Faculty Profile

Engr. Dr. Jawad Ali
Assistant Professor
DEng Electrical and Software Systems Engineering King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand

Jawad Ali (MIEEE) received the bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from COMSATS University, PAK (under COMSATS-The University of Lancaster, U.K. collaborative Degree Programme) in 2014, and the master’s degree in electrical engineering from Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) in 2018. The Ph.D. degree in electrical and software systems engineering under NSTDA-KMUTNB Gold-Medal scholarship from High Frequency Systems Laboratory, The Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok in 2025. He also joined the CONNECT, Trinity College Dublin as a Visiting Ph.D. Researcher in 2023. He has been associated with academia and industry since 2014. He has published 29 research articles in peer reviewed international journals, international conferences, and book chapters. He has received the Research Productivity Award by COMSATS in 2015 and 2016, the Publication Award by UTHM in 2018, and the IDS Travel Grant by EurAAP in 17th EuCAP 2023. He is also the recipient of the IEEE AP-S Fellowship Grant in 2023.

Services

International Journal Reviewer:

  • IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation (OJAP).
  • IEEE Access.
  • Wireless Personal Communications.
  • Plos One.
  • Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Engineering and Architecture.
  • International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering
  • Microwave and Optical Technology Letters.

International Conference Reviewer/Technical Program Committee:

  • Int’l Conf. on Electrical Engg/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI-CON), Thailand, 2023, 2024, 2025.
  • 2nd Int’l Conf. on Optoelectronic Information and Computer Engineering, China, 2023.
  • IEEE Symposium on Wireless Technology & Applications (ISWTA), Malaysia, 2022.
  • IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics & Applications (ISIEA), Malaysia, 2020.
  • 15th IEEE Colloquium on Signal Processing and its Applications (CPSA), Malaysia, 2019.

International Grants Reviewer:

  • RANNIS-The Islandic Research Fund, Expert Panel, 2019.
  • IntechOpen, Book Chapter Reviewer, 2025.

 

  1. Acharjee, Juin; Uzair, Muhammad; Phakaew, Thipamas; Kaewcharoen, Apichart; Ali, Jawad; Mandal, Kaushik; Akkaraekthalin, Prayoot; Chalermwisutkul, Suramate, “Dual-Broadband Metasurface Printed on Mobile Phone Back Cover for Enhanced Antenna Performance and SAR Reduction”, Wireless Personal Communications, pp: 1-28, Vol: 141, Issue:, Aug 2025
  2. Acharjee, Juin; Ali, Jawad; Uzair, Muhammad; Phakaew, Thipamas; Akkaraekthalin,  Prayoot; Maiket,  Yaowaret; Yeetsorn, Rungsima; Chalermwisutkul, Suramate, “Metasurface-Loaded Biodegradable Mobile Phone Back Cover for Enhanced Radiation Performance”, Materials, pp: 730, Vol: 18, Issue: 04, Feb 2025
  3. Ali, Jawad; Kaemarungsi, Kamol; Phakaew, Thipamas; Uzair, Muhammad; Narbudowicz, Adam; Chalermwisutkul, Suramate, “Low-Cost Indoor Localization Using Dual-Chip RFID Tag”, IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, pp: 1209-1220, Vol: 05, Issue: 05, Oct 2024
  4. Das, Bhagwan; Abdullah, M.F.L; Dharejo, Fayaz Ali; Deeba, Farah; Ali, Jawad; Memon, Kamran Ali; Zhou, Yuanchun, “Modeling and design of enhanced all optical signal regeneration technique”, Optik, pp: 1-10, Vol: 238, Issue: 2021, Jul 2021
  5. Ali, Jawad; Abdullah, Noorsaliza; Yahya, Roshayati; Ullah, Irshad; Das, Bhagwan; Jusoh, Muzammil, “Ultra-Wideband Antenna Development to enhance gain for Surface Penetrating Radar”, Wireless Personal Communications, pp: 1-18, Vol: 115, Issue: 03, Dec 2020
  6. Mumin, Abdulrashid; Alias, Rozlan; Abdullah, Jiwa; Dahlan, Samsul Haimi; Ali, Jawad; Debnath, Sanjoy Kumar, “Design a compact square ring patch antenna with AMC for SAR reduction in WBAN applications”, Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, pp: 370-378, Vol: 09, Issue: 01, Feb 2020
  7. Ullah, Irshad; Baharom, MNR; Ahmad, Hussein; Das, B; Luqman, HM; Ali, Jawad; Zainal, Zainab, “Experimental and Electromagnetic Field Approach for the Development of Modified Building Protection System”, Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology, pp: 147–161, Vol: 15, Issue: 01, Jan 2020
  8. Ali, Jawad; Abdullah, Noorsaliza; Mohd, Ezri; Yahya, Roshayati; Katiran, Norshidah; Abd Hamid, Intan Sue Liana, “UWB Power Divider using Tapered Transmission Line and Loaded Structure”, International Journal of Engineering & Technology, pp: 175-179, Vol: 08, Issue: 03, Aug 2019
  9. Ali, Jawad; Abdullah, Noorsaliza; Yahya, Roshayati; Joret, Ariffuddin; Mohd, Ezri, “Ultra-Wideband Antenna with Monostatic/Bistatic Configurations for Detection Applications”, International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, pp: 219-223, Vol: 08, Issue: 1.3, Aug 2019
  10. Mohammed K. Al-Obaidi; Mohd, Ezri; Abdullah, Noorsaliza; Dahlan, Samsul Haimi; Ali, Jawad, “Design and Implementation of Microstrip Rotman Lens for ISM Band Applications”, Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, pp:, Vol: 08, Issue: 01, Mar 2019
  11. Ali, Jawad; Abdullah, Noorsaliza; Yahya, Roshayati; Mohd, Ezri; Joret, Ariffuddin; Katiran, Norshidah, “Bistatic Configurational Analysis of Ultra-Wideband Antenna for Detection Applications”, Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, pp: 25-32, Vol: 13, Issue: 02, Feb 2019
  12. Mumin, Abdulrashid; Alias, Rozlan; Abdullah, Jiwa; Dahlan, Samsul Haimi; Ali, Jawad, “Assessment of Electromagnetic Absorption towards Human Head Using Specific Absorption Rate”, Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, pp: 657-664, Vol: 07, Issue: 04, Dec 2018
  13. Ali, Jawad; Yahya, Roshayati; Abdullah, Noorsaliza; Sapuan, Syarfa Zahirah, “Ultra-Wideband Monostatic Antenna for Behind the Wall Detection”, International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, pp: 2936-2941, Vol: 07, Issue: 06, Dec 2017
  14. Ali, Jawad; Abdullah, Noorsaliza; Ismail, Muhammad Yusof; Mohd, Ezri; Shah, Shaharil Mohd, “Ultra-Wideband Antenna Design for GPR Application: A Review”, International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications,pp: 392-400,Vol: 08, Issue: 07, Jul 2017
  15. Khan, Asim Ali; Razaq, Aamir; Ali, Jawad et al., "Antenna miniaturization using pulp fibres as a substrate for dual band operation", Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, pp: 2146-2148, Vol: 58, Issue: 09, Sep 2016
  16. Razaq, Aamir; Khan, Asim Ali; Asif, M. H. & Iqbal, Shahid; Ali, Jawad et al., "Dielectric studies of environmentally friendly and flexible lignocelluloses fibrils for miniaturization of patch antenna", Modern Physics Letters B, Vol: 29, Issue: 30, Oct 2015

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PROCEEDING(s):

  1. Matthew, Abram; Ali, Jawad; Uzair, Muhammad; Salik, Masood; Chalermwisutkul, Suramate, “Tri-Beam UHF-RFID Tag Antenna for Indoor Asset Tracking,” 2024 21st International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI-CON), Khon Kaen, Thailand, pp. 1-6, May 2024.
  2. Salik, Masood; Ali, Jawad; Uzair, Muhammad; Matthew, Abram; Chalermwisutkul, Suramate, “Transparent UHF-RFID Tag Antenna for IoT Applications,” in 21st International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI-CON), Khon Kaen, Thailand, pp. 1-6, May 2024.
  3. Ali, Jawad; Narbudowicz, Adam; Kaemarungsi, Kamol; Chalermwisutkul, Suramate, “Dual-Chip RFID Tag for Enhanced Indoor Localization of IoT Assets”, in 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Florence, Italy, pp: 1-5, Mar 2023
  4. Ali, Jawad; Kaemarungsi, Kamol; Chalermwisutkul, Suramate, “Post-Design Modifications for Impedance Matching of UHF RFID Tag Antenna,” in 2022 International Conference on Power, Energy and Innovations (ICPEI), Pattaya Chonburi, Thailand, pp. 1-4, Oct 2022
  5. Qayyum, Ramsha; Tun, Su Mon; Kaewcharoen, Apichart; Ali, Jawad; Chalermwisutkul, Suramate, “Optimization of Planar Capacitive Sensors Embedded Between Two 6mm Thick Glass Sheets,” in 2022 International Conference on Power, Energy and Innovations (ICPEI), Pattaya Chonburi, Thailand, pp. 1-4, Oct 2022
  6. Ali, Jawad; Narbudowicz, Adam; Kaemarungsi, Kamol; Chalermwisutkul, Suramate, “Dual-Chip UHF RFID Tag Antenna for Distinction of Movement Directions”, in 19th International Conference on Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI-CON), Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand, pp: 1-4, May 2022
  7. Mumin, Abdulrashid; Alias, Rozlan; Abdullah, Jiwa; Ali, Jawad; et al. “Enhanced Bandwidth and Radiation Specifications of Patch Antenna for WiMAX Application”, in IEEE Symposium on Computer Applications & Industrial Electronics (ISCAIE), Batu Feringghi, Penang, Malaysia, Apr 28-29, 2018
  8. Mumin, Abdulrashid; Abdullah, Jiwa; Alias, Rozlan; Dahlan, Samsul Haimi; Ali, Jawad, “Hybrid Feeding Technique for the Design and Analysis of a Square Ring Patch Antenna”, in Proceeding of Science, Engineering & Nanotechnology of Frontier in Multidisciplinary Research, Batu Pahat, Malaysia, Jan 2018
  9. Ali, Jawad; Abdullah, Noorsaliza; Yahya, Roshayati; Naeem, Taimoor, “Monostatic Ultra-Wideband GPR Antenna for Through Wall Detection”, in European Physical Journal WOC Proceedings of International Conference on Applied Photonics and Electronics (INCAPE), Port Dickson, Malaysia, Vol: 162, Nov 2017
  10. Mumin, Abdulrashid; Alias, Rozlan; Abdullah, Jiwa; Abdulhasan, Abdulkareem Raed; Ali, Jawad; et al. “A survey of various Enhancement Techniques for Square Rings Antennas”, in AIP Conference Proceedings of International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IC3E), Johor, Malaysia, Vol: 1883, Issue: 01, Sep 2017
  11. Mumin, Abdulrashid; Abdullah, Jiwa; Alias, Rozlan; Abdulhasan, Abdulkareem Raed; Ali, Jawad; et al. “Square Ring Microstrip Patch Triple Band Antenna for GSM/WiMAX/WLAN Systems”, in 3rd International Conference on Control, Electronics, Renewable Energy, and Communications (ICCEREC), Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Sep. 26-28, 2017

PUBLISHED CHAPTER(s):

  1. Ali, Jawad; Abdullah, Noorsaliza; Khan, Asim Ali; Yahya, Roshayati; Jusoh, Muzammil; Mohd, Ezri, (2020), “Antenna Design using UWB Configuration for GPR Scanning Applications”, In: Saeed F., Mohammed F., Gazem N. (eds) Emerging Trends in Intelligent Computing and Informatics. IRICT 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1073, pp. 497-510. Springer, Cham, Standard: ISBN: 978-3-030-33581-6
  2. Mumin, Abdulrashid; Alias, Rozlan; Abdullah, Jiwa; Dahlan, Samsul Haimi; Abdulhasan, Abdulkareem Raed; Ali, Jawad (2017), “Simulation of Square Ring Microstrip Patch Antenna Performance Based on Effects of Various Dielectric Substrates”, In: Mohamed Ali M., Wahid H., Mohd Subha N., Sahlan S., Md. Yunus M., Wahap A. (eds) Modeling, Design and Simulation of Systems. AsiaSim 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 752, pp. 679-694. Springer, Singapore, Standard: ISBN: 978-981-10-6502-6

PATENT(s):

  1. Abdullah, Noorsaliza; Ali, Jawad; Yahya, Roshayati; Mohd, Ezri; Joret, Arrifuddin,” Development of Compact and High Gain UWB Antenna for Human Scanning Under Debris”, Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO), Copyrighted: LY2018000748

 

  • Dielectric-based material study for antenna applications,
  • Smart antennas,
  • RFID antennas,
  • Localization,
  • Antenna enabled IoT applications.

  • 2023 – 2024 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society US Fellowship Grant – 5000 USD.
  • 2023 IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi Grant for 17th EuCAP Italy – 1480 EUR.
  • 2021 – 2023 NSTDA-KMUTNB Thailand Gold Medal Scholarship for DEng – 1.9M THB.
  • 2018 JCU IRTPS Australia Scholarship for Ph.D. – 27,596 AUD/Annum.
  • 2018 Bronze Medal in Malaysia Technology Expo MARS (MY).
  • 2018 Graduate on Time (GoT) Award in MEng by UTHM (MY).
  • 2018 Publication Award in MEng by UTHM (MY).
  • 2017 Bronze Medal in Research and Innovation Festival by UTHM (MY).
  • 2017 – 2018 UTHM Scholarship Awardee for Master (MY).
  • 2015 – 2016 Research Productivity Award by COMSATS University Islamabad (PAK).
  • 2014 Scholarship Awardee for Study Visit to The University of Lancaster (UK).

  • CONNECT Centre, Trinity College Dublin, UoD, Ireland.
  • High Frequency Systems Laboratory (HFS), TGGS, KMUTNB, Thailand.
  • Radio Communications & Antenna Design (RACAD), UTHM, Malaysia.
  • Wireless & Radio Science Center (WARAS), UTHM, Malaysia.
  • Antenna & Radar Research Group (ARRG), CUI Lahore Campus, Pakistan.

Professional Memberships

  • Engineer (RE): PEC (Elect/52091).
  • Member: IEEE & IEEE AP-S (92598597).