MUHAMMAD E. H. CHOWDHURY (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees with record marks from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Nottingham, U.K., in 2014. He worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and a Hermes Fellow at the Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, University of Nottingham. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Qatar University. Before joining Qatar University, he worked in several universities of Bangladesh. He has a patent and has published around 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers, and two book chapters. His current research interests include biomedical instrumentation, signal processing, wearable sensors, medical image analysis, machine learning, embedded system design, and simultaneous EEG/fMRI. He is also running several NPRP and UREP grants from QNRF and internal grants from Qatar University along with academic and government projects.
AMITH KHANDAKAR received the B.Sc. degree in electronics and telecommunication engineering from North South University, Bangladesh, and the Master’s degree in computing (networking concentration) from Qatar University. He graduated as the Valedictorian (President Gold Medal Recipient) of North South University. He is currently doing his PhD at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of University of British Columbia. He is also a certified Project Management Professional and the Cisco Certified Network Administrator. He has been a teaching assistant and lab instructor over the past 10 years with the Electrical Engineering Department of Qatar University. After graduation, he was a Consultant in a reputed insurance company in Qatar and in a private company, which is a sub-contractor to National Telecom Service Provider in Qatar. His research interests includes Sensors, Electronics and Engineering Education.
MOHAMMAD TARIQUL ISLAM (Senior Member, IEEE) is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), and a Visiting Professor with the Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan. He is the author or co-author of about 500 research journal articles, nearly 175 conference papers, and a few book chapters on various topics related to antennas, microwaves, and electromagnetic radiation analysis, with 20 inventory patents filed. Thus far, his publications have been cited 5641 times and his H-index is 38 (Source: Scopus). His Google scholar citation is 8200 and his H-index is 42. His research interests include communication antenna design, satellite antennas, and electromagnetic radiation analysis.
Yazan Qiblawey (M’19) received the B.Sc. in electrical engineering from Qatar University, Qatar in 2017 and M.Sc in electrical and electronics engineering from University of Nottingham, UK in 2019. He is currently a Research Assistant at College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar. His research interests include signal processing, machine learning, and fault detection.
Farayi Musharavati received the Ph.D. degree in manufacturing systems engineering from the University Putra Malaysia, in 2008. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Qatar University. His research interests include advanced manufacturing systems and optimization, genetic algorithms, neural networks, simulated annealing, supply chain management, and renewable energy.
Erfan Zalnezhad graduated with a PhD. in Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He is currently with Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA. Dr. Zal Nezhad's main research interests include the Tribo-Bio-Mechanical properties investigation of bio-composites. He has published more than 70 technical papers in reputable journals and conferences. He also is a reviewer for engineering ISI journals and has refereed international conferences. He has conducted a lot of research on Materials Design, Nanomaterials, Thin Film Coatings, Biomaterials, Biomedical Implants, and Biosensors, as well as characterization of the Tribo-bio-mechanical properties of new and improved materials including aluminium, titanium, and magnesium alloys. He is interested in the application of finite element methods and other numerical techniques, as well as imaging and image analysis to calculate and visualize the response of biological systems to different conditions.
