Engineer, researcher and software developer

Biography

I am a PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. My research asks how renewable energy systems perform when they face real weather, equipment limits and operating rules over full years, rather than average conditions. The two main applications are offshore green-hydrogen hubs that export liquid hydrogen by ship, and remote community microgrids that combine renewable generation, storage and diesel backup.

Much of that work is software. I develop OffshoreLH2, an integrated research platform with a C++ physics core, a Python analysis layer and a desktop application. For microgrid dispatch, model predictive control and optimization studies I use Python, C++ and MATLAB. I put verification first: conservation checks, regression tests and recorded provenance are what make a simulation result worth citing.

Before starting my PhD in 2023, I spent more than three years as a project engineer on commercial and distributed solar-PV systems in Peshawar, Pakistan. That work covered load assessment, system sizing, single-line diagrams, bills of quantities, tender packages, commissioning and fault-finding. Earlier, I worked as a power engineer on telecom-site power systems with Huawei. That field experience shapes how I model: equipment has limits, procedures take time, and an optimistic assumption is eventually paid for on site.

I hold a BSc in Electrical Engineering (Power Systems), awarded with distinction, and an MSc in Renewable Energy Engineering, both from the University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Peshawar. My doctoral studies are funded by a Higher Education Commission of Pakistan scholarship, and I passed my PhD candidacy examination in April 2025. I also work as a teaching assistant, supporting labs and tutorials in first-year engineering, electrical and computer engineering, computer science and mechanical engineering courses.