Wahaj Abbas Awan
(S’19)
attained his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from COMSATS University Islamabad, Sahiwal campus, Pakistan, in 2019. Subsequently, he joined the Department of Integrated IT Engineering at Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea, where he spent the period from 2019 to 2021. Currently, he is enrolled in the MS-Ph.D. Integrated Program within the Department of Information and Communication Engineering at Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea. Concurrently, he holds the position of Research Associate (RA) at the Optical Information Processing (OIP) laboratory, overseen by Professor Nam Kim, and at the Smart Antenna Technologies (SAT) Laboratory, under the supervision of Dr. Niamat Hussain. With an extensive scholarly portfolio, Awan has authored over 80 peer-reviewed articles in esteemed conferences and journals. Furthermore, he has served as a guest editor for notable publications such as Micromachines (MDPI), contributing to special issues on "Recent Advancements in Flexible, Reconfigurable, and Wearable Antennas for 5G and Beyond", and Electronics (MDPI), focusing on "Recent Research in Reconfigurable Antenna and Metasurfaces for 5G and Beyond". In addition to his editorial contributions, Awan actively participates in the academic community as a reviewer for various esteemed international journals, including but not limited to MDPI-Sensors, MDPI-Micromachines, MDPI-Applied Sciences, MDPI-Electronics, Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Scientific Reports, RadioEngineering, and PLoS One.
Research Interest
Research Interest
- Meta-Surface Antennas
- Conformal Antennas
- 5G Electrically Small Antennas
- Reconfigurable Antennas
Professional affiliations:
Professional affiliations:
- Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2019~present. (S'19, GS'21)
- Member of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, 2019~present.
- Member of Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC), 2019~present.
- Guest-edited special issue (Recent Research in Reconfigurable Antenna and Metasurfaces for 5G and Beyond) in Electronics, MDPI.
- Guest-edited special issue (Recent Advancements in Flexible, Reconfigurable and Wearable Antennas for 5G and Beyond) in Micromachines, MDPI.
Professional volunteer activities:
Professional volunteer activities:
- Reviewer of Scientific Reports, 2023~present.
- Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, And Terahertz Waves, 2023~present.
- Reviewer of Wireless Personal Communications, 2023~present.
- Reviewer of PLos One, 2022~present.
- Reviewer of MDPI-Micromachines, 2022~present.
- Reviewer of MDPI-Sensors, 2021~present.
- Reviewer of MDPI-Electronics, 2021~present.
- Reviewer of MDPI-Energies, 2021~2023.
- Reviewer of Radioengineering, 2021~2024.
- Reviewer of IEEE Access, 2021~2023.
- Reviewer of Medical Physics, 2021~2023.
- Reviewer of Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing (Autosoft Journal), 2021~2023.
- Reviewer of Computers, Materials and Continua, 2021~2023.
- Reviewer of Journal of Communications Software and Systems, 2021~2022.
- Reviewer of International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2020~2022.
- Reviewer of Applied Sciences, 2020~2022.
- Reviewer of The Journal of Engineering, 2020~2021.
- Reviewer of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials, Rapid Communications, 2020~2021.
- Reviewer of International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies 2019~2022.
- Reviewer of International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies, 2021.
- Reviewer of International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies (ICEIT), 2020.
Research Stats
Research Stats
Total Paper Count = 81
Total Paper Count = 81
Journal Articles: 46
Journal Articles: 46
Journal Articles as Leading author = 22
Journal Articles as Leading author = 22
Conference Proceedings: 36
Conference Proceedings: 36
Conference Proceedings as the First author = 25
Conference Proceedings as the First author = 25
Book Chapters = 1
Book Chapters = 1