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Academic Qualification
- Ph.D in Engineering Mechanical - Doctor of Philosophy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
- Master in Technology in Civil Engineering - Masters Degree, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
- Bachelor in Technology in Civil Engineering - Bachelor Degree, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Waqar Asrar (Prof. Dr.)
Professor
IIUM Gombak Campus
KULLIYYAH OF ENGINEERING
waqar@iium.edu.my
4586
Expert Profile
Dr. Waqar Asrar graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA. He began his career in 1985 serving the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yarmouk University and later at Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid. During the period of 1991-1996, he was attached to the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University, India. From 1996 until 2002, he worked in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, University Putra Malaysia. Since 2003, he is serving the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIUM.
Dr Waqar has taught undergraduate and postgraduate subjects in the areas of fluid dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, experimental fluid dynamics, gas dynamics, perturbation methods, non-linear dynamics, vehicle aerodynamics and several other subjects in mechanics.
He has supervised six Ph.D and twelve M.Sc. students. He has been the principal investigator or co-investigator of research grants of over a million Ringgit Malaysia. He has been a consultant to many industrial projects carried out at the IIUM Low Speed Wind Tunnel laboratory.
He has served as Head of Department at UPM and IIUM for nearly twelve years and greatly contributed to the development of the aerospace engineering programme at UPM and IIUM. He has been the person- in-charge of overseeing the establishment of the IIUM Low Speed Wind Tunnel (the largest wind tunnel in Malaysia). He is currently the advisor to the IIUM LSWT lab.
Dr. Waqar has been a member of the editorial board of JST, UPM , has served as an executive editor, IIUM Engineering Journal, and is currently a member of the editorial board IIUM Engineering Journal. He has served as a reviewer of numerous technical papers in journals published by Elsevier, John Wiley, American Chemical Society and Inderscience, IEEE, ASME, ASCE, AICHE, IMechE, and others.
He has been an external examiner of Ph.D theses at IIT Delhi, Universite de Toulouse, France, AMU, India USM, UPM and UTM in Malaysia.
Dr Waqar has received Excellence in Teaching Awards from UPM, Gold Medal for research/invention at the Kulliyyah level, IIUM, and has been nominated as IIUM Distinguished Lecturer in 2007 as well as a silver medal at the Malaysian Technology Exposition 2011. He has also received Quality Service and Excellent Service awards from UPM in 1998 and 1999. Dr Waqar has been a member of AIAA and SAE is currently a member of IMechE(UK) and a Chartered Engineer.
He has published more than 158 articles in refereed international journals and conferences, and is a co-author of one Malaysian patent and two books.
Dr Waqar has taught undergraduate and postgraduate subjects in the areas of fluid dynamics, computational fluid dynamics, experimental fluid dynamics, gas dynamics, perturbation methods, non-linear dynamics, vehicle aerodynamics and several other subjects in mechanics.
He has supervised six Ph.D and twelve M.Sc. students. He has been the principal investigator or co-investigator of research grants of over a million Ringgit Malaysia. He has been a consultant to many industrial projects carried out at the IIUM Low Speed Wind Tunnel laboratory.
He has served as Head of Department at UPM and IIUM for nearly twelve years and greatly contributed to the development of the aerospace engineering programme at UPM and IIUM. He has been the person- in-charge of overseeing the establishment of the IIUM Low Speed Wind Tunnel (the largest wind tunnel in Malaysia). He is currently the advisor to the IIUM LSWT lab.
Dr. Waqar has been a member of the editorial board of JST, UPM , has served as an executive editor, IIUM Engineering Journal, and is currently a member of the editorial board IIUM Engineering Journal. He has served as a reviewer of numerous technical papers in journals published by Elsevier, John Wiley, American Chemical Society and Inderscience, IEEE, ASME, ASCE, AICHE, IMechE, and others.
He has been an external examiner of Ph.D theses at IIT Delhi, Universite de Toulouse, France, AMU, India USM, UPM and UTM in Malaysia.
Dr Waqar has received Excellence in Teaching Awards from UPM, Gold Medal for research/invention at the Kulliyyah level, IIUM, and has been nominated as IIUM Distinguished Lecturer in 2007 as well as a silver medal at the Malaysian Technology Exposition 2011. He has also received Quality Service and Excellent Service awards from UPM in 1998 and 1999. Dr Waqar has been a member of AIAA and SAE is currently a member of IMechE(UK) and a Chartered Engineer.
He has published more than 158 articles in refereed international journals and conferences, and is a co-author of one Malaysian patent and two books.
Area of Specialisation
- Engineering Tech ~ Applied Sciences And Technologies ~ Aerospace ~ Experimental Aerodynamics - CFD, Fluid Dynamics
Professional Membership
- 2016: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Chartered Engineer), IMechE (UK)
- 2016 - 2020: Member of Profesional Body / Association: (Member), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Teaching Responsibilities
| AERODYNAMICS 1 | 2023/2024 |
| AERODYNAMICS I | 2023/2024 |
Research Projects
Completed
| 2022 - 2022 | Wind Tunnel for Street Lanterns |
| 2021 - 2021 | Wind Tunnel Test for Street Lanterns |
| 2021 - 2021 | The Technical Feasibility Study of Wind and PV as a Renewable Energy (RE) Source for Genting Berhad |
| 2021 - 2021 | Wind Tunnel Test for Street Lantern |
| 2020 - 2020 | Wind Tunnel Test for Street Lantern |
| 2018 - 2022 | Passive control of the discrete tonal noise of NACA0015 airfoil for optimum aerodynamic and noise performances |
| 2018 - 2022 | Effect of abrupt geometry change on the flow structure and heat transfer efficiency in a Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow |
| 2017 - 2020 | Nonlinear Fluid Structure Interaction and Control of Lifting Surface and Body |
| 2015 - 2017 | CFD Analysis of Straight Bladed Vertical Axis Wind Turbines with Selected Transition and Turbulence Models |
| 2013 - 2013 | Wind Resistance Test for Emergency Triangle Reflector |
| 2013 - 2013 | Wind Resistance Test for Emergency Triangle Reflector |
| 2013 - 2016 | Aerodynamic Stability Derivatives of a Hybrid Airship |
| 2013 - 2016 | Hybrid Singularly Implicit - Explicit Kernel Function Method For Unsteady Aerodynamic Analysis Of Multiple Interfering Aeroelastic Lifting Surfaces |
| 2013 - 2016 | Wake Vortex Alleviation of a Wing with a Reverse Delta Wing Add-On Device Using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) |
| 2013 - 2013 | Wind Resistance Test for Emergency Triangle Reflector |
| 2012 - 2014 | Development of Electrical Vehicle by Converting Proton SAGA Conventional Car |
| 2012 - 2012 | Stability of Hybrid Airships |
| 2011 - 2014 | Turbulence Measurements for Flow Past a Surface Mounted Bluff Body (Cube and/or Cylinder) |
| 2011 - 2013 | Computational Methods In Engineering And Science (KVC Project 2011) |
| 2011 - 2013 | RU 2011: Drag Reduction Studies of A Truck |
| 2011 - 2012 | Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Spoilers Configuration on wake Vortex |
| 2011 - 2017 | Low Speed Wind Tunnel Phase 1 |
| 2011 - 2013 | Modification of The Design and Developed Hybrid Engine Powered Urban Concept Car |
| 2011 - 2012 | The IIUM Low Speed Wind Tunnel - A Historical Perspective (KVC Project 2011) |
| 2011 - 2011 | Wind Tunnel Testing of Street Lamp at Wind Speed of 150KM / Hour IIUM/404/2011/05/001 |
| 2010 - 2011 | Training program for Dr. Mahmood K mawlood |
| 2010 - 2011 | Development of a Multiphysics Model for Thermoelectricity Controlled MEMS-based Microthrusters. |
| 2009 - 2010 | Design and Development of an "Urban Concept Hybrid Car" |
| 2009 - 2011 | A Study of the Reverse Delta Wing using Particle Image Velocimetry |
| 2008 - 2010 | The Dimensional Kinetic Gas Scheme BGK for Inviscid Flow Problems |
| 2008 - 2011 | The Effect of Surface Properties of Nano-particles on Effective Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids |
| 2008 - 2011 | Design and Development of a Hybrid Airship |
| 2008 - 2011 | Parametric Study of Car Aerodynamics |
| 2008 - 2010 | Aerodynamic Measurements on a Hybrid Airship |
| 2008 - 2013 | Dynamics and Instabilities of Heated Nano-Thin Falling Films |
| 2007 - 2011 | Experimental Investigation of Reverse Delta Wings for Vortex Alleviation |
| 2007 - 2010 | Experimental Investigation of a Wing-Tip Alleviation Using Sharp-Edge Delta Wing Tip Extension |
| 2007 - 2010 | Two Dimensional Kinetic Gas Shceme BGK for Turbulent Flow Problems |
| 2005 - 2008 | Modeling and Analysis of Fluid/Structure Interaction in Micropumps |
| - | Consultancy and Usage of Wind Tunnel Testing - University Malaya |
On-Going
| 2023 - Present | Mechanism of near-wall turbulence at low speeds under the conjoined effects of riblets and mass injection |
| 2023 - Present | The Integration of Turbulence Promoter and IoT in Tubular Photobioreactor for The Cultivation of Scenedesmus Sp Microalgae |
| 2023 - Present | Development of a fuzzy intelligent adaptive autonomous servo-electromagnetic emergency braking system for high-speed electric vehicle |
| 2022 - Present | Prototyping Fuzzy Intelligence Adaptive Electromagnetic Two-speed Transmission for Electric Vehicle |
| 2014 - Present | Measurement of Forces and Flow Visualization of Sepak Takraw Ball |
| 2014 - Present | Wind Tunnel Testing of Street Lamps for Primelux Energy, Jitra, Kedah |
| 2013 - Present | IIUM Centre of Excellence for Electric Mobility (ICEM) |
| 2012 - Present | Proton Green Mobility |
Award & Recognition
| 07 Feb, 2011 | Silver Medal - Malaysian Technology Expo 2011 | National |
| 26 Dec, 2006 | Gold Medal - KERIE?06, IIUM. 2006 | University |
Publications
Article
Conference or Workshop Item
| 2021 | Estimation of Mach numbers in supersonic jets using schlieren images. In: 2nd International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Developments in Materials, Manufacturing and Energy Engineering, SME 2020, |
| 2021 | Experimental study of midplane jet evolution in multiple jets at Mach 2.0. In: 2nd International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Developments in Materials, Manufacturing and Energy Engineering, SME 2020, |
| 2020 | Position of static cylinder effect on base flows. In: 1st International Conference on Data Science, Machine Learning and Applications, 2019, |
| 2018 | Active control of base pressure with counter clockwise rotating cylinder at Mach 2. In: 4th IEEE International Conference on Engineering Technologies and Applied Sciences, ICETAS 2017, |
| 2018 | Classical equivalent circuit characterization for a double-layer capacitor. In: 4th IEEE International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA) 2017, |
| 2018 | Counter clockwise rotation of cylinder with variable position to control base flows. In: 1st International Conference on Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, AeroMech 2017, |
| 2018 | Nonlinear dynamics of heated falling films under the influence of long-range Van Der Walls intermolecular force interactions. In: 4th International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive, and Aerospace Engineering 2018 (ICMAAE’18), |
| 2018 | Passive control of base pressure with static cylinder at supersonic flow. In: 1st International Conference on Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering (AeroMech 2017), |
| 2018 | The multistage homotopy perturbation method for solving hyperchaotic Chen system. In: 4th International Conference on Mathematical Applications in Engineering 2017, ICMAE 2017, |
| 2017 | Experimental investigation of the influence of a reverse delta type add-on device on the flap-tip vortex of a wing. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2016 (ICMAAE’16), |
| 2017 | Generation of atmospheric boundary layer in the IIUM low speed wind tunnel. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2016 (ICMAAE’16), |
| 2017 | Instabilities in non-isothermal falling thin film flows. In: 4th International Conference of Mathematical Applications in Engineering 2017 (ICMAE 2017), |
| 2017 | Numerical simulation of non-isothermal thin liquid film flow on inclined plane using an implicit finite difference scheme. In: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2016 (ICMAAE’16), |
| 2017 | Structural design of hybrid buoyant aircraft's model for subsonic wind tunnel testing. In: 14th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST), |
| 2016 | A novel technique to neutralize the Yawing moment due to asymmetric thrust in a hybrid buoyant aircraft. In: 10th International Conference on Experimental Fluid Mechanics, EFM 2015, |
| 2016 | A prospective solution For consistent aerostatic lift for a hybrid buoyant aircraft. In: 6th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management in Kuala Lumpur, IEOM 2016, |
| 2016 | Comparison of data correction methods for blockage effects in semispan wing model testing. In: "10th International Conference on Experimental Fluid Mechanics, EFM 2015", |
| 2016 | Effect of side wind on the directional stability and aerodynamics of a hybrid buoyant aircraft. In: 2015 International Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Systems (ICMES 2015), |
| 2015 | Aerodynamic performance of a naca 23012 half wing model with a reverse delta wing type add-on device . In: 8th Ankara International Aerospace Conference, |
| 2015 | Aerodynamics and Static Stability Characteristics of a Hybrid Buoyant Aerial Vehicle at Low Speed. In: 62nd Canadian Aerospace Institute Conference (Aero 2015), |
| 2015 | Establishing the analytical relationships for mass and volumetric mass fractions for hybrid boyant aircraft. In: International Postgraduate Conference on Engineering Research (IPCER) 2015 , |
| 2015 | Hydrostatic and hydrodynamic characteristics of swimming animals: an inspiration for hybrid buoyant aircraft. In: 4th International Scientific Conference on Applied Sciences and Engineering (4 thISCASE-2015), |
| 2015 | Power-off static stability analysis of a clean configuration of a hybrid buoyant aircraft. In: 8th Ankara International Aerospace Conference 2015, |
| 2014 | Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian Form of Flowfield Dependent Variation (ALE-FDV) Method for 3D Problems. In: 22nd Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada, |
| 2014 | Arbitrary lagrangian-eulerian form of flowfield dependent variation method for moving boundary problems. In: Aviation 2014 - 32nd AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2014, |
| 2014 | Comparison of digital DATCOM and wind tunnel data of a winged hybrid airship’s generic model. In: AEROTECH V, |
| 2014 | Conceptual design of a winged hybrid airship. In: 21st Lighter than Air Technology Conference, Aviation 2014, |
| 2014 | Stability and takeoff ground roll issues of hybrid buoyant aircraft. In: 5TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING 2014 (ICME2014) , |
| 2014 | Static longitudinal stability of a hybrid airship. In: 11th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST), |
| 2013 | Experimental investigation of a vertical round free turbulent jet. In: 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2013, |
| 2013 | Hybrid numeric-analytic method for solving chaotic system. In: IIUM Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition (IRIIE) 2013, |
| 2012 | Numerical analysis of FDV method for one-dimensional Euler equations. In: 2nd International Conference on Mathematical Applications in Engineering (ICMAE2012), |
| 2012 | Numerical investigation of the vortical flow over delta wing and reverse delta wing. In: 6th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting (ACE-X2012), |
| 2012 | Passive drag reduction for green design. In: International Conference on Dessign and Concurrent Engineering, 2012, |
| 2012 | The modified Adomian decomposition method for solving Chaotic Lü system. In: International Conference on Mathematical Application in Engineering (ICMAE 2012), |
| 2011 | Aerodynamics of a hybrid airship. In: 4th International Meeting of Advances in Thermofluids (IMATT 2011), |
| 2011 | Estimation of aerodynamic parameters of IIUM hybrid airship. In: International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering , |
| 2011 | Highly accurate compact flowfield dependent variation method for solving two-dimensional navier-stokes equations. In: International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2011, |
| 2011 | Improving the efficiency of micronozzle by heated sidewalls. In: 4th International Meeting of Advances in Thermofluids (IMATT 2011), |
| 2011 | Investigation of the vortical flow around a reverse delta wing. In: International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering 2011 (ICMAAE11) , |
| 2011 | The accuracy of the gas-kinetic BGK finite difference method for solving 3-D compressible inviscid flows. In: International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2011 (IMECS 2011), , |
| 2011 | Two-dimensional flow properties of micronozzle under varied isothermal wall conditions. In: International Conference on Mechanical, Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, ICMAAE’11, |
| 2010 | Development of a fuel efficient hybrid engine towards green technology. In: International Conference on Sustainable Mobility 2010, |
| 2010 | Development of the IIUM hybrid airship . In: 3rd Engineering Conference on Advancement in Mechanical and Manufacturing for Sustainable Environment, |
| 2010 | Experimental investigation of the vortical flow around a reverse delta wing using PIV. In: Experimental Fluid Mechanics 2010, |
| 2010 | Higher order compact-flowfield dependent variation (HOCFDV) method for solving navier-stokes equations. In: The 8th Asian Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, |
| 2010 | Long wave instabilities of heated falling films: role of Van Der Waals attraction. In: XIVth International Conference Surface Forces, |
| 2010 | Span load modification via differential spoiler setting . In: 2010 RAeS Aerodynamics Conference Applied Aerodynamics: Capabilities and Future Requirements, |
| 2009 | Accurate compact flowfield-dependent variation method for compressible Euler equations. In: International Conference on Applications and Design in Mechanical Engineering 2009 (iCADME 2009), |
| 2009 | Evaluation of aircraft wing-tip vortex using PIV. In: The 10th Asian International Conference on Fluid Machinery (AICFM), |
| 2009 | Experimental investigation of wing tip vortex. In: 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including The New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition 2009, |
| 2009 | Reynolds averaged navier-stokes flow computation of RAE2822 airfoil using gas-kinetic BGK Scheme. In: International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists (IMECS), |
| 2008 | A gas-kinetic BGK solver for two-dimensional turbulent compressible flow. In: International Conference on Scientific Computing , |
| 2008 | Flow field characteristics of the IIUM low speed wind tunnel. In: 3rd International Symposium on Advanced Fluid/Solid Science and Technology in Experimental Mechanics, |
| 2008 | Natural convection heat transfer in nanofluids - a numerical study. In: Proceedings of the 7th Symposium on Transport Phenomenon in Manufacturing Processes 2008, |
| 2008 | The IIUM low speed wind tunnel. In: 2nd Engineering Conference on Sustainable Engineering Infrastructures Development & Management, |
| 2004 | The Efficiency of Gas-Kinetic BGK scheme for solving 2-d compressible inviscid regular shock reflection problem. In: European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, |
Book
| 2011 | Advanced numerical techniques in engineering and science.. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-020-1 |
| 2011 | The IIUM low speed wind tunnel: a historical perspective. IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180263 |
Book Section
| 2015 | Numerical investigation of the flow over delta wing and reverse delta wing. In: Springer International publishing, ISBN: 978-3-319-02835-4 (print), pp. 85-101 |
| 2011 | Designing a model for wind tunnel testing. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: , pp. 0-1 |
| 2011 | Designing a model for wind tunnel testing. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: , pp. 0-1 |
| 2011 | Designing a model for wind tunnel testing. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: , pp. 0-1 |
| 2011 | Designing a model for wind tunnel testing. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: , pp. 0-1 |
| 2011 | Higher-order compact finite difference schemes. . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-020-1, pp. 99-156 |