Address:

    ECE Discipline, Khulna University Khulna-9208 BANGLADESH

    Email:

    m.awal@ece.ku.ac.bd

    Contact:

    +880 1786 196913

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Dr. Md. Abdul Awal

Associate Professor

Research Interest:

Signal Processing especially Biomedical Signal Processing, Big Data Analysis, Image Processing, Time-Frequency Analysis, Machine Learning Algorithms, Deep Learning, Optimization, Computational Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering. 

Education


Board/University

Name of the Degree

Year of Passing

The University of Queensland, Australia

PhD in Biomedical Engineering

2018

Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh

M. Sc. in Biomedical Engineering

2011

Khulna University, Bangladesh

B. Sc. in ECE

2009











Awards

Merit Scholarship for Secondary School Certificate- ( Rajshahi Education Board  2001)

2005-2008-Khulna University Merit Scholarship from

2013-2017-The University of Queensland International (UQI) Scholarship

2014-Bangladesh Sweden Travel Fund (BSTF)

Bio

Experiences

(i) Associate Professor, Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) Discipline

Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh.

Appointed: 12th February 2018. Tenure of Service: till now.


(ii) Assistant Professor, ECE Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh.

Tenure of Service: May 2012 – February 2018.


(iii) Lecturer, ECE Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh.

Tenure of Service: November 2009 – May 2012.


Main activities and responsibilities: Conduct classes and sessionals, supervising undergraduate and postgraduate thesis and other academic and administrative works.

Publication

Book Article

1.       Boualem Boashash, Md. Abdul Awal, Shiying Dong, “Gabor Spectrogram, WVD and Energy Atoms,” in Time-Frequency Signal Analysis and Processing, ed. Boualem Boashash, Academic press, second edition, 2015.

Journals

1.       Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa, Md. Abdul Awal, Mohiuddin Ahmad, and F. Morgado-Dias, "Design of sEMG-based clench force estimator in FPGA using artificial neural networks," Neural Computing and Applications, pp. 1-11, 2018.

 

2.  Md. Abdul Awal, Samir Ouelha, Shiying Dong, and B. Boashash, "A robust high-resolution time-frequency representation based on the local optimization of the short-time fractional Fourier transform," Digital Signal Processing, vol. 70, pp. 125-144, 2017.

 

3.   Md. Abdul Awal and Boualem Boashash, "An automatic fast optimization of Quadratic Time-frequency Distribution using the hybrid genetic algorithm", Signal Processing, vol. 131, 2017.

 

4.    Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa, Md. Abdul Awal, Mohiuddin Ahmad, and Md. Abdur Rashid, "Voiceless Bangla vowel recognition using sEMG signal," SpringerPlus, vol. 5, issue 1, 2016.

 

5.       Md. Abdul Awal, Melissa M. Lai, Ghasem Azemi, Boualem Boashash, and Paul B. Colditz, "EEG background features that predict outcome in term neonates with Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy: a structured review," Clinical Neurophysiology, vol. 127, issue 1, 2016.

 

6.  Md. Abdul Awal, Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa, Mohiuddin Ahmad and Mohd Abdur Rashid. “An adaptive level dependent wavelet thresholding for ECG denoising”, Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, vol. 34, issue 4, 2014.

 

7.       Md. Abdul Awal, Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa and Mohiuddin Ahmad, “Performance Analysis of Savitzky-Golay Smoothing Filter Using ECG Signal”, International Journal of Computer and Information Technology (IJCIT), vol. 1, issue 2, January 2011.

 

8.    Md. Abdullah Al Ahasan, Md. Abdul Awal and Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa, “Implementation of Speech Recognition Based Robotic System”, International Journal of Computer and Information Technology (IJCIT), vol. 1, issue 2, January 2011.

 

9.   Md. Mahbub Hossain, Md.Abdul Awal and Md. Abdul Alim, “Performance Analysis of DS-CDMA over a Non Fading Channel with Perfect Power Control under Different Processing Gain”, International Journal of Computer and Information Technology(IJCIT),vol. 1, issue 1, July 2010.

 

10.   Md. Asaduzzaman, Md. Ruhul Amin Robin, Md.Rumen Ahmed, Mohammad Riaz Ahmed, Md.Mahbub Hossain and Md.Abdul Awal,“Performance Analysis of M-Ary QAM in Fading Channels with and without STTD”, International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Information Security, vol. 1, issue 2, March 2010.

11.   Mohammad Riaz Ahmed, Md. Rumen Ahmed, Md. Ruhul Amin Robin, Md. Asaduzzaman, Md. Mahbub Hossain and Md. Abdul Awal, “Performance Analysis of Different M-Ary Modulation Techniques in Fading Channels Using Different Diversity”, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, vol. 15, issue 1, May 2010.

 

 

Conferences

 

1.       Apu Nandy, Mohammad A. Alahe, S. M. Nasim Uddin, Shafiqul Alam, Abdullah-Al Nahid and Md. Abdul. Awal, "Feature Extraction and Classification of EEG Signals for Seizure Detection," 2019 International Conference on Robotics, Electrical and Signal Processing Techniques (ICREST), Bangladesh, Jan 2019, pp. 480-485

2.       Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa, Md. Abdul. Awal, Mohiuddin Ahmad and Morgado Dias, "A method for designing EMG integrator using an FPGA", International conference ad workshop on Bioinspired Intelligence (IWOBI), Jul 2017.

3.       Md. Abdul Awal, Mohammad S. Khlif, Shiying Dong, Ghasem Azemi, Paul B. Colditz and Boualem Boashash, “Detection of Neonatal EEG Burst-Suppression Using Time-Frequency Matching Pursuit”, Australian Biomedical Engineering Conference (ABEC), Melbourne, Nov 2015.

4.       Md. Abdul Awal, Ghasem Azemi, Paul B. Colditz, and Boualem Boashash, “Detection of neonatal EEG burst suppression using a time-frequency approach”, 8th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS), Gold Coast, Australia, Dec, 2014.

5.       Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa, Md. Abdul Awal and Mohiuddin Ahmad, “Clench Force Estimation by Surface Electromyography for Neural Prosthesis Hand”, IEEE/IAPR International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV 2012), Dhaka, Bangladesh,18-19 May, 2012.

6.       Md. Abdul Awal, Mohiuddin Ahmad, I. Daut, E. C. Mid and M. A. Rashid, "Wavelet Based Distortion Measurement and Enhancement of ECG signal", Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (ICoBE 2012), Penang, Malaysia, February 26-28, 2012.

7.       Md. Abdul Awal, Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa and Mohiuddin Ahmad, “Simplified Mathematical Model for Generating ECG signal and Fitting the Model using Nonlinear Least Square Technique”, International Conference on Mechanical Engineering 2011(ICME 11), December 2011.

8.       Md. Abdul Awal, Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa and Mohiuddin Ahmad, “Quality Assessment of ECG Signal using Symlet Wavelet Transform”, International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE 2011), December 2011.

9.       Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa, Md. Abdul Awal, Muhammad Muinul Islam and Mohiuddin Ahmad, “Correlation of Heart-rate and Cardiac Cycle Duration under Different Body Positions and Breathing”, International Conference on Advances in Electrical Engineering (ICAEE 2011), December 2011.

10.   Md. Abdul Awal and Md. Maniruzzaman, “Prospect of E-Learning in Bangladesh”, Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education (CERIE 2010), January 2010.

11.   Md. Abdul Awal, Sheikh Shanawaz Mostafa and Md. Maniruzzaman, “E-Health in Bangladesh: Possibilities”, Conference on Engineering Research, Innovation and Education (CERIE 2010), January 2010.

12.   Md. Abdullah Al Ahasan and Md. Abdul Awal, “Computer Based Stepper Motor Controller for Robotic System”, Bangladesh Electronics Society Conference 2010, June 2010.

13.   Md. Mahbub Hossain, Md. Abdul Awal, Dipankar Roy, Md. Asraful Islam and Md. Anwar Hossain, “Performance Analysis of DS-CDMA under Perfect and Imperfect Power Control”, Proc. of 12th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT 2009), December 2009, Dhaka, Bangladesh.