Research At COMSATS

Microwave and Antenna Research Group

Dr Irfan Ullah

	Designation:	Associate Professor
	Email:	eengr@cuiatd.edu.pk
	Phone No. :	03464642594
	Role:	Faculty
	Research Interests:	Antenna design, Electromagnetic compatibility and Signal Integrity

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.

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.

Projects

Design And Development Of Conformal Beamforming Array (CBA) For Aerial Platform

Antenna Array Failure Correction For Phased-Array Radar

Publications/Papers

2024

Journal

I.Ullah,S.Khattak "Radiation Pattern Correction of Faulty Planar Phased Array using Genetic Algorithm" , Advanced Electromagnetics ,Volume 13 ,Issue 2 , 2024

A. Zaib,I.Ullah,S.Khattak "AESA Antennas using Machine Learning with Reduced Dataset" , Radioengineering ,Volume 33 ,Issue 3 , 2024

I.Ullah "Malfunctioning conformal phased array: Radiation pattern recovery with particle swarm optimization" , IET Microwaves Antennas and Propagation , 2024

I.Ullah,S.Khattak "Pattern Compensation of a Planar Phased Array with Centre Elements Phase Malfunctioning Using a Genetic Algorithm" , PIER Letters ,Volume 122 ,Page 21-28 , 2024

I.Ullah,S.Khattak "A Flexible Conformal Phased Array with Embedded Magnetic Particles Based Composite Right/Left Handed Metamaterial Phase Shifters" , IEEE Access , 2024

Conference

I.Ullah "A Linear Microstrip Phased Array with Novel Integrated Phase Shifters" , 20th IBCAST , 2024

Book/Chapter

I.Ullah,S.Khattak "Beamforming Array Failure Correction for mm-Wave Synthetic Aperture Radar Applications" , Springer Link , 2024

2023

Journal

I.Ullah "A Composite Right/Left-Handed Phase Shifter-Based Cylindrical Phased Array with Reinforced Particles Responsive to Magneto-Static Fields" , Electronics (Switzerland) ,Volume 12 ,Issue 2 ,Page 306 , 2023

I.Ullah "A Phased Array Antenna with Novel Composite Right/Left-Handed (CRLH) Phase Shifters for Wi-Fi 6 Commu-nication Systems " , Applied Sciences ,Volume 13 ,Issue 4 ,Page 2085 , 2023

I.Ullah "A Singly Curved Conformal Phased Array with Integrated Particles-Based CRLH Phase Shifters" , Electronics Journal, Faculty of Electrical Engineering University of Banja Luka ,Volume 27 ,Issue 2 , 2023

Conference

I.Ullah "A Planar Metamaterial Transmission Line Phase Shifter with Embedded Silver-Coated Ferrite Particles" , IEEE International Conference on Sensors and Nanotechnology (SENNANO) , 2023

I.Ullah "Designing a Conformal Metamaterial Transmission Line Phase Shifter with Embedded Micron-Sized Magnetic Particles" , 2023 IEEE International Conference on Sensors and Nanotechnology (SENNANO) , 2023

I.Ullah "A Terahertz Frequency Reconfigurable Microstrip Patch Antenna Using Micron-Sized Silver-Coated Ferrite Particles as Switching Elements " , 2023 IEEE International Conference on Sensors and Nanotechnology (SENNANO) , 2023

2022

Journal

I.Ullah,Symeon Nikolaou, Benjamin D. Braaten,Adnan Iftikhar,Dimitris E. Anagnostou "Beamforming with 1 × N Conformal Arrays" , MDPI Sensors ,Volume 17 ,Issue 22 ,Page 1-18 , 2022

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 ,Volume 22 ,Issue 6820 , 2022

Conference

I.Ullah "Sidelobe level and nulls control of defected linear antenna arrays using an optimization algorithm" , 2022 19th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST) , 2022

2021

Journal

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 ,Volume 14 ,Issue 22 ,Page 4152-4158 , 2021

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

I.Ullah,Hina Munsif,Ali Imram Najam "Eigenbeam Analysis of Singly Curved Conformal Antenna Array" , Progress In Electromagnetics Research M ,Volume 103 ,Page 27-36 , 2021

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 ,Volume 36 ,Issue 5 ,Page 533 , 2021

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. ,Volume 1 ,Issue 1 ,Page 1-15 , 2021

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 ,Volume 31 ,Issue 12 , 2021

Conference

Arslan Ali Shah,I.Ullah,Hina Munsif,Ali Imran Najam "CPW-Fed Three-Arm Archimedean Spiral Antenna for X-band Applications" , 16th International conference on emerging technologies (ICET), 22-23 Dec. 2021, Islamabad, Pakistan. , 2021

Book/Chapter

Hina Munsif,Braaten B.D,I.Ullah "Element Failure Correction Techniques for Phased Array Antennas in Future Terahertz Communication Systems" , Advances in Terahertz Technology and Its Applications. Springer, Singapore. , 2021

2020

Journal

A. Khan,A. Zaib,I.Ullah,S.Khattak "MIMO iterative receiver SNR estimation strategies for link to system interfacing" , International Journal of Communication Systems ,Volume 33 ,Issue 6 ,Page e4303 , 2020

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 ,Volume 35 ,Issue 1 ,Page 51-57 , 2020

Book/Chapter

I.Ullah,S.Khattak,B.D Braaten "Broadside Pattern Correction Techniques for Conformal Antenna Arrays" , Dr. E. Aksoy (Ed.), INTECH Publishing. , 2020

2019

Journal

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 ,Volume 92 ,Issue 239 ,Page 239 , 2019

Conference

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 2nd World Symposium on Communication Engineering (WSCE) , 2019

2018

Conference

Muhammad Rizwan,I.Ullah,Muhammad Asim Abbasi,J.kazim "An Active Dual-Band Metamaterial Based EMI Shield With Upper Band Reconfigurable" , IEEE-2018 15th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST), Islamabad, Pakistan. , 2018

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" , 2019 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium , 2018

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" , 2019 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium , 2018

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" , ACES 2018, China , 2018

2017

Journal

A. Khan,I.Ullah,S.Khattak "Link To System (L2S) Interfacing for MIMO Wireless System using Maximum Likelihood Receiver" , IET Communications ,Volume 11 ,Issue 9 ,Page 1346-1351 , 2017

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. ,Volume 59 ,Issue 7 ,Page 1475-1480 , 2017

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. ,Volume 32 ,Issue 6 ,Page 511-515 , 2017

Conference

Haseeba Naveed Qureshi,I.Ullah,S.Khan,J.kazim,S.Khattak "Strong Coupling (Crosstalk) Between Printed Microstrip Transmission Lands on Printed Circuit Boards" , IEEE-2017 14th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST), Islamabad, Pakistan. , 2017

Adnan Anwar,I.Ullah,S.Khattak,Aqdas Naveed Malik "Performance Comparisons of Fixed and Adaptive Beamforming Techniques for 4G Smart Antennas" , IEEE International Conference on Communication, Computing and Digital Systems (CCODE 2017) , 2017

2016

Journal

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. ,Volume 88 ,Issue 3 ,Page 525-536 , 2016

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 ,Volume 30 ,Issue 7 ,Page 2476-2486 , 2016

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,, ,Volume 4 ,Page 6427 - 6437 , 2016

Conference

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 IEEE International Conference on Electro Information Technology (EIT), Grand Forks ND, USA , 2016

Yousaf,I.Ullah "Direction of Arrival Estimation Using Fast Bayesian Pursuit" , 1st International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Sciences and Technology (ICEEST) – 2016, Karachi, Pakistan. , 2016

Haseeba Qureshi,I.Ullah "MS(Thesis) Analysis Of Strong Coupling Between PCB Lands " , CIIT Abbottabad , 2016

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" , The Second International Conference on Internet of Things, Data and Cloud Computing (ICC 2017), UK , 2016

Haroon Ahmed,Nabeel Muqarrab,Muhammad Rehan Zaffar,J.kazim,I.Ullah "A Compact Passive UHF RFID Meandered Dipole Tag" , 19th International Multi-topic conference (INMIC), Islamabad, Pakistan , 2016

2015

Journal

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 ,Volume 25 ,Issue 6 ,Page 495-501 , 2015

2014

Journal

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 ,Volume 62 ,Issue 4 ,Page 1880-1887 , 2014

Conference

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" , 7th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2013), Gothenburg, Sweden , 2014

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 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Jul. 6 - 12, Memphis, TN, pp. 1784 - 1785. , 2014

I.Ullah,B. D. Braaten ""Nulls of a Conformal Beamforming Array on an Arbitrary Wedge-Shaped Surface" , 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Jul. 6 - 12, Memphis, TN, pp. 1788 - 1789 , 2014

I.Ullah,B. D. Braaten ""On the Effects of a Changing Cylindrical Surface on the Nulls of a Conformal Beamforming Array," , 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Jul. 6 - 12, Memphis, TN, pp. 1788 - 1789 , 2014

J. Nasir,Mohd. H. Jamaluddin,Mohsen Khalily,Muhammad R. Kamarudin,I.Ullah "A Dual-Port MIMO DRA with High Isolation for LTE Applications" , IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics, Johor Bahru, Malaysia,8-10 December , 2014

2013

Journal

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 ,Volume 55 ,Issue 4 ,Page 788-797 , 2013

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 ,Volume 61 ,Issue 2 ,Page 644-665 , 2013

Conference

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" , IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE), Baltimore, MD , 2013

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" , ,IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Orlando FL , 2013

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" , IEEE International Conference on Wireless for Space and Extreme Environments (WiSEE), Baltimore, MD , 2013

I.Ullah,S.Nariyal,B.D.Braaten "Crosstalk Between Right-Handed and Complementary Split Ring Resonator (CSRR) Transmission Lines" , IMAPS NDSU Microelectronics Summit, Fargo, ND , 2013

2012

Journal

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 ,Volume 54 ,Issue 5 ,Page 1182-1185 , 2012

Conference

I.Ullah,S.Nariyal,S.Roy,B.D.Braaten "Analysis on the Coupling Between Right-Handed and CRLH Transmission Lines" , NDSU/UND/SDSU Research Summit , 2012

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" , European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Prague, Czech. Republic , 2012

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" , IEEE International Conference on Wireless Information Technology and Systems, Maui, Hawaii , 2012

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" , IEEE International Conference on Wireless Information Technology and Systems, Maui, Hawaii , 2012

2011

Journal

I.Khan,I.Ullah,P.S.Hall "Transmit-Receive Diversity for 2x2 MIMO Channel in Body Area Networks" , IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation Journal ,Volume 5 ,Issue 13 ,Page 1589–1593 , 2011

Awards/ Appreciations

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.

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