Dr. Wasif Naeem PhD, MSc, BE, FHEA Senior Lecturer
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Profile
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Biography
Education
Work Experience
- Senior Lecturer, Energy, Power and Intelligent Control, QUB (2016 to date)
- Lecturer, Intelligent Systems and Control, QUB (2007 to date)
- Research Fellow in Autonoums Vehicle Control, School of Engineering, University of Plymouth, UK (2005 - 2007)
- Research and Teaching Assistant, Electrical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia (1999 - 2001)
- Research and Development Engineer, Laser Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd., Pakistan (1998 - 1999)
Research Interests
- Control algorithms development for unmanned systems including robotics
- Collision avoidance strategies for unmanned aerial and marine vehicles with emphasis on standardised procedures
- System identification and modelling of electro-mechanical systems
Research Funding
- Principle Investigator, InnovateUK funded project, Robust MAchine eXecutable Colregs for Marine Autonomous Systems (MAXCMAS), August 2015 (£1.27m) in collaboration with Rolls Royce, Atlas Electronik UK, Lloyd’s Register and Warsash Maritime Academy, Southampton Solent University
- Co-Investigator, EPSRC funded project, "Upgrading Small Equipment", December 2012 (£124,539, EP/K029371/1)
- Principle Investigator, EPSRC funded project, "COLREGs-based Evasive Decision Making in Maritime Vehicles" February 2011 - September 2012 (£101k, EP/I003347/1)
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Member, EPSRC Peer Review College
- Member, IFAC T7.2 Technical Committee on Marine Systems
- Local Organising Chair, UKACC International Conference on Control, Belfast, Aug/Sep 2016.
- Member IET (MIET)
- UK Publications Chair and IPC Member, 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Energy and Environment (ICSEE) Conference, Shanghai, China, September 2012
- Fellow Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- Committee member, IEEE SMC Chapter, Ireland
- Foreign Editor, Asian Journal of Engineering Science and Technology
- UK Publications Chair and IPC Member, International Conferences on Life System Modeling and Simulation, China, September 2010
- UK Publications Chair and IPC Member, International Conference on Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Energy and Environment, China, September 2010
- Steering and programme committee member of the IET Irish Signals and Systems Conference since 2008
- Reviewer for International Journal of Control
- Reviewer for IMechE Proceedings
- Reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Robotics, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering and IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
- Reviewer for International Journal of Systems Science
- Chaired a session in the IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Ancona, Italy in 2006
Awards / Achievements
- Michael Richey medal by the Royal Institute of Navigation for authoring the best journal paper published in the Journal of Navigation in 2007 (details)
- Denny Medal by the Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology (IMarEST) for authoring the best journal paper published in the Journal of Marine Science and Environment in 2004.
- Fully funded EPSRC studentship to pursue a PhD program at the University of Plymouth
- Fully funded by IMarEST, UK to present an invited paper at the World Maritime Technology Conference in San Francisco in 2003
- Research and Teaching Assistantship at KFUPM
PGR Supervision
- Sable Campbell (Marine Collision Avoidance)
- Steven Byrne (Cooperative Control of Robotic Manipulators)
- Sookyen Lau aka Lesley (Formation Control Algorithms for Unmanned Vehicles)
- Ziqi Yang aka Wallace
Past Students
- Aolei Yang aka Bert (Formation Control Algorithms for UAVs)
- Okechukwu Ihemadu aka Okey (Intelligent Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping)
Dr W Naeem: Google Scholar Citation Report
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