Ajmal Khan

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Name:
Ajmal Khan
Title:
Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Phone:
419-772-3061
Office:
James Lehr Kennedy 234
Address:
525 South Main Street, Ada, OH, 45810
Research Interests
Wireless Communications and Networks, Wireless Systems Security, Digital Signal Processing, Engineering Education
Employee degree:

BS, NED Univ of Engineering&Techno

MS, King Fahd Unv of Perto Mng

PHD, Univ of Western Ontario CA

Biography
  • Assistant Professor at ECCS Department, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH
  • Received external grants. Grant writing experience for NSF, NSA, and other funding agencies
  • University teaching, and curriculum and lab development experience
  • Receives excellent teaching evaluation at ONU; most recent is 4.8/5, 4.7/5
  • Online course development and teaching experience, and excellent instructional technology skills
  • Incorporate project-based learning, active learning, and collaborative learning into the classroom
  • Supervising students on research as well as capstone projects
  • Published more than 30 refereed research papers in journals and conferences
  • Leadership role in the IEEE Lima section
  • Participate in department, college, and university committees, and volunteer in the local community
  • Excellent collegial relationships: covered classes & exams for colleagues, several collaboration works
  • Strong communication, organizational, and time management skills
  • Teaching Assistant Award at the University of Western Ontario (UWO), Canada
  • Recipient of prestigious scholarships and awards, including NSERC-CGSD Canada and OGS Ontario

Courses Taught

  • Communication Systems
  • Networks and Data Communications
  • Advanced Networks Security
  • Wireless Communications and Networks
  • Electric Circuits
  • System Design
  • Signals and Systems 

Courses Developed

  • Advanced Networks Security
  • Wireless Communications and Networks

Labs Developed

  • Networks and Data Communications
  • Advanced Networks Security
  • Communication Systems
  • Wireless Communications and Networks

Significant Publications

  1. M. A. Khan, and A. Ammar, “Modulation Diversity in a Two-Way Cooperative System with an Energy Harvesting Relay,” 9th IEEE International Black Sea Conference on Communications and Networking, 24-28 May 2021
  2. M. A. Khan, “Improving Physical Layer Security of Two-Way Cooperative DF System using Modulation Diversity,” IEEE 11th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), Las Vegas, USA, Jan 2021 (Best Presenter Award)
  3. M. A. Khan, “Secrecy Enhancement of a Cognitive Two-Way Relay Network with Coordinate Interleaving,” IEEE 11th CCWC, Las Vegas, USA, Jan 2021
  4. M. A. Khan, and F. Hassan, “Secrecy Improvement of Cognitive Relay Networks using Modulation Diversity,” IEEE 17th Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC-2020), Las Vegas, USA, Jan 2020
  5. M. A. Khan, “Secrecy Enhancement of Dual-Hop Cooperative Relay System Using Signal Space Diversity,” IEEE 16th CCNC, Las Vegas, USA, Jan 2019 
  6. M. A. Khan, H. LeBlanc, and F. Hassan, “Signal Space Diversity based Cognitive Two-Way Relay Network with Underlay Spectrum Sharing,” IEEE 16th CCNC-2019, Las Vegas, USA, Jan 2019 (Finalist for the Best Paper Award)
  7. M. A. Khan, “Underlay Cognitive Relay Network with Modulation Diversity,” IEEE 88th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2018-Fall), Chicago, USA, pp. 1–5, 27–30 Aug 2018.
  8. M. A. Khan, R. K. Rao, and X. Wang, “Outage Probability and System Optimization of SSD-based Dual-Hop Relaying System with Multiple Relays,” 8th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON), New York City, NY, USA, pp. 429–434, 19-21 Oct. 2017.
  9. M. A. Khan, R. K. Rao, and X. Wang, “Dual-Hop Signal Space Cooperative Systems using Multiple DF Relays,” IET Communications, vol. 10, no. 17, pp. 2372–2379, Nov. 2016.
  10. M. A. Khan, R. K. Rao, and X. Wang, “Two-Way Decode-and-Forward Cooperative Systems with Signal Space Diversity,” EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2016, no. 1, pp. 1–14, 2016.
  11. M. A. Khan and R. K. Rao, “Low Complexity PAPR Reduction Technique for OFDM Systems using Biased Subcarriers,” IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 19-25, winter 2016.

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