School of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sciences
Faculty Zartasha Mustansar

Zartasha Mustansar

HOD Department of Engineering
Summary

Zartasha Mustansar received her PhD in FE-based Image Modeling and Biomechanics in 2013, from the faculty of EPS, University of Manchester, UK and had been a Microsoft Research Cambridge Scholar from 2009-2012 as well as Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Fellow (2008-2011). She won Google Inc. USA Scholarship (2009) & became the first Pakistani ACM-Microsoft Awardee from Tucson Arizona, USA in Oct, 2010.

Academic Background
PhD (Computational Biomechanics Image Based Modeling) University of Manchester January 25, 2009 - May 09, 2015
Honours and Awards
Microsoft-Dorothy Hodgkin Awarded By Microsoft Research Cambridge under the scheme Microsoft Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award for PhD studies. January 01, 2009
Grace Hopper Scholarship Grace Hopper Scholarship for Women in Computing co-sponsored by ACM - Microsoft - Google & Yahoo (Conf. Presentation) In USA September 23, 2009
NRPU-HEC NRPU - HEC Award worth 1.45M June 06, 2018
School / College Best Researcher Awards-2021 December 26, 2022
Publications
Influence of Gender and BMI on Gait Dynamics during Walking and Running: A Markerless Motion Capture and Musculoskeletal Simulation Study July 10, 2025 Scientifc Reports - Accepted
Segmented 3D Lung Cube Dataset and Dual-Model Framework for COVID-19 Severity Prediction November 18, 2024 IEEE Access - Volume: 12, Page(s):172596-172609
A multifunctional vanillin-infused chitosan-PVA hydrogel reinforced by nanocellulose and CuO-Ag nanoparticles as antibacterial wound dressing February 01, 2024 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules - Volume:258, Article Number: 128831
Innovations in healthcare product development January 01, 2024 Smart VR/AR/MR Systems for Professionals - 1st Edition, Chapter 3, Pages 13
Unveiling the future of medical imaging January 01, 2024 Book on Smart VR/AR/MR Systems for Professionals - 1st Edition, Chapter 6, Pages 117-136
Recognition of Children’s Facial Expressions Using Deep Learned Features May 26, 2023 Electronics - Volume: 12 Issue: 11, Article Number:2416
Using a poroelastodynamic model to investigate the dynamic behaviour of articular cartilage May 01, 2023 Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine - Volume 233, Article Number 107481
An insight into the structural, electronic, magnetic and optical properties of Cs doped and Cs-X (X=Mn, Fe) co-doped CdS for optoelectronic applications January 01, 2023 Solid State Sciences - Volume 135, Article Number 107079
Investigating structural, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties of Zr doped and Ti-Zr co-doped GaN for optoelectronic applications December 14, 2022 Physica Scripta - Volume 98, Issue 1, Article Number 015821
System Level Modeling and Analysis of TNF-α mediated Sphingolipid Signaling Pathway in Neurological Disorders for the Prediction of Therapeutic Targets August 19, 2022 Frontiers in Physiology - Volume 13
Computational modeling and simulation of stenosis of the cerebral aqueduct due to brain tumor April 26, 2022 Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics - Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 1018-1030
A Hybrid VDV Model for Automatic Diagnosis of Pneumothorax Using Class-Imbalanced Chest X-Rays Dataset March 16, 2022 IEEE Access - Volume 10, Pages 27670-27683
Exploring structural, electronic, optical, magnetic, and thermoelectric properties of Pt doped and Pt-Cu/Au co-doped GaN March 15, 2022 Physica Scripta - Volume 97, Issue 4, Article Number 045809
Interaction Analysis of Adenovirus L5 Protein With Pancreatic Cancer Cell Surface Receptor to Analyze Its Affinity for Oncolytic Virus Therapy March 10, 2022 Frontiers in Oncology - Volume 12, Article Number 832277
Muscle Health and Lower Back Pain: Architype Towards Simulation-Driven Product Design in Healthcare March 01, 2022 Book on Revolutions in Product Design for Healthcare (Chapter 6: Z Mustansar) - 1st Edition, Chapter 6, Pages 101–113
Large Eddy Simulation of the Flow Past a Soccer Ball January 18, 2022 Mathematical Problems in Engineering - Volume 2022, Article ID 3455235, 13 pages
Investigating effect of different Hubbard values on the electronic structure, magnetic and optical properties of Ru doped GaN December 01, 2021 Computational Condensed Matter - Volume 29, Article Number e00608
Automatic Diagnosis of Pneumothorax from Chest Radiographs: A Systematic Literature Review November 02, 2021 IEEE Access - Volume 9, Pages 145817-145839
How growing tumour impacts intracranial pressure and deformation mechanics of brain September 29, 2021 Royal Society Open Science - Volume 8(9), Article Number 210165
First principle investigations of the structural, electronic, magnetic, and optical properties of GaN co-doped with carbon and gold (C–Au@ GaN) May 26, 2021 Computational Condensed Matter - Volume 28, Article Number e00565
Finite-element analysis of microwave scattering from a three-dimensional human head model for brain stroke detection July 11, 2018 Royal Society Open Science - NULL
Levels of detail analysis of microwave scattering from human head models for brain stroke detection November 21, 2017 PeerJ - Vol.5, Article Number e4061
Isotropic Surround Suppression and Hough Transform based Target Recognition from Aerial Images August 31, 2017 International journal of advanced and applied sciences - NULL
A study of the progression of damage in an axially loaded Branta leucopsis femur using X-ray computed tomography and digital image correlation June 16, 2017 PeerJ - Volume: 5, Article Number: e3416
Analysis of Microwave Scattering from a Realistic Human Head Model for Brain Stroke Detection Using Electromagnetic Impedance Tomography November 14, 2016 Progress In Electromagnetics Research M (PIER-M) - Vol. 52, Pages 45-56
An investigation into electromagnetic based impedance tomography using realistic human head model May 10, 2016 International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Volume 8
Cloning, expression and modeling studies of somatotropin cDNA of local buffalo breed-Nili ravi October 22, 2008 Journal of the chemical society of Pakistan - Volume 30, Issue 5, Pages 712-725
Conferences
AI-ASSISTED COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR PERSONALIZED KNEE IMPLANT DESIGN August 17, 2025 - August 19, 2025 Daniyal Durrani, Zartasha Mustansar, Arsalan Shaukat, 11th International Conference on Machine Vision and Machine Learning (MVML 2025
BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF LANDING TECHNIQUES AND ASSOCIATED INJURY RISK IN LONG JUMP August 17, 2025 - August 19, 2025 Daniyal Durrani, Zartasha Mustansar, 12th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Systems (ICBES’25), Proceedings of the 11 th World Congress on Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems and Science (EECSS’25)
Identification of Hub genes in Ependymoma through Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis May 23, 2025 - May 26, 2025 Iqra Arshad, Zartasha Mustansar, Touqeer Ahmed, IEEE 17th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Technology (ICBBT 2025).
Challenges Associated with Limited Motion Capture System April 24, 2025 - April 27, 2025 Syeda Aleena Abbas, Zartasha Mustansar, Syed Irtiza Ali Shah, 12th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Applications (ICIEA 2025)
System identification of a closed loop mechanical system using physics inspired neural network April 23, 2025 - April 25, 2025 Muhammad Yousuf Eisa, Muhammad Saqib Nazir, Hassan Moin, Shahbaz Khan, Syed Irtiza Ali Shah, Zartasha Mustansar, IEEE 2nd International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Electronics, Computing and Communication (ICETECC)
Investigation of Deep Learning Methods for Disease Detection in Cotton Fields using UAV Imagery April 23, 2025 - April 25, 2025 Anwar Iqbal, Kunwar Faraz, Shahbaz Khan, Syed Irtiza Ali Shah, Zartasha Mustansar, Muhammad Azhar Javeed, IEEE 2nd International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Electronics, Computing and Communication (ICETECC)
Modular and Multi-Legged Design Analysis for Stability Enhancement of Elderly Walkers April 23, 2025 - April 25, 2025 Fizza Ellahi, Zartasha Mustansar, Syed Irtiza Ali Shah, IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Electronics, Computing and Communication (ICETECC)
Enhanced Signature Recognition and Fraud Detection with Deep Learning April 23, 2025 - April 25, 2025 Saqlain Ayub, Syed Irtiza Ali Shah, Zartasha Mustansar, Muhammad Waleed Khan, IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Electronics, Computing and Communication (ICETECC)
Biomechanics of Lumber Spine using Microstructurally Realistic 3D Finite Element Modeling February 20, 2025 - February 23, 2025 Zartasha Mustansar, Haider Ali, 14th International Conference on Software and Computer Applications (ICSCA 2025)
Innovative Modeling Approach to Investigate Joint Loading in Astronaut Biomechanics February 20, 2025 - February 23, 2025 Ayesha Jan, Zartasha Mustansar, Syed Irtiza Ali Shah, 14th International Conference on Software and Computer Applications (ICSCA 2025)
Design and Development of non-invasive RF-Based Prototype for Bone Health Evaluation February 20, 2025 - February 23, 2025 Zartasha Mustansar, Hafiz M. Yasir Bhatti, Khujasta Khalid, Waqar Ahmad Malik, Mohaira Ahmad, Ayesha Inam Tarar, 14th International Conference on Software and Computer Applications (ICSCA 2025)
Simulation of Head Injuries with and without Helmets with Varied Volume Fractions of Porous Shells: A Computational Approach October 18, 2024 - October 20, 2024 Hafiz Muhammad Yasir Bhatti, Zartasha Mustansar, 2024 10th Asia Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering (MEAE)
Challenges and Opportunities Associated with Technology-Driven Biomechanical Simulations July 25, 2022 - July 28, 2022 Zartasha Mustansar, Haider Ali, Lee Margetts, Saad Ahmad Khan, Salma Sherbaz, Rehan Zafar Paracha, The 2022 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, & Applied Computing (CSCE'22)
Time-Dependent Analysis and Classification of Deformation Mechanism in Head Impact Injury Using Image Based Finite Element Method (FEM) July 16, 2021 - July 19, 2021 Zartasha Mustansar, Salma Sherbaz, Haider Ali, Zartasha Mustansar, Saadia Talay, Samra Zahoor, 12th International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Investigating the Mechanical Strength of an Endodontically Treated Human Canine using Image-based Finite Element Analysis June 25, 2021 - June 27, 2021 Zartasha Mustansar, Wajeeha Batool, Saadia Talay, Adnan Hafeez, Rehan Zafar Paracha, Mohammad Junaid Iqbal Khan, Ahmad Madarati, 2021 The 13th International Conference on Computer Modeling and Simulation
Towards Automatic Recognition of Sounds Observed in Daily Living Activity July 23, 2019 - July 25, 2019 Arslan Shaukat, Ammar Younis, Usman Akram, Muhammad Mohsin, Zartasha Mustansar, 18th International IEEE Conference on Brain Informatics and Cognitive Computing
Geometrical Vitality of Human Head model to Calculate Intra Cranial Pressure for Pro-cognitive Computing July 23, 2019 - July 25, 2019 Zartasha Mustasar, Maria Rathore, Arslan Shaukat, Salma Sherbaz, Nabisha Farooq, Faizan Nadeem, 18th IEEE conference on cognitive computing and cognitive informatics , Milan
Effect of using different types of methods for the derivation of elastic modulus of bone - A critical survey February 25, 2017 - February 27, 2017 Zartasha Mustasar, Arslan Shaukat, Lee Margetts, 2017 International Conference on Mechanical, Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering (ICMAA 2017)
Reliability of Using Elastic Modulus for Non-Homogeneous Materials January 23, 2016 - January 25, 2016 Zartasha Mustasar, Rimsha Khan, 6th International Conference on Chemistry and Chemical Process (ICCCP 2016)
Reliability of image-based finite element modeling in vertebrate paleontology October 01, 2010 - October 03, 2010 Zartasha Mustasar, L. Margetts, P. Makovicky, P.L. Manning, Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology
Computer aided insights into biomechanics of dinosaurs September 30, 2009 - October 03, 2009 Zartasha Mustansar, L. Margetts, P.L. Manning, W. Sellers, H. Kuglar, 9th Annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC)
Reverse engineering dinosaurs June 28, 2009 - July 03, 2009 Zartasha Mustansar, Lee Margetts, Phillip L Manning, William I Sellers, Hillel Kugler, Microsoft Research Cambridge UK
President Robotics Chapter University of Manchester, UK March 01, 2010 - July 30, 2011
Student Ambassador Women In Science Engineering and Technology October 01, 2009 - October 31, 2010
Research Assistant University of Manchester February 01, 2009 - February 01, 2010
Honorary Lecturer IIUI May 01, 2008 - December 30, 2008