Education

Research/Teaching Experience

Honors and Awards

• HEC Approved Supervisor

Professional Societies

• Reviewer MDPI journals Applied Sciences, Processes, Fluids, Symmetry.
• Reviewer in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Springer Nature Link

List of Publications

1. Abdou Alzubaidi, Khalid Mahmud, Rashid Mehmood, Siddra Rana and Mohammed Alkinidri, "Oblique Magneto-Thermal Flow with Non-Fourier Heat Transfer over a Radiative Rotating Disk", FDMP Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol. 2026, Issue No. 1, 2026. 0.7 (pp. 1-18) IF: 0.7 Category: X
   DOI: http://doi.org/10.32604/fdmp.2026.075928
   SDG: 4-Quality Education
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2. Abaker A. Hassaballa , Azzh Saad Alshehry, Siddra Rana, Humaira Bibi, "Analysis of slip conditions and thermal diffusion in oxytactic micro-organisms through a couple stress Casson fluid over a Riga plate", Pramana – Journal of Physics., Vol. 100, Issue No. 25, 2026. 2.1 (pp. 1-17) IF: 2.1 Category: W
   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-025-03030-2
   SDG: 7-Affordable and Clean Energy
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3. Rashid Mehmood, Siddra Rana, Noreen Sher Akbar, A. Alzubaidi, S. Saleem, "Thermal Non-invasive Blood Cell Manipulation with Magneto-Plasmonic Nano Metamaterials Using Heat Transfer and Entropy Control in Stenosed Arteries", Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Vol. 2025, Issue No. 1, 2025. 3.2 (pp. 14786-5) IF: 3.2 Category: W
   DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s10973-025-14786-5
   SDG: 3-Good Health and Well-being
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4. Rashid Mehmood · Noreena · Siddra Rana · Noreen Sher Akbar · Ahmed M. Zidan, "Thermally stratified electrically conducting flow interacting MWCNT/ SWCNT hybrid nanofluid over an inclined riga plate with variable viscosity and thermal slip: application in nanotechnology", Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry https://d, Vol. 2025, Issue No. 1, 2025. 3.2 (pp. 1-15) IF: 3.2 Category: W
   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-024-13926-7
   SDG: 7-Affordable and Clean Energy
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5. Safyan Mukhtar, Siddra Rana, Muavia Mansoor, Tayyaba Arooj , Qazi Mahmood Ul Hassan and Rasool Shah, "MHD viscoelastic nanofluid flow across an extended plate using mixed convection and thermal radiation", Frontiers in Energy Research, Vol. 12, Issue No. 2024, 2024. 3.4 (pp. 1-11) IF: 3.4 Category: W
   DOI: DOI 10.3389/fenrg.2024.1275652
   SDG: 7-Affordable and Clean Energy
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6. S Rana, R Tabassum, R Mehmood, ESM Tag-eldin, R Shah, "Influence of Hall current & Lorentz force with nonlinear thermal radiation in an inclined slip flow of couple stress fluid over a Riga plate", Ain Shams Engineering Journal, Vol. 2024, Issue No. 15, 2024. 6 (pp. 1-13) IF: 6 Category: W
   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2023.102319
   SDG: 7-Affordable and Clean Energy
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7. R Mehmood, I Ali, S Ijaz, S Rana, EN Maraj, "Radiative slip transport of magnetized gyrotactic micro-organisms submerged with nano fluid along a vertical stretching surface with suction/injection effects", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanomaterials, Nanoengineering and Nanosystems, Vol. 2023, Issue No. 1, 2023. 0.353 (pp. 0-0) IF: 0.353 Category: Y
   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/23977914231176866
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8. S Rana, M Junaid, R Mehmood, MM Bhatti, "Transport of chemical species alongside magnetic pseudoplastic nanomaterial through a porous surface", Modern Physics Letters B, Vol. 2023, Issue No. 1, 2023. 1.948 (pp. 1-25) IF: 1.948 Category: X
   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217984923500628
   SDG: 4-Quality Education
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9. S Rana, K Mahmud, R Mehmood, MM Bhatti, "Oblique Flow of Shear Thinning Fluid through an Absorptive Radiative Medium with Hall Effect", Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 2023, Issue No. 1, 2023. 1.555 (pp. 1-16) IF: 1.555 Category: X
   DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/3210794
   SDG: 4-Quality Education
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10. S.Rana, Khalid Abdulkhaliq, M Alharbi, Nahid Fatima, M.Ali, A.Shakeel, R. Mehmood, M. R. Gorji, Shaimaa A. M. Abdelmohsen, "Interaction of nanoparticles with micro organisms under Lorentz force in a polymer liquid with zero mass flux", Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Vol. 143, Issue No. 1, 2023. 5.23 (pp. 104683-104683) IF: 5.23 Category: W
11. R Mehmood, Y Tufail, S Rana, AU Khan, S Ijaz, "Non-Fourier pseudoplastic nanofluidic transport under the impact of momentum slip and thermal radiation", International Journal of Modern Physics B, Vol. 37, Issue No. 14, 2023. 1.404 (pp. 2350135-2350142) IF: 1.404 Category: X
12. K. Mahmud , S. Rana , A. Al-Zubaidi , R. Mehmood , S. Saleem, "Interaction of Lorentz force with cross swimming microbes in couple stress nano fluid past a porous Riga plate", International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 138, Issue No. 2022, 2022. 6.782 (pp. 106347-106347) IF: 6.782 Category: W
13. R. Tabassum, A. Al-Zubaidi, S. Rana , R. Mehmood, S. Saleem , "Slanting transport of hybrid (MWCNTs-SWCNTs/H2O) nanofluid upon a Riga plate with temperature dependent viscosity and thermal jump condition", International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 135, Issue No. 2022, 2022. 5.683 (pp. 106165-106165) IF: 5.683 Category: W
14. K. Mahmud, R. Mehmood, S. Rana, A. Al-Zubaidi,, "Flow of magnetic Shear Thinning Nano fluid under Zero Mass Flux and Hall Current,", Journal of Molecular Liquids, , Vol. 2022, Issue No. 118732, 2022. 6.165 (pp. 0-0) IF: 6.165 Category: W
15. Siddra RANA, Rashid MEHMOOD, M. M. BHATTI, Mohsan HASSAN, "Swimming of motile gyrotactic microorganisms and suspension of nanoparticles in a rheological Jeffery fluid with Newtonian heating along elastic surface", Journal of central South University, Vol. 28, Issue No. 2021, 2021. 1.716 (pp. 3279-3296) IF: 1.716 Category: W
16. Siddra RANA , Rashid MEHMOOD , and Taseer MUHAMMAD, "On Homogeneous-Heterogeneous Reactions in Oblique Stagnation-Point Flow of Jeffrey fluid involving Cattaneo-Christov Heat Flux", Thermal Science, Vol. 25, Issue No. 2, 2021. 1.625 (pp. 165-172) IF: 1.625 Category: X
17. Rashid Mehmood, Sehrish Khan, Ehnber Naheed Maraj, Shagufta Ijaz, Siddra Rana, "Heat transport mechanism via ion-slip and hall current in viscoplastic flow along a porous elastic sheet", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 2021, Issue No. 1, 2021. 1.620 (pp. 0-0) IF: 1.620 Category: X
18. Siddra Rana, Rashid Mehmood and M.M.Bhatti , "Bioconvection oblique motion of magnetized Oldroyd-B fluid through an elastic surface with suction/injection", Chinese Journal of Physics, Vol. 73, Issue No. 2021, 2021. 3.237 (pp. 314-330) IF: 3.237 Category: X
19. Siddra Rana, R. Mehmood, and S. Nadeem, "Bioconvection through interaction of Lorentz force and gyrotactic microorganisms in transverse transportation of rheological fluid", Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Vol. 145, Issue No. 2021, 2020. 2.042 (pp. 2675-2689) IF: 2.042 Category: X
20. Rashid Mehmood, S. Rana, O. Anwar Bég, Ali Kadir, "Numerical study of chemical reaction effects in magnetohydrodynamic Oldroyd-B: oblique stagnation flow with a non-Fourier heat flux model", Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Vol. 40, Issue No. 11, 2018. 0.429 (pp. 1-14) IF: 0.429 Category: W
21. Mehmood, R., S. Rana, and E. Maraj, "Transverse transport of polymeric nanofluid under pure internal heating: Keller box algorithm", Communications in Theoretical Physics, Vol. 70, Issue No. 1, 2018. 0.893 (pp. 106-118) IF: 0.893 Category: X
22. Mehmood, R. and S. Rana, "Magnetic field effects on a nonlinear radioactive rate-type fluid impinging obliquely over a heated stretched plate.", Canadian Journal of Physics, Vol. 96, Issue No. 12, 2018. 0.964 (pp. 1384-1394) IF: 0.964 Category: X
23. R. Mehmood and S. Rana, "Thermal transport of rate-type fluid impinging obliquely over a heated sheet.", Pramana Journal of Physics, Indian Academy of Sciences., Vol. 91, Issue No. 71, 2018. 0.649 (pp. 1-9) IF: 0.649 Category: W
24. R. Mehmood, S. Rana and S. Nadeem, "Transverse thermopherotic MHD Oldroyd-B fluid with Newtonian heating.", Results in Physics., Vol. 8, Issue No. 2018, 2018. 4.02 (pp. 686-693) IF: 4.02 Category: W
25. R. Mehmood, S. Rana, N.S. Akbar and S. Nadeem, "Non-aligned stagnation point flow of radiating Casson fluid over a stretching surface. ", AEJ - Alexandria Engineering Journal, Vol. 57, Issue No. 2018, 2018. 3.696 (pp. 939-946) IF: 3.696 Category: W
26. S. Rana, R. Mehmood, PV S. Narayana, and N.S. Akbar, "Free Convective Nonaligned Non-Newtonian Flow with Non-linear Thermal Radiation. ", Communications in Theoretical Physics, Vol. 66, Issue No. 2016, 2016. 0.893 (pp. 687-693) IF: 0.893 Category: X
27. Rana, S., R. Mehmood, and N.S. Akbar, "Mixed convective oblique flow of a Casson fluid with partial slip, internal heating and homogeneous–heterogeneous reactions.", Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol. 222, Issue No. 2016, 2016. 2.515 (pp. 1010-1019) IF: 2.515 Category: W
28. Siddra Rana and F. Ahmad, "Matrix Representation of the Elasticity Tensor.", Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Vol. 48, Issue No. 3, 2011. (pp. 169-172)

1. Saba Shahid - Siddra Rana- Zainab Fatima, "Numerical Study of Porous Medium Effects in Thermal Radiation Influenced MHD Flow Around Stretching Cylinders", Proceedings of the International Conference on Current Problems in Engineering and Applied Sciences (ICCPEAS 2025) Advances in Engineering Research, , 2026. (pp. 575-584)
2. Saira Kanwal and Siddra Rana, "Computational Analysis of MHD Mixed Convection Jeffrey Nanofluid Flow Past a Stretching Sheet With Thermal Radiation", International Journal of Advanced Natural Sciences and Engineering Researches, 5th International Conference on Trends in Advanced Research ICTAR 2025, October 16-17, 2025), , 2025. (pp. 279-287)
3. Siddra Rana and Saqib Hussain, "Heat Transfer Analysis of Radiative MHD Casson Fluid over Nonlinear Extended Sheet under Influence of Suction/Injection: non Similarity Numerical Investigation", International Journal of Advanced Natural Sciences and Engineering Researches 5th International Conference on Frontiers in Academic Research on 25-26 September in 2025 at Konya/Turkey., , 2025. (pp. 122-131)
4. Siddra Rana and Hafeeza Bibi, "Transient Convective Transportation of Chemically Reacting Sisko Fluid Flow over an Extending Boundary Layer.", 7th International Conference on Innovative Academic, Studies ICIAS 2025 on September 02 – 03 in 2025 at Konya/Turkey, , 2025. (pp. 35-35)
5. Siddra Rana, R. Mehmood, "Hydromagnetic steady flow of a micro polar nano fluid impinging obliquely over a stretching surface with Newtonian heating", International Conference on Applied and Engineering Mathematics (ICAEM) 2019, Taxila, Pakistan, 2019. (pp. 169-173)

Research Proposal

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Seminars/ Webinar

• Oraganised the Webinar Topic: Weak Galerkin Finite Element Method for Partial Differential Equations by Dr. Saqib Hussain from Texas A & M international University USA in Oct. 2021
• Organize a Seminar for Mathematics and physics departments Title: The Development of General Relativity and the Cosmological Constant delivered by Asghar Qadir (Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences (AS-SMS) Government College University, Lahore (GCU)) in Dec 2022
• As a focal person Pink Ribbon Youth Awareness Program organize a seminar on Breast Cancer Awareness for UW students and faculty in Oct. 2022 and 2023 along with Awareness walk.

External Examiner

• External Examiner at CUST university Islamabad
• External Examiner at Air university Islamabad
• External Examiner at Rawalpindi Women University, 6th Road Rawalpindi.
• External Examiner at HITEC University Taxila.

Professional certificates

• Vector Calculus for Engineers an online non-credit course authorized by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and offered through Coursera HEC
• Numerical Methods for Engineers an online non-credit course authorized by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and offered through Coursera HEC.
• Problem Solving Using Computational Thinking an online non-credit course authorized by University of Michigan and offered through Coursera HEC.
• Introduction to Microsoft Excel an online non-credit project authorized by Coursera Project Network and offered through Coursera HEC.
• Calculus through Data & Modeling: Limits & Derivatives an online non-credit course authorized by Johns Hopkins University and offered through Coursera HEC.
• Fundamentals of Fluid-Solid Interactions an online non-credit course authorized by École Polytechnique and offered through Coursera HEC
• AI For Everyone an online non-credit course authorized by DeepLearning.AI and offered through Coursera HEC

Computer Skills

• Microsoft Office, MATLAB. MAPLE. TECPLOT 360, LATEX, SCIENTIFIC WORKPLACE, MATHEMATICA

Books

1. Axes and Planes of Symmetry of an An-isotropic Elastic Material, 2011

Book Chapters

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