School of Natural Sciences
Faculty Rizwan Ul Haq

Rizwan Ul haq

Associate Professor
Summary

Dr. Rizwan Ul Haq is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, SNS, NUST. His majors are: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Nanofluid, Heat transfer, Boundary layer, Channel and Cavity flow models via numerical and analytical techniques. He has research experience in Western University, London, Canada where he developed a test for numerical algorithm for fluid over a corrugated surface. He also have research experience in Moulay Ismail University, Errachedia, Morocco under TWAS fellowship program funded by Italy. He has completed two projects. So far, he has published more than 140 International Scientific Indexing (ISI) publications. The total impact factor is more than 400 and total citations of entire research work is above 8000. Dr. Rizwan has achieved Research Productivity Award and Productive scientist of Pakistan through Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST). Dr. Rizwan also achieved best researcher award of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 in Bahria university.

Academic Background
PhD (Mathematics ) Quaid-i-Azam University July 13, 2011 - July 13, 2015
Honours and Awards
Publications
Natural convection and multidirectional magnetic field inside a square shaped cavity with sinusoidal temperature and heated/cold blocks March 01, 2024 Muhammad Hamid, Muhammad Usman, Waqar Ahmad Khan, Rizwan Ul Haq, Zhenfu Tian, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume:152, Article Number: 107291
An efficient FEM approach for Soret and Dufour effect in non-Newtonian fluid enclosed between two equilateral triangular cavity March 01, 2024 Mayda Alrige, S. Saqib Shah, Rizwan Ul Haq, Ebrahem A. Algehyne, International communications in heat and mass transfer - Volume 152, Article Number: 107227
Existence of dual solution for MHD boundary layer flow over a stretching/shrinking surface in the presence of thermal radiation and porous media: KKL nanofluid model November 01, 2023 Rizwan Ul Haq, Zeeshan Zahoor, Syed Saqib Shah, Heliyon - Volume 9, Issue 11, Article Number e20923
Thermal performance of MHD natural convection flow in a concentric semi-circle porous enclosure having corrugated radius July 01, 2023 Taha Aziz, Rizwan Ul Haq, M. Adil Sadiq, H.M.S. Bahaidarah, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume:146, Article Number: 106905
Inlet/outlet flow through various size of needle in the presence of magnetic field May 20, 2023 S. Saqib Shah, Rizwan Ul Haq, H. Oztop, Ali Raza, International Journal of Modern Physics B - Article Number 2450177, Pages 1-20
Engine oil enhanced performance with hybrid graphene-SWCNT nanomaterials over a Riga curvy surface May 01, 2023 S.N.A. Ghani, Rizwan Ul Haq, N.F.M. Noor, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering - Volume 45, Article Number 102902
Wall laminar nanofluid jet flow and heat transfer December 09, 2022 Waqar Khan Usafzai , Rizwan Ul Haq, Emad H. Aly, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow - Pages 1-19
Oblique stagnation point flow of micropolar nanofluid impinge along a vertical surface via modified Chebyshev collocation method October 03, 2022 Rizwan Ul Haq, Tabinda Sajjad, Muhammad Usman, Anum Naseem, Physics of Fluids - Volume 34, Issue 10, Article Number 102001
Thermal treatment inside a partially heated triangular cavity filled with casson fluid with an inner cylindrical obstacle via FEM approach September 01, 2022 Zafar Hayat Khan, Muhammad Usman, Waqar Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Hamid, Rizwan Ul Haq, European Physical Journal: Special Topics - Volume 231, Issue 13-14, Pages 2683-2694
Numerical study of heat transfer performance of MHD Al2O3-Cu/water hybrid nanofluid flow over inclined surface September 01, 2022 Feroz Ahmed Soomro, Muhammad Usman, Shreen El-Sapa, Muhammad Hamid, Rizwan Ul Haq, Archive of Applied Mechanics - Volume 92, Issue 9, Pages 2757-2765
An analysis of latent heat thermal energy storage in a hexagonal triplex-tube unit with curve shape fin and CNTs August 01, 2022 M. Alizadeh, Rizwan Ul Haq, Muhammad Hamid, V.B. Nguyen, T.H. Truong, D.D. Ganji , Z.F. Tian , Case Studies in Thermal Engineering - Volume 36, Article Number 102241
Constructional design and mixed convection heat transfer inside lid-driven semicircular cavity July 06, 2022 Feroz Ahmed Soomro, Muhammad Hamid, Syed Tayyab Hussain Shah, Rizwan Ul Haq, European Physical Journal Plus - Volume 137, Issue 7, Article Number 781
Artificial neural network modeling of MHD slip-flow over a permeable stretching surface July 01, 2022 Feroz Ahmed Soomro, Mahmoud A. Alamir, Shreen El-Sapa, Rizwan Ul Haq, Muhammad Afzal Soomro, Archive of Applied Mechanics - Volume 92, Issue 7, Pages 2179-2189
Flow and heat transfer due to partially heated moving lid in a trapezoidal cavity with different constraints at inner circular obstacle June 01, 2022 Noor Fadiya Mhd Noor, Rizwan Ul Haq, H.F. Wong, A. Khamis Alzahrani, M Zaka Ullah, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume 135, Article Number 106111
Thermal strategy due to flame shape source in a carbon nanotubes-water enclosed by trapezoidal cavity June 01, 2022 M. Zakaullah, Rizwan Ul Haq, Syed Tayyab Hussain Shah, A. Khamis Alzahrani, Fouad Mallawi, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume 135, Article Number 106068
Thermal energy performance due to convection process of nanofluid in a porous medium due to split lid motion in a right triangular enclosure June 01, 2022 M. Zaka Ullah, Syed Tayyab Hussain Shah, Rizwan Ul Haq, A. Khamis Alzahrani, Fouad Mallawi, Journal of Computational Design and Engineering - Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages 890-906
Thermal performance of water driven flow of nanoparticle's shape due to double sided forced convection enclosed in a porous corrugated duct February 01, 2022 Minh Nhat Nguyen, Syed Saqib Shah, Rizwan Ul Haq, Tri Hieu Le, Luthais B. McCash, Journal of Molecular Liquids - Volume 347, Article Number 118046
Thermal energy performance of nanofluid flow and heat transfer based upon KKL correlation in a rotating vertical channel with permeable surface December 01, 2021 Zaka Ullah Malik, Fouad Othman Mallawi , Rizwan Ul Haq, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering - Volume 28, Article Number 101447
Mixed convection analysis in a split lid-driven trapezoidal cavity having elliptic shaped obstacle July 10, 2021 S. Saqib Shah, Rizwan Ul Haq, Wael Al-Kouz, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume:126,
Brownian motion and thermophoretic effects on non-Newtonian nanofluid flow via Crank–Nicolson scheme July 01, 2021 Feroz Ahmed Soomro, Rizwan Ul Haq, Muhammad Hamid, Archive of Applied Mechanics - Volume 91, Issue 7, Pages 3303-3313
Thermal drift and force convection analysis of nanofluid due to partially heated triangular fins in a porous circular enclosure June 01, 2021 Rizwan Ul Haq, Syed Saqib Shah, Ebrahem A Algehyne, Physica Scripta - Volume 96, Issue 6, Article Number 065701
Unsteady flow and heat transfer of tangent-hyperbolic fluid: Legendre wavelet-based analysis June 01, 2021 Muhammad Usman, Tamour Zubair, Muhammad Hamid, Rizwan Ul Haq, Zafar Hayat Khan, Heat Transfer - Volume 50, Issue 4, Pages 3079-3093
A spectral approach to analyze the nonlinear oscillatory fractional-order differential equations May 01, 2021 Muhammad Hamid, Muhammad Usman, Rizwan Ul Haq, Zhenfu Tian, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals - Volume 146, Article Number 110921
A Galerkin approach to analyze MHD flow of nanofluid along converging/diverging channels May 01, 2021 Muhammad Hamid, Muhammad Usman, Rizwan Ul Haq, Zhenfu Tian, Archive of Applied Mechanics - Volume 91, Issue 5, Pages 1907-1924
Linearized novel operational matrices-based scheme for classes of nonlinear time-space fractional unsteady problems in 2D April 01, 2021 Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Hamid, Rizwan Ul Haq, Moubin Liu, Applied Numerical Mathematics - Volume 162, Pages 351-373
Mixed convective flow of a casson fluid over a vertical plate in darcy⇓brinkman porous medium with slips January 01, 2021 Aurang Zaib, Rizwan Ul Haq, A.J. Chamkha, Journal of Porous Media - Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 1-11
Dual nature solutions of water-based carbon nanotubes along a shrinking surface in the presence of thermal radiation and viscous dissipation December 01, 2020 Rizwan Ul Haq, T. Sajjad, M.Z. Ullah, A.S. Alshomrani, Iskander Tlili, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume 119, Article Number 104938
Analysis of water driven CNTs along an axisymmetric surface with viscous dissipation effect December 01, 2020 Rizwan Ul Haq, Syed Tayyab Hussain Shah, Malik Zaka Ullah, A. S. Alshomrani, Iskander Tlili, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering - Volume 22, Article Number 100779
Partially heated lid-driven flow in a hexagonal cavity with inner circular obstacle via FEM October 01, 2020 Rizwan Ul Haq, Feroz Ahmed Soomro, Xiuli Wang, Iskander Tlili, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume 117, Article Number 104732
Homogeneous-heterogeneous chemical action and non-Fourier flux theory effects in a flow with carbon nanotubes December 01, 2019 Suneetha Sangapatnam, Subbarayudu Ketineni, Wahidunnisa Lalahamed, Rizwan Ul Haq, Heat Transfer - Asian Research - Volume 48, Issue 8, Pages 4240-4261
Natural convection of water-based carbon nanotubes in a partially heated rectangular fin-shaped cavity with an inner cylindrical obstacle October 30, 2019 M. Hamid, Z. H. Khan, W. A. Khan, Rizwan Ul Haq, Physics of Fluids - Volume 31, Issue 10, Article Number 103607
Innovative operational matrices based computational scheme for fractional diffusion problems with the Riesz derivative October 02, 2019 M Hamid, M Usman, T Zubair , Rizwan Ul Haq, W. Wang, European Physical Journal Plus - Volume 134, Issue 10, Article Number 484
Magnetohydrodynamics mixed convective flow driven through a static wedge including TiO2 nanomaterial with micropolar liquid: Similarity dual solutions via finite difference method August 01, 2019 A. Zaib, Rizwan Ul Haq, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science - Volume 233, Issue 16, Pages 5813-5825
Heat transfer of nanoparticles employing innovative turbulator considering entropy generation June 01, 2019 M. Sheikholeslami, M. Jafaryar, Ahmad Shafee, Zhixiong Li, Rizwan Ul Haq, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume 136, Pages 1233-1240
Heat transfer simulation of heat storage unit with nanoparticles and fins through a heat exchanger June 01, 2019 M. Sheikholeslami, Rizwan Ul Haq, Ahmad Shafee, Zhixiong Li, Yassir G. Elaraki, I. Tlili , International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume 135, Pages 470-478
Heat transfer behavior of nanoparticle enhanced PCM solidification through an enclosure with V shaped fins March 01, 2019 M. Sheikholeslami, Rizwan ul Haq, Ahmad Shafee, Zhixiong Li, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume 130, Pages 1322-1342
Cu-Al2O3/Water hybrid nanofluid through a permeable surface in the presence of nonlinear radiation and variable thermal conductivity via LSM November 01, 2018 M. Usman, M. Hamid, T. Zubair, Rizwan Ul Haq, W. Wang, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume 126, Pages 1347-1356
Shape effects of MoS2 nanoparticles on rotating flow of nanofluid along a stretching surface with variable thermal conductivity: A Galerkin approach September 01, 2018 Muhammad Hamid, Muhammad Usman, Tamour Zubair, Rizwan Ul Haq, W. Wang, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume 124, Pages 706-714
Thermal and velocity slip effects on Casson nanofluid flow over an inclined permeable stretching cylinder via collocation method July 01, 2018 M. Usman, Feroz Ahmed Soomro, Rizwan Ul Haq, W. Wang, Ozlem Defterli, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume 122, Pages 1255-1263
Thermophysical analysis for three-dimensional MHD stagnation-point flow of nano-material influenced by an exponential stretching surface March 01, 2018 Fiaz Ur Rehman, Sohail Nadeem, Hafeez Ur Rehman, Rizwan Ul Haq, Results in Physics - Volume 8, Pages 316-323
Thermal management of water based SWCNTs enclosed in a partially heated trapezoidal cavity via FEM September 01, 2017 Rizwan Ul Haq, S. Naveed Kazmi, Toufik Mekkaoui, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - Volume 112, Pages 972-982
MHD mixed convection flow along a vertically heated sheet June 15, 2017 Rizwan Ul Haq, Zakia Hammouch, Syed Tayyab Hussain, Toufik Mekkaoui, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy - Volume: 42 Issue: 24 Pages: 15925-15932
MHD pulsatile flow of engine oil based carbon nanotubes between two concentric cylinders January 01, 2017 Rizwan Ul Haq, Faisal Shahzad, Qasem M. Al-Mdallal, Results in Physics - Volume 7, Pages 57-68
Non-linear Radiation Effects in Mixed Convection Stagnation Point Flow along a Vertically Stretching Surface January 01, 2017 Syed Tayyab Hussain, Rizwan Ul Haq, Noor Fadiya Mohd, Sohail Nadeem, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering - Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 11-20, Published: Jan 2017
Flow and heat transfer analysis of water and ethylene glycol based Cu nanoparticles between two parallel disks with suction/injection effects September 01, 2016 Rizwan Ul Haq, Zafar Hayat Khan, Syed Tayyab Hussain, Zakia Hammouch, Journal of Molecular Liquids - Volume: 221 Pages: 298-304
Water driven flow of carbon nanotubes in a rotating channel February 01, 2016 Syed Tayyab Hussain, Rizwan Ul Haq, Zafar Hayat Khan, Sohail Nadeem, Journal of Molecular Liquids 214 (2016) 136–144 - Volume: 214 Pages: 136-144
Mixed convection stagnation flow of a micropolar nanofluid along a vertically stretching surface with slip effects August 01, 2015 N. F. M. Noor, R. U. Haq, S. Nadeem, I. Hashim, Meccanica - Volume 50, Issue 8, Pages 2007-2022
Convective heat transfer in MHD slip flow over a stretching surface in the presence of carbon nanotubes January 15, 2015 Rizwan Ul Haq, Sohail Nadeem, Z. H. Khan, N. F. M. Noor, Physica B: Condensed Matter - Volume 457, Pages 40-47
Thermal radiation and slip effects on MHD stagnation point flow of nanofluid over a stretching sheet January 01, 2015 Rizwan Ul Haq, S. Nadeem, Z.H. Khan, Noreen Sher Akbar, Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures - Volume: 65 Pages: 17-23
Buoyancy and Radiation Effect on Stagnation Point Flow of Micropolar Nanofluid Along a Vertically Convective Stretching Surface January 01, 2015 Rizwan Ul Haq, S. Nadeem, Noreen Sher Akbar, Z.H.khan, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NANOTECHNOLOGY - Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Pages: 42-50
MHD stagnation point flow of Carreau fluid toward a permeable shrinking sheet: Dual solutions December 01, 2014 Noreen Sher Akbar, S. Nadeem, R U Haq, Shiwei Ye, Ain Shams Engineering Journal - Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 1233-1239
Model-based analysis of micropolar nanofluid flow over a stretching surface August 04, 2014 Syed Tayyab Hussain, Sohail Nadeem , Rizwan Ul Haq, European Physical Journal Plus - Volume: 129 Issue: 8 Article Number: 161
Dual solutions in MHD stagnation-point flow of Prandtl fluid impinging on shrinking sheet July 01, 2014 Noreen Sher Akbar, Z. H. Khan, S. Nadeem, R. U. HAQ, Applied Mathematics and Mechanics-English Edition - Volume: 35, Issue: 7, Pages: 813-820
Peristaltic flow of a prandtl nano fluid in an asymmetric porous channel: Numerical solutions March 13, 2014 Noreen Sher Akbar, S. Nadeem, Rizwan Ul haq, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience - Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages 1342-1348
Numerical study of MHD boundary layer flow of a Maxwell fluid past a stretching sheet in the presence of nanoparticles January 01, 2014 Sohail Nadeem, Rizwan Ul Haq, Z.H. Khan, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers - Volume 45, Issue 1, Pages 121-126
MHD Three-Dimensional Boundary Layer Flow of Casson Nanofluid Past a Linearly Stretching Sheet With Convective Boundary Condition January 01, 2014 S.Nadeem, Rizwan Ul Haq, Noreen Sher Akbar, IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NANOTECHNOLOGY - Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 109-115
MHD three-dimensional Casson fluid flow past a porous linearly stretching sheet December 01, 2013 S. Nadeem, Rizwan Ul Haq, Noreen Sher Akbar, Z. H. Khan, Alexandria Engineering Journal - Volume:52, Issue:4, Page:577-582
Radiation effects on MHD stagnation point flow of nano fluid towards a stretching surface with convective boundary condition December 01, 2013 Noreen Sher Akbar, S. Nadeem, Rizwan Ul Haq, Z.H. Khan, Chinese Journal of Aeronautics - Volume: 26, Issue: 6, Pages: 1389-1397
Numerical solutions of Magnetohydrodynamic boundary layer flow of tangent hyperbolic fluid towards a stretching sheet November 01, 2013 Noreen Sher Akbar, S. Nadeem, R U Haq, Z H Khan, Indian Journal of Physics - Volume: 87, Issue: 11, Pages: 1121-1124
Numerical study of Williamson nano fluid flow in an asymmetric channel September 02, 2013 Noreen Sher Akbar, S. Nadeem, Changhoon Lee, Zafar Hayat Khan, Rizwan Ul Haq, Results in Physics - Volume: 3, Pages: 161-166
Numerical Study of Boundary Layer Flow and Heat Transfer of Oldroyd-B Nanofluid towards a Stretching Sheet August 27, 2013 S.Nadeem, Rizwan Ul Haq, Noreen Sher Akbar, Changhoon Lee, Z. H. Khan, PLoS ONE - volume: 8 Issue: 8 Article Number: e69811
MHD flow of a Casson fluid over an exponentially shrinking sheet December 01, 2012 Soahil Nadeem, Rizwan Ul Haq, C. Lee, Scientia Iranica - Volume 19, Issue 6, Pages 1550-1553
Conferences
Associate Professor Bahria university July 01, 2020 - August 26, 2022
Assistant Professor Bahria University September 19, 2016 - June 30, 2020
Assistant Professor Capital University of Science and Technology August 01, 2015 - February 15, 2016