MS and PhD scholars whose thesis research was hosted at PSRL, now serving across industry, academia and the energy sector in Pakistan and abroad.
Nadeem Aijaz
MS Communication Engineering, NUST
Experienced in technical and vocational skill development of the workforce, with a history in government administration, training and R&D, combined with administration and HR expertise.
Waqas Ahmed
MS Graduate
Senior Software Engineer at Afiniti, inspecting client data and guiding AI teams in building intelligent models for customer–agent pairing. Previously worked at Allied Bank on machine learning, data warehousing and Oracle ERP.
Sara Hafeez
MS Electrical Engineering, NUST
Thesis on fault diagnosis and prognosis of induction motors. Former Senior Analyst at World Fuel Services and Schneider Electric, advising large commercial and industrial customers on energy needs.
Syed Maisam Abbas Abidi
MS Electrical (Control) Engineering, NUST-PNEC
Research on optimization algorithms for residential load management. Research Assistant at PRL 2017–2019; now Manager QA & HSE at TCS Pvt. Ltd., overseeing nationwide quality assurance.
Muhammad Farhan Aslam
MS Electrical (Control), NUST-PNEC · Gold Medalist
BE Electronics (Silver Medal, 2014) and MS (Gold Medal, 2020) from NUST-PNEC. Dissertation on design of peer-to-peer energy trading on a micro-grid. Instrumentation & Control Engineer at FPCL with 6+ years’ experience.
Muhammad Hassan Shah
MS Electrical (Control) Engineering, NUST-PNEC
Dissertation on parallel operation of DC-AC inverters for microgrid applications and energy trading strategies. Research Assistant at Habib University, pursuing his passion for teaching and research.
Muhammad Zuhaib
MS Electrical Engineering, NUST-PNEC
Three years’ experience as a Research Assistant in the Power Systems Lab; currently Lecturer in the Department of Electrical Engineering at NHU.
Hafsa Talat
MS Electronics & Communication, NUST-PNEC
Associate at the Aga Khan Development Network Digital Health Resource Centre. Formerly Research Assistant at Bahria University and Teaching Assistant at Sir Syed University.
Syeda Midhat Hasan Rizvi
MS Communication & Wireless Systems
Master’s degrees from NUST-PNEC and Lund University. Former Research Assistant at NUST School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science.
Muhammad Salman Khan
MS Electrical (Control) Engineering, NUST-PNEC
Experienced in materials testing and transformer design, development and refurbishment. Currently IT Technician at Ignite and Customer Engineer (Power) at Vertiv, Australia.
Shariq Siraj Uddin Ghouri
MS Communication Systems · PhD Researcher
Research on DVB standard evaluation in satellite communication networks; now exploring space laser communication in satellites toward his PhD. Serving as SatComm Engineer with the Government of Pakistan.
Kiran Mahmood
MS Control Systems, NUST-PNEC
BE Electronics and MS Control Systems from NUST-PNEC. Assistant Manager at K-Electric, with prior roles in Learning & Organizational Development.
Hammad Hussain
Researcher · Signal Processing
Implemented an adaptive LMS equalizer on DSP kit TMS320C6713; designed a fetal-heartbeat noise suppression system with Aga Khan University Hospital; conducted underwater acoustic communication experiments at ITU Lahore.
Aurangzaib Khan Rana
MS Communication Systems, NUST-PNEC
Worked on IoT-based smart grid during his Master’s. Shift Engineer at FAP Marine Terminals Limited with 6+ years of experience.
Hemant Parkash
MS Industrial Engineering & Management, NUST
Thesis on load dispatch management of a metropolitan city network. Senior Power Systems Consultant at Siemens PTI, performing power system studies.
Muhammad Suleman Tunio
MS Electrical (Control), PNEC-NUST
Deputy Manager at K-Electric, previously Trainee and Shift Engineer. Also active as a data scientist on Kaggle.
Muneeb Islam
MS Control Engineering, NUST-PNEC
Deputy Manager at K-Electric with prior roles in proactive maintenance and production. Former content writer for IEEE R&D Project Pakistan and project application engineer at STARK Industrial Solutions.
Mubashar Rafi
MS Electrical (Control), NUST-PNEC
Former STEM Education Partners Program Manager and Solution Developer at Robokids. Electrical Supervisor and co-owner at Muzammil Waqar and Co.
Hasan Abbas
MS Control Systems, NUST-PNEC
CWH Manager at Clover Pakistan Ltd; formerly Project and Tech Engineer at Hascol Petroleum Ltd.
Ubaid Rajput
MS Control Engineering, NUST-PNEC
Trainee Engineer at HESCO.
Zahra Zaidi
MS Control Engineering, NUST-PNEC (2017–2020)
Research on blockchain-based peer-to-peer energy systems.
Adeel Abdullah
MS Electrical (Control), NUST-PNEC
Former Associate Industrial IoT Engineer at Data Intelligence Hub and Associate Consultant at Inbox Business Technology; currently Assistant Manager at a private organisation.
Zohaib Ilyas
BE Electrical (Power), NUST-PNEC (2018)
Worked on the Cascaded Multilevel Inverters project at PRL. Currently Manager, Data Center Facilities at Habib Bank Limited.
