PhD Energy Systems

M.Sc Mechanical Engineering, UET Taxila

B.Sc Mechanical Engineering, UET Taxila

• Building energy systems optimization & control
• Data-driven modeling & forecasting in buildings
• Thermal energy storage & high-performance envelopes
• Climate-responsive design & indoor environmental quality
• Energy policy, building codes & techno-economic analysis

International Journals

1. Chaudhary, G. Q., Hu, Z., He, S., Ali, M., Ullah, S., Azam, M. W., ... & Gao, M. (2025). Analysis of Building-Integrated Solar Desiccant Air Cooling Systems Considering The Dynamic Sensible and Latent Cooling Loads. International Journal of Refrigeration.
2. Minhas, D. M., Usman, M., Raja, I. B., Wakeel, A., Ali, M., & Frey, G. (2025). Virtual Energy Replication Framework for Predicting Residential PV Power, Heat Pump Load, and Thermal Comfort Using Weather Forecast Data. Energies, 18(18), 5036.
3. Mehmood, T., Usman, M., Ali, M., Minhas, D. M., & Frey, G. (2025). Adapting Energy Conservation Building Code-2023 for the Diverse Climates of Pakistan: A Path to Affordable Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Living. Buildings, 15(17), 3053.
4. Rasheed, S., Ali, M., Ali, H., Zhang, P., Usman, M., & Li, G. (2025). Reducing water footprint of indirect evaporative air-cooling systems through integration of passive and active water recovery techniques. Journal of Cleaner Production, 522, 146306.
5. Raja, I. B., Ahmad, Y., Feroze, T., Usman, M., Shams, H. A., & Choudhry, M. I. (2025). Regional variability in the performance of Solar-Green Hydrogen Hybrid Energy Systems (SGHHES): Synergistic enviro-economic analysis and evaluation across six climatic zones using multi-criteria decision analysis. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 138, 681-693.
6. Mehmood, S.; Amber, K.P.; Usman, M.; Friedrich, D. Integrating Latent Load into the Cooling Degree Days Concept for Current and Future Weather Projections. Buildings 2024, 14, 106.
7. Riaz, H., Ali, M., Akhter, J., Sheikh, N. A., Rashid, M., & Usman, M. (2023). Numerical and experimental investigations of an involute shaped solar compound parabolic collector with variable concentration ratio. Renewable Energy, 216, 119025.
8. M Usman, D Jonas, G Frey, A methodology for multi-criteria assessment of renewable integrated energy supply options and alternative HVAC systems in a household, Energy and Buildings, 112397 (2022).
9. HM Habib, HM Ali, M Usman, Investigation of Condensate Retention on Horizontal Pin-Fin Tubes Using Water-Propanol Mixture, Sustainability 14 (2), 835 (2022).
10. M Usman, G Frey, Multi-Objective Techno-Economic Optimization of Design Parameters for Residential Buildings in Different Climate Zones, Sustainability 14 (1), 65 (2021).
11. M Usman, M Ali, T ur Rashid, HM Ali, G Frey, Towards zero energy solar households–A model-based simulation and optimization analysis for a humid subtropical climate, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 48 (2021), 101574.
12. AA Khosa, T Rashid, M Usman, MS Khalil, Performance analysis based on probabilistic modelling of Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park (QASP) Pakistan, Energy Strategy Reviews 29 (2020), 100479.

International Conferences

1. Usman, M., Usman, M., Ahmad, O., Mansoor, A., Ali, F., Moiz, A., & Ali, M. (2025). Performance Analysis of a Novel Solar-Assisted Desiccant Wheel-Based Heating and Humidification System. Materials Proceedings, 23(1), 20.
2. M Usman, DM Minhas, G Frey, Energy optimization of a residential building using model predictive control-A case study in temperate oceanic climate, 2022 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET), IEEE, 2022: pp. 1–6.
3. Minhas, D. M., Usman, M., & Frey, G. (2023, June). Co-Simulation Strategy for Photovoltaic Power Prediction and Validation of Digital Twin. In 2023 IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2023 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC/I&CPS Europe) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
4. Mehmood, S., Usman, M., Santika, W. G., & Renaldi, R. (2024). Numerical model of solar-driven cold storage for small-scale fisheries. Energy Proceedings, 38.
5. Hurmat Fatima, Muhammad Usman, Muzaffar Ali, Guiqiang Li, Numerical analysis and performance optimization of multi-stage regenerative heat and mass exchanger, 2024 First International Conference on Advances in Mechanical, Materials, Mechatronics, and Energy Engineering (ICAME-24).
6. Rasheed, S., Ali, M., Ali, H., & Usman, M. (2025, February). Assessment of cross-flow indirect evaporative heat and mass exchanger performance using numerical methods. In International Conference on Energy, Power, Environment, Control and Computing (ICEPECC 2025) (Vol. 2025, pp. 275-282). IET.
7. Rasheed, S., Ali, M., Ali, H., & Usman, M. (2025, February). Experimental assessment of an indirect evaporative heat and mass exchanger for improving the water footprints. In International Conference on Energy, Power, Environment, Control and Computing (ICEPECC 2025) (Vol. 2025, pp. 229-236). IET.

Design and Development of solar assisted hybrid air conditioning and desalination system (ASHRAE Equipment Grant, 2024)

Lecturer

Mechanical Engineering Department, UET Taxila (March 2015 To Date)

Lab. Engineer

Energy Engineering Department, UET Taxila (Sep 2012 To March 2015)

Design Engineer

Gitech (Aug 2011 To June 2012)

Renewable & Alternative Energy Association of Pakistan (REAP)

Renewable Energy Technologies

Power Plants

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

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