Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi
Assistant Professor
PhD
Research Supervision Capacity
About Me
Dr. Engr. Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi is an accomplished academic and engineering professional with more than three decades of experience in engineering education, telecommunications, and technology management. He currently serves as Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), where he is actively involved in teaching, research, academic leadership, and quality assurance initiatives.
Dr. Abbasi earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The Islamia University of Bahawalpur in 2023. He also holds a Master's degree in Telecom Engineering, an MBA in Marketing, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics Engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi.
At IUB, he serves as the Coordinator of the BS Biomedical Engineering Technology Program, where he leads curriculum development, accreditation activities, and the implementation of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) in accordance with National Technology Council (NTC) standards. His contributions include the development of Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs), assessment rubrics, and continuous quality improvement processes. He is also actively engaged in mentoring students, strengthening industry-academia linkages, and promoting graduate employability through his role in the Career Development Council.
Before joining academia, Dr. Abbasi built an extensive career with Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), serving in various technical and managerial positions over a period of twenty years. His responsibilities included planning, deployment, operation, and maintenance of telecommunication networks, wireless systems, transmission infrastructure, and power systems. His industry experience provides valuable practical insights that enrich his teaching and research activities.
His research interests focus primarily on telecommunication systems and emerging communication technologies. Throughout his career, he has participated in numerous national and international professional training programs, including specialized training in optical fiber networks, wireless communication systems, SDH/DWDM technologies, and telecommunications management.
Dr. Abbasi remains committed to academic excellence, innovative research, professional development, and producing graduates equipped to meet the technological challenges of the modern world.
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1. Chishti, Abdul Rehman and Aziz, Abdul and Abbasi, Muhammad Nawaz and A. Aljaloud, Khaled and Alqahtani, Ali H and Hussain, Rifaqat. 2026. “Miniaturized shared aperture multiband antenna for wireless biomedical applications.” Plos one 21.
2. Hussain, Rifaqat and ABBASI, Muhammad Nawaz and Aziz, Abdul and Iqbal, Naveed and Zerguine, Azzedine. 2025. “Transparent MIMO antenna for closely spaced antenna elements.” Google Patents 0.
3. Asif, Raees Muhammad and Aziz, Abdul and Akhtar, Majid Niaz and Khan, Muhammad Azhar and Abbasi, Muhammad Nawaz and Abdul Muqeet, Hafiz. 2024. “Synthesis and characterization of cerium doped N i Z n nano ferrites as substrate material for multi band MIMO antenna.” PLoS One 19.
4. Chishti, Abdul Rehman and Aziz, Abdul and Qureshi, Muhammad Ali and Abbasi, Muhammad Nawaz and Abbasi, Durria and Iqbal, Sheikh Sharif and Zerguine, Azzedine and Algarni, Abdullah M and Hussain, Rifaqat. 2023. “Advances in antenna-based techniques for detection and monitoring of critical chronic diseases: A comprehensive review.” IEEE Access 11.
5. Abbasi, Muhammad Nawaz and Aziz, Abdul and AlJaloud, Khaled and Chishti, Abdul Rehman and Alqahtani, Ali H and Abbasi, Durria and Tahir, Farooq A and Khan, Zia Ullah and Hussain, Rifaqat. 2023. “Design and optimization of a transparent and flexible MIMO antenna for compact IoT and 5G applications.” scientific reports 13.
6. Abbasi, Muhammad Nawaz and Aziz, Abdul and Aljaloud, Khaled A and Chishti, Abdul Rehman and Aladadi, Yosef T and Hussain, Rifaqat. 2023. “A close proximity 2-element MIMO antenna using optically transparent wired-metal mesh and polyethylene terephthalate material.” IEEE access 11.
7. Abbasi, Muhammad Nawaz and Aziz, Abdul and Al-Garni, Abdullah and Iqbal, Sheikh S and Hussain, Rifaqat. 2023. “Transparent mimo antenna for closely spaced antenna elements.”
8. Abbasi, Muhammad Nawaz and Aziz, Abdul and Al-Garni, Abdullah and Iqbal, Sheikh S and Hussain, Rifaqat. 2023. “Transparent mimo antenna for closely spaced antenna elements.”
9. Chishti, Abdul Rehman and Abbasi, Muhammad Nawaz and Abbasi, Durria and Khan, Muhammad Usman Ali and Masud, Mohammad Jawad and Aziz, Abdul. 2023. “E-Shaped Antenna sensor Optimization with improved bandwidth Using Genetic Algorithm for Biomedical Applications.”
10. Chishti, Abdul Rehman and Aziz, Abdul and Qureshi, Muhammad Ali and Abbasi, Muhammad Nawaz and Algarni, Abdullah M and Zerguine, Azzedine and Hussain, Niamat and Hussain, Rifaqat. 2022. “Optically transparent antennas: A review of the state-of-the-art, innovative solutions and future trends.” Applied Sciences 13.
11. Abbasi, Muhammad Nawaz and Aziz, Abdul and Malik, Waqar A and Chishti, Abdul Rehman and Hussain, Rifaqat. 2022. “A simple and modular MIMO antenna system for closely spaced patch antennas.” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 64.
12. Iqbal, Hafiz Khurram and Malik, Farhan Hassan and Muhammad, Aoun and Qureshi, Muhammad Ali and Abbasi, Muhammad Nawaz and Chishti, Abdul Rehman. 2021. “A critical review of state-of-the-art non-intrusive load monitoring datasets.” Electric Power Systems Research 192.
13. Asif, Raees M and Aziz, Abdul and Amjad, M and Akhtar, Majid N and Baqir, A and Abbasi, M Nawaz. 2021. “Analysis and design of an efficient and novel MIMO antenna for 5G smart phones using FDTD and FEM.” Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal (ACES) 0.
14. Munir, Abid and Abbasi, Muhammad Nawaz and Niazi, Muhammad Shahab Ahmed and Aziz, Tariq. 2020. “Traffic and bandwidth forecasting model for FTTX served households in different demographic segments in Pakistan.”
15. Azam, Muhammad Adeel and Khan, Khan Bahadar and Aqeel, Muhammad and Chishti, Abdul Rehman and Abbasi, Muhammad Nawaz. 2019. “Analysis of the MIDAS and OASIS biomedical databases for the application of multimodal image processing.”
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur was established in the year 1975 by upgrading historical institute of the Jamia Abbasia.
