Muhammad Mahmood Ali

Postdoctoral Researcher Phd

Contact Details

Post Doctoral Researcher
Optical Fibre Sensors Research Centre
Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
University of Limerick
Ireland
T: +353 61 21 3386
M: +353899658858
E: mahmood.ali@ul.ie
 
researcher

Biography

Dr. Muhammad Mahmood Ali has been working as a Post Doctoral Researcher in Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, Ireland since December 2018. Previously, he had been working as an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at Ghulam Ishaq Khan (GIK) Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, KPK, Pakistan since January 2017. He received his B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from The Islamia University of Bahawaplur in 2009, the M.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from the GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Pakistan, in 2012, and his PhD Degree (with Distinction) in Photonic Engineering on Bright Sparks Fellowship from renowned Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2016. Furthermore he has worked as visiting Ph.D research fellow at OFSRC, University of Limerick, Ireland for one year from December 2015 to December 2016. His research interests include optical fiber sensors and lasers with applications, advanced digital signal and image processing, advanced electromagnetics and microwave engineering. He has two Malaysian patents and has published more than fifteen research publications in well recognized OSA, and IEEE journals and few are in queue. He is also active participant in various international and national conferences as well as in seminars, workshops and colloquiums. He is reviewer of IEEE Photonics Journal, Optics Letters, Elsevier Journal of “Measurement”, Springer Journal of “Optical and Quantum Electronics (OQE)”, The Advanced Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES), Journal, Chinese Optics Letters (COL), International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics. Moreover, he was an invited speaker at European Photonics Industrial Consortium (EPIC) Tech Watch in Conjunction with The Micro Photonics International Congress Expo 11-13 October 2016, MESSE Berlin, Germany. Also  He was awarded Seal of Excellence on his Research Proposal for Marie S. Curie Individual Fellowship (MSC-IF). He is the Life Fellow of Pakistan Academy of Engineering (PAE), member of the Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) and the National Academy of Young Scientists (NAYS) Pakistan.

Research Interests

Main research Interests are:
  • Optical fibre based devices for sensing and communication technologies, 
  • Optical fibre based probe sensors, 
  • Optical fibre based multi-parameter sensors in biomedical and industrial applications,
  • Fibre Bragg gratings, Long period gratings, and Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensors, 
  • Planar lightwave devices, 
  • Electromagnetic wave analysis of optical waveguides,
  • Mode converters for space division multiplexing technology.
Additional interests include:
  • The Applications of Metasurface and Metamaterial based devices in optical and microwave regime,
  • Signal and Image Processing

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
2018 'Measurement of Ultralow Level Bioethanol Concentration for Production Using Evanescent Wave Based Optical Fiber Sensor'
S. F. Memon and M. M. Ali and J. T. Pembroke and B. S. Chowdhry and E. Lewis (2018) 'Measurement of Ultralow Level Bioethanol Concentration for Production Using Evanescent Wave Based Optical Fiber Sensor'. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 67 (4):780-788 [DOI] [Details]
2015 'Tilted Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for Reinforcement Corrosion Measurement in Marine Concrete Structure'
Islam, MR;Bagherifaez, M;Ali, MM;Chai, HK;Lim, KS;Ahmad, H (2015) 'Tilted Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for Reinforcement Corrosion Measurement in Marine Concrete Structure'. Ieee Transactions On Instrumentation And Measurement, 64 :3510-3516 [DOI] [Details]
2015 'Measurement of grating visibility of a fiber Bragg grating based on bent-spectral analysis'
Gunawardena DS;Lai MH;Lim KS;Ali MM;Ahmad H; (2015) 'Measurement of grating visibility of a fiber Bragg grating based on bent-spectral analysis'. Applied Optics, 54 (5) [DOI] [Details]
2015 'Cladless few mode fiber grating sensor for simultaneous refractive index and temperature measurement'
Yang, HZ;Ali, MM;Islam, MR;Lim, KS;Gunawardena, DS;Ahmad, H (2015) 'Cladless few mode fiber grating sensor for simultaneous refractive index and temperature measurement'. Sensors And Actuators A-Physical, 228 :62-68 [DOI] [Details]
2015 'In-Fiber Gratings for Simultaneous Monitoring Temperature and Strain in Ultrahigh Temperature'
Yang, HZ;Qiao, XG;Wang, YP;Ali, MM;Lai, MH;Lim, KS;Ahmad, H (2015) 'In-Fiber Gratings for Simultaneous Monitoring Temperature and Strain in Ultrahigh Temperature'. Ieee Photonics Technology Letters, 27 :58-61 [DOI] [Details]
2015 'Characterization of Mode Coupling in Few-Mode FBG With Selective Mode Excitation'
Ali, MM;Jung, YM;Lim, KS;Islam, MR;Shaif-Ul Alam;Richardson, DJ;Ahmad, H (2015) 'Characterization of Mode Coupling in Few-Mode FBG With Selective Mode Excitation'. Ieee Photonics Technology Letters, 27 :1713-1716 [DOI] [Details]
2015 'PCF-Cavity FBG Fabry-Perot Resonator for Simultaneous Measurement of Pressure and Temperature'
Ali, MM;Islam, MR;Lim, KS;Gunawardena, DS;Yang, HZ;Ahmad, H (2015) 'PCF-Cavity FBG Fabry-Perot Resonator for Simultaneous Measurement of Pressure and Temperature'. Ieee Sensors Journal, 15 :6921-6925 [DOI] [Details]
2014 'Chronology of Fabry-Perot interferometer fiber-optic sensors and their applications: a review'
Islam MR;Ali MM;Lai MH;Lim KS;Ahmad H; (2014) 'Chronology of Fabry-Perot interferometer fiber-optic sensors and their applications: a review'. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 14 (4) [DOI] [Details]
2014 'Optical Gaussian Notch Filter Based on Periodic Microbent Fiber Bragg Grating'
Ali, MM;Lim, KS;Becir, A;Lai, MH;Ahmad, H (2014) 'Optical Gaussian Notch Filter Based on Periodic Microbent Fiber Bragg Grating'. Ieee Photonics Journal, 6 [DOI] [Details]
2014 'Optimized Tapered Optical Fiber for Ethanol (C2H5OH) Concentration Sensing'
Yang, HZ;Qiao, XG;Ali, MM;Islam, MR;Lim, KS (2014) 'Optimized Tapered Optical Fiber for Ethanol (C2H5OH) Concentration Sensing'. Journal Of Lightwave Technology, 32 :1777-1783 [DOI] [Details]
2013 'Direct period measurement for fiber Bragg grating using an optical imaging technique'
Ali MM;Lim KS;Yang HZ;Chong WY;Lim WS;Ahmad H; (2013) 'Direct period measurement for fiber Bragg grating using an optical imaging technique'. Applied Optics, 52 (22) [DOI] [Details]
2013 'Spectral analysis of bent fiber Bragg gratings: theory and experiment'
Lim KS;Yang HZ;Becir A;Lai MH;Ali MM;Qiao X;Ahmad H; (2013) 'Spectral analysis of bent fiber Bragg gratings: theory and experiment'. Optics Letters, 38 (21) [DOI] [Details]
2012 'The guided waves in planar waveguide partially filled with strong chiral material'
Ali, MM;Mughal, MJ;Rahim, AA;Naqvi, QA (2012) 'The guided waves in planar waveguide partially filled with strong chiral material'. International Journal Of Applied Electromagnetics And Mechanics, 38 :139-149 [DOI] [Details]
2012 'Electromagnetic fields in a circular waveguide with DB-boundary conditions internally coated with chiral-nihility medium'
Hassan, MH;Mughal, MJ;Ali, MM;Naqvi, QA (2012) 'Electromagnetic fields in a circular waveguide with DB-boundary conditions internally coated with chiral-nihility medium'. International Journal Of Applied Electromagnetics And Mechanics, 40 :27-35 [DOI] [Details]

Honours and Awards

  Year Title Awarding Body
2010 Dean Honor Roll GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Pakistan
2005 Merit Based Fully Funded Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
2009 Silver Medal The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
2010 Deans Honor Roll GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Topi, Pakistan

Education

  Year Institution Qualification Subject
2009 The Islamia University of Bahawalpur BSc Electronic Engineering Electronic Engineering
2016 University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia PhD Photonic Engineering Photonic Engineering
2012 GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology MS Electronic Engineering Electronic Engineering

Consultancy

  Client Description
Students
Student Counselling and Discussions about their Career and Degree Plans

Reviews

  Journal Role
Ieee Photonics Journal Reviewer
Elsevier Reviewer
Ieee Transactions On Instrumentation And Measurement Reviewer
Reviewer
Electrical Engineering Reviewer

Other Activities

  Description

Honored to join United Technologies STEM U and become a Young Member of the New York Academy of Sciences!

Teaching Interests

Undergraduate Level: 
  • Electronic Devices and Circuits
  • Electronic Circuit Design
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Digital Image Processing
  • Introduction to Application Specific Integrated Cicuits (ASICs) Design
  • Signals and Systems
  • Electric Machines
  • Signals and Systems
  • Communication Theory
  • Final Year Project
Postgraduate Level: 
  • Microwave and Photonic Devices
  • Computational Electromagnetics
  • Optical Communication
  • Introduction to Metamaterials and Metasurfaces
  • MS/PhD Theses

International Collaborators

  Name Organisation / Institute Country
Dr. Lim Kok Sing Universiti Malaya Malaysia