College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Hassan Elahi

Hassan Elahi

Associate Professor
Summary

Dr. Hassan Elahi is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechatronics Engineering at the NUST College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Pakistan. He completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, and subsequently worked there as a Research Associate for two years. His Ph.D. and postdoctoral research focused on piezoelectric sensors and actuators for aerospace applications. He has received several prestigious recognitions, including being listed among the World’s Top 2% of Scientists by Elsevier and Stanford University, and the Best Research of the Year Award 2018 from the journal Energies for his work on energy harvesting systems for mechatronic devices. He has also co-authored a book with Prof. Paolo Gaudenzi and Dr. Marco Eugeni titled “Piezoelectric Aeroelastic Energy Harvesting,” published by Elsevier.

Academic Background
PhD (AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ENGINEERING) University of Roma "La Sapienza" November 01, 2016 - February 10, 2020
Honours and Awards
Publications
AI enabled pulse-echo based SHM system integrated with robotic gripper for the inspection of pipelines June 04, 2026 Scientific Reports - Article in Press
Frost Detection and Thickness Estimation using a Transformer-based Semantic Segmentation Model June 01, 2026 International Journal of Refrigeration - Volume 186, Article Number 106899
Design and Analysis of CFRP-Based Landing Gear for Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles December 03, 2025 International Journal of Aerospace Engineering - Volume:2025, Issue:1, Article ID 7261539, 24 pages
An electrothermally actuated high amplification MEMS microgripper with integrated capacitive sensing for micromanipulation December 01, 2025 Sensors and Actuators A: Physical - Volume 395, Article Number 117038
Frost detection and defrost control: Emerging trends, methods, and experimental evaluations November 01, 2025 International Journal of Refrigeration - Volume:179, Page:121-141
Shock load induced piezoelectric energy harvesting for eco-friendly smart tire October 14, 2025 Microsystem Technologies - Pages 1-11
Surrogate modeling for time-dependent reliability analysis of robotic manipulator trajectories September 30, 2025 PLoS One - Volume 20(9), Article Number e0331502
Applications of piezoelectric-based sensors, actuators, and energy harvesters June 01, 2025 Sensors and Actuators Reports - Volume 9, Article Number 100302
Design of Corrugated Airfoil for a Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle April 23, 2025 International Journal of Aerospace Engineering - Volume:2025, Issue:1, Article ID 8837246, 17 pages
Design of a novel tri-axis ZnO nanowires based piezoelectric accelerometer March 05, 2025 PLoS ONE - Volume 20, Issue 3, Article Number e0318069
Precision Segmentation and Binary Masking of Skin Lesions in Automated Dermatological Diagnostics using Detectron2 December 11, 2024 IEEE Access - Volume: 12, Page(s): 87696-187708
A high sensitivity, low cost and fully decoupled multi-axis capacitive tactile force sensor for robotic surgical systems November 01, 2024 Plos One - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/journal-information
Body-Pose-Guided Action Recognition with Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) in Aerial Videos August 18, 2023 Applied Sciences - Volume 13, Issue 16, Article Number 9384
Heat Transfer Enhancement in Cooling Jacket of Liquid Cooled Spark Ignition Engine July 03, 2023 Energies - Volume:16, Issue:13, Article Number:5126
Optimum Driving of Ultrasonic Cleaner Using Impedance and FFT Analysis with Validation of Image Processing of Perforated Foils June 09, 2023 Applied Sciences - Volume: 13, Issue: 12, Article Number: 6991
Crashworthiness study of UCAV’s main landing gear using explicit dynamics November 01, 2022 International Journal of Crashworthiness - Volume 27, No. 6, Pages 1843-1859
Clamping Force Sensor Fault Analysis and Fault-Tolerant Control of the Electromechanical Brake System September 05, 2022 Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering - Pages 1-13
Multimodal piezoelectric wind energy harvester for aerospace applications August 01, 2022 International Journal of Energy Research - Volume 46, Issue 10, Pages 13698-13710
Experimental and Numerical Research of Paved Microcrack Using Histogram Equalization for Detection and Segmentation June 21, 2022 Mathematical Problems in Engineering - Volume 2022, Article ID 2684983, 13 pages
Vibration of FG Porous Three-Layered Beams Equipped by Agglomerated Nanocomposite Patches Resting on Vlasov's Foundation March 01, 2022 Transport in Porous Media - Volume 142, Issue 1-2, Pages 157-186
Design of Two-Mode Spectroscopic Sensor for Biomedical Applications: Analysis and Measurement of Relative Intensity Noise through Control Mechanism February 11, 2022 Applied Sciences - Volume 12, Issue 4, Article Number 1856
Comparative Analysis of AlexNet, ResNet18 and SqueezeNet with Diverse Modification and Arduous Implementation February 01, 2022 Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering - Volume 47, Issue 2, Pages 2397-2417
Smart structures January 14, 2022 Book on Piezoelectric Aeroelastic Energy Harvesting - Chapter 2, Pages 21-38
Modeling and Simulation of Dual Beams Hybrid Energy Harvester for Bridge’s Health Monitoring Systems December 14, 2021 Integrated Ferroelectrics - Volume:221, Issue:1, Page:138-151
Piezoelectric Aeroelastic Energy Harvesting November 22, 2021 Book on Piezoelectric Aeroelastic Energy Harvesting - 1st Edition, Pages 1-282
A predictive approach to optimize a hho generator coupled with solar pv as a standalone system November 02, 2021 Sustainability - Volume 13, Issue 21, Article Number 12110
Silicon particles/black paint coating for performance enhancement of solar absorbers November 01, 2021 Energies - Volume 14, Issue 21, Article Number 7140
CFD analysis on the effects of distorted inlet flows with variable RPM on the stability of the transonic micro-compressor October 01, 2021 Microsystem Technologies - Volume 27, Issue 10, Pages 3811-3827
Sustainability-Based Analysis of Conventional to High-Speed Machining of Al 6061-T6 Alloy September 28, 2021 Applied Sciences - Volume 11(19), Article Number 9032
Effect of phase change materials on the short-term thermal storage in the solar receiver of dish-micro gas turbine systems: A numerical analysis August 01, 2021 Applied Thermal Engineering - Volume 195, Article Number 117179
The investigation on structural health monitoring of aerospace structures via piezoelectric aeroelastic energy harvesting July 01, 2021 Microsystem Technologies - Volume 27, Issue 7, Pages 2605-2613
Real-time fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control strategy for hall sensors in permanent magnet brushless dc motor drives May 25, 2021 Electronics - Volume 10, Issue 11, Article Number 1268
Study of the surface and dimensional quality of the alsi10mg thin-wall components manufactured by selective laser melting May 09, 2021 Journal of Composites Science - Volume 5, Issue 5, Article Number 126
Numerical assessment and parametric optimization of a piezoelectric wind energy harvester for IoT-based applications April 27, 2021 Energies - Volume 14, Issue 9, Article Number 2498
Prediction of non-uniform distorted flows, effects on transonic compressor using cfd, regression analysis and artificial neural networks April 20, 2021 Applied Sciences - Volume 11, Issue 8, Article Number 3706
Influence of microstructural evolution and localized delta ferrite number on high-cycle fatigue crack opening and propagation rate April 01, 2021 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications - Volume:235, Issue:4, Page:728-742
A Novel Fast Error Convergence Approach for an Optimal Iterative Learning Controller February 28, 2021 Integrated Ferroelectrics - Volume 213, Issue 1, Pages 103-115
Fretting fatigue crack initiation and propagation in Ti6Al4V sheets under tribocorrosive conditions of artificial seawater and physiological solutions December 06, 2020 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications - Volume 234, Issue 12, Pages 1526-1534
Reliability Risk Analysis for the Aeroelastic Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters November 11, 2020 Integrated Ferroelectrics - Volume 212, Issue 1, Pages 156-169
Characterization and Implementation of a Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Configuration: Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Approach November 11, 2020 Integrated Ferroelectrics - Volume 212, Issue 1, Pages 39-60
Energy harvesting towards self-powered iot devices October 22, 2020 Energies - Volume 13, Issue 21, Article Number 5528
Performance evaluation of a piezoelectric energy harvester based on flag-flutter October 14, 2020 Micromachines - Volume 11, Issue 10, Article Number 933
Modeling and Design of a Piezoelectric Nonlinear Aeroelastic Energy Harvester October 12, 2020 Integrated Ferroelectrics - Volume 211, Issue 1, Pages 132-151
Ultrahigh energy density and thermal stability in sandwich-structured nanocomposites with dopamine@Ag@BaTiO3 October 01, 2020 Energy Storage Materials - Volume 31, Pages 492-504
Effect of MoSi2-Si3N4/SiC multi-layer coating on the oxidation resistance of carbon/carbon composites above 1770 K July 03, 2020 Journal of Composites Science - Volume 4, Issue 3, Article Number 86
Design and performance analysis of hybrid solar powered geyser in Islamabad, Pakistan January 01, 2020 Thermal Science - Volume 24, No. 2A, Pages 757-766
A new type of aerostatic thrust bearing controlled by high-speed pneumatic valve and a novel pressure transducer December 30, 2019 International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering - Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages 7430-7446
An area-optimized N-bit multiplication technique using N/2-bit multiplication algorithm October 08, 2019 SN Applied Sciences - Volume 1, Issue 11, Article Number 1348
Investigation of Deformation in Bimorph Piezoelectric Actuator: Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Approach September 02, 2019 Integrated Ferroelectrics - Volume 201, Issue 1, Pages 94-109
Effect of Natural Aging and Fatigue Crack Propagation Rate on Welded and Non-Welded Aluminum Alloy (AA2219-T87) September 01, 2019 Advances in Science and Technology Research Journal - Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 129-143
Investigation of Electrical Properties for Cantilever-Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvester September 01, 2019 Advances in Science and Technology Research Journal - Volume 13, Issue 3, Pages 76-85
Cancer diagnosis using deep learning: A bibliographic review August 23, 2019 Cancers - Volume 11, Issue 9, Article Number 1235
Studying the effect of thermal fatigue on multiple cracks propagating in an SS316L thin flange on a shaft specimen using a multi-physics numerical simulation model August 13, 2019 Strojniski vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering - Volume 65, Issue 10, Pages 565-573
Deflection of coupled elasticity–electrostatic bimorph PVDF material: theoretical, FEM and experimental verification August 01, 2019 Microsystem Technologies - Volume:25, Issue:8, Page:3235-3242
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of PZT Response in Composite Structures with Variable Degradation Levels June 15, 2019 Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance - Volume 28, Issue 6, Pages 3239-3246
Investigation of tensile and in-plane shear properties of carbon fiber reinforced composites with and without piezoelectric patches for micro-crack propagation using extended finite element method June 01, 2019 Microsystem Technologies - Volume 25, Issue 6, Pages 2361-2370
Design and performance evaluation of a piezoelectric aeroelastic energy harvester based on the limit cycle oscillation phenomenon April 01, 2019 Acta Astronautica - Volume 157, Pages 233-240
Extended finite element method (XFEM) analysis of fiber reinforced composites for prediction of micro-crack propagation and delaminations in progressive damage: a review March 04, 2019 Microsystem Technologies - Volume 25, Issue 3, Pages 747-763
Piezoelectric thermo electromechanical energy harvester for reconnaissance satellite structure February 04, 2019 Microsystem Technologies - Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 665-672
Experimental and numerical investigation of transversal damage in carbon fiber reinforced composites using X-FEM analysis January 14, 2019 Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology - Volume 33, Issue 1, Pages 205-211
Response of piezoelectric materials on thermomechanical shocking and electrical shocking for aerospace applications September 01, 2018 Microsystem Technologies - Volume 24, Issue 9, Pages 3791-3798
A Review on Mechanisms for Piezoelectric-Based Energy Harvesters July 14, 2018 Energies - Volume 11(7), Article Number 1850
Sustainability Assessment and Analysis of Malaysian Food Manufacturing Sector - A Move Towards Sustainable Development September 01, 2017 Advanced Science Letters - Volume 23, Number 9, Pages 8942-8946
Conferences
Investigation of Road Surface in Simulated Environmental Road using LiDAR December 17, 2025 - December 18, 2025 Muhammad Shahzad Alam Khan, Shehar Yaar, Hassan Elahi, Anas Bin Aqeel, Faisal Rehman, 2025 5th International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies, ICoDT2 2025
XAI-Enhanced Physics-Informed Neural Networks for State Estimation of Li-ion Batteries December 17, 2025 - December 18, 2025 Sheroz Shahid Tabassum, Muhammad Saeed, Hafiz Muhammad Jawaad, Hassan Elahi, Arash Khalatbarsoltani, Ayesha Zeb, Hamid Jabbar, Umar Shahbaz Khan, 2025 5th International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies, ICoDT2 2025
Model Bias-aware Battery Fast Charging December 17, 2025 - December 18, 2025 Hafiz Muhammad Jawaad, Muhammad Saeed, Sheroz Shahid Tabassum, Hassan Elahi, Arash Khalatbarsoltani , Ayesha Zeb, Hamid Jabbar, Umar Shahbaz Khan, 2025 5th International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies, ICoDT2 2025
SPLAM-Based Destination Optimization in Unmapped Environments Using LiDAR for Autonomous Logistics December 17, 2025 - December 18, 2025 Anjum Naeem Malik, Anas Bin Aqeel, Hassan Elahi, Kunwar Faraz, Muhammad Shahzad Alam Khan, 2025 5th International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies
Learning Sleep Apnea Patterns from Raw ECG via Convolutional–Recurrent Architectures November 12, 2025 - November 13, 2025 Nija Asif, Haseeb Amjad, False, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Hassan Elahi, 15th IEEE International Conference on Information, Communication Technology and System (ICTS)
Implementation of an Adaptive Robotic System for Warehouse Pick and Place Operations April 25, 2025 - April 26, 2025 Khawaja Abdul Raffay, Hassan Elahi, Muhammad Abdullah Tayyab, 14th International Mechanical Engineering Conference (IMEC)
Comparative Performance and Resource Utilization Analysis of OCR Models for Number Plate Recognition on Raspberry Pi 4 April 23, 2025 - April 24, 2025 Noman Shabbir, Rameel Ahmed, Muhammad Wasif Raza, Ayesha Zeb, Hassan Elahi, Hasan , 2025 International Conference on Communication Technologies, ComTech 2025
Physics-Informed Machine Learning for State of Charge Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries December 18, 2024 - December 19, 2024 Hafiz Muhammad Jawaad, Muhammad Saeed, Anjum Naeem Malik, Arash Khalatbarisoltani, Hassan Elahi, Umar Shahbaz Khan, 2024 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)
Evaluation of Model Degradation in PaddleOCR, UltOCR, and TrOCR Across Baseline and TensorFlow Lite Environments December 18, 2024 - December 19, 2024 Rameel Ahmed, Noman Shabbir, Muhammad Wasif Raza, Ayesha Zeb, Hassan Elahi, 6th International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry
Machine Learning Based Energy Prediction of Hybrid Solar-Wind Energy Harvesters Using MPPT December 18, 2024 - December 19, 2024 Muhammad Abdullah Khan, Muhammad Taha, Rehan Shahid, Muhammad Subhan Asad, Hassan Elahi, Muhammad Abdullah Tayyab, 6th International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry, ICRAI 2024
Dynamic Temporal Modeling Using Cascaded Deep Networks and Encoder Transformers for Human Action Recognition December 18, 2024 - December 19, 2024 Haseeb Amjad, Nija Asif, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Hassan Elahi, 2024 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)
Robust State of Charge Estimation of Lithium-Ion Batteries Using a Nonlinearity-Aware PID Observer December 18, 2024 - December 19, 2024 Hafiz Muhammad Jawaad, Muhammad Saeed, Hamid Jabbar, Anjum Naeem Malik, Hassan Elahi, Umar Shahbaz Khan, 2024 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)
Materials Classification via Piezoelectric Sensors for Robotic Grippers December 18, 2024 - December 19, 2024 Hafiz Muhammad Saad, Asjid Mehmood, Malik Muhammad Hasham Tahir Khan, Muhammad Sirhan Tahir, Hassan Elahi, Muhammad Abdullah Tayyab, 6th International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry, ICRAI 2024
Wind-Induced Piezoelectric Transduction via an Artificial Tree October 19, 2023 - October 20, 2023 Muhammad Danyal Faizi Jatoi, Riffat Asim Pasha, Dr Hassan Elahi, Muhammad Abdullah Sheeraz, 2nd International Conference on Recent Academic Studies ICRAS 2023
Trends in Complex Multiphase Flow Modeling for Effective Fuel Energy Acquisition April 10, 2019 - April 12, 2019 Muhammad Talha Tahir, Dengwei Jing, Muhammad Hatam, Hassan Elahi, 4th World Congress on Momentum, Heat and Mass Transfer (MHMT'19)
Stability of Piezoelectric Material for Suspension Applications November 14, 2017 - November 16, 2017 Hassan Elahi, A. israr, R. F. Swati, H. M. Khan, A. Tamoor, 2017 Fifth International Conference on Aerospace Science & Engineering (ICASE)
Analysis of Stability and Degradation of Smart Structure for Cubic Reconnaissance Satellites May 21, 2017 - May 24, 2017 Hassan Elahi, Paolo Gaudenzi, Valerio Cardini, Marco Eugeni, G Graterol Nisi, M. Pasquali, Luciano Pollice, 8th International Conference on DeMEASS VIII
A new approach to classification of upper limb and wrist movements using EEG signals February 20, 2017 - February 21, 2017 Muhammad Ahsan Gull, Hassan Elahi, Mohsin. Marwat, Saad. Waqar, 2017 13th IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BioMed)
ASSOCIATE RESEARCHER/POSTDOC SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME, ITALY November 01, 2019 - January 31, 2022
LECTURER IST ISLAMABAD July 01, 2014 - June 30, 2015
TEACHER ASSITANT UET TAXILA August 28, 2012 - March 18, 2014