Dr. Niaz Ahmed

Faculty Member

Dr. Niaz Ahmed

Associate Professor & HoD(EE)

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor
(+9251 111 128 128) 254
niaz.ahmed@nu.edu.pk

Education

PhD (Electrical Engineering), Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, USA, 2017

MS (Computer Engineering), Centre of Advance Studies in Engineering, Islamabad, 2012

BS (Telecommunication Engineering), FAST-National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, 2010

Summary

Dr. Niaz Ahmed has received his Ph.D. degree from Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA, in 2017 where he worked in the field of underwater wireless communication and developed low power wireless sensor nodes. Dr. Niaz is one of the pioneers in the field of Magneto Inductive communication.  He has published articles in reputed and prestigious journals and international conferences and is also author of a book titled as “Underwater Communication and Networks”. He is currently working as an Associate Professor in FAST university. His research interests include embedded systems, wireless communication, underwater wireless sensor network, and magneto-inductive communication systems. He is also the director of Marine & Aerial Robotics Systems (MARS) research lab.

Publications

Journal Papers

  1. Doppler scale estimation for varied speed mobile frequency hopped binary frequency-shift keying underwater acoustic communication, Journal of Acoustic Society of America”, August 2019 – 146:2, 998 – 1004
  2. Double-differential coded M-ary direct sequence spread spectrum for mobile underwater acoustic communication system, Applied Acoustics 183 (2021): 108303.
  3. Design and evaluation of a low-cost, DIY-inspired, underwater platform to promote experimental research in UWSN, Ad Hoc Netw. 34, C (November 2015), 239–251. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adhoc.2014.10.007
  4. Full Duplex Physical and MAC Layer-Based Underwater Wireless Communication Systems and Protocols: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Directions, in Journal of Marine Science and. Engineering 2021, 9(5), 468; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9050468 (IF = 2.451)
  5. Channel Estimation and Equalization of Underwater Acoustic MIMO-OFDM Systems: A Review, Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 199-208, Fall 2019, doi: 10.1109/CJECE.2019.2897587.
  6. Design and Evaluation of Low-Cost and An Energy Efficient Magneto Inductive Sensor Node For Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Systems Journal PP(99):1-10 DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2018.2841872
  7. APE-Sync: An Adaptive Power Efficient Time Synchronization for Mobile Underwater Sensor Networks, IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 52379-52389, 2019, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2912229
  8. Experimental Investigation of Optimal Relay Position for Magneto-Inductive Wireless Sensor Networks, Sensors 2020, 20, 2720
  9. Distributed Localization Based on Signal Propagation Loss for Underwater Sensor Networks, IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 112985-112995, 2019, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2934978
  10. Fundamentals and Advancements of Magnetic-Field Communication for Underwater Wireless Sensor Networks, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 68, no. 11, pp. 7555-7570, Nov. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TAP.2020.3001451

Conference Papers

  1. A Low-Cost and Flexible Underwater Platform to Promote Experiments in UWSN Research, seventh ACM WuWNet Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA, November 5-6, 2012
  2. Design of a Smart Relaying Scheme for Magneto Inductive Wireless Sensor Networks, Global Oceans 2020: Singapore – U.S. Gulf Coast, 2020, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/IEEECONF38699.2020.9388990
  3. A multi-coil Magneto-Inductive transceiver for low-cost wireless sensor networks, 2014 Underwater Communications and Networking (UComms), Sestri Levante, 2014, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/UComms.2014.7017135
  4. Low power magneto-inductive communication system for structural health monitoring, OCEANS 2016 - Shanghai, Shanghai, 2016, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/OCEANSAP.2016.7485708
  5. Effects of metal structures on magneto-inductive coupled coils,, IEEE Third Underwater Communications and Networking Conference (UComms), Lerici, 2016, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/UComms.2016.7583470
  6. Directivity Pattern of Different Coil Structures for Magneto-Coupled Communication Systems, OCEANS 2019 - Marseille, Marseille, France, 2019, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/OCEANSE.2019.8867238