Manzoor H. Unar
1 Personal Details:
1.1 | Home Address: | 16 Freemantle Road, Bristol BS5 6SX, United Kingdom (UK) |
1.2 | Date of birth: | 2nd March 1961 |
1.3 | Marital status: | Married |
1.4 | WhatsApp: | +44 7988435463 |
1.5 | Mobile | +44 7988435463 |
1.6 | E-mail: | manzoor.unar@iic-england.co.uk |
1.7 | Skype ID: | manzoor.hussain.unar |
1.8 | Facebook ID: | manzoor.unar |
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
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
16 Voluntary Work Experience: Unpaid Available on Request Sept 1977 – to-date
ü Community Work in USA, UK, Malaysia & Pakistan as:
v Director for Community Development Organiser | Higher Education Counsellor | Participant Member | Event Organiser
17 Additional Skills:
v Effective Communication skills | Teamwork
v Languages: English, Urdu, Sindhi, Punjabi.
v Interests: Sports: Cricket, Hockey and Swimming
18 Research Publications:
Dr. Manzoor H. Unar
Selected Research Publications
Please note: The following are the selected published Research Publications. A number of other Research Papers, Articles, Seminars, Workshop(s), Invited Lecture(s) and Poster-presentations are not listed here. Also, a number of Research Papers, Articles and Lecture(s) are under write-up process.
Ø Selected Submitted Publications
1. Unar M. H. and Glover I. A., “Propagation prediction model in residential environment for characterisation of mobile radio channels”, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Sindh, Pakistan , Submitted Paper, June 2016
2. Unar M. H. and Glover I. A., “Propagation measurement and analytical modelling for time variant microcellular mobile radio channels”, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Sindh, Pakistan , Submitted Paper, June 2016
3. Unar M. H., Glover I. A., Cannon P. S., “A novel analytical model for microcellular mobile radio channels ”, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Sindh, Pakistan , Submitted Paper, June 2016
4. Unar M. H., I. A. Glover, Heaton J., Williams C., Cannon P. S., “Broadband time-variant radio channel measurement at 2.38 GHz”, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Sindh, Pakistan , Submitted Paper, June 2016
Ø Selected Research Publications
5. Unar M. H. and Glover I. A., “Ray-Tracer for Outdoor Microcellular Propagation Modelling and Channel Characterisation,” The Second European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Paper, 11-16 November 2007, EICC, Edinburgh, UK
6. Unar M. H. and Glover I. A., “Ray-Tracer for Outdoor Microcellular Propagation Modelling and Channel Characterisation,” The Second European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Poster, 11-16 November 2007, EICC, Edinburgh, UK
7. Unar M. H. and Glover I. A., “Measurements and Modelling of the Wideband Mobile Radio Channel in Residential Suburban Environments.” The Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting, PG-Net Conference 2006, Liverpool, UK
8. Unar M. H., Glover I. A., Cannon P. S., “ 3-D Ray-tracing Propagation Model for the Microcellular Environment in the UHF Band”, PREP Conference, 2005, 30th March – 1st April 2005, Lancaster University, UK
9. Unar M. H., Glover I. A., G. Vaccaro, “Propagation Modelling for the Microcellular Environment in the UHF band,” UK National URSI Symposium, 5th – 6th July 2004. University of Bath, UK
10. Unar M. H., I. A. Glover, Heaton J., Williams C., Cannon P. S., “Wide-Band Mobile Radio Channel Characterisation in UHF Band for Residential Suburban Areas,” Twelfth International Conference on Antennas and Propagation (ICAP-2003), 31st March – 3rd April 2003, University of Exeter, UK
11. A. A. Memon and M. H. Unar, “The Simulation Results of Single Layer Hetrostructures in Composite Layer of Laser Materials,” Vol. 18, Number 2, April 1999, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Sindh, Pakistan
12. L. A. Thebo, T. S. Hafiz, M. H. Unar, “Design of an Economical Logical Circuits Identifying Symmetrical Functions,” Vol. 18, Number 2, April 1999, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Sindh, Pakistan
13. M. H. Unar, S. Ansari, and A. A. Memon, “Analytical Modelling of Cache Interleaving in Multiprocessor Systems,” Vol. 17, Number 4, October 1998, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Sindh, Pakistan
14. M. H. Unar, I. B. Ismail, and A.W. Ansari, “Modelling of Congestion Control Bottleneck for High-Speed Transport Protocols in a Backbone Network for Interconnected LANs,” Vol. 17, Number 3, July 1998, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Sindh, Pakistan
15. A. A. Memon, A. A. Isani, and M. H. Unar, “Characterization of Thin Silicon Di-Oxide Films on Si Substrates,” Vol. 15, Number 3, July 1996, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Sindh, Pakistan
16. M. H. Unar, T. S. Hafiz, and L. A. Thebo, “Review of Wireless Local Area Networking,” Vol. 15, Number 3, July 1996, Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Sindh, Pakistan
19 References: Available on request
20 Full C.V: Available on Request