School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
Faculty Muhammad Nafees Mumtaz Qadri

Muhammad Nafees Mumtaz Qadri

Associate Professor
Summary

Dr Muhammad Nafees Mumtaz Qadri is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST, H-12 campus. His research interests are Computational & Experimental Fluid Dynamics, Biomimetic (including Flapping Wing) Aerodynamics, Fluid Structure Interaction (FSI), Renewable Energy and Flow Control. Some of his ongoing research/projects are as follows; • Design and development of bio-inspired flapping wing MAVs. • Computational and experimental Analysis of Energy Harvesting through Flapping Wings. • Effect of flexibility on the Energy Harvesting Performance of a Flapping Wing based Energy Harvester. • Parametric Study, including Foil Morphology on the Energy Harvesting Performance of a Flapping Foil Energy Harvester. • Study of different insect wings (geometry, kinematics, and flexibility) for the design of bio-inspired flapping wing for Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs). • Effects of active and passive flow control techniques on the aerodynamic performance of fixed and flapping wings. • Commercial and aerospace applications of bladeless fans. • Aerodynamic and energy harvesting performance analysis of conventional and hybrid vertical axis wind turbine.

Academic Background
PhD (Mechanical Engineering) Hong Kong Polytechnic University June 19, 2014 - June 19, 2018
Honours and Awards
TPS Studentship Award PhD Studentship Award under the Teaching Postgraduate Scheme Scholarship given by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University to pursue the Doctoral Program April 01, 2014
Dean's Roll of Honor Inducted into the Dean's Honor Roll for maintaining CGPA > 3.50 till Senior year of BE Engineering (Air University) April 09, 2007
Publications
Investigation of aerodynamic performance of bladeless fan-based fluidic propulsion integrated on aircraft wing March 30, 2026 Aeronautical Journal - Pages 34
Wall effects on fluid-structure interaction of tandem flapping foils operating in energy extraction mode September 11, 2025 Ocean Engineering - Volume 341, Part 3, Article Number 122662
Experimental Investigation of Surface Roughness Effects on Energy Harvesting from Piezoelectric Eel behind a Cylindrical Bluff Body July 17, 2025 PLoS One - Volume 20(7), Article Number e0327916
Numerical study of wake flow across two circular cylinders in tandem arrangement with high rotation speed December 09, 2024 Physics of Fluids - Volume 36, Article Number 123613
Dynamics and energy harvesting of a flow-induced snapping sheet with nonuniform stiffness distribution October 16, 2024 International Journal of Fluid Engineering - Volume 1, Article Number 043502
Effect of Bypass Duct On the Thrust Vectoring Performance of Dual Throat Nozzle in a Supersonic Aircraft June 01, 2024 Journal of Fluids Engineering - Volume 146(6), Pages 061206
Breathing in danger: Mapping microplastic migration in the human respiratory system April 25, 2024 Physics of Fluids - Volume 36, Article Number 043338
Fluid-structure interaction for aerodynamic performance evaluation of flapping wing with passive pitching motion February 05, 2024 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science - Pages 1-14
Effect of Gurney Flap on the Aerodynamic Performance of a Flapping Foil: Micro-Aerial Vehicle Application January 01, 2024 Journal of Fluids Engineering - Volume 146, Issue 1, Article Number 011202 (11 pages)
Flight Dynamic Characteristics of Wide-Body Aircraft with Wind Gust and Turbulence December 16, 2023 Fluids - Volume 8(12), Article Number 320
Flow physics of annular and semi-annular fanjet and integration scheme with aircraft wing September 01, 2023 Physics of Fluids - Volume 35, Issue 9, Article Number 097101
Effects of wake interaction on energy extraction performance of tandem semi-active flapping foils August 08, 2023 Physics of Fluids - Volume 35, Article Number 087112
Interaction of two fully passive flapping foils arranged in tandem and its influence on flow energy harvesting April 01, 2023 Energy - Volume 268, Article Number 126714
Design optimization of bladeless ceiling fan using design of experiments February 01, 2023 Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics - Volume 233, Article Number: 105313
Design, Analysis and Prototyping of One-DoF Drive Mechanism for Flapping Wing Micro-aerial Vehicle Application October 27, 2022 Iranian Journal of Science and Technology-Transactions of Mechanical Engineering - Pages 1-18
An overview of aerodynamic performance analysis of vertical axis wind turbines August 28, 2022 Energy and Environment - Pages 1-43
Determination of efficient configurations of vertical axis wind turbine using design of experiments April 27, 2022 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy - Pages 1-24
Numerical analysis of bladeless ceiling fan: An effective alternative to conventional ceiling fan February 01, 2022 Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics - Volume 221, Article Number 104905
Aerodynamic analysis of hummingbird-like hovering flight October 25, 2021 Bioinspiration and Biomimetics - Volume 16, Number 6, Article Number 066018
Flow-energy harvesting using a fully passive flapping foil: A guideline on design and operation May 01, 2021 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences - Volume 197, Article Number 106323
Droplet impact on nano-textured bumps: Topology effects March 30, 2021 Computers and Fluids - Volume 218, Article Number 104844
Recent Advancements in flapping mechanism and wing design of micro aerial vehicles October 09, 2020 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science - Pages 1-22
Investigating the effects of leading edge tubercles on the aerodynamic performance of insect-like flapping wing August 05, 2020 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science - Pages 1-12
Fluid-structure interaction of a fully passive flapping foil for flow energy extraction July 01, 2020 International Journal of Mechanical Sciences - Volume 177, Article Number 105587
Recent progress in flapping wings for micro aerial vehicle applications June 16, 2020 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science - Pages 1-20
An Experimental Investigation of a Passively Flapping Foil in Energy Harvesting Mode September 01, 2019 Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics - Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 1547-1561
Numerical Analysis of High Aspect Ratio Flexible Wings in Flapping Motion April 01, 2019 Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics - Vol. 12, No. 6, Pages 1979-1988
Conferences
Design and computational study of main body of bird like flapping wing Mav August 30, 2021 - August 31, 2021 Muhammad Bilal, Muhammad Nafees Mumtaz Qadri, Aamer Shahzad, Nadeem Hussain Shah, 2021 International Conference on Applied and Engineering Mathematics (ICAEM)
Design and Analysis of Flapping Wing Apparatus January 12, 2021 - January 16, 2021 Muhammad Aneeb Siddiqui, Aamer Shahzad, Dr M Nafees Mumtaz Qadri, Rizwan Yousaf, 2021 International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technologies (IBCAST)
A critical analysis of small but heavy-lift multirotor and their flight controllers January 12, 2021 - January 16, 2021 Muhammad Sohaib Khan, Syed Irteza Ali Shah, Ali Javed, Dr M Nafees Mumtaz Qadri, Nadeem Hussain, 2021 International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technologies (IBCAST)
Drone selection using multi-criteria decision-making methods January 12, 2021 - January 16, 2021 Muhammad Sohaib Khan, Syed Irteza Ali Shah, Ali Javed, Dr M Nafees Mumtaz Qadri, Nadeem Hussain, 2021 International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technologies (IBCAST)
An overview of methods for investigation of aeroelastic response on high aspect ratio fixed-winged aircraft June 09, 2020 - June 10, 2020 Muhammad Khizer Ali Khan, Ali Javed, Muhammad Nafees Mumtaz Qadri , Mohtashim Mansoor, Farrukh Mazhar, 3rd Pak-Turk International Conference ETSE2020
Effects of Leading-Edge Tubercles on the Aerodynamic Performance of Wings November 26, 2019 - November 27, 2019 Muhammad Bilal Anwar, Aamer Shahzad, Muhammad Nafees Mumtaz Qadri, 3rd Multi-Disciplinary Student Research Conference, 26-27 Nov 2019, Wah Pakistan
Force and Motion Measurements of a Passively Oscillating Hydrofoil December 05, 2016 - December 08, 2016 M. Nafees Mumtaz Qadri, Hui Tang, Yang Liu, 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference
Effect of Reynolds number on leading edge vortex for a wing in unsteady motion January 15, 2013 - January 19, 2013 Aamer Shahzad, Hossein Raza Hamdani, Muhammad Nafees Mumtaz Qadri, Khalid Parvez, M.Aqib, 2013 10th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST)
Dynamic Stall Control through Passive Devices in Hybrid Configuration January 07, 2013 - January 10, 2013 Nafees Mumtaz Qadri, Aamer Shahzad, H.R. Hamdan, K.Parvez, 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons and Aerospace Exposition
Study of Flow Controlling on LP Turbine at Different Reynolds Number July 08, 2012 - July 12, 2012 Muhammad Aqib Chishty, Hossein Raza Hamdani, Khalid Parvez, Muhammad Nafees Mumtaz Qadri, ASME 2012 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting
Effect of Positioning of Leading Edge Vortex Generators on Dynamic Stall Phenomenon November 28, 2011 - November 30, 2011 Muhammad Nafees Mumtaz Qadri, Hossein Hamdani, Khalid Parvez, Aamer Shahzad, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED MODELING & SIMULATION – ICAMS 2011
Teaching Assistant The Hong Kong Polytechnic University September 01, 2014 - May 30, 2017
Assistant Professor Wah Engineering College, University of Wah April 14, 2009 - May 27, 2014