Dr. Zahir Uddin Ahmad

Lecturer in Electrical/Electronics

School of Computing, Electronics and Mathematics
Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing

Email: Zahir.ahmad@coventry.ac.uk
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Biography

I graduated with a CGPA of 3.86/4.00 in Computer Engineering from the American International University, Bangladesh in 2004. I was awarded an MSc in Engineering by the Korean Advanced Institute of Technology in 2008 and with a PhD in Optical wireless by the University of Warwick in 2014. Recently, I have completed the PgCert in Academic Practise in Higher Education at Coventry University.

After completing my Bachelor degree, I worked as a Cisco (CCNA) instructor from 2004-2006 in American International University Bangladesh and worked as a Lecturer for Southeast University Bangladesh from 2008-2009. I joined Coventry University in March 2014 as an Assistant Lecturer and became a Lecturer in September 2015.

Currently, I teach subjects related to communication and electronics, where I lead the second year Communication Systems module. I also supervise Undergraduate and Postgraduate projects related to communications. My main research interest is visible light communication and I am also interested in other wireless technologies.

I am currently a Fellow of UK Higher Education Academy and a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Qualifications

PgCert in Academic Practise in Higher Education, Coventry University, 2016.
PhD in Engineering, University of Warwick, 2014.
Engineering MSc, KAIST (South Korea), 2008.

Research interests

My main research interests are optical wireless communication, visible light communication, and high-speed network. Currently, I am investigating different applications of Visible Light Communication (VLC) both in free space and underwater. My PhD research involved investigation of different features of underwater visible light communications. I have experience of ITU-T standardisation process and contributed several drafts for ITU-T G.8032 standard during my MSc study at KAIST, South Korea. I also filled two patents in the field and published several papers.

Recent outputs and publications

Ahmad, Z., Geisar, P., Salih, O., and Rajbhandari, S. (2015) ‘Design of a Visible Light Communication System for Deep Sea Drivers Based on FM Modulation’. IEEE CSNDSP 2016. Held 20-22 July 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Ahmad, Z., and Green, R. (2012) ‘Link Design for Multi-hop Underwater Optical Wireless Sensor Network’. In Borcoci, E., and Manoharan, S. (eds.) ICSNC 2012, ‘The Seventh International Conference on Systems and Networks Communications’. Held 18-23 November 2012 in Lisbon, Portugal. IARIA, 65-70.
Ahmad, Z. (2008) ‘Backhaul Network for Beyond 3G Environment’. ITC-CSCC 2008. Held 6-9 July 2008 in Japan.
Ryoo, J., Long, H., Yang ,Y., Holness, M., Ahmad, Z., and Rhee, J. (2008) ‘Ethernet Ring Protection for Carrier Ethernet Networks’. IEEE Communications Magazine 46 (9), 136 – 143.
Ahmad, Z., Rhee, J., Im, J., Ryoo, J., and Joo, B. (2007) ‘Ethernet ring protection mechanism by use FDB flipping method’. ITU-T SG15. Held 26-30 November 2007 in Ottawa, Canada.

Teaching modules

Undergraduate

Systems Projects (1^st year activity led learning module)
Communication Systems 1 (2^nd year undergraduate)
Communication Systems 2 (3^rd year undergraduate)

Postgraduate

Digital Communications Systems (Postgraduate)
Digital Signal Processing Technology (Postgraduate)

Areas of expertise

Visible light communication
Digital communication
ITU-T standardization
PIC microcontroller programming
Digital Signal Processing