Muhammad Amjad , Ph.D.
Technical University of Munich
Chair of Thermodynamics (Prof. Wen)
Postal address
Boltzmannstraße 15
85748 Garching b. München
- Phone: +49 (89) 289 - 16253
- Room: 5507.EG.726
- m.amjad@tum.de
Research Interests
- 3D printing of micro and nano superhydrophobic structures
- solar water splitting
- microfluidic manufacturing
- nanomaterials
- direct solar absorption
- nano refrigerant-based solar refrigeration
Opportunities for Research Collaborations
We are open to active scientific collaborations in the fields of 3D printing of micro and nanostructures, microfluidic devices, sensor casings, and microreactors for applications in medical, diagnostics, water splitting, droplet manipulation, photocatalysis and heat transfer intensification.
Volunteer Research Contributions
Sr. | Journal and Special Issue Details |
1. | Associate editor, Frontiers in Energy Research (Solar Energy section), 2023 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/energy-research/sections/solar-energy |
2. | Lead Guest Editor of the Special Issue in Frontiers in Energy Research (Solar Energy section) on Energy Materials Based Novel Solar Thermal Applications, 2022 |
3. | Co-editor of the Special Issue in Frontiers in Energy Research (Bioenergy and Biofuel section) on Integrated Waste Biorefineries: Achieving Sustainable Development Goals, 2022 |
4. | Co-editor of the Special Issue in Energy and Environment |
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
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1. | Muhammad Ahsan, Adnan Qamar, Rabia Shaukat, Zahid Anwar, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Amjad, Shahid Imran, Mansoor Ahmed, MA Mujtaba, H Fayaz, Basma Souayeh (2024), Thermal and hydraulic performance of ZnO/EG based nanofluids in mini tubes of different diameters: An experimental investigation, Heliyon 10, e26493 |
2. | Tahir Javed Butt, Muhammad Amjad, Syed Farhan Raza, Fahid Riaz, Shafiq Ahmad, Mali Abdollahian (2023), Gas Leakage Identification and Prevention by Pressure Profiling for Sustainable Supply of Natural Gas. Sustainability, 15(18), 13604 |
3. | Daniel Alberto Florez Morales, Abdul Orlando Cárdenas Gomez, Muhammad Amjad, Daniel Dall’Onder dos Santos, Enio Pedone Bandarra Filho (2023), Experimental study on the heat transfer and pressure drop of oil-based nanofluids in laminar flow inside horizontal tubes. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 45(9), 467 |
4. | Rabia Shaukat, Adnan Qamar, Zahid Anwar, Shahid Imran, Muhammad Amjad, Hafiz Muhammad Ali (2023), Experimental study on heat transfer performance of mPCM slurry flow in microchannels. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 148, pages9829–9841 |
5. | Zain Bashir, Muhammad Amjad, Syed Farhan Raza, Shafiq Ahmad, Mali Abdollahian, Muhammad Farooq (2023), Investigating the Impact of Shifting the Brick Kiln Industry from Conventional to Zigzag Technology for a Sustainable Environment. Sustainability, 15(10), 8291 |
6. | Muhammad Asim, Muhammad Hanzla Tahir, Ammara Kanwal, Fahid Riaz, Muhammad Amjad, Aamna Khalid, Muhammad Mujtaba Abbas, Ashfaq Ahmad, Mohammad Abul Kalam (2023), Effects of Varying Volume Fractions of SiO2 and Al2O3 on the Performance of Concentrated Photovoltaic System. Sustainability, 15(10), 8125 |
7. | Gleyzer Martins, Oscar Saul Hernandez Mendoza, Muhammad Amjad, Enio Pedone Bandarra Filho (2023), Analysis of the Generation Potential of Hybrid Solar Power Plants. Frontiers in Energy Research, 11, 1017943 |
8. | Syed Farhan Raza, Muhammad Amjad, Kashif Ishfaq, Shafiq Ahmad, Mali Abdollahian (2023), Effect of Three-Dimensional (3D) Scanning Factors on Minimizing the Scanning Errors Using a White LED Light 3D Scanner. Applied Sciences, 13(5), 3303 |
9. | Syed Farhan Raza, Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad Salman Habib, Naveed Ahmed, Fahid Riaz (2023), Investigating the Welding Parameters in Friction Stir Welding of Yellow Brass 405-20. Applied Sciences, 13(4), 2433 |
10. | Adnan Qamar, Rabia Shaukat, Shahid Imran, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Amjad, Zahid Anwar, Hassan Ali, Muhammad Farhan, MA Mujtaba, Theodosios Korakianitis, MA Kalam, Fares Almomani (2023), Effect of surfactants on the convective heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of ZnO/DIW nanofluids: An experimental study. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 42, 102716 |
11. | Ibtisam Razzaq, Muhammad Amjad, Adnan Qamar, Muhammad Asim, Kashif Ishfaq, Afia Razzaq, Khadija Mawra (2023), Reduction in energy consumption and CO2 emissions by retrofitting an existing building to a net zero energy building for the implementation of SDGs 7 and 13. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, 1028793 |
12. | Allah Ditta, Asif N. Tabish, M.A. Abbas, Muhammad Amjad, Abdulfatah A. Yusuf, Ghulam Q. Chaudhary, Luqman Razzaq, Anas Abdelrahman and M A. Kalam (2022), Experimental Investigation of Hybrid Configuration of Solar Thermal Collectors and Desiccant Indirect Evaporative Cooling System. Frontiers in Energy Research |
13. | Habib-ur-Rehman Siddiqi; Adnan Qamar; Rabia Shaukat; Zahid Anwar; Muhammad Amjad; Muhammad Farooq; Shahid Imran; Hassan Ali; TM Yunus Khan; Fahad Noor; M.A. Kalam; Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar (2022), Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of aqueous zinc oxide based nanofluids in small diameter compact channels. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 39, 102441 |
14. | Hafiz Muhammad Ali Hassan, Muhammad Amjad, Zia ur Rehman Tahir, Adnan Qamar, Fahad Noor, Yanwei Hu, Talha Bin Yaqoob, Enio P. Bandarra Filho (2022). Performance analysis of nanofluid based water desalination system using integrated solar still, flat plate and parabolic trough collectors. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 44:427 |
15. | Riaz Ahmad, Hafiza Nabila Ilyas, Bin Li, Muhammad Sultan, Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad Aleem, Adnan Abbas, Muhammad Ali Imran, Fahid Riaz (2022). Current Challenges and Future Prospect of Biomass Cooking and Heating Stoves in Asian Countries. Frontiers in Energy Research |
16. | Muhammad Iqbal Asif, Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad Ali Hassan (2022), Parametric analysis and quality improvement of mould filling process for the manufacturing of a care side mirror cover: A case study. The Egyptian International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Technology |
17. | Muhammad Asim, Shoaib Muhammad, Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad Abdullah, MA Mujtaba, MA Kalam, Mohamed Mousa, Manzoore Elahi M Soudagar (2022). Design and Parametric Optimization of the High-Speed Pico Waterwheel for Rural Electrification of Pakistan. Sustainability, 14(11), 6930. |
18. | Muhammad Hamza Latif, Muhammad Amjad, Adnan Qamar, Muhammad Asim, Waqar Mahmood, Waqas Khalid, Abdur Rehman (2022). Nexus implementation of sustainable development goals (SDGs) for sustainable public sector buildings in Pakistan. Journal of Building Engineering, 52, 104415. |
19. | Syed Ali Hussnain, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Amjad, Fahid Riaz, Zia Ur Rehman Tahir, Muhammad Sultan, Ijaz Hussain, Muhammad Ali Shakir, Muhammad Abdul Qyyum, Ning Han, Awais Bokhari (2021). Thermal Analysis and Energy Efficiency Improvements in Tunnel Kiln for Sustainable Environment. Processes, 9(9), 1629. |
20. | Mohammad Rehan, Abdul-Sattar Nizami, Meisam Tabatabaei, Konstantinos Moustakas, Asim Laeeq Khan, Muhammad Amjad, Mohammad Zain Khan (2021). An Editorial on Biofuel Process Optimization using Nanocatalysts. Frontiers in Energy Research, 650. |
21. | Marcus Vinícius Almeida Queiroz, Frank William Adolfo Blanco Ojeda, Muhammad Amjad, Fahid Riaz, Chaudhary Awais Salman, José Alberto Reis Parise, Enio Pedone Bandarra Filho (2021). Experimental comparison between R134a/R744 and R438A/R744 (drop‐in) cascade refrigeration systems based on energy consumption and greenhouse gases emissions. Energy Science & Engineering. |
22. | Kashif Ishfaq, Irfan Anjum, Catalin I Pruncu, Muhammad Amjad, M Saravana Kumar, Muhammad Asad Maqsood (2021). Progressing towards sustainable machining of steels: a detailed review. Materials, 14(18), 5162. |
23. | Zia ul RehmanTahir, Saiqa Hafeez, Muhammad Asim, Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Azhar, Ghulam Murtza Amjad (2021). Estimation of daily diffuse solar radiation from clearness index, sunshine duration and meteorological parameters for different climatic conditions. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 47, 101544. |
24. | Muhammad Farhan, Muhammad Amjad, Zia Ul Rehman Tahir, Zahid Anwar, Muhammad Arslan, Ahmad Mujtaba, Fahid Riaz, Shahid Imran, Luqman Razzaq, Mudassar Ali, Enio P Bandarra Filho, Xioze Du (2021). Design and analysis of liquid cooling plates for different flow channel configurations. Thermal Science, 196. |
25. | Zia ul Rehman Tahir, Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad Asim, Muhammad Azhar, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Junaid Ali, Syed Uzair Ahmad, Ghulam Murtaza Amjad, Afkar Hussain (2021). Improving the accuracy of solar radiation estimation from reanalysis datasets using surface measurements. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 47, 101485. |
26. | H. Mumtaz, M. Farhan, M. Amjad, F. Riaz, A. H. Kazim, M. Sultan, M. Farooq, M. A. Mujtaba, I. Hussain, M. Imran, S. Anwar, A. M. El-Sherbeeny, F. A. Siddique, S. Armaković, Q. Ali, I. A. Chaudhry, A. Pettinau, Biomass waste utilization for adsorbent preparation in CO2 capture and sustainable environment applications, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2021, 46: 101288. |
27. | M. Zain, M. Amjad, M. Farooq, Z. Anwar, R. Shoukat, E.P. Bandarra Filho, and X. Du, Performance investigation of a solar thermal collector based on nanostructured energy materials. Frontiers in Materials, 2021. 7: p. 462. |
28. | Atisham Khalil, Muhammad Amjad, Fahad Noor, Amjad Hussain, Saad Nawaz, Enio P Bandarra Filho, and Xiaoze Du, Performance analysis of direct absorption-based parabolic trough solar collector using hybrid nanofluids. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 2020. 42(11): p. 1-10. |
29. | Abdul Sattar, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Amjad, Muhammad A Saeed, Saad Nawaz, MA Mujtaba, Saqib Anwar, Ahmed M El-Sherbeeny, Manzoore Elahi M Soudagar, and Enio P Bandarra Filho, Performance Evaluation of a Direct Absorption Collector for Solar Thermal Energy Conversion. Energies, 2020. 13(18): p. 4956. |
30. | Luqman Razzaq, Shahid Imran, Zahid Anwar, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Mujtaba Abbas, Haris Mehmood Khan, Tahir Asif, Muhammad Amjad, Manzoore Elahi M Soudagar, and Nabeel Shaukat, Maximising Yield and Engine Efficiency Using Optimised Waste Cooking Oil Biodiesel. Energies, 2020. 13(22): p. 5941. |
31. | Adnan Qamar, Attique Arshad, Zahid Anwar, Rabia Shaukat, Muhammad Amjad, Shahid Imran, Luqman Razzaq, Muhammad Ali, and Theodosios Korakianitis, Dispersion stability and rheological characteristics of water and ethylene glycol based zinc oxide nanofluids. Thermal Science, 2020: p. 187. doi: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI200110187Q |
32. | Saad Nawaz, Muhammad Kashif, Naseem Abbas, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Farhan, Muhammad Amjad, Fahad Noor, Rizwan Ali Naqvi, ‘Effect of defocused plane on entrance and exit hole geometry of high grade steel 18CrNi8 during percussion drilling by Nd: YAG millisecond laser system’, Materials Research Express, 7 (2020), 016556. |
33. | M. Kashif, M.B. Awan, S. Nawaz, M. Amjad, B. Talib, M. Farooq, A.S. Nizami, M. Rehan, ‘Untapped Renewable Energy Potential of Crop Residues in Pakistan: Challenges and Future Directions’, Journal of Environmental Management, 256 (2020), 109924. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109924 |
34. | Zhaoyu He, Xiaohui Wang, Xiaoze Du, Muhammad Amjad, Lijun Yang, Chao Xu, ‘Experiments on comparative performance of water thermocline storage tank with and without encapsulated paraffin wax packed bed’, Applied Thermal Engineering, 147 (2019), 188-197. |
35. | Muhammad Amjad, Jabbar Gardy, Ali Hassanpour, Dongsheng Wen, ‘Novel draw solution for forward osmosis based solar desalination’, Applied Energy, 230 (2018), 220-231. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.08.021 |
36. | Muhammad Amjad, Haichuan Jin, Xiaoze Du, and Dongsheng Wen, 'Experimental Photothermal Performance of Nanofluids under Concentrated Solar Flux', Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 182 (2018), 255-62. |
37. | Carolina L.L. Beicker, Muhammad Amjad, Enio P. Bandarra Filho, Dongsheng Wen, ‘Experimental study of photothermal conversion using gold/water and MWCNT/water nanofluids’, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 188 (2018), 51-65. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2018.08.013 |
38. | Muhammad Amjad, Ghulam Raza, Yan Xin, Shahid Pervaiz, Jinliang Xu, Xiaoze Du, and Dongsheng Wen, 'Volumetric Solar Heating and Steam Generation Via Gold Nanofluids', Applied Energy, 206 (2017), 393-400. |
39. | Muhammad Amjad, Yang Yang, Ghulam Raza, Hui Gao, Jun Zhang, Leping Zhou, Xiaoze Du, and Dongsheng Wen, 'Deposition Pattern and Tracer Particle Motion of Evaporating Multi-Component Sessile Droplets', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 506 (2017), 83-92. |
40. | Mathieu Lasfargues, Graham Stead, Muhammad Amjad, Yulong Ding, and Dongsheng Wen, 'In Situ Production of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles in a Binary Molten Salt for Concentrated Solar Power Plant Applications', Materials, 10 (2017), 537. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma10050537 |
41. | Yan Luo, Xiaoze Du, Lijun Yang, Chao Xu, and Muhammad Amjad, 'Impacts of Solar Multiple on the Performance of Direct Steam Generation Solar Power Tower Plant with Integrated Thermal Storage', Frontiers in Energy, 11 (2017), 461-71. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11708-017-0503-5 |
42. | Maolong Zhang, Chao Xu, Xiaoze Du, Muhammad Amjad, and Dongsheng Wen, 'Off-Design Performance of Concentrated Solar Heat and Coal Double-Source Boiler Power Generation with Thermocline Energy Storage', Applied Energy, 189 (2017), 697-710. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.12.095 |
43. | Haichuan Jin, Guiping Lin, Lizhan Bai, Muhammad Amjad, Enio Pedone Bandarra Filho, and Dongsheng Wen, 'Photothermal Conversion Efficiency of Nanofluids: An Experimental and Numerical Study', Solar Energy, 139 (2016), 278-89. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2016.09.021 |
44. | Gleyzer Martins, Oscar Saul Hernandez Mendoza, Muhammad Amjad, and Enio Pedone Bandarra Filho, 'Geometric Optimization of Radiative Heat Transfer on Surfaces of Corrugated Furnaces', Applied Thermal Engineering (2016). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.05.070 |
45. | Ghulam Raza, Muhammad Amjad, Inder Kaur, and Dongsheng Wen, 'Stability and Aggregation Kinetics of Titania Nanomaterials under Environmentally Realistic Conditions', Environmental Science & Technology (2016). doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b05746 |
46. | Tauseef Aized, and Muhammad Amjad, 'Quality Improvement of Deep-Hole Drilling Process of Aisi D2', The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 69 (2013), 2493-503. |
Books/Book Chapters
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1. | Mohammad Rehan, Muhammad Amjad, Ala’A Al-Muhtaseb, Muhammad Abdul Qyyum, Konstantinos Moustakas, Su Shiung Lam, Abdul-Sattar Nizami, Meisam Tabatabaei, Imtiaz Ali, Arshid Mahmood Ali and Muhammad Farooq, “Integrated waste biorefineries: Achieving sustainable development goals” published on 04 October 2023 by Frontiers Media SA |
2. | Muhammad Amjad, Enio Pedone Bandarra Filho, Shafiq Ahmad, Fahid Riaz, Muhammad Abdul Qyyum, Yanwei Hu, Jabbar Gardy, “Energy materials based novel solar thermal applications” published on 28 April 2023 by Frontiers Media SA |
3. | M. Amjad, M. A. Haruna, J. Gardy, “Nanomaterials for Solar Energy Capture and Steam Generation” published on 19 February 2021, in Emerging Nanotechnologies for Renewable Energy by Elsevier |
4. | M. A. Haruna, M. Amjad, “Nanocomposites for enhanced oil recovery” published on 19 February 2021, in Emerging Nanotechnologies for Renewable Energy by Elsevier |