Dr. Irfan Anjum Manarvi was born in Lahore and studied at Sir Syed Public School Rawalpindi and PAF College Sargodha. He joined the PAF as an Engineering Officer and served from 1986 till January 2008. He has traveled to China, HongKong, Germany, France, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom for professional assignments and research pursuits. He is a Member of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and International Association of Engineers (IEEE) and Computer Scientists (IAENG).

Educational Qualifications

He got his BE Aerospace Engineering degree from Pakistan Air Force College of Aeronautical Engineering, Risalpur, M Phil in Manufacturing Processes from Manufacturing Research Group and then Ph D from Design Research Group, Department of Design Manufacture and Engineering Management of University of Strathclyde Glasgow United Kingdom.

Work Experience

He has over 15 years of Aircraft Maintenance, design, Manufacturing, teaching and research experience in Pakistan and United Kingdom. He worked in Pakistan Air Force as an Engineering Officer followed by various assignments of Production and Technologies Management at Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Kamra. He remained deeply associated in Karakorum-8 Jet Trainer Manufacturing, Mirage Aircraft Up gradation Program and Technologies evaluation and assessment on JF-17 Program. He is also a visiting faculty member in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad.

Research Interests

His research interests are in the field of Engineering Management include areas like Concurrent Engineering, Competitiveness in Technology, Projects Management, Risk Management, Technology Management. In applied Engineering disciplines his research areas of interest include, Aesthetics in Engineering design, CAD/CAM/CIM for automotive and aerospace applications, Design and manufacture of Mini UAV Swarms for various applications, hydrostatic bearing design, Modeling and Simulation of design and manufacturing processes, Sheet Metal Forming and prediction of Wrinkling, Small satellite design and manufacture, Tolerance Allocation for mechanical parts and assemblies. He has published a number of papers in United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal and China

Publications Details :

His list of papers is as follows: Journal Papers: “Framework of an integrated tolerance synthesis model and using F E simulations as a visual tool for tolerance allocation in assembly design” Manarvi, Irfan Anjum and Neal P. Juster. ELSEVIER, Journal of Material Processing Technology Volume 150, pp 182-193, 2004 http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jmatprotec “Implementation of Concurent Engineering: A case Study of Design & Development Group of Turnkey Systems-Pakistan”, Kamran Ahmad Malik, Irfan A Manarvi, Paper submitted to CERA Journal. http://www.ceraj.com “Application of CE on the Supply Chain Management System of Construction Industry: A Case Study of Multinational Construction Company”, Akhtar Ali, Irfan A Manarvi, Paper submitted to CERA Journal. http://www.ceraj.com “Using Concurrent Engineering for Enhancing Customer Voice Channels capacity in a Telecom company”, Nadia Zaheer, Irfan A Manarvi, Paper submitted to CERA Journal. http://www.ceraj.com “Implementing Concurrent Engineering Principles and Practices in Oil Refinery”, Amar Abbas, Irfan A Manarvi, Paper submitted to CERA Journal. http://www.ceraj.com International Conference Proceedings “Using FE to simulate the effect of tolerance on part deformation” I.A. Manarvi, Neal P Juster, published in 9th ISPE CE2002 conference at Cranfield University in July 2002. http://www.ceconf.com/ce2002/ “Prediction of wrinkling in sheet metals using a modified Yoshida test and wrinkle height measurement through CMM” I.A.Manarvi and Raj Balendra, published by 10th ISPE conference 26th July to 31st CE2003 at Madeira, Portugal http://isg.uninova.pt/ce2003/ “Integration of optical scanning system and FE simulations for automated tolerance synthesis in a concurrent engineering environment” I.A. Manarvi & N.P. Juster. Published by 10th ISPE conference 26th July to 31st CE2003 at Madeira, Portugal http://isg.uninova.pt/ce2003/ “Combining FE and tolerance synthesis for aesthetic assembly design of flexible components” I.A Manarvi & N.P Juster. Published by 1st International Conference on Manufacturing Research ICMR 2003 9th to 11th September 2003 at University of Strathclyde Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom http://dmem1.ds.strath.ac.uk/icmr2003/ “Using FE simulations for flexible parts and assembly design in automotive industry” I.A Manarvi & N.P Juster FISITA 2004 World Automotive Congress in Barcelona Spain http://www.fisita2004.com/ “ A Uni-Axial test rig approach for deformation analysis of flexible parts due to location type tolerance in assembly”. I. A. Manarvi & N. P. Juster, EASED 2004, 19-21 April Xi’An China http://www.dmem.strath.ac.uk/EASED2004 “A Frame work of Technology Diffusion in Aircraft Manufacturing Industry”, Irfan A Manarvi, Tanveer Ahmad, published in IEEE Aerospace Conference March, 2008 at NASA, USA http://www.aeroconf.org “A Framework of Technology Diffusion in Aircraft manufacturing Industry Environment”, Asif Rasheed, Irfan A Manarvi, Published in International Conference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2008, 19-21 March, Hong Kong, http://www.iaeng.org/IMECS2008 “Joint collaboration and Outsourcing of Small Satellite design and Development to the clients” , Irfan A Manarvi, Ayaz Aziz, Paper Accepted in IEEE Aerospace Conference March, 2009 at NASA, USA http://www.aeroconf.org