Short Profile of Dr. Sarah Qureshi; Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Aero Engine Craft (Pvt) Ltd

Dr. Sarah Qureshi is working on contrail-free aero engines as the CEO and founding director of Aero Engine Craft (Pvt) Ltd. She is also a visiting Academic at the School of Aerospace at Cranfield University where she provides technical feedback on research on environmentally safe aircraft engines. Sarah has a PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering from Cranfield University, UK. Her area of specialization is Aerospace Propulsion whereby she researched on the design of a contrail-free aero-engine . During her initial PhD research, Sarah assisted the inventor with patenting the contrail-free aero-engine. The invention has been granted two international patents and has a tremendous potential in bringing about an environmental revolution in the context of aviation. Dr. Sarah Qureshi , along with the inventor of technology Mr. Masood Latif Qureshi has now set up Aero Engine Craft (Private) Limited, to convert this technology into a full scale commercial  application ready to be used by modern civil transport aircraft.  During her PhD, Sarah supervised  MSc. students for their research projects on Jet Engine Technology. Prior to this, Sarah completed her master’s degree in the field of Aerospace Dynamics from Cranfield University, UK. Her research involved the design of a trajectory following autopilot for unmanned aircraft (UAVs) flying in close formation for the purpose of air to air refuelling.  Prior to post-graduate studies, Sarah graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering, NUST Pakistan, and gained extensive experience of working in the local automotive and engineering industry. Sarah holds a Private Pilot License (PPL) with 70 hours of Flying Experience. She has also learned acrobatic flying and several flight manoeuvres while at Cranfield.

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