Dr. Moazam Maqsood

moazam.maqsood@fbse.paf-iast.edu.pk

Dr. Moazam Maqsood

Assistant Professor

Biography

Moazam got his PhD degree in 2013 from the University of Surrey, UK, He joined Institute of Space Technology, Pakistan in the same year and got involved in various R&D projects. He has a vast experience of managing projects both during his study period as well as in the professional career. He has worked with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.; a leading satellite manufacturer. He also has experience of managing big projects and handling large teams. He secured funding (15M) for the development of High Altitude Platform for providing Internet services to the remote areas of Pakistan. He is currently involved in several projects related to RF front end design such as “Design and Development of Landing Assist system for UAVs” and “Design and Development of Wideband Isotropic Antennas for Spectrum Sensing.” He has also held several administrative positions within IST. Moazam has so far supervised more than 30 students at BS and MS levels. He has co-authored more than 25 international publications for different conferences and reputable journals. He has recently received the Best University Teacher Award at Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad. He is now working as Assistant Professor at Pak-Austria Fachhochschule: Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology.

Professional Appointments

  • Assistant Professor Department of Electrical& Computer Engineering PAF-IAST 2022 – till date
  • Assistant Professor Department Electrical Engineering, Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, 2013 - 2022

Education

  • PhD. Electrical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guilford, UK, 2013
  • MSc. Microwave Engineering and Wireless Subsystem Design, University of Surrey, Guilford, UK, 2009
  • BS Communication Systems Engineering, Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, 2006

Publications

  • U. R. Qureshi, M. Maqsood, M. Amin, A.R. Maud and N. Shoaib, “A boomerang-shaped UWB antenna for spectrum sensing”, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, 2021.
  • U. Ullah, F. A. Bhatti, A. R. Maud, M. I. Asim, K. Khurshid, M. Maqsood, “IoT-enabled computer vision-based parts inspection system for SME 4.0”, Microprocessors and Microsystems, 2021, 104354, ISSN 0141-9331.
  • H. T. Ali, S. Amin, M. Amin, M. Maqsood, A.R. Maud, and M. Yusuf, “Design and Development of a Near Isotropic Printed Arc Antenna for Direction of Arrival (DoA) Applications”. MDPI Electronics, vol. 10, pg. 797, 2021.
  • M. Shahzaib, S. Shakil, S. Ghaffar, M. Maqsood and F. A. Bhatti, “Classification of Forearm EMG Signals for Ten Motions using Optimum Feature-Channel Combinations”, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Dec 2020.
  • O. Ansari, M. Amin, M. Maqsood and A. R. Maud, “Inter-subset Hamming Distance Maximization for Enhancing the Physical Layer Security of Antenna Subset Modulation”, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 221513-221524, 2020.

Skills

Isotropic Antennas 100%
Wideband Antennas100%
Filter Design100%