Dr. Waqas Akbar Lughmani

Associate Professor

dr.waqas@cust.edu.pk

+92-51-111-555-666

PROFILE SUMMARY

Waqas Akbar Lughmani has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in Mechanics of Materials from Loughborough University, UK. He is currently serving as an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department at Capital University of Science and Technology. He has an industrial experience of more than six years as an Operations and design engineer at Pakistan Atomic Energy/ Nemaura Pharma, UK. His research interests include; modeling and simulation of biomechanical systems, Composite materials, 3D bioprinting, Cyber-Physical Systems and Human-machine interaction.

QUALIFICATION
PhD	Mechanical Engineering	Loughborough University, UK	2015
MS	Mechamical Engineering	Myongji University, South Korea	2008
BSc (Honours)	Mechanical Engineering	UET Peshawar	2001

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology, Islmabad.	Since – 2023
Assistant Professor	Capital University of Science and Technology, Islmabad.	2015 – 2022
Research Associate	Loughborough University, UK	2014 – 2015
Lecturer	EME college, NUST	2009 – 2010
Lecturer	Wah Engineering College	2008 – 2009

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
Consultant	Nemaura Pharma	2016- 2016

Industrial Experience
Senior Design Engineer	Nemaura Pharma, UK	2015 – 2016
Junior Engineer	Chashma Nuclear Power Plant, PAEC	2002 – 2006

HONORS & AWARDS
1.	US20190022365A1, GB2546757A, WO2017129980A1 Microneedle device; Inventor Dewan Fazlul Hoque Chowdhury, Waqas Akbar LUGHMANI
2.	US20180369552A1, GB2546550A, WO2017129964A1 Device and method; Inventor Dewan Fazlul Hoque Chowdhury, Waqas Akbar LUGHMANI, Savvas VOULGARIS

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS

1. Design, Mechanics of Materials, Medical devices

BOOK CHAPTERS AUTHORED
1.	A Smart Microfactory Design: An Integrated Approach, Functional Reverse Engineering of Machine Tools, CRC Press ISBN 9780367078034

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1.	Syed OB Islam, WA Lughmani, “A connective framework to minimize the anxiety of collaborative Cyber-Physical System.” International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. https://doi/full/10.1080/0951192X.2022.2163294
2.	Syed OB Islam, WA Lughmani “A Connective Framework for Safe Human-Robot Collaboration in Cyber-Physical Production Systems” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-022-07490-1
3.	Syed OB Islam, WA Lughmani “A Connective Framework for Social Collaborative Robotic System” Machines, 2022, 10(11), 1086
4.	A Khalid, Y Wei, MR Saleem, WA Lughmani “Meso scale component manufacturing: a comparative analysis of non-lithography and lithography-based processes” Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 32 (6), 063002
5.	S Rasheed, WA Lughmani, M Obeidi, B Dermot, IU Ahad “Additive Manufacturing of Bone Scaffolds Using PolyJet and Stereolithography Techniques” Applied Sciences 11, 7336
6.	Syed OB Islam, W A Lughmani ,WS Qureshi, Exploiting visual cues for safe and flexible cyber-physical production systems, Advances in Mechanical Engineering 2019, Vol. 11(12) 1–13.
7.	Lughmani, Waqas A., Kaddour Bouazza-Marouf, and Ian Ashcroft. “Drilling in cortical bone: A Finite element model and experimental investigations.” Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 42 (2015), 32-42.
8.	Lughmani, Waqas Akbar, et al. “Modeling of bending behavior of IPMC beams using concentrated ion boundary layer.” International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing 10.5 (2009): 131-139.
9.	Lughmani, W. A., Kaddour Bouazza-Marouf, and I. Ashcroft. “Finite element modeling and experimentation of bone drilling forces.” Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Vol. 451. No. 1. IOP Publishing, 2013.
10.	Lughmani, W.A, Kaddour Bouazza-Marouf, Drilling resistance and quality of bone, Acta of bioengineering & biomechanics, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2017
11.	M M Khan, Nadeem S, Azfar K, Lughmani WA, Experimental characterization of gasoline sprays under highly evaporating conditions, Heat and Mass Transfer, doi.org/10.1007/s00231-017-2251-9
12.	M Khan, A Khalid, WA Lughmani, MM Khan “A use case of exclusive economic zone of Pakistan for wave power potential estimation” Ocean Engineering 237

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
1.	Hamid Jabbar, Waqas Akbar Lughmani, Ubiquitous Factory: An Automation of Nuclear Power Plant, International conference of Ubiquitous information technologies and applications, vol 1, p 1266-1273, DUBAI, 2007
2.	WA Lughmani, K Bouazza-Marouf, I Ashcroft, “Finite element modeling and experimentation of bone drilling forces”, International Symposium on Dynamic Deformation and Fracture of Advanced Materials, 2013 UK
3.	OU Khan, WA Lughmani, Finite element modeling of blocking force of ionic polymer metal composites (IPMC) in micro gripper, Emerging Technologies (ICET), 2017 13th International Conference,1-5
4.	Syed OB Islam, W A Lughmani, A Smart Micro Factory Design: An Integrated Approach, First International Workshop on Functional Reverse Engineering of Machine Tools (WRE2018)

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