Year	Degree	University/Institute
2020	PhD Robotics and Intelligent Machine Engineering	SMME, NUST Islamabad, Pakistan
2011	MS Mechatronics Engineering	Air University Islamabad Islamabad, Pakistan
2000	BSc Mechanical Engineering	KPK University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar, Pakistan

Year	Position	University/Institute
2012-Present	Assistant Professor	Wah Engineering College, University of Wah Wah Cantt, Pakistan
2008-2012	Lecturer	Wah Engineering College, University of Wah Wah Cantt, Pakistan
2004-2008	Senior Design Engineer	Comcept Pvt. Ltd Islamabad, Pakistan
2001-2004	Assistant Manager Research & Development	Pakistan Ordnance Factories Wah Cantt, Pakistan

University Merit Scholarship 1996 -2000
Commendation Certificate by Chairman POF Board - 2003
Best Senior Design Engineer Award by CEO Comcept Pvt. Ltd. - 2006
Best Engineering Design Award in National Engineering Robotics Competition - 2011

Journal Publications

Iqbal Hayat, Adnan Tariq, Waseem Shahzad, Manzar Masud, Shahzad Ahmed, Muhammad Umair Ali, Amad Zafar, "Hybridization of Particle Swarm Optimization with Variable Neighborhood Search and Simulated Annealing for Improved Handling of the Permutation Flow-Shop Scheduling Problem", Systems, Vol. 11, Issue No. 221, 2023. 2.89 (pp. 0-0) IF:2.89 Category: W
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/systems11050221
SDG: 9-Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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Shahid Iqbal, Adnan Tariq, Waseem Shahzad, Muhammad Yasir, Muhammad Azeem, Waqas Javid , Haider Ali & Muhammad Shakeel, "Comparative analysis of static and fatigue strength of carbon fiber and Al 6061-T6 double strap joint", Materials Transactions, Vol. 63, Issue No. 8, 2022. 1.37 (pp. 1120-1126) IF:1.37 Category: X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2320/matertrans.MT-M2022026
SDG: 9-Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
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W. Shahzad, Y. Ayaz, M. J. Khan, N. Naseer, and M. Khan, "Enhanced Performance for Multi-Forearm Movement Decoding Using Hybrid IMU–sEMG Interface", Frontiers in Neurorobotics, Vol. 13, Issue No. 43, 2019. 3.4 (pp. 0-0) IF:3.4 Category: W
DOI: doi: 10.3389/fnbot.2019.00043
SDG: 3-Good Health and Well-being
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Conference Publications

Waseem Shahzad, Yasar Ayaz, Muhammad Jawad Khan, Noman Naseer, Amad Zafar, "Characterizing the Effect of Motion Class Taxonomy on the Performance of Hand Motion Classifiers", MECnIT, Medan, Indonesia, 2020. (pp. 58-63)