College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Brig Dr. Nasir Rashid

Nasir Rashid

Acting Dean
  • College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
  • 5154444008
Summary

Brig Dr Nasir Rashid did his bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering in 1993. After completing his degree he joined Pakistan Army as Captain in 1994. He holds master's and doctoral degree in Mechatronics Engineering. Currently he is serving as Dean CEME at NUST College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering.

Academic Background
PhD (Mechatronics Engineering) NUST, Islamabad September 09, 2013 - January 21, 2019
Honours and Awards
Best Teacher Award October 08, 2015
COAS Commendation Card Remarks by General Qamar Javed Bajwa (COAS) " Your name has been brought into my notice for devotion to duty, selfless dedication and outstanding performance during discharge of duties. I congratulate you on this exemplary display of devotion to duty and pray to Almighty Allah that He may reward you. I have directed that a note to this effect should be made in your record and service/dossier" March 23, 2018
Publications
Emotion Fusion-Sense (Emo Fu-Sense) – A novel multimodal emotion classification technique August 01, 2024 Muhammad Umair, Nasir Rashid, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Amir Hamza, Javaid Iqbal, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control - Volume 94, Article Number: 106224
Skeletal Keypoint-Based Transformer Model for Human Action Recognition in Aerial Videos January 15, 2024 Shahab Uddin, Tahir Habib Nawaz, James Ferryman, Nasir Rashid, MD Asaduzzaman, Raheel Nawaz, IEEE Access - Volume: 12, Page(s): 11095-11103
A novel framework for classification of two-class motor imagery EEG signals using logistic regression classification algorithm September 08, 2023 Rabia Avais Khan, Nasir Rashid, Muhammad Shahzaib, Umar Farooq Malik, Arshia Arif, Javaid Iqbal, M Mubasher Saleem, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, PLOS ONE - Volume 18(9), Article Number e0276133
Multi-criteria Handoff Decision making Algorithm for Seamless Mobility in Heterogenous Wireless Networks March 01, 2023 Muhammad Wajid Khan, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Muhammad Mubasher Saleem, Nasir Rashid, Journal of Communications - Volume 18, Issue 3, Pages 164-171
IoT-Based Non-Intrusive Automated Driver Drowsiness Monitoring Framework for Logistics and Public Transport Applications to Enhance Road Safety February 15, 2023 Muhammad Adil Khan, Tahir Habib Nawaz, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Amir Hamza, Nasir Rashid, IEEE Access - Volume 11, Pages 14385-14397
Patch-wise weed coarse segmentation mask from aerial imagery of sesame crop December 01, 2022 Syed Imran Moazzam, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Waqar Shahid Qureshi, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Nasir Rashid, Ameer Hamza, Kunwar Faraz Ahmed , Tahir Habib Nawaz, Computers and electronics in agriculture - Volume 203, Article Number 107458
A new method for pixel classification for rice variety identification using spectral and time series data from Sentinel-2 satellite imagery February 01, 2022 Usman Rauf, Waqar Shahid Qureshi, Hamid Jabbar, Ayesha Zeb, Alina Mirza, Eisa Alanazi, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Nasir Rashid, Computers and electronics in agriculture - Volume 193, Article Number 106731
A Patch-Image Based Classification Approach for Detection of Weeds in Sugar Beet Crop August 30, 2021 Syed Imran Muazzam, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Waqar Shahid Qureshi, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Nasir Rashid, Waleed S. Alasmary, Javaid Iqbal, Ameer Hamza, IEEE Access - Volume 9, Pages 121698-121715
Analysis of visual features and classifiers for Fruit classification problem August 01, 2021 Sumaira Gahzal, Waqar Shahid Qureshi, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Javaid Iqbal, Nasir Rashid, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture - Volume 187, Article Number 106267
Advancements, Trends and Future Prospects of Lower Limb Prosthesis June 21, 2021 Muhammad Asif, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Umar Shahbaz Khan , Waqar Shahid Qureshi, Javaid Iqbal, Nasir Rashid, Noman Naseer, IEEE Access - Volume 9, Pages 85956-85977
Improving Classification Performance of Four Class FNIRS-BCI Using Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) January 01, 2021 Muhammad Saad Bin Abdul Ghaffar, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Javaid Iqbal, Nasir Rashid, Ameer Hamza, Waqar Shahid Qureshi, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Umer Izhar, Infrared Physics and Technology - Volume 112, Article Number 103589
EEG Based Four Class Human Limb Movement Detection by Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients and Quadratic Multi-Class Support Vector Machine June 30, 2020 Nasir Rashid, Javaid Iqbal, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Amir Hamza, Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences - Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 116-126
Human Activity Recognition using 2D Skeleton Data and Supervised Machine Learning September 05, 2019 Sumaira Ghazal, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Muhammad Mubasher Saleem, Nasir Rashid, Javaid Iqbal, IET Image Processing - Volume: 13, Issue: 13, Pages: 2572-2578
Artificial Immune System - Negative Selection Classification Algorithm (NSCA) for Four Class Electroencephalogram (EEG) Signals November 20, 2018 Nasir Rashid, Javaid Iqbal, Fahad Mahmood, Anam Abid, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Mohsin I. Tiwana, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience - Volume: 12 Article Number: 439
Design of Embedded System for Multivariate Classification of Finger and Thumb Movements Using EEG Signals for Control of Upper Limb Prosthesis May 20, 2018 Nasir Rashid, Javaid Iqbal, Amna Javed, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Umar Shahbaz Khan, BioMed Research International - Volume 2018, Article ID 2695106, 11 pages
Efficient FIR Filter Implementations for Multichannel BCIs Using Xilinx System Generator January 14, 2018 Usman Ghani, Muhammad Wasim, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Muhammad Mubasher Saleem , Ali Hassan, Nasir Rashid, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Amir Hamza, Amir Kashif, BioMed Research International - Volume 2018, Article ID 9861350, 9 pages
Recognition of finger movements using EEG signals for control of upper limb prosthesis using logistic regression June 02, 2017 Amna Javed, Mohsin Tiwana, Moazzam Islam Tiwana, Nasir Rashid, Javaid Iqbal, Umar Shahbaz Khan , Biomedical Research-India - Volume 28, Issue 17, Pages 7361-7369
Kinematic and Energy Analysis of Single Axis Solar Panel Tracker System (A Comparative Study) January 01, 2013 Muhammad Arif, Javaid Iqbal, Nasir Rashid, Umer Izhar, Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering and Applied Sciences - Vol 4, No 1, Pages 24-29
Conferences
Deep Learning-based Feature Fusion for Action Recognition Using Skeleton Information March 03, 2023 - March 05, 2023 Fahad Ul Hassan Asif Mattoo, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Tahir Habib Nawaz, Nasir Rashid, 2023 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry, ICRAI 2023
Design and Analysis of Throwable Unmanned Ground Vehicle March 03, 2023 - March 05, 2023 Hamza Sohail, Amir Hamza, Nasir Rashid, Muhammad Saad Ali, Taha Ghani, 2023 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)
Characterization of Motor Imagery based EEG signals with Hilbert Transform October 26, 2021 - October 27, 2021 Umar Farooq Malik, Nasir Rashid, Rabia Awais Khan, Muhammad Shahzaib, Arshia Arif, Ayesha Zeb, 2021 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)
Improved Classification Accuracy of Four Class FNIRS-BCI June 25, 2020 - June 27, 2020 Muhammad Saad Bin Abdul Ghaffar , Noman Naseer, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Nasir Rashid, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, 12th International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence (ECAI)
Motor Imagery based Multivariate EEG Signal Classification for Brain Controlled Interface Applications October 30, 2019 - October 31, 2019 Fatima Farooq, Nasir Rashid, Amber Farooq, Muzamil Ahmed, Ayesha Zeb, Javaid Iqbal, Fatima Farooq, Nasir Rashid, Amber Farooq, Muzamil Ahmed, Ayesha Zeb, Javaid Iqbal, Fatima Farooq, Nasir Rashid, Amber Farooq, Muzamil Ahmed, Ayesha Zeb, Javaid Iqbal, 7th International Conference on Mechatronics Engineering (ICOM) (pp. 1-6). IEEE, 2019
Power Line Interference Cancellation from EEG Signals using RLS Algorithm October 21, 2019 - October 22, 2020 Muzammil Ahmed, Amber Farooq, Fatima Farooq, Nasir Rashid, Ayesha Zeb, Muzammil Ahmed, Amber Farooq, Fatima Farooq, Nasir Rashid, Ayesha Zeb, Muzammil Ahmed, Amber Farooq, Fatima Farooq, 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)
Development of NI my-RIO Based Control Module for Versatile Terrain Autonomous Mobility Platform (VTAMP) October 21, 2019 - October 22, 2019 Abubakar Siddique, Abdullah Afridi, Qazi Umer Jamil, Dr Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Hashim Akram, Muhammad Umar Masood, Dr Nasir Rashid, Dr Javaid Iqbal, 2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry (ICRAI)
Unorthodox Approach to Classify EEG Signals for Upper Limb Prosthesis Application October 17, 2018 - October 20, 2018 Nasir Rashid, Fahad Mahmood, Javaid Iqbal, 18th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS 2018)
Design and Experimental Testing of an In-Parallel Actuated 3 DOF Serial Robotic Manipulator for Unmanned Ground Vehicle July 21, 2018 - July 23, 2018 Muhammad Umar Masood, Muhammad Mujtaba, Muhammad Ahsan Sami, Nasir Rashid, Javaid Iqbal , 2018 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Intelligent Robot Systems (ACIRS)
Comparative Analysis of EMG Signal Features in Time-domain and Frequency-domain using MYO Gesture Control February 07, 2018 - February 11, 2018 Haider Ali Javaid, Nasir Rashid, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Muhammad Waseem Anwar, 4th International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering held from 07-11 Feb 2018 in France
Object tracking with a robotic manipulator mounted on ground vehicle using Image Based Visual Servoing October 18, 2017 - October 21, 2017 Muhammad Ahsan Sami, Muhammad Umar Masood, Muhammad Waqar, Muhammad Mujtaba, Abrahim Ali Shah, Adnan Shujah, Nasir Rashid, Mohsin I. Tiwana, Javaid Iqbal, 17th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS)
Design and development of a semi-autonomous stair climbing robotic platform for rough terrains October 18, 2017 - October 21, 2017 Nasir Rashid, Muhammad Umar Masood, Muhammad Ahsan Sami, Haris Sohail, Muhammad Mujtaba, Muhammad Abubakar Siddique, Hashir Akram, Nasir Rashid, Mohsin I. Tiwana, Javaid Iqbal, 17th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS)
Design of a novel Simulink model for surface electromyographic (SEMG) sensor design for prosthesis control November 04, 2015 - November 04, 2015 Javaid Iqbal, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Afzaal Ahmad, Nasir Rashid, Asad Ullah Awan, 2015 IEEE Student Symposium in Biomedical Engineering & Sciences (ISSBES)
Inverse Kinematics Control of Redundant Planar Manipulator with Joint Constraints using Numerical Method October 13, 2015 - October 16, 2015 Raabid Hussain, Asim Qureshi, Rasheeq A, Raabid Hussain, Asim Qureshi, Rasheeq A, Nasir Rashid, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Javaid Iqbal, 15th International Conference on Control, Automaton and Systems held from 13-16 Oct 2015 in Korea
Inverse Kinematics Control of Redundant Planar Manipulator with Joint Using Numerical Method October 13, 2015 - October 16, 2015 Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Nasir Rashid, Javaid Iqbal, Raabid Hussain, Asim Qureshi, Rasheeq A. Mughal, Raafay ijaz, 2015 15th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS)
Development of FPGA-based System for Control of an Unmanned Ground Vehicle with 5-DOF Robotic Arm October 13, 2015 - October 16, 2015 Nasir Rashid, Mohsin islam tiwana, Javaid Iqbal, Muhammad Umar Masood, Abdullah Afaq, Mohammad Ahmed, Ahmed Kama1, Muhammad Shahzaib, Asadullah Awan, 2015 15th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS)
Stair Case Perception Using MonoScopic Vision for a Teleoperated vehicle September 23, 2015 - September 25, 2015 Nasir Rashid, Javaid Iqbal, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Asim Qureshi, Raabid Hussain, Rasheeq Ali, Raafay Ijaz, 2015 Signal Processing: Algorithms, Architectures, Arrangements, and Applications (SPA)
Development of a Low-Cost Anthropomorphic Manipulator for Commercial Usage September 02, 2015 - September 04, 2015 Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Javaid Iqbal, Nasir Rashid, Razeen Hussain, Mustafa A. Shahid, Jibran A. Khan, 2015 International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications (INISTA)
Articulated design architecture and open-loop command and control system for tele-operated Versatile Terrain Mobility Platform September 02, 2015 - September 04, 2015 Mohsin I. Tiwana, Javaid Iqbal, Nasir Rasid, Raabid Hussain, Raafay Ijaz, Rasheeq A. Mughal, Asim Qureshi, 2015 International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications (INISTA)
Articulated design architecture and open-loop command and control system for a tele-operated Versatile Terrain Mobility Platform September 02, 2015 - September 04, 2015 Raabid Hussain, Raafay Ijaz, Rasheeq Ali, Nasir Rashid, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Javaid Iqbal, International Symposium on Innovations in Intelligent SysTems and Applications held from 2-4 Sep 2015 in Madrid, Spain
Evaluation of LDA, QDA and decision trees for multifunctional controlled below elbow prosthetic limb using EMG signals April 22, 2014 - April 24, 2014 Fateh Muhammad, Hafsah Akhtar, Zarmina Muhammad, Syed Omer Gilani, Umar Ansari, Nasir Rashid, 2014 International Conference on Robotics and Emerging Allied Technologies in Engineering (iCREATE)
Development of an On-board Diagnostic (OBD) Kit for Troubleshooting of Compliant Vehicles December 09, 2013 - December 10, 2013 Nasir Rashid, M Awais Khan Niazi, Anique Nayyar, Aii Raza, Asad Ullah Awan, Muhammad Hamid Ali, Javaid Iqbal , 2013 IEEE 9th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET)
Evaluation of ANN, LDA and Decision Trees for EEG Based Brain Computer Interface December 09, 2013 - December 10, 2013 Nasir Rashid , Javaid Iqbal, Asif Ishfaque, Ahsan Javed Awan, 2013 IEEE 9th International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET)
Design of Non-Conventional Chain Drive Mechanism for a Mini-Robot October 22, 2012 - October 23, 2012 Umar Shahbaz Khan, Javaid Iqbal, Nasir Rashid, M.A.Khan, Sohail Anjum, Nabeel Kamal, Umar Izhar, 2012 International Conference on Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, ICRAI 2012
Design of Low Cost And Portable EMG Circuitry For Use in Active Prosthesis Applications October 22, 2012 - October 23, 2012 Javaid Iqbal, Nasir Rashid, M.Hamza Khan, Ali Wajdan, Muhammad Khan, Haider Ali, UMAR SHAHBAZ KHAN, 2012 International Conference of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Optimized circuit for EMG signal processing October 22, 2012 - October 23, 2012 Umar Shahbaz Khan, Javaid Iqbal, Nasir Rashid, Ali Salman, Umer Izhar, 2012 International Conference of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
Associate Professor NUST, College of E&ME February 22, 2010 - May 16, 2019
Instructor Class 'C' College of E&ME October 23, 1999 - October 23, 2002