Kashif Irshad is working as an Associate Professor at IRC-SES, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia. He received BTech and MTech degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, India and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering with major net zero thermal system development from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. His research interests include net zero energy buildings, sustainable air conditioning systems, solar radiation modelling, phase change heat transfer, and thermoelectric and nano materials.