1. Dr. Muhammad Bilal Ashraf
Department of Mathematics,
Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt
(Cell): + 92-321-5155751
E-mail: bilalashraf_qau@yahoo.com, bilalashraf@ciitwah.edu.pk
Permanent Address House # 196, Phase # 5, Ghori Town,
Date of Birth June 08, 1986
Gender Male
Nationality Pakistani
Education & Specialization
• PhD from Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan (year of
completion 2015).
Thesis title: “Mixed convection flows of non-linear fluids”.
Major Field: Mathematics (Fluid Mechanics).
• M.Phil. Mathematics from Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad,
Pakistan (year of completion 2010).
Details of Degree: Two years program which included one year
course work (eight courses of applied mathematics) and one year of
research.
Thesis title: Influence of slip condition on flow Induced by Non-
coaxial rotations of fluid at infinity.
Result: Passed with 3.9/5 CGPA.
• MSc. Mathematics from Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad,
Pakistan (year of completion 2008).
Details of Degree: Two years program in which I passed twenty
courses.
Result: Passed with 68% marks (1st
Div.).
• BSc. from University of the Punjab, Pakistan (year of completion
2006).
Details of Degree: Two years program with major subjects
Mathematics A, Mathematics B and Physics.
Result: Passed with 65% marks (1st Div.).
2. Areas of interest
• Fluid mechanics.
• Nanofluid mechanics.
• Mathematical modeling.
• Boundary Value Problems.
• Numerical simulation.
• Mathematical Physics.
• Analytical and numerical solutions of non-linear equations.
• Computational Fluid Mechanics
• Exact Solution
Honors and Awards
• Merit Scholarship from Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad.
• Higher Education Commission Pakistan (HEC) Indigenous
Scholar since 2011.
• Delivered ten Seminars on different topics in the weekly seminar
session from the platform of the Fluid Mechanics Group (F. M. G)
during M.Phil and Ph.D.
• Reviewer of 20+ leading International Journals.
• Member of Organizing Committee of 4th International Conference on
“Recent Developments in Fluid Mechanics” 3rd August to 5th August
2010.
• Member of Organizing Committee of 3rd International Conference on
“Recent Developments in Fluid Mechanics” 30th July to 1st August
2009.
Professional Experience
• Senior Research Associate at Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad,
2011- August up to date.
• Visiting Lecturer at Pir Mehr Ali Shah University Institute of
Information Technology.
• Junior Research Assistant at Quaid-I-Azam University, Islambad,
2008-2010.
3. • Worked as a Lecturer at Punjab College of Information Technology
from August 2009 to January 2012.
References
1. Prof. Dr. Tasawar Hayat (KIA, KIA ISESCO, T. I., S. I.,
FAVH, FPAS, FIAS, FTWAS, HiCi)
Distinguished National Professor
Department of Mathematics,
Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad
Email: pensy_t@yahoo.com; fmgpak@gmail.com
2. Prof. Dr. Saleem Asghar (T.I., S.I.)
Distinguished National and Eminent Professor
Department of Mathematics,
Comsats Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad
Email: sasghar@comsats.edu.pk
3. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yousaf Malik
Professor, Department of Mathematics
Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad
Email: drmymalik@hotmail.com
4. Dr. Masood Khan (T.I.)
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad
Email: mkhan@qau.edu.pk
5. Dr. Sohail Nadeem (T.I.)
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
Quaid-I-Azam University, Islamabad
Email: snqau@hotmail.com
4. List of publications of Dr. Muhammad Bilal Ashraf
Research Publications
1. Three-dimensional flow of Eyring-Powell nanofluid by convectively heated
exponentially stretching sheet, MB Ashraf, T Hayat, A Alsaedi, The European
Physical Journal Plus 130 (1), 1-16 (2015)
2. Mixed convection flow of an Oldroyd-B fluid with power law heat flux and heat
source, T Hayat, M.Bilal Ashraf, S Al-Mezel, SA Shehzad, Journal of the
Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering 37 (2015)
3. Mixed convection flow of viscoelastic nanofluid over a stretching cylinder, T
Hayat, MB Ashraf, SA Shehzad, NN Bayomi, Journal of the Brazilian Society of
Mechanical Sciences and Engineering 37 (2015)..
4. Mixed convection radiative flow of three dimensional Maxwell fluid over an
inclined stretching sheet in presence of thermophoresis and convective condition
MB Ashraf, T Hayat, SA Shehzad, A Alsaedi AIP Advances 5 (2), 027134 (2015)
5. Convective heat and mass transfer in MHD mixed convection flow of Jeffrey
nanofluid over a radially stretching surface with thermal radiation MB Ashraf, T
Hayat, A Alsaedi, SA Shehzad, Journal of Central South University 22 (3), 1114-
1123 (2015)
6. Soret and Dufour effects in three-dimensional flow of Maxwell fluid with
chemical reaction and convective condition, T Hayat, M Bilal Ashraf, A Alsaedi,
MS Alhothuali, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid
Flow 25 (1), 98-120 (2015)
7. Three-dimensional flow of Eyring Powell nanofluid over an exponentially
stretching sheet,T Hayat, M. Bilal Ashraf, SA Shehzad, E Abouelmagd,
International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow 25 (3), 593-
616 (2015)
8. Three-dimensional mixed convection flow of viscoelastic nanofluid over an
exponentially stretching surface, T Hayat, B Ashraf, SA Shehzad, A Alsaedi, N
Bayomi, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow 25
(2), 333-357 (2015)
9. Convective heat and mass transfer effects in three-dimensional flow of Maxwell
fluid over a stretching surface with heat source, T Hayat, MB Ashraf, A Alsaedi,
SA Shehzad, Journal of Central South University 22 (2), 717-726 (2015)
10. ON MIXED CONVECTION FLOW OF JEFFREY FLUID OVER AN
INCLINED STRETCHING SURFACE WITH THERMAL RADIATION,T
Hayat, MB Ashraf, HH Alsulami, Heat Transfer Research 46 (6)
11. Three-Dimensional Flow of Maxwell Fluid with Soret and Dufour Effects, M Bilal
Ashraf, T Hayat, MS Alhuthali, Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 04015065
5. 12. Three-dimensional mixed convection flow of viscoelastic fluid with thermal radiation and
convective conditions, T Hayat, MB Ashraf, HH Alsulami, MS Alhuthali, Plos one 9 (2),
e90038
13. Magnetohydrodynamic mixed convection flow of thixotropic fluid with thermophoresis and
Joule heating, T Hayat, SA Shehzad, MB Ashraf, A Alsaedi, Journal of Thermophysics
and Heat Transfer 27 (4), 733-740
14. Small-Time Solutions for the Thin-Film Flow of a Casson Fluid due to a Suddenly Moved Plate,
T. Hayat, M. Bilal Ashraf and A. Alsaedi J. Aerosp. Eng., 27(6), 04014034.
International publications under review
1. Soret and Dufour effects on the mixed convection flow of an Oldroyd-
B fluid with convective boundary conditions.
2. Thermophoresis and MHD mixed convection three-dimensional flow
of viscoelastic fluid with Soret and Dufour effects
3. Radiative mixed convection flow of viscoelastic fluid over stretched
cylinder with convective condition.
4. Mixed convection flow of Casson fluid over a stretching sheet with
convective conditions and Hall effect
Reviewer of international journals
• Reviewer for “Journal of Aerospace Engineering”.
• Reviewer for “Mathematical and Computational Applications”.
• Reviewer for “International Journal for Numerical Methods in
Fluids”.
• Reviewer for “Chinese Physics Letters”.
• Reviewer for “Magnetohydrodynamics”.
• Reviewer for “International Journal of Thermal Science”.
• Reviewer for “Walailak Journal of Science and Technology”.
• Reviewer for “Heat Transfer Research”.
• Reviewer for “Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering”.
• Reviewer for “Applied Mathematics and Information Sciences”.
• Reviewer for “Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A”.
• Reviewer for “Journal of Central South University”.
• Reviewer for “Journal of Molecular Liquids”.
• Reviewer for “Applied Mathematics and Mechanics”.
• Reviewer for “International Journal of BioMathematics”.
6. • Reviewer for “International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat
and Fluid Flow”.
• Reviewer for “International Journal of Chemical Reactor
Engineering”.
• Reviewer for “Plos One”.
• Reviewer for “Applied Bionics and Biomechanics”.
• Reviewer for “Ain-Shams Engineering Journal”.
• Reviewer for “Engineering Applications of CFM”.
Conferences attended
• 2nd
international conference on “Recent developments in fluid
mechanics” 11th
to 13th
July 2008.
• 3rd
international conference on “Recent developments in fluid
mechanics” 30th
July to 1st
August 2009 (as a member of organizing
team).
• 4th International Conference on “Recent Developments in Fluid
Mechanics” 3rd
to 5th
August 2010 (as a member of organizing team).
• International workshop on “Mathematical Sciences and its
Applications” 23rd
to 25th
May 2011. Organized by O. I. C. standing
committee on scientific and technological cooperation
(COMSTECH), Islamabad.
• International workshop on “Latest Advancements in Mathematical
Sciences” 27th
to 29th
December 2011. Organized by O. I. C. standing
committee on scientific and technological cooperation
(COMSTECH), Islamabad.
Computer software expertise
• MS Office (MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel).
• Scientific work place (usually used for writing mathematical
articles).
• Mathematica (used extensively for Mathematics and other scientific
calculations and to plot graphs of various expressions). Mathematica
5.2, Mathematica 7 and Mathematica 8.
• All other usual hard and software expertise required to handle office
work in normal circumstances.
