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National University of Science & Technology (NUST) — Karachi, Pakistan
May 2025 (Expected)
- CGPA: 3.69/4.0
- Undergraduate Thesis: “Development of Unmanned Guided Vehicle for Offroad Navigation”
- Supervisor: Dr. Bilal Muhammad Khan
Research Interests:
- Unmanned Autonomous Systems (UAVs & UGVs)
- Optimal Control
- Nonlinear Control
- Multi-agent Control
- Aerial Robotics
Thesis: “Unmanned Guided Vehicle for Offroad Navigation”
May 2024 – May 2025
- Developed control algorithms for smooth trajectory following in offroad environments.
- Integrated ROS2 with PX4 for enhanced autonomous vehicle control and communication.
- Implemented image segmentation to identify obstacles (e.g., ditches, barriers) for robust off-road perception.
- Utilized YOLO for real-time object tracking and classification, improving situational awareness and obstacle avoidance.
Control Systems Lab, National University of Science & Technology
Summer 2024
- Project Advisor: Dr. Adeel Akhtar, New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Developed a feedback linearization (FBL) controller for quadcopters, transitioning from MATLAB to ROS2 for real-time simulation in PX4 offboard mode.
- Achieved successful controller performance in simulation; currently progressing toward hardware implementation on a quadcopter.
- Link to Repo
Woot Tech Aerospace
August 2022 – September 2022
- Optimized avionics and internal circuitry installation for UAVs (copters, fixed wings, VTOL designs).
- Tuned control gains, integrated sensors, and configured payloads to enhance UAV functionality.
- Contributed to an antenna tracking system for improved drone communication.
TEKNOFEST International Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Competition
September 2021 – July 2023
- Designed and manufactured a VTOL UAS.
- Coordinated power systems development, testing, and documented findings in a design report.
- Oversaw vehicle fabrication and ensured successful integration of subassemblies.
- Placed 30th out of 104 international teams and received the Performance Award.
- Strategic Communication
- Planning & Execution
- Crisis Communications Management
- Team Building
- Abdul Hadi & Muhammad Abdullah. (2024). Drone Operations with LLM: Voice-Controlled Missions and Real-Time Insights. Poster presented at KFUPM Global Students Research Conference (GSR 2025), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
- Workshop on ROS2 Integration with PX4
Hosted by NUST AIRWORKS Student Society, NUST, Pakistan, 2024. - Final Year Project Critical Design Review and Concept Presentation
Presented to the FYP Board and Faculty Members, NUST PNEC, Pakistan, 2024.
NUST Airworks Student Society (NAW), NUST
2021 – 2024
- Spearheaded the design of cost-effective, efficient indigenous avionics for drones using open-source resources.
- Pioneered development of electronic speed controllers (ESCs) for BLDCs, optimizing UAV performance.
- Designed propulsion systems by selecting motors, ESCs, and batteries based on requirements.
NUST Robotics & Artificial Intelligence (RAI), NUST
2022 – 2023
- Contributed to the humanoid robot MARC by leading software and hardware integration.
- Highest Semester GPA Scholarship (Dean’s List) — NUST, Spring 2024
- Rector’s High Achiever’s Award — NUST, 2023
- Rector’s High Achiever’s Award — NUST, 2022
- Performance Award — International UAV Competition, 2023
- Gold Medal, Table Tennis — INTRA PNEC Sports, 2023
Theoretical & Technical Expertise:
- Classical Control, Flight Mechanics
Prototyping & Hands-On Experience:
- UAV Platforms: Simulation, Control, and Application
- Integration of Hardware into Autonomous Systems: Sensors, Actuators, Vision, Perception
- Designing, Building, and Instrumenting Small UAVs and UGVs for Fully Autonomous Functions
Embedded Systems & Instrumentation:
- Object-Oriented Programming: C++, Python
- ROS2, Docker, Version Control Tools (e.g., GitHub)
- Hardware Selection, Networking, Hardware Communication
- Vehicle Design/Selection, Actuator Design/Selection, Electronic System Design
- PCB Design (including Gerber file export)
Engineering Software (Expert User):
- MATLAB, Simulink, Ardupilot, PX4, Linux, LUA Scripting, ROS2, Gazebo
EDA Software:
- EasyEDA, KiCAD
Languages:
- Urdu: Native
- English: Advanced
- Applied Kalman Filtering Specialization (Coursera – University of Colorado Boulder)
- Control Systems Analysis: Modeling of Dynamic Systems (Coursera – University of Colorado Boulder)
- Control of Nonlinear Spacecraft Attitude Motion (Coursera – University of Colorado Boulder)
- Applied Control Systems 3: UAV Drone (3D Dynamics & Control) (Udemy)
- Drone Programming: Software Development for Ardupilot Powered Unmanned Systems (Udemy)
- Custom Models, Layers, and Loss Functions with TensorFlow Specialization (Coursera – DeepLearning.Ai)
Last updated: February 25, 2025