Associate Professor Head of Department (HoD) Electrical Engineering stahsan@uit.edu
Engr. Dr. Syed Talha Ahsan
Career Profile➕
Dr S Talha Ahsan is Associate Professor and current Head of Dept. of Electrical Engineering at UIT University. He did his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Electronics) from UET Lahore in 1993. After working in industry, he went to USA and completed MS in Electrical Engineering (Communication and Signal Processing) from The Ohio State University in 1996. Dr Talha joined Usman Institute of Technology (UIT) in Jan 1997, where he was also given responsibility of Head of Electronic Engineering Dept. during 2000-2003. In Aug 2004, Dr Talha became associated with Bahria University Karachi Campus. In Jan 2007, he went on HEC’s 10 % overseas Scholarship to University of Manchester UK for PhD. He joined back Bahria University after completion of his PhD in 2010, and served as Head of Dept. of Electrical Engineering during 2010-2013. Dr Talha served in DHA Suffa University during 2013-2014, where he was also Head of Dept. of Electrical Engineering. In 2014, he joined back Usman Institute of Technology (UIT).
Education➕
2010: PhD Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, UK
1996: MS Electrical Engineering (Communication and Signal Processing), The Ohio State University, USA
1993: BSc (Hons.) Electrical Engineering (Electronics), University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore
Experience➕
June 2014-present Usman Institute of Technology (UIT) / UIT University, Karachi
June 2013-May 2014 DHA Suffa University Karachi
Aug 2004-May 2013 Bahria University Karachi Campus; (was PhD Scholar during 2007- 2010 at University of Manchester UK)
Jan 1997-Aug 2004 Usman Institute of Technology (UIT), Karachi
Sep 1995-June 1996 Graduate Teaching Associate (part-time; during MS), Dept. of Electrical Engineering, The Ohio State University, USA
Dec 1993-Dec 1994 Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation, Karachi June 1993-Nov 1993 Packages (Pvt.) Ltd., Lahore
Membership Training and Development➕
Online Courses Dec 2021-Jan 2022: completed online course ‘Machine Learning Foundations – A Case Study Approach’ (Coursera)
Oct 2021: audited online course ‘AWS Machine Learning Foundations’ (Udacity)
March 2014: One-day Workshop on ‘Outcome-based Engineering Education’. It was arranged by Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) in collaboration with Institute of Engineers Malaysia, and held at Pakistan Navy Engineering College, Karachi
April 2007 – Sep 2009 Different Workshops of ‘Graduate Development scheme series’, arranged by Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Manchester UK. These included ‘Introduction to research’, ‘Graduate teaching asst. Training’, Academic paper publication’, ‘Teaching in higher education’, ‘Effective presentations’, and ‘Academic writing’.
January 2004: Five-day (40 hours) ISO 9000:2000 QMS Auditor / Lead Auditor Training course (under IQCS certification Singapore, registered by IRCA-UK); It was arranged by Pakistan Institute of Quality Control (PIQC) at Regent Plaza Hotel, Karachi
April-July 2003: 12-week (108 hours) course on “Computer Control and Automation” (covering embedded system design using 8951/52 , PIC Microcontollers, ISA card, Interfacing); Continuing Education Program UIT
Feb 2002: Six-day (18 hours) course on “Financial and Project Management” Center for Continuing Engineering Education, NED University, Karachi
January 2001: One-day course on “ISO 9001:2000 Introduction& Implementation”; arranged by Quality Concerns at Carlton Hotel, Karachi
July 2000: Three-day (18 hours) course on “Management Tools for Engineers”; Center for Continuing Engineering Education, NED University, Karachi
1993: Life Member Pakistan Engineering Council (Registration No: Elect / 10974)
1. Muhammad Wasim, S. Talha Ahsan and Lubaid Ahmed 2021 A Comparative Study of Curvature-based and Differential versions of Dotter Raster-stereography techniques, KIET J. of Computer and Information Science (KJCIS) (HEC recognized Y Category journal) Vol 4 Issue 1 pp: 15-26
2. Muhammad Wasim, S. Talha Ahsan, Lubaid Ahmed, Syed Faisal Ali and Fauzan Saeed 2018 A comparative evaluation of Dotted Raster-Stereography and Feature-based techniques for automated face recognition Int. J. of Advanced Computer Science and Applications (IJACSA) (ISI / Web of Science’s Clarivate emerging sources citation indexed) Vol 9 Issue 6 pp: 276-283 DOI: 10.14569/IJACSA.2018.090640
3. S Talha Ahsan and H. McCann 2017 Distinguishability-to-noise ratio (DNR), a parameter to determine the discriminating capability of an EIT instrument GE-International Journal of Engineering Research (ISSN: 2321-1717) Vol 5 Issue 01 pp: 68-78 http://aarf.asia/gejer2.php?p=Volume5,Issue1,January2017
4. S Talha Ahsan 2015 Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT) for brain functional imaging Science International Lahore (ISI-indexed, ISSN: 1013-5316) Vol 27 Issue 01 pp: 215-222 http://www.sci-int.com/Search?catid=45
5. Hina Shakir, S Talha Ahsan and Haroon Rasheed 2014 Performance evaluation of Discrete Wavelet Transform for compression of encrypted color images International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research (Copernicus-indexed, ISSN: 2229-5518) Vol 5 Issue 7 pp: 433-438 http://www.ijser.org/research-paper-publishing-july-2014-page3.aspx
6. S Talha Ahsan and H McCann 2014 Digital phase-sensitive detector (PSD) as accumulator-sampler and its implementation in FPGA Science International Lahore (ISI-indexed, ISSN: 1013-5316) Vol 26 Issue 01 pp: 65-73 http://www.sci-int.com/Search?catid=29
7. S Talha Ahsan and H McCann 2013 Fast real-time digital monitoring of signal waveform quality using an FPGA Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology (ISI-indexed, ISSN: 2040-7459) Vol 5 Issue 06 pp: 1934-42 http://maxwellsci.com/jp/issue.php?jid=RJASET&no=266
8. A Bryan, C J D Pomfrett, J Davidson, B J Pollard, T Quraishi, P Wright, R Robinson, S T Ahsan and H McCann 2011 Functional electrical impedance tomography by evoked response: a new device for the study of human brain function during anaesthesia, Pr. Anaesth. Research Society Meeting London, Abstracts, British Journal of Anaesthesia (ISSN: 0007-0912) 106 (3): 428-9P doi: 10.1093/bja/aeq332
9. T Quraishi, C J D Pomfrett, J Davidson, R Robinson, P Wright, S T Ahsan, A Bryan, B J Pollard and H McCann 2011 Functional electrical impedance tomography by evoked response: monitoring cerebral auto-regulation during the Valsalva manoeuvre, Pr. Anaesth. Research Society Meeting London, Abstracts, British Journal of Anaesthesia (Impact Factor, ISSN: 0007-0912) 106 (3): 441-2P doi: 10.1093/bja/aeq332
10. J L Davidson, P Wright, S T Ahsan, R L Robinson, C J D Pomfrett and H McCann 2010 fEITER - a new EIT instrument for functional brain imaging J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 224 012025 doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/224/1/012025
11. S Talha Ahsan 2002 Optimal window design IEEE Potentials (ISSN: 0278-6648) Vol 21 Issue 5 pp: 40 – 44 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/tocresult.jsp?isnumber=26303&punumber=45 Conference Publications: 1. H McCann, S T Ahsan, J L Davidson, R L Robinson, P Wright and C J D Pomfrett 2011 A portable instrument for high-speed brain function imaging: fEITER Proc. 33rd IEEE EMBS Conf. Boston USA 7029-32 doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091777
12. H McCann, S T Ahsan, J L Davidson, R L Robinson, P Wright, A Bryan, B J Pollard, T Quraishi and C J D Pomfrett 2011 Preliminary observations with fEITER data under auditory stimulus Proc. 12th Conf. Biomed. EIT Univ. of Bath UK 135-8 http://www.eit.org.uk/files/pdf/12th_International_Conference_in_EIT%202011.pdf
13. S T Ahsan, P Wright, J L Davidson and H McCann 2009 High-speed, low-noise digital phase-sensitive demodulation for EIT 10th Conf. Biomed. EIT Univ. of Manchester UK
14. J L Davidson, P Wright, S T Ahsan, R Robinson, C J D Pomfrett and H McCann 2009 fEITER - a New biomedical EIT instrument for OR and ICU applications 10th Conf. Biomed. EIT Univ. of Manchester UK
15. S T Ahsan and H McCann 2008 Ensuring safe EIT operation on human subjects 9th Conf. Biomed. EIT Dartmouth College NH USA 83-6
16. S Talha Ahsan 2000 Telecommunication technology in the new millennium and developing countries 5th Int. Conference on ‘Technology & Development in the New Millennium’, organized jointly by ‘3rd World Science, Technology and Development Forum UK’ and Karachi University, on April 24-27, 2000.
17. S Talha Ahsan 1999 Telecommunications, the millennium technology IEEE (USA) Karachi Section Conference on ‘Millennium Technologies’, held on November 27, 1999.
Laboratory Workbooks:
1. S K Hasnain, Talha Ahsan and Aisha Tahir, DSP Lab Workbook “Digital Signal Processing using DSP Toolbox & Blocksets in Matlab” by 2nd ed. 2009, Royal Book Company Karachi
2. S Talha Ahsan Laboratory Manual “Digital Logic Design” ed. 2002 Usman Institute of Technology Karachi
Acheivements➕
2007 HEC Govt. of Pakistan 10 % Overseas scholarship for doing PhD from UK 1993 Govt. of Pakistan S&T scholarship for doing PhD from Germany (didn’t avail)
