Muhammad Aqib Chishty

Dr Muhammad Aqib Chishty

Senior Researcher

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Muhammad Aqib Chishty completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Aqib has 15 years of CFD modeling experience and has developed models/codes for reacting multiphase flows. After completing his PhD, he worked as a research associate at the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Sydney and later moved to Sweden to pursuing his postdoc at the Luleå Tekniska Universitet, Luleå, Sweden. Aqib has developed models for biomass gasification of wood pellets, pyrolysis oil and gas turbine engines.
From 2022 to 2024, Aqib worked in the Swedish industry at Research Institute of Sweden, RISE, Piteå where he developed CFD models of an iron ore pelletizer for LKAB, the biggest iron ore. During his time in Sweden, he co-supervised 3 PhD students, and all of them graduated. At RISE, he worked on 5 industrial projects and acted as a project manager for 2 projects. He was responsible for supervising Master students, budget management, bi-weekly meetings with clients and writing the final report. Furthermore, Aqib was the recipient of grant applications from the Swedish Energy Agency for two projects, i.e., 250,000 SEK and 6 million SEK to develop models for clean energy production. 
He has strong ties with Swedish industry and is working with Swedish energy partner Meva Energy AB, Kisa, to scale up the biomass gasification plant from 4.5 MW to 9 MW.
Currently, Aqib is working on the project from Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HILT - CRC), which aims to advance the technical development in the use of hydrogen as fuel in iron and cement sectors. He is also working on the development of novel H2 burner designs and assessing the performance via CFD modeling.
Aqib is a specialist in numerical combustion, biomass gasification, clean energy production and burner design. He has published 17 publications in leading journals and 18 papers in peer-reviewed conferences.

My research focuses on advanced computational modelling of reacting multiphase flows, combustion systems, and decarbonisation technologies for heavy industry. I specialise in applying high-fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and reduced-order modelling to solve complex thermo-fluid problems relevant to large-scale industrial processes, including hydrogen-enriched combustion, iron-ore pelletising, and low-carbon process heat technologies.

I have contributed to several major industry-aligned research programs—most notably through the Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HILT CRC) and the Swedish Energy Agency’s Industriklivet initiative—where I support partners such as LKAB in transitioning towards hydrogen-based and net-zero operations.

My work aims to deliver practical modelling tools that help industry reduce emissions, improve thermal efficiency, and accelerate the adoption of clean-energy technologies. I am passionate about bridging fundamental combustion science with real-world industrial challenges and developing scalable, robust computational methods that support Australia’s and Sweden’s heavy-industry decarbonisation pathways.

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2024 Papafilippou, N., Pignatelli, F., Subash, A. A., Chishty, M. A., & Gebart, R. (2024). LES of Biomass Syngas Combustion in a Swirl Stabilised Burner: Model Validation and Predictions. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 113(4), 1189-1214.
    DOI Scopus1
    2023 Jayawickrama, T. R., Chishty, M. A., Haugen, N. E. L., Babler, M. U., & Umeki, K. (2023). The effects of Stefan flow on the flow surrounding two closely spaced particles. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 166, 104499.
    DOI Scopus10
    2023 Pignatelli, F., Derafshzan, S., Sanned, D., Papafilippou, N., Szasz, R. Z., Chishty, M. A., . . . Subash, A. A. (2023). Effect of CO<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" altimg="si7.svg"><mml:msub><mml:mrow/><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> dilution on structures of premixed syngas/air flames in a gas turbine model combustor. Combustion and Flame, 255, 112912.
    DOI Scopus16 WoS13
    2022 Dal Belo Takehara, M., Chishty, M. A., Umeki, K., & Gebart, R. (2022). Pulverized biomass flame under imposed acoustic oscillations: Flame morphology and emission characteristics. Fuel Processing Technology, 238, 11 pages.
    DOI Scopus9
    2022 Dal Belo Takehara, M., García Llamas, Á. D., Chishty, M. A., Umeki, K., & Gebart, R. (2022). Effect of acoustic perturbation on particle dispersion in a swirl-stabilized pulverized fuel burner: Cold-flow conditions. Fuel Processing Technology, 228, 107142.
    DOI Scopus4
    2022 Papafilippou, N., Chishty, M. A., & Gebart, R. (2022). Correction to: On the Flame Shape in a Premixed Swirl Stabilised Burner and its Dependence on the Laminar Flame Speed (Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, (2022), 108, 2, (461-487), 10.1007/s10494-021-00279-6). Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 108(3), 923.
    DOI
    2022 Papafilippou, N., Chishty, M. A., & Gebart, R. (2022). On the Flame Shape in a Premixed Swirl Stabilised Burner and its Dependence on the Laminar Flame Speed. Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 108(2), 461-487.
    DOI Scopus8
    2021 Chishty, M. A., Umeki, K., Risberg, M., Wingren, A., & Gebart, R. (2021). Numerical simulation of a biomass cyclone gasifier: Effects of operating conditions on gasifier performance. Fuel Processing Technology, 218, 106861.
    DOI Scopus12
    2021 Jayawickrama, T. R., Haugen, N. E. L., Babler, M. U., Chishty, M. A., & Umeki, K. (2021). The effect of Stefan flow on Nusselt number and drag coefficient of spherical particles in non-isothermal gas flow. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 140, 103650.
    DOI Scopus27
    2019 Razak, M. F. A., Salehi, F., & Chishty, M. A. (2019). An Analysis of Turbulent Mixing Effects on the Soot Formation in High Pressure n-dodecane Sprays. Flow Turbulence and Combustion, 103(3), 605-624.
    DOI Scopus10
    2019 Jayawickrama, T. R., Haugen, N. E. L., Babler, M. U., Chishty, M. A., & Umeki, K. (2019). The effect of Stefan flow on the drag coefficient of spherical particles in a gas flow. International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 117, 130-137.
    DOI Scopus51
    2018 Chishty, M. A., Bolla, M., Hawkes, E. R., Pei, Y., & Kook, S. (2018). Soot formation modelling for n-dodecane sprays using the transported PDF model. Combustion and Flame, 192, 101-119.
    DOI Scopus45 WoS36
    2017 Bolla, M., Chishty, M. A., Hawkes, E. R., & Kook, S. (2017). Modeling combustion under engine combustion network Spray A conditions with multiple injections using the transported probability density function method. International Journal of Engine Research, 18(1-2), 6-14.
    DOI Scopus38 WoS29
    2017 Bolla, M., Chishty, M. A., Hawkes, E. R., Chan, Q. N., & Kook, S. (2017). Influence of turbulent fluctuations on radiation heat transfer, NO and soot formation under ECN Spray A conditions. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 36(3), 3551-3558.
    DOI Scopus29 WoS26
    2016 Skeen, S. A., Manin, J., Pickett, L. M., Cenker, E., Bruneaux, G., Kondo, K., . . . Hawkes, E. (2016). A Progress Review on Soot Experiments and Modeling in the Engine Combustion Network (ECN). SAE International Journal of Engines, 9(2), 883-898.
    DOI Scopus68 WoS52
    2016 Chishty, M. A., Bolla, M., Hawkes, E., Pei, Y., & Kook, S. (2016). Assessing the Importance of Radiative Heat Transfer for ECN Spray A Using the Transported PDF Method. SAE International Journal of Fuels and Lubricants, 9(1), 100-107.
    DOI Scopus15 WoS10

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2016 Chishty, M. A., Bolla, M., Hawkes, E. R., & Kook, S. (2016). Numerical study of multiple injections under diesel engine conditions. In Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference Afmc 2016.
    2015 Chishty, M. A., Bolla, M., Pei, Y., Hawkes, E. R., Kook, S., & Lu, T. (2015). Soot Formation Modelling of Spray-A Using a Transported PDF Approach. In SAE Technical Papers Vol. 2015-September. SAE International.
    DOI Scopus8
    2015 Chishty, M. A., Bolla, M., Pei, Y., Hawkes, E. R., & Kook, S. (2015). A numerical study of 'Spray A' with multiple-injections using the transported PDF method. In Aspacc 2015 10th Asia Pacific Conference on Combustion.
    Scopus7
    2014 Chishty, M. A., Pei, Y., Hawkes, E. R., Bolla, M., & Kook, S. (2014). Investigation of the flame structure of spray - A using the transported probability density function. In Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference Afmc 2014.
    Scopus12
    2013 Chishty, M. A., Hamdani, H. R., & Parvez, K. (2013). Effect of turbulence intensities and passive flow control on LP turbine. In A. Munir, A. M. Khan, M. ZafarUzZaman, R. Samar, M. A. Mughal, A. A. Abbasi, . . . N. Ahsan (Eds.), Proceedings of 2013 10th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology Ibcast 2013 (pp. 230-235). PAKISTAN, Natl Ctr Phys, Islamabad: IEEE.
    DOI Scopus2
    2012 Chishty, M. A., Hamdani, H. R., & Parvez, K. (2012). Flow controlling on low pressure turbine using passive methods. In Proceedings of 2012 9th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology Ibcast 2012 (pp. 318-322). IEEE.
    DOI Scopus1
    2012 Chishty, M. A., Hamdani, H. R., Parvez, K., & Qadri, M. N. M. (2012). Study of flow controlling on LP turbine at different reynolds number. In American Society of Mechanical Engineers Fluids Engineering Division Publication Fedsm Vol. 1 (pp. 113-123). PR, Rio Grande: AMER SOC MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.
    DOI Scopus1 WoS1
    2011 Chishty, M. A., Parvez, K., Ahmed, S., Hamdani, H. R., & Mushtaq, A. (2011). Transition prediction in low pressure turbine (LPT) using gamma theta model & passive control of separation. In ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition Imece 2011 Vol. 1 (pp. 193-200). ASMEDC.
    DOI Scopus14
Funding Agency Title Amount
Swedish Gasification Centre CFD - DEM modeling of calcination modeling in parallel regenerative kilns 6,639,765 SEK
Swedish Gasification Centre Numerical modeling of entrained flow gasifier 250,000 SEK
  • Position: Senior Researcher
  • Email: muhammadaqib.chishty@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Engineering South, floor Second Floor
  • Room: S236
  • Org Unit: School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
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