Design & Manufacturing Research Group

Group Members

• Dr. Shahid Ikramullah Butt
• Dr. Mushtaq Khan
• Dr. Husain Imran
• Dr. Najam-ul-Qadir
• Dr. Shamraiz Ahmad
• Dr. M. Salman Khan

External Members

• Dr Riaz Ahmed (NUST)
• Dr Rehan Akhtar (PILO)
• Dr Nauman Ahmed (CEME)
• Dr Syed Waheed (HIT-Defence)
• Dr Liaqat Ali​ (HITEC)

Research Areas

• Product Design & Development
• Laser Manufacturing/Material Processing
• Surface Treatment and Sand Casting
• CNC / High Speed Machining
• Rapid Prototyping (RP)
• Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and performance
• Manufacturing System Modeling & Simulation
• Lean Manufacturing & Facility Layout
• Green and Sustainable Manufacturing
• Solar Powered Transportation

Industrial Projects(Completed)

• Manufacturing & Fabrication of Electric Bus for H-12 Campus
• APU (Auxiliary Power Unit Test Rig) ​
• Manufacturing of Jatropha Seed Bio-Diesel Plant & Installation
•  Design and development of Mechanical Knee Joint (Collaboration MVRDE)
• Various Project for Heavy Industries Taxil ​
• Phone Casing for Secure Communication (for AWC using RP facility)
• LSC (Laser Shot Controller) Box
• Design and fabrication of Jaw opening mechanism for dinosaurs (Natural History Museum Islamabad)​
• Design and development of small scale autoclave for chemicals testing​
• Design and development of test rig for drilling of hard rocks in petroleum exploration (HEC Startup Research Grant IPFP)
• ​​Design and Development of Environmental chamber for testing of single photovoltaic solar cell in Cryogenic conditions.
• Effect of fatigue on surface finish of machined Aluminum Alloys (AL6061).

Research Projects(Completed)

• Syntronics Ltd. Implementation of Six Sigma approach (Extrusion, Weaving, Cutting & Stitching Departments)
• Production Optimization of Ceiling Fan Production Shop at Starco Fan Industry.
• Reduction in Welding Defects and Rejection Rates at Pakistan Welding Institute.
• Implementation of Statistical Quality Control Tools at Refrigerator production line of Haier Industries to improve
  Quality and enhance Productivity.​

Industrial & Research Projects (In Progress)

• Development of a feature-code based on ISO14649 for machining of pockets and holes on CNC milling Machine.
• Development of Production Software to calculate production time of article stitching for ? Service Shoes Industry?
• Rectification/Removal of defects in 9x19mm ammo.​​

Publication

Students Registered With DMRG

Lab Facilities

• Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Lab​
• Micro CIM Lab
• CAD/CAM Lab
• CNS Lab (Turning and Milling)
• Rapid Prototyping (RP) Lab
• Metallography Lab