Ali Raza is a Mechanical Engineer and PhD candidate at Curtin University, where his research centres on the design, modelling and development of a novel Wave Energy Converter (WEC), power take-off (PTO) systems , and experimental validation. He brings over seven years of academic and research experience spanning alternative fuels, IC engines, heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics, thermofluids, and renewable energy systems.

He holds an MS in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. Alongside his doctoral studies, he is a Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Technology (NUTECH), Islamabad (currently on study leave). He is proficient in ANSYS, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, and MATLAB, and has authored several journal articles, conference papers, and two book chapters. He is a registered engineer with the Pakistan Engineering Council and a member of ASME and Engineers Australia.