Dr Muhammad Ahmad

Assistant Professor

School: Engineering, Physics and Mathematics

Dr. Muhammad Ahmad joined the Department of Mechanical and Construction Engineering at Northumbria University as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering in February 2026. He previously served as Senior Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer within the department and was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of EcoTechX, an Innovate UK spinout from Northumbria University, where he led the commercialization of sustainable cooling technologies.

He completed his PhD at Northumbria University in 2024, and holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore.

Dr. Ahmad’s research focuses on sustainable thermal systems and advanced cooling technologies, integrating AI/ML-driven optimization for energy–water–environment applications. His work supports the low-carbon transition and climate-resilient infrastructure development. He has published in top-ranked journals, and his work is featured in the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS) and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. He has contributed as Research Co-Lead to projects exceeding £3 million in funding, including the EPSRC Ayrton Challenge Fund (S2COOL), and has received multiple technology innovation awards from ASHRAE, IMechE, and IET.

Dr. Ahmad teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate programs in thermodynamics, energy systems, and multidisciplinary design and optimization. He is a two-time recipient of the Northumbria University Student-Led Teaching Award (2023 & 2024).

He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng, IMechE) and a Fellow of Advance HE (FHEA).

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Key Publications

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An Innovative Approach to Hybridizing Two Established Desalination Technologies or Toward Ensuring a Future Global Water Supply: Using a Hybrid Multieffect Desalination with an Adsorption Cycle, Shahzad, M., Jamil, M. 1 Feb 2026, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Water Resources Management and Policy, Oxford, Oxford University Press
Comprehensive review of desalination: Techniques, renewable energy integration, and the role of artificial intelligence, Jamil, S., Ahmad, M., Mustafa, J., Shahzad, M. 1 Mar 2026, In: International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
Experimental study on advanced indirect evaporative cooling and desiccant dehumidification systems for agricultural greenhouses, Raza, H., Sultan, M., Aleem, M., Shahzad, M., Jamil, M., Miyazaki, T., Sajjad, U., Farooq, M., Zhang, Z. 1 Mar 2026, In: International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
Experiments and CFD based design and analysis of a novel indirect evaporative cooler for future sustainability, Ahmad, M., Ikhlaq, M., Mehroz, M., Yaqoob, H., Worek, W., Shahzad, M. 1 Apr 2026, In: Applied Thermal Engineering
Hydrogen production: current state and future trajectories of development, ChenHongWen, Z., Teoh, Y., How, H., Yaqoob, H., Idroas, M., Le, T., Jamil, M., Jamil, M., Shahzad, M. 20 Feb 2026, In: Energy Conversion and Management: X
Hydrogen production via electrolysis and ultrasound-assisted sonoelectrolysis: evaluating NiO, CoO, and MnO2 catalyst performance and process efficiency, Teoh, Y., Han, W., How, H., Yaqoob, H., Idroas, M., Mahmud, S., Le, T., Ahmad, M., Shahzad, M. 25 Feb 2026, In: Energy Advances
Levelized cost analysis of indirect evaporative cooling in a data centre, Jing, Q., Ahmad, M., Jia, C., Ng, C., Wang, W., Zhu, L., Shahzad, M., Xu, B. 1 Jan 2026, In: RSC Sustainability
Investigating sono-electrolysis for hydrogen generation and energy optimization, Teoh, Y., Liew, S., How, H., Yaqoob, H., Idroas, M., Ahmad Jamil, M., Mahmud, S., Le, T., Ali, H., Shahzad, M. 1 May 2025, In: International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
Optimization of catalyst for electrolysis and sono-electrolysis process for hydrogen production, Teoh, Y., Soon, P., How, H., Yaqoob, H., Idroas, M., Jamil, M., Mahmud, S., Le, T., Ali, H., Shahzad, M. 12 Aug 2025, In: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
A novel solar-driven energy-storage- based hybrid desalination system, Jamil, M., Xu, B., Ng, K., Imtiaz, N., Chen, Q., Imran, M., Jiang, Y., Shahzad, M. 1 Aug 2024, Recent Advances in Materials for Energy Harvesting and Storage, Bristol, IOP Publishing Ltd.