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Dr Irfanullah

Associate Professor
Area of Interest: Antenna Design, Electromagnetic Compatibility and Signal Integrity.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (92)992-383591-6

Academics/ Degrees

PhD, Electrical & Computer Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA, 2014.
B.Sc (Electrical Engineering) UET Peshawar, Pakistan 2001.
M.Sc (Electrical Engineering) UET Lahore, Pakistan 2007.
Professional Diploma in Project Management PIM Lahore, Pakistan 2007.

Journal Publications

1.	I.Ullah A Phased Array Antenna with Novel Composite Right/Left-Handed (CRLH) Phase Shifters for Wi-Fi 6 Commu-nication Systems , Applied Sciences , 2023
2.	I.Ullah A Composite Right/Left-Handed Phase Shifter-Based Cylindrical Phased Array with Reinforced Particles Responsive to Magneto-Static Fields, Electronics, 2023
3.	J. Nasir,Leo Liu,Aftab A.Khan,I.Ullah,Bilal,Shoaib Khaliq,Raheel Nawaz Effects of Mutual Coupling on Gain and Beam Width of a Linear Array of a Dielectric Resonator Antenna for Main Beam Scanning Applications, MDPI sensors, 2022
4.	I.Ullah,Symeon Nikolaou, Benjamin D. Braaten,Adnan Iftikhar,Dimitris E. Anagnostou Beamforming with 1 × N Conformal Arrays, MDPI Sensors, 2022
5.	I.Ullah,Hina Munsif,S.Razzaq,Ali Imram Najam Cylindrical phased array with adaptive nulling using eigen-correlation technique, International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, 2021
6.	Muhammad Idrees,Xiaomin Qi,A. Zaib,Adnan Tariq,I.Ullah,Z. Mahmood Throughput Maximization in Clustered Cellular Networks by using Joint Resource Scheduling and Fractional Frequency Reuse aided Coordinated Multipoint, Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, 2021., 2021
7.	I.Ullah,Hina Munsif,Ali Imram Najam Eigenbeam Analysis of Singly Curved Conformal Antenna Array, Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, 2021
8.	Adnan Tariq,Shahid Khattak, Hina Munsif,S.Razzaq,I.Ullah Linear Pattern Correction Technique for Compensating the Effects of Mutual Coupling and Deformation in Wedge-Shaped Conformal Antenna Arrays , Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Journal, 2021
9.	Arif Ullah, Ziaul Haq Abbas,Alam Zaib,I.Ullah,Fazal Muhammad,Muhammad Idrees,S.Khattak Likelihood ascent search augmented sphere decoding receiver for MIMO systems using M-QAM constellations, IET Communications, 2021
10.	Muhammad Mubeen Masud,Dipankar Mitra,Bilal Ijaz,I.Ullah,enjamin D. Braaten On Using the Zeroth Order Resonance of an Inter-digital Capacitive Unit-cell to Design Antennas for Passive UHF RFID Tags, Electronics Letters, 2021
11.	A. Khan,A. Zaib,I.Ullah,S.Khattak MIMO iterative receiver SNR estimation strategies for link to system interfacing, International Journal of Communication Systems, 2020
12.	I.Ullah,S.Khattak,I.Khan EMC Coupling Between Two Composite Right/Left-Handed (CRLH) Transmission Lines on PCBs, Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) journal, 2020
13.	Manzoor Elahi,I.Ullah,Rizwan Khan,Azremi Abdullah Al-Hadi,Saeeda Usman,Ping Jack Soh A Dual-Band Planar Quasi Yagi-Uda Antenna with Optimized Gain for LTE Applications, Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, 2019
14.	A. Khan,I.Ullah,S.Khattak Link To System (L2S) Interfacing for MIMO Wireless System using Maximum Likelihood Receiver, IET Communications, 2017
15.	I.Ullah,S.Khattak,Benjamin D. Braaten Improvement of the Broadside Radiation Pattern of a Conformal Antenna Array using Amplitude Tapering, Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Journal, 2017. , 2017
16.	I.Ullah,Sanjay Nariyal,David Schuette,S.Khattak,Benjamin D. Braaten Modeling the Strong Coupling between Microstrip and Complementary Split Ring Resonator Transmission Lines on a PCB, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 2017., 2017
17.	J. Nasir, MOHD HAIZAL JAMALUDDIN,MUHAMMAD RAMLEE KAMARUDIN,I.Ullah,YEW-CHIONG LO, RAGHURAMAN SELVARAJU A Four-Element Linear Dielectric Resonator Antenna Array for Beamforming Applications With Compensation of Mutual Coupling, IEEE open Access journal,,, 2016
18.	S.Khattak,A.Kayani,I.Ullah,Asif Khan Channel Independent 3D-EXIT Chart Based Path Scheduling for Serially Concatenated Decoders, INTERNATION JOURNAL ON COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, 2016
19.	J. Nasir,M. H. Jamaluddin,M. Khalily,M. R. Kamarudin ,I.Ullah Design of an MIMO Dielectric Resonator Antenna for 4G applications, Journal of Wireless Personal Communications-Springer., 2016
20.	J. Nasir,Mohd H. Jamaluddin,Mohsen Khalily,Muhammad R. Kamarudin,I.Ullah,Raghuraman Selvaraju A Reduced Size Dual Port MIMO DRA with High Isolation for 4G applications, International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, 2015
21.	B.D.Braaten,S.Roy,I.Ullah,S.Nariyal,D.E. Anagnostou Phase-Compensated Conformal Antennas for Changing Spherical Surfaces, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2014
22.	I.Ullah,S.Nariyal,S.Roy,M.M.Masud,B.Ijaz,B.D.Braaten Analysis of the Noise Voltage Coupling (Crosstalk) between Right-Handed and Composite Right/Left-Handed (CRLH) Transmission Lines on Printed Circuit Boards, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2013
23.	B.D.Braaten,M.A.Aziz,S.Roy,I.Ullah,S.Nariyal,N.F.Chamberlain,D.E. Anagnostou A Self-Adapting Flexible (SELFLEX) Antenna Array for Changing Conformal Surface Applications,, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 61, no. 2, Feb., 2013, pp. 655 - 665, 2013
24.	M.M.Masud,B.Ijaz,I.Ullah,B.D.Braaten A Compact Dual-Band EMI Metasurface Shield With an Actively Tunable Polarized Lower Band, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2012
25.	I.Khan,I.Ullah,P.S.Hall Transmit-Receive Diversity for 2x2 MIMO Channel in Body Area Networks, IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation Journal, 2011

Conference Publications

1.	I.Ullah Sidelobe level and nulls control of defected linear antenna arrays using an optimization algorithm, , 2022
2.	Arslan Ali Shah,I.Ullah,Hina Munsif,Ali Imran Najam CPW-Fed Three-Arm Archimedean Spiral Antenna for X-band Applications, , 2021
3.	Adnan Tariq,S.Khattak,J.kazim,I.Ullah,A. Zaib,Muhammad Ayaz,Rashid Ahmed Bhatti Interpolation Based Radiation Pattern Correction in Conformal Beamforming Arrays, , 2019
4.	Muhammad Ayaz,Adnan Tariq,Waleed Saif,S.Khattak,J.kazim,I.Ullah,Rashid Ahmad Bhatti LSE Based Radiation Pattern Compensation in Wedge Shaped Deformed Conformal Antenna Arrays, , 2018
5.	Adnan Tariq,I.Ullah,Muhammad Ayaz,J.kazim,Waleed Saif,Rashid Ahmad Bhatti ,S.Khattak LSE Based Radiation Pattern Compensation in Wedge Shaped Deformed Conformal Antenna Arrays, , 2018
6.	J.kazim,Waleed Saif,Muhammad Ayaz,Adnan Tariq,S.Khattak,Aisha,Rashid Ahmad Bhatti ,I.Ullah Design of an 8-element conformal cylindrical array and its radiation pattern compensation, , 2018
7.	Muhammad Rizwan,I.Ullah,Muhammad Asim Abbasi,J.kazim An Active Dual-Band Metamaterial Based EMI Shield With Upper Band Reconfigurable, , 2018
8.	Adnan Anwar,I.Ullah,S.Khattak,Aqdas Naveed Malik Performance Comparisons of Fixed and Adaptive Beamforming Techniques for 4G Smart Antennas, , 2017
9.	Haseeba Naveed Qureshi,I.Ullah,S.Khan,J.kazim,S.Khattak Strong Coupling (Crosstalk) Between Printed Microstrip Transmission Lands on Printed Circuit Boards, , 2017
10.	Haroon Ahmed,Nabeel Muqarrab,Muhammad Rehan Zaffar,J.kazim,I.Ullah A Compact Passive UHF RFID Meandered Dipole Tag, , 2016
11.	Manzoor Elahi,S.Khan,Hazrat Ali,S Khan,I.Ullah Design of multi-band antenna for LTE and WiMAX applications using step-shaped drivers with the truncated ground plane, , 2016
12.	D. Schuette,I.Ullah,S. Nariyal,S.Khattak,B. D. Braaten, Strong Coupling (Crosstalk) Between Printed Microstrip and Complementary Split Ring Resonator (CSRR) Loaded Transmission Lines in Multilayer Printed Circuit Boards (PCB), , 2016
13.	Yousaf,I.Ullah Direction of Arrival Estimation Using Fast Bayesian Pursuit, , 2016
14.	Haseeba Qureshi,I.Ullah MS(Thesis) Analysis Of Strong Coupling Between PCB Lands , , 2016
15.	J. Nasir,Mohd. H. Jamaluddin,Mohsen Khalily,Muhammad R. Kamarudin,I.Ullah A Dual-Port MIMO DRA with High Isolation for LTE Applications, , 2014
16.	B. D. Braaten,S. Roy,I.Ullah,S. Nariyal,D. E. Anagnostou An Autonomous Self-Adapting Conformal Array for Cylindrical Surfaces with a Changing Radius,, , 2014
17.	I.Ullah,B. D. Braaten "Nulls of a Conformal Beamforming Array on an Arbitrary Wedge-Shaped Surface, , 2014
18.	I.Ullah,B. D. Braaten "On the Effects of a Changing Cylindrical Surface on the Nulls of a Conformal Beamforming Array,, , 2014
19.	B.Ijaz,S.Roy,M.M.Masud,A.Iftikhar,S.Nariyal,I.Ullah,K. Asirvatham,B. Booth,B. D. Braaten A Series-fed Microstrip Patch Array with Interconnecting CRLH Transmission Lines for WLAN Applications, , 2014
20.	B.Ijaz,A.Sanyal,A.Mendoza-Radal,S.Roy,I.Ullah,M.T.Reich,D.Dawn,B.D.Braaten,N.F.Chamberlain,D.E. Anagnostou Gain Limits of Phase Compensated Conformal Antenna Arrays on Non-Conducting Spherical Surfaces using the Projection Method, , 2013
21.	S.Nariyal,I.Ullah,S.A.Naqvi,B.Ijaz,M.M.Masud,B.Booth,K. Asirvatham ,B.D.Braaten On the Use of Amplitude Tapering for Pattern Correction of Conformal (Curved) Antennas, , 2013
22.	I.Ullah,S.Nariyal,B.D.Braaten Crosstalk Between Right-Handed and Complementary Split Ring Resonator (CSRR) Transmission Lines, , 2013
23.	B.D.Braaten,I.Ullah,S.Nariyal,S.A.Naqvi,M.Iskander,D.E. Anagnostou Scanning Characteristics of a Self-Adapting Phased-Array Antenna on a Wedge-Shaped Conformal Surface, , 2013
24.	I.Ullah,S.Nariyal,S.Roy,M.M.Masud,B.Ijaz,A.Iftikhar,S.A.Naqvi,B.D.Braaten A Note on the Fundamental Maximum Gain Limit of the Projection Method for Conformal Phased Array Antennas, , 2012
25.	B.D.Braaten,S.Roy,I.Ullah,S.Nariyal,B.Ijaz,M.M.Masud,S.A.Naqvi,A.Iftikhar A Cascaded Reconfigurable RH/CRLH-Zero-Phase Microstrip Transmission Line Unit Cell, , 2012
26.	I.Ullah,S.Nariyal,S.Roy,B.D.Braaten Analysis on the Coupling Between Right-Handed and CRLH Transmission Lines, , 2012
27.	M.A.Aziz,S.Roy,L. A. Berge,I.Ullah,B.D.Braaten A Conformal CPW Folded Slot Antenna Array Printed on a Kapton Substrate, , 2012

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

1.	Hina Munsif,Braaten B.D,I.Ullah Element Failure Correction Techniques for Phased Array Antennas in Future Terahertz Communication Systems, , 2021
2.	I.Ullah,S.Khattak,B.D Braaten Broadside Pattern Correction Techniques for Conformal Antenna Arrays, , 2020

Profile/Bio

Academic Experience:

Feb. 2008 to Aug. 2011: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of IT, Abbottabad, Pakistan
Feb. 2014 to continued: Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, COMSATS Institute of IT, Abbottabad, Pakistan

Industrial Experience:

Jul. 2001 to Feb. 2006: Assistant Manager (R&D), Pakistan Space & Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Lahore, Pakistan
Jun. 2006 to Feb. 2008: Manager R&D, SB Electronics Engineering & Control (SBEEC),(Pvt) Ltd, Lahore, Pakistan.

Awards

Secured FIRST POSITION in M.Sc in Electrical Engineering Department (2007), UET Lahore, Pakistan.
Secured HONOUR POSITION in B.Sc in Electrical Engineering Department (2001), UET Peshawar, Pakistan.
Secured FIRST POSITION in F.Sc in Pre-Engineering in Government Post Graduate College Bannu, NWFP, Pakistan.
Secured FIRST POSITION in Matriculation in Science Group in G.H.S.No.2 Bannu City, NWFP, Pakistan.
Member, Pakistan Engineering Council of Pakistan.

Research Projects

R & D Projects:

NASA EPSCoR FAR0020852, (Nov 1st 2012 – 30th June 2013): Worked on design, development and measurement of six-element cylindrical array for CMOS conformal array applications: More Detail
SUPARCO TMTC subsystem for PAKSAT-1R communication satellite (Jan 2003 – June 2005):

1. Microcontroller based telemetry subsystem capable of handling 1024 analog and 128 digital telemetry channels.

2. Microcontroller based telecommand subsystem capable of generating 256 telecommands. More Detail

Design and development of Conformal Beamforming Array (CBA) for Aerial Platform, worth PKR. 12.49 Million, funded by Ignite (formerly National ICT R&D Fund), Ministry of IT & Telecom, Pakistan (Aug 2017-July 2019) – Principal Investigator . Further details on link: https://www.cuiatd.edu.pk/electrical-computer-engineering/research-project-cba/.

Antenna array failure correction for multi-function phased array radar, worth PKR. 15.3 Million, funded by HEC-NRPU, Pakistan (May 2022-April 2024)-Principal Investigator. Further details on link: https://www.cuiatd.edu.pk/electrical-computer-engineering/research-project-antenna-array-failure-correction-for-phased-array-radar/.
Designing a broadband circularly polarized spiral antenna array for X-band applications, worth PKR. 0.15 Million, funded by RAC-NESCOM (National Engineering and Scientific Commission), Pakistan (Jan 2021-Dec 2021) – PI.

Development of RCS Computation Software, worth PKR. 0.25 Million (1^st phase), funded by NESCOM (National Engineering and Scientific Commission), Pakistan (Aug 2018-July 2019) – Supervisor

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