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  • Name
    Engr. Dr. Usman Ali

  • Personal

    Phone : +92-937-9230454
    Email : usman.ali@uetmardan.edu.pk
    Address : Department of Telecommunication Engineering, UET Mardan.


  • Experience

    •    March 2019 - Date: Lecturer, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, UET Mardan, Pakistan
    •    March 2018 - March 2019: Lab Engineer, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, UET Mardan, Pakistan
    •    October 2013 – March 2018: Lab Engineer, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, UET Peshawar, Mardan Campus, Pakistan
     


  • Qualification

    •    2018-2023- University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar Pakistan:
                             Ph.D. in Telecommunication Engineering

    •    2015-2017- MSc in Telecommunication Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan
    •    2008-2012- BSc in Telecommunication Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan


  • Honor and Awards

    •    PMNICT Scholarship for BSc (September 2008-July 2012).
    •    Merit Certificates issued by Telecommunication Engineering Department, UET Peshawar, Mardan Campus.
    •    Best Paper Award, IETE Journal of Research, Francis & Taylor Publishers, 2018.
     


  • Graduate, Undergraduate, Honor Students Supervised

    2019-2020        BSc                 Automatic Accident Detection and Management in Vehicular Environment Using VANET and IoT
    2019-2020        BSc                 Design and Analysis of Metamaterial Inspired Wearable Antenna for 5G Communication
    2019-2020        BSc                 Design of Metamaterial Based Multiband Antenna for GPS, Radar and Mobile Applications  
     


  • Service Activity

    •    July 2019 - Date: Semester Coordinator, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, UET Mardan, Pakistan
    •    January 2019 - Date: Warden, Ahmad Shah Abdali Boys Hostel, UET Mardan, Pakistan
    •    March 2018 – January 2019: Assistant Warden, Ahmad Shah Abdali Boys Hostel, UET Mardan, Pakistan
    •    August 2016-Date: FYP Coordinator, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, UET Mardan, Pakistan
    •    January 2014 – March 2018: Assistant Warden, Ahmad Shah Abdali Boys Hostel, UET Peshawar, Mardan Campus, Pakistan
    •    February 2015 – March 2018: Proctor, UET Peshawar, Mardan Campus, Pakistan
     


  • Brief Statement of Research Interest

    My research interests mainly focus on Metamaterials, Electromagnetic Bandgap structures, Wearable antennas, Reconfigurable antennas, and signal processing


  • Publications
    1. Ali, Usman, Abdul Basir, Muhammad Zada, Sadiq Ullah, Babar Kamal, and Hyoungsuk Yoo. "Performance Improvement of a Dual-Band Textile Antenna for On-Body through Artificial Magnetic Conductor." IEEE Access (2023). (IF =3.367)
    2. Ali, Usman, Sadiq Ullah, Abdul Basir, Babar Kamal, Ladislau Matekovits, and Hyoungsuk Yoo. "Design and SAR Analysis of AMC-Based Fabric Antenna for Body-Centric Communication." IEEE Access (2023). (IF =3.367)
    3. Usman Ali, Sadiq Ullah, Babar Kamal, Ladislau Matekovits, and Amir Altaf. "Design, Analysis and Applications of Wearable Antennas: A Review." IEEE Access (2023). (IF =3.367)
    4. Khan, Jalal, Sadiq Ullah, Usman Ali, Ladislau Matekovits, Farooq Ahmad Tahir, and Muhammad Inam Abbasi. "A 37 GHz Millimeter-Wave Antenna Array for 5G Communication Terminals." COMPUTERS, MATERIALS & CONTINUA 75, no. 1 (2023): 1317-1330. (IF =3.772)
    5. Kamal, Babar, Usman Ali, Jingdong Chen, and Sadiq Ullah. "Applications of Metamaterials and Metasurfaces." (2022).
    6. Irfan, Muhammad, Wasi Ur Rehman Khan, Sadiq Ullah, Naveed Mufti, Muhammad Fawad Khan, Rizwan Ullah, Usman Ali et al. "Cactus-Shaped Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna for Sub 10 GHz Wireless Applications." Computer Systems Science & Engineering 45, no. 3 (2023). (IF =4.397)
    7. Khan, Wasi Ur Rehman, Muhammad Fawad Khan, Muhammad Irfan, Sadiq Ullah, Naveed Mufti, Usman Ali, Rizwan Ullah et al. "Th-Shaped Tunable Multi-Band Antenna for Modern Wireless Applications." Computers, Materials & Continua 74, no. 2 (2023). (IF =3.86)
    8. Khan, Jalal, Sadiq Ullah, Usman Ali, Farooq Ahmad Tahir, Ildiko Peter, and Ladislau Matekovits. “Design of a millimeter-wave MIMO antenna array for 5G communication terminals.” Sensors 22, no. 7 (2022): 2768. (IF= 3.57)
    9. Kamal, Babar, Jingdong Chen, Yingzeng Yin, Jian Ren, Sadiq Ullah, and Usman Ali. “Design and Experimental Analysis of Dual-Band Polarization Converting Metasurface”, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 20, no. 8 (2021): 1409-1413. (IF= 3.726)
    10. Usman Ali, Sadiq Ullah, Muhammad Shafi, Syed A.A. Shah, Izaz A. Shah, James A. Flint “Design and Comparative Analysis of Conventional and Metamaterial Based Textile Antennas for Wearable Applications”, International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields.pp. 1-17, 2019 (IF= 1.296)
    11. Jalal Khan, Daniyal Ali Sehrai and Usman Ali “Design of Dual Band 5G Antenna Array with SAR Analysis for Future Mobile Handsets”, Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology, 14(2), pp.809-816 (IF= 0.835)
    12. Usman Ali, Sadiq Ullah, Jalal Khan, Muhammad Shafi, Babar Kamal, Abdul Basir, J. A. Flint and R.D. Seager “Design and SAR Analysis of Wearable Antenna on Various Parts of Human Body, Using Conventional and Artificial Ground Planes”, Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology. Vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 317-328, 2017. (IF= 0.835)
    13. 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)
    14. Amjad Iqbal, Sadiq Ullah, Abdul Basir, Usman Ali, Umair A. Naeem, “Design, Fabrication and Measurement of a Compact, Frequency Reconfigurable, Modified T-shape Planar Antenna for Wi-Fi/WLAN and Satellite Applications,” Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 1611-1618, 2017. (IF= 0.835)
    15. Ullah, Sadiq, Farooq Faisal, Ashfaq Ahmad, Usman Ali, Farooq Ahmad Tahir, and James 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. 9, pp. 927-940, 2017. (IF= 0.864)
    16. S. Ullah, S. Ahmad, B. A. Khan, U. Ali, F. A. Tahir, S. Bashir, “Design and Analysis of a Hexa-Band Frequency Reconfigurable Monopole Antenna,” IETE Journal of Research, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 59-66, 2017.  (IF= 0.829)
    17. Sadiq Ullah, Shahzeb Hayat, Anees Umer, Usman Ali, Farooq Ahmad Tahir, James 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= 3.183)
    • HEC Recognized Journals:
    1. Usman Ali, Sadiq Ullah and Haroon, “Design and Analysis of a 2.4 GHz Antenna using Metamaterial Ground Planes for Body Worn Wireless Applications”, BUJICT Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, 2016, pp. 43-48. (Cat: Y)
    • SCI-Indexed/International Journals:
    1. Hammad Khan, Ali Nasir, Umar Bin Mumtaz, Sadiq 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.6, no.6, pp.24-35, 2016.