Dr.S. Azhar Abbas Rizvi
Department of Electronics,
Quaid-i-Azam University

Education:
Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, June 1988
California Institute of Technology, USA.
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Charles H. Papas
Thesis Title: Critical Points in the Poynting Vector Fields.

M.S. Electrical Engineering, June 1984
California Institute of Technology, USA.

B.S. Electrical & Electronic Engineering, August 1982
Shiraz University, Iran.
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Mahmood K. Moaveni
Thesis Title: Scattering of plane waves by a grating by finite element method.
Experience:
Research Engineer, 1980 – Feb. 1982, Jan. 1983 – Sep. 1983
CTI, Islamabad.

Research Assistant, 1983 – 1988
California Institute of Technology, USA.

Assistant Professor, 1988 – Oct. 2000
Department of Electronics, Q.A.U., Islamabad.

Associate Professor, Oct. 2000 – Dec. 2003
Department of Electronics, Q.A.U., Islamabad.

Professor, Dec. 2003 – Present
Department of Electronics, Q.A.U., Islamabad.
Publications:

1. M. K. Moaveni, Azhar A. Rizvi and B. A. Kamran, Plane-wave scattering by gratings of conducting cylinders
embedded in an inhomogeneous and lossy dielectric, J. Opt. Soc. Am. ‘A’. Vol 5, No. 6, June 1988.

2. Z. Yaqoob and A. A. Rizvi, Polarization of fields reflected from a buried circular cylinder, IEEE Inc. Multi
Topic Conference, INMIC’97, pp. 164–167, Islamabad, Pakistan.

3. M. Junaid Mughal and A. A. Rizvi, Radiation by a line source buried in a dielectric slab, IEEE Inc. Multi
Topic Conference, INMIC’97, pp. 168–171, Islamabad, Pakistan.

4. Q. A. Naqvi and A. A. Rizvi, An approximation to induced currents on the deeply buried cylinder, IEEE
Inc. Multi Topic Conference, INMIC’97, pp. 172–175, Islamabad, Pakistan.

5. M. A. Ashraf, M. J. Mughal, Z. Yaqoob and A. A. Rizvi, Antenna simulation and analysis, IEEE Inc. Multi
Topic Conference, INMIC’97, pp. 208–211, Islamabad, Pakistan.

6. Q. A. Naqvi and A. A. Rizvi, Low contrast circular cylinder buried in a grounded dielectric layer, Journal
of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. 1527–1536, 1998.

7. Q. A. Naqvi, A. A. Rizvi and M. A. Ashraf, Asymptotic solutions for the scattered field of plane wave by a cylindrical obstacle buried in a grounded dielectric layer, Progress in Eletromagnetic Research, PIER, vol. 20, pp. 249–262, 1998.
(II). Q. A. Naqvi, A. A. Rizvi and M. A. Ashraf, Asymptotic solutions for the scattered field of plane wave
by a cylindrical obstacle buried in a grounded dielectric layer, Abstract, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves
and Applications, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 1579–1580, 1998.

8. Q. A. Naqvi and A. A. Rizvi, Scattering from a circular cylinder deeply buried in grounded dielectric layer, IEEE Inc. Multi Topic Conference, INMIC’98, pp. 56–59, Lahore, Pakistan.

9. Q. A. Naqvi and A. A. Rizvi, Fractional solutions for the Helmholtz’s equation in a multilayered geometry, Progress in Eletromagnetic Research, PIER, vol. 21, pp. 319–335, 1999.
(II). Q. A. Naqvi and A. A. Rizvi, Fractional solutions for the Helmholtz’s equation in a multilayered geometry, Abstract, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 13, pp. 815–816, 1999.

10. Q. A. Naqvi and A. A. Rizvi, Fractional dual solutions and corresponding sources, Progress in Eletromagnetic Research, PIER, vol. 25, pp. 223–238, 2000.
(II). Q. A. Naqvi and A. A. Rizvi, Fractional dual solutions and corresponding sources, Abstract, Journal
of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 14, pp. 71–72, 2000.

11. Q. A. Naqvi and A. A. Rizvi, Scattering from a cylindrical object buried in a geometry with parallel plane
interfaces, Progress in Eletromagnetic Research, PIER, vol. 27, pp. 19–35, 2000.
(II). Q. A. Naqvi and A. A. Rizvi, Scattering from a cylindrical object buried in a geometry with parallel
plane interfaces, Abstract, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 14, pp. 519–520, 2000.

12. Q. A. Naqvi, A. A. Rizvi and Z. Yaqoob, Scattering of electromagnetic waves from a deeply buried circular cylinder, Progress in Electromagnetic Research, PIER, vol. 27, pp. 37–59, 2000.
(II). Q. A. Naqvi, A. A. Rizvi and Z. Yaqoob, Scattering of electromagnetic waves from a deeply buried
circular cylinder, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Abstract, vol. 14, pp. 521–522,
2000.

13. Q. A. Naqvi, A. A. Rizvi and M. A. Ashraf, Scattering parameters of a cylindrical obstacle deeply buried in dielectric half-space, Int. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, vol. 21, no. 3, 2000

14. Q. A. Naqvi, A. A. Rizvi and Z. Yaqoob, Corrections to “Asymptotic solutions for the scattered fields
of plane wave by a cylindrical obstacle buried in a dielectric half-space”. IEEE Trans. on Antennas and
Propag., Vol. 48, No. 5, May 2000.

15. Q. A. Naqvi, G. Murtaza and A. A. Rizvi, Fractional dual solutions in a homogeneous chiral media. Optics Communications.Vol. 178, 1 May 2000, pp. 27–30

16. A. A. Rizvi and C. H. Papas, Power flow structures in two dimensional electromagnetic fields. Progress in Electromagnetic Research, PIER, vol. 29pp. 261–294

17. A. A. Rizvi and Q. A. Naqvi An approximate solution to scattering from a deeply buried circular cylinder. IEEE Inc. Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2000, pp. 132–136 Islamabad, Pakistan.

18. M. A. Ashraf, A. A. Rizvi and Q. A. Naqvi Asymptotic solution for the scattered field from a circular cylinder buried in a grounded dielectric layer using moment method. IEEE Inc. Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2000, pp. 44–47 Islamabad, Pakistan.

19. Zahid Yaqoob, Azhar A. Rizvi and Nabeel A. Riza Free-space wavelength-multiplexed optical scanner. Applied Optics, Vol.40, No.35, 10 December 2001, pp. 6425–6438

20. Azhar A. Rizvi and Arshad Hussain Buffer design of non-blocking ATM switch for bursty traffic. IEEE
International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2001, pp. 78–81 Lahore, Pakistan.

21. Aqeel A. Syed and Azhar A. Rizvi Narrow-band Interference suppression techniques in direct sequence spread spectrum communication system. IEEE International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2001, pp. 178–184 Lahore, Pakistan.

22. Azhar A. Rizvi and Abid Hussain Analysis of Single Server Queueing Systems with Heavy Tail Distributions. IEEE International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2003, pp. 176–181 Islamabad, Pakistan.

23. M. A. Ashraf and Azhar A. Rizvi Scattering of EM Fields from a Circular Cylinder buried inside a Dielectric Half Space using Moment Method. IEEE International Multi Topic Conference, INMIC 2003, pp. 232–235
Islamabad, Pakistan.

24. Q. A. Naqvi and A. A. Rizvi A PEC cylinder buried in a metamaterial half-space.Islamabad Journal of
Science, Accepted for Publication
List of Ph.D Students and Field of Research:
Qaisar Abbas Naqvi, 1993–1998
Scattering of electromagnetic waves.

Musarat Abbas, 1996–present
Data Communication.

M. Aqueel Ashraf, 1997–present
Communication.

Muhammed Akber, 1999–present
Communication.

Saeed Ahmed, 1999–present
Communication.

Zahid Hameed Qazi, 2000–present
Communication.

Zeeshan Akbar, 2003–present
Communication.

Mehboob Fareed, 2003–present
Communication.
List of M.Phil Students and Thesis Titles:

Riaz-Ul-Haq, 1993
Low bit rate representation of speech for storage and transmission.

Mujahid Alam, 1993
Disturbance of magnetic field by mine like objects.

Qaisar Abbas Naqvi, 1993
Scattering of electromagnetic waves from buried objects.

Syed Abdul Qudus, 1994
Implementation and simulation of error correcting codes.

Muhammad Junaid Mughal, 1996
Radiation by line sources in buried and covered regions.

Zahid Yaqoob, 1996
Polarization of E.M. waves scattered from a buried conducting cylinder.

Muhammad Aqueel Ashraf, 1996
Pulse response of receiving antennas.

Ch. Muhammad Zia, 1999
Timing error estimation and correction for baseband PAM with asynchronous sampling.

Zahid Mahmood, 2000
A hybrid algorithm for motion estimation.

Arshad Hussain, 2001
Buffer design of Nonblocking ATM switch.

Muhammad Qasim, 2001
Speech recognition using hidden Markov model.

Syed Aqeel Abbas, 2001
Nonlinear techniques for narrowband interference suppression in DS–SSC systems.

Shahid Aslam, 2001
Blind sequence detection and digital Mobile Communications.

Aisha Shams, 2001
A fast and efficient, lossless data compression method.

Abjul Majid, 2001
Estimation and suppression of Narrow-band interference in PN spread spectrum systems.

Nasir Mehmood Qazi, 2001
Analysis of UHF wave propagation in urban area.

M. Mehboob Fareed, 2002
Pitch Synchronous Sinusoidal analysis for Speech Coding.

Atif Raza , 2003
Scattering from Random Boundaries.

Abid Hussain Bhayo, 2003
Approximation and Simulation of Single Server Queueing Systems with Heavy Tail Distributions.

Ihsan-ul-Haq, 2003
Data Compression using Burrows and Wheeler Transformation and move-to-front coding.

Qurratul-Ain Minhas, 2004
Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation on Neural Transmission.

Syed Hasan Raza Zaidi, 2004
Analysis of Semi-Circular Wire Anten
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