Manzoor H. Unar

1      Personal Details:

2      Personal Statement:

2.1  Possess sufficient qualifications, background, knowledge, experience and skills for the job which earns recognition and challenge in the emerging core areas of:

| Electronic Engineering | Computer Engineering | Communication Engineering

| Information Technology | Information and Communication Technology

3      Professional Qualifications & Education

3.1  University Degrees:                Full-time (and Regular)                                    Funded

3.1.1        Ph.D. in Telecommunications: Mobile Radio Communications                                                                                                              Jan 2007

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Bath, UK

3.1.2        MSc. in Communication & Circuit Engineering:                  Funded

Wayne State University (WSU), Detroit, Michigan, USA                     May 1991

3.1.3         MSc. in Computer Engineering:                                            Funded

Wayne State University (WSU), Detroit, Michigan, USA                     Dec 1987

3.1.4        BEng. in Electronic Engineering:      Funded                                    Aug 1985 

Mehran University of Engineering & Technology (MUET), Sindh, Pakistan

3.2  Specialised & Advanced Post-graduate Courses:  Attended / Completed:                  

3.2.1        Advanced & Specialised Courses: Available on Request

3.2.1.1  University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA                  Jun 1988

3.2.1.2  University Technology Malaysia, K.L., Malaysia  Jan 1994 – Jul 1996

4      Fields of Interests: Sciences | Engineering | & | Technology:

4.1    Academic Interests: Advanced, Innovative  & Specialised cutting  fields for:

ü    | Diploma | BSc | B-Tech | BEng | Postgraduate Diploma | MSc | MEng | PhD

|Professional Certified Courses | Professional Training Programmes & Courses

4.2  Worked in different organisations of  USA, UK, Malaysia & Pakistan as:

4.1.1        Academic Advisor and Consultant for Universities & Institutes

4.1.2        Professor | Associate Professor (/Senior Lecturer) | Assistant Professor

4.1.3        Research Fellow

4.1.4        Academic Programmes Consultant

4.1.5        Academic Consultant for Partnerships & MoUs

4.1.6        Innovative Curriculum/Syllabus Designer & Developer

4.1.7        Innovative Course Developer

4.1.8        Academic Management

4.1.9        BSc | B.Eng | MSc | M.Eng | PhD Programmes Coordinator

4.1.10    Research Supervisor:  MSc | M.Eng | PhD

4.1.11    Academic Degree Programmes Coordinator, for:

4.1.12    Professional & Customised Industrial Programmes Developer:

4.1.13    Distance Learning | e-learning Programmes Developer

4.1.14    Corporate Trainings Course Developer

4.1.15    Team Leader | Group Leader

4.1.16    Further & Higher Education Advisor

4.1.17    Career Development Advisor

4.1.18    Professional Development Advisor

4.1.19     Exam Paper Moderator

4.1.20    External / Internal Examiner

4.1.21    Factotum /Head of Examinations

4.1.22    Administrative support

4.1.23    Event Organiser

4.1.24    International Institutional and Industrial Liaisons

4.1.25    International Marketing & Advertising

4.1.26     International Student Recruitments

4.3  Teaching Interests: Industry Focus courses | Selective areas, but not limited to:

v  Background Knowledge & Skills earned with ability to teach, develop, design and deliver advance and innovative courses  in the relevant core areas of following Engineering fields:

4.2.1    Electronic Engineering:

4.2.2    Computer Engineering:

4.2.3    Information Technology

4.2.4   ICT

4.2.5   Communication Engineering:

4.2.6   Telecommunications Engineering

4.2.7   :

Telecommunications: Radio Communications | RF Engineering | Wireless Networks  

Core areas (Selective, but are not limited to:

·         Signals & Systems | Communication Engineering | Stochastic & Statistical Communications | Electromagnetic | Microwave Engineering

| Parallel Processing Techniques | Fibre-optic Communications

| Distributed & Scalable Networks | Telecommunications Systems & Technologies

| Tele-Traffic Engineering | Radar & Navigation Systems | Radio Communications

| Terrestrial Radio communications Systems and Technologies

| Wireless Networks | Mobile Radio Communications Engineering

| Mobile Cellular Communications | Mobile Satellite Communications

| RF Engineering | RF Antenna Design | Radio Broadcast Engineering

| RF Propagation | RF Embedded & Ubiquitous Systems | Wi-Max Systems

| Wireless Sensor Networks | 3D RF Modelling & Simulations

| 3D RF Software Development

Special interests:

·      Parallel Distributed Radio Networks

·      Embedded Systems

·      Radar Engineering

·         Navigation Systems

·         Pervasive/Ubiquitous Systems

·         Maritime Navigation Systems

4.4  Research Interests: Selective | Industry Focus Research, but not limited to:

v  Electronic Engineering | Computer Engineering Wireless Communications

| Telecommunications:-

UMTS | GSM | PCN/PCS Radio Networks

| RF Propagation | Radio Channel Sounding | Wi-Fi & Wi-Max

| GO, GTD & UTD 3D Modelling & Simulation | RFID Systems Design

| Radio Networks: Fixed, Fixed-to-Mobile and Mobile-to-Mobile Communications

| Modelling Macro, Micro, Pico Cellular Radio Communication Systems

| Wideband (and narrowband) Mobile Radio Propagation Channels

| Measurement, Modelling, Characterisation & Simulation of the Radio Channels  

Characterisation | Real Time RF Systems | 3D RF Modelling & Simulations

| Next Generation (NG) Radio Systems

5      Academic & Industrial Course Projects:  Available on Request   Jan 1986 – Present

6      Academic & Industrial Research Case Studies: Available on Request     Jan’86 – Present

7        Specialised (and Advanced) Curriculums | Syllabuses | Courses:           Jan 1986 – Present

v  Designed | Developed | | Prepared | Delivered:             Available on Request

8        Academic & Industrial Courses Taught:                         Available on Request

9      Programming Skills: OpNet | IDL | Matlab | C | C++ | Java | Real-time Programming

10    Network Operating Systems:

·         OPNET: Network Simulations

·         Microsoft Windows NT Series

·         Novell’s Netware Series: 3.11 – 5.0

·         E-mail

11  Professional Involvements:                                                                      Sept 1986 – to-date

11.1                         Affiliations | Alumni Relations | Peers Reviews:

ü  University of Strathclyde, Scotland | University of East London, UK

| University of Bath, UK | DERA, UK | QinetiQ, UK | University Technology Malaysia

| INFORMATICS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Wayne State University, Michigan, USA

| University of Miami, Florida, USA | Tec – Microsoft Training Centre, Pakistan

| Ford Technical Education Centre, Ford Motors, Michigan, USA

| SZABIST, Karachi, Pakistan | Preston University –USA, Pakistan Campus

|Tec – Microsoft Certified Training Centre, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

| Mehran University of Engineering &Technology (MUET), Pakistan

12  Member Professional Associations:                                              Sept 1986 – to-date

ü  IET, UK | IEEE, USA | Engineering Society of Detroit, Michigan, USA

| Pakistan Engineering Council, Pakistan

13    Academic & Industrial Merits:                                                     Sept 1986 – to-date

13.1                        Contributions in the fields of:                                     Available on Request

13.2                        Participant:     International Consortiums                             Sep 1986 to-date

Ø  UK, USA, UK, Canada, Singapore, Malaysia and Pakistan

v  Participant: International Academic, Industrial and R&D Events:      

       | Conferences | Seminars | Symposiums | Lectures | Discussions | Exhibitions

13.1                        Medals & Awards:

ü  Chancellors’ Gold Medallist | Best Graduate award | First class first | Position holder

13.2                        Honours:                                                                    

13.4.1    General Secretary, International Students’ Association, (WSU), USA

13.4.2    Chief Organiser International Computer Exhibition, Hyderabad, Sindh,

Pakistan: Main-sponsor – INTEL Asia Pacific

13.4.3    Advisory Member for various Academic & Technical Committees

13.4.4    Advisory Faculty Board Member

13.4.5    Committee Member for University Research Publications

13.4.6    University Research Journal(s) Paper Reviewer

13.4.7    Member International Professional Social Networks

13.4.8    Member Academic, Scientific & Technical International Social Forums

13.4.9    Committee Member – IET Local Network, Bristol, UK

13.3                        Scholarships: Offered & Availed                                            Funded

v  UK | USA | Ireland | Finland | Thailand | Malaysia | Pakistan                            1985 – 2003

13.5.1    Sponsored higher qualification scholarship, QinetiQ (formerly Defence

Evaluation Research Agency (DERA, MoD), UK        Jan 2000 – Apr 2003

13.5.2    Sponsored higher qualification scholarship, MOEM, UTM, Malaysia  1992-95

13.5.3    Sponsored higher qualification scholarship, US-AID, Washington, DC, USA                        

14    Professional Development:  Academic & Industrial:                                 Sept 1986 – to-date

14. 1 Professional Trainings & Workshops:                                   Available on Request

v  Associate teachers programme: Workshops attended

Ø  Staff Development Unit, University of Bath, UK                                 2002 – 2004

ü  Obtained  Numerous Professional Trainings courses in: USA | UK | Malaysia | Pakistan

·         CoSHH Awareness Training, NDC Management Systems Ltd – Wiltshire, UK Nov’08

·         Manual Handling, Staff Development & Training Unit, , Bristol, UK                      Feb’11

·         ISO 9000:                                                                                                       Nov’ 97

·         Higher Learning & Teaching Methods, University Grants Commission               Jan’86

15    Professional Work Experience:    Academic & Industrial           Sept 1986- to-date

Ø  UK | USA | Malaysia | Pakistan:

15.1              Professor & Consultant:                                            Nov 2015 – Present

Involved as: Academic Advisor | Academic Affairs Consultant

| Academic Management | Academic Developer | Professional Development

| Curriculum Development |   Student Recruitment

·      Career Development Centre 

CEO

Innovative International Consultants, Bristol, England, UK

http://www.iic-england.co.uk

15.2                          Professor / Programmes Director:                                        Feb’08 – Oct 2015

BSc | MSc Programme Director:      

Teaching & Research in: Electronic Engineering | Computer Engineering

| Communication Engineering | Telecommunication Networks

| RF Engineering | Mobile Radio Communications | RF Embedded Systems

| RF Ubiquitous Systems

Involved as: Further and Higher Education Advisor | Career Advisor

| Academic Management | Marketing Manager | Student Recruitments

·         British Institute of Technology & E-commerce, London, UK

15.3              Post Doctoral Research Fellow:                                Dec 2006 – Mar 2010

Researcher: Radio Communications | RF Engineering | Wireless Networks

·         Centre for Mobile Communications Research, Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Strathclyde, UK

15.4              ICT/IT Trainings Coordinator:                                 Jan 2000 – Feb 2008

Trainings in: Communication Technology | Wireless Networks

| Mobile Communications

·         Bath University Computing Services, BUCS, University of Bath, U.K

15.5              Researcher: Funded                                                   Apr 2003 – Jan 2007

Radio Science Research Group: RF Propagation | Mobile Radio Networks

| Radio Channel Modelling & Simulation | Wireless Networks

ü  Project: ‘Mobile Communications on the Move’

ü  Sponsor: QinetiQ (formerly Defense Evaluation Research Agency

(DERA-MoD), UK

·         Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department, University of Bath, UK

15.6              Faculty Instructor:                 Part-time                      Feb 2000 – Dec 2003 

Lab. Teaching in: Telecommunications | Radio Communications

| RF Propagations | Mobile Radio Networks | Wireless Networks

·         Electronic & Electrical Engineering Department, University of Bath, U.K 

15.7              Associate Professor (Feb’96 – Dec’99) | Assistant Professor (Dec’92 – Feb’96) 

Teaching & Research in: Electronic Engineering | Mobile Communications

| Wireless Networks | Digital Communication | Parallel Computer Architectures | Digital Logic Design | Assembly Languages

| Computer Organisation

Computer Systems Engineering /Telecommunications Engineering Department

·         Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Sindh, Pakistan

15.8              Visiting | Adjunct Faculty Member:                           Jan’98 – Dec’99

Teaching & Research in: Electronics | Mobile Radio Networks

| Electromagnetics | Statistical Communication | Communication Engineering

·         SZABIST, Karachi, Pakistan

ü  President – Late Ms. B.N Bhutto (former Prime Minister of Pakistan)

15.9 Academic Consultant / Engineering Systems Consultant:    Jul’95 – Dec’99

·         Progressive Associates, Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan

15.10                      Visiting Faculty Member^*:                                         Feb’94 –Jul’95

Teaching in: Parallel & Distributed Networks | Wireless Computer Networks

·         INFORMATICS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

15.11                      Research Fellow*: Funded                                         Dec’93 – Jul’95

Wireless Networks | Radio Link Protocols

Sponsor: Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) Malaysia, K.L., Malaysia

·         Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University Technology Malaysia (UTM),    Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia,    Ranking: No. 1 University of Malaysia

15.12                      Visiting IT Programme(s) Coordinator / Trainer:    Sep’91 – Dec’92

Teaching/ Trainings in: Parallel Computer Architecture | Data Communications

·         Tec – Microsoft Certified Training & Education Centre, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan

15.13                      Senior Engineer (Aug’91 – Dec’92) | Assistant Engineer (Jan ‘86 – Jul’91)

Maintenance, Installation and operation of Communication Networks   

| System Administration

·         Computer Division – Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO), Karachi, Pakistan:

15.14                      Faculty Member:– Electronic Engineering Consultant        Sep’90 – Jul’91   

·         Technical Education Centre, Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan, USA

15.15                      Hardware Systems / Training Co-ordinator:                        Jul’88 – May’91  

·         Engineering Electronic-Workshop, Wayne State University, Michigan, USA

15.16                      Teaching Instructor:                                                  Jul’88 – May’91   

·         Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Wayne State University, Michigan, USA

15.17                      Systems Support / Marketing and Sales Representative:   May’83 – Dec’85

·         Arshad, Amjad and Abid (Pvt) Ltd, Karachi, Pakistan

ü  Affiliated to SIEMENS/ LEYBLOD DIDACTIC GmbH), Germany