Muhammad Bilal Qadir

Muhammad Bilal Qadir is currently serving as an Associate Professor (Tenured in the Textile Engineering Department at National Textile University, Pakistan. He earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Textile Engineering from the same University in January 2007 and October 2012 respectively. After his B.Sc., he has joined a well-known export-oriented textile organization to uplift his technical and managerial skills. The four years of practical experience has not only given him a sound and firm grounding in the textile field but also taught the invaluable abilities to manage, lead and collaborate effectively with people. It also developed the ability to analyze problems. During his job in the textile industry, he worked on team management for better performance, ISO system, power management, reducing process cost, reducing maintenance cost, Training of production officials, Quality control, Planning & implementation of production orders, and many other projects.  

His professional background provided him, in addition to specific know-how, a variety of engineering, managerial and other skills beneficiary to the academic work as well as future activities in the higher studies of material sciences. To pursue his passion towards research and education, he earned his Ph.D. in Organic & Nano Engineering from Hanyang University, South Korea in 2016. After the Ph.D., he continued his research as Post-Doctorate researcher in 2016 for six months in the same university. He was involved in the synthesis of nanomaterials, nanocomposites, nanofibers, textile-based electrodes and fabrication of flexible renewable energy devices.

His research interests are in the modification of electrospinning machine for better productivity, development of multifunctional nanowebs for the filtration, functional textiles and medical applications. He is also working on the auxetic yarns and structures for different versatile applications. Functional yarns and smart textiles are other interest areas which have been in focus during the last two years.

Dr. M. Bilal Qadir is leading his team in the Yarn Manufacturing nowadays and striving for the betterment of education and research in the NTU, and also he is motivated to collaborate with the industry to solve their issues and to give the solutions for the current and upcoming challenges. 

He is also serving as Coordinator, Graduate Research in School of Engineering & Technology. 

1. June 2022 – To date

Position: Associate Professor (Tenured) in School of Engineering & Technology

National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

NTU is pioneer institution for textile technology & textile material study in Pakistan. It produced 95 % professionals for Textile sector of Pakistan. 

1. October 2010 – May 2022

Position: Lecturer/Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in School of Engineering & Technology

National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.

1. January 2016 – June 2016

Position: Post-Doctoral Researcher

Department of Organic and Nano Engineering. Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.

Hanyang University is a leading university in science and technology and ranked as 3rd in engineering and technology sector in South Korea. Its contribution and collaboration with industry is very strong. 

1. July 2009 – August 2010               

Position: Deputy Manager R&D and Quality Assurance

Mediterranean Textile Company (Saif Group), Egypt

Mediterranean Textile Company is a famous & leading organization in Egypt.

1. March 2007 –   June 2009

Position: Assistant Manager R&D and Production

Nishat Group of industries (Pvt) Ltd. Pakistan

Nishat group of industries is a well reputed organization in textile innovations.