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Engr. Dr. M. Sana Ullah Sahar
Assistant Professor
PhD Mechanical Engineering, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
Research Interests

Medical implants/devices/scaffolds, neuro-engineering, non-traditional machining, additive manufacturing, engineering automation.

Biography

Dr. Muhammad Sana Ullah Sahar is a mechanical engineer by profession and experienced researcher in mechanical/biomedical engineering. He has broad experience in non-traditional machining, engineering automation, and fabrication of medical devices. He is passionate about using mechanical engineering to solve the medical industry’s technical problems. His ‘uberspeciality’ is neuro-engineering, widening out to additive manufacturing and engineering automation.

  • PhD. Mechanical Engineering, Griffith University, Australia (2017 – 2020).
  • M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Yeungnam University, South Korea (2013 – 2015)
  • B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan (2006 – 2011)

Awards and Honors

  • NRPU 2021 – HEC Research Grant (2022 - 2025) | Grant Number: 15791 | Amount: 7.6 million PKR | Title: Design and fabrication of a biodegradable nerve prosthesis to accelerate the quasi-static nerve growth rate across longer segmental defects in peripheral nerves.
  • Research Grant (2020 - 2021) | Amount: 199,000/- PKR | Awarded By: Vice Chancellor, KFUEIT | Title: Design and fabrication of a portable health monitoring system to strengthen primary health care system of Pakistan.
  • Research grant of worth 10K AUD for the project “Negative Pressure Neurogenesis” awarded by Australian Orthopaedic Association (2018-2019).
  • Research grant of worth 7K AUD for the project “Stimulate and facilitate nerve axonal growth and regeneration after complete transection injury” awarded by Queensland Hand Surgery Society (2017-2018).
  • Postgraduate research scholarship (Tutition fee waiver of worth 33K AUD per year and living allowance 25K AUD per year) awarded by Griffith University (Feb 2017 - Feb 2020).
  • Graduate scholarship (Tuition fee waiver 15K USD per year) awarded by Yeungnam University (Feb 2013 - Feb 2015).
  • Research scholarship (Living allowance 8K USD per year) awarded by Precision Machining Laboratory, Yeungnam University (Feb 2013 - Aug 2016).
  • Research assistantship (Research allowance 2K USD one time) awarded by Precision Machining Laboratory, Yeungnam University (2014).
  • Merit scholarship of worth PKR 20K awarded by Bahauddin Zakariya University (2008).

Publications

  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, Tamer Mettyas, Megha Shah, Randy Bindra, Matthew Barton, "Histological, immunohistochemical, and morphometric analysis of negative pressure-assisted in-vivo nerve stretch-growth". Neuroscience Letters, Volume 782, June-2022.
  • Tamer Mettyas, Matthew Barton, M. Sana Ullah Sahar, Felicity Lawrence, Alvaro Sanchez Herrero, Megha Shah, James St John, Randy Bindra, "Negative Pressure Neurogenesis: A novel approach to accelerate nerve regeneration after complete peripheral nerve transection". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open | May-2021, Volume 9, Issue 5.
  • Bilal Yousaf, Tareq Manzoor, M. A. Qaisrani, Ijaz Khan, M Sana Ullah Sahar, Waqas Tahir, "Investigation of influence of elbow on pump inlet flow behaviour in cavitating flow". Engineering Failure Analysis | Volume 137, July-2022.
  • Bilal Yousaf, Mumtaz A. Qaisrani, M Ijaz Khan, M. Sana Ullah Sahar and Waqas Tahir, "Numerical and experimental analysis of the cavitation and study of flow characteristics in ball valve". Nonlinear Engineering | Jan-2022, Volume 10, Issue 1, P 535-545.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, M. Barton, G.D. Tansley, A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Cell-Based Therapy in Repairing Peripheral Nerve Gap Defects. Prosthesis 2020, 2, 153-167.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, M. Barton, G.D. Tansley, Design and fabrication of a nerve-stretching device for in vivo mechanotransduction of peripheral nerve fibers, HardwareX, Volume 7, 2020, ISSN 2468-0672.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, M. Barton, G.D. Tansley, Bridging larger gaps in peripheral nerves using neural prosthetics and physical therapeutic agents, Neural Regen. Res. 14 (2019) 1109. doi:10.4103/1673-5374.251186.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, T. Mettyas, M. Barton, Development of a nerve stretcher for in vivo stretching of nerve fibres., Biomed. Phys. Eng. Express. (2019). doi:10.1088/2057-1976/ab2ca7.
  • M. Imran, T. Khatoon, M. Sana Ullah Sahar, T.J. Ko, Development of Empirical Model for Biomachining to Improve Machinability and Surface Roughness of Polycrystalline Copper, Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. Technol. 5 (2018) 201–209.
  • M. Imran, A.S. Saragih, M. Sana Ullah Sahar, T.J. Ko, Digital maskless lithography capabilities for surface texturing with biomachining, Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol. 89, (2017). doi:10.1007/s00170-016-9317-6.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, M. Imran, T.J. Ko, Optimal strategy to deal with decision-making problems in machine tools remanufacturing, Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. Technol. 3 (2016) 19–26.
  • J.Y. Jeong, Y. Zhen, M. Sana Ullah Sahar, T.J. Ko, Slope Change of Surface Texturing Pattern Using Grinding, J. Korean Soc. Manuf. Process Eng. 15 (2016) 8–15.
  • M. Imran, M. Sana Ullah Sahar, T.J. Ko, Selection of optimum process parameters of biomachining for maximum metal removal rate, Int. J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. Technol. 2 (2015) 307–313.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, K. Yein, T.J. Ko, 3D Simulation of Regular Surface Texturing on Free Form Surfaces by Using Patterned Grinding Process, 3rd Annu. Int. Conf. Mater. Sci. Met. Manuf. (M3 2016 ), 2016.
  • J.Y. Jeong, Y. Zhen, M. Sana Ullah Sahar, Y. Kwak, T.J. Ko, J.K. Park, A study on changes of pattern slope in surface texturing by using grinding, Proc. Korean Soc. Manuf. Technol. Eng. (2016) 207.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, K.M. Park, T.J. Ko, Study the Influence of Dressing Tool Tip in Determining the Geometry of Surface Textures during 3D Simulation, Proc. Korean Soc. Precis. Eng. 2016, 2016: pp. 12–13.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, K.M. Park, T.J. Ko, Study the effect of cutting speed and feed rate in determining the geometry of surface textures during 3D simulation, Proc. Korean Soc. Mech. Eng. 2016. (2016) 129–130.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, T.J. Ko, K. Park, Effect of Machining Parameters on Texturing Pattern during Simulation of Patterned Grinding on Non-Planar Surface, Proc. Korean Soc. Precis. Eng., 2015: pp. 5–6.
  • J.Y. Jeong, Y. Zhen, M. Sana Ullah Sahar, T.J. Ko, J.K. Park, Surface texturing technology on free form surfaces using grinding, Korean Soc. Manuf. Technol. Eng. (2015) 151.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, S.J. Won, T.J. Ko, A Strategy to Deal with Decision-making Problem during Machine Tools Remanufacturing, Proc. Korean Soc. Precis. Eng. 2015, 2015: pp. 273–274.
  • J.Y. Jeong, Y. Zhen, M. Sana Ullah Sahar, T.J. Ko, J.K. Park, Changes of patterns corresponding to surface shapes in surface texturing using grinding, Proc. Korean Soc. Manuf. Technol. Eng., 2015: p. 164.
  • J.Y. Jeong, Y. Zhen, M. Sana Ullah Sahar, T.J. Ko, J.K. Park, Study of the pattern generation on curved surfaces using grinding, Proc. Korean Soc. Manuf. Technol. Eng., 2015: p. 247.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, K.M. Park, T.J. Ko, Development of A 3D Simulation Technology for Surface Texturing by Using Patterned Grinding Wheel on Freeform Surfaces, Proc. Korean Soc. Mech. Eng., 2015: pp. 4174–4175.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, T.J. Ko, A Method to Select Optimal Solution for Machine Tools Remanufacturing Multi-Solution Decision Problem, 3rd Annu. Int. Conf. Ind. Syst. Des. Eng., 2015: p. 49.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, T.J. Ko, Optimum Process Planning for Remanufacturing of Machine Tools by Using Fuzzy Linear Regression Model, Proc. Korean Soc. Precis. Eng., 2014: p. 140.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, T.J. Ko, Re-manufacturing Of Machine Tools by Removing Design Constraints Using Reverse Engineering Techniques, Proc. Korean Soc. Manuf. Technol. Eng. 2014, 2014: pp. 93–94.
  • M. Sana Ullah Sahar, T.J. Ko, Study of the accuracy of a modelled surface from point cloud data, Proc. Korean Soc. Manuf. Process Eng. 2014, 2014: p. 36.

Affiliations

Registered Engineer with Pakistan Engineering Council (MECH/24984)