Engr. Prof. Dr. Zahiruddin Shaikh

Brief Bio

Prof. Dr. Zahiruddin Shaikh is an experienced Mechanical Engineer, in Department of Mechanical Engineering & Technology at the University of Southern Punjab, with more 32 years of experience in industry and academia in the areas of Materials, Design, Manufacturing, Quality and Quality Assurance ensuring quality, integrity and reliability of Structures and Machine Components. His classified area is the design of components for Atomic Fast Breeder Reactors, and he was assigned a research project by Risely Laboratories of UK Atomic Energy Authority during his Ph. D studies.

Engr. Dr. Zahiruddin Shaikh has presented his research findings in national and international organizations such as Pakistan Atomic Energy and Khan’s Research Laboratories (KRL).

At USP, he is committed to providing quality education, research opportunities and mentoring young engineers to help Pakistan to improve its industrial infrastructure and be a part of the club of industrially developed countries.

Education
Ph. D in Mechanical Engineering	University of Sheffield, Sheffield UK	1991
M. Phil in Mechanical Engineering	University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK	1988
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering	Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro	1985

Professional Experience
Professor and Chairperson	University of Southern Punjab, Multan	2022 – Till now
Professor	Department of Mechanical Engineering & Technology, Incharge Quality Enhancement Cell, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus	2018 – 2020
Professor and Head	Department of Mechanical Engineering & Technology, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus	2014 – 2018
Associate Professor	Department of Mechanical Engineering & Technology, COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal Campus	2010 – 2014
Senior Manager, Quality Assurance	Environmental Management & Training Departments, United Refrigeration Industries, Hyderabad	2004 – 2010
Manager Engineering	Quality Assurance & Training Departments, United Refrigeration Industries, Hyderabad	1995 – 2004
Assistant Professor & Head of Instrument Design & Development Section	Pak-Swiss Training Centre, PCSIR Laboratories, Karachi	1992 – 1995

Professional Associations

Registered Engineers, Pakistan Engineering Council
Life Member Institution of Engineers, Pakistan

Research Interests

Structural Integrity of products and their components
Quality and reliability of designed products
Failure analysis to avoid catastrophic failures
Computer aided design analysis
Design and implementation of quality, environment and safety standards

Current Projects

Development of welding techniques for mismatched materials
Retrofitting of diesel vehicles into electric vehicles in collaboration with Daewoo Pakistan

Research Impact:

Publications: 12
Funded Projects: NIL

Title	Year	Published Link
Initiation, Propagation and Coalescence of Short Fatigue Cracks in Metallic Materials.	1993	Presented in 34th Convention of Institution of Engineers, Pakistan
The Effects of Temperature and Dwell Periods On Fatigue Behavior of AISI 316 Stainless Steel.	1993	Presented in the 3rd International Symposium on Advanced Materials
Cyclic Stress-Strain Behavior of Type 316 Stainless Steel at Room Temperature.	1994	Presented in the 10th National Conference on Engineering Fracture Mechanics
The Role of Microfracture Mechanics in Design Against Failure.	1994	Presented in the 3rd All Pakistan Science Conference by Science International
Effects of Coalescence of Short (Stage I) Cracks on Fatigue Lifetimes of Structural and Machine Components.	1995	Presented in the 4th International Symposium on Advanced Materials
Presented a paper on “Short Fatigue Cracks and Quality Assurance in Design” at 2nd National Seminar on Engineering Materials and Metallurgy at Karachi in October 1998.	1998	Presented in 2nd National Seminar on Engineering Materials and Metallurgy
The Mechanics of Initiation & Coalescence of Short Fatigue Cracks in Stainless Steel AISI 316.	1998	Accepted for Presentaion in an International Conference at Hawaii, USA
Strain-Endurance Results Under Pure Bending Conditions.	1999	Presented in the 6th International Symposium on Advanced Materials
The Mechanism of Coalescence of Short Fatigue Cracks in Stainless Steel.	2013	Presented in WEC-2013 held in NUST, Islamabad
Fabrication of Gravitational Water Vortex Power Plant.	2020	Presented in the seminar held by the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Techno-Economic Analysis of Sahiwal Coal Fired Power Plant with Integration of Renewable Energy Resources.	2020	Presented in the seminar held by the Institution of Electrical Engineers
An Experimental Study on Thermal Stability, Char Morphology, and Antioxidant Activity for Enhancing Fire Resistance of Intumescent Coatings with Rice Husk Ash	2026	Published in Engineering Journal https://engj.org/index.php/ej

Teaching & Supervision

Courses

Introduction to Engineering
Materials Engineering
Mechanics of Materials
Manufacturing Processes
CAD/CAM
Maintenance Engineering
Fracture Mechanics
Advance Stress Analysis
Reliability and Quality Engineering

Supervision:

MPhil/MS: 8 (Completed), 3 (On going)

Teaching Philosophy

Providing quality teaching and research environment to produce competent engineers and conduct state of the art research to solve real world problems to benefit the human being.

Collaborations and Honors

Got prestigious S & T scholarship for Ph. D
Proposal of research was approved by a leading university of Sweden
Speaker at International conferences on Materials and Integrity of structures

Collaboration

Open to local and international collaborations in different areas of mechanical engineering.