Faculty Member Profile

9 years of experience

• Utilization of renewable energy
• Solar Energy (Photovoltaic & Thermal)
• Food processing & Agricultural Engineering

Total Publications: 18

Latest Ten

• Afzal, A., T, Iqbal. K. Ikram, M. Anjum, M. Umair, M. Azam, S. Akram, F. Hussain, M. Zaman, A. Ali, F. Majeed, 2023.Develpment of a hybrid mixed-mode solar dryer for product drying. Heliyon (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e14144 (Impact Factor 3.77) (2023)
• Nadeem, M., M. Anjum, A. Afzal, M. Azam, F. Hussan, M. Usaman, M. Mashood, M. Ahsan, F. Majeed, 2022. Assessment of multi-satellite precipitation production over the Himalayan Mountains of Pakistan, South Asia. Sustainability (2022) 14-8490 https://www.mdpi.com/2071- 1050/14/14/8490 (Impact Factor 3.25) (2022)
• Hussain, F., R. Wu, M.J.M Cheema,G. Nabi, R. Noor, M. Anjum, M. Azam, A. Afzal, 2022. Analysis of Temperature Data Using the Innovative Trend Pivot Analysis Method and Trend Polygon Star Concept: A Case Study of Soan River Basin, Potohar, Pakistan. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 61: 1861-1880. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-022-03203-9. (Impact Factor 2.3) (2022)
• Hussain, F., G. Ceribasi, A. Ceyhunlu, R. Wu, M.J.M Cheema, R. Noor, M. Anjum, M. Azam, A. Afzal, 2022. Analysis of Precipitation Data Using Innovative Trend Pivot Analysis Method and Trend Polygon Star Concept: A Case Study of Soan River Basin, Potohar Pakistan. Journal of Applied Metrology and Climatology. 61: 1861-1880. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-22- 0081.s1. (Impact Factor 3.5) (2022)
• Sajeela, A., Y. Bao, M.S. Butt, R. Shukat, A. Afzal and J.Y. Huang, 2021. Fabrication and characterization of gum arabic- and maltodextrin-based microcapsules containing polyunsaturated oils. Journal of food and agriculture. DOI 10.1002/jsfa.11309 (Impact Factor 3.64) (2021)
• Asif, A., T. Iqbal, M.J.M. Cheema, A. Afzal, M. Yasin, Z, Haq, A. Malik and K.S. Khan, 2021. Development of a Low-Cost Biomass Furnace for Greenhouse Heating. Sustainability (MDPI). Doi. 10.3390/su13095152. (Impact Factor 3.25) (2021)
• Arslan. A., A. Munir, W. Amjad, J.L. Alvarado, M. Umair, M. Azam, M.N. Anjum, 2021. Use of perforation and mathematical modeling to increase solar based steam distillation system efficiency. Journal of solar energy engineering (ASME). DOI: 10.1115/1.4051316. (Impact Factor 2.38) (2021)
• Lee, j., M. Azam, S. Rehman, M. Waseem, M. Anjum, A. Afzal, M. Cheema, M. Mehtab, M. Latif, R. Ahmad, M. Umer, A. Sarwar, S. Rehman, 2021. Spatio-temporal variability of drought characteristics across Pakistan. Paddy and Water Environment (2022) 20:117-135 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10333-021-00881-4 (Impact Factor 2.31) (2021)
• Hamza, A., M. Anjum, MJM. Cheema, Chen, X, A. Afzal, M. Azam, M.K. Shafi and A. Gulakhmadov 2020. Assessment of IMERG-V06, TRMM-3B42V7, SM2RAIN-ASCAT, and PERSIANN-CDR Precipitation Products over the Hindu Kush Mountains of Pakistan, South Asia. International Journal of Remote Sensing doi:10.3390/rs12233871 (Impact Factor 4.8) (2020)
• Afzal, A., A. Munir, A. Ghafoor and J. Alvarado 2017. Development of hybrid solar distillation system for essential oil extraction. International Journal of Renewable Energy (ELSEVIER) vol 113, Issue 5, 2017. Pages: 22-29 (Impact Factor 8.01) (2017)

• Global Clean-tech Innovation Program (Finalist) (2022)
• Resilient Community Design Challenge (2nd Position) USA (2020)
• Pakistan Innovation grand challenge (Best student in whole Pakistan) (2020)
• Design, Development of solar dryer for processing of on-farm different perishable agriculture products (Total amount one million) HEC SRGP Project (2019)
• Development of indigenous renewable energy technologies for sustainable agriculture (Total amount 6.8 million) HEC NRPU Project (2019)
• SDG Alumni Project (German DAAD funded project 80,000 Euros) (2018)