Biography

His main research interests are passive microwave/millimeter-wave circuit, antennas, filters, and telecommunications systems, where he authored or co-authored over 60 publications. He has acquired extensive teaching experience at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He has effectively taught many courses, and their relevant practical elements in laboratories at multiple Montreal universities (ETS, TELUQ, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal). He was the vice-chair of the IEEE Montreal Section 2007-2008, Membership Development Chair in 2009-2010, and Section Chair in 2011-2012. He has served also in the steering committee of many IEEE international conferences. In 2013, he joined the College of Engineering at “Al Ain University (AAU)” in “United Arab Emirates (UAE)” as “Assistant Professor”, and was promoted to “Associate Professor” in 2019. He was the Head of “Networks & Communication Engineering and Computer Engineering” Department (2013-2017), Deputy Dean- College of Engineering (2014-2015), Dean- College of Engineering (2015-2018), Director- Quality Assurance and Institutional Research Center (2018-2020). Since November 2020, he is the Vice President for Accreditation and Quality Assurance. He is the founder of the IEEE AAU Student Branch and the IEEE UAE MTT-S Chapter (and later the IEEE UAE MTT-S & IM-S & AP-S Joint Chapter). He was the “IEEE UAE Technical Activities Coordinator” (2015-2018), and the “IEEE Region 8 Chapter Coordination Subcommittee Chair” (2015-2016). He was the Organizing Committee Chair of three major events held at Al Ain University: “1^st IEEE International Workshop at AAU (Feb. 2014)”, “11^th IEEE UAE Student Day (May 2016)” and “16^th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS2016 - Nov. 2016)”.

Education

• Ph.D. Telecommunications, Université du Québec (INRS), Canada
• M.S. Ingénierie des Systèmes Informatiques Communicants, Télécom Bretagne (IMT Atlantique), France
• B.S. Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Lebanese University, Lebanon

Research Interests

Passive microwave devices, RF & millimeter-wave transceivers for wireless systems, Antennas, Filters, UWB Communications, and Substrate Integrated Circuits.

Selected Publications

1. N. K. Mallat and A. Iqbal, "Substrate integrated waveguide-based simultaneous transmit and receive antenna for full-duplex wearable devices", International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, Vol. 32, Issue 7, Year: 2022

2. M. Nouri, A. Jafarieh, H. Behroozi, N. K. Mallat, M. H. Jamaluddin, and S. A. Aghdam, "Compact 5G millimeter-wave dual-band filter with application in filtenna", Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 63, Issue 2, pp. 620-625, Year: 2021

3. A. Iqbal, A. W. Ahmad, A. Smida, and N. K. Mallat, “Tunable SIW Bandpass Filters with Improved Upper Stopband Performance”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, Vol. 67, Issue 7, Year: 2020

4. N. K. Mallat and A. Iqbal, "Multi-Band Printed Antenna for Portable Wireless Communication Applications", Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 84, pp. 39-46, Year: 2019

5. K. Saurav, N. K. Mallat, and Y. Antar, “A Three-Port Polarization and Pattern Diversity Ring Antenna”, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 17, Issue 7, pp. 1324-1328, Year: 2018
   

6. N. K. Mallat, M. Talha Zia, and N. Masood Mirza, “Comparison of RLS and LMS Algorithms for Interference Cancelation in a Fixed Point to Point Microwave Link”, International Journal on Communications Antenna and Propagation (IRECAP), Vol. 7, Issue 5, pp. 448-456, Year: 2017
   

Teaching Courses

Data and Computer Communications, Electromagnetic theory.

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.

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Memberships

• IEEE (Senior Member)
• OIQ: Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec - Canada
• Order of Engineers and Architects of Tripoli - Lebanon