Short Profile
Dr. Ghulam E. Mustafa Abro is an award-winning academician and researcher, honored with the Late Prof. Peter B. Luh Memorial Young Research Award (Sept. 2024). With over eight years of experience in teaching and research, his work spans over the study of mechatronic systems including dynamics, control, prototyping and stabilisation. In addition to this, he specializes in robotic motion planning, autonomous systems, and AI-driven perception, with impactful contributions to swarm intelligence and multi-agent based real-world autonomous solutions. He currently serves as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the IRC for Aviation and Space Exploration and Academic Affiliate in Aerospace Engineering at KFUPM, Saudi Arabia (ranked QS Top 101 in Engineering & Technology). Dr. Abro’s petition for National Interest Waiver (NIW)-EB2 has been approved by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for demonstrated contributions in the area of autonomous systems, AI-driven robotics and control.
Regular Reviewer for following Journals & Conferences
Journals
IEEE Access, Sensors, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology and IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control.
MDPI Drones, Electronics, Actuator, Vehicles, Sensors, Biomimetics, Aerospace and Process
Hindawi-Wiley - Mathematical Problems in Engineering and Asian Journal of Control, International Journal for Aerospace Engineering
InderSciences: International Journal of Modeling, Identification and Control
Springer - Discover Robotics, Discover Internet of Things, Scientific Reports, Wireless Personal Communications, Multibody System Dynamics, Multimedia Tools and Applications, Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems and International Journal of Fuzzy Systems
Elsevier - Applied Mathematical Modelling, Expert Systems with Applications
IET Computer Vision
Taylor and Francis: Automatika-Journal for Control, Measurement, Electronics, Computing and Communications
Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (IJEECS)
Measurement and Control & Fluctuation and Noise Letters, Measurement and Control by SAGE
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction by Taylor & Francis
Conferences
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)- Flagship
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) - Flagship
IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) - Flagship
IEEE Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT) - Flagship
IEEE International Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing Automation (ROMA) - Flagship
IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Engineering and Technology (IICAIET)
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC)
Current and Past Leadership Roles
Invited as Visiting Researcher for the Special Interest Group (SIG): Advanced Control System and Computing Research Group (ACSCRG), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Penang Branch, Malaysia from 1st August 2025 to 31st July 2026 (1 Year).
Invited as Visiting Researcher at High Performance and Intelligent Systems (HiPIS) research centre at Universitat de Valencia, Spain since 14th May 2025.
International Academic Collaborator at Smart City Lab under National Centre for Robotics & Automation (NCRA), NED UET, Karachi Sindh Pakistan.
Invited as Visiting Researcher at Laboratory of Control & Automation (LCA) at the Department of Electrical Engineering, and Information Technology at the Politecnico di Bari, Italy since 27 Dec 2024.
Invited as Guest Lecturer at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia since 4th June 2024 under Collaborative Teaching Program.
Invited as Judge for IEEEDuino Region 8 International Competition 2024 and 2025.
Technical Program Committee Co-Chair, IEEE ICIESTR Conference Oman 2024.
Invited as Judge for IEEE Darrel Chong Award 2023
Secretary, IEEE ROMA Flagship Conference Malaysia 2021-2022.
International Academic and Research Collaborator in National Centre for Robotics & Automation (NCRA) - CMS Lab, Mehran UET, Jamshoro Sindh Pakistan (Since 2021).
Professional Membership & Volunteer Activities
Senior Member IEEE having No: 96507563 affiliated with Region 10 and Malaysia Section
Graduate Engineer at Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) since 15th March 2022 with membership number G2209814A
Registered Engineer at Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) since 2015 with membership number Electro/23787
Best Volunteer Student awarded by IEEE Malaysia Section (2021)
Chair of IEEE UTP Student Branch (2022) and Secretary for IEEE UTP Student Branch (2020 and 2021- Two consecutive Years)
Chair Professional Activities at IEEE Student Activities Committee for IEEE Malaysia Section (2020 and 2021).
Appointed as Treasurer IEEE Young Professionals Karachi Section from 2018 -2019
Senior Vice President, for Postgraduate Students at EEE Department Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia (2021 and 2022)
For Mutual Collaboration, guidance in simulation and opting as external supervisor one contact on:
Mustafa.abro@ieee.org or Ghulam.abro@kfupm.edu.sa