• PhD (EE) National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan
• MS (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) Middle East Technical University, Turkey
• BS (Electronics Engineering) SSUET, Pakistan

Research Interests:

• Nonlinear Optimal Control
• Digital Systems Design: RISC-V
• Engineering Mathematics, Mechanics, and Electromagnetics

Research Projects (Ongoing and Completed): 

• RISC-V RTL-to-Fabrication under the auspices of MERL Pakistan (under progress)
• SAP-1 Layout Design and Simulation done with INSA France

Publications: 

Contact Information:
Email: salman@dsu.edu.pk

• HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

• PhD (Systems Engineering) King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
• MS (Systems Engineering) King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
• BE (Industrial Electronics Engineering) IIEE-NEDUET, Karachi, Pakistan

Research Interests:

• Industrial Applications of Data Science, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence (e.g., Soft Sensors, APC, NDT)
• Industrial Internet of Things (Industry 4.0)
• Cyber Physical Systems
• Green Desalination.
• Electric Vehicles
• Networked Sensing and Control

Previous Research Projects:

• New Control Methodologies for Systems of Systems Engineering, Funded by DSR, KFUPM.
• Energy Efficiency in WSN-based pipeline leak detection, Funded by DSR, KFUPM.
• Inferential Sensing Methods for Emission Monitoring from Industrial Boilers, Funded by NSTIP.
• Decentralized Networked Control Systems, Funded by DSR, KFUPM.
• Design and Manufacturing of Solar Power Systems and Devices for Challenging Environments, Funded by KFUPM & MIT Collaboration.
• Estimation of Iron Quality of Direct Reduced Iron, Funded by KFUPM & SABIC Collaboration.
• Control Loop Performance Monitoring, Funded by KFUPM & Yokogawa Collaboration.
• Detection of Coating Disbondment using Inline Inspection of Oil & Gas Pipeline, ROSEN Group Germany.
• Acoustic Resonance Techniques for Inline Inspection of Oil & Gas Pipelines, ROSEN Group Germany.

Current Research Projects:

• Design and Development of Secure IoTAdapter based on RISC V technology to support Industry 4.0 transition in Pakistan.
• Design and Development of Electronic Propulsion System for Electric Vehicles.
• IoT based Smart Water Metering Solution Residential Units to address the issues of shared water.
• Design and Development of Artificial Hand from electromyography data for handicapped people.

Contact Information:
Email: m.sabih@dsu.edu.pk

• HEC Approved Supervisor Since 2013

• PhD (Vehicle Systems Dynamics and Control) 2012 University of Salford, Manchester, UK
• Post Graduate Diploma (Telecom & Control) 2007 MUET, Jamshoro, Pakistan
• BE (Electronics) 2004 MUET, Jamshoro, Pakistan

Formerly:

• Associate Professor, Mehran University

Member:

• IEEE since 2015
• PEC since 2004
• RRUKA since 2011

Research Interests:

• Control and System identification
• Condition Monitoring Applications

Achievements & Awards:

• Supervised more than 3 dozen PhD/MS/M.Phil. students
• 57 research publications in national/international conferences and journals
• Associate Researcher in National Centre of Robotics and Automation-Condition monitoring Lab
• Best Young Researcher Award by IMechE UK (Railway Division) in 2012.

Selected Ongoing Research Projects :

• Design of Extended Kalman filter for Estimation of creep forces at wheel-rail interface
• Multiple Model Based Identification of railway wheelset Conicity
• Adhesion level identification in wheel-rail contact using deep neural networks
• Development of Condition Monitoring technology for railway rolling stock (NCRA-CMS)

Publications:

• Imtiaz Hussain, T. X Mei, R. T. Ritching, Estimation of Wheel -Rail Contact Conditions and adhesion using Multiple Model Approach. International Journal of Vehicle Mechanics and Mobility. Vol 51 Issue 1 2013
• Faheem A. Umrani A. Waheed Umrani, Naveed A. Umrani, Kehkhsan A. Memon and Imtiaz H. Kalwar,Performance Analysis of Spectral Amplitude Coding Based OCDMA System With Gain and Mismatch Journal of Optical Communication,Vol.34,Issue 3, July 2013.
• Imtiaz Hussain, T. X. Mei and M. Mirzapour, Real Time Estimation of the Wheel-Rail Contact Conditions using Multi-Kalman Filtering and Fuzzy Logic. UKACC International Conference on Control, 3-5 September 2012 University of Cardiff, UK.
• M. Mirzapour, T. X. Mei and, Imtiaz Hussain, Assessment of Fault Tolerance for Actively Controlled Railway Wheelset. UKACC International Conference on Control, 3-5 September 2012 University of Cardiff, UK.
• Imtiaz Hussain and T. X. Mei,Identification of the Wheel-Rail Contact Conditions for Traction and Braking Control, 22nd International Symposium of Dynamics of Vehicle on roads and Tracks (International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics IAVSD2011), 14
• Imtiaz Hussain and T. X. Mei, Multi Kalman Filtering Approach for Estimation of Wheel-Rail Contact Conditions. United Kingdom Automatic Control Conference (UKACC2010), 7-10 September 2010, Coventry UK.
• T. X. Mei, Imtiaz Hussain, Detection of wheel-rail conditions for improved traction control, International Conference on Railway Traction Systems (RTS2010), 13-15 April, 2010, Birmingham UK.
• R. H Chandio, I. Hussain and T. D. Memon, FPGA-based Implementation of Maximum Power Point Tracking of Solar Cell, Journal of Applied and Emerging Sciences BUITEMS, Vol 7, Issue 1, 2017, p 22-33.
• Shahzor Memon1 Riaz Uddin , Imtiaz Hussain Kalwar , Kamran Kazi,Observer Based Slip Measurement Technique of DC Motor Mounted on Railway Wheel-set, University of Sindh Journal of Information and Communication Technology (USJICT), Vol.1, Issue-1, October 2017.
• A. A. Patoli, Qurban Memon, K.Kazi and Imtiaz Hussain, Road Condition Monitoring for Optimized Antilock Braking System, Sindh University Research Journal Science Series (SURJ), Vol.47, Issue 4, December 2015, pages 813-817.
• Imtiaz Hussain, F. R. Abro, Arbab Nighat Khizer and H. Ali, Fault Detection and Identification in Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Using Current Signal Analysis, Sindh University Research Journal Science Series (SURJ), Vol.47, Issue 2, July 2015, pages 291-94.
• Khuram Shaikh, Hussain, I., B S Chowdhry, K. Kazi, & B A Arain. (2016). Modeling & Simulation of Predictive Maintenance Strategy for High Speed Railway Vehicles. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 9(S1).
• Sattar, A., Hussain, I., Memon, T. D., Karar, H., & Saeed, U. (2016). Investigation of Imbalance Faults in Horizontal Axis WTGS through Analysis of Generator Current Signal. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 9(47).
• Soomro, A. A., I. Hussain., Kazi, K., Khoso, S. K., & Ansari, S. (2016). A Hybrid Monitoring Technique for Diagnosis of Mechanical Faults in Induction Motor. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 9(47).
• Ansari, S., Soomro, A. A., Kalwar, I. H., Solangi, U. S., & Noonari, A. S. (2016). PLC based Automatic Distillation and Collection of Ethanol-Water Solution. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 9(47).
• Arbab Nighat, Khizer, Imtiaz Hussain and Wanod Kumar, Time Domain System Identification of Longitudinal Dynamics of Single Rotor Helicopter Model using SIDPAC, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol.34, Issue 1, January 2015, pages 75-81.
• Z. A. Soomro, Imtiaz Hussain and B S Chowdhry, Modeling and Analysis of Linearized Wheel-Rail Contact Dynamics, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol.33, Issue 3, July 2014, pages 335-340.
• Wanod Kumar, Irfan Halepoto and Imtiaz Hussain, Performance Analysis of TDMA Protocol in a Femtocell Network, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol.33, Issue 3, July 2014, pages 330-334.
• Irfan Halepoto, Imtiaz Hussain, Wanod Kumar and B S Chowdhry, Performance Analysis of Conventional and Fuzzy Logic Controlled Automatic Voltage Regulator System in a Noisy Environment, New horizon Journal of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Pakistan (IEEEP), Vol.81-82, June 2014, pages 33-39.
• Z. A. Soomro, Imtiaz Hussain and B S Chowdhry, Creep Force Analysis at Wheel-Rail Contact Patch to Identify Adhesion Level to Control Slip on Railway Track, New horizon Journal of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Pakistan (IEEEP), Vol.81-82, June 2014, pages 14-17.
• Wanod Kumar, Imtiaz Hussain and Sara Qadeer, Finite Capacity Energy Efficient Femtocell Networks, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol.33, Issue 2, April 2014, pages 245-252.
• M. Mirzapour, T. X. Mei and Imtiaz Hussain, Fault Detection and Isolation for an Active wheelset Control System, 23rd international Symposium of Dynamics of Vehicle on roads and Tracks (International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics IAVSD2013), 19-23 August 2013, Qingdao China
• Imtiaz Hussain, Wanod Kumar, Irfan Halepoto and Kamran Kazi, Anti-Slip Traction Control of Railway Vehicle Based on Estimated Wheel- Rail Contact Condition. Sindh University Research Journal Science Series (SURJ), Vol.45, Issue 2, July 2013, pages 373-378.
• Imtiaz Hussain, Jawaid Daudpoto and Ali Asghar Memon, Introducing Dual Suspension System in Road Vehicles. Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol.32, Issue 2, April 2013, pages 239-244.
• Ali Asghar Memon, Imtiaz Hussain and Mohammad Aslam Uqaili, Gate Driver Circuit of Power Electronic Switches with Reduced Number of Isolated DC/DC Converter for a Switched Reluctance Motor. Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol.32, Issue 2, April 2013, pages 233-238.
• Ali Asghar Memon, Imtiaz Hussain and Jawaid Daudpoto, Modeling of Static Characteristics of Switched Reluctance Motor. Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol.32, Issue 1, January 2013, pages 141-146.
• Imtiaz Hussain, F. R. Abro, A. A. Memon, Design of Fuzzy Inference System for Condition Monitoring at Wheel-Rail Interface. Sindh University Research Journal Science Series (SURJ), Vol.45, Issue 1, January 2013, pages 101-106.
• Imtiaz Hussain, Ali Asghar Memon and B. S. Chowdhry, Identification of Wheel-Rail Contact Condition Using Multi-Kalman Filtering Approach. Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol.31, Issue 4, October 2012, pages 799-806.
• Ali Asghar Memon, Imtiaz Hussain and Mohammad Aslam Uqaili, Hardware Implementation of Producing Variable Conduction Angles of a Switched Reluctance Motor. Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol.31, Issue 4, October 2012, pages 795-798.
• Imtiaz Hussain, F. R. Abro, A. A. Memon and I. A. Memon, Multiple Model Based Real Time Estimation of Wheel-Rail Contact Conditions. Sindh University Research Journal Science Series (SURJ), Vol.44, Issue 4, September 2012, pages 635-640.
• A. Memon, Imtiaz. Hussain, W. Shah and M. S. Chandio, Modeling Of Switched Reluctance Motor. Sindh University Research Journal Science Series (SURJ), Vol.44, Issue 4, September 2012, pages 571-574.

Significant Achievements:

• Best Young Researcher Prize by Institute of Mechanical Engineers UK (IMechE UK) in February 2012, IMechE Head Office London

Contact Information:

Email: imtiaz.hussain@dsu.edu.pk
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• PhD (Energy Markets) Hanyang University, South Korea
• BE Electrical Engineering NED University, Karachi

Experience:
• Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, DHA Suffa University, Jan 2018-till date
• Researcher, Connected Smart Systems Lab, South Korea, Sept 2012-Dec 2017

Research Interests:
• Energy Markets
• Demand Response/Demand Side management
• Substation Automation

Research Projects :
• Development of Industrial Communication-IoT Gateway, supported by GRRC
• IoT/CPS based Factory Energy Management System, supported by GRRC
• Integration of user facilities and smart grid using USN, Hanyang University

Publications:
• Bizzat Hussain Zaidi and Seung Ho Hong Combinatorial Double Auctions for Multiple Microgrid Trading Electrical Engineering (2017)
• Bizzat Hussain Zaidi, Seung Ho Hong and Daehyun Kwon, Communication architecture for monitoring of HVDC System based on IEC 61850, Electric Power Quality and Supply Reliablity, Estonia, 2016

Contact Information:
Email: bizzat.hussain@dsu.edu.pk

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University
• M.S in Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University
• MBA in Global Management, Arizona State University
• B.E in Electrical Engineering, NED University

Publications:

• Houle, Gan, Naqvi, Syed, Patrick Ott and Jack Clark, “Bump depopulation modeling atom central processing unit for entry level smart phone”. Intel assembly and test technology journal 2013..[Received the Best paper Award]
• Naqvi, S.R. Deligoz,I, Kiaei, S. Bakkaloglu,B,. “Dynamic Calibration of feedback DAC Non-Linearity for a 4^th Order CT Sigma Deltafor Digital Hearing Aids” Submitted in IEEE SOCC 2011. [Peer Reviewed] (published)
• John Cherukuri, Naqvi Syed, Abuhatzera Avishaii, “Shmoo Crack, Smoo Hole, Shmoo * Root cause in Cloverview (atom based SOC)A0 – P1269 LCIA product” ,Intel DTTC Conference “August 2012. [Peer Reviewed] (published)
• Deligoz, I,; Naqvi, S.R.; Copan,”i, T,;Kiaei, S.; Bakkaloglu, B.; Je, S, -S.; Chae, J, “A MEMS-Based Power Scalable Hearing Aid Analo g Front End, “Biomedical Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on, vol.pp, no.99, pp, 1,28, October 2010 [Peer Reviewed] (published)
• Hongjiang Song; Naqvi, S.R.; Bakkaloglu, B.;, “I/Q-Channel Mismatch Transfer and Amplification Effects and Applications to the Measurement and Calibration of Integrated VLIF RF Receivers, “SOC Conference,2006 IEEE International, vol.,no.,pp.35-38, 24-27 Sept. 2006. [Peer Reviewed] (published)
• Khalil, W.; Tsung-Yuan Chang; Xuewen Jiang; Naqvi,  S.R.; Nikjou B.;James Tseng; , “A highly integrated analog front-end for 3G, “Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of, vol.38, no.5, pp.774-781, May 2003 [Peer Reviewed] (published)
• T. Chang, X, Jiang, W. Khalil, S. Naqvi, B. Nikjou, J. Tseng, 2002. Analog front end IC for 3G WCDMA. In: IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, Honolulu, HI. (June): 28-31 [Peer Reviewed] (published).
• W. Khalil, T. Chang, X. Jiang, S. Naqvi, B. Nikjou. 2003. (Invited) Fully integrated AFE for WCDMA. In: IEEE International Electronics, Circuits and Systems Conference (ICECS). (December): 930-933 [Peer Reviewed] (published)

Contact Information:
Email: roomi.naqvi@dsu.edu.pk

• MSc (Electric Power Engineering), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
• BE (Electrical), NUST, Karachi

Formerly:
Customer Support Engineer, Wavetec (Pvt.) Ltd., Pakistan

Research Interests:
• Electrical Machines and Drives

Publications:

Significant Achievements:
• Received best faculty member award at DSU for Fall Semester 2012

Contact Information:
Email: asadullah@dsu.edu.pk
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• ME (Electronics), Hamdard University
• BE (Electronics), Pakistan

Formerly:
• Assistant Professor, Hamdard University
• Research & Development Manager, Wavetec (Pvt.) Ltd., Pakistan

Contact Information:
Email: junaid.ahmed@dsu.edu.pk
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• MSc, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia

Research Interests:

• Signal Processing
• Adaptive filters
• Machine learning

Publications:
• Umair bin Mansoor, Syed Muhammad Asad & Azzedine Zerguine, Stochastic Gradient Algorithm Based on an Improved Higher Order Exponentiated Error Cost Function, 48th IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, 2014
• Quasi-Newton Least Mean Fourth Adaptive Algorithm: Steady-State, Tracking and Transient Analysis, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller (June 16, 2010), ISBN-13: 978-3639262964

Contact Information:
Email: umair.mansoor@dsu.edu.pk
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• MSc (Power Engineering), Technical University Munich, Germany
• BE (Electronics), NED University

Formerly:
• Linde AG, Engineering Division, Pullach, Germany
• Institute of Automatic Control, Technical University Munich (TUM), Germany
• Hamdard University, Karachi, Pakistan

Research Interests:
• System Identification
• Linear Control Systems
• Non-Linear Control Systems
• Distributed Control Systems
• Model Predictive Control
• Electrical Machines (Control)

Publications:
• Automatic Power Factor Correction Unit, International Conference on Computing, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, ICE Cube 2016, April 11-12, Quetta, Pakistan. ISBN 978-1-5090-1252-7
• Design of Smart Charge Controller for Wind Electric Conversion System, 8th International conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies SET 2009, 31st Aug to 3rd Sep 2009, Aachen, Germany. ISBN 978-3-9813246-1-7
• An off-grid Model Setup for Wind Electric Conversion System, TENCON 2009, November 23-26, Singapore. ISBN 978-1-4244-4547-9
• National Instruments LabVIEW based Pharmaceutical Medication Device with Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition System (SCADA), SoutheastCon 2009, March 5-8, Atlanta, GA, USA. ISBN 978-1-4244-3978-2
• GSM Based Security System Using LabVIEW,First International Conference on Computer, Control and Communication 2007 at Pakistan Navy Engineering College, NUST, Karachi during November 12-13, 2007
Significant Achievements:
• Masters Thesis at Linde Engineering, Pullach, Germany in the department of Information Technology and Process Control
• Funding from NED University for presenting projects in Germany and USA at undergraduate level
• First prize winner in hardware competition at PAF-KIET (2008)

Contact Information:
Email: m.owais@dsu.edu.pk
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• MSc (Engineering), University of Leeds, UK
• MBA (Marketing), PAF-KIET

Contact Information:
Email: haris@dsu.edu.pk

• MSc (Sustainable Electrical Power), Brunel University London, United Kingdom
• BS (Electronics), SSUET, KarachiFormerly:
• Senior Lecturer, DHA Suffa University
• Lecturer, Usman Institute of Technology
• Project Officer, Brunel University London
• Electrical Engineer, Pakistan International Container Terminal

Research Interests:
• Power Quality, Renewable Energy

Publications:
• Asif Gulraiz, Hammad Munami, Power Factor Correction for Non-Linear Loads, International Journal on Energy Conversion (IRECON). ISSN: 2281-5295, e-ISSN: 2281-5309.

Significant Achievements:
• Distinction in Final Thesis (MSc), Brunel University London

Contact Information:
Email: asif.gulraiz@dsu.edu.pk

• ME (Communication Systems and Networks), MUET
• BE (Telecommunications), MUET

Formerly:
• Assistant Manager, Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL – Etisalat), Hyderabad
• Resident Engineer, Interactive Group of Companies Pvt Ltd, Army Data Center, Hyderabad

Research Interests:
• Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks
• Cooperative Communication Systems

Publications:
• S Asad A, et al, Performance Evaluation Of Decode & Forward Cooperative Communication Protocols, International Journal Of Information Technology And Electrical Engineering , 1st Jan 2013, ISSN: 2225-7217
• Syed Asad Ali, et al, Bit Error rate Analysis of Amplify and Forward Cooperative Communication Protocol, IEEEP 26th Multi Topic Symposium 2011, Karachi Pakistan

Significant Achievements:
• Gold Medal from IEEE on research paper
• Position Holder in BE

Contact Information:
Email: engr.asad@dsu.edu.pk
Extension: 161

• MSc Electrical Engineering, The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
• B.Eng Electrical, Mehran UET, Pakistan

Research Interests:
• Sensorless Control Techniques for Variable Speed Drives
• Simulation Modeling of Power Electric and Power Electronic Systems
• Integrated and Modular Motor Drives
• Grid Integration of Large Scale Renewable Energy Systems
• Design of High Speed and Power Dense Machines

Publications:
• R.U.A. Shaikh and H. Shaikh, Analysis of field oriented controlled AC drive fed by a back to back three level NPC Converter, 2017 IEEE First International Conference on Latest Trends in Electrical Engineering & Computing Technologies (INTELLECT).
• R.U.A. Shaikh, A. Saeed and R. Kumar, Review on Present and Future Integration Techniques for Capacitors in Motor Drives, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Computing, Mathematics & Engineering Technologies (iCoMET), 2018

Significant Achievements:
• Developing Solutions Masters Scholar at University of Nottingham
• Student Leader Award (Bronze) Awarded by Nottingham Students Union
• Mehran University Entrance Scholarship
• Mehran University Academic Merit Grants
• 2nd Position in MSc Electrical Engineering Cohort 2015 at University of Nottingham, UK

Contact Information:
Email: amin.shaikh@dsu.edu.pk
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• BS (Electronics), University of Sindh, Pakistan

Research Interests:
• Power Invertors, Wind/Solar Energy, Embedded Systems

Significant Achievements:
• Designed high-end power supplies for the under water and surface ships

Contact Information:
Email: irfan.hussain@dsu.edu.pk
Extension: 161

• BE (Electrical Power), NUST, Karachi

Research Interests:
• Wireless Energy Harevesting
• Wireless Communications
• Electrical Power Systems

Significant Achievements:
• In Service Training from STEVTA

Contact Information:
Email: f.akram@dsu.edu.pk
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• BE (Electrical), Hamdard University

Contact Information:
Email: a.samad@dsu.edu.pk
Extension: 160

(On Leave)

• BE (Electrical), NUST, Karachi

Significant Achievements:

• Received merit scholarship from semester 1 till 7 at NUST, Karachi
• Won a Silver Medal in the 31st IEEE Pakistan Student Seminar 2016

Contact Information:
Email: sara.noor@dsu.edu.pk

• BE (Electronics), Hamdard University

Research Interests:
• Control and Automation
• Power Systems Monitoring and Control

Publications:
Contact Information:
Email: bilal.khan@dsu.edu.pk

• BE (Electronics), Dawood University, Karachi

Significant Achievements:
• 2nd Runner up of DICE Automotive Competition 2015, NUST Islamabad

Contact Information:
Email: hafsa.haseeb@dsu.edu.pk
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