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Research Groups

Abbreviations:
CS = Computer Science; ESP = English for Specific Purposes, FM = Fabric Manufacturing; GM = Garment Manufacturing; M&T = Materials & Testing; PE = Polymer Engineering; TAD = Textile & Apparel Design; TP = Textile Processing; YM = Yarn Manufacturing

 
Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Research Group:        Automation in Textile Processing
Group Leader:            Dr. Mumtaz Hassan Malik, Associate Professor YM
Members:                   

Dr. Tanveer Hussain, Associate Professor TP
Dr. Zulfiqar Ali, Assistant Professor YM
Mr. Noman Haleem, Research Associate
Mr. Abdul Moqeet Hai, Research Associate

Activities:

    1. Development of an intelligent contamination removal system from cotton during processing in the textile spinning mill.
    2. Development of new imaging techniques for the measurement of yarn hairiness.
    3. Modeling the mechanical properties of ring spun slub yarn.

 

Research Group:        Textiles’ Comfort & Protection
Group Leader:             Dr. Tanveer Hussain, Associate Professor TP
Members:                 

Dr. Mumtaz Hassan Malik, Associate Professor YM
Mr. Qamar Zia Gailani, Lecturer TP
Hafiz Affan Abid, Research Associate
Ms. Arooba Saeed Rana, Research Associate

Activities:

    1. Optimization of performance and comfort properties of camouflage fabrics for military uniform.
    2. Effect of caustic treatment and moisture management finishes on the comfort and performance properties of PC blended fabrics.
    3. Effect of different softeners and cross linking agents on comfort and performance properties of 100 % cotton fabrics.
    4. Effect of different types of weft yarns and washing treatments on the comfort and performance properties of denim garments.
    5. Effect of fibre and yarn parameters on shade variation of reactive dyed cotton woven fabrics.

                          
Research Group:        Protective & Medical Textiles
Group Leader:             Dr. Rashid Masood, Assistant Professor TP
Members:                   

Dr. Tanveer Hussain, Associate Professor TP
Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Raza, Assistant Professor Chemistry
Syed Shahzad Hussain Zaidy, Lecturer TP

Activities:

    1. Development and characterization of novel antimicrobial fibres for wound care.
    2. Smart textile coatings for biomedical applications.
    3. Application of biofinishes for thermal protection
    4. Microencapsulation of silver nanoparticles using biomaterials.

 

Research Group:        Mechanics of Textile Materials
Group Leader:             Dr. Zulfiqar Ali, Assistant Professor YM
Members:                   

Mr. Badar Munir Zaidi, Lecturer YM
Mr. Abdul Jabbar, Lecturer YM
Mr. Muhammad Bilal Qadir, Lab. Engineer M&T

Activities:

    1. Relationship between tensile strength of yarn and woven fabric.
    2. Relationship between tearing strength of yarn and woven fabric.
    3. Factors affecting tearing strength of woven fabric.
    4. Relationship between fabric structure and stiffness.
    5. Relationship between fabric structure and crease recovery.

                                        
Research Group:       Mechanics of Fibrous Structures
Group Leader:            Hafiz Shahzad Maqsood, Assistant Professor YM
Members:                   

Ms. Hafsa Riaz, Assistant Professor FM
Mr. Muhammad Zubair, Lecturer FM
Mr. Usman Javed, Lecturer FM

Activities:

    1. Evaluation of mechanical properties of different woven fabrics.
    2. Optimization of comfort properties of woven fabrics.

 

Research Group:       Industrial & Technical Fabrics
Group Leader:            Ms. Hafsa Riaz, Assistant Professor FM
Members:                   

Mr. Muhammad Zubair, Lecturer FM
Mr. Usman Javed, Lecturer FM                        
Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed Khan, Lecturer GM
Ms. Sania Waqar, Lecturer FM

Activities:        

  1. Development of Hernia mesh from polypropylene.
  2. Evaluation of mechanical properties of nonwoven structures.
  3. Prediction of GSM by modeling.

 

Research Group:        Decision Support Systems & Functional Clothing
Group Leader:             Mr. Zafar Javed, Assistant Professor GM
Members:                   

Mr. Saadullah Channa, Lecturer GM
Mr. Imtiaz Ahmed Khan, Lecturer GM
Mr. Rao Arshad Ali, Lecturer GM
Mr. Salman Naeem, Lecturer GM
Ms. Sania Waqar, Lecturer FM

Activities:

    1. Development of artificial intelligence based decision support systems for apparel manufacturing.
    2. Smart clothing for health care.
    3. Designing of functional clothing for extreme conditions.

 

Research Group:        Polymer Composites
Group Leader:             Mr. Hammad Mohsin, Assistant Professor PE
Members:                   

Dr. Rashid Masood, Assistant Professor TP
Mr. Mohsin Abbas, Lecturer PE
Mr. Nauman Afzal, Lecturer PE
Mr. Mubeen Ahmed, Lecturer PE

Activities:                                                                    

    1. Synthesis and characterization of novel polymer composites.
    2. Modification and development of plant designs for different polymers.

 

Faculty of Sciences

Research Group:        Textile Auxiliaries & Dyestuff Materials 
Group Leader:             Dr. Muhammad Tahir Hussain, Associate Professor Chemistry
Members:                   

Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Raza, Assistant Professor Chemistry
Ms. Shazia Ali, Assistant Professor Chemistry

Activities:

  1. Syntheses of biologically active naturally and non-naturally occurring isocoumarins and 3,4-dihydroisocoumarins.
  2. Synthesis of novel colorants and coloration of textiles and plastics.
  3. Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds as potential antimicrobial agents.

 

Research Group:        Biomaterial & Colloidal Chemistry 
Group Leader:             Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Raza, Assistant Professor Chemistry
Members:                  

Dr. Zafar M. Khalid (Chief Scientist, NIBGE, Faisalabad)
Dr. Muhammad Tahir Hussain, Associate Professor Chemistry
Dr. Rashid Masood, Assistant Professor TP   

Activities:

    1. Application of biosurfactants in the fabrication of different metal micro- and nanostructures.
    2. Chemical and biological surface modification of textile fabrics.
    3. Application of different biofinishes through microencapsulation at cotton fabrics.
    4. Production and characterization of poly-(hydroxyalkanoates) by using lipidic wastes byPseudomonas species.

 

Research Group:        Photovoltaic  
Group Leader:             Dr. Zahid Rizwan, Assistant Professor Physics
Members:                   

Mr. Nadeem Nasir, Lecturer Physics (PhD Scholar @ UTM Malaysia)
Mr. Muhammad Aslam, Lecturer Physics
Mr. Imran Yousaf, Lecturer Physics

Activities:

    1. Investigation of nano-particle materials for the conversion of solar energy using low cost thin film techniques.
    2. Photothermal and electrical characterization of ZnO based varistor system.
    3. Photothermal and electrical characterization of ceramic materials.

 

Research Group:        Fluid Mechanics
Group Leader:             Dr. Muhammad Arshad, Assistant Professor Mathematics
Members:                   

Prof. Dr. Tahira Haroon (Comsats, Islamabad)
Mr. Yasir Nadeem Anjam, Lecturer Mathematics

Activities:

    1. Mathematical modeling of fluid flow in human body.
    2. Numerical solutions of fluid models.
    3. Magnetic field growth in cluster of Galaxies.

 

Research Group:        General Relativity
Group Leader:           Dr. Umber Sheikh, Assistant Professor Mathematics
Member:                     Dr. Zahid Ahmad (Comsats, Abbotabad)
Activities:

    1. Cold plasma wave analysis in curve magneto-sphere.
    2. Hot plasma wave analysis in black hole magneto-sphere.
    3. Magneto-spheric isotherm plasma wave properties.

 

Research Group:        Applied Computing
Group Leader:             Mr. Waqar Ahmad, Lecturer CS
Members:                   

Mr. Shehbaz Ahmad, Lecturer CS
Mr. Muhammad Adeel, Lecturer CS
Ms. Mubeen Aslam, Lecturer CS

Activities:

    1. Development of management information systems.
    2. Application areas of data mining and machine learning.
    3. Identification of design pattern from source code.
    4. Assistive technologies strengthening mental productivity of disables through computer brain interface.

 

 

Faculty of Management Sciences

Research Group:        Management
Group Leader:             Dr. Muhammad Abrar, Assistant Professor Management
Members:                   

Mr. Liaqat Ali, Assistant Professor Management
Mr. Muhammad Nisar Bhatti, Assistant Professor Psychology
Mr. Farooq Jamal, Lecturer Management                            
Mr. Umar Islam, Lecturer Management
Mr. Nasir Ali, Lecturer Management

Activities:

    1. Impact of corporate brand on employees’ performance.
    2. Effect of intrinsic award on employees’ performance.
    3. Impact of various incentive structures on bank risk taking, South Asian evidence.
    4. Organizational psychology.

 

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
                                                                                                                                          
Research Group:        Digital Textile Design
Group Leader:             Mr. Umar Hameed, Assistant Professor TAD
Members:                   

Ms. Rabbia Hassan, Lecturer TAD
Ms. Tabassam Amir, Lecturer TAD


Activities:

    1. Relationship of aesthetic and functionality in textile design.
    2. Services and resources in fashion business from concept to final product in clothing industry

 

Research Group:        Applied Linguistics & ESP
Group Leader:             Mr. Zia-Ur-Rehman, Lecturer English
Members:                   

Mr. Muhammad Abrar Tahir, Lecturer English
Mr. Nasir Ali, Lecturer English

Activities:

      • A study of errors made in written scripts by the students of textile engineering.
      • A corpus stylistic of the reluctant fundamentalist: A novel by Mohsin Hamid.
      • Adverbials in Pakistani English: A corpus-based comparative analysis.

       

 
 
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