Summary
Dr. Iqbal is an academically sophisticated professional with pioneering career reflecting strong technical expertise flavored with intensive professional leadership, teaching and research experience in industry as well as in academia of over two decades. Currently, he is looking after BEng/MEng Robotics and AI programme.
His research interests include Robotics, Mechatronics and Control Systems. Summary of his profile is mentioned below:
Keynote Speeches: EEITE 2024 (Greece), ICMEEA 2024 (Singapore), ISRAI 2024 (Spain), AIR 2024 (China), ISMSIT 2023 (Turkey), ICCEES 2021 (Turkey), ICoMST 2021 (Poland), HORA 2019 (Turkey), WFAR 2016 (Pakistan)
Peer-reviewed Publications: 2 Books + 4 Book Chapters + 100+ Journal + 47 Conference papers (mostly IEEE)
No. of Citations: 3100+ (Scopus), H-Index: 35 (Scopus)
Funded projects:
(1) “Exploring the best practices in AI education: Harnessing the potential of robotics via the CDIO framework in higher education”, UK-Saudi Challenge Fund, British Council, (PI, £40K, Project In-Progress)
(2) “Unleashing the potential of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in oil and gas sector for infrastructure monitoring and fault analysis”, DSR grant, UJ, KSA (Co-PI, £17K, Project completed)
(3) “RoboPLEF ─ Robotics-inspired Practical LEarning Framework”, Ferens Education Trust (FET), UK (Role: PI, Amount: £5K, Project completed)
(4) “Prospective opportunities and challenges of robotics in KSA – An investigational study to achieve strategic objectives of Vision 2030”, Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) grant, University of Jeddah (UJ), KSA (PI, £2K, Project completed)
(5) “First Aid - Unmanned Aircraft System (FA-UAS)”, International Collaboration for Logistics Program, DSR grant, UJ, KSA (International Consultant, £18K, Project in progress)
Dr. Iqbal is a Senior Fellow of Advanced HE, a Chartered Engineer from IET and a Senior member of IEEE. He is a Guest Editor of four Special issues in 'Electronics', 'Drones', 'Sensors' and 'Frontiers in Robotics and AI'. He is an Associate Editor or Academic Editor of 13 reputed journals. Moreover, he is a TPC member of various reputed international conferences.