I am a Research Associate in Department of Mechanical, Biomedical and Design Engineering at Aston University  and working on a Innovate-UK research project "CoolRun Malawi" for the African market based on Phase Change Material (PCM).

Prior to joining to Aston University, Dr Adeel Arshad was Research Fellow at Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), University of Exeter on a EPSRC project of "Transparent Smart Composite Materials for Glazing Applications". Before that he was Research Associate at the Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Northumbria University, UK, and Aston University, UK in Mechanical, Biomedical, and Design Engineering. He was the Doctoral Researcher in Fluids & Thermal Engineering (FLUTE) Research Group at the University of Nottingham, UK on a highly competitive, Faculty of Engineering Research Excellence PhD Scholarship. His PhD degree was in Mechanical Engineering specialising in Thermal-Fluids and Advanced Materials. He worked on the development of novel nanocomposite phase change materials (NcPCMs) using various metallic-oxide and carbon-based nanomaterials for novel thermal management (TM) and thermal energy storage (TES) technologies. He did the MSc in Mechanical Engineering major in Thermal-Fluids from the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan securing a Gold Medal. In his MSc research, he has worked on passive thermal management of portable electronic devices using various phase change materials (PCMs), including pin-fin and plate-fin heat sinks. He earned the BSc in Mechanical Engineering from COMSATS University Islamabad, Pakistan and was awarded the Campus and Institute Gold Medals. He worked on the development and characterisation of nanocomposite and shape-stabilized PCMs using various mono and hybrid metallic-oxide and carbon-based nanoparticles. He further analysed the micro pin-fin and coated metal-foam heat sinks filled nanocomposite PCMs both experimentally and numerically using ANSYS-FLUENT and COMSOL Multiphysics.

He is also ranked in the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University, USA in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. He has also been nominated for The Scopus Early Career Researcher UK Award 2020 by Elsevier.

• Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA) by Advance HE - (Ref: PR292761).
• Professional Engineer (PE) of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), Reg. No. MECH/30062.
• Member of Institution of Mechanical Engineers IMechE - (Member ID: 80444003).
• Professional Member (MIMMM) of Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) Membership No. 487401.
• International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Membership No. 204659.

• 2020 Nominated for the Scopus Early Career Researcher UK Awards 2020 by Elsevier.
• 2017 Awarded by Faculty of Engineering Research Excellence PhD Scholarship at the University of Nottingham, UK.
• 2016 Awarded by Chancellor Gold Medal in M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering at University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan.
• 2014 Awarded by fully-funded Postgraduate Merit Scholarship in M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering at University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan.
• 2014 Awarded by Institute and Campus Gold Medals in B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering at COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
• 2014 Awarded by Fauji Foundation Academic Distinction Award in B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering by Fauji Foundation, Pakistan.
• 2010 Awarded by Talent Hunt Scholarship in B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering at COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

• Served as a Guest Editor of the Special Issue “Composite Phase Change Materials (cPCMs) for Thermal Management Applications”by MDPI.
• Serving as a Guest Editor of the Special Issue “New Trends of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Phase Change Materials”by MDPI.
• Reviewed for several peer-reviewed journals published by Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, MDPI, Taylor & Francis Group, Hindawi Publishing, IEEE, ASME, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry. The detail of review metrics can be accessed from my Web of Science.