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Zaib Ali

Associate Professor

School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

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Dr. Zaib Ali is working as Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering. Dr. Zaib Ali has a PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics . Dr. Zaib Ali has published 45 research articles & conference papers having a citation count of 464 , carried out 4 projects and filed 0 intellectual property.

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Aerodynamics Climate Change Adaptation in the Built Environment Computational Fluid Dyanmics (CFD) Design for Net Zero Energy Energy Efficicncy of the Built Environment Hydrodynamics Hydrokinetic Turbine Design Precision Agriculture Turbulent Flows Heat and Mass Transfer

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20.7 M

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464

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20.7M

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International (0)

Design and Implementation of Optimized Multi-Target Aerial Delivery System for flood Relief Packages 2025

Zaib Ali

Project Status: Completed Rs: 0.1 M Approval Date: 2025-01-30 Completion Date: 2025-08-12

Funding Agency: N/A

Development of System to Monitor and Log the Health Status of Diesel Engine, Transmission & Driven Appliances 2020

Zaib Ali

Project Status: Completed Rs: 0.2 M Approval Date: 2020-09-07 Completion Date: 2022-01-04

Funding Agency: NESCOM

Design and Modeling of a Hybrid VTOL Demonstrator UAV 2021

Zaib Ali

Project Status: Completed Rs: 0.5 M Approval Date: 2021-11-03 Completion Date: 2022-11-14

Funding Agency: NESCOM

Design and Development of Smart Spraying System for Agricultural Drones 2022

Rizwan Ahmad

Zaib Ali

Project Status: Completed Rs: 19.9 M Approval Date: 2022-01-28 Completion Date: 2025-07-25

Funding Agency: HEC

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Low carbon strategy driven techno-economic analysis of various 4 passive measures for energy efficiency in a humid subtropical 5 climate: A case study in Pakistan

Waqas Khalid

Sheikh Ahmad Zaki (Universiti Technologi Malaysia)

Pinar Mert Cuce (Birmingham City University)

Erdem Cuce (Recep Tayyip Erdogan University)

Zaib Ali

Muhammad Tauseef Nasir

Muhammad Abdullah

Journal: International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, Accepted

Impact Factor: 2.300 Citations: 0 Quartile: 2

The Potential of Cool Materials Towards Improving Thermal Comfort Conditions Inside Real-urban Hot-humid Microclimate 2022

Muhammad Zeeshan

Zaib Ali

Journal: Environment and Urbanization ASIA, Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 56-72

Impact Factor: 1.300 Citations: 10 Quartile: N/A

Effect of flexibility on energy harvesting performance of semi-active flapping foil under non-sinusoidal pitching motion 2025

Hassan Naseer

Zaib Ali

Aamer Shahzad

Waqas Khalid

Journal: Ocean Engineering, Volume: 341, Part 2, Article Number: 122462

Impact Factor: 5.5 Citations: 0 Quartile: 1

An Experimental Machine Learning Evaluation on Adaptive Thermal Comfort in Hospitals 2025

Waqas Khalid

Ibrahim Khan

Hafiz Muhammad Ali (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals)

Noor Zali khan (Pakistan Airforce Hospital)

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Majid Ali

Hira Javed

Journal: Future Cities and Environment, Volume:11, Pages 1-14

Impact Factor: N/A Citations: 0 Quartile: N/A

An experimental and simulation study of RGO effects on mechanical behaviour of structural adhesive and lap shear joints strength 2023

Hassan Ejaz

Aamir Mubashar

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Nabeel Arif (Centres of Excellence in Science and Applied Technologies)

Saad Waqar (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Journal: International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives, Volume 126, Article Number 103480

Impact Factor: 3.4 Citations: 10 Quartile: 2

Investigation of Compression, Impact and Post-impact Behavior of Carbon/Flax Bio-hybrid Laminates: Effects of Stacking Sequence and Fiber Hybridization 2025

Manzar Masud

Aamir Mubashar

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Dr. Adnan Tariq ( University of Wah)

Journal: Fibers and Polymers, Volume: 26, Pages:4115-4132

Impact Factor: 2.3 Citations: 0 Quartile: 2

Experimental electro-hydrodynamic investigation of flag-based energy harvesting in the wake of inverted C-shape cylinder 2021

Usman Latif (-)

Emad Ud Din

Muhammad Yamin Younis (Mirpur University of Sciences and Technology)

Jawad Aslam

Zaib Ali

Muhammad Sajid

A. Abdelkafi (New Mexico States University)

Journal: Energy, Volume 215, Part B, Article Number 119195

Impact Factor: 8.857 Citations: 48 Quartile: 1

Influence of MWCNTs on strength properties of high viscous epoxy adhesive and fracture behavior of adhesively bonded joints 2022

Hassan Ejaz

Aamir Mubashar

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Nabeel Arif (Centers of Excellence in Science and Applied Technologies)

Journal: Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, Volume 120, Article Number 103412

Impact Factor: 4.017 Citations: 21 Quartile: 1

Modelling the cooling effectiveness of street trees with actual canopy drag and real transpiration rate under representative climatic conditions 2022

Muhammad Zeeshan

Zaib Ali

Muhammad Sajid

Majid Ali

Muhammad Usman

Journal: Journal of Building Performance Simulation, Pages 1-14

Impact Factor: 2.957 Citations: 10 Quartile: 2

A comparative study of GNPs and MWCNTs additives on dispersion behavior and strength characteristics of the adhesively bonded joints 2022

Hassan Ejaz

Aamir Mubashar

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Journal: Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, Pages 1-12

Impact Factor: 2.057 Citations: 4 Quartile: 4

Hydrodynamic energy harvesting analysis of two piezoelectric tandem flags under influence of upstream body’s wakes 2021

Ahmad Mujtaba (-)

Usman Latif (-)

Emad Ud Din

Muhammad Yamin Younis (Mirpur University of Sciences and Technology)

Muhammad Sajid

Zaib Ali

A. Abdelkafi (New Mexico States University)

Journal: Applied Energy, Volume 282, Part A, Article Number 116173

Impact Factor: 11.446 Citations: 43 Quartile: 1

Experimental Study on Multi-Cell Counting Using an Inertial Microfluidic Device 2025

Muhammad Zulfiqar

Muhammad danish Manshad

Emad Ud Din

Aamir Mubashar

Zaib Ali

Muhammad Irfan (Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST))

Sibghat Ullah (University of Management and Technology (UMT))

Jingmin Li (Dalian University of Technology)

Journal: Applied Sciences, Volume 15(10), Article Number 5701

Impact Factor: 2.500 Citations: 0 Quartile: 1

Efficient preprocessing of complex geometries for CFD simulations 2019

James Tyacke (University of Cambridge)

Zaib Ali

Rob Watson (University of Cambridge)

Paul G. Tucker (University of Cambridge)

Shahrokh Shahpar (Rolls-Royce Holdings plc)

Journal: International Journal Of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Volume 33, Issue 3, Pages 98-114

Impact Factor: 1.071 Citations: 8 Quartile: 4

Thermal performance prediction of street trees inside isolated open spaces – evaluations from real scale retrofitting project 2022

Muhammad Zeeshan

Zaib Ali

Emad Ud Din

Journal: Journal of Building Performance Simulation, Pages 1-17

Impact Factor: 2.957 Citations: 12 Quartile: 2

Performance enhancement of vertical axis hydrokinetic turbine using novel blade profile 2022

Zain Ullah Khan

Zaib Ali

Emad Ud Din

Journal: Renewable Energy, Volume 188, Pages 801-818

Impact Factor: 8.001 Citations: 35 Quartile: 1

Heat stress mitigation in urban streets having hot humid climatic conditions: Strategies and performance results from a real scale retrofitting project 2022

Muhammad Zeeshan

Zaib Ali

Journal: Science and Technology for the Built Environment, Pages 1-14

Impact Factor: 1.990 Citations: 6 Quartile: 3

Simulation of a Standard Store Separated from Generic Wing 2018

M Shehyar (-)

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Qasim Zaheer (-)

Aamir Mubashar (Middle East Technical University)

Journal: Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, NULL

Impact Factor: 0.914 Citations: 0 Quartile: 4

Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Helically Micro-Finned Tubes 2021

Muhammad Ammar Ali (-)

Muhammad Sajid

Emad Ud Din

Niaz Bahadur Khan

Zaib Ali

Journal: Processes, Volume 9, Article Number 754

Impact Factor: 2.753 Citations: 7 Quartile: 2

Optimal mesh topology generation for CFD 2017

Zaib Ali

Paul G. Tucker (University of Cambridge)

Shahrokh Shahpar (CFD Methods)

Journal: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, NULL

Impact Factor: 4.441 Citations: 28 Quartile: 1

Optimal multi-block mesh generation for CFD 2017

Zaib Ali

P. Caleb Dhanasekaran (Cambridge Flow Solutions)

Paul G. Tucker (University of Cambridge)

Rob Watson (University of Cambridge)

Shahrokh Shahpar (Aerothermal Design System)

Journal: International Journal Of Computational Fluid Dynamics, NULL

Impact Factor: 0.961 Citations: 12 Quartile: 4

Numerical investigation of hydrodynamic and hydro-acoustic performance of underwater propeller operating in off-design flow conditions 2020

Muhammad Rehan Naseer (-)

Emad Ud Din

Aamir Mubashar

Muhammad Sajid

Zaib Ali

Khalid Akhtar

Journal: Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology, Pages 1-10

Impact Factor: 3.192 Citations: 4 Quartile: 1

Analysis of the effect of passive measures on the energy consumption and zero-energy prospects of residential buildings in Pakistan 2020

Muhammad Sajid

Zaib Ali

Emad Ud Din

Muhammad Wasim Anwar (-)

Abdullah Javed (-)

Journal: Building Simulation, Pages 1-18

Impact Factor: 3.751 Citations: 23 Quartile: 1

Experimental investigation of energy harvesting eel in the wake of bluff body under ocean waves 2020

Usman Latif (-)

Ehtisham Ali (-)

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Muhammad Sajid

Samiur Rahman Shah (-)

Muhammad Yamin Younis (Mirpur University of Sciences and Technology)

Journal: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment, Pages 1-12

Impact Factor: 1.389 Citations: 14 Quartile: 3

Investigation of Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Microchannel Heat Sink Using Al2O3 and ZrO2 Nanofluids 2020

Muhammad Zia Ullah Khan (-)

Emad Ud Din

Bilal Akbar (Mirpur University of Sciences and Technology)

Naveed Akram (University of Malaya)

Ali Ammar Naqvi (-)

Muhammad Sajid

Zaib Ali

Muhammad Yamin Younis (Mirpur University of Sciences and Technology )

Fausto Pedro García Márquez ( University of Castilla-La Mancha)

Journal: Nanomaterials, Volume 10(9), Article Number 1796

Impact Factor: 5.076 Citations: 22 Quartile: 1

The energy, emissions, and drying kinetics of three-stage solar, microwave and desiccant absorption drying of potato slices 2023

Muhammad Usama

Zaib Ali

Macmanus C. Ndukwu (Michael Okpara University of Agriculture)

Ravishankar Sathyamurthy (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals)

Journal: Renewable Energy, Volume 219, Part 2, Article Number 119509

Impact Factor: 8.7 Citations: 6 Quartile: 1

Experimental investigation of energy harvesting behind a bluff body 2020

Usman Latif (-)

Emad Ud Din

Chaudhary Abdullah (-)

Zaib Ali

Muhammad Sajid

Khalid Akhtar

Samiur Rehman Shah (-)

Journal: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Volume 12, Issue 3, Article Number:033301

Impact Factor: 2.219 Citations: 18 Quartile: 4

Effect of vortices on power output of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) 2020

Ammar Naseem (-)

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Jawad Aslam

Sami Ur Rahman Shah

Muhammad Sajid

Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi

Adeel Javed

Muhammad Yamin Younis (Mirpur University of Science and Technology)

Journal: Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Volume 37, Article Number 100586

Impact Factor: 5.353 Citations: 33 Quartile: 2

Effect of functionalised and non-functionalised GNPs addition on strength properties of high viscous epoxy adhesive and lap shear joints 2022

Hassan Ejaz

Aamir Mubashar

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Nabeel Arif (Centres of Excellence in Science and Applied Technologies)

Journal: Polymer Testing, Volume 113, Article Number 107680

Impact Factor: 4.931 Citations: 33 Quartile: 1

Numerical analysis of aerodynamic characteristics of multi-pod hyperloop system 2022

Zaib Ali

Muhammad Omer Mirza

Journal: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Pages 1-24

Impact Factor: 1.285 Citations: 8 Quartile: 4

The mechanical behavior of modified epoxy adhesive using GNPs, MWCNTs, and RGO nanomaterials 2023

Hassan Ejaz

Aamir Mubashar

Ahsan Tanveer (Air University)

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Nabeel Arif (Center of Excellence in Science and Applied Technologies)

Journal: Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, Pages 1-21

Impact Factor: 2.3 Citations: 6 Quartile: 3

An experimental investigation on the novel hybrid indirect direct evaporative cooling system 2024

Ibrahim Khan

Waqas Khalid

Hafiz Muhammad Ali (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals)

Muhammad Sajid

Zaib Ali

Majid Ali

Journal: International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 155, Article Number 107503

Impact Factor: 6.400 Citations: 16 Quartile: 1

Using a blue landscape to mitigate heat stress during a heatwave event: a simulation study in a hot-humid urban environment 2023

Muhammad Zeeshan

Zaib Ali

Journal: Journal of Water and Climate Change, Volume 14 (3), Pages 764-777

Impact Factor: 2.803 Citations: 2 Quartile: 3

Green Infrastructure with Actual Canopy Parameterization: A Simulation Study for Heat Stress Mitigation in a Hot-Humid Urban Environment 2023

Muhammad Zeeshan

Zaib Ali

Qasim Ali Ranjha (UET Lahore)

Journal: Arboriculture and Urban Forestry, Volume 49, Issue 5, Pages 247-267

Impact Factor: N/A Citations: 4 Quartile: N/A

Impact of solid and hollow bluff bodies on the performance and dynamics of flag-based energy harvester 2023

Usman Latif

M Yamin Younis (Mirpur University of Science and Technology)

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Aamir Mubashar

A. Abdelkefi (New Mexico State University)

Journal: Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Volume 55, Article Number 102882

Impact Factor: 7.632 Citations: 11 Quartile: 2

Techno-Economic Analysis of Vacuum Membrane Distillation for Seawater Desalination 2023

Hassaan Idrees

Sara Baber Sial

Muhammad Sajid

Muhammad Rashid (National University of Technology)

Khawaja Fahad Iqbal

Zaib Ali

Muhammad Nabeel Anwar

Journal: Membranes, Volume 13, Issue 3, Article Number 339

Impact Factor: 4.562 Citations: 8 Quartile: 1

Experimental Investigation of Particle Sorting in Y-Channels with Variable Bifurcation Angles for Microfluidic Applications 2024

Khola Ikram

Syed Maaz Hasan

Ch Abdullah

Muhammad Zulfiqar

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Muhammad Sajid

Journal: Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, Volume 28, No 8, Pages 1679-1687

Impact Factor: 1.100 Citations: 1 Quartile: 3

Performance improvement of Savonius hydrokinetic turbine using upstream crescent shape deflector 2024

Muneeb Ur Rehman

Zaib Ali

Journal: Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design, Volume 8, Article Number 3

Impact Factor: 1.900 Citations: 0 Quartile: 2

An Experimental Machine Learning Analysis on Adaptive Thermal Comfort and Energy Management in Hospitals

Ibrahim Khan

Waqas Khalid

Hafiz Muhammad Ali (King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals)

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Majid Ali

Hira Javed

Noor Zali Khan (Pakistan Airfoce)

Conference: 21st International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies

Citations: N/A

Experimental Study on the Effect of Convective Drying of Potato Slices with Sequentially Reducing Temperature

Muhammad Usama

Muhamad Khizar Hayat

Ammar Ahmed

Muhammad Ali

Zaib Ali

Aashir Iqbal

Conference: The 1st International Precision Agriculture Pakistan Conference 2022 (PAPC 2022)

Citations: N/A

Numerical Simulation of Inline Arrangement of Spheroid Particles in Different Orientations

Abuzar Jamil (-)

Emad Ud Din

Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi

Zaib Ali

Jawad Aslam

Syed Omer Gilani

Abuzar Jamil (-)

Emad Ud Din

Syed Ali Abbas Zaidi

Zaib Ali

Jawad Aslam

Syed Omer Gilani

Conference: ASME-JSME-KSME 8th Joint Fluids Engineering Conference

Citations: N/A

Effect of corner modification on flow characteristics of a 3D square Cylinder

Ahmad Hammad (-)

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Syed Atif Iqrar (-)

Muhammad Yamin Younis ( Mirpur University of Sciences and Technology)

Ahmad Hammad (-)

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Syed Atif Iqrar (-)

Muhammad Yamin Younis ( Mirpur University of Sciences and Technology)

Conference: World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ASEM19)

Citations: N/A

On power augmentation of VAWT in the wake of a bluff body

Ammar Naseem (-)

Zaib Ali

Emad Ud Din

Ammar Naseem (-)

Zaib Ali

Emad Ud Din

Conference: 6th International Conference of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer (FFHMT'19)

Citations: N/A

Metal erosion due to particles at high velocity and temperature

Bushra Zaheer (-)

Emad Ud Din

Aamir Mubashar

Zaib Ali

Nabeel Arif (-)

Bushra Zaheer (-)

Emad Ud Din

Aamir Mubashar

Zaib Ali

Nabeel Arif (-)

Conference: 6th International Conference of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer (FFHMT'19)

Citations: N/A

Hydrodynamic Design and Performance Analysis of Underwater Vehicles Using CFD

Talha Atta (-)

Zaib Ali

Syed Mudassir Ali (-)

Emad Ud Din

Conference: 13th International Symposium on Numerical Analysis of Fluid Flows, Heat and Mass Transfer – ICNAAM, 2018

Citations: N/A

Numerical Analysis of Alternating Strand Diameter in Spiral Wound Membrane to Maximize Permeate Flux

G. Shoukat (-)

Muhammad Sajid

Emad Ud Din

Zaib Ali

Conference: ASME 2018 5th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting

Citations: 1

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Training in Precision Agriculture through Innovative Technologies under USAID-ERDA 2023

Zaib Ali

Submission Date: 15-Aug-2023 Completion Date: 06-Sep-2023

Partner: USAID-ERDA

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