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Associate Professor in Engineering

Dr Tahmina Ajmal joined the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ as a Lecturer in Engineering in October 2010 and soon became Senior Lecturer. She has completed her PhD from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Essex on Secure Optical Networks (2007). After completing her PhD she worked there on IST EU MUSE (Multi Service Access Everywhere) project for developing a high speed access network.

In 2008, she joined the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Bristol as a post doctoral researcher on a multi-disciplinary project for developing a low-cost water testing device for use in developing countries.

She began her academic career in India when she joined the Department of Electronics Engineering in Aligarh Muslim ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ after completing her BSc Eng and MSc Eng there. During this time her research activities focused on different applications of low-cost fibre sensors. She left the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ to pursue a PhD in 2003.

Research

Leading research in water engineering at the School in collaboration with Science Department and Business School

• REAMIT - Improving Resource Efficiency of Agribusiness supply chains by Minimising waste using Big Data and Internet of Things sensors Interreg North-West Europe (2019- 2023) Role Co- I (PI in Business School)
• Aquaculture 4.0 -- Advancing Digital Precision Aquaculture in China (ADPAC) (March 2019 – February 2022) in collaboration withChelsea Technology Group, Perceptive Engineering Limited and ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Surrey. Role PI at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½. Collaborating Investigators in Business School.
• RIVER- Non-Carbon River Boat Powered by Combustion Engines, Interreg North West Europe (Sept 2017- Sept 2020) Role- Co-I
• Implementing technology solution for sustainable development of artisanal fisheries in Santa Catarina - TAF; 100K; 18 months from April 2018 incollaboration with Business School Role: Co-I (PI in Business School)
• TECO Project Travel Grant (Nov 2018)- to work on low-cost portable water testing device in India.1 month;
• Nanofluor($ 100k) ABB research grant (June 2013-May 2016) -Feasibility ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ for A Nanoantenna Array Enhanced Fluorescence Sensor For Water Monitoring – in collaboration with ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Bristol. Role PI
• Selex project (5K - 2015) – Feasibility study into design of an Optical Microphone.
• Luton Hoo water project – in collaboration with Science Department, Luton Airport, Luton Borough Council, Environment Agency and Luton Hoo (Elite Hotels group).
• Research students-
  • Completed PhD Student: Modelling and Prediction of Surface Water Contamination using On-line Data

Administration Experience

• UG Engineering Periodic Review Coordinator 2017-18
• IET coordinator and contact person for accreditation of courses (2010 – 2013)
  • Six Engineering courses accredited till August 2014. Accredited courses included three BEng and three MSc Courses.
• IET Academic contact (since 2010)
• Link tutor for Foundation degree on Security and Networking at Bedford College from 2011-2013
• Course Leader for BEng Electronic Engineering (since 2015)
• Course Leader for BEng Computer Systems Engineering (from 2018)
• UG Electronic Engineering subject lead (from 2018)

Awards/Scholarships/patent

• ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Merit Scholarship (1985-86)
• GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers) Scholarship for MSc Engg (1990-1992)
• Commonwealth Scholarship for PhD (Oct 2003- Jan 2007)
• PCT/GB2010/050728: Apparatus for testing the quality of a fluid sample MkII patent, Stephen Gundry, Tahmina Ajmal, Robert Bain, Craig Whitman and Phil Walsh, international patent granted 2010.
• GB1116273.2 "Method and Apparatus for Powering Electronic Devices", B Allen, T Ajmal, D Jazani, patent filed 2011.

Professional Activities

• Fellow HEA
• Member of IET (110186151) and IEEE (80730352)
• Reviewer for a number of reputed Journals
  • IET Microwave and Antenna Propagation
  • IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
  • IEEE Photonics Journal
  • Computing and Informatics Journal etc
• Reviewer for a large number of IEEE conferences since 2010
• Reviewer for EPSRC Grants
• External Examiner for UG courses at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Essex (2016-2018)
• External Panel member for validation of BSc (Hons) Computer Engineering & BSc (Hons) Systems Automation at Edge Hill ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ (February 2019)
• External Academic Advisor for validation of MSc Sensor Technologies and Enterprise jointly delivered by Liverpool John Moore ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ and ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Liverpool (Sept 2016)
• External Academic panel member for validation of degree apprenticeship in Embedded Electronic Engineering delivered by PROCAT and ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Essex (August 2016)
• External Academic panel member for validation of HNC Electrical Power and Distribution Engineering delivered by Pearson (March 2018)
• External Examiner for MSc by Research at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Essex (Feb 2016)
• PhD External Examiner at ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Essex (April 2018)
• PhD Overseas External Examiner at Satyabama ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ India (from 2015- four students examined till now)
• PhD Overseas External Examiner at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia (2017).

Publications

• For list, please see: Publications
• Complete CV [PDF]

Contact Details

Dr Tahmina Ajmal
Senior Lecturer in Engineering
School of Computer Science and Technology
ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½
Luton LU1 3JU

T: +44 (0)1582 489 221 (ext 9221)
E: tahmina.ajmal@beds.ac.uk