Zaib Ali
HOD Department of Mechanical Engineering SMME
- School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
- 5190856056
Summary
Academic Background
PhD
(Computational Fluid Dynamics) University of Cambridge
September 01, 2011 - July 15, 2016
Honours and Awards
Publications
Controlling surface temperature in Intermittent Microwave Drying of potato slices using evaporative cooling: An experimental study
May 01, 2026
Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies - Volume:109, Article Number 104470
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
December 25, 2025
International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies - Volume 20, Pages 2076–2088,
Investigation of Compression, Impact and Post-impact Behavior of Carbon/Flax Bio-hybrid Laminates: Effects of Stacking Sequence and Fiber Hybridization
September 01, 2025
Fibers and Polymers - Volume: 26, Pages:4115-4132
Effect of flexibility on energy harvesting performance of semi-active flapping foil under non-sinusoidal pitching motion
August 26, 2025
Ocean Engineering - Volume: 341, Part 2, Article Number: 122462
An Experimental Machine Learning Evaluation on Adaptive Thermal Comfort in Hospitals
June 17, 2025
Future Cities and Environment - Volume:11, Pages 1-14
Experimental Study on Multi-Cell Counting Using an Inertial Microfluidic Device
May 20, 2025
Applied Sciences - Volume 15(10), Article Number 5701
Experimental Investigation of Particle Sorting in Y-Channels with Variable Bifurcation Angles for Microfluidic Applications
November 04, 2024
Journal of Applied Science and Engineering - Volume 28, No 8, Pages 1679-1687
Performance improvement of Savonius hydrokinetic turbine using upstream crescent shape deflector
October 29, 2024
Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design - Volume 8, Article Number 3
An experimental investigation on the novel hybrid indirect direct evaporative cooling system
June 01, 2024
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume 155, Article Number 107503
The energy, emissions, and drying kinetics of three-stage solar, microwave and desiccant absorption drying of potato slices
December 01, 2023
Renewable Energy - Volume 219, Part 2, Article Number 119509
The mechanical behavior of modified epoxy adhesive using GNPs, MWCNTs, and RGO nanomaterials
October 21, 2023
Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology - Pages 1-21
Green Infrastructure with Actual Canopy Parameterization: A Simulation Study for Heat Stress Mitigation in a Hot-Humid Urban Environment
September 01, 2023
Arboriculture and Urban Forestry - Volume 49, Issue 5, Pages 247-267
An experimental and simulation study of RGO effects on mechanical behaviour of structural adhesive and lap shear joints strength
August 01, 2023
International Journal of Adhesion and Adhesives - Volume 126, Article Number 103480
Techno-Economic Analysis of Vacuum Membrane Distillation for Seawater Desalination
March 15, 2023
Membranes - Volume 13, Issue 3, Article Number 339
Using a blue landscape to mitigate heat stress during a heatwave event: a simulation study in a hot-humid urban environment
March 01, 2023
Journal of Water and Climate Change - Volume 14 (3), Pages 764-777
Impact of solid and hollow bluff bodies on the performance and dynamics of flag-based energy harvester
February 01, 2023
Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments - Volume 55, Article Number 102882
Numerical analysis of aerodynamic characteristics of multi-pod hyperloop system
November 18, 2022
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering - Pages 1-24
A comparative study of GNPs and MWCNTs additives on dispersion behavior and strength characteristics of the adhesively bonded joints
November 14, 2022
Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology - Pages 1-12
Effect of functionalised and non-functionalised GNPs addition on strength properties of high viscous epoxy adhesive and lap shear joints
September 01, 2022
Polymer Testing - Volume 113, Article Number 107680
Influence of MWCNTs on strength properties of high viscous epoxy adhesive and fracture behavior of adhesively bonded joints
August 01, 2022
Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics - Volume 120, Article Number 103412
Modelling the cooling effectiveness of street trees with actual canopy drag and real transpiration rate under representative climatic conditions
May 30, 2022
Journal of Building Performance Simulation - Pages 1-14
Performance enhancement of vertical axis hydrokinetic turbine using novel blade profile
April 01, 2022
Renewable Energy - Volume 188, Pages 801-818
Heat stress mitigation in urban streets having hot humid climatic conditions: Strategies and performance results from a real scale retrofitting project
March 21, 2022
Science and Technology for the Built Environment - Pages 1-14
The Potential of Cool Materials Towards Improving Thermal Comfort Conditions Inside Real-urban Hot-humid Microclimate
March 01, 2022
Environment and Urbanization ASIA - Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 56-72
Thermal performance prediction of street trees inside isolated open spaces – evaluations from real scale retrofitting project
February 17, 2022
Journal of Building Performance Simulation - Pages 1-17
Numerical Analysis of Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Helically Micro-Finned Tubes
April 24, 2021
Processes - Volume 9, Article Number 754
Hydrodynamic energy harvesting analysis of two piezoelectric tandem flags under influence of upstream body’s wakes
January 15, 2021
Applied Energy - Volume 282, Part A, Article Number 116173
Experimental electro-hydrodynamic investigation of flag-based energy harvesting in the wake of inverted C-shape cylinder
January 15, 2021
Energy - Volume 215, Part B, Article Number 119195
Numerical investigation of hydrodynamic and hydro-acoustic performance of underwater propeller operating in off-design flow conditions
December 30, 2020
Journal of Marine Engineering and Technology - Pages 1-10
Analysis of the effect of passive measures on the energy consumption and zero-energy prospects of residential buildings in Pakistan
November 15, 2020
Building Simulation - Pages 1-18
Investigation of Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in Microchannel Heat Sink Using Al2O3 and ZrO2 Nanofluids
September 09, 2020
Nanomaterials - Volume 10(9), Article Number 1796
Experimental investigation of energy harvesting eel in the wake of bluff body under ocean waves
August 20, 2020
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part M: Journal of Engineering for the Maritime Environment - Pages 1-12
Experimental investigation of energy harvesting behind a bluff body
May 05, 2020
Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy - Volume 12, Issue 3, Article Number:033301
Effect of vortices on power output of vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT)
February 01, 2020
Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments - Volume 37, Article Number 100586
Efficient preprocessing of complex geometries for CFD simulations
April 23, 2019
International Journal Of Computational Fluid Dynamics - Volume 33, Issue 3, Pages 98-114
Simulation of a Standard Store Separated from Generic Wing
November 30, 2018
Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics - NULL
Optimal multi-block mesh generation for CFD
June 21, 2017
International Journal Of Computational Fluid Dynamics - NULL
Optimal mesh topology generation for CFD
April 01, 2017
Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering - NULL
Conferences
Experimental Study on the Effect of Convective Drying of Potato Slices with Sequentially Reducing Temperature
September 22, 2022 - September 24, 2022
Muhammad Usama, Muhamad Khizar Hayat, Ammar Ahmed, Muhammad Ali, Dr Zaib Ali, Aashir Iqbal,
The 1st International Precision Agriculture Pakistan Conference 2022 (PAPC 2022)
Effect of corner modification on flow characteristics of a 3D square Cylinder
September 17, 2019 - September 21, 2019
Ahmad Hammad, Emad Uddin, Zaib Ali, Syed Atif Iqrar, Muhammad Yamin Younis, Ahmad Hammad, Emad Uddin, Zaib Ali, Syed Atif Iqrar, Muhammad Yamin Younis,
World Congress on Advances in Structural Engineering and Mechanics (ASEM19)
Numerical Simulation of Inline Arrangement of Spheroid Particles in Different Orientations
July 28, 2019 - August 01, 2019
Abuzar Jamil, Emad Uddin, Ali Abbas Zaidi, Zaib Ali, Jawad Aslam, Omer Gilani, Abuzar Jamil, Emad Uddin, Ali Abbas Zaidi, Zaib Ali, Jawad Aslam, Omer Gilani,
ASME-JSME-KSME 8th Joint Fluids Engineering Conference
On power augmentation of VAWT in the wake of a bluff body
June 18, 2019 - June 19, 2019
Ammar Naseem, Zaib Ali, Emad Uddin, Ammar Naseem, Zaib Ali, Emad Uddin,
6th International Conference of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer (FFHMT'19)
Metal erosion due to particles at high velocity and temperature
June 18, 2019 - June 19, 2019
Bushra Zaheer, Emad Uddin, Aamir Mubashar, Zaib Ali, Nabeel Arif, Bushra Zaheer, Emad Uddin, Aamir Mubashar, Zaib Ali, Nabeel Arif,
6th International Conference of Fluid Flow, Heat and Mass Transfer (FFHMT'19)
Hydrodynamic Design and Performance Analysis of Underwater Vehicles Using CFD
September 13, 2018 - September 18, 2018
Talha Atta, Dr. Zaib Ali, Syed Mudassir Ali, Dr. Emad Uddin,
13th International Symposium on Numerical Analysis of Fluid Flows, Heat and Mass Transfer – ICNAAM, 2018
Numerical Analysis of Alternating Strand Diameter in Spiral Wound Membrane to Maximize Permeate Flux
July 15, 2018 - July 20, 2018
G. Shoukat, M. Sajid, Emad Uddin, Z. Ali,
ASME 2018 5th Joint US-European Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting