College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Uzair Khaleeq Uz Zaman

Uzair Khaleeq Uz Zaman

HOD Department of Mechanical Engineering CEME
Summary

Engr. Dr. Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman is an Associate Professor at NUST's Department of Mechanical Engineering and holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, France. With a master’s in mechanical engineering from NUST and a bachelor’s from GIK Institute, he brings more than a decade of academic and industry experience. Dr. Zaman has held roles in product development, R&D, and project management with firms like Pakistan Tobacco Company and Orient Electronics. He is also a Certified Energy Auditor and Lean Six Sigma White Belt. An active researcher, he has published in high-impact journals, authored a book on Industry 4.0, and collaborates with international institutions such as UNIDO and GIZ. His research focuses on manufacturing systems design, advanced/SMART manufacturing, quality 4.0, and design of experiments.

Academic Background
PhD (Manufacturing Systems) Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers de Paris February 01, 2016 - February 08, 2019
Honours and Awards
FYP Open House First Position in Final Year Project Competition at GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi. April 10, 2009
FDP-2015 Secured fully funded scholarship for PhD in Industrial Engineering in France. January 01, 2016
Publications
Empirical framework for Cobot deployment in emerging manufacturing industries using interpretive structural modeling and structural equation modeling May 07, 2026 International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management - Pages 16
Impact of Data Collection on Digital Shadow Modeling in Manufacturing: A Digital Twin Approach March 27, 2026 Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing Systems - Volume 10 (1), Article Numbe4r e20250034
A comprehensive review of experimental methods for the tribological evaluation of internal combustion engine valve-train February 01, 2026 Journal of Tribology - Volume 148, Issue 2, Article Number 020801
Intelligent Manufacturing: Concepts and Beyond December 17, 2025 Intelligent Manufacturing: Concepts and Beyond - 1st Edition, Pages 1-189
Linear Control Systems in Engineering: Basics and Beyond September 09, 2025 Linear Control Systems in Engineering: Basics and Beyond - 1st Edition,
Ensuring quality in software requirement engineering process: A comparative study September 01, 2025 Egyptian Informatics Journal - Volume:31, Article Number 100754
The price of innovation: Decoding organizational stressors and strains in the lives of software professionals April 20, 2025 Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health - Pages 1-49
Framework of integrated-decision support system for risk identification and mitigation in manufacturing industry: aiming zero-defect manufacturing February 13, 2025 International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management - Pages 1-25
Integrated‑decision support system (DSS) for risk identification and mitigation in manufacturing industry for zero‑defect manufacturing (ZDM): a state‑of‑the‑art review October 18, 2024 International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology - Volume: 135, Pages: 1893–1931
Nanoindentation creep behavior of vacuum diffusion-bonded stainless steel and Inconel 718 joints using a Cu interlayer September 27, 2024 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science - Pages 1-11
Atomic Force Microscopy based Micro and Nano Sidewall Imaging September 04, 2024 Book on Specialist Periodical Reports - Nanoscience - Volume: 10, Chapter: 09, Pages: 202-234
Interfacial microstructure and mechanical properties in diffusion bonded Inconel 718 to austenitic stainless-steel joints August 02, 2024 Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications - Pages 1-11
Production risk analysis and prioritization in manufacturing industry: A hybrid approach using Monte Carlo simulation and DEMATEL analysis July 01, 2024 Ain Shams Engineering Journal - Volume 15, Issue 7, Article Number 102756
Hybrid Additive Manufacturing: A Review from a Process Planning Perspective March 01, 2024 Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Systems - Volume 23, No. 01, Pages 227-262
Computer-Aided Design, Computer-Aided Process Planning, and Computer-Aided Manufacturing August 24, 2023 Handbook of Manufacturing Systems and Design: An Industry 4.0 Perspective - Chapter 2, 1st Edition, Pages:20
Internet of Things for Manufacturing Industry August 24, 2023 Handbook of Manufacturing Systems and Design: An Industry 4.0 Perspective - Chapter 1, 1st Edition, Pages:10
Product Life Cycle Management and Cloud Manufacturing August 24, 2023 Handbook of Manufacturing Systems and Design: An Industry 4.0 Perspective - Chapter 12, 1st Edition, Pages:32
Collaborative Robots August 24, 2023 Handbook of Manufacturing Systems and Design: An Industry 4.0 Perspective - Chapter 6, 1st Edition, Pages:17
Robotic Systems August 24, 2023 Handbook of Manufacturing Systems and Design An Industry 4.0 Perspective - Chapter 5, 1st Edition, Pages:21
Digital Twins in Smart Manufacturing August 24, 2023 Handbook of Manufacturing Systems and Design: An Industry 4.0 Perspective - Chapter 4, 1st Edition, Pages:16
Reverse Engineering: Past, Present, and Future Prospects August 24, 2023 Handbook of Manufacturing Systems and Design: An Industry 4.0 Perspective - Chapter 16, 1st Edition, Pages:34
Inferential Modeling and Soft Sensors August 24, 2023 Handbook of Manufacturing Systems and Design: An Industry 4.0 Perspective - Chapter 9, Pages:16
Quality 4.0 August 24, 2023 Handbook of Manufacturing Systems and Design: An Industry 4.0 Perspective - Chapter 3, 1st Edition, Pages:19
Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Drag and Lift Forces on a Bullet Head December 12, 2022 Aerospace - Volume 9(12), Article Number 816
Process Parameter Optimization of Additively Manufactured Parts using Intelligent Manufacturing November 21, 2022 Sustainability - Volume 14(22), Article Number 15475
Optimization of Wire Electric Discharge Machining (WEDM) Process Parameters for AISI 1045 Medium Carbon Steel Using Taguchi Design of Experiments November 07, 2022 Materials - Volume 15(21), Article Number 7846
Accuracy Investigation of Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) Processed ABS and ULTRAT Parts August 12, 2022 International Journal of Manufacturing, Materials, and Mechanical Engineering - Volume 12(1), Pages 1-19
Modeling and evaluation of freeform extruded filament based on numerical simulation method for direct ink writing March 09, 2022 International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology - Pages 1-9
Smart Warehouse Management System: Architecture, Real-Time Implementation and Prototype Design February 18, 2022 Machines - Volume 10(2), Article Number 150
Optimizing Process Parameters of Direct Ink Writing for Dimensional Accuracy of Printed Layers December 28, 2021 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing - Pages 1-12
A Comprehensive Literature Review of Application of Artificial Intelligence in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Disease Diagnosis Introduction October 31, 2021 Applied Artificial Intelligence - Pages 1-19
Dynamic Innovation Capabilities July 22, 2021 Influencing Customer Demand: An Operations Management Approach - 1st Edition, Chapter 9, Pages 157-181
Effect of molybdenum disulfide on the performance of polyaniline based counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell applications June 24, 2021 Energies - Volume 14, Issue 13, Article Number 3786
Tensile Strength Improvement of Concrete Slabs Using Polyurea Spray February 02, 2021 Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction - Volume 26(1), Article Number 04020048
Influence of Wear and Tool Geometry on the Chatter, Cutting Force, and Surface Integrity of TB6 Titanium Alloy with Solid Carbide Cutters of Different Geometry December 01, 2020 Strojniski vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering - Volume 66(12), Pages 709-723
Computer-aided design (CAD) compensation through modeling of shrinkage in additively manufactured parts February 01, 2020 International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology - Vol.106, Pages 3999-4009
RSSI based Localization of Bluetooth Devices for Visually Impaired May 06, 2019 Journal of Signal and Information Processing - Volume 10, Issue 2, Pages 37-57
Impact of fused deposition modeling (FDM) process parameters on strength of built parts using Taguchi’s design of experiments April 01, 2019 International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology - Volume 101, Issue 5–8, Pages 1215–1226
Incorporation of part complexity into system scalability for flexible/reconfigurable systems September 17, 2018 The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology - Volume:99, Issue:9-12, Page:2959-2979
Product family formation based on complexity for assembly systems March 01, 2018 The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology - NULL
An ontology-based modelling and reasoning framework for assembly sequence planning February 01, 2018 International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology - Volume: 94 Issue: 9-12 Pages: 4187-4197
Optimum machine capabilities for reconfigurable manufacturing systems January 10, 2018 The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology - Pages 1–21, online published on 10 Jan 2018
Integrated product-process design to suggest appropriate manufacturing technology: a review July 01, 2017 The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology - Volume: 91, Issue: 1-4, Pages: 1409-1430
Calculation and Analysis of Assembly Clearance based on Non-Ideal Surface Discrete Data May 09, 2017 International Journal of Modeling, Simulation and Scientific Computing - Volume 8, Issue 2, 1750050, Pages 1-9
Conferences
Leveraging Smart Maintenance using Novel Framework from the perspective of Industry 4.0 in the Aerospace Manufacturing Sector of Pakistan November 03, 2025 - November 06, 2025 Uzair Khaleeq Uz Zaman, Aamer Ahmed Baqai, Muhammad Nauman, International Conference on Aeronautical Sciences, Engineering and Technology (ICASET)
Development and Evaluation of a Machine Learning Model for Cobot Action Prediction: Optimizing Algorithms Through Cognitive Workload Metrics December 18, 2024 - December 19, 2024 Dr.Yasir Ahmad, Uzair Khaleeq Uz Zaman, Afshan Naseem, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Lala Rukh, 2024 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)
Design and Development of Power Generation System for Thermo-Acoustically Driven Devices April 20, 2024 - April 20, 2024 Muhammad Zeeshan Ur Rehman, Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Abdur Rehman Mazhar, Umar Nawaz Bhatti, Kanwal Naveed, 2nd International Conference on Modern Technologies in Mechanical & Materials Engineering (MTME-2024)
Material Selection in Additive Manufacturing for Aerospace Applications using Multi-Criteria Decision Making April 20, 2024 - April 20, 2024 Muhammad Junaid, Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Afshan Naseem, Yasir Ahmad, Anas Bin Aqeel, 2nd International Conference on Modern Technologies in Mechanical & Material Engineering
Erosion of pipe bends for multiphase flow: An Overview March 15, 2023 - March 16, 2023 Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Rehan Khan, Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Bilal Anjum, Muhammad Ali Khan, Abdur Rehman Mazhar, 2023 6th International Conference on Energy Conservation and Efficiency (ICECE)
Solar Panels Efficiency Improvement Through Orientation Monitoring by Non Contact Method using TMR Sensor February 22, 2023 - February 23, 2023 Saeed Iqbal, Sehrish Shahnawaz, Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Yasmeen Mohsen Mohamed Ali Elsabagh, Yasar Ayaz, Muhammad Jawad Khan, 2023 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ICAI)
Predictive modeling of extruded filament in the air for bioink in direct ink writing using numerical simulation July 14, 2022 - July 16, 2022 Yongqiang Tu, Alaa Hassan, Javier A. Arrieta-Escobar, Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Fangkai Xue, Ali Siadat, Gongliu Yang, 15th CIRP Conference on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering
Development of Reciprocating Inkjet System for Printed Electronic Devices June 29, 2022 - July 01, 2022 Shahid Aziz, Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Abdur Rehman Mazhar, Junaid Ali, Dong Won Jung, 55th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems 2022
Role of Non-functional Requirements in projects’ success May 24, 2022 - May 25, 2022 Arsalan Ali, Ibrahim Khalil, Israr Ahmed, Iqra Parveen, Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, 2022 2nd International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
Integrated Product-Process Design: Conceptual Framework for Data Driven Manufacturing Resource Selection May 24, 2022 - May 25, 2022 Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Mujtaba Rafique Ghoto, Ali Siadat, Aamer Ahmed Baqai, Anas Bin Aqeel, Usman Qamar, 2022 2nd International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (IcoDT2)
Design and Development of Motor Controller and Electronic Differential System for Electric Vehicle Conversion October 26, 2021 - October 27, 2021 Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Anas Bin Aqeel, Ayesha Zeb, Syed Hassan Ali, Usama Athar, Elizay Jehangir, Muhammad Mubasher Saif, 2021 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)
Development of Automated Guided Vehicle for Warehouse Automation of a Textile Factory October 26, 2021 - October 27, 2021 Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Anas Bin Aqeel, Kanwal Naveed, Usman Asad, Hassan Nawaz, Muhammad Gufran, 2021 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)
Overcoming Uncertainties and Disturbances: An Adaptive Control Approach for Mobile Robots August 23, 2021 - August 27, 2021 Kanwal Naveed, Uzair Khaleeq Zaman, Atal Anil Kumar, 2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)
Tuning of PID Controller Using Whale Optimization Algorithm for Different Systems May 20, 2021 - May 21, 2021 Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Kanwal Naveed, Atal Anil Kumar, 2021 International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies (ICoDT2)
An RPLiDAR based SLAM equipped with IMU for Autonomous Navigation of Wheeled Mobile Robot November 05, 2020 - November 07, 2020 Muhammad Saad Aslam, Muhammad Irfan Aziz, Kanwal Naveed, Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, 2020 IEEE 23rd International Multitopic Conference (INMIC)
Kinematic Analysis of Pitch Angle for the Platform of a Shrimp Rover in an Unstructured Terrain April 20, 2020 - April 23, 2020 Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Usman Asad, Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Usman Asad, Sehrish Shahnawaz, Raja Amer Azim, Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Usman Asad, 6th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics (ICCAR)
Integrated Design-Oriented Framework for Resource Selection in Additive Manufacturing May 23, 2018 - May 25, 2018 Uzair Khaleeq Uz Zaman, Mickael Rivette, Aamer Ahmed Baqai, 28th CIRP Design Conference
Global Sequence Generation and Minimizing the Total Utility Work for Mixed Model Assembly Lines June 23, 2015 - June 26, 2015 Amjad Baig, Aamer Ahmed Baqai, Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, 25th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing FAIM 2015
Performance of NSGA-II and WGA in Macro Level Process Planning Considering Reconfigurable Manufacturing System June 23, 2015 - June 26, 2015 Eram Asghar, Aamer Ahmed Baqai, Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing
Mixed Model Assembly Line sequencing by Minimizing Utility Work and Using Genetic Algorithm November 14, 2014 - November 20, 2014 Uzair Khaleeq uz Zaman, Aamer Ahmed Baqai, ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition IMECE2014
Business Data Cleanser Pakistan Tobacco Company June 03, 2013 - May 31, 2014
Associate (R&D) Technology Upgradation and Skill Development Company, Ministry of Production, GoP May 25, 2012 - May 30, 2013
Assistant Manager (Technical Projects) Inclusive Resource Management (Pvt.) Ltd. March 03, 2011 - May 31, 2012
Trainee Engineer Orient Electronics (Pvt.) Ltd. September 15, 2010 - March 31, 2011