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
Professional Activities
Consultancy
2018 Students - Student Counselling and Discussions about their Career and Degree Plans
Education
2016 University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - PhD Photonic Engineering
2012 GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology - MS Electronic Engineering
2009 The Islamia University of Bahawalpur - BSc Electronic Engineering
Award
2010 - Deans Honor Roll
2010 - Dean Honor Roll
2009 - Silver Medal
2005 - Merit Based Fully Funded Scholarship for Undergraduate Studies
Other
Honored to join United Technologies STEM U and become a Young Member of the New York Academy of Sciences!
Research Collaborators
Dr. Lim Kok Sing - Joint Publication - Universiti Malaya -Malaysia -Performance Enhancement of Optical Fiber Sensors
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 :780-788
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
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.
LAUSANNE : ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA Sensors And Actuators A-Physical :62-68
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)
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
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.
AMSTERDAM : IOS PRESS International Journal Of Applied Electromagnetics And Mechanics :139-149
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.
AMSTERDAM : IOS PRESS International Journal Of Applied Electromagnetics And Mechanics :27-35
