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Awais Mehmood Kamboh (Resume)

PhD Candidate – Michigan State University East Lansing,
Electrical and Computer Engineering

 

MSE – University of Michigan Ann Arbor.

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. December 2005

 

BE - National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Rawalpindi,
Electrical Engineering. June 2003

 

kambohaw@msu.edu

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    Research Interests

ASIC and SoC Design, Digital Signal Processors, Embedded Systems, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, Channel and Source Coding for Wireless Sensor Networks.

    Work Experience

 

  • Michigan State University, East Lansing, (Jan 2006 - To Date), Advanced Microsystems and Circuits (AMSaC) Research Group.

 

  • Evigia Systems Inc., Ann Arbor, (Jun 2007 - Sep 2008), ASIC Design Engineer.

 

  • Michigan State University, East Lansing, (Feb 2006 – Jan 2007), Assistant Network Engineer and Technical Support, Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition.

 

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, (Sep-Dec 2005), Course Grader for Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems.

 

  • Army Public College of Management and Sciences, Rawalpindi, (Oct 2003 - Mar 2004), Laboratory Demonstrator and Teaching Assistant, Digital Logic Design.

 

  • Carrier Telephone Industries, Islamabad, (May-Jul 2002), Internee, Final Testing Laboratory.

 

    Publications

 

Journals

 

·         A. M. Kamboh, A. Mason, and K. G. Oweiss, “Analysis of Lifting and B-Spline DWT Implementations for Implantable Neuroprosthetics,” Journal of Signal Processing Systems, Volume 52, Issue 3, Pages 249–261, September 2008.

 

·         K. G. Oweiss, A. Mason, Y. Suhail, A. M. Kamboh, K. E. Thomson, “A Scalable Wavelet Transform VLSI Architecture for Real-Time Signal Processing in High-Density Intra-Cortical Implants,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Fundamental Theory and Applications, Volume 54, Issue 6, Pages 1266-1278, June 2007.

 

·         A. M. Kamboh, M. Raetz, K. G. Oweiss, A. Mason, “Area-Power Efficient VLSI Implementation of Multichannel DWT for Data Compression in Implantable Neuroprosthetics,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Volume 1, Issue 2, Pages 128-135, June 2007.

 

Conferences

 

 

·         A. M. Kamboh, K. G. Oweiss, and A. J. Mason, “Resource Constrained VLSI Architecture for Implantable Neural Data Compression Systems,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, (ISCAS), Pages 1481-1484, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2009.

 

·         F. T. Abu-Nimeh, A. M. Kamboh, M. Aghagolzadeh, U.-M. Jow, A. Mason, M. Ghovanloo, and K. Oweiss, “A Highly Modular, Wireless, Implantable Interface to the Cortex,” IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, Antalya, Turkey, Pages 375-378, April 2009.

 

·         A. M. Kamboh, M. Raetz, A. Mason, K. Oweiss, “A High-Yield Area-Power Efficient DWT Hardware for Implantable Neural Interface Applications,” IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, (ISCAS 2007), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Pages 2371-2374. May 2007.

 

·         M. A. Shetliffe, A. M. Kamboh, A. Mason, K. G. Oweiss, “Impact of Lossy Compression on Neural Response Characteristics extracted from High-Density Intra-cortical Implant Data,” 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, (EMBS 2007), Lyon, France, Pages 5358-5361, August 2007.

 

·         A. M. Kamboh, A. Mason, K. Oweiss, “A High-Yield Area-Power Efficient DWT Hardware for Implantable Neural Interface Applications,” 3rd International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, (CNE 2007), Kohala Coast, Hawaii, USA, Pages 212-216, May 2007.

 

·         A. M. Kamboh, A. Mason, “Comparison of Lifting and B-spline DWT Implementations for Implantable Neuroprosthetics,” 5th IEEE Conference on Sensors 2006, Daejeon, Korea, Pages 811-814, October 2006.

 

·         A. M. Kamboh, G. Rafiq, H. A. Fakhar, S. R. Kazmi, “Supervisory Control and Data Acquisitioning System”, IBCAST, Bhurban, Pakistan, June 2004.

 

 

    Projects

 

  • Code Compression for Embedded Processors, Dec 2006, (Presentation)

 

  • “Demonstration of Multitasking using ThreadX RTOS on Microblaze and PowerPC”, May 2006, (Report)

 

  • “Efficient Hardware Implementation of Discrete Wavelet Transform”, May 2006, (Report)

 

  • “Parallel Processing Techniques for Automatic Test Pattern Generation”, December 2005, (Report)

 

  • “Baseband OFDM Modem on TMS5510C320” December 2005 (Report)

 

  • “Weiner Ziv Video Coding”, May 2005.

 

 

  • “Sensor Networks”, December 2004.(Report)

 

  • “Cavity Design, Measurement of Orientation of a 3D Platform”, December, 2004.(Presentation)

 

  • “Detection of Pulse with Unknown Arrival Time “, March, 2004. (Report)

     

    Professional / Social Affiliations

 

  • NSF Center for Wireless Integrated Micro-Systems (WIMS)

 

  • Student Member - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    • IEEE Circuits and Systems Society
    • IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
    • IEEE Communications Society

 

  • Professional Member - Pakistan Engineering Council

 

  • President – Pakistani Students Association, Michigan State University (2007-2008)

 

  • Member - Alumni Association of University of Michigan

 

  • Member - EMEnent Alumni Association, College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.

 

  • Member - Alamgirian Association of Pakistan

 

  • General Secretary - Pakistani Students Association, Michigan State University (2006-2007)

 

    Honors/Awards

 

  • Recipient - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2007, financial support.

 

  • Recipient - NUST Split PhD Scholarship to pursue Ph.D. studies at UMICH and MSU, 2004

 

  • Recipient - Higher Education Commission of Pakistan Scholarship for PhD Studies Abroad, 2004.

 

  • Recipient - NUST Endowment Fund Scholarship, 2003.

 

  • Recipient - Rector’s Gold Medal for Best Engineering Design Project in Electrical Engineering, NUST, 2003.

 

  • Recipient - Fauji Foundation Scholarship for B.E studies at NUST, 2000-03.

 

    Useful Links

 

AMSaC

Advanced Microsystems and Circuits Research Group

Center for Wireless Integrated Microsystems (WIMS)

Professor Andrew Mason, MSU.

 

Others

Professor David Neuhoff, Umich.

National University of Sciences & Technology

University of Michigan Ann Arbor

Pakistani Students’ Association, MSU

 

 

Last Updated 23rd September 2009.