Projects

Ongoing

AI application in space (2023-)

• Role: Lead Researcher

  • The project is being conducted in collaboration with a Newspace company that involves running an AI algorithm onboard a microsatellite for vessel detection.

Lunar CubeSat Mission onboard ChangE' 6    (2022-)

• • Role: Project member

    • • As part of opportunity, the IST team develops and launches a CubeSat from Change'E 6 orbiter as part of opportunity provided to APSCO member states.

ICUBE- N: National CubeSat of Pakistan (2021-current)

• • Role: Project manager

    • • As part of the national center, Institute of Space Technology is designing a 3U CubeSat.

      • Leading and team of engineers and researchers in platform and payload design

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Completed

Wireless power transfer for medical implant IOTs (2021-2021)

• • Role: Lead Investigator

    • • As part of this research, we investigate wireless power transfer solutions for implantable medical devices.

Finnish Center of Excellence in Sustainable Space (FORESAIL) (2018-2020): Foresail-1, Foresail-2 and Aalto-3 CubeSat missions.

• • Role: Project member

    • • As part of this project, Aalto university, University of Helsinki, University of Turku and FMI and coordinating together to design and launch series of cubesats in LEO and GTO carrying science payload and Electric Plasma Brake for de orbiting. I am currently part of Foresail team and working in platform design for Foresail satellites. Specifically I am acting as adviser on EPS, ADCS and OBC subsystems of the CubeSat projects of Aalto University, Finland.

Low cost standardized platform design for nano-satellites (2019- 2022)

• • Role: Principal Investigator

    • • A project worth PKR. 9.4 Million, recently awarded by Higher Education Commission (HEC) under National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) for design and development of low cost small satellite platform 

APSCO Student Small Satellite Project (SSS), (2016- 2021) 

• • Role: Subsystem Lead, MS Pakistan

    • • The project funded by Asia Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO), is the development  and launch of one micro-satellite (SSS-1) and two CubeSats (SSS-2A and SSS-2B). The SSS-2A CubeSat has been launched in Oct 2021.

ESA Future Earth Observation microwave instruments for small satellites (Apr 2018 – Dec 2019)

• • Role: Team member

    • • In this project. coordinated by Harp Technologies, Aalto as a subcontractor has contributed with reviewing and analysis of mission design and platform for various small-sat missions. Additionally, the Aalto team was looking for novel SAR design concepts for small-sats, while other applications (RFI environmental applications, radio occultation, GNSS reflectometry etc) were taken care by Harp.

Pakistan National Student Satellite Program (PNSSP), (2015- 2018)

• • Role: Principal Investigator

    • • A project initiated by National Space Agency, Pakistan (SUPARCO) for the development of a 30 Kg micorsatellite. Successful implementation of PDR, CDR and EM of Magnetometer, OBC and EPS modules. 

AraMiS: Modular Architecture of Nano-satellites (2010-2015)

• • Role: Team Member

    • • A project performed in Politecnico di Torino, Italy focused on development of necessary subsystems for plug and play satellites using a modular approach based on commercial low cost devices. The main research activity carried under this project is the plug and play approach to smart harness for small satellite to foster smaller-cheaper-faster design approach.