PROFILE SUMMARY

Ms. Shummaila Rasheed had completed her Bachelor of Sciences in Mechanical Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore, Pakistan, and Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad, Pakistan. In 2015, She had received an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship and registered as a Full-time Master’s student in the Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica of University of Porto (UPORTO), Portugal for her MS thesis (One-year mobility). During this period, she was selected among several students to present her home country (Pakistan), its culture and language to different elementary and secondary schools of the city under Classes without Frontiers project organized by Porto City Hall, in collaboration with the International Relations Office of the UPORTO and received a Certificate of honor from Vice-President of Porto City Hall. Currently she is a registered as a PhD Scholar in Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad, Pakistan and working on her PhD thesis. Recently, she also had received an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) Programme Scholarship and registered as a Full-time PhD researcher in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering in Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland for experimental activities (six-month mobility). During this period, she served School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering in Dublin City University (DCU) as a Part-Time Demonstrator. Currently, she is serving Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad as a Lecturer. Moreover, she is also an active member of Directorate of Sustainability and Environment (DSE, CUST), Design and Machine Research group (ME, CUST) and Volunteer in services (VIS, CUST).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer	Capital University of Engineering and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.	Since – 2019
Parttime Demonstrator	School of Mechanical Engineering, Dublin City University, Ireland	2019
Research Associate	Capital University of Engineering and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.	2014 – 2018

Industrial Experience
Internee	Heavy Mechanical Complex, Taxila	2010 – 2010
Internee	Pakistan Ordinance Factory, Wah cantt	2009 – 2009

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES
Registered Engineer	Pakistan Engineering Council
Member	OCEANS – International Organization for Cooperation, Exchange, and Networking
HVACR	Pakistan Chapter

HONORS & AWARDS
1.	Received an ERASMUS+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) Programme Scholarship for DCU, Ireland in 2019
2.	Received an ERASMUS MUNDUS SCHOLARSHIP under SMARTLINK Project for UPORTO, Portugal in 2015
3.	Certificate of honor from Vice-President of Porto City Hall
4.	Got 2nd Position in the AJK BISE, Mirpur in F.sc Pre-Engineering Group
5.	Got award of appreciation from DEAN of Mechanical Engineering in FYP-Exhibition (UNDERGRADUATE) held by Department of Mechanical Engineering, UET Lahore
6.	Stood among Top 5 Groups in ASME Presentation Contest 2010
7.	Student Member of HVACR Society (Pakistan Chapter)
8.	Got appreciation award from “PAKISTAN HVACR SOCIETY” for actively participating in “18th HVACR EXPO & CONFERENCE FEBRUARY 24-26,2011”

RESEARCH AREAS / INTERESTS

1. Modelling and simulations
2. Scaffolds
3. Additive manufacturing
4. Material Characterization

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1.	Carlos Conceição António, Shummaila Rasheed, “A displacement field approach based on FEM-ANN and experiments for identification of elastic properties of composites”, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, No: 1, Pages: 1-13, 2018

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
1.	Carlos Conceição António, Shummaila Rasheed, “Identification of Elastic Properties of Orthotropic Composites Based on a Genetic Algorithm.”, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ‘’INTEGRITY RELIABILITY AND FAILURE’’ (IRF 2016) FEUP, 2016