Scheduling, Salinity Management, Modeling
Research Intersts: Present scenario demands the development in terms of mechanization and transportation for fulfilling the most of population needs. Noise is the major drawback associated with this development. There is a need to tackle this noise for maintaining the purity of the environment and health.
Position & Department: Lecturer, Department of Farm Machinery and Power, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Farm machinery, instrumentation & machine automation, solar energy, environmental effects of machines, GIS.
Research Intersts: In this intensive water demand and water scarce era of Pakistan, accurate estimation of Crop Water Requirement (CWR) and meteorological parameters is a major challenge, hence can be faced by using remotely sensed data. So, my scientific interests are estimation of spatially distributed Irrigation Water Requirement (IWR), Rainfall and actual evapotranspiation using remote sensing technology over global scale. Applications of RS & GIS in combination with meteorological information for hydrological modeling over large scale.
Research Intersts: Precision Agriculture, Farm Machinery, Metallurgy and Manufacturing Engineering
Research Intersts: Water resource management, Irrigation Scheduling for different crop through remote sensing and GIS
Research Intersts: Water Resource Management, Remote Sensing
Position & Department: Assistant Executive Engineer, Department of Irrigation & Drainage, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: High Efficiency Irrigation System, Flood mapping,
Research Intersts: Estimation of aerosols and CO2 by using remote sensing and GIS.
Research Intersts: Wastewater treatment
Research Intersts: Development and Demonstration of Rainwater Harvesting Setups for Recharging Groundwater, Surface and Groundwater Hydrology, Water Management
Position & Department: Lecturer, Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Fruit and herbal powders, Tableting of fruits and herbal powders, Design of Food related machinery, value addition of food and agricultural products
Research Intersts: Agricultural process engineering Instrumentation. Farm Machinery.
Research Intersts: wastewater treatment by using wetland
Research Intersts: Heat recovery from Biomass, Sewage Waste for combined heat and power
Research Intersts: Precision Agriculture, Digital Image processing, Variable Rate Technologies
Research Intersts: Farm Machinery, Solar Energy
Research Intersts: Robotics for agriculture, Precision Agriculture, Farm Machinery, Renewable Energy
Research Intersts: Renewable Energy, Farm Mechanization, Precision Agriculture.
Research Intersts: Farm Machinery, Precision Machinery, Renewable Energy
Position & Department: Director/Professor, Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: The world today is vying for outpacing conventional forms of energy on numerous counts including research and development as well as investment. Sustainable renewable sources of energy like Photovoltaic and wind power are set to replace the conventional sources of energy in the near future, as the installed capacity from these two alone has increased by over 5000% and 658% respectively. Value addition to communities in Pakistan by using renewable resources constitutes my research platform as it motivates me to explore new avenues in the field of sustainable energy. Creating awareness among the masses by engaging them in my research for designing and developing on farm processing technologies; e.g. Scheffler fixed focus solar concentrator for the post-harvest processing of different agricultural products (PI) Fabrication, Installation and Operation of Biogas at UAF (PI) Renewable Energy Technologies in Pakistan (PI) Commercialization of IC engines for power generation from agricultural waste (PI) is the best way to enable Pakistan to deliver on its commitment to the 2030 UN agenda for sustainable development and progress.
Position & Department: Assistant Professor, Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Design, modeling and thermal engineering analysis of different RE technologies to improve the energy efficiency in agro-based processing systems. Computer simulation of conventional and new thermal processes to study the characterization of the involved factors in terms of processing suitability. Key words: Process optimization, solar thermal, Energy and exergy analyses. ANSYS-CFX; CFD modeling for developing next-generation energy efficient thermal processing technology.
Position & Department: Assistant Executive Engineer, Department of Structures & Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Engineering Mechanics, Surveying and Leveling, Designing of Water Supply and Sewerage Systems, Sewage Pumping Systems. Use of Centrifugal Pumps
Research Intersts: Wastewater Treatment/Management Techniques, Water Quality Assessment, Ground Water Contamination.
Research Intersts: Expert in bioenergy and bioproducts engineering. Food waste management through anaerobic digestion, fermentation, and gasification. Recovery of bioactive compounds and volatile fatty acids from food waste. Municipal solid waste management through biochemical and thermochemical techniques. Pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials for value-added products and energy recovery. Sewage sludge management through various bioenergy technologies. Biomass densification technologies, nutrient recovery, chemical and energy production from livestock waste.
Research Intersts: Climate Change
Research Intersts: With the emergence of renewable energy resources, energy storage becomes a crucial part of the successful execution of renewable energy systems. My research interests involve the conversion of biobased polymers to Laser-Induced Graphene (LIG) via direct laser writing (DLW). Utilizing bio-based nanomaterials for the fabrication of energy storage devices such as solid-state supercapacitors and flexible supercapacitors. I also utilized LIG for electrochemical sensing of neurotransmitters such as dopamine. Currently, my work focuses on designing and simulation of renewable energy systems for multidimensional applications.
Research Intersts: Fault diagnosis and prognosis of industrial machines using noise and vibration data, predictive maintenance and energy systems modelling & simulation using machine learning, Pattern Recognition, Control Systems and Digital Signal Processing.
Research Intersts: Microgrid (MG) concept is attracting considerable attention as a solution to energy deficiencies, especially in remote areas, but the intermittent nature of renewable sources and varying loads cause many control problems and thereby affect the quality of power within a microgrid. Hence, design and modelling of efficient and advanced control systems for energy management, frequency/voltage stabilization and maintaining power quality of AC/DC hybrid microgrid systems is fundamental factor for effective operation. Furthermore, designing of systematic Fault detection and diagnosis systems for power electronics and electrical machines are essential parts of power and electronics industry. Specific Areas: Standalone/Grid-connected Hybrid Microgrids; Artificial Intelligence based linear and non-linear Control systems, Sensor Networks, Smart Grids, Factory Automation and Fault Diagnosis, Battery SOC & SOH estimation systems, Power Converters
Research Intersts: Incharge Punjab Bioenergy Institute (PBI) Bioenergy expert in Municipal Solid waste management through anaerobic digestion, fermentation, and biomethanation. Pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials for value-addition and energy recovery. Sewage sludge blends with other Biomass. Biomethane Production from livestock waste, Industrial waste and Agricultural waste. Biofuel Production from energy crops, Soil Enrichment through digestate from anaerobic fermenter, Biofertilizer production from effluent from Biogas plants.
Research Intersts: Currently conventional fuels are near to demise so renewable energy technologies have gained the interest of scientists. I have expertise in thermochemical technologies where biomass and bio-based waste substrates are converted to syngas and fuels. I employ processes such as Gasification, Pyrolysis to obtain green chemicals to be utilized for various decentralized applications. I also have an interest in simulation-based research using CFD models.
Position & Department: Lecturer, Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Design and integration of Nano-engineered composite (MgH2+V2O5) based TES system with Solar thermal units, COMSOL Multiphysics based numerical modeling and performance comparison of high-temperature metal hydride reactor, Application and storage of concentrated solar thermal energy, ANSYS CFD-based simulation of solar thermal system, Exergo-economic analysis of solar thermal energy storage system.
Research Intersts: Renewable Energy Technologies, Thermodynamics, Agricultural Processing Engineering, Instrumentation
Research Intersts: Heat and Mass Transfer
Position & Department: Assistant Executive Engineer, Department of Farm Machinery and Power, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Farm Power, Farm Mechanization, Metallurgy and Workshop Practices, Manufacturing Engineering, Processing Engineering, Renewable Energy
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Research Intersts: Renewable energy resources, farm machinery and power.
Research Intersts: Material and Energy Balance, Renewable Energy Resources
Position & Department: Lecturer, , Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Bio energy production, energy management through energy conservation and auditing, thermal processes
Research Intersts: Food ingredients, structure and functionality, Sustainable unit operations for food processing, Extraction of useful components from the food waste, Understanding, analyzing and optimizing food products through non-thermal and separation techniques
Position & Department: Assistant Executive Engineer, , Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Transmission distribution and generation from Solar Systems and integration of renewable energy resources to develop a smart grid configuration
Position & Department: Assistant Executive Engineer, Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Transmission, distribution &Integration of renewable energy resources via smart grid system
Position & Department: Assistant Executive Engineer, Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology
Research Intersts: Renewable Energy Resources
Research Intersts: Machine vision and Automation
Research Intersts: Food Process Engineering
Research Intersts: Food Storage Engineering
Research Intersts: Climate change, extreme weather events, Impact modeling, Water resource Management, Remote sensing.
Research Intersts: Extreme Events Assessment, Climate-Vegetation-Hydrology Interaction Mechanism, Meteorological variability assessment, Crop-water modelling, Water resources Management