School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Faculty Farkhanda Afzal

Farkhanda Afzal

Associate Professor
Summary

Dr. Farkhanda Afzal is a distinguished educator and the founder of STEMWomenPK. She holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Beihang University, Beijing, China. Throughout her academic career, she has served as a faculty member at several renowned institutions, including Beihang University, Bahria University, KRL College, and the University of Education Lahore. Passionate about advancing STEM, Robotics, and Artificial Intelligence in Pakistan, Dr. Afzal played a pivotal role in establishing an educational robotics lab at NUST under the British Council’s Gender Equality Partnerships, in collaboration with the Eureka Robotics Centre at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, UK. Her research expertise spans Pure and Applied Mathematics, with a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary applications. In recognition of her impactful work, Dr. Afzal is the recipient of the first-ever “Going Global Partnership” award by the British Council for her flagship project PIE (Partnership in Equality), UK Pakistan Women in Robotics & AI, marking a significant milestone in international collaboration and eight national higher education institutes for gender equality in STEM robotics & AI.

Academic Background
PhD (Applied Mathematics) Beihang university September 07, 2012 - December 05, 2016
Honours and Awards
Best Presentation Best Oral Presentation award at ICMAE 2016, London, United Kingdom July 18, 2016
Essay Writing Got second position in Englisg Essay Writing competition 2014 by International School Beihang University, Beijing, China September 10, 2014
Invited Speaker Invited Speaker at London Mathematical Society’s Women in Mathematics day held on 15 April 2016 at Microsoft Research, Cambridge, United Kingdom April 15, 2016
Invited Speaker Invited Speaker at Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning, China, May 2015 May 13, 2015
Young Researcher Selected as top 200 Young researcher from world by Heidelberg Laureate Forum, Germany. September 15, 2018
Publications
A Physics Informed Neural Network (PINN) framework for fractional order modeling of Alzheimer's disease February 18, 2026 Frontiers in Neuroinformatics - Volume:20, Article Number 1748481
Neural Network Insights: Calculating M-Polynomials and Topological Indices in Cellular and Kohonen Models January 01, 2026 Mathematical and Computational Systems: Theory, Methods, and Applications in Physics, Networking, and Intelligent Modeling - Chapter 12, Pages 205-225
Comparative numerical study of thermophoretic and Brownian effects on GO-Fe3O4/engine oil hybrid nanofluid flow over a wedge December 01, 2025 Case Studies in Thermal Engineering - Volume 76, Article Number 107389
Advances in bioconvection of Casson nanofluids over a stretching sheet: Influence of thermal radiation and activation energy September 01, 2025 Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences - Volume 18, Issue 3, Article Number 101598
Numerical simulation of graphene Maxwell nanofluid flow with thermal radiation and slips conditions along a linearly stretched sheet March 01, 2025 Results in Engineering - Volume: 25, Article Number: 104487, Pages:09
Advanced heat transfer analysis of 3D magnetohydrodynamic nanofluid flow over an extending sheet with thermal radiation and internal heat generation/absorption December 19, 2024 Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design - Volume 8, Article Number 113
A review on analysis and modeling of electrical machine insulation system September 12, 2024 Cogent Engineering - Volume 11, Issue 1, Article Number 2400614
C2B: A Semantic Source Code Retrieval Model using CodeT5 and Bi-LSTM July 02, 2024 Applied Sciences - Volume 14(13), Article Number 5795
Multiple attribute group decision making approach for selection of robot under induced bipolar neutrosophic aggregation operators April 01, 2024 Complex & Intelligent Systems - Pages: 18
The connectivity indices concept of neutrosophic graph and their application of computer network, highway system and transport network flow February 28, 2024 Scientific Reports - Volume 14, Article Number: 4891
Solving the generalized equal width wave equation via sextic B-spline collocation technique December 01, 2023 International Journal of Mathematics and Computer in Engineering - Volume 1, Issue 2, Pages 229-242
New FxLMAT based Algorithms for Active Control of Impulsive Noise August 08, 2023 IEEE Access - Volume 11, Pages 81279-81288
Construction of nonlinear component of block cipher using coset graph July 07, 2023 AIMS Mathematics - Volume 8(9), Pages 21644-21667
Power quality improvement of a distribution system integrating a large scale solar farm using hybrid modular multilevel converter with ZSV control July 01, 2023 Ain Shams Engineering Journal - Volume 14, Issue 7, Article Number 102218
Enhancing Semantic Code Search with Deep Graph Matching June 02, 2023 IEEE Access - Volume 11, Pages 52392-52411
The Impact of Cavities in Different Thermal Applications of Nanofluids: A Review March 22, 2023 Nanomaterials - Volume 13(6), Article Number 1131
Volume of Fluid Simulations of Heat Transfer in Liquid-Liquid Segmented Flows in Microfluidic channel March 10, 2023 Microgravity Science and Technology - Volume 35, Article Number: 16
Recent Development and Future Prospective of Tiwari and Das Mathematical Model in Nanofluid Flow for Different Geometries: A Review March 10, 2023 Processes - Volume 11(3), Article Number 834
Entropic analysis of cilia-modulated slip flow of trimetallic nanofluid through electroosmotic corrugated pump in the presence of inclined magnetic field March 06, 2023 Scientific Reports - Volume 13, Issue 1, Article Number 3685
Numerical investigation of treated brain glioma model using a two-stage successive over-relaxation method February 01, 2023 Computers in Biology and Medicine - Volume 153, Article Number 106429
Existence theories and exact solutions of nonlinear PDEs dominated by singularities and time noise January 09, 2023 Nonlinear Analysis: Modelling and Control - Vol 28, No 2, Pages:194-208
An Intelligent Platform for Software Component Mining and Retrieval January 03, 2023 Sensors - Volume 23, Issue 1, Article Number 525
Federated learning based nonlinear two-stage framework for full-reference image quality assessment: An application for biometric December 01, 2022 Image and Vision Computing - Volume 128, Article Number 104588
Simulations of convective heat transfer in rectangular microchannel using thermal lattice Boltzmann method December 01, 2022 Thermal Science - Volume 26, Issue Spec. issue 1, Pages 219-228
Parallelization of lattice boltzmann method for CFD using message passing interface December 01, 2022 Thermal Science - Volume 26, Issue Spec. issue 1, Pages 211-218
ABC Fractional Derivative for Varicella-Zoster Virus Using Two-Scale Fractal Dimension Approach with Vaccination October 14, 2022 Advances in Mathematical Physics - Volume 2022, Article ID 1725110, 10 pages
Einstein Aggregation Operators under Bipolar Neutrosophic Environment with Applications in Multi-Criteria Decision-Making October 06, 2022 Applied Sciences - Volume 12(19), Article Number 10045
Effect of Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ti6Al4V Alloy Fabricated by Selective Laser Melting July 05, 2022 Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance - Pages 1-15
Experimental and Numerical Research of Paved Microcrack Using Histogram Equalization for Detection and Segmentation June 21, 2022 Mathematical Problems in Engineering - Volume 2022, Article ID 2684983, 13 pages
Robust and Least Complex Online Secondary Path Estimation in Broadband Feed-Forward Active Control of Impulsive Noise using FxLMAT Family June 07, 2022 IEEE Access - Volume 10, Pages 58667-58676
Comprehensive note on characterization of neutrosophic soft P-open sets in neutrosophic soft quad-topological space June 01, 2022 Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems - Volume 43, Issue 1, Pages 1519-1540
Thermal Case Study of Cilia Actuated Transport of Radiated Blood-Based Ternary Nanofluid under the Action of Tilted Magnetic Field June 01, 2022 Coatings - Volume 12, Issue 6, Article Number 873
Analysis and Power Quality Improvement in Hybrid Distributed Generation System with Utilization of Unified Power Quality Conditioner May 19, 2022 Computer Modelling in Engineering & Sciences - Pages 1-33
System-Level Performance Analysis of Cooperative Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Wildfire Surveillance Using Agent-Based Modeling May 13, 2022 Sustainability - Volume 14(10), Article Number 5927
New Degree-Based Topological Indices of Toroidal Polyhex Graph by Means of M-Polynomial May 11, 2022 Journal of Mathematics - Volume 2022, Article ID 1228203, 5 pages
Topological Properties of Degree-Based Invariants via M-Polynomial Approach March 16, 2022 Journal of Mathematics - Volume 2022, Article ID 7120094, 8 pages
DepTSol: An Improved Deep‐Learning‐ and Time‐of‐Flight‐ Based Real‐Time Social Distance Monitoring Approach under Various Low‐Light Conditions February 03, 2022 Electronics - 11(3), 458
Neutrosophic soft bi-topological structures concerning some special neutrosophic soft open sets February 01, 2022 Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems - Volume:43, Issue:1, Page:125-142
Investigation on Boron Alpha Nanotube by Studying Their M-Polynomial and Topological Indices January 28, 2022 Journal of Mathematics - Volume 2022, Article ID 6136168, 7 pages
Multicriteria Decision-Making Methods Using Bipolar Neutrosophic Hamacher Geometric Aggregation Operators January 27, 2022 Journal of Functional Spaces - Volume 2022, Article ID 5052867, 13 pages
The Study about Relationship of Direct Form of Topological Indices via M-Polynomial and Computational Analysis of Dexamethasone January 22, 2022 Journal of Chemistry - Volume 2022, Article ID 4912143, 10 pages
Neutrosophic Soft Quad Structures Concerning Neutrosophic Soft Points January 19, 2022 Mathematical Problem in Engineering - Volume 2022, Article ID 8483632, 12 pages
Characterization of Bipolar Vague Soft S -Open Sets January 05, 2022 Journal of Function Spaces - Volume 2022, Article ID 5964872, 13 pages
An Absolutely New Attempt to Vague Soft Bitopological Spaces Basis at Newly Defined Operations regarding Vague Soft Points December 14, 2021 Mathematical Problems in Engineering - Volume 2021, Article ID 4408754, 11 pages
An Accelerated Error Convergence Design Criterion and Implementation of Lebesgue-p Norm ILC Control Topology for Linear Position Control Systems November 24, 2021 Mathematical Problems in Engineering - Volume 2021, Article ID 5975158, 12 pages
A comparative analysis of consensus protocols for dealing power theft issue in Pakistan. November 12, 2021 Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences - Volume 42(7), Pages 1523-1540
Efficient Prediction of Missed Clinical Appointment Using Machine Learning October 22, 2021 Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine - Volume 2021, Article ID 2376391, 10 pages
Calculating the topological indices of Starphene graph via M-polynomial approach September 01, 2021 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Volume 3, Pages 656-664
Topological analysis of zigzag-edge coronoid graph by using M-polynomial September 01, 2021 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Volume 3, Issue 9, Pages 590-597
FxRLS Algorithms Based Active Control of Impulsive Noise with Online Secondary Path Modeling August 30, 2021 IEEE Access - Volume 9, Pages 117471-117485
On Computation of Recently Defined Degree-Based Topological Indices of Some Families of Convex Polytopes via M-Polynomial July 08, 2021 Complexity - Volume 2021, Article ID 5881476, 11 pages
Computational analysis of new degree-based descriptors of Zig-Zag Benzenoid system June 01, 2021 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Volume 3, Issue 6, Pages 418-424
Topological indices of the system of generalized prisms via M-Polynomial approach May 01, 2021 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Volume 3, Issue 5, Pages 296-300
Degree-based entropy of molecular structure of HAC5C7[P,Q] May 01, 2021 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Volume 3, Issue 5 , Pages 291-295
Thermodynamics Inspired Co-operative Self-Organization of Multiple Autonomous Vehicles April 20, 2021 Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing - Volume 28, No.3, Pages 653-667
A future concern of iterative learning control : A survey April 20, 2021 Journal of Statistics and Management Systems - Volume 24, Issue 6, Pages 1301-1322
On computation of latest topological descriptors of some cactus chains graphs via M-polynomial April 18, 2021 Journal of Information & Optimization Sciences - Pages 1-10
Design and Implementation of Novel LMI-Based Iterative Learning Robust Nonlinear Controller April 16, 2021 Complexity - Volume 2021, Article ID 5577241, 13 pages
Analyzing the boron triangular nanotube through topological indices via M-polynomial April 08, 2021 Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography - Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 415-426
A study of newly defined degree-based topological indices via M-polynomial of Jahangir graph April 08, 2021 Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography - Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 427-438
Characteristic sets verses generalized characteristic sets April 08, 2021 Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography - Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 439-450
A study of non-commutative von-neumann regular rings April 08, 2021 Journal of Information & Optimization Sciences - Pages 1-11
Theoretical study of benzene ring embedded in P-type surface in 2d network using some new degree based topological indices via M-polynomial March 15, 2021 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages 180-186
Modified 2-Way Wavefront (M2W) Algorithm for Efficient Path Planning March 15, 2021 International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems - Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 1066-1077
Supervised ensemble learning methods towards automatically filtering Urdu fake news within social media March 09, 2021 PeerJ Computer Science - Volume 7, Article Number e425
Computing M-polynomial and topological indices of TUHRC4 molecular graph February 28, 2021 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Volume 3(2), Pages 103-109
Degree based topological indices of tadpole graph via M-polynomial February 26, 2021 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Volume 3, Pages 146-153
Closed Formulas for Some New Degree Based Topological Descriptors Using M-polynomial and Boron Triangular Nanotube February 03, 2021 Frontier in Chemistry - Volume 8, Article 613873
Weighted entropies of HAC5C7[p;q] nanotube January 01, 2021 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 1-5
Weighted entropies of Tuc5c8[P;Q] nanotube with the degree based topological indices as weights January 01, 2021 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Volume 3, Issue 1, Pages 14-18
Weighted entropy of Zig-Zag chain December 01, 2020 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Volume 2, Pages 1082-1087
The first and second Zagreb polynomial and the forgotten polynomial of Cm×Cn December 01, 2020 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Volume 2, Pages 1183-1187
New degree-based topological descriptors via m-polynomial of boron α-nanotube December 01, 2020 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Volume 2(11), Pages 1117-1125
M-polynomial and topological indices of zigzag edge coronoid fused by starphene November 23, 2020 Open Chemistry - Volume 18, Issue 1, Pages 1362-1369
Exploring drivers of luxury brand buying behavior : An empirical study November 11, 2020 Journal of Statistics and Management Systems - Pages 1-13
Addiction to smartphones leading to distraction in the classrooms: Effect of different cultures November 11, 2020 Journal of Statistics and Management Systems - Pages 1-14
A study of right zero divisor graph of 3 × 3 matrices over ℤ2 November 11, 2020 Journal of Information & Optimization Sciences - Pages 1-6
Right zero divisor graph of 2×2 matrices over Z 3 November 11, 2020 Journal of Information & Optimization Sciences - Pages 1-8
Study of some connectivity index of subdivided mk graphs of ladder and triangular ladder graph October 27, 2020 Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography - Volume 23, No. 6, Pages 1279-1296
Algorithm for computing differential char sets efficiently October 27, 2020 Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography - Volume 23, No. 6, Pages 1203–1216
M-Polynomial and topological indices of book graph October 27, 2020 Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography - Volume 23, No. 6, Pages 1217–1237
Some new topological indices of silicate network via M-polynomial October 27, 2020 Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography - Volume 23, No. 6, Pages 1157–1171
An exact formulas for the Wiener polarity index of nanostar dendrimers June 25, 2020 Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences - Pages 1-7
Some new degree based topological indices via M-polynomial June 22, 2020 Journal of Information & Optimization Sciences - Pages 1-16
On the left zero divisor graph of 3 × 3 matrices over ℤ2 June 22, 2020 Journal of Information & Optimization Sciences - Pages 1-18
Impact of nanofluids and magnetic field of the peristaltic transport of a couple stress fluid in an asymmetric channel with different wave forms March 30, 2020 Thermal Science - Volume 24, Issue 2 Part B, Pages: 1407-1422
Weighted entropy of penta chains graph March 27, 2020 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Vol.2(6), Pages 652-662
Study of some topological invariants of subdivided mk graphs March 27, 2020 Eurasian Chemical Communications - Vol.2(6), Pages 731-738
Disaster Mitigation in Urban Pakistan Using Agent Based Modeling with GIS March 27, 2020 International Journal of Geo-Information - Volume 9(4), Article Number 203
Effects of velocity second slip model and induced magnetic field on peristaltic transport of non-Newtonian fluid in the presence of double-diffusivity convection in nanofluids March 06, 2020 Archive of Applied Mechanics - Pages 1-21
Impact of Velocity Second Slip and Inclined Magnetic Field on Peristaltic Flow Coating with Jeffrey Fluid in Tapered Channel January 01, 2020 Coatings - Volume 10(1), Article Number 30
Molecular description for magnesium iodide December 31, 2019 Mathematical Models in Engineering - Vol. 5, Issue 4, Pages 175-189
Hydrothermal Ageing Impact & Damage Characterization for Polymeric Composites by means of Experimental Techniques November 26, 2019 Modern Concepts in Material Science - Vol.2(2), Pages 1-8
Psycho-Social Influences and Demographic Effects on Sustainable Consumption Behavior in Digital Era October 01, 2019 Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS) - Vol. 39, No. 4, Pages 1725-1734
Influence of metachronal wave on hyperbolic tangent fluid model with inclined magnetic field September 01, 2019 International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics - Volume 16, Issue 9, Article Number 1950139
Effect of the Variable Viscosity on the Peristaltic Flow of Newtonian Fluid Coated with Magnetic Field: Application of Adomian Decomposition Method for Endoscope August 16, 2019 Coatings - Volume: 9 Issue: 8
Golden Mean and the Action of Mobius Group M October 09, 2018 International Journal of Mathematics and Computational Science - Volume 4, Issue 4, Pages 124-127
Unimodular ICIS, a classifier September 01, 2017 STUDIA SCIENTIARUM MATHEMATICARUM HUNGARICA - Volume 54, Issue 3, Pages 332-361
Generalized Characteristic Sets for Ordinary Differential Polynomial Sets June 03, 2016 Science International - Volume 28(3), Pages 2157-2165
Quadratic Fields under the Action of Subgroup of M June 12, 2013 International Journal of Modeling and Optimization - Volume 3, Issue 3
Quadratic Irrationals and Symmetries of Continued Fraction March 15, 2013 International Journal of Mathematical Archive - Volume 4(3), Pages 7-12
Modular Group Action on Quadratic Field by Linear congruence June 30, 2012 Novi Sad Journal of Mathematics - Volume 42( 2), Pages 127-137
A Classification of the Real Quadratic Irrational Numbers w.r.t Modulo June 20, 2012 International Mathematical Forum - Vol. 7, No. 39, Pages 1915-1924
Action of G and M On Q(√m ) & Algorithmic Implementation for Group Actions March 01, 2012 Journal of Hyperstructures - Vol.1, No. 1, Pages 41-51
Conferences
Simulated Fault Injection and Software Response Analysis of UAV Brushless DC (BLDC) Motor Controllers July 15, 2026 - July 18, 2026 Abdul Haseeb Minhas, Farkhanda Afzal, Muhammad Hisham Sarmad, Adnan Mehmood , 17th International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAE)
Projection-Based Lagrangian Neural Networks for Learning Nonholonomic Mechanical Systems July 15, 2026 - July 18, 2026 Adnan Mehmood , Farkhanda Afzal, Abdul Haseeb Minhas, Muhammad Hisham Sarmad, 17th International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAE)
Keynote speaker: CRACKING THE CODE TO BRAIN TUMOR TREATMENT: A NUMERICAL EXPLORATION December 18, 2024 - December 19, 2024 Farkhanda Afzal, 2nd International Conference on Mathematics for a Sustainable Future (ICMSF-2024)
Keynot Speaker: Empowering a Diverse STEM Workforce: Inclusive AI and Leadership Strategies for Gender Equality October 21, 2024 - October 22, 2024 Farkhanda Afzal, Gender Equality Networks for Indonesia and the United Kingdom (UK) in Sustainable STEM-AI Education
Keynot Spakser: Induced Bipolar Neutrosophic Aggregation Operators for Multi-Attribute Group Decision Making in Robot Selection September 24, 2024 - September 25, 2024 Farkhanda Afzal, Mediterranean Conference on Neutrosophic Theory
Keynot Speaker: Unlocking a Sustainable Future: Harnessing the Power of STEM for Prosperity and Equality June 25, 2024 - June 25, 2024 Farkhanda Afzal, PIE-GENIUS Women in STEM-AI
Formation of Microdroplets in PMMA Microfluidic Device August 16, 2022 - August 20, 2022 Shazia Bashir, Farkhanda Afzal, Abid Amin, Muhammad Bashir, 2022 19th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST)
Numerical Investigations of Nano-fluid Flow in Square Porous Cavity: Buongiorno’s Mathematical Model July 13, 2021 - July 15, 2021 Mudassar Zafar, Hamzah Skakidin, Iskandar Dzulkarnain, Farkhanda Afzal, 6th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Sciences, ICFAS 2021
A Comparative Analysis of Consensus Protocols for Dealing Power Theft Issue in Pakistan March 04, 2021 - March 05, 2021 Ayesha Maqbool, Amna Naheed, Sana Khalid, Tauseef Ahmad Rana, Farkhanda Afzal, Communications in Combinatorics, Cryptography & Computer Science
Degree Based Entropy Of Molecular Structure Of HAC5C7 [p; q] March 04, 2021 - March 05, 2021 Farkhanda Afzal, 5th international Conference on Combinatorics, Cryptography, Computer Science & Computing
Some Applications of Generalized Char-Sets of Ordinary Differential Polynomial Sets July 18, 2016 - July 20, 2016 Farkhanda Afzal, Farkhanda Afzal, Farkhanda Afzal, 7th International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAE 2016)
Lecturer Mathematics KRL model college for girls Kahuta February 13, 2018 - October 30, 2018
Visiting Lecturer Beihang University Beijing China September 02, 2013 - October 01, 2015
Lecturer Punjab Public Service Commission March 03, 2009 - March 03, 2011
Lecturer University of Education April 08, 2008 - April 30, 2009