-
Maher Assaad
- Professor
- Ext: 6789
-
Dr. Maher Assaad received his Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Microelectronics IC Design from the University of Montreal, Canada, in 2002, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Microelectronics IC Design from the University of Glasgow, U.K., in 2009. He has served as a Senior Lecturer in Electrical Engineering at the University of Technology PETRONAS, Malaysia, and as an Associate Professor in Electronic and Communication Engineering at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah. Currently, he is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Ajman University, UAE. His research interests include the design of analog and digital circuits for sensing and communication systems.
Education
- Ph.D. in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, July 2009.
- M.Eng. in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Montreal, Canada, October 2002.
- M.Sc. in Semiconductor Physics, University of Moncton, N.B., Canada, August 1997.
Ph.D. in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom, July 2009.
M.Eng. in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Montreal, Canada, October 2002.
M.Sc. in Semiconductor Physics, University of Moncton, N.B., Canada, August 1997.
Experience
- Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ajman University, UAE, January 2016 – August 2022.
- Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, August 2013 – December 2015.
- Senior Lecturer of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, August 2010 – July 2013.
- Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajman University, UAE, September 2022 – Present.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ajman University, UAE, January 2016 – August 2022.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, UAE, August 2013 – December 2015.
Senior Lecturer of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia, August 2010 – July 2013.
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ajman University, UAE, September 2022 – Present.
Teaching Area
- Analog/Digital Circuits, Analog/Digital Integrated Circuits, Digital Systems Design with VHDL, MEMS Technologies, VLSI Design.
Analog/Digital Circuits, Analog/Digital Integrated Circuits, Digital Systems Design with VHDL, MEMS Technologies, VLSI Design.
Research
- Light/Image-Sensor-Based Systems Design for Industrial Applications.
- Temperature Sensors and Temperature Level Detection.
- PLL-Based Clock and Data Recovery Circuits for Optical Fiber Communication Systems.
Light/Image-Sensor-Based Systems Design for Industrial Applications.
Temperature Sensors and Temperature Level Detection.
PLL-Based Clock and Data Recovery Circuits for Optical Fiber Communication Systems.
Publications
-
Measuring perceived sweetness by monitoring sorbitol concentration in apples using a non-destructive polarization-based readout.
-
Meibomian gland cyst detection and classification using hyperspectral imaging
-
Nondestructive Food Quality Monitoring Using Phase Information in Time-Resolved Reflectance Spectroscopy
-
Non-destructive, non-invasive, in-line real-time phase-based reflectance for quality monitoring of fruit
-
Compressive sensing based secret signals recovery for effective image Steganalysis in secure communications
-
Monitoring of fruit freshness using phase information in polarization reflectance spectroscopy.
-
Low cost structured-light based 3D surface reconstruction, International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems.
-
A Hardware Description Language-Based Serial Link for Multicores SoC/NoC Interconnect.
-
A 3-Bit Pseudo Flash ADC Based Low-Power CMOS Interface Circuit Design for Optical Sensor
-
Design And Characterization Of Automated Color Sensor System
-
A Semi-cylindrical Capacitive-based Differential Sensing System for Water Content in Crude Oil Measurement
-
A Truly all-Digital Design and Characterization of Referenceless Dual-Loop Clock and Data Recovery Circuit for SERDES Devices
-
A 2-Stage interface circuit design for a 32-Color resolution optical sensor
-
A Four-Color Optical Detector Circuit
-
Design and characterization of an ultra-low power SOI-CMOS IC of temperature level detector
-
Design and Characterization of Multi-Color Sensor Circuit
-
An FPGA-based design and implementation of an all- digital serializer for inter module communication in SoC
-
Maher Assaad & M. Alser, "Design of an All-Digital Synchronized Frequency Multiplier Based on a Dual-Loop (D/FLL)", Vol. 2012, 2012, VLSI Design, Hindawi, USA.
-
Design of an All-Digital Synchronized Frequency Multiplier Based on a Dual-Loop (D/FLL)
-
A wide-range programmable frequency synthesizer based on a finite state machine filter
-
JournalRahul Gupta, Maher Assaad, Mohammad Hashmi, Highly flexible uniplanar dual-band power divider for arbitrary source and load impedances, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Jul 2021
-
Book ChapterP Arun Mozhi Devan, Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin, Rosdiazli Ibrahim, M Nagarajapandian, Maher Assaad, Novel Hybrid Iterative Learning–Fractional Predicative PI Controller for Time-Delay Systems, Applied Fractional Calculus in Identification and Control, Springer
-
JournalP Arun Mozhi Devan, Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin, Rosdiazli B Ibrahim, Kishore Bingi, M Nagarajapandian, Maher Assaad, An arithmetic-trigonometric optimization algorithm with application for control of real-time pressure process plant, Sensors, Jan 2022
-
JournalMukul Sarkar, Maher Assaad, Noninvasive Non-Contact SpO2 Monitoring Using an Integrated Polarization-Sensing CMOS Imaging Sensor, Sensors, Oct 2022
Measuring perceived sweetness by monitoring sorbitol concentration in apples using a non-destructive polarization-based readout.
The determination and qualification of sugars in fruits are important for quality control and assurance of horticultural produce. The sugars determine the sweetness levels in fruits. The requirement for a universal technique that is also robust to predict the sweetness of the fruit in a non-destructive fashion is immense. The handheld refractometer, hydrometer, electronic tongues, and high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) in combination with other detectors have long been used to determine the sweetness of horticultural produce. Though these techniques are very accurate and useful, they require extensive sample preparation and are generally time-consuming and expensive. Optical techniques like visible to near-infrared spectroscopy (vis/NIRS) are simple in use and can rapidly predict the sweetness of the fruit in a non-destructive fashion.
About the journal
Meibomian gland cyst detection and classification using hyperspectral imaging
The primary role of the oily secretion (meibum) is to ensure tear film stability and retard evaporation. In addition to these is providing ocular surface lubrication, which is necessary for smooth eyelid movements. When a gland is blocked, it is described as a Meibomian gland cyst (MGC), which can be a meibomian cyst, usually referred to as chalazion (eye bump), or in the case of inflammation, it is considered to be a hordeolum (sty or stye). Topical ophthalmic ointments and eyelid heat massages can treat early diagnosed MGC; otherwise, surgical operation is required. The current techniques of diagnosing MGC are usually uncomfortable or invasive, such as examining the tarsal plate after everting the eyelid or by biopsy procedures. The purpose of this work is to propose a non-invasive MGC evaluation and classification technique using hyperspectral imaging and image processing
About the journal
Nondestructive Food Quality Monitoring Using Phase Information in Time-Resolved Reflectance Spectroscopy
A rapid and affordable method is desired by the food industry to monitor the quality of the food. A nondestructive and noninvasive testing is desired to determine the optimum harvesting time, monitor changes during storage, and asses the internal quality of the fruits. Time-resolved reflectance spectroscopy (TRS) is used for noninvasive simultaneous measurement of the scattering and the absorption properties of turbid media. In this article, a time-resolved phase reflectance-based nondestructive and noninvasive method is proposed to monitor the internal quality of the fruits. The time-resolved reflectance is determined by the number of internal scatterers based on the mean-free path length of the incident light. The change in the mean-free path due to change in the pigmentation of the internal pulp changes the order of the scatters and, therefore, affects the scattering profile of the reflected light.
About the journal
Non-destructive, non-invasive, in-line real-time phase-based reflectance for quality monitoring of fruit
Food quality monitoring in the production process is essential. The control of food quality and freshness is of growing interest for both consumer and food industry. Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy is popular as it does not need any sample preparation. However, NIR spectroscopy is costly and needs reliable calibration. A noncontact, non-destructive optical process is proposed in this work to monitor the quality of the food. It is shown that the reflected phase information can be used to detect the quality of the fruits. The color and the spectral reflectance change with storage. The changes in the spectral feature due to ripening or decay of apples are used to non-destructively monitor the quality of the fruit. A closed relationship between the reflected phase information and degradation is obtained. The developed model is simple, low cost, and does not need extensive calibration as compared to conventional technologies currently used like NIR besides being robust to skin color or appearances of the fruit.
About the journal
Compressive sensing based secret signals recovery for effective image Steganalysis in secure communications
Conventional image steganalysis mainly focus on presence detection rather than the recovery of the original secret messages that were embedded in the host image. To address this issue, we propose an image steganalysis method featured in the compressive sensing (CS) domain, where block CS measurement matrix senses the transform coefficients of stego-image to reflect the statistical differences between the cover and stego- images. With multi-hypothesis prediction in the CS domain, the reconstruction of hidden signals is achieved efficiently. Extensive experiments have been carried out on five diverse image databases and benchmarked with four typical stegographic algorithms.
About the journal
Monitoring of fruit freshness using phase information in polarization reflectance spectroscopy.
The control of food quality and freshness is of growing interest for both consumers and the food industry. The optical absorption and scattering properties in fruits, for example, changes with the physiological and biochemical alterations in the tissues during ripening and storage. The absorption and scattering properties are nondestructively monitored using near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy. NIR has proved to be one of the most efficient and advanced tools for continuous monitoring and controlling of process and product quality in the food processing industry. However, NIR spectroscopy is costly and needs reliable calibration. The basic spectral feature of fruit reflectance in the visible region is considered in this work for the development of algorithms to nondestructively monitor the ripening and decay of apples using phase information of the reflected light.
About the journal
Low cost structured-light based 3D surface reconstruction, International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems.
About the journal
A Hardware Description Language-Based Serial Link for Multicores SoC/NoC Interconnect.
null
About the journal
A 3-Bit Pseudo Flash ADC Based Low-Power CMOS Interface Circuit Design for Optical Sensor
The paper presents a CMOS interface circuit design for optical pH measurement that can produce an 8-bit digital output representing the color information (i.e., wavelength, l). In this work we are focusing at reducing the component count by design and hence reducing the cost and silicon area. While it could be further optimized for lower power consumption, the proposed design has been implemented using standard cells provided by the foundry (i.e., AMS 0.35 μm CMOS) for proof of concept. The biasing current and power consumption of the fabricated chip are measured at 11 μA and 37 μW respectively using 3.3 V supply voltage. Experimental results have further validated the proposed design concept. The number of detectable colors is eight and can be extended to a higher number without any major change in the architecture.
About the journal
Design And Characterization Of Automated Color Sensor System
The paper presents a color sensor system that can process light reflected from a surface and produce a digital output representing the color of the surface. The end-user interface circuit requires only a 3-bit pseudo flash analog-to-digital converter (ADC) in place of the conventional/typical design comprising ADC, digital signal processor and memory. For scalability and compactness, the ADC was designed such that only two comparators were required regardless of the number of color/wavelength to be identified. The complete system design has been implemented in hardware (bread board) and fully characterized. The ADC achieved less than 0.1 LSB for both INL and DNL. The experimental results also demonstrate that the color sensor system is working as intended at 20 kHz while maintaining greater than 2.5 ENOB by the ADC. This work proved the design concept and the system will be realized with integrated circuit technology in future to improve its operating frequency.
About the journal
A Semi-cylindrical Capacitive-based Differential Sensing System for Water Content in Crude Oil Measurement
A capacitive sensor based measuring system for water content in crude oil is presented. The non intrusive capacitive sensor is made of two semi-cylindrical electrodes which are mounted on outside of the glass tube. The tube is filled with sample under test. The capacitive variation is measured by taking advantage of big dielectric permittivity difference of oil and water. The semi-cylindrical capacitive sensor has ability to detect small capacitance variation (pF) and these variations can be converted into voltage by proposed differential interface circuit. The interface circuit is based on differential sensing technique. Such technique allows the removal of unwanted signals (e.g. temperature, background noise and systematic offset) because they affect both sensors in a similar manner. It however will not auto-compensate for the degradation in sensitivity. Hence, increased accuracy and linearity is achieved by differential sensing technique. Both simulation and actual hardware implementation confirmed the proposed system design. The system is experimentally tested for 0-30% water content in oil and achieved resolution of 0.39%.
About the journal
A Truly all-Digital Design and Characterization of Referenceless Dual-Loop Clock and Data Recovery Circuit for SERDES Devices
null
About the journal
A 2-Stage interface circuit design for a 32-Color resolution optical sensor
An interface circuit design for an optical sensor based on a two-stage cascaded architecture is presented in this paper. The proposed design is a mixed signal solution that provides few advantages in terms of speed, power consumption, higher resolution with smaller number of storage units, and small area for future on-chip integration. Simulation and experimental results for five bits resolution (32 levels) are presented to validate the design. We are aiming for a single-chip integrated solution; however, for a quick proof of concept, the proposed design has been implemented as a PCB using discrete off-the-shelf components. The biasing current and power consumption from the PCB implementation are 192 mA and 1.3 W, respectively, at a 6.75-V supply voltage.
About the journal
A Four-Color Optical Detector Circuit
null
About the journal
Design and characterization of an ultra-low power SOI-CMOS IC of temperature level detector
null
About the journal
Design and Characterization of Multi-Color Sensor Circuit
null
About the journal
An FPGA-based design and implementation of an all- digital serializer for inter module communication in SoC
null
About the journal
Maher Assaad & M. Alser, "Design of an All-Digital Synchronized Frequency Multiplier Based on a Dual-Loop (D/FLL)", Vol. 2012, 2012, VLSI Design, Hindawi, USA.
Design of an All-Digital Synchronized Frequency Multiplier Based on a Dual-Loop (D/FLL)
This paper presents a new architecture for a synchronized frequency multiplier circuit. The proposed architecture is an all-digital dual-loop delay- and frequency-locked loops circuit, which has several advantages, namely, it does not have the jitter accumulation issue that is normally encountered in PLL and can be adapted easily for different FPGA families as well as implemented as an integrated circuit. Moreover, it can be used in supplying a clock reference for distributed digital processing systems as well as intra/interchip communication in system-on-chip (SoC). The proposed architecture is designed using the Verilog language and synthesized for the Altera DE2-70 development board. The experimental results validate the expected phase tracking as well as the synthesizing properties. For the measurement and validation purpose, an input reference signal in the range of 1.94–2.62 MHz was injected; the generated clock signal has a higher frequency, and it is in the range of 124.2–167.9 MHz with a frequency step (i.e., resolution) of 0.168 MHz. The synthesized design requires 330 logic elements using the above Altera board.
About the journal
A wide-range programmable frequency synthesizer based on a finite state machine filter
In this article, an FPGA-based design and implementation of a fully digital wide-range programmable frequency synthesizer based on a finite state machine filter is presented. The advantages of the proposed architecture are that, it simultaneously generates a high frequency signal from a low frequency reference signal (i.e. synthesising), and synchronising the two signals (signals have the same phase, or a constant difference) without jitter accumulation issue. The architecture is portable and can be easily implemented for various platforms, such as FPGAs and integrated circuits. The frequency synthesizer circuit can be used as a part of SERDES devices in intra/inter chip communication in system-on-chip (SoC). The proposed circuit is designed using Verilog language and synthesized for the Altera DE2-70 development board, with the Cyclone II (EP2C35F672C6) device on board.
About the journal
Rahul Gupta, Maher Assaad, Mohammad Hashmi, Highly flexible uniplanar dual-band power divider for arbitrary source and load impedances, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Jul 2021
In this paper, a dual-band impedance transforming power divider is investigated for all types of impedance environments at its ports, irrespective of the locations of the ports. The intuitive design approach utilizes conventional single-band Wilkinson Power Divider (WPD) architecture to provide superior dual-band performance with arbitrary port impedances. The proposed power divider also accords a high degree of design flexibility with high frequency ratios (r) and impedance transformation ratios (k). The presented concept is evaluated and verified by design examples and measurements with a fabricated prototype. The agreement between the simulation and measurement results validates the working of the proposed architecture with arbitrary source and load port impedances at two arbitrary design frequencies.
About the journal
P Arun Mozhi Devan, Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin, Rosdiazli Ibrahim, M Nagarajapandian, Maher Assaad, Novel Hybrid Iterative Learning–Fractional Predicative PI Controller for Time-Delay Systems, Applied Fractional Calculus in Identification and Control, Springer
Iterative learning control (ILC) is well known for producing faster convergence using continuous output tracking based on the given reference plant model. This paper proposes a hybridization of the ILC with the fractional-order predictive PI (FOPPI) for time-delay processes. First, the design of L- and Q-filters for the ILC controller will be obtained using the process model. Then, the obtained filter coefficients are combined and fed to the feed-forward path after the error reduction and control signal conditioning. Finally, the performance of the proposed hybrid ILC-FOPPI controller is evaluated with the conventional PI, fractional-order PI (FOPI), and predictive PI (PPI) controllers over the time-delay processes. Simulation results obtained show the proposed technique’s effective improvement in faster settling and peak overshoot minimization.
About the journal
P Arun Mozhi Devan, Fawnizu Azmadi Hussin, Rosdiazli B Ibrahim, Kishore Bingi, M Nagarajapandian, Maher Assaad, An arithmetic-trigonometric optimization algorithm with application for control of real-time pressure process plant, Sensors, Jan 2022
This paper proposes a novel hybrid arithmetic–trigonometric optimization algorithm (ATOA) using different trigonometric functions for complex and continuously evolving real-time problems. The proposed algorithm adopts different trigonometric functions, namely sin, cos, and tan, with the conventional sine cosine algorithm (SCA) and arithmetic optimization algorithm (AOA) to improve the convergence rate and optimal search area in the exploration and exploitation phases. The proposed algorithm is simulated with 33 distinct optimization test problems consisting of multiple dimensions to showcase the effectiveness of ATOA. Furthermore, the different variants of the ATOA optimization technique are used to obtain the controller parameters for the real-time pressure process plant to investigate its performance. The obtained results have shown a remarkable performance improvement compared with the existing algorithms.
About the journal
Mukul Sarkar, Maher Assaad, Noninvasive Non-Contact SpO2 Monitoring Using an Integrated Polarization-Sensing CMOS Imaging Sensor, Sensors, Oct 2022
Background:In the diagnosis and primary health care of an individual, estimation of the pulse rate and blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) is critical. The pulse rate and SpO2 are determined by methods including photoplethysmography (iPPG), light spectroscopy, and pulse oximetry. These devices need to be compact, non-contact, and noninvasive for real-time health monitoring. Reflection-based iPPG is becoming popular as it allows non-contact estimation of the heart rate and SpO2. Most iPPG methods capture temporal data and form complex computations, and thus real-time measurements and spatial visualization are difficult. Method:In this research work, reflective mode polarized imaging-based iPPG is proposed. For polarization imaging, a custom image sensor with wire grid polarizers on each pixel is designed. Each pixel has a wire grid of varying transmission axes, allowing phase detection of the incoming light. The phase information of the backscattered light from the fingertips of 12 healthy volunteers was recorded in both the resting as well as the excited states. These data were then processed using MATLAB 2021b software. Results: The phase information provides quantitative information on the reflection from the superficial and deep layers of skin. The ratio of deep to superficial layer backscattered phase information is shown to be directly correlated and linearly increasing with an increase in the SpO2 and heart rate. Conclusions: The phase-based measurements help to monitor the changes in the resting and excited state heart rate and SpO2 in real time.
About the journal
Conference Presentation
- Phase-Based Time-Resolved Reflectance Spectroscopy Using Time-of-Flight Camera for Fruit Quality Monitoring, 2020 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS).
- Wearable Wristworn Gesture Recognition Using Echo State Network, 26th IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems, September 2019.
- Magnetic Resonance-Based Wireless Power Transfer for Implantable Biomedical Microelectronics Devices, The 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology.
- Analysis and Recovery Monitoring of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Disease Using Hyperspectral Imaging, The 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology.
- Wearable Resistive-Based Gesture-Sensing Interface Bracelet, International Conference on UK-China Emerging Technologies (UCET 2019).
- "A Synthesizable Serial Link for Point-to-Point Communication in SoC/NoC,” The 29th IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (IEEE-ICM17), Beirut, Lebanon, 10-13 December 2017.
- "An Interface Circuit Design Based on Differential Capacitive Sensors for Accurate Measurement of Water Content in Crude Oil," IEEE-ICCAS 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-4 October 2012.
- "A Low Power Interface Circuit Design for a CMOS-Based Smart Optical Sensor," IEEE-ICCAS 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-4 October 2012.
- "Design of Low Power and High Resolution Color Sensor-Based Microsystem for Biochemical Applications," IEEE-NPC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 2011.
- “Design and Modeling of Low-Power Clockless Serial Link for Data Communication Systems,” NPC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 19-20 September 2011.
- “Design and FPGA implementation of PLL-based quarter-rate clock and data recovery circuit”, the 4th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 12-14 June 2012.
- "Ultra Low Power, Harsh Environment SOI-CMOS Design of Temperature Sensor-Based Threshold Detection and Wake-Up IC," 2010 IEEE International SOI Proceedings, 11-14 October 2010, San Diego, CA, USA.
- "Ultra Low Power CMOS Circuits Working in Subthreshold Regime for High Temperature and Radiation Environments," International Conference and Exhibition on High Temperature Electronics Network (HiTEN), 18-20 July 2011, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, U.K. (Best Paper Award).
- "CMOS IC Design and Verilog-A Modeling of 10-Gb/s PLL-Based Deserializer for Inter-Chip Communication in SoC," IEEE International 44th Symposium on System on Chip, 20-21 November 2007, Tampere, Finland.
- "20-Gb/s Reference-less Quarter-Rate PLL-Based Clock Data Recovery Integrated Circuit in 130 nm CMOS Technology," Proc. of the 15th International Conference on Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, MIXDES 2008, 19-21 June 2008, Poznan, Poland.
- “Extreme-Environment Behaviors and Performances of Advanced Silicon-on-Insulator CMOS Sensors, Transistors, and Circuits,” 2nd International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods, and Their Applications, 2011.
Phase-Based Time-Resolved Reflectance Spectroscopy Using Time-of-Flight Camera for Fruit Quality Monitoring, 2020 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS).
Wearable Wristworn Gesture Recognition Using Echo State Network, 26th IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems, September 2019.
Magnetic Resonance-Based Wireless Power Transfer for Implantable Biomedical Microelectronics Devices, The 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology.
Analysis and Recovery Monitoring of Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Disease Using Hyperspectral Imaging, The 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology.
Wearable Resistive-Based Gesture-Sensing Interface Bracelet, International Conference on UK-China Emerging Technologies (UCET 2019).
"A Synthesizable Serial Link for Point-to-Point Communication in SoC/NoC,” The 29th IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics (IEEE-ICM17), Beirut, Lebanon, 10-13 December 2017.
"An Interface Circuit Design Based on Differential Capacitive Sensors for Accurate Measurement of Water Content in Crude Oil," IEEE-ICCAS 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-4 October 2012.
"A Low Power Interface Circuit Design for a CMOS-Based Smart Optical Sensor," IEEE-ICCAS 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-4 October 2012.
"Design of Low Power and High Resolution Color Sensor-Based Microsystem for Biochemical Applications," IEEE-NPC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, September 2011.
“Design and Modeling of Low-Power Clockless Serial Link for Data Communication Systems,” NPC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 19-20 September 2011.
“Design and FPGA implementation of PLL-based quarter-rate clock and data recovery circuit”, the 4th International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems (ICIAS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 12-14 June 2012.
"Ultra Low Power, Harsh Environment SOI-CMOS Design of Temperature Sensor-Based Threshold Detection and Wake-Up IC," 2010 IEEE International SOI Proceedings, 11-14 October 2010, San Diego, CA, USA.
"Ultra Low Power CMOS Circuits Working in Subthreshold Regime for High Temperature and Radiation Environments," International Conference and Exhibition on High Temperature Electronics Network (HiTEN), 18-20 July 2011, St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, U.K. (Best Paper Award).
"CMOS IC Design and Verilog-A Modeling of 10-Gb/s PLL-Based Deserializer for Inter-Chip Communication in SoC," IEEE International 44th Symposium on System on Chip, 20-21 November 2007, Tampere, Finland.
"20-Gb/s Reference-less Quarter-Rate PLL-Based Clock Data Recovery Integrated Circuit in 130 nm CMOS Technology," Proc. of the 15th International Conference on Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, MIXDES 2008, 19-21 June 2008, Poznan, Poland.
“Extreme-Environment Behaviors and Performances of Advanced Silicon-on-Insulator CMOS Sensors, Transistors, and Circuits,” 2nd International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods, and Their Applications, 2011.
Memberships, Awards and Honors
- IEEE Member.
- IRG: Ajman University, Project: “Design and Characterization of Integrated Multi-Spectral Photodiode Using Non-Uniform Doping and Wire-Grid Polarizers for Imaging Systems,” October 2021 – September 2022. AED 45,000.
- RG: Ajman University, Project: “Polarization Sensitive Multi-Spectral Imaging System for Enhanced Food Quality Monitoring,” October 2020 – September 2021. AED 49,000.
- IRG: Ajman University, Project: "Design and Characterization of Inline Real-Time Food Quality Monitoring Device (Part 2: Continuation from Last Year)," October 2019 – September 2020. AED 50,000.
- IRG: Ajman University, Project: “Design and Characterization of Inline Real-Time Food Quality Monitoring Device, Part 1,” October 2018 – September 2019. AED 36,000.
- IRG: Ajman University, Project: “Design and Characterization of Surface Roughness Measurement System,” in Collaboration with the University of Strathclyde, October 2017 – September 2018. AED 31,000.
- ERGS: Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia, Project: "Toward Greener Network on Chip: A Clock-less Communication Approach," May 2013, Principal Investigator, USD 50,000.
- PhD Scholarship from the University of Glasgow, covering tuition fees and stipend for 3 years to complete the PhD degree, September 2005 – August 2008.