Publications

 Published Articles in Refereed Journals 

1. H. Ali, M. R. Mughal, Q. ul Islam, M. R. Anjum, S. Ishaq and L. M. Reyneri, "Parametric Optimization and Analysis of Power Efficient Magnetorquer Rod Actuator for Nanosatellite," in IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 30-35, June 2022, doi: 10.1109/JMASS.2022.3186405.

2. B. A. Riwanto, P. Niemelä, H. Ehrpais, A. Slavinskis, M. R. Mughal and J. Praks, "Particle Swarm Optimization for Magnetometer Calibration With Rotation Axis Fitting Using In-Orbit Data," in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 1211-1223, April 2022, doi: 10.1109/TAES.2021.3122514.

3. N. Jovanovic, B. Riwanto, P. Niemelä, M. R. Mughal and J. Praks, "Design of Magnetorquer-Based Attitude Control Subsystem for FORESAIL-1 Satellite," in IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 220-235, Dec. 2021, doi: 10.1109/JMASS.2021.3093695.

4. J. Praks, M. Rizwan Mughal, R. Vainio, P. Janhunen, J. Envall, P. Oleynik, A. Näsilä, H. Leppinen, P. Niemelä, A. Slavinskis, J. Gieseler, P. Toivanen, T. Tikka, T. Peltola, A. Bosser, G. Schwarzkopf, N. Jovanovic, B. Riwanto, A. Kestilä, A. Punkkinen, R. Punkkinen, H.-P. Hedman, T. Säntti, J.-O. Lill, J.M.K. Slotte, H. Kettunen, A. Virtanen, "Aalto-1, multi-payload CubeSat: design, integration and launch", Acta Astronautica, Volume 187, 2021, Pages 370-383, ISSN 0094-5765, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.11.042.

5. M. Rizwan Mughal, J. Praks, R. Vainio, P. Janhunen, J. Envall, A. Näsilä, P. Oleynik, P. Niemelä, A. Slavinskis, J. Gieseler, N. Jovanovic, B. Riwanto, P. Toivanen, H. Leppinen, T. Tikka, A. Punkkinen, R. Punkkinen, H.-P. Hedman, J.-O. Lill, J.M.K. Slotte, "Aalto-1, multi-payload CubeSat: In-orbit results and lessons learned", Acta Astronautica, 2021, ISSN 0094-5765, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.11.044.

6. H. Ali, Q. u. Islam, M. R. Mughal, R. Mahmood, M. R. Anjum and L. M. Reyneri, "Design and Analysis of a Rectangular PCB Printed Magnetorquer for Nanosatellites" in IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 105-111, Sept. 2021, doi: 10.1109/JMASS.2020.3029489

7. M. R. Mughal, H. Ali, A. Ali, J. Praks and L. M. Reyneri, "Optimized Design and Thermal Analysis of Printed Magnetorquer for Attitude Control of Reconfigurable Nanosatellites," in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 736-747, Feb. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TAES.2019.2933959. 

8. A. Ali, H. Ali, J. Tong, M. R. Mughal and S. U. Rehman, "Modular Design and Thermal Modeling Techniques for the Power Distribution Module (PDM) of a Micro Satellite," in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 160723-160737, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3020865.

9. A. Ali, J. Tong, M. R. Mughal, H. Ali and L. Reyneri, "A Detailed Thermal and Effective Induced Residual Spin Rate Analysis for LEO Small Satellites," in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 146196-146207, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3014643. 

10. SEYEDABADI M E, FALANGA M, AZAM M, BARESI N, FLÉRON R, JANTARACHOTE V, JUAREZ ORTIZ V A, JULCA YAYA J J, LANGER M, MANUTHASNA S, MARTINOD N, MUGHAL M R, NOMAN M, PARK J, PIMNOO A, PRAKS J, REYNERI L, SANNA A, ŞIŞMAN T Ç, SOME J, ULAMBAYAR T, YU Xiaozhou, DONG Xiaolong, BALDIS L. Science Missions Using CubeSats. Chinese Journal of Space Science, 2020, 40(4): 443-461.

11. Iaroslav Iakubivskyi, Pekka Janhunen, Jaan Praks, , et al., Coulomb drag propulsion experiments of ESTCube-2 and FORESAIL-1, Acta Astronautica, 2019, , ISSN 0094-5765, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.11.030. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094576519314250

12. Palmroth, M., Praks, J., Vainio, R., Janhunen, P., Kilpua, E. K. J., Ganushkina, N. Yu., et al. ( 2019), FORESAIL‐1 cubesat mission to measure radiation belt losses and demonstrate de‐orbiting, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA026354 

13. Mughal MR, Ali A, Praks J, Reyneri LM., "Intra‐spacecraft optical communication solutions using discrete transceiver", Int J Satell Commun Network. 2019;1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/sat.1300 

14. Abrar, M., Elahi, H., Ahmad, B.A. et al.,"An area-optimized N-bit multiplication technique using N/2-bit multiplication algorithm" SN Appl. Sci. (2019) 1: 1348. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-019-1367-6 

15. J. Gieseler, H. Hietala, P. Oleynik, R. Vainio, H.-P. Hedman, A. Punkkinen, R. Punkkinen, T. S äntti, E. Hæggstr öm, J. Praks, P. Niemelä, B. Riwanto, N. Jovanovic, M. R. Mughal, Radiation monitor (radmon) on-board aalto-1, cubesat: First results, Advances in Space Research (2019).

16. Haider Ali, Anwar Ali, M. Rizwan Mughal, Leonardo Reyneri, Claudio Sansoe, and Jaan Praks, “Modular Design of RF Front End for a Nanosatellite Communication Subsystem Tile Using Low-Cost Commercial Components,” International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, vol. 2019, Article ID 8174158, 11 pages, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8174158. 

17. A. Ali, M. R. Mughal, H. Ali, L. M. Reyneri and M. N. Aman, "Design, implementation, and thermal modeling of embedded reconfigurable magnetorquer system for nanosatellites," in IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 2669-2679, Oct. 2015.doi: 10.1109/TAES.2015.130621.

18. Mughal, Muhammad, "Smart panel bodies for modular small satellites," Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE , vol.29, no.12, pp.38,41, Dec. 2014. doi: 10.1109/MAES.2014.140127

19. M. Rizwan Mughal, Anwar Ali, Leonardo M. Reyneri, Plug-and-play design approach to smart  harness for modular small satellites, Acta Astronautica, Volume 94, Issue 2, February 2014, Pages 754-764, ISSN 0094-5765, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.09.015. 

20. Anwar Ali, M.Rizwan Mughal, Haider Ali, Leonardo Reyneri, Innovative power management, attitude determination and control tile for CubeSat standard NanoSatellites, Acta Astronautica, Volume 96, March–April 2014, Pages 116-127, ISSN 0094-5765,  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2013.11.013. 

21. SWATI, R.F., ELAHI, H., WEN, L.H., KHAN, A.A., SHAD, S. and MUGHAL, M.R., Investigation of tensile and in-plane shear properties of carbon fiber reinforced composites with and without  piezoelectric patches for micro-crack propagation using extended finite element method,  Microsystem Technologies,2018.

22. Hassan Elahi, M. Rizwan Mughal, Marco Eugeni, Faisal Qayyum, Asif Israr, Ahsan Ali, Khushboo Munir, Jaan Praks & Paolo Gaudenzi (2020), Characterization and Implementation of a Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Configuration: Analytical, Numerical and Experimental Approach, Integrated Ferroelectrics, 212:1, 39-60, DOI: 10.1080/10584587.2020.1819034 

23. Anwar Ali, Shoaib Ahmed Khan, M. Usman Khan, Haider Ali, M. Rizwan Mughal, and Jaan Praks, “Design of Modular Power Management and Attitude Control Subsystems for a Microsatellite,” International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, vol. 2018, Article ID 2515036, 13 pages, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/2515036.

International Conference Proceedings

1. Shufan We, et. al,  SSS-2A: An APSCO Student Small Satellite for Education and Technology, COSPAR symposium on small satellites, 2023

2. Q. Islam et, al., Mission Overview and design of Lunar CubeSat onboard Chang' E5 lunar probe, COSPAR symposium on small satellites, 2023

3. K. Kamran, G. Shahzad, M. Rizwan Mughal, F. Ahmed and B. M. Khan, "Board-Level Power Integrity Analysis for Complex High-Speed Printed Circuit Boards," 2022 IEEE 26th Workshop on Signal and Power Integrity (SPI), 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SPI54345.2022.9874933.

4. M. Rizwan Mughal, et.al., “Preliminary mission overview and design technique of lunar CubeSat onboard Chnge'E6 ”, (accepted for publication) Proceedings of 73rd International Astronautical Congress, IAC-22,B4,IP,x72903 , France, 2022

5. M. Rizwan Mughal, et.al., “Space Education and Accessibility with Small Satellites- Pakistan Perspective ”, (accepted for publication) Proceedings of 73rd International Astronautical Congress, IAC-22,B4,1,x72905 , France, 2022

6. H. Sakamoto et al., "Verification of Tether Deployment System aboard CubeSat through Dynamics Simulations and Tests," 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference (50100), 2021, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/AERO50100.2021.9438281. 

7. M. Rizwan Mughal, et.al., “Aalto-1 CubeSat: three years in orbit ”, Proceedings of 71st International Astronautical eCongress, IAC-20,B4,9-GTS.5,x57233 , Oct 2020

8. M. Rizwan Mughal, et.al., “Foresail 1 platform design for particle telescope and plasma brake experiment ”, Proceedings of 71st International Astronautical eCongress, IAC-20,B4,6B,x57201, Oct 2020

9. Zainab Saleem, et.al., “Mission design and trade off analysis of attitude and orbit control system for FORESAIL-2 CubeSat ”, (accepted for publication) Proceedings of 71st International Astronautical eCongress, IAC-20,B4,IP,x60913 , Oct 2020

10. T. Islam, A. Noureen, M. R. Mughal and M. A. Nadeem, "Design and Development of a Weather Monitoring Satellite, CanSat," 2019 15th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET), Peshawar, Pakistan, 2019, pp. 1-6.

11. M. Rizwan Mughal, et.al., “Foresail-1 CubeSat to demonstrate Coulomb drag and Particle Telescope experiments”, 17th Reinventing Space Conference, Belfast,  12-14 November 2019.

12. M. Rizwan Mughal, et.al., “Mission overview and design approach of Foresail-1 CubeSat”, 11th European CubeSat Symposium, Luxemborg, 2019.

13. Gieseler, H. Hietala, P. Oleynik, R. Vainio, H.-P. Hedman, A. Punkkinen, R. Punkkinen, T. S äntti, E. Hæggstr öm, J. Praks, P. Niemelä, B. Riwanto, N. Jovanovic, M. R. Mughal, Radiation monitor (radmon) on-board aalto-1, cubesat: First results, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 9-13 Dec 2019.

14. Hassan Ali, M.R.Mughal, L.M.Reyneri, J. Praks “Integrated Magnetorquers for Nanosatellite ADCS” , 10th European Cubesat Symposium, Dec 5 -7 2018, Toulouse, France.

15. Vainio, R et al., "FORESAIL-1: Energetic particle and de-orbiting experiments with a CubeSat", 15th European Space Weather Week, 5 - 9 Nov 2018, Leuven, Belgium.

16. M.R.Mughal, L.M.Reyneri, J. Praks, " New Trends in the Design, Integration and Test of Small Sized Satellites" accepted for publication, 16th Reinventing Space, 30 Sep - 1 Oct,2018, London, UK. 

17. M. S. Sarwar, F. Ahmed and M. R. Mughal, "Load Shedding Optimization: A Scenario of IESCO," 2018 International Conference on Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies (PGSRET), Islamabad, Pakistan, 2018, pp. 1-6., doi: 10.1109/PGSRET.2018.8685932 

18. Hassan Ali, M.R.Mughal, L.M.Reyneri, J. Praks “Analysis and Design of Integrated Magnetorquer Coils for Attitude Control of  Nanosatellites” , 32nd Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites; USU, Logan, USA; 4-9 Aug 2018.

19. M. Noman, S. M. Zulqamain, M. R. Mughal, A. Ali and L. M. Reyneri, "Component selection for magnetic attitude subsystem of PNSS-1 small satellite," 2017 8th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), Istanbul, 2017, pp. 361-367.doi: 10.1109/RAST.2017.8002959

20. Z. Mukhtar, A. Ali, M. R. Mughal and L. M. Reyneri, "Design and comparison of different shapes Embedded Magnetorquers for CubeSat Standard Nanosatellites," 2016 International Conference on Computing, Electronic and Electrical Engineering (ICE Cube), Quetta, 2016, pp. 175-180. doi: 10.1109/ICECUBE.2016.7495218 

21. M. Rizwan Mughal, Anwar Ali, Leonardo Reyneri, Inter-satellite Communication Modules for AraMiS Small Satellites, 67th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), IAC-12-B2.7, 2016.

22. Mughal, M.R.; Ali, A.; Ali, H.; Reyneri, L.M., "Smart honeycomb tile for small satellites," Aerospace Conference, 2014 IEEE , vol., no., pp.1,8, 1-8 March 2014, doi: 10.1109/AERO.2014.6836187.

23. M. Rizwan Mughal, Anwar Ali, Leonardo M. Reyneri,; “Smart Data Communication Solutions for Small Satellites" 64th International Astronautical Congress, IAC-13,B4.6A,7x19005, Beijing , China , 23-27 SEP 2013

24. Anwar Ali, M. Rizwan Mughal, Haider Ali, Leonardo M. Reyneri,; “Innovative Power Supply System for Nano Satellites" 64th International Astronautical Congress, IAC-13,C3,4,5,x19111, Beijing , China , 23-27 SEP 2013.

25. M. Rizwan Mughal, Leonardo M. Reyneri; “UML for Space Systems: From Specification to Design and Implementation" 64th International Astronautical Congress , IAC-13,D1.3,7x18418, Beijing , China , 23-27 SEP 2013

26. Mughal M.R, Ali A., Ali H., ReyneriL.M, Del Corso D.;" Free space and glass fiber based infrared communication system on board AraMiS satellite" 12th International Workshop on Advanced Infrared Technology and Applications,11-13 SEP 2013, Torino Italy. 

27. Anwar Ali, M. Rizwan Mughal, Haider Ali, Leonardo M. Reyneri, “Thermal Modeling of CubeSat standard NanoSatellite", 27th annual European Space Thermal Analysis Workshop, 3-4 December 2013 at ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands.

28. M.Rizwan Mughal, J.C. De Los Rios, Leonardo M. Reyneri, Anwar Ali; “Scalable Plug and Play Tiles for Modular Nano-satellites" 63rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), IAC-12-B4.7.A, Naples, Italy , 1-5 OCT 2012 .

29. Anwar Ali, J.C. De Los Rios, Leonardo M. Reyneri, M. Rizwan Mughal; “Components Selection for a Simple Boost Converter on the Basis of Power Loss Analysis" Proceedings of 63rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC), IAC-12-C3.4.12, Naples, Italy, 1-5OCT 2012

30. M.Rizwan Mughal, Leonardo M. Reyneri, J.C. De Los Rios, Haider Ali; “Development of Optical Wireless Transceiver for Data Communication in Small Satellite" IEEE conference on Space and Satellite Telecommunication in Europe (ESTEL), ROME,Italy, 2-5 OCT 2012

31. M.Rizwan Mughal, Danilo Roascio, Leonardo M. Reyneri; “Data Communication Bus Interface for Modular Architecture of Small Satellites" IEEE conference on Space and Satellite Telecommunication in Europe (ESTEL),ROME, Italy, 2-5 OCT 2012

32. M.Rizwan Mughal, Leonardo M. Reyneri, Anwar Ali; “UML Based Design Methodology for Onboard Data Handling Subsystem of Nano-satellites" IEEE conference on Space and Satellite Telecommunication in Europe (ESTEL), ROME, Italy , 2-5 OCT 2012

33. Haider Ali, Antonio Aru, Claudio Sansoe, Anwar Ali, M. Rizwan Mughal; “Reconfigurable Antenna Design for Nano-satellites" IEEE conference on Space and Satellite Telecommunication in Europe (ESTEL), ROME, Italy, 2-5 OCT 2012

34. M. Rizwan Mughal, Leonardo M. Reyneri, Dante Del Corso; “Implementation of Inter and Intra Tile Optical Data Communication for NanoSatellites" International Conference on Space Optical Systems and Applications (ICSOS), Ajaccio, France , 9-12 OCT 2012

35. Ali M., Reyneri L.M, De Los Rios J.C., Ali.H, Mughal M.R., “Reconfigurable Magnetorquer for the CubePMT Module of CubeSat Satellites" 15th IEEE International Multi Topic Conference (INMIC), 13-15 Dec 2012 , Islamabad, Pakistan.

LOCAL/National Conferences

1. M.Rizwan Mughal, et.al., "Mission overview, design approach and test plan of Foresail-1 Cubesat ", Finnish Satellite Workshop, Jan 20 - 22, 2020, Helsinki, Finland.

2. Jaan Praks, et.al., " Aalto-1 mission status and future prospects ", Finnish Satellite Workshop, Jan 20 - 22, 2020, Helsinki, Finland.

3. Jan Gieseler, et.al., " Radiation monitoring onboard CubeSats ", Finnish Satellite Workshop, Jan 20 - 22, 2020, Helsinki, Finland.

4. Petri Niemela, et.al., " FORESAIL-1 satellite platform and systems design", Finnish Satellite Workshop, Jan 20 - 22, 2020, Helsinki, Finland.

5. Kiril C., et.al., " Foresail-1: Electrical Power System ", Finnish Satellite Workshop, Jan 20 - 22, 2020, Helsinki, Finland.

6. Bagus R., et.al., " Foresail-1: Attitude determination & control system", Finnish Satellite Workshop, Jan 20 - 22, 2020, Helsinki, Finland.

7. Bruce C., et.al., "Foresail-1: Design and characterization of sun sensors ", Finnish Satellite Workshop, Jan 20 - 22, 2020, Helsinki, Finland.

8. Alexandre B., et.al., " Aalto radiation testbench for small satellite radiation components", Finnish Satellite Workshop, Jan 20 - 22, 2020, Helsinki, Finland.

9. Jaan Praks, Petri Niemela, Samuli Nyman, Nemanja Jovanovic, Bagus Riwanto, Alexandre Bosser, M.Rizwan Mughal, Antti Nasila, Rami Vainio, Pekka Janhunen, "Aalto-1 satellite mission status and science overview", Asteroids and Comets, Sep 4 - 6, 2018, Tampere, Finland.

10. Jaan Praks, Alexandros Binios, Nemanja Jovanovic, Bagus Riwanto, Samuli Nyman, Alexandre Bosser, Rizwan Mughal, "Transforming space education with nanosatellites", Asteroids and Comets, Sep 4 - 6, 2018, Tampere, Finland.

essays & magazines

1. Science missions using CubeSats, TAIKONG ISSI-BJ Magazine No. 18 April 2020.