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  • Name
    Prof. Dr. Sadiq Ullah

  • Personal

    Phone : +92937923045, +923454837093 
    Email : sadiqullah@uetmardan.edu.pk, sadiqullah@ieee.org
    Address : Department of Telecommunication Engineering, UET Mardan Charsadda Road, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, PK, 23200.


  • Experience
    1. 29-Sept-2020 – Date: Professor, Telecom. Engg. Deptt., UET Mardan
    2. 28-Sept-2019 – 28 Sept 2020: Associate Professor, Telecom. Engg. Deptt., UET Mardan
    3. 15 June. 2011-27 Sept-2019: Assistant Professor, Telecom. Engg. Deptt., UET Mardan
    4. Jan. 2011-June 2011: Research Associate, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
    5. 15 Jan. 2002- 18 Sept. 2006: Assistant Manager (Technical/Electronics), NDC, NESCOM

  • Qualification

    2007-2010: Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University, UK
    2003-2005: M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, UET Taxila, Pakistan
    1997-2001: B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with distinction, UET Peshawar Pakistan
    1995-1996: F.Sc. in Pre-Engineering, Jehanzeb College, Saidu Sharif, Swat
    1993-1994: Metric in Science, GHSS, Charbagh, Swat


  • Honor and Awards

    1. Funded Project from DosT (Directorate of Science & Technology), KP

    2. Best Paper Award, IETE Journal of Research, Francis & Taylor Publishers, 2018

    3. Fully Funded Higher Education Commission’s Scholarship for Ph.D. in the UK (2006)

    4. Merit scholarship during B.Sc. Engineering

    5. Distinction in B.Sc. Engineering, UET Peshawar


  • Memberships
    • Senior Member IEEE
    • Life Time Member, Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
    • Member, All Pakistan Tenure Track Association (APTTA)
    • Member, British Alumni Association of Pakistan (BAAP)

  • Graduate, Undergraduate, Honor Students Supervised

    Name

    Title of Thesis

     

    B. Kamal

    Design and SAR analysis of planar wearable antennas using EBG

     

    S. Shoukat

    Miniaturization of patch antennas and enhancing bandwidth of miniaturized antenna

     

    M. A. Afridi

    Design and Analysis of Patch Antenna Using Novel Metamaterial Surfaces for Wireless Applications

     

    Haroon

    Design and specific absorption rate (SAR) analysis of biodegradable wearable antennas

     

    S. Ullah

    Design of 60 GHz and 70 GHz Millimeter Wave antennas for future high speed wireless communication system using artificial ground planes

     

    S. Rahim

    Design and SAR Analysis of Wearable Antennas Using Metamaterial Surfaces for Wireless and Medical Applications

     

    U. Ali

    Design and analysis of 2.4 GHz Wearable Antenna on Metamaterial Surfaces

     

    H. A. Khan

    Design of Wearable Patch Antenna with EBG for ISM Band

     

    W. R Khan

    Design of compact efficient and high-gain antennas for 5th Generation (5G) handheld Devices

     

    S. M. Umar

    Design and Analysis of High-gain, Efficient and Broadband Antennas for 5th Generation (5G) Base Stations

     

    M. F. Khan

    Design and Analysis of Reconfigurable Antennas for Future Multi-Mode Smart Phone Applications

     

    R. Ullah

    Design of Compact, Efficient and High-gain Planar Antennas for future 5th Generation (5G) wireless Technologies

     

    Abdullah

    Metasurfaces and Metamaterials in the Microwave and Higher Frequency Spectrum for Diverse Range of Applications

     

    B. Khan

    Design and Characterization of Polarization Sensitive Meta-Surfaces for Microwave, Millimetre Wave Application

     

    Rizwan Ullah

    Design and Analysis of MIMO Antennas for the Current and Future 5G SmartPhone Applications

     

    N. Ullah

    Design of Multiband and Broadband Planar Antennas for Future 5G Communication

     

    Mashal Khan

    Design of UWB Antennas with Triple Band Notching Split Ring Resonators

     

    U. Ahmad

    Design of 5G Station Antenna using Massive MIMO Array Technique

     

    M.A. H. Khan

    Metamaterial Based Beam Switching MIMO Antenna for millimetre Wave 5G Applications

     

    I.  Ahmad

    Design of Metamaterial Based Nano Antennas for Terahertz (THz) and Nano Photonic Applications

     

    I.Ud. Din

    Design and Analysis of Metasurface Based Ultrawideband 5G Antennas with High Gain and Reduced Mutual Coupling

     

    S. Ullah

    Design and Analysis of Dual Band Antenna for 5G WLAN Applications

     

    F. Haider

    Design and Analysis of Multiband Metamaterial Absorber for Wireless Applications

     

    F. Habib

    MIMO Antennas for 5G and Next Generation Networks

     

    W. Shehzad

    Design and Analysis of High Gain THz Antennas for Space Communication Systems

     

    T. Mehboob

    Design of a Wideband Metasurfaces for RCS Reduction and Manipulation of Wave Polarization

     

    Y. Fawad

    Design of 5G MIMO Antenna for Portable Applications

     

    J. Khan (PhD)

    Designing and SAR Analysis of 5th Generation Mobile Communication Antennas

     

    U. Ali (PhD)

    Design and Analysis of Metamaterial Based Wearable Antennas for Microwave and Millimeter Wave (mmW) Applications

     

    R.Ullah (PhD)

    Metamaterial/Metasurface, Inspired 5G/6G Antennas for Future High-Speed Communication Systems

     

    A.Ahmad (PhD)

    Performance Optimization of C-V2X Communication for Efficient

    Spectrum Utilization in Next Generation Networks

     

    B.Khan(PhD)

    Multifunctional Metasurfaces, for RCS Reduction, Wireless and Defense Applications

     
     

  • Service Activity

     

    ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES @ UET Mardan

    • Teaching & Research Supervision at UG and PG Levels @ Telecom. Engg. Department
    • Introducing and streamlining the postgraduate (M.Sc. and PhD) program.
    • Accreditation for the B.Sc. Telecommunication Engineering from PEC.
    • Curriculum design and revision of the Telecommunication Engineering Department
    • Preparation, review, and Compilation of Self-Assessment Report (SAR) of Telecommunication Engineering Department as per OBE guidelines
    • Member, Research Evaluation Committee (REC)
    • Member, Project Research Evaluation Committee (PREC)
    • Member, Academic Council
    • Member, Board of Faculty
    • Member Advance Studies & Research Board
    • Convenor Board of Studies (BoS)

     

    ADMINISTRATION/MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES @ UET Mardan

    • Pro-Vice Chancellor, UET Mardan, July 2021-date
    • Chairman @Telecommunication Engineering Deptt., 2016- 2017, Feb. 2019-date
    • Advisor Postgraduate studies, Telecom engineering department: 2013-2017
    • Director Postgraduate Studies, UET Mardan: May 2018-2021
    • Convener Preliminary Inquiry Committee, UET Mardan Campus 2012-2018
    • Convenor/Member Admission |PG rules | Discipline Committees, UET Mardan

     

    MANAGEMENT and R & D @ NDC, NESCOM, Islamabad

      • Leaded a multi-disciplinary team of professionals
      • Calibration and testing of electronic measurement equipment
      • Electronic circuitry used in guidance & control sections of aerospace systems
      • Design and optimization of analog/digital circuit modules for aerospace applications
      • Error detection and correction of multi-layered printed circuit boards (PCBs)

     

    Research Associate @ Loughborough, University, UK

      • Worked on Defense Project, mainly focused on Investigation of Millimeter Waves (300-3000 GHz)
      • Presentation & Technical Guidance to the personal from the Concerned Agency

  • Brief Statement of Research Interest

    Metamaterials, Plasmonics, Photonics, Reconfigurable, Biodegradable and wearable antennas, SAR analysis, RFID antennas, 5G/6G antennas, MIMO Antennas, measurement techniques, RF Energy Harvesting, image and video processing, EM wave propagation, high-speed mobile communication systems, Signal processing, and network security.


  • Publications

    Peer Reviewed Journals:

    1. Khan J, Ullah S, Ali U, Tahir FA, Peter I, Matekovits L. Design of a Millimeter-Wave MIMO Antenna Array for 5G Communication Terminals. Sensors. 2022 Apr 4;22(7):2768. IF= 3.576
    2. Ahmad A, Choi DY, Ullah S. A compact two elements MIMO antenna for 5G communication. Scientific Reports. 2022 Mar 4;12(1):1-8. IF= 4.379
    3. Ullah S, Elfergani I, Ahmad I, Din IU, Ullah S, Rehman Khan WU, Ahmad T, Habib U, Zebiri C, Rodriguez J. A Compact Frequency and Radiation Reconfigurable Antenna for 5G and Multistandard Sub-6 GHz Wireless Applications. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. 2022 Feb 10;2022. IF= 2.336
    4. Kamal B, Ullah S, Khan B, Ali H, Rahim T. Cross polarization conversion metasurface for fixed wireless and ku‐band applications. Int. Journal of Communication Systems. 2022 Feb;35(3):e5033. IF= 2.047
    5. Khan J, Ullah S, Tahir FA, Tubbal F, Raad R. A Sub-6 GHz MIMO Antenna Array for 5G Wireless Terminals. Electronics. 2021 Jan;10(24):3062. IF= 2.379
    6. Kamal B, Chen J, Yin Y, Ren J, Ullah S, Khan B. Broad-band and broad-angle linear and circular polarization converting metasurface. J. of EM Waves and Applications. 2021 Nov 19:1-1. IF= 1.335
    7. Ahmad U, Ullah S, Rafique U, Choi DY, Ullah R, Kamal B, Ahmad A. MIMO Antenna System With Pattern Diversity for Sub-6 GHz Mobile Phone Applications. IEEE Access. 2021 Nov 13;9:149240-9. IF= 3.367
    8. Kamal B, Ullah S, Khan B, Ali H, Rahim T. Cross polarization conversion metasurface for fixed wireless and ku‐band applications. International Journal of Communication Systems. 2021 Nov 9:e5033. IF= 2.047
    9. Ullah S, Ullah S, Ahmad I, Khan WU, Ahmad T, Habib U, Albreem MA, Alsharif MH, Uthansakul P. Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna for Portable Wireless Applications. CMC-COMPUTERS MATERIALS & CONTINUA. 2021 Jan 1;68(3):3015-27. IF= 4.890
    10. Ahmad, Ikhlas, Wasi Ur Rehman Khan, Haris Dildar, Sadiq Ullah, Shakir Ullah, Naveed Mufti, Babar Kamal, Toufeeq Ahmad, Adnan Ghaffar, and Mousa I. Hussien. "A Pentaband Compound Reconfigurable Antenna for 5G and Multi-Standard Sub-6GHz Wireless Applications." Electronics 10, no. 20 (2021): 2526. IF= 2.379
    11. Inzamam Ahmad,Shakir Ullah,Jalal ud din,Sadiq Ullah, et al.“Maple-Leaf Shaped Broadband Optical Nano-Antenna with Hybrid Plasmonic Feed for Nano-Photonic Applications.”, Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(19), 8893. IF= 2.679
    12. Ahmad, Inzamam, Sadiq Ullah, Shakir Ullah, Usman Habib, Sarosh Ahmad, Adnan Ghaffar, Mohammad Alibakhshikenari, Salahuddin Khan, and Ernesto Limiti. "Design and Analysis of a Photonic Crystal Based Planar Antenna for THz Applications." Electronics 10, no. 16 (2021): 1941. IF= 2.379
    13. Ullah, Rizwan, Sadiq Ullah, Farooq Faisal, Raza Ullah, Ismail Ben Mabrouk, Muath Jodei Al Hasan, and Babar Kamal. "A novel multi-band and multi-generation (2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G) 9-elements MIMO antenna system for 5G smartphone applications." Wireless Networks (2021):1-13. IF= 2.66
    14. Ahmad, Jawad, Sadiq Ullah, Sheraz Khan, Hidayat Ullah, Umair Ul Haq, and Wasi Ur Rehman Khan. "Design and Synthesis of Dielectric Resonator Antenna for 5G Wireless Networks, Device-to-Device* and Satellite Communications Using Different Numerical Techniques." Wireless Personal Communications (2021): 1-16. IF= 1.2
    15. Kamal B, Chen J, Yin Y, Ren J, Ullah S, Ali U. Design and Experimental Analysis of Dual-Band Polarization Converting Metasurface. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 2021 May 25. IF= 3.726
    16. Kamal B, Chen J, Yingzeng Y, Ren J, Ullah S, Khan WU. High efficiency and ultra-wideband polarization converter based on an L-shaped metasurface. Optical Mat.Express. 2021 May 1;11(5):1343-52. IF= 3.064
    17. Kamal B, Ullah S, Khan B, Rahim T, Ren J. Ultrathin and high efficient wideband polarization converting metasurface. Int. J. of RF and Microwave Computer‐Aided Engineering. 2021 Apr 1:e22673. IF= 1.694
    18. Ullah R, Ullah S, Faisal F, Ullah R, Choi DY,et. al. High-Gain Vivaldi Antenna with Wide Bandwidth Characteristics for 5G Mobile and Ku-Band Radar Applications. Electronics. 2021 Jan;10(6):667. IF= 2.397
    19. Ahmad I, Dildar H, Khan WU, Shah SA, Ullah S, Ullah S, Umar SM, Albreem MA, Alsharif MH, Vasudevan K. Design and Experimental Analysis of Multiband Compound Reconfigurable 5G Antenna for Sub-6 GHz Wireless Applications. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. 2021 Apr 20;2021. IF= 2.336
    20. Ahmad I, Dildar H, Khan WU, Ullah S, Ullah S, Albreem MA, Alsharif MH, Uthansakul P. Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna for Multi Standard Wireless and Mobile Communication Systems. CMC-COMPUTERS MATERIALS & CONTINUA. 2021 Jan 1;68(2):2563-78. IF= 4.890
    21. Dildar, Haris, Faisal Althobiani, Ikhlas Ahmad, Wasi Ur Rehman Khan, Sadiq Ullah, Naveed Mufti, Shakir Ullah, Fazal Muhammad, Muhammad Irfan, and Adam Glowacz. "Design and Experimental Analysis of Multiband Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna for 5G and Sub-6 GHz Wireless Communication." Micromachines 12, no. 1 (2021): 32. IF= 2.523
    22. Elfergani, Issa, Amjad Iqbal, Chemseddine Zebiri, Abdul Basir, Jonathan Rodriguez, Maryam Sajedin, Artur de Oliveira Pereira, Widad Mshwat, Raed Abd-Alhameed, and Sadiq Ullah. "Low-Profile and Closely Spaced Four-Element MIMO Antenna for Wireless Body Area Networks." Electronics 9, no. 2 (2020): 258. IF= 2.412
    23. Ullah, Rizwan, Sadiq Ullah, Raza Ullah, et al.. "A 10-Ports MIMO Antenna System for 5G Smart-Phone Applications." IEEE Access 8 (2020): 218477-218488. IF= 3.745
    24. Khan, Bilawal, Babar Kamal, Sadiq Ullah, Imran Khan, Jawad Ali Shah, and Jingdong Chen. "Design and experimental analysis of dual-band polarization converting metasurface for microwave applications." Scientific Reports 10, no. 1 (2020): 1-13. IF= 3.998
    25. Faisal, Farooq, Muhammad Zada, Asma Ejaz, Yasar Amin, Sadiq Ullah, and Hyoungsuk Yoo. "A Miniaturized Dual-band Implantable Antenna System for Medical Applications." IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2019.2938591, 06 sept, 2019, IF: 4.435
    26. Khan MI, Khattak MI, Witjaksono G, Barki ZU, Ullah S, Khan I, Lee BM. Experimental Investigation of a Planar Antenna with Band Rejection Features for Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) Wireless Networks. Int. J. of Antennas and Propagation. 2019;2019,  IF: 1.347
    27. Ali, Usman, S Ullah, Muhammad Shafi, Syed AA Shah, Izaz A. Shah, and James A. Flint. "Design and comparative analysis of conventional and metamaterial‐based textile antennas for wearable applications." Int. J. of Numerical Modelling, Vol. 32, no: 6, p. 1-17 (2019), IF: 0.816
    28. Shah IA, Hayat S, Basir A, Zada M, Shah SA, Ullah S. Design and analysis of a hexa-band frequency reconfigurable antenna for wireless communication. AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications. 2019 Jan 1;98:80-88,  IF: 2.853.
    29. Ullah S, Ahmad S, Khan BA, Tahir FA, Flint JA. An hp-shape hexa-band antenna for multi-standard wireless communication systems. Wireless Networks. 2019 Apr 15;25(3):1361-9. IF:2.405
    30. Basir, A., A. Bouazizi, M. Zada, A. Iqbal, S. Ullah, and U. Naeem. "A dual‐band implantable antenna with wide‐band characteristics at MICS and ISM bands." Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 60, no. 12 (2018): 2944-2949., IF: 1.392.
    31. Laghari, Asadullah, Zulfiqar Ali Memon, Sadiq Ullah, and Intesab Hussain. "Cyber Physical System for Stroke Detection." IEEE Access 6 (2018): 37444-37453, IF: 4.098.
    32. Ullah, Sadiq, Shaheen Ahmad, Burhan A. Khan, and James A. Flint. "A multi-band switchable antenna for Wi-Fi, 3G Advanced, WiMAX, and WLAN wireless applications." International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies 10, no. 8 (2018): 991-997, IF: 0.745
    33. U. Ali, S. Ullah, J. Khan, M. Shafi, B. Kamal, A. Basir, J. A Flint and R. D. Seager, “Design and SAR Analysis of Wearable Antenna under Normal and Bent Conditions, Using Conventional and EBG Ground Planes”, Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology (JEET), Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 317-328, January 2017. IF: 1.069.
    34. S. A. A. Shah, M. F. Khan, S. Ullah, A. Basir, U. Ali, and U. Naeem. "Design and Measurement of Planar Monopole Antennas for Multi-Band Wireless Applications." IETE Journal of Research, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 194-204, 2017. IF: 0.829.
    35. A. Iqbal, S. Ullah, U. Naeem, A. Basir and U. Ali. "Design, Fabrication and Measurement of a Compact, Frequency Reconfigurable, Modified T-shape Planar Antenna for Portable Applications." Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 1611-1618, 2017, IF: 1.069.
    36. S. Ullah, F. Faisal, A. Ahmad, U. Ali, F. A. Tahir & J. A. Flint, “Design and analysis of a novel tri-band flower-shaped planar antenna for GPS and WiMAX applications”, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 31, no. 09, pp. 927–940, 2017,  IF: 1.351.
    37. Ullah, S., Ahmad, S., Khan, B. A., Ali, U., Tahir, F. A., & Bashir, S. (2018). Design and Analysis of a Hexa-Band Frequency Reconfigurable Monopole Antenna. IETE Journal of Research, 64(1), 59-66., IF: 2.33.
    38. F. A. Tahir, T. Arshad, S. Ullah, and J. A. Flint. "A novel FSS for gain enhancement of printed antennas in UWB frequency spectrum." Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 59, no. 10, pp. 2698-2704, 2017.  IF: 1.392.
    39. S. Ullah, S. Hayat, A. Umar, U. Ali, F. A. Tahir, and J. A. Flint., “Design, Fabrication and Measurement of Triple Band Frequency Reconfigurable Antennas for Portable Wireless Communications”, International Journal of Electronics and Communications, Vol. 81,  pp. 236-242, 2017, IF: 2.853.
    40. A. Afridi, S. Ullah,I. Ali, S. Khan, J. A. Flint, “Design and Parametric Analysis of a Dual-Band Frequency Reconfigurable Planar Dipole Using a Dual-Band Artificial Ground Plane”, IETE Journal of Research, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 3-11, 18 June 2014. IF: 2.33.
    41. A. Afridi, S. Ullah, S. Khan, A. Ahmed, A. H. Khalil, “Design of Dual Band Wearable Antenna using Metamaterials”, Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy (JMPEE), vol. 47, no. 02, pp. 126-137, 09 May 2016. IF: 1.325.
    42. S. Khan, S. Ullah, A. Ahmed, S. A. Mahmud, “A Survey of Rate-Adaptation Schemes for IEEE 802.11 Compliant WLANs”, KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS), Vol. 07, No.3, pp. 425-445, 2013. IF: 0.611.
    43. S. Ullah, J. A. Flint and R. D. Seager, “Polarisation-dependent electromagnetic bandgap incorporating a slanted sheet via”, IET Microw. Antennas Propag., vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 519- 527, 2011. IF: 2.036.
    44. Umar, Syed Muhammad, Wasi U. Rehman Khan, Sadiq Ullah, Manzoor Khan, and Shahid Bashir. "Design and Analysis of a Slotted Patch Antenna for Dualband Millimeter-Wave Applications." Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: A. Physical and Computational Sciences 57, no. 1 (2020): 31-36.
    45. U. Ali, S. Ullah, Haroon, “Design and Analysis of 2.4 GHz antenna using Metamaterial ground planes for body worn wireless applications”, Bahria University Journal of Information & Communication Technologies, vol.9, no.1, pp. 43-48, June 2016
    46. Bashir, S., Khan, M.S., Jan, K.U. and Ullah, S. Performance Enhancement of Wearable Antenna Using High Impedance Surfaces. International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security, vol. 9, no. 1, p.30-39, April 2017
    47. M. F. Khan , S. A. A. Shah , S. Ullah, “Dual-Band Frequency Reconfigurable Microstrip Patch Antenna on Wearable Substrate for Wi-Fi and Wi-MAX Applications”, Technical Journal, UET Taxila, Vol. 22, no. 02, pp. 35-40, 2017
    48. W. U.R. Khan, S. Ullah, S. M. Umar, S. Bashir, and F. Ahmad, “Effect of Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures on Performance of Planar Textile Antenna, Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: Pakistan Academy of Sciences A. Physical and Computational Sciences 55 (1): 1–10 (2018)
    49. M.F. Khan, S. Ullah, et al. A Tunable Microstrip Planar Antenna using Truncated Ground Plane for WiFi/LTE2500/WiMAX/5G/C, Ku, K-Band Wireless Applications. International Journal of Electrical Engineering and Applied Sciences (IJEEAS). 2019 Apr 30;2(1):77-84.
    50. Ullah, S, S. Ullah, and S. Khan. "Design and analysis of a 60 GHz millimeter wave antenna." Jurnal Teknologi 78, no. 4-3, pp. 63-68, 2016.
    51.  Kamal, B, S. Ullah, and S. Khan. "A novel experimental procedure for digitizing flexible wearable antennas for body area networks (BANS)." Jurnal Teknologi, Vol. 78, no. 4-3, pp. 59-62, 2016.
    52. Afridi, M. A., and S. Ullah. "Design and analysis of meta-material based WLAN antenna." Jurnal Teknologi, Vol. 78, no. 4-3, pp. 41-45, 2016.
    53. H. Khan, A. Nasir, U. B. Mumtaz, S. Ullah, Syed Ahson Ali Shah, Muhammad Fawad Khan, Usman Ali, “Design and Analysis of a Wearable Monopole Antenna on Jeans Substrate for RFID Applications”, International Journal of Wireless and Microwave Technologies (IJWMT),Vol. 5,  no.6, pp. 25-35, June, 2016.
    54. I. A. Shah, S. Hayat, I. Khan, I. Alam, S. Ullah, A. Afridi, “A Compact, Tri-Band and 9-Shape Reconfigurable Antenna for WiFi, WiMAX and WLAN Applications”, International Journal of Wireless and Microwave Technologies (IJWMT), vol. 5, no. 6,  pp. 45-53,  May, 2016.

    IEEE Conferences:

    1. Kamal, Babar, Jingdong Chen, Yingzing Yin, Jian Ren, and Sadiq Ullah. "Wide Band Cross Polarization Converting Metasurface Based on Circular Split Rings Resonators." In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Computational Electromagnetics (ICCEM), pp. 223-225. IEEE, 2020.
    2. Kamal, Babar, Jingdong Chen, Yingzing Yin, Jian Ren, and Sadiq Ullah. "A Broad Band Polarization Converting Metasurface for C and X-Band Applications." In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Communications and Computing (ICSPCC), pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2020.
    3. Ullah, Shakir, Inzamam Ahmad, Yasir Raheem, Sadiq Ullah, Toufeeq Ahmad, and Usman Habib. "Hexagonal shaped CPW feed based frequency reconfigurable antenna for WLAN and sub-6 GHz 5G applications." In 2020 International Conference on Emerging Trends in Smart Technologies (ICETST), pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2020.
    4. Ullah, Kifayat, Shakir Ullah, Iftikhar ud Din, Tariq Mahboob, Abdur Rehman Mashal, Sadiq Ullah, and Usman Habib. "Design and Analysis of a Compact Dual-Band Patch Antenna for 5G mmW Application." In 2020 14th International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST), pp. 1-5. IEEE, 2020.
    5. Usman, Muhammad, Siraj Tanoli, Faizan Khan, Syed Muhammad Umar, and Sadiq Ullah. "Pattern Reconfigurable Two Element Printed Patch Antenna for THz Wireless Applications." In 2020 3rd International Conference on Computing, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies (iCoMET), pp. 1-7. IEEE, 2020.
    6. Khan B, Ullah S, Kamal B. An Extended Split Ring Resonator Type Metasurface for Microwave Applications. In2019 16th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST) 2019 Jan 8 (pp. 1046-1049). IEEE.
    7. Umar SM, Ullah S, Ahmad F. Gain Enhancement Technique in Vivaldi Antenna For 5G Communication. In2019 2nd International Conference on Computing, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies (iCoMET) 2019 Jan 30 (pp. 1-4). IEEE.
    8. ud Din, Iftikhar, Shakir Ullah, Kifayat Ullah, Yasir Fawad, Inzamam Ahmad, Sadiq Ullah, and Usman Habib. "Circular Monopole Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Antenna with Reconfigurable Band-Notched Characteristics." In 2020 IEEE 23rd International Multitopic Conference (INMIC), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2020.
    9. Abdullah, Khan B, Ullah S, Kamal B. Design and Analysis of a Wide Band Cross-Polarization Converting Metasurface. In2019 Int. Conf. on Communication Technologies (ComTech) 2019 Mar 20 (pp. 9-12). IEEE.
    10. Khan, Bilawal, Sadiq Ullah, and Babar Kamal. "An Extended Split Ring Resonator Type Metasurface for Microwave Applications." In 2019 16th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST), pp. 1046-1049. IEEE, 2019.
    11. S. M. Umar, F. Ahmad, W R. Khan, S. Ullah, U. Ali, “Specific Absorption Rate Analysis of a WLAN Antenna Using Mushroom-Type Electromagnetic Bandgap (EBG) Structure”, International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST-2016), 12-16 January 2016.
    12. S. Ullah, “Design of Electromagnetic Bandgap (EBG) Structures for Polarization Sensitive Wireless Communications”, Int. Bhurban Conf. on Appl. Sciences & Technology (IBCAST-2016), 12-16 January 2016.
    13. B. Farooq, T. Parveen, S. Ullah, I. Ali,“Antenna Design for Advance Wireless Systems using Metamaterial Surfaces”, Int. Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST-2016), 12-16 January 2016.
    14. S. Hayat, I. A. Shah, I. Khan, I. Alam, S. Ullah, “Design of Tetra-Band Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna for Portable Wireless Applications”, Int. Conf. on Intelligent Sys. Engineering (ICISE 2016), 16-17 Jan 2016.
    15. W R. Khan, S. M. Umar, F. Ahmad, S. Ullah, “Specific Absorption Rate Analysis of a WLAN Antenna Using Slotted I-Type Electromagentic Bandgap (EBG) Structure”, Int. Conf. on Intelligent Systems Engineering (ICISE 2016), 16-17 Jan. 2016.
    16. H. A. Khan, M. A. Afridi, S. Ullah,“Patch Antenna using EBG Structure for ISM Band Wearable Applications”, 2016 International Conference on Intelligent Systems Engineering (ICISE 2016), 16-17 January 2016.
    17. A. Ahmed, M. Muaz, M. Ali, M. Yasir, S. Ullah, S. Khan, "Mahalanobis Distance and Maximum Likelihood Based Classification for Identifying Tobacco in Pakistan", IEEE 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, 16-19 June, 2015. Istanbul.
    18. A. Ahmed, M. Muaz, M. Ali, M. Yasir, N. Minallah, S. Ullah, S. Khan, "Comparing Pixel-based Classifiers for Detecting Tobacco Crops in North-West Pakistan", IEEE 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (IEEE RAST 2015), 16-19 June, 2015. Istanbul.
    19. A. Nawaz, Z. Iqbal, S. Ullah, “Performance analsysis of supervised image classification techniques for classification of multispectral satellite imagery”, 4th International conference on Aerospace Science & Engineering (ICASE), pp. 1-5, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    20. A. Ahmad, F. Faisal, S. Ullah, U. Ali, “Performance Analysis of a Wearable and Dual Band Planer Antenna using a Mushroom-like Electromagnetic Bandgap (EBG) Ground Plane”, 9th IEEE International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST 2015), Lahore, pp. 24-29, 17-19 December, 2015.
    21. M.Khan, M Y. Khan, S. Ullah, F. Faisal, “Design and Analysis of a Tri-Band Patch Antenna for UMTS, WIMAX and WLAN Applications”, 9th IEEE International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST 2015), Lahore, pp. 91-95, 17-19 Dec., 2015.
    22. Faisal F, Ahmad A, Ali U, Ullah S, Ullah K. Performance analysis of a 2.4 GHz planar antenna using different types of wearable artificial ground planes. In High-Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling/Emerging Technologies (HONET), 2015 12th International Conference on 2015 Dec 21 (pp. 1-5). IEEE..
    23. M. Y. Khan, S. Ali, I. Khan, S. Ullah, A. Nasir, “Dual-band Sword Shaped Frequency Reconfigurable Monopole Antenna for Wireless Applications”, 12th International IEEE Conference on HONET – ICT, 21-23 December 2015.
    24. Haroon, S. Ullah, J. A. Flint, “Electro-Textile Based Wearable Patch Antenna on Biodegradable Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) Plastic Substrate for 2.45 GHz, ISM Band Applications”, IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET 2014), Islamabad, pp. 158-163,  8-9 December 2014.
    25. S.A.A. Shah, M.F. Khan, S. Ullah, J.A. Flint, “Design of a Multi-Band Frequency Reconfigurable Planar Monopole Antenna Using Truncated Ground Plane for Wi-Fi, WLAN and WiMAX Applications”, 8th IEEE International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST 2014), Lahore, pp. 151-155, 18-20 December, 2014.
    26. A. Basir, S. Ullah, M. Zada, S. Faisal, “Design of Efficient and Flexible Patch Antenna using an Electromagnetic Band gap (EBG) Ground Plane”, 8th IEEE International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST 2014), Lahore, pp. 1-5, 18-20 Dec., 2014.
    27.  U. Ali, S. Ullah, S. Khan, J. A. Flint, “Comparative study of Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna on various types of Metamaterials Surfaces”, 8th IEEE International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST 2014), Lahore, pp. 186-191, 18-20 December, 2014.
    28. A. U. Rahim, S. Ullah, M. Ilyas, M. Shoaib, S. Khan, I. Khan, “Design and Analysis of Compact and Multi-Band Circular Antennas”, 8th IEEE International Conference on Open Source Systems and Technologies (ICOSST 2014), Lahore, pp. 52-55, 18-20 December, 2014.
    29. S. Khan, B. Aziz, S. Najib, A. Ahmed, M. Usman, S. Ullah, “Reliability of Network Simulators and Simulation Based Research”, IEEE International Symposium on Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC-13), 8-11 September, 2013, London, UK.
    30. S. Ullah, J. A. Flint and R. D. Seager, “A Comparative Study of Reflection Characteristics of Artificial Ground Planes Incorporating a Slanted Sheet Vias or Slots”, Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), pp. 1975-1978, Italy, 11-15 April, 2011.
    31. J. A. Flint, S. Ullah, R. D. Seager and S. C. Pomeroy, “Low Resolution Radiation Pattern Sampling for a Thin Dipole”, LAPC-2010, pp. 601-04, 8-9 Nov., 2010, Loughborough, UK.
    32. S. Ullah, J. A. Flint and R. D. Seager, “Polarisation dependent EBG surface with an inclined sheet via”, LAPC-2009, Loughborough, UK, pp.637-640, 16-17 November, 2009.
    33. S. Ullah, J. A. Flint and R. D. Seager, “Patch antenna directivity analysis using an equi-area method”, LAPC-2008, pp. 349-352, 17-18 March 2008.
    34. S. Ullah, J. A. Flint and R. D. Seager, “Equi-Spaced-Points-Method (ESPM) for Antenna Radiation Pattern (ARP) Measurements with 3D- Rotation”, EuCAP-2007, pp. 1-6, 11-16 November 2007.
    35. S. Ullah and G. Raja, “VLSI Architecture & Implementation of H.264 Integer Transform”, 17th International Conference on Microelectronics, ICM-05, Islamabad, pp. 218-223, 13-15 December, 2005.
    36. S. Ullah and G. Raja, “Integer cosine transform & its application in Image/Video Compression”, ICSEA-2004, Islamabad, pp. 189-193, 30-31 December, 2004.

  • Research Grants and Contracts
    • FYDP, Funded by Directorate of Science & Technology (DoST), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    • FYDPs, Funded by ICT R & D/ Ignite

     


  • Other Research or Creative Accomplishments
    • Joint R&D Project on ‘Development & Industrialization of real-time meteorological self-tracking radar’ with Xidian University, China: 6.5 Million RMB (Under Review)
    • Initiated and signed the first MoU of UET Mardan with NWPU, China
    • Managed Student Placement & MSc/PhD Scholarships at Foreign Universities
    • Joint Research with Loughborough University, UK 

  • Selected Professional Presentations
    • Invited Talk @ Northwestern Polytechnic University (NWPU), China
    • Invited Talk @ Xidian University, China
    • Research papers at IEEE sponsored conferences in UK and Pakistan.
    • Research posters at various exhibitions at Loughborough University, U.K.

    Demonstrated Antenna & Microwave Simulation and Design tools to UG and PG students