Biography

Engr. Dr. Muhammad Waseem Ashraf received his Doctor of Engineering in Microelectronics at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand in 2011. Previously, he received Master of Philosophy in Microelectronics Engineering and Semiconductor Physic from the University of the Punjab, and Master of Science Physics with Electronics from GCU Lahore . Currently, he is working as Head Department of Electronics, at GC University, Lahore, Pakistan. He also served at Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand as Research Associate and Research Specialist. During his service at GC University, Dr. Waseem has established Nano-electronics Research Lab. and AI & Robotics Lab. to facilitate the researchers and students whom wanted to conduct the state of art research related to Nano-Electronic, Energy devices, AI and Robotics. He has supervised 9 PhDs, 70 MPhil. and 70 B. Sc. (Hon.), thesis successfully. He is author/co-author of more than 200 peer reviewed international Conference papers, Book chapters and Impact factor Journal articles with accumulative impact factor more than 130 plus. He won several best paper awards in various International Conferences. He has also served as program committee member, technical committee member, reviewer, editor and Founding Chair of various International Conferences and Impact Factor Journals. His research interests are Simulation, Modeling, IoT, Fuzzy Systems, Artificial Intelligence, MEMS, NEMS, Nanotechnology

Education

• PhD in Electronics, Asian Instititue Of Technology (AIT) (Bangkok, Thailand) 2011
• MS/MPhil in Electronics, The University Of Punjab (Lahore, Pakistan) 2008
• Masters in Physics/Electronics, GC University Lahore (Lahore, Pakistan) 2004

Teaching Areas

Experience

Journal Papers

• Mahmood, T., Ashraf, M.W., Tayyaba, S., Munir, M., Abdel-Banat, B.M.A. et al. (2026). (2026). "Machine Learning Based Simulation, Synthesis, and Characterization of Zinc Oxide/Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite for Energy Storage Applications." Computers, Materials & Continua , Vol. 86 (3) , pp. 1-34. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2025.072436 | Impact Factor: 1.7 [Link]
• Delgado-Alvarado E, Ashraf MW, Tayyaba S, González-Calderon JA, López-Esparza R, Pérez-Pérez MCI, Champac V, Hernandéz-Hernández J, Figueroa-Navarro MA, Herrera-May AL. (2025). "A Novel Sustainable and Cost-Effective Triboelectric Nanogenerator Connected to the Internet of Things for Communication with Deaf–Mute People." Technologies , Vol. 13 (5) , pp. 1-18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies13050188 | Impact Factor: 3.6 [Link]
• Afzal MJ, Ashraf MW, Tayyaba S, Javaid F. (2025). "Thermoelectric ANSYS Simulation for Current Generation and Current Density Analysis." Sci Inquiry Rev , Vol. 9 (2) , pp. 11-23. DOI: https://journals.umt.edu.pk/index.php/SIR/article/view/6818. | Impact Factor: HEC Y-Category [Link]
• Nimra Tariq, Muhammad Waseem Ashraf, Shahzadi Tayyaba (2022). "A review on solid microneedles for biomedical applications." J Pharm Innov , Vol. 17 (4) , pp. 1464–1483. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12247-021-09586-x | Impact Factor: 2.750
• Muhammad Waseem Ashraf, Shahzadi Tayyaba, Nitin Afzulpurkar (2011). "Micro electromechanical systems (MEMS) based microfluidic devices for biomedical applications." International journal of molecular sciences , Vol. 12 (6) , pp. 3648-3704. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms12063648 | Impact Factor: 5 [Link]

Book Chapters

• Muhammad Javaid Afzal, Shahzadi Tayyaba, Muhammad Waseem Ashraf, Farah Javaid, Valentina Emilia Balas (2019). A Case Study: Impact of IoT Devices and Pharma on the Improvements of a Child in Autism . In Emergence of Pharmaceutical Industry Growth with Industrial IoT Approach 1st Edition . Elsevier. ISBN: 9780128195932

Awards/Achievements

• Founding Chair and Focal Person (2024), Government Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore, Pakistan. 2nd International Graduate Conference on Software Engineering and Physicsal Science, 4-5 September 2024, Lahore, Pakistan
• Editorial Board Member (2023), University of Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan journal of Engineering and Technology
• Founding Chair (2023), Government Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore, Pakistan. 3rd International Conference on Emerging Science and Technologies (ICEST 2023), 1-2 March 2023, Lahore, Pakistan
• Best Conference Paper Award (2022), Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan. International Conference on Software Engineering and Emerging Technologies (ICSEEST 2022), 21 January 2022, Lahore, Pakistan
• Founding Chair (2022), Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan. 1st, International Conference on Software Engineering and Emerging Technologies (ICSEEST 2022)
• Founding Chair (2022), Government Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore, Pakistan. 2nd International Conference on Emerging Science and Technologies (ICEST 2022), 20 January 2022, Lahore, Pakistan
• Invited as CPD Trainer (2022), Government Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore, Pakistan. Lecture and Workshop/Training: Teachers/BS Students, “Fuzzy (MATLAB)”, Department of Physis, Govt. Islami Graduagte College Civil Lines, Lahore, 8 December, 2022, Lahore, Pakistan
• Invited as CPD Trainer (2022), Government Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore, Pakistan. Lecture and Workshop/Training: Teachers/BS Students, “ANSYS”, Department of Physis, Govt. Islami Graduagte College Civil Lines, Lahore, 7 December, 2022, Lahore, Pakistan
• Associate Editor (2021), Bentham Science Publisher. Current Chinese Science
• Associate Editor (2021), Bentham Science Publisher. Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Modeling in Engineering
• Editor In Chief Pakistan Journal of Emerging Science and Technology (PJEST) (2020), Government Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore, Pakistan.
• Founding Chair (2020), Government Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore, Pakistan. First International Conference on Emerging Science and Technologies (ICEST 2020), 24 November 2020, Lahore, Pakistan
• Session Chair and Organizer (2020), Arad, Romania. 9th International Workshop on Soft Computing Applications 27-29 NOV-2020 Arad, Romania (SOFA 2020), 27-29 November 2020, Arad,
•  Best Student Paper Award for my PhD Student and I am Co-Author in Paper (2020), Arad, Romania. 9th International Workshop on Soft Computing Applications 27-29 NOV-2020 Arad, Romania (SOFA 2020), 27-29 November 2020, Arad, Romania
• Best Application paper Award (2019), Arad, Romania. The Sixth Sixth Euro-China Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications (ECC2019), October 15-18, 2019. Arad-Romania
• Best Conferences paper Award (2019), Arad, Romania. The Sixth Sixth Euro-China Conference on Intelligent Data Analysis and Applications (ECC2019), October 15-18, 2019. Arad-Romania
• Invited as CPD Trainer (2018), The University of Lahore. Lecture and Workshop/Training: Teachers/BS/MS/PhD Students, “Use of ANSYS Mechanical APDL for Piezoelectrics”, Department of Computer Engineering, The University of Lahore, 18 October, 2018, Lahore, Pakistan
• Invited as CPD Trainer (2017), The University of Lahore. Lecture and Workshop/Training: Teachers/BS/MS/PhD Students, “Stractural Simulation using ANSYS Workbench”, Department of Computer Engineering, The University of Lahore, 10 November, 2017, Lahore, Pakistan
• Invited as CPD Trainer (2016), The University of Lahore. Lecture and Workshop/Training: Teachers/BS/MS/PhD Students, “Introduction to ANSYS Mechanical APDL”, Department of Computer Engineering, The University of Lahore, 23 December 2016, Lahore, Pakistan
• Invited as CPD Trainer (2015), The University of Lahore. Lecture and Workshop/Training for Teachers, BS/MS and PhD students, Research Methodology, Department of Computer Engineering, The University of Lahore, Pakistan, December 2015.
• Session Chair (2015), QUEST, Nawabshah. National Conference Mathematics and Computer Science (NCMCS 2015), 21-23 January 2015, QUEST, Nawabshah, Pakistan
• Best Poster Award (2014), QUEST, Nawabshah. International Conference on Modern Communication and Computing Technologies (MCCT14), 26-28 February 2014, Nawabshah, Pakistan.
• Session Chair (2014), IEEE Pakistan:Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan. IEEE Multitopic International Conference (INMIC 2014), 8-10 December 2014, Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan
• Session Chair (2011), IEEE China. First International Conference on Manipulation, Manufacturing and Measurement on Nanoscale (3M Nano), 29 August- 2 September, 2011, Changchun, China.
• Best Paper Award in Circuits and Systems (2010), IEEE Thailand. IEEE International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics/Computer/Telecommunication and Information Technology (ECTI-CON), 19-21 May 2010, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
• Journal Article among Annual Top 10 Best Articles (2010), IFSA SPAIN. Award in Recognition of Professional Excellence by International Frequency Sensor Association (IFSA) and Sensors and Transducers Journal, 21 February 2010.
• Young Scientist Award Finalist (2010), IEEE Canada. SLAS (Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening) Young Scientist Award Finalist, IEEE CASE, 21 -24 August 2010, Toronto, Canada.

Thesis/Research Supervisions

• Sadia Iqbal (2025), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "AI-Powered Edge Computingh Bbased Smart Healthcare Monitoring and Diagnostics System" (In Progress)
• Shahid Hassan (2025), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Heart Disease Detection Via Breath Analysi Using AI Model" (Completed)
• Wajiha Mushtaq (2025), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Environmental Health Monitering System Using Artificial Intelligennce" (In Progress)
• Faheem Qaim (2024), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Pore Size Optimization of AAO Membrane for Biomedical Applications" (Completed)
• Israr Ahmed (2024), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Optimization of Electronic Components Placment in PCB Layout AI Technique" (Completed)
• Muhammad Sarwar (2024), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Fuzzy Logic based Approach to study the Fault Detection in PCB Design Layout" (Completed)
• Alina Jafar (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Machine Learning based Analysis for Aircraft Detection during Air Wars" (Completed)
• Hafiz Abdul Rehman (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Artificial Intelligence based Approach to Analyze the Lie Detection using Skin and Facial Expression" (Completed)
• Imran Javaid Khan (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Soft Computing Technique to Study the Factors Influencing the Teaching Quality of Higher Education" (Completed)
• Tasveeb Shahid (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Fluidic Simulation and Fabrication of AAO for Filtration" (Completed)
• Toseef Ahmad (2023), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Machine Learning Technique to Detect Endangered Wildlife Species for Preservation" (Completed)
• Asad Ali (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Modeling and Analysis of Sign Language Recognition System using Python" (Completed)
• Basit Ali (2022), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Simuation and Syntheis of Nickel Oxide/Graphene Oxide Nanaocomposite for energy Devices" (In Progress)
• Firdous Ahmad (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Modeling and Analysis of Vortex Bladeless Wind Turbine" (Completed)
• Gulam Muhadin (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Comparative Investigation of various Machine Learning Algorithms for the Prediction of Public Adoption of 5G Network" (Completed)
• Maria Khan (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Structural Simulation and Fabrication of Cu Microneedle" (Completed)
• Maryam Arshad (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Structural Simulation and Fabrication of Silver Microneedle" (Completed)
• Muhammad Shafiq Anjum (2022), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Simulation, Synthesis and Analysis of Sr dopped ZnO Nanostructures for Electronics Devicses" (In Progress)
• Muhammad Umar (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Fuzzy Based Approach for the Evacuation of Humans in Natural Disasters" (Completed)
• Nimra Tariq (2022), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Simulation, Fabrication and Analysis of Solid Microneedles for Biomedical Applications" (Completed)
• Saher Manzoor (2022), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Coupled Field Simulation, Fabrication and Analysis of AAO Membrane for Filtration" (Completed)
• Tahir Mehmood (2022), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Simuation, Syntheis and Characterization of Zinc Oxide/Graphene Oxide Nanaocomposite Material for energy application" (In Progress)
• Faran Baig (2021), Ph.D.. Thesis: "and Characterization of Group-II Elements Doped ZnO Thin Films" (Completed)
• Ghalam Sarwer Butt (2021), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Simulation and Synthesis of Group-ii Elements Doped ZnO Nanostructures for MEMS Energy Harvester" (Completed)
• Hafiz Attiq ur Rahman (2021), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Simulation, Synthesis and Characterization of BiFeO3 Nano Structures on Anodic Aluminium Oxide (AAO) Template" (Completed)
• Hafiz Muhammad Shahbaz (2021), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Piezoelectric Analysis of Micro-sheet for Smart Cell Phone Battery Charging" (Completed)
• Ibram Marcus (2021), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Design and Modeling of Wire Free Scratch Drive Microrobot" (Completed)
• Mehar Muhammad Asif (2021), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Simulation and Analysis of the Electromagnetic Micropump for Fluid Delivery" (Completed)
• Muhammad Sajid (2021), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Simulation and Fuzzy Analysis of Electrostatic Micropump for Fluidic flow" (Completed)
• NoumanGhffar (2021), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Simulation, Modeling And Fuzzy Analysis Of Heart Controlling Pacemaker" (Completed)
• Tashkeel Abbas Alvi (2021), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Modal Anaylsis of Hard Disk Drive Suspension by using ANSYS" (Completed)
• Basit Ali (2020), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Simulation and Fabrication of MEMS Based Energy Harvesting System" (Completed)
• Muhamamd Faisal Wasim (2020), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Simulation, Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructures for MEMS Devices" (Completed)
• Muhammad Usman (2020), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Synthesis and characterization of ZnO Nano rods on AAO template" (Completed)
• Salman Ahmad (2020), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Synthesis and characterization of Anodic Aluminium Oxide membrane for filtration" (Completed)
• Hafiz Muhammad Javaid Afzal (2018), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Simulation, Fabrication and Analysis of Sinusoidal Microchannels for Biomedical Applications" (Completed)
• Waseem Anwar Naqvi (2018), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Hydrothermal Synthesis of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nano structure for gas sensing Application" (Completed)
• Sohaib Ahmed Zafar (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Study of Mechanical Properties for Anodic Aluminum Oxide and Zirconium Membrane by using ANSYS" (Completed)
• Tahir Mehmood (2017), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Effect of Thickness Variation for Piezoelectric Sheet by Applying Voltage Using ANSYS" (Completed)
• Nimmra Tariq Butt (2016), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Design Optimization of PZT actuator for Micropump" (Completed)
• Sidra Bashir (2016), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Study of Doping effect of Tin (Sn) on the Properties of ZnO for MEMS based Energy Harvester" (Completed)
• Mosa Haroon Khan Lodhi (2014), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Numerical Simulation of Micromixer" (Completed)
• Saira Shaheen (2014), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Simulation of membrane for PZT Micropump" (Completed)
• Elizabeth George (India, 2010-12, AIT, Thailand) (2012), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Design, Simulation and Fabrication of Hydrophoresis based Serpentine Microchannel with Split Flow for Continuous Cell Sorting System" (Completed)
• Masod Rana (Bangladesh, 2010-12, AIT, Thailand) (2012), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Design and Simulation of Low Voltage and Dc Contacts RF MEMS Switches for Reconfigurable Antennas" (Completed)
• Wewala. A. H. S. S. Wewala (Srilinka, 2010-2012, AIT, Thailand) (2012), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Design and Simulation of Ascending and Descending Curvilinear Micro Channels for Cancer Cell Separation from the Blood" (Completed)
• Zahnupriya Kalita (India, 2010-12, AIT Thailand) (2012), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Design and fabrication of MEMS based Spiral Microchannel due to Inertia Coupled Dielectrophoresis for Cell Focusing" (Completed)
• Muhammad Ishaque (Pakistan, 2011, AIT, Thailand) (2011), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Design and Simulation of Sinusoidal Microchannel for Cell Separation System using Inertial Focusing Technique" (Completed)