Dr. Usman Habib

usman.habib@giki.edu.pk
Ext: 2290
Office: GS-26 (FES)

Dr. Usman Habib

Assistant Professor

Qualifications:

  • Ph.D Electronic Engineering (University of Kent, UK)     Dec 2018
  • MS    Electrical Engineering (UET Taxila, Pakistan)         Aug 2013
  • BS     Electrical Engineering (UET Peshawar, Pakistan)  Aug 2009

Experience:

    • Research Officer (DSP Centre of Excellence, UK)
    • Postdoctoral Researcher (KAIST, South Korea)
    • Assistant Professor (Preston University, Pakistan)
    • Assistant Lecturer (University of Kent, UK)
    • Assistant Manager (Maritime Tech Complex, NESCOM, Pakistan)

Research Interests: Photonic and Electronic Systems

    • Optoelectronics (LEDs/LDs/Perovskite based Photodetectors and Solar Cells)
    • Physical Layer Communication Systems (Optical/mmW/microwave)
    • Electric Vehicles (Design of Motor, Controller, BMS, Fast Charger)

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK

 

Optoelectronics Research Group

The main research area(s) of Optoelectronics Research Group include:

Modeling, simulation, and experimental characterization of optoelectronic devices including transmitters (LED, LD, VCSEL), Receivers (pin photodiode, avalanche photodiode), Solar cells (heterojunction, perovskite, quantum dot).

Researchers

  • Dr. Usman Habib (usman.habib@giki.edu.pk) (Group Lead)
  • Mrs. Nadia Anwar (PhD student) (ges2156@giki.edu.pk)
  • Ms. Syeda Wageeha Shakir (MS student) (ges2323@giki.edu.pk)
  • Ms. Iqra Anjum (MS student) (ges2319@giki.edu.pk)
  • Ms. Anum Ali (MS student) (ges2317@giki.edu.pk)
  • Mr. Shah Rukh (MS student) (ges2420@giki.edu.pk)

Supervised Postgraduate Student:

  • Mrs. Nadia Anwar (PhD in-progress with research on Perovskite solar cells and Photodetectors)
  • S. Wageeha Shakir (MS in-progress with research on UV LDs)
  • Iqra Anjum (MS in-progress) with research on IR LEDs)
  • Anum Ali (MS in-progress with research on Red LEDs)

Selected Publications

  • Shakir, S. W., Usman, M., Habib, U., Ali, S., & Mustafa, L. (2024). High-Power and High-Efficiency 221 nm AlGaN Far Ultraviolet Laser Diodes. Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 13(7), 076001.
  • Anum Ali, Usman, Muhammad, Usman Habib, and Shazma Ali. “Epitaxial analysis of GaInP/AlGaInP red light-emitting diodes with ternary AlGaP quantum barriers for quantum efficiency enhancement.” Physica Scripta 99.6 (2024): 0659b1.
  • Anwar, N., Anjum, I., Usman, M., Habib, U., Hadi, M.U. and Ijaz, M., 2024, July. Enhanced Responsivity and Detectivity for Perovskite Based Self-Powered Photodetector for Low Power VLC Applications. In 2024 14th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP) (pp. 159-162). IEEE.
  • Saeed, S., Usman, M., Jahangir, M., Mustafa, L., Hidayat, W., Bashir, J., Anjum, I., Shakir, S.W., Habib, U. and Ali, S., 2024. Employment of thin p-AlAs to improve near-infrared laser diodes. Materials Science and Engineering: B, 302, p.117251.
  • U. Habib. A.E. Aighobahi, T. Quinlan and N.J. Gomes, “Analog RoF Supported Increased RAU Spacing for 60GHz Distributed MIMO employing Spatial Diversity and Multiplexing”, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (IEEE Journal, I.F 4.2), Vol. 36 (19), April 2018, pp. 4354-4360.
  • U. Habib, M. Steeg, A. Stohr and N.J.Gomes, “Single RoF link and RF chain based 60GHz Multi-beam Transmission”, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (IEEE Journal, I.F 4.2), Vol. 37 (9), Jan 2019, pp.1974-1980.
  • U. Habib, B.G. Kim and Y.C.Chung, “RF-chirp phase dither for MPI mitigation in RoF-based 5G mobile fronthaul networks”, Optics Express, (OSA Journal, I.F 3.7), Vol. 28(21), Aug 2020, pp.32002-32009.
  • Wang, U. Habib, Z. Yan, J. Wang, N.J. Gomes, Q. Sui, L. Zhan and C. Wang, “Highly Efficient Optical Beam Steering Using an In-Fiber Diffraction Grating for Full Duplex Indoor Optical Wireless Communication”, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology (IEEE Journal, I.F 4.2), Vol. 36 (19), April 2018, pp. 4618-4625
  • Irfan, U. Habib, F. Muhammad, F. Ali, A.S. Alwadie and W. Glowacz, “Optical-Interference Mitigation in Visible Light Communication for Intelligent Transport Systems Applications”, MDPI Energies (ISI, SCIE, IET Inspec indexed IF 2.7),, Vol. 13(19), 2020, p.5064.
  • I Ahmad, S Ullah, S Ullah, U Habib, S Ahmad, A Ghaffar, “Design and Analysis of a Photonic Crystal Based Planar Antenna for THz Applications”, MDPI Electronics (IET, JCR, Scopus, SCI I.F 2.41, Vol. 10 (16), Aug 2021, pp.1941
  • Ali, M. Fazal, U. Habib, M. Yusuf and M. Usman, “Modeling and Minimization of FWM Effects in DWDM based Long-Haul Optical Communication Systems”, Photonic Network Communications Journal (Springer), JCR, Scopus, SCI I.F 1.125, Vol. 39 (4), August 2020

 

Electric Vehicle Group

Design, simulation and development of

  • Battery Management System
  • BLDC Motor Controller
  • Thermal Management System

in partnership with

  • National Institute of Electronics (https://nie.gov.pk/Automotive/Automotive_Lab.php)
  • DICE Foundation (http://dicefoundation.org/dice-electric-car)
  • Taraz Technologies (https://www.taraztechnologies.com/pelab/)

 

Selected Final Year Projects:

  • Design of BLDC Motor and FOC based smart controller for EVs (2024/25, In progress)
  • Development of BMS for EVs based on Data-driven prediction of SoC and SoC using Machine Learning (2024/25, In progress)
  • Development of battery Thermal Management System for EVs (2024/25, In progress)
  • Design of Motor Controller and Optical Sensor Network for EVs (2022/23, Won Faculty’s 1st Prize at the Industrial Open House 2023). Project was done in collaboration with NIE and DICE Foundation.
  • Performance Analysis of NOMA-based OFDM-Visible Light Communication System (2023/24)
  • Blind Equalization of OFDM based Radio-over-fiber transmission (2023/24)

Courses Taught:

  • Selected Topics in Photonics Engineering (ES698) – Graduate Course
  • Optoelectronics (ES474)
  • Introduction to Photonics (ES334) with lab (ES334L)
  • Electrical Network Analysis (EE212/ES214)
  • Circuit Analysis (EE211/ES211) with lab (ES211L)
  • Differential Equation and Linear Algebra (MT102)
  • Calculus II (MT201)
  • Calculus I  (MT101)
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