Dr. Muhammad Waqas Iqbal

Dr. Muhammad Waqas Iqbal

Dr. Muhammad Waqas Iqbal

Assistant Professor

  •  Address: Sheikhupura Road, Faisalabad - 37610, Pakistan
  •  Phone: +92-41-9230081-82 Ext: 183
  •  Fax: +92-41-9230098
  •  Email: waqasiqbal@ntu.edu.pk
  • No. of Journal Publications: 18
  • No. of Conference Papers: 5


Biography

I (Google Scholar ID: https://bit.ly/3pVarr1, LinkedIn ID: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-m-waqas-iqbal-5a6a112a/, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6390-585X) have been Assistant Professor at National Textile University, Pakistan, since 2019. During my current tenure, I taught several courses related to Operations Management. I have been an active researcher concerning Waste Management, Secondary Supply Chain Management, Sustainability and Operations Research. I have gained one year of post-doctoral research experience from Hongik University, South Korea during 2018-19. I completed my Masters leading to Ph.D. from Hanyang University, South Korea, in Industrial Management Engineering in 2018. I have earned B.Sc. Engineering degree from National Textile University, Pakistan, in 2010. My research work has been accepted in reputed peer-reviewed international journals. I have 18 journal publications (IF > 60), one book chapter and 5 conference papers. I have more than four years of working experience in managing industrial operations and projects.

Teaching Interests: Operations Management, Quality Management Systems, Supply Chain Management, Data Science, Sustainable Systems, Mathematical Programming and Optimization

Research Interests: Operations Research, Secondary Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Systems, Waste Management, Energy Management, Reinforcement Learning


  1. Post Doctorate in Industrial Engineering
    Hongik University, South Korea, Korea, South  (2018-2019)
  2. Industrial & Management Engineering
    Hanyang University, South Korea, Korea, South  (2014-2018)
  3. Industrial & Management Engineering
    Hanyang University, South Korea, Korea, South  (2014-2018)
  4. B.Sc Department of Yarn Manufacturing
    National Textile University, Pakistan  (2005-2009)

Textile waste recycling, Operations research, Supply Chain Management, Secondary supply chain management, Energy optimization, Lifecycle assessment


  1. Organizing 2nd International Conference on Technical Textiles
    NTU (2020)

  2. Editor Kavish
    National Textile University (2009)

  3. In-charge Writing Club, Literary Society
    National Textile University (2009)

  4. Best Track Paper Award
    IEOM Society (International Conference at Bangkok) (2019)

  5. Quid-e-Azam Scholarship
    Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (2002)

  6. Registered Engineer at PEC
    Pakistan Engineering Council (2010)

  7. HEC Scholarship
    Higher Education Commission Pakistan (2014)

  8. PhD Best Thesis Award
    Hanyang University (2018)


  1. Assistant Professor
    National Textile University, Pakistan (May 2019 to Present)

  2. Post-doctoral Researcher
    Hongik University, South Korea (Sep. 2018 - May. 2019)

    Project based research work.


  3. Sr. Officer
    Interloop private limited (Oct. 2010 - Aug. 2014)

    Project planning, scheduling and execution within effective lead time.


  4. Assistant Spinning Manager
    Riaz Textile Mills private limited (Feb. 2010 - Sep. 2010)

    Production planning, analysis and change over



2023

1

Muhammad Babar Ramzan, Muhammad Salman Habib, Muhammad Omair, Jawad Naeem, Hajra Mustafa, Muhammad Waqas Iqbal, Asif Iqbal Malik, "Role of Design for Disassembly in Educating Consumers for Circular Behavior", Sustainability, Vol. 15, No. 21, (2023), pp.21

2

Asif Iqbal Malik, Biswajit Sarkar, Muhammad Waqas Iqbal, Mehran Ullah, Irfanullah Khan, Muhammad Babar Ramzan, "Coordination supply chain management in flexible production system and service level constraint: A Nash bargaining model", Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 177, No. , (2023), pp.

2022

3

Bushra Mushtaq, Adnan Ahmad, Zulfiqar Ali, Muhammad Bilal Qadir, Zubair Khaliq, Muhammad Irfan, M Waqas Iqbal, Abdul Jabbar, Adeel Zulifqar, Amir Shahzad, "Core Spun Based Helical Auxetic Yarn: A Novel Structure for Wearable Protective Textiles", Journal of Natural Fibers, Vol. 19, No. 16, (2022), pp.16

4

Muhammad Waqas Iqbal, Muhammad Babar Ramzan, Asif Iqbal Malik, "Food Preservation within Multi-Echelon Supply Chain Considering Single Setup and Multi-Deliveries of Unequal Lot Size", Sustainability, Vol. 14, No. 11, (2022), pp.11

2021

5

Muhammad Waqas Iqbal, Muhammad Babar Ramzan*, Yuncheol Kang*, "Development of a competency assessment model for measurement of the Human Inspection Skill", Fibres & Textiles in Eastern Europe, Vol. 2, No. 146, (2021), pp.146

2020

6

MW. Iqbal, B. Sarkar, "Application of preservation technology for lifetime dependent products in an integrated production system", Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, Vol. 47, No. , (2020), pp.

7

Muhammad Waqas Iqbal, Yuncheol Kang, "Waste-to-energy supply chain management with energy feasibility condition", Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. , No. , (2020), pp.

8

Muhammad Bilal Qadir, Zulfiqar Ali, Ali Afzal, Muhammad Irfan , Tanveer Hussain, Mumtaz Hassan Malik, Muhammad Waqas Iqbal, Amir Shahzad, Adnan Ahmad , and Zubair Khaliq, "Effect of Elastane Parameters on the Dimensional and Mechanical Properties of Stretchable Denim Fabrics", Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, Vol. 0887302X20968812, No. , (2020), pp.

9

Muhammad Waqas Iqbal, Yuncheol Kang, Hyun Woo Jeon, "Zero waste strategy for green supply chain management with minimization of energy consumption", Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. , No. , (2020), pp.

2019

10

MB. Ramzan, SM. Qureshi, SI. Mari, MS. Memon, M. Mittal, M. Imran, MW. Iqbal, "Effect of time-varying factors on optimal combination of quality inspectors for offline inspection", Mathematics, Vol. 7, No. 1, (2019), pp.1

11

MW. Iqbal, B. Sarkar, "Recycling of lifetime dependent deteriorated production through different supply chains.", RAIRO-Operations Research , Vol. 53, No. 1, (2019), pp.1

12

MS. Habib, B. Sarkar, M. Tayyab, MW. Saleem, A. Hussain, M. Ullah, M. Omair, MW. Iqbal, "Large-scale disaster waste management under uncertain environment", Journal of Cleaner Production , Vol. 212, No. , (2019), pp.

13

SI. Mari, MS. Memon, MB. Ramzan, SM. Qureshi, MW. Iqbal, "Interactive Fuzzy Multi Criteria Decision Making Approach for Supplier Selection and Order Allocation in a Resilient Supply Chain ", Mathematics, Vol. 7, No. 2, (2019), pp.2

14

B. Sarkar, S. P. Mondal, S. Hur, A. Ahmadian, S. Salahshour, R. Guchhait, MW. Iqbal, "An optimization technique for national income determination model with stability analysis of differential equation, discrete and continuous process in the uncertain environment", RAIRO-Operations Research, Vol. , No. , (2019), pp.

2018

15

MW. Iqbal, B. Sarkar, "Application of normalized lifetime-dependent selling-price in a supply chain model", International Journal of Applied & Computational Mathematics , Vol. 4, No. 5, (2018), pp.5

16

M. S. Kim, J. S. Kim, B. Sarkar, M. Sarkar, MW. Iqbal, "An improved way to calculate imperfect items during long-run production in an integrated inventory model with backorders", Journal of Manufacturing System , Vol. 47, No. , (2018), pp.

17

M. Sarkar, B. Sarkar, MW. Iqbal, "Effect of Energy and Failure Rate in a Multi-Item Smart Production System", Energies, Vol. 11, No. 11, (2018), pp.11

18

MW. Iqbal, B. Sarkar, "A model for imperfect production system with probabilistic rate of imperfect production for deteriorating products", DJ Journal of Engineering and Applied Mathematics , Vol. 4, No. 1, (2018), pp.1


2023

1

MB Qadir MW Iqbal, M Irfan, "Challenges of processing post-consumer textile waste", COVITEX 2021 6th International Conference on Value-addition and Innovation in Textiles, Venue: National Textile University, Pakistan, (2023)

2020

2

Muhammad Waqas Iqbal, Muhammad Bilal Qadir, Zulfiqar Ali, Ali Afzal*, "Value extraction from end-of-life textile products", 2nd International Conference on Technical Textiles, Venue: National Textile University, Pakistan, (2020)

3

Ali Afzal, Muhammad Bilal Qadir, Zulfiqar Ali, Muhammad Waqas Iqbal*, "Improvement in quality and productivity through implementation of measurement system analysis approach", 2nd International Conference on Technical Textiles, Venue: National Textile University, Pakistan, (2020)

2019

4

MW Iqbal and YC Kang, "Advanced preservation policy for deteriorating products during transportation and at retailer within a supply chain", 9th IEOM Conference Bangkok, Venue: Marrioat Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand, (2019)

2018

5

Muhammad Waqas Iqbal, Biswajit Sarkar, Mitali Sarkar, Rekha Guchhait and Suman Kalyan Sardar , "Supply chain model for deteriorating products with advanced preservation policy ", IEOM Paris 2018, Venue: Parish, (2018)


Book Title Subject Published Year Publisher
Composite Solutions for Ballistics Life-cycle assessment of ballistic vest 2021 Woodhead Publishing

2020

1 MS/MPhil Cost Based Supply Chain Model for Personalized Clothing
2 Bachelor Recycled yarn: A case study of the process and quality assessment
3 Bachelor Study of cut resistance propertise of yarn made by ring spinning machine
4 Bachelor To Study the significant factors affecting yarn contraction on ring spun yarn
1
Value extraction from end-of-life textile products in Pakistan

Awarding Body: National Textile University, Pakistan
Awarding Year: 2021
Amount: 1

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