Niamat Hussain, PhD.
Dr. NIAMAT HUSSAIN received his Bachelors in electronic engineering from Dawood University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, and Master's degree in electrical and computer engineering from Ajou University, Korea. He has done his Ph.D. degree in information and communication engineering from Chungbuk National University, Korea. He received the best paper award in 2017 for his paper presented at the Korea Winter Conference (KIEES). He is also the recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award and has authored/co-authored more than 60 international journal papers. In 2021 and 2022, he was featured as World's Top 2% Scientists, ranked by Stanford University in collaboration with Elsevier. Moreover, he is a reviewer of many journals of IEEE, Elsevier, Wiley, and MDPI. He is serving as Academic Editor in Electronics. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Chungbuk National University from March 2021 to Feb 2022. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in Intelligent Mechatronics Engineering at Sejong University, Seoul, Korea. His research is mainly focused on metamaterial antennas, UWB antennas, mm-wave antennas, terahertz antennas, wireless power transfer, and the effects of electromagnetic effects on human health.
Research & teaching interests:
Antenna Engineering (antenna design, mm-wave and THz antennas, metasurface antennas, reflectarray antenna, beamforming antennas)
Microwave Engineering (wireless power transfer, filters)
Bioelectromagnetic (SAR reduction in mobile antennas, study of electromagnetic effects of human health)
Current research projects:
Integrated sub-6 GHz and mm-wave antennas for 5G-enabled IoTs.
Effects of sea cables (power, internet) on aquatic life.
Awards:
World's Top 2% Scientists ranked by Standford University, (2021, 2022).
Merit award by the president of Chungbuk National University for research excellence in University, 2021.
Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award by the graduate school of Chungbuk National University, 2021.
BK21, Korea scholarship through Ph.D., (2018-2021).
BioEM Conference travel award, 2018.
Best student paper award from KIEES winter conference, 2016.
Ajou University scholarship award for the tuition fee exemption for MS, (2015-2017)
Professional Activities:
Editorial board member, Electronics (SCIE).
Guest Editor, special issue in IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation: Reconfigurable Antennas for Wireless Applications
Guest Editor, special issue in Electronics: Feature Papers in Microwave and Wireless Communications Section
Guest Editor, special issue in Micromachines: Recent Advancements in Flexible, Reconfigurable and Wearable Antennas for 5G and Beyond
Guest Editor, special issue in Sensors: Advanced Antenna Design Methods for 5G and 6G Applications
Guest Editor, special issue in Electronics: Prospective Multiple Antenna Technologies for 5G and Beyond.
Guest Editor, special issue in Electronics: Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Antennas: Latest Advances and Prospects
Memberships:
Member, IEEE
Member, Korean Society of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
Member, European Bioelectromagnetic Society
Member, Pakistan Engineering Council
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor
Department of Intelligent Mechatronics Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul 05006,
Republic of Korea.
email: niamathussain AT sejong.ac.kr