Assistant Professor · Electrical & Computer Engineering

Muhammad Naeem Khan

UET Peshawar — Power Electronics & Semiconductor Device Modeling

Twenty-three-plus years of teaching, thesis supervision, and research spanning GaN/SiC device characterization, power‑line and cognitive‑radio communication, and bio‑inspired energy optimization — with 17 journal papers, 4 conference publications, and 5+ years in embedded systems lab instruction along the way.

Device I‑V Characteristic GaN HEMT · DC Sweep
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Illustrative curve — after Khan et al., J. Computational Electronics, 2018–19

290
Citations (Scholar)
17
Journal Papers
23+
Years Experience
4
IEEE Conf. Papers

At a glance

Qualifications & experience snapshot

A quick summary of academic credentials, teaching experience, and research strengths across electronics, power systems, and communications.

PhD

Doctoral qualification

PhD in Electrical Engineering, CUST Islamabad, completed 2018.

23+ yrs

Teaching record

Electronics & Circuits, Communication Systems and DSP taught continuously since 2004.

Devices

Semiconductor design research

Published DC/AC analytical models for GaN HEMTs and SiC MESFETs.

FYP

Senior design supervision

Ongoing undergraduate final‑year‑project and capstone design supervision.

HEC

Thesis supervision

HEC‑recognized supervisor for MS/PhD thesis and multiple ongoing student research projects.

5+ yrs

Embedded systems lab

Five‑plus years of hands‑on embedded systems laboratory instruction and project work.

PEC

Professional registration

Registered Professional Electrical Engineer, Pakistan Engineering Council (#ELECT/19948).

17+4

Publication record

17 journal and 4 IEEE conference papers in device modeling, power/energy systems and communications.

Focus areas

Research spanning devices, power, and communication systems.

01

Power Electronics & Energy Optimization

Bio‑inspired algorithms for energy management in offices, homes, and smart cities.

02

Semiconductor Device Modeling

Temperature‑dependent DC/AC analytical models for GaN HEMTs and SiC MESFETs.

03

Solar Energy Cells

Perovskite (CH₃NH₃PbI₃) absorber‑layer simulation for high‑efficiency solar cells.

04

Smart Grid Systems

Optimization strategies for distributed and city‑scale energy networks.

05

Wireless & Cognitive Radio

MIMO systems, USRP‑based CDMA signal transmission, and spectrum‑aware communication.

06

Power Line Communication

Signal processing and state‑estimation techniques for PLC and nonlinear systems.

Portfolio of work

Commercial and professional projects we have done till now

A few of our latest projects are here — open the list to see completed and ongoing commercial and professional work.

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About

An engineer's grounding in teaching, research, and academic service.

Dr. Khan has served the Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering at UET Peshawar since 2004 — first as Lecturer, then as Assistant Professor from 2009 — for 23+ years of combined teaching and research experience. His coursework spans Communication Systems, Digital Signal Processing, and Electronics & Circuits, alongside supervising undergraduate final‑year projects and postgraduate thesis research, and over five years of hands‑on work in the Embedded Systems Laboratory.

  • PhD, Electrical EngineeringCUST, Islamabad · 2018
  • Total experience23+ years
  • Professional registrationPEC — Reg. #ELECT/19948
  • InstitutionUET Peshawar
  • Thesis supervisionHEC‑recognized MS/PhD supervisor
  • Lab experienceEmbedded Systems Lab — 5+ years
  • Additional charge heldActing Chairman, Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Academic experience

Positions held

2009 — Date

Assistant Professor (BPS‑19)

Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UET Peshawar
  • Lectures to 2nd & 3rd year undergraduates in Communication Systems
  • Final‑year Digital Signal Processing (DSP) instruction
  • Electronics & Circuits coursework
  • Undergraduate final‑year project (FYP) supervision
2004 — 2009

Lecturer

UET Peshawar
  • Lectures to 3rd year undergraduate students
  • Practical laboratory instruction for 3rd year students
  • Electronics, Wireless Communication & Electric Circuit Theory
Ongoing

Thesis & Project Supervision

HEC‑recognized MS/PhD thesis supervisor — Higher Education Commission, Pakistan
  • Supervising multiple postgraduate (MS/PhD) thesis candidates
  • Guiding several ongoing undergraduate and graduate research projects
5+ yrs

Embedded Systems Laboratory

UET Peshawar
  • Five‑plus years of hands‑on embedded systems lab instruction and student project work
Extra academic duties — Member, OBE Monitoring Committee · Ex‑Officio PTM · Member, FYP Evaluation Committee · In‑charge, Industrial Advisory Committee (IAC) · In‑charge, Telecommunication Laboratory · Embedded Systems Laboratory (5+ years) · HEC‑recognized Thesis Supervisor · Acting Chairman, Faculty of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Education

Academic record

2018

PhD, Electrical Engineering

Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad — CGPA 3.28
2008

MSc Electrical Engineering — Electronics & Telecommunication

University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar — CGPA 3.2 (2‑year program)
2004

BSc Electrical Engineering

University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar — 78%, A Grade (4‑year program)
1996

FSc Pre‑Engineering

Bannu Board

Publication record

Journals & conference proceedings

17 peer‑reviewed journal articles and 4 conference papers, primarily on semiconductor device modeling, energy‑system optimization, and communication systems.

01

An improved model to assess temperature‑dependent DC characteristics of submicron GaN HEMTs

MN Khan, UF Ahmed, MM Ahmed, S Rehman
Journal of Computational Electronics, 2018
02

Simulation and comparative analysis of the DC characteristics of submicron GaN HEMTs for use in CAD software

MN Khan, UF Ahmed, MM Ahmed, S Rehman
Journal of Computational Electronics 18(2), 482–491
03

An improved temperature dependent analytical model to predict AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistors AC characteristics

MN Khan, UF Ahmed, MM Ahmed, S Rehman
Int. Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Circuits 32(6), e2648
04

Temperature dependent analytical DC model for wide bandgap MESFETs

SU Rehman, UF Ahmed, MM Ahmed, MN Khan
IEEE Access 7, 49702–49711
05

A nonlinear model to assess DC/AC performance reliability of submicron SiC MESFETs

S Rehman, MM Ahmed, U Rafique, MN Khan
Journal of Computational Electronics 17(3), 1199–1209
06

An Efficient Energy Management in Office Using Bio‑inspired Energy Optimization Algorithms

Ibrar Ullah, Zar Khitab, M. Naeem Khan, Sajjad Hussain
Processes 7(3), 142 · 2019 · doi.org/10.3390/pr7030142 (IF 1.963)
07

Optimizing Energy Consumption in Home Energy Management System via Bio‑Inspired Dragonfly Algorithm and Genetic Algorithm

I. Hussain, M. Ullah, Ibrar Ullah, A. Bibi, M. Naeem, M. Singh, D. Singh
Electronics 9(3), 406 · 2020 · doi.org/10.3390/electronics9030406 (IF 2.412)
08

Exploiting Multi‑Verse Optimization and Sine‑Cosine Algorithms for Energy Management in Smart Cities

Ibrar Ullah, Irshad Hussain, Peerapong Uthansaku, Muhammad Riaz, M. Naeem Khan, Jaime Lloret
Applied Sciences 10(6), 2095 · 2020 · doi.org/10.3390/app10062095 (IF 2.474)
09

Enhanced energy storage properties of La³⁺ modified 0.92 Bi₀.₅Na₀.₅TiO₃‑0.06 Ba(Zr₀.₂Ti₀.₈)O₃‑0.02 NaNbO₃ ternary ceramic system

Aqib Ali Khan et al., incl. Muhammad Naeem Khan
Materials Research Express 8(4), 045506
10

Numerical investigation of a new approach based on perovskite CH₃NH₃PbI₃ absorber layer for high‑efficiency solar cells

M Sadiq, MN Khan, M Arif, A Naveed, K Ullah, S Afridi
Materials Research Express
11

A novel state estimation strategy for observation recovery in nonlinear systems based on ExpARMA algorithm

N Khan, ZU Abdin, F Zaman, M Riaz, MN Khan
Measurement 172, 108886
12

Exploiting USRP for RF Block Designing of CDMA Signal Transmission

I Hussain, I Ullah, F Khan, N Khan, M Naeem, S Khan, M Riaz, M Amir
Journal article
13

U‑Shaped Low‑Complexity Type‑2 Fuzzy LSTM Neural Network for Speech Enhancement

Nasir Saleem, Muhammad Irfan Khattak, Salman A. Alqahtani, Atif Jan, Irshad Hussain, Muhammad Naeem Khan, Mostafa Dahshan
IEEE Access, 2023
14

Probing the effect of Pr doping on the magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of Ba₂₋ₓPrₓFeMoO₆ double perovskites

Imad Hussain, Saima Naz Khan, Muhammad Naeem Khan, et al., B.H. Koo
Solid State Communications, 2022
15

Exploring the Bilayer Approach to Analyzing Lead‑Free Perovskite Solar Cells' Numerical Aspects for High Efficiency

Shahid Farhan, Qasim Raza Shah, Muhammad Naeem Khan, et al., Asim Ghafoor
Journal of Optics and Photonics Research, 2024
16

Analysis of Ca Substitution on the Phase, Microstructural and Dielectric Properties of Ba(1−x)Ca(x)(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 Ceramics

Haroon Ur Rashid, Sarir Uddin, Muhammad Kamran Khan, et al., Mohammed Elaffendi
Engineering Reports, 2025
17

Geopolymerization: A Promising Technique for Membrane Synthesis

Muhammad Sadiq, Amir Naveed Khattak, Muhammad Arif, et al., Saeed Gul
Materials Research Express, 2021
01

Effects of substrate on the AC performance of submicron GaN HEMTs

S Rehman, U Rafique, UF Ahmed, MN Khan, MM Ahmed
2017 13th Int. Conf. on Emerging Technologies (ICET), 1–7
02

Implementation of linear prediction techniques in state estimation

Naeem Khan, M Irfan Khattak, M Naeem Khan, Faheem Khan, LU Khan, S Abdul Salam, DW Gu
10th Int. Bhurban Conf. on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST) 2013, 77–83 · IEEE
03

Effect of network density on the performance of MANET routing protocols

Latif Ullah Khan, Faheem Khan, Naeem Khan, M Naeem Khan, Bilal Pirzada
2013 Int. Conf. on Circuits, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT), 1089–1092
04

On the optimal frame size of linear prediction techniques

Faheem Khan, Naeem Khan, Latif Ullah Khan, M Naeem Khan, Bilal Pirzada
2013 Int. Conf. on Circuits, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT), 331–336

Seminars & training

#Training / workshop
—1.5 CPD Seminar (Resource Person): "Energy crises in Pakistan and their impacts on Residential, Commercial and Industrial Sectors"
1HEC Workshop on Case Based Study
2International Multi‑topic Symposium on Energy
3MIMO for Wireless Communication
4International Symposium on Cyber Security
5CPD Framework for Professional Development of Engineers
6Improving Energy Efficiency in Electrical Systems
7Improving Boiler Operating Efficiency
8Two‑day workshop: How to Sell Your Research Work
9Research Avenues: ICT Potential Applications for Pakistan
10Leadership for Engineers and Technical Managers
1111th IEEE Int. Conference on Emerging Technologies
12Two‑day workshop on OBE System

Get in touch

Open to collaboration in power electronics, device modeling & energy systems.