Iftikhar Ahmad

Areas of Research Interest

• Energy Harvesting
• Vibration
• Structural Health Monitoring
• MicroElectro Mechanical System (MEMS)

1. I. Ahmad and F. U. Khan (2018), “Multi-mode Vibration based Electromagnetic type Micro Power Generator for Structural Health Monitoring of Bridges” Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, 275, (2018),154–161
2. M. Anjum, A. Fida, I. Ahmad and A. Iftikhar, (2018), “A Broadband Electromagnetic Type Energy Harvester for Smart Sensor Devices in Biomedical Applications”, Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, 277, (2018),52-59
3. I. Ahmad and F. U. Khan, (2017), Multi-mode vibration based electromagnetic type energy harvester for structural health monitoring, Asian journal of engineering, sciences & technology, Sep2017, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p1-5. 5p
4. F. U. Khan and I. Ahmad, (2016) “Review of Energy Harvesters Utilizing Bridge Vibrations,” Shock and Vibration, vol. 2016, Article ID 1340402, 21 pages, 2016.
5. I. Ahmad and F. U. Khan, (2018) “Experimental analysis of multiple modes and nonlinear behavior in electromagnetic type vibration energy harvesters” Journal of the Chinese Mechanical Engineers, CSME17-12-25, Accepted for Publication
6. F. U. Khan and I. Ahmad, (2014). Vibration-based electromagnetic type energy harvester for bridge monitoring sensor application. International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET), Islamabad. (pp. 125-129). IEEE, 10.1109/ICET.2014.7021029
7. I. Ahmad, N. Iqbal (2015), To investigate the latest power trends in wireless sensor networks for structural health monitoring, International Symposium on Advanced Materials, Islamabad, Pakistan, Paper No: ISAM-2015-292
8. Siddiqui, M. R., Ahmad, I, Khan, M and Ahmad, S. M. (2015). Experimental analysis of electromagnetic vibration damping of a cantilever beam. 15th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, Korea, (pp. 1593-1597). IEEE, 10.1109/ICCAS.2015.7364611
9. I. Ahmad, M. R. Siddiqui, M. Khan, N. Iqbal, S. M. Ahmad, M. Parvez, (2016) Vibration analysis of a multi-degree of freedom cantilever beam using theoretical and computational tools, International Conference on Computing, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, ICE_Cube_2016_paper_149
10. I. Ahmad, T. A. Cheema, M. Rehman, A. Abbas, M. Khan, (2017), Start-up Investigations for Performance Improvement of Photovoltaic module using Cooling Techniques, International Pakistan Research Summit, PIEAS, Pakistan
11. Abdelrhman, A. M., Leong, M. S., Ali, Y. H., Ahmad, I., Georgantopoulou, C. G., & Ali, S. M. (2019). Adapted Wavelet Transform for Twisted Blade Diagnosis in Multi Stage Rotor. In MATEC Web of Conferences (Vol. 255, p. 02011). EDP Sciences
12. G. Hussain, Wasim A. Khan, H. Anas Ashraf, H. Ahmad, Hamza Ahmed, Ali Imran, I. Ahmad, K. Rehman, G. Abbas. (2019). Design and development of a lightweight SLS 3D printer with a controlled heating mechanism: Part A. International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlmm.2019.01.005
13. I. Ahmad, A. Abdelrhman, C. Georgantopoulou, S. A. Imam and S. Najat. (2019), Wearable vibration based hybrid energy harvester for wearable devices, The 8th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO’2019), Isa Town, Bahrain, Accepted

1. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering (JMM), IOP Science [IF: 1.888]
2. International Journal of Energy Research (IJER), Wiley [IF: 3.009]
3. International Journal of Lightweight Materials and Manufacture (IJLMM), Elsevier

1. The 8th International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO’2019), Isa Town, Bahrain
2. The 2nd Smart Cities Symposium 2019 (SCS’19), Sakheer, Kingdom of Bahrain

1. Member, Pakistan Engineering Council, Pakistan (life member)
2. Co-Principal Coordinator, GIK Professional Education Program, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan, (2016-2018)
3. Member of Lab-Rubrics Development Committee, GIK Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Pakistan, (2015-2017)
4. Academic Advisor, School of Engineering, Bahrain Polytechnic, Kingdom of Bahrain (2018-Present)