Dr. Afaq Ahmad

  • Building on a 44+ years teaching, research and university & community service career at university education level. Outstanding record of accomplishment in assuring student success through teaching, advising, tutoring, coaching and career path guidance.
  • Seasoned in conceiving and building programs from the ground up through proven competencies in course design, administration, staff development and recognizing talent & empowerment. Takes pride in developing and implementing special programs for special needs students.
  • With highly acquired knowledge, skills, attitudes and interest in improving education, gained attire experience with accreditation processes and /or quality improvement processes.
  • Effective communicator with excellent planning, organizational and negotiation strengths as well as the ability to lead, reach consensus, fight entropy, establish goals and attain results.

Education

  • Ph. D. (1990) Computer Engineering, Electronics and Computer Engineering Department. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India.
  • PG Diploma, Labor Law, Labor Relations and Industrial Organization (1980), Faculty of Law, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India.
  • MSc. Eng. (1977) Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering (FoE), Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology (ZHCOET), AMU, Aligarh, India.
  • BSc. Eng. (1974) Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department, FOE, ZHCoET, AMU, Aligarh, India.

Experience Summary

At Modern College of Business and sciences (MCBS), Muscat, Oman

  • [May 5, 2024 – till date] Full Professor: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Modern College of Business and Sciences (MCBS), Oman.
  • [March 15, 2024] Bestowed Honorary Professor: School of Information Technology, Amity University, Noida, Delhi-NCR, India.

At Sultan Qaboos University (SQU), Muscat, Oman

  • [May 19, 2015 to Jan. 31, 2024] Full Professor: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECED), College of Engineering (CoE), Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.
  • [June 3, 2001 to May 18, 2015] Associate Professor: ECED, CoE, SQU, Oman.
  • [April 1, 1998 to June 2, 2001] Assistant Professor: Information Engineering Department, CoE, SQU, Oman.
  • [Sept. 3, 1992 to March 31, 1998]: Lecturer: Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, CoE, SQU, Oman.

At Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, and other institutions in India

  • [Feb. 1, 1988 to Sept. 2, 1992] Associate Professor (Reader): Electronics Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, AMU, Aligarh, India.
  • [Feb. 1, 1980 to Jan. 31, 1988] Lecturer: Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zakir Hussain College of Engineering & Technology, AMU, Aligarh, India.
  • [Dec. 17, 1977 to Jan. 31, 1980] Senior Research Fellow: Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), India.
  • [Aug. 23. 1977 to Dec. 15, 1977] Lecturer: Electrical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology

(NIT), Srinagar, India.

  • [April 1, 1976 to Aug. 20, 1977] Consultant Engineer: Light & Co (E & A) Private Limited, India.
  • [Jan. 1, 1974 to March 31, 1976] Junior Research Fellow: University Grants Commission, India.

Selected Publications

  1. A. Ahmad and S. S. Al Busaidi (2024): Cybersecurity and Linear Feedback Shift Register. 10th Int’l Black Sea Coastline Countries Scientific Research Conference, Samsun, Turkey, April 7-9, 2024.
  2. Afaq Ahmad and Syed Mohd. Rizwan (2022): Mathematical morphological image processing in agriculture, IV-Int’l Conference of Food, Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey, May 27-28, p. 248. IKSAD Publications (ISBN: 978-625-8377-83-5).
  3. Afaq Ahmad, Mohammad Mohatram and Mohammad Khan (2022): technological development industrial revolution 4.0 and language literacy, 2nd Int’l Symposium on Literature, Culture and Language, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Van, Turkey, May 26-28, p. 346. IKSAD Global (ISBN: 978-625-8323-26-9).
  4. Afaq Ahmad and Medhat Hussein Ahmed Awadalla (2022): Selection of right architecture for specific embedded vision applications, First Int’l Congress on Modern Sciences. May 10-11 2022, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, p. 665. IKSAD Publications (ISBN: 978-625-7464-90-1).
  5. Fahad M. Senan, Afaq Ahmad, Sayyid Samir Al Busaidi and Ahmed Ammari (2022): On mathematical modeling of LFSR, Proc. ISPEC 13th Int’l Conference on Engineering & Natural Sciences, Burdur, Turkey, March 19-20. p. 407. ISPEC Publishing House (ISBN: 978-625-7720-79-3).
  6. M. Al-Hinai, A. Al-Hinai, Ali- Al-Lawati and A. Ahmad (2021): Simulation of testability and reliability levels probing tool for digital systems, Proc. ISPEC 8th Int’l Conference, Bingol, Turkey, December 24-25, p. 83. ISPEC Publishing House (ISBN: 978-625-7720-68-7).
  7. K. Al Ali, N. Al Belushi, R. Al Madani, and A. Ahmad (2021): Development of a microprocessor based workstation – to enhance learning, Proc. ISPEC 8th Int’l Conference, Bingol, Turkey, December 24-25, p. 12. ISPEC Publishing House (ISBN: 978-625-7720-68-7).
  8. A. Ahmad, J. Jervase, M. Bait Suwailam, H. Al-Lawati, R. Ahsan, and G. Khan (2021): Teaching circuit analysis using graph theory – solving problems of complex circuits, Proc. EJONS 13th Int’l Conference on Mathematics, Engineering, Natural & Medical Sciences, Cappadocia, Turkey, October 26-27, p. 169. IKSAD Publishers (ISBN: 978-625-7464-41-3).
  9. Imran Saleem, Maryam Salim Al Naimi and Afaq Ahmad (2022): Tourism and economic growth: strategic interventions of Oman, Proc. Int’l Malatya Gastronomy Culture and Tourism Conference, Malatya, Turkey, September 16-18, p. 548. IKSAD Publishers (ISBN: 978-625-8213-90-4).
  10. Afaq Ahmad, Sayyid Samir Al-Busaidi, Amir Abdulghani (2021): Significance of the UPC barcode in the food industry, Proc. 2nd Int’l Baku Scientific Researches Conference, Odlar Yurdu University, Baku, Azerbaijan, April 28-30, p. 5. IKSAD Global Publisher (ISBN: 978-605-70554-7-7 and ISBN 978-605-70554-6-0).
  11. Afaq Ahmad, Sayyid Samir Al-Busaidi, Medhat Hussein Awadalla, Sayed Sabir Hussain and Shaik Mazhar Hussain (2021): Designing of CRC polynomials for 5G-NR, Proc. 2nd Int’l Hazar Scientific Researches Conference, Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan, April 10-12, p.268. IKSAD Global Publisher (ISBN 978-605-74616-2-9 and 978-605-74616-3-6).
  12. Afaq Ahmad, Firdous Kausar, Medhat Hussein Awadalla (2021): Food conservation management system, Proc. 2nd Int’l Hazar Scientific Researches Conference, Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan, April 10-12, p.267. IKSAD Global Publisher (ISBN 978-605-74616-2-9 and 978-605-74616-3-6).
  13. Muhammad Shafiq, Afaq Ahmad, Amir Abdul Ghani, J. A. Jervase and Ahmed Al Maashri (2020): A blend of CDIO and abet philosophy in delivery of engineering design course – an active learning experience, Proc. The 1st Conference on Teaching and Learning “Reimagine Teaching to maximize Student Learning”, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman, Feb. 10-12, 2020.
  14. Mohamad Ubaidullah Bokhari, Mohd. Kashif Adhami and Afaq Ahmad (2020): Objective measures to evaluate retrieval effectiveness of news search systems for parameters of relevance and freshness, Proc. The Fifth Int’l Conference on Numerical Analysis and Optimization Theory, Algorithms, Applications and Technology, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, Jan. 6-9, abs-p. 23.
  15. Razzaqul Ahshan, Afaq Ahmad, Abdullah Hamed Al-Badi, Mohammed Hamadan Al-Badi and Arif Saeed Malik (2020): Algorithmic computation of mean time between failures (MTBF) of a solar array, Proc. The Fifth Int’l Conference on Numerical Analysis and Optimization Theory, Algorithms, Applications and Technology, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, Jan. 6-9, abs-p. 32.