Dr. Muhammad Rizwan Shad
Professor & Dean, Faculty of Engineering
dean.foe@ucp.edu.pk
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Dr. Muhammad Rizwan Shad is working as Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at UCP, Lahore. He holds PhD from the University of INSA, Toulouse, France with specialization in Applied Mechanics. His research work was in linear and nonlinear rotor-dynamics and composite rotors. He obtained his Master’s, degree in Mechanical Engineering from INSA/SUPAERO, France. During his Masters, he conducted research on nonlinear auto parametric systems. He has been a member of some of the highly ranked research groups in France like Institute Clament Ader (ICA) and LGMT. He has presented his work in international conferences and has also published in impact factor journals. In Pakistan, he has been educated in institutes like UET Lahore, Govt. College Lahore, and Sadiq Public School, Bahawalpur. He is a profound professional having industrial as well as research experience. His area of interest includes: Applied Mechanics, Engineering Failure Analysis, Fracture and Fatigue and Mechanical Vibrations. He also has expertise in the implementation of Outcome Based Education & Assessment System and has provided trainings to various departments.
| PhD- Mechanical Engineering | Applied Mechanics | MEGEP Université de Toulouse, ICA, INSA France | 2011 |
| Master Research (M2R), | Mechanical Engineering | INSA, Toulouse, France | 2007 |
| B.Sc. | Mechanical Engineering | University of Engineering & Technology Lahore, Pakistan | 2003 |
| Professor & Dean Faculty of Engineering | FOE-UCP | 2023-till date |
| Associate Prof and HoD Mechanical Engineering Department | FOE-UCP | 2011-2022 |
| Research Scholar | Institute Clamer Ader- INSA Toulouse France | 2007-2011 |
| Assistant Manager Projects Division | SUPARCO, Pakistan | 2003-2006 |
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- Muhammad Rizwan Shad and Faiz ul Hasan, Failure Analysis of Tractor’s Wheel Axle, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, December 2018, Volume 18, Issue 6, pp. 1631–1634. DOI: 10.1007/s11668-018-0561-y.
- Muhammad Rizwan Shad and Faiz ul Hasan, Failure of Giant Wheel Ride at an Amusement Park, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Nature, 2018, pp. 371-378. ISBN: 978-981-13-0410-1. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0411-8.
- Muhammad Asim, Saqib Jamil, Rizwan Shad, Comparison of Reanalysis, Analysis and Forecast datasets with measured wind data for a Wind Power Project in Jhimpir, Pakistan, Journal of Physics, volume 1102 issue 1, 2018.
- S. Imran, F. Noor and R. Shad, Analysis of Fin Tip Temperature and Fin Efficiency for Different Fingeometries and Materials Using Abaqus, The Nucleus 52, No. 1, 2015, pp. 20-24.
- S. Imran, F. Noor and R. Shad, Prediction of heat release rate and NOx emissions using an unsteady flamelet model approach for a compression ignition engine, JPIChE 43 (1) 2015: 21-36.
- R. Shad, G. Michon, A. Berlioz, 2011,Modélisation et analyse du comportement dynamique nonlinéaire des rotors, INSA Toulouse France.
- Muhammad Rizwan Shad, Guilhem Michon and Alain Berlioz, Nonlinear Dynamics of Rotors due to Large Deformations and Shear Effects, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol 110-116 (2012), pp 3593-3599. DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.110-116.3593.
- R. Shad, G. Michon, A. Berlioz, 2011, “A study of the dynamic behavior of geometrically nonlinear shaft-disk rotor systems using analytical and numerical approaches”, Mechanics & Industry, 2011.
- R. Shad, G. Michon, A. Berlioz, 2010, “Modeling and Analysis of Nonlinear Rotor dynamics due to Higher Order Deformations in Bending”, Journal of Applied Mathematical Modeling.
- R. Shad, G. Michon, A. Berlioz, 2010 “Nonlinear Dynamics of Rotors due to Large Deformations and Shear Effects”, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (ICMAE), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 100-104. ISBN: 978-1-4244-8770-7.
- M.R. Shad , G. Michon and A. Berlioz. Analytical and numerical investigations of nonlinear dynamics of rotors taking into account the effect of dynamic axial force and shear deformations. Proceedings of XVIIth Symposium of Vibration Shock and Noise, Lyon, France 2010.
- Naseem Abbas, Muhammad Rizwan Shad, Muzamil Hussain, Fabrication and characterization of silver thin films using physical vapor deposition, and the investigation of annealing effects on their structures, Materials Research Express, 2019,Volume 6, Number 11. DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab4c4f.
- Muhammad Rizwan Shad, Furqan Ahmed, Ahmad Mehmood and Faiz ul Hasan, Failure Investigation of a Wheel Type
Ride, Pakistan Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2020. - Zohaib Aftab, Muhammad Rizwan Shad, Khizer Ahmad and Shahid Rafiq, Assessment of final year projects in undergraduate engineering programs: An advisor-jury evaluation mechanism under the outcome based education system, Journal of Research and Reflections in Education, 2020.
- Zohaib Aftab, Faraz Shafi, Rizwan Shad, Rana Inzimam-ul-Haq, and Kashif Saeed, Systematic method for selection of motor-reducer units to power a lower-body robotic exoskeleton, Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, Vol. 24, No 4, Page 457-465, 2021.
- Sarwar, J.; Shad, M.R.; Hasnain, A.; Ali, F.; Kakosimos, K.E.; Ghosh, A. Performance Analysis and Comparison of a Concentrated Photovoltaic System with Different Phase Change Materials. Energies 2021, 14, 2911. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14102911
- Muzamil Hussain, Syed Hasan Askari, Naseem Abbas, Uzair Sajjad, Muhammad Rizwan Shad, Recent Developments in Coatings for Orthopaedic Metallic Implants, Coatings, Vol. 11(7), 2021.
DOI = 10.3390/coatings11070791. - Z Aftab, R Shad, Estimation of gait parameters using leg velocity for amputee population, PLOS ONE 17 (5), e0266726, 2022.
- U Hayat, MR Shad, A Ali, H Abbas, M Hassnain, Failure investigation of a spline half-shaft in a loader rickshaw differential system, Materials Testing 64 (5), 697-705, 2022.
- R Shad, U Hayat, Z Aftab, Investigation of Rupture of 24-inch Diameter Gas Pipeline Near Pipe Bend, Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention 22 (2), 858-863, 2022.
- Zia Ul Rehman Tahir, Ghulam Murtaza Amjad, Muhammad Hamza, Muhammad Rizwan Shad, Adnan Qamar, Philippe Blanc, Validating global horizontal irradiance estimated by McClear model under clear-sky and all-sky conditions in Pakistan, Energy & Environment, vol 38, issue 8, 2023. pp 3204-3236.
- Jawad Sarwar, Muhammad R Shad, Hassan F Khan, Muhammad Tayyab, Qamar Abbas, A novel configuration of a dual concentrated photovoltaic system: Thermal, optical, and electrical performance analysis, Thermal Science 2023, vol 27, issue 4 Part A, pp. 2853-2863.
- Muhammad Fahad Mukhtar, Muhammad Rizwan Shad, Fazeel Asghar, Muhammad Shahzad, Muhammad Asim, Techno-economic analysis and optimization of 50 MWe linear fresnel reflector solar thermal power plant for different climatic conditions, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2024, vol 61, pp. 104909.
- Demóstenes Z. Rodríguez, Andreza P. Batista, Muhammad S. Ayub, Pablo Adasme, Dante C. Begazo, Muhammad R. Shad, A methodology for estimating radiofrequency signal attenuation from rainfall and atmospheric gases in 5G-and-beyond networks, IET Networks, 2025, vol. 14, issue 1.