PERSONAL INFORMATION

Mohammed A. Saeed Al-Mekhlafi

Associate Professor

Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Sana’a University

Mobile: 775204555

SUMMARY

• Dedicated, innovative and knowledgeable Associate Professor with 15+ years of teaching experience.
• Highly motivated with commitment to developing student learning outcomes and excellence in teaching and research.
• 3+ years of working and hands-on experiences on designing, developing and implementing advanced wireless communication systems and new technology products.
• Solid research background and industry experiences that could bring to students practical interests and exposure to real-world applications.
• 3 patents are issued and more than 20 technical papers are published.
• Experienced in curriculum development and extra-curricular activities.
• Program Coordinator, designed and developed Master degree curriculum, prepared documents and presented in review meetings.
• Friendly, enthusiastic, dynamic and mature individual, excellent interpersonal skills, native in Arabic and proficient in English both verbal and written.
• Senior Member of IEEE

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Communications and Network Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2008

M.Sc. in Communications and Network Engineering, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 2003

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia, 1989

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Sana’a University, Sana’a, Yemen

Associate Professor, Feb 2017 – Present

Assistant Professor, Jun 2010 – Feb 2017

• Courses taught: undergraduate and graduate levels include: Electromagnetic Fields Theory, Electromagnetic Waves Propagation, Antenna theory, Signals & Systems, (Advanced) Digital Signal Processing, Wireless and Mobile Communication Systems, Electronic Communications, Communication Networks, Broadband Communication Systems, Data Acquisition and Interfacing, Electrical Circuits Analysis.
• Plan course content, prepare teaching materials, and deliver lectures and tutorials.
• Set, grade and evaluate students’ tests, homework assignments; and give feedback on their progress and to help them improve their skills.
• Supervise undergraduate and graduate students’ research activities, including final year projects and Master’s theses.
• Maintaining regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
• Member, different Committees on curriculum’s reviewing and updating, designing and developing, and extra-curricular activities.

Tutor, 1994 – 2000

• Conducted tutorials on Electromagnetic Theory, Data Communications, Electronics, Digital Electronic Circuits, Waves Propagation, Antennas, Radio Frequency, and Electrical Circuits.
• Guided students with their laboratory experiments on Communication Systems, Electrical Circuits, Microelectronics, and Measurements.
• Evaluated and graded assignments and provided feedback
• Assisted in supervision of final year projects.

Private Universities, Sana’a, Yemen

Part-time Lecturer, 2010 – 2020

• Courses Taught include: Information Theory, Data Networks (MAN and WAN), Electronic Circuits, Electromagnetic fields and Waves, Electromagnetic Wave Propagation and Applications, Signals and Systems, Digital Signal Processing.

Putra Malaysia University, Serdang, Malaysia

Teaching Assistant, 2003 – 2004

• Assisted in providing tutorials for graduate and undergraduate students on Data Networks and Electronic Communication

INDUSTRY & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

MIMOS Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Staff Engineer, Digital Signal Processing, Jul 2009 – Sept 2010

Senior Research Engineer, Wireless Broadband, Jul 2007 – Jun 2009

• Participated in different aspects of design, development, and implementation of mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard) system-on-chip (WiMAX SoC) handset from concept to proof of performance.
• Developed novel methods and algorithms for channel estimation in mobile WiMAX and evaluated the performance under different parameters and scenarios.
• Developed MATLAB simulations for 2X2 MIMO system, evaluated and improved the performance, coverage and capacity.
• Deeply involved in designing, developing, simulations, and implementation of the PHY and MAC layers for direct mobile-to-mobile (M2M) communication system, a feature that was not included in the IEEE 802.16e-2005 standard.
• Designed robust and stable algorithms for estimation RSSI and CINR.
• Filed, with others, three patents and published three technical papers.

Putra Malaysia University, Serdang, Malaysia

Research Assistant, May 2001 – May 2007

• Conducted research on future wireless communication systems, focus on OFDM systems and their performance, MIMO channel capacity analysis over correlated fading channels, and 3D multipath channel modeling and simulations.
• Developed MIMO-OFDM link-level simulation in MATLAB and adaptive algorithms for channel estimation and tracking.

AWARDS & HONORS

• Received (three times) the Intellectual Property (IP) encouragement reward for innovating and inventing three granted IP’s (Patents), MIMOS Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Second Place, MIMOS R&D Symposium on ICT & Microelectronics 2008/2009. The award recognizes excellence in research and presentation
• Research assistance, 2007, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia.
• Sponsorship, 2005, attended APAN meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.
• Sana’a University’s scholarships to pursue M.Sc and Ph.D studies abroad.
• Saudi Arabia Kingdom’s scholarship to pursue undergraduate Electrical Engineering study at KSU, Saudi Arabia.

ACADEMIC AND TECHNICAL TRAINING

• Academic Staff Professional Development, Sana’a University, Yemen, (80 hr, 2016).
• Preparation of external reviewers, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Yemen, (40 hr, 2014).
• Teaching Skills and Methodologies, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (40 hr, 2014).
• Curriculum Development, Higher Education Quality Assurance, Yemen, (40 hr, 2012)
• Alternative Teaching Strategies, Center of Graduate Studies, Taiz University, Yemen, (48 hr, 2010).
• Real Time Programming for Embedded Systems & Embedded C/C++, EACT, Malaysia, (40 hr, 2009)
• Wireless Communication Protocol Theory & Simulation using MATLAB, Dream CATCHER, Malaysia, (40 hr, 2008)
• Emerging Techniques for Spectrally–Efficient MIMO–Enabled Wireless Networks (delivered by Prof. D. Gesbert, Eurecom Institute, France), MIMOS Berhad, Malaysia, (3 weeks, 2008)
• Adaptive Antenna Arrays: A Perspective from the Electromagnetic and Signal Processing Points of Views (delivered by Prof. Tapan K. Sarkar, Syracuse University, New York, USA), MIMOS Berhad, Malaysia, (2 weeks, 2008)
• DSP Implementation Workshop for WiMAX Baseband Processing on ADI Platform, Dream CATCHER, Malaysia, (40 hr, 2007)

ACADEMIC SERVICE ACTIVITIES

• Program Coordinator, designed and developed curriculum for Master degree program in communications and network engineering, Electrical Engineering, Sana’a University, 2021.
• Technical Advisor, designing and developing Curricula for two years Diploma Programs in Switching and Transmissions, General Institute for Telecommunications, Sana’a, Yemen, 2021.
• Member, Committee (2020) on reviewing and updating the undergraduate curriculum of communication and electronics engineering program, Electrical Engineering Dept., Sana’a University.

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

Ministry of Planning and Development, Yemen

Head of Division, Technical Support & Training, 1997 – 2001

Director of Communications Projects, 1990 –2001

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Senior Member of IEEE
• Member of WiMax360
• Member, American Association of Yemeni Scientists and Professionals (AAYSP)

PATENTS ISSUED AND PUBLISHED

1. “Method to enable tetra-like direct mode operation to work on broadband network” (WO2011002269 A1)
2. A Method for Estimating RSSI and CINR at a Mobile Station in OFDMA/OFDM Based Systems (WO2012125017 A1)
3. “A Channel Estimation Method for Downlink Mobile WiMAX Systems” (PI 20092219)

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

• Participated in the Workshop on Academic Staff Professional Development, Sana’a University, Yemen, (80 hr, 2016).
• Participated in the Workshop on Preparation of external reviewers, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Yemen, (40 hr, 2014).
• Participated in the Workshop on Mechatronics Program Teaching Methodologies, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, (40 hr, 2014).
• Participated in the Workshop on Curriculum Development, Higher Education Quality Assurance, Yemen, (40 hr, 2012)
• Participated in the Workshop on Alternative Teaching Strategies, Center of Graduate Studies, Taiz University, Yemen, (48 hr, 2010).
• Presented the research paper entitled “A Simple Method for Channel Estimation in Downlink Mobile WiMAX System” at MIMOS R&D Symposium 2008/2009.
• Presented 10 research papers at IEEE and peer reviewed conferences.

RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

• Current research focus is in the areas of 5G Communication Systems, Massive MIMO Systems, Filter Bank-based Multicarrier, Software Defined Networking, and Network Security.
• Published more than 20 technical papers in international Journals and refereed conferences in the domain of wireless communication systems and networks: WLANs (IEEE 802.11a), mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e-2005), OFDM/OFDMA-based systems MIMO systems, MIMO-OFDM systems, multipath fading channels estimation, digital signal processing, and adaptive algorithms.