Dr Adeel Arshad

About me:

I am a Research Fellow in the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) at the University of Exeter Penryn Campus to work on the EPSRC project. I have been employing state-of-the-art ab-initio DFT and MD simulations to design and fabricate "Transparent Smart Composite Materials for Glazing Applications". This Smart Composite Material will consist of a Phase Change Material (PCM), Transparent Insulating Material (TIM), Transparent Infrared Absorber (TIA), and Thermochromic Material (TCM).

Prior to joining the ESI, Dr Adeel Arshad was a Research Fellow 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.