Faculty Usman Ghafoor

Usman Ghafoor

Assistant Professor
  • NUST Business School
  • 05190853230
Summary

Academic Background
PhD (Data analytics intelligent control and automation) Pusan National University September 01, 2016 - August 31, 2021
Honours and Awards
Publications
Driving sustainability in agri-food supply chains: how coordination, analytic capability, data driven decision-making, agility and innovation shape the future? December 15, 2025 Journal of Enterprise Information Management - Pages 1-31
Development of novel filament production setup of continuous fiber reinforced composite filament for additive manufacturing applications September 26, 2025 Scientific Reports - Volume:15, Issue:1, Article Number: 33227
An Investigative Study on Energy Harvesting by Hydrofoils: Simple vs. Undulated December 20, 2024 Energies - Volume 17(24), Article Number 6417
Aeroelastic Tailoring Framework of Pazy Wing with Variable Stiffness of Composites Spar August 12, 2024 IEEE Access - Volume:12, Page:106042-106055
Additive Manufacturing of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites via Fused Deposition Modelling: A Comprehensive Review June 07, 2024 Polymers - Volume 16, Issue 12, Article Number 1622
DDPG-Based Adaptive Sliding Mode Control with Extended State Observer for Multibody Robot Systems November 26, 2023 Robotics - Volume 12, Issue 6, Article Number 161
Investigation of Hardness and Microanalysis of Sintered Aluminum-Based Supplemented Metal Matrix Machined Composites September 04, 2023 Crystals - Volume 13(9), Article Number 1347
Effectiveness assessment of repetitive transcranial alternating current stimulation with concurrent EEG and fNIRS measurement August 02, 2023 Health Information Science and Systems - Volume 11, Issue 1, Article Number 35
Thermal Management of Microelectronic Devices Using Nanofluid with Metal foam Heat Sink July 23, 2023 Micromachines - Volume 14, Issue 7, Article Number 1475
Heat Transfer Enhancement in Cooling Jacket of Liquid Cooled Spark Ignition Engine July 03, 2023 Energies - Volume:16, Issue:13, Article Number:5126
Effect of Various Dusts and Humidity on the Performance of Renewable Energy Modules June 21, 2023 Energies - Volume 16, Issue 13, Article Number 4857
IoT malware detection architecture using a novel channel boosted and squeezed CNN September 15, 2022 Scientific Reports - Volume 12, Issue 1, Article Number: 15498
EEG-fNIRS-based hybrid image construction and classification using CNN-LSTM August 31, 2022 Frontiers in Neurorobotics - Volume 16, Article Number 873239
Non-invasive transcranial electrical brain stimulation guided by functional near-infrared spectroscopy for targeted neuromodulation: A review August 17, 2022 Journal of Neural Engineering - Volume 19, Issue 4, Article Number 041001
Acupuncture enhances brain function in patients with mild cognitive impairment: Evidence from a functional-near infrared spectroscopy study August 01, 2022 Neural Regeneration Research - Volume 17, Issue 8, Pages 1850-1856
Neuromodulatory Effects of HD-tACS/tDCS on the Prefrontal Cortex: A Resting-State fNIRS-EEG Study May 01, 2022 IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics - Volume 26, Issue 5, Pages 2192-2203
A New Deep Hybrid Boosted and Ensemble Learning-Based Brain Tumor Analysis Using MRI April 01, 2022 Sensors - Volume 22, Issue 7, Article Number 2726
Parametric Optimization for Quality of Electric Discharge Machined Profile by Using Multi-Shape Electrode March 16, 2022 Materials - Volume 15(6), Article Number 2205
Synchromodal Transportation Analysis of the One-Belt-One-Road Initiative Based on a Bi-Objective Mathematical Model March 09, 2022 Sustainability - Volume 14(6), Article Number 3201
Design of Two-Mode Spectroscopic Sensor for Biomedical Applications: Analysis and Measurement of Relative Intensity Noise through Control Mechanism February 11, 2022 Applied Sciences - Volume 12, Issue 4, Article Number 1856
Effect of Tin Oxide/Black Paint Coating on Absorber Plate Temperature for Improved Solar Still Production: A Controlled Indoor and Outdoor Investigation January 22, 2022 International Journal of Photoenergy - Volume 2022, Article ID 6902783, 12 pages
A Decision Framework for Solar PV Panels Supply Chain in Context of Sustainable Supplier Selection and Order Allocation November 29, 2021 Sustainability - Volume 13(23), Article Number 13216
Kernel Recursive Least Square Tracker and Long-Short Term Memory Ensemble Based Battery Health Prognostic Model November 19, 2021 iScience - Volume 24, Issue 11, Article Number 103286
A predictive approach to optimize a hho generator coupled with solar pv as a standalone system November 02, 2021 Sustainability - Volume 13, Issue 21, Article Number 12110
Redefining Critical Tasks for Responsive and Resilient Scheduling–An Intelligent Fuzzy Heuristic Approach November 01, 2021 IEEE Access - Volume 9, Pages 145513-145521
Silicon particles/black paint coating for performance enhancement of solar absorbers November 01, 2021 Energies - Volume 14, Issue 21, Article Number 7140
Sustainability-Based Analysis of Conventional to High-Speed Machining of Al 6061-T6 Alloy September 28, 2021 Applied Sciences - Volume 11(19), Article Number 9032
A Systematic Indoor and Outdoor Study of the Effect of Particle Size and Concentration of TiO2 in Improving Solar Absorption for Solar Still Application September 21, 2021 Frontiers in Materials - Volume 8, Article Number 683490
Meta-Heuristic Approach for the Development of Alternative Process Plans in a Reconfigurable Production Environment August 19, 2021 IEEE Access - Volume 9, Pages 113508-113520
Effect of molybdenum disulfide on the performance of polyaniline based counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cell applications June 24, 2021 Energies - Volume 14, Issue 13, Article Number 3786
Improved ablative properties of nanodiamond-reinforced carbon fiber–epoxy matrix composites June 22, 2021 Polymers - Volume 13, Issue 13, Article Number 2035
Indoor and outdoor performance study of metallic zinc particles in black paint to improve solar absorption for solar still application April 30, 2021 Coatings - Volume 11, Issue 5, Article Number 536
Brain-machine interfaces using functional near-infrared spectroscopy: a review May 01, 2020 Artificial Life and Robotics - Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 204-218
Design and performance analysis of hybrid solar powered geyser in Islamabad, Pakistan January 01, 2020 Thermal Science - Volume 24, No. 2A, Pages 757-766
Effects of acupuncture therapy on MCI patients using functional near-infrared spectroscopy August 30, 2019 Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience - Volume:11, Article Number 237
Early Detection of Hemodynamic Responses Using EEG: A Hybrid EEG-fNIRS Study November 29, 2018 Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - Volume: 12, Article Number: 479
Motor-commands decoding using peripheral nerve signals: A review April 16, 2018 Journal of Neural Engineering - Volume 15, Issue 3, Article Number 031004
Selectivity and longevity of peripheral-nerve and machine interfaces: A review October 31, 2017 Frontiers in Neurorobotics - Volume 11, Article Number 59
Conferences
Soft Manipulator for Minimally Invasive Surgery October 29, 2024 - November 01, 2024 Muhammad Asim, Huzefa Turab, Usman Ghafoor, Yumna Qureshi, Ruqia Ikram, Muhammad Raheel Bhutta, International Conference on Control, Automation, and Systems (ICCAS)
Postdoc fellow Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea September 01, 2021 - August 31, 2023
Lecturer Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan April 01, 2016 - August 30, 2016
Teaching/Research Associate Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan August 01, 2012 - March 30, 2016
Lab Engineer School of Engineering and Management Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan October 01, 2011 - July 31, 2012