Muhammad Hussnain Riaz

Lecturer / Teaching Fellow

MSc. - Electrical Engineering, LUMS, Lahore

  • hussnain.riaz@newitu2.itu.edu.pk

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Mr. Riaz's research interests primarily revolve around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Food-Energy-Water Nexus, Agrivoltaics Systems, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Environmental Sustainability, Renewable Energy Implementation, and Deep Learning.

Biography

Mr. Hussnain Riaz is a graduate of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), holding a degree in Electrical Engineering. He earned distinction on the Dean’s Honor List for his exceptional academic performance at LUMS. Previously, he has collaborated with various national organizations and international Government Ministries of Research and Education.

Furthermore, Mr. Riaz participated in the Summer School on Future Energy Information Networks, organized jointly by the Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering in Norway, the University of Oslo in Norway, and the Technical University of Berlin in Germany.

Mr. Riaz has authored over 20 research papers published in esteemed international journals and presented at conferences. He has collaborated with esteemed professors and scientists across the globe, spanning countries such as Pakistan, Australia, the United States of America (USA), Germany, France, South Korea, Turkey, Spain, and China. His research interests primarily revolve around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Food-Energy-Water Nexus, Agrivoltaics Systems, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Environmental Sustainability, Renewable Energy Implementation, and Deep Learning.

In addition to his exemplary track record in research and academia, he has dedicated himself to enhancing the prospects of youth, encompassing students and aspiring entrepreneurs, and advocating for stress management. He has conducted numerous seminars and talks addressing the gaps in youth parenting, stress management techniques, and fostering entrepreneurial awareness. These engagements have taken place across various platforms including television, organizations, research institutes, and social media channels.

  • Muhammad Hussnain Riaz, Hassan Imran, Rehan Younas, Nauman Zafar Butt, “The optimization of vertical bifacial photovoltaic farms for efficient agrivoltaic systems” ,Solar Energy, Volume 230, 2021, Pages 1004-1012, ISSN 0038-092X, (Current IF = 7.188) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.10.051.
  • M. H. Riaz, H. Imran, R. Younas, M. A. Alam and N. Z. Butt, "Module Technology for Agrivoltaics: Vertical Bifacial Versus Tilted Monofacial Farms," in IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 469-477, March 2021, doi: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2020.3048225. (Current IF = 4.401)
  • M. H. Riaz, H. Imran, H. Alam, M. A. Alam and N. Z. Butt, "Crop-Specific Optimization of Bifacial PV Arrays for Agrivoltaic Food-Energy Production: The Light-Productivity-Factor Approach," in IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 572-580, March 2022, doi: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2021.3136158. (Current IF = 4.401)
  • Imran, Hassan, and Muhammad Hussnain Riaz. "Investigating the potential of east/west vertical bifacial photovoltaic farm for agrivoltaic systems." Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 13.3 (2021): 033502. (Current IF = 2.847)
  • Qasim, U. B., Riaz, M. H., & Imran, H. (2023). Investigation of soiling effects for east/west vertical bifacial and north/south tilted monofacial photovoltaic farms. Energy & Environment, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/0958305X221143410 (Current IF = 3.154)
  • Qasim, U.B., Qasim, H.B., Saeed, M.M., Riaz, M.H. and Imran, H., 2021. Investigating physical origin of dominant hysteresis phenomenon in perovskite solar cell. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 32(4), pp.5274-5285 (Current IF = 2.779)
  • Kamal, T., Karabacak, M., Hassan, S. Z., Fernández-Ramírez, L. M., Riaz, M. H., Riaz, M. T., ... & Khan, L. (2018). Energy management and switching control of PHEV charging stations in a hybrid smart micro-grid system. Electronics, 7(9), 156. (Current IF = 2.690)
  • Hassan, S.Z., Kamal, T., Riaz, M.H., Shah, S.A.H., Ali, H.G., Riaz, M.T., Sarmad, M., Zahoor, A., Khan, M.A. and Miqueleiz, J.P., 2019. Intelligent control of wind-assisted phevs smart charging station. Energies, 12(5), p.909. (Current IF = 3.252)
  • Riaz, Muhammad Hussnain, Hassan Imran, and Nauman Zafar Butt. "Optimization of pv array density for fixed tilt bifacial solar panels for efficient agrivoltaic systems." 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC). IEEE, 2020.
  • Imran, Hassan, Muhammad Hussnain Riaz, and Nauman Zafar Butt. "Optimization of single-axis tracking of photovoltaic modules for agrivoltaic systems." 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC). IEEE, 2020.
  • Riaz, M. H., et al. "Internet of Things based wireless patient body area monitoring network." 2017 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings) and IEEE Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom) and IEEE Cyber, Physical and Social Computing (CPSCom) and IEEE Smart Data (SmartData). IEEE, 2017.
  • Anwar, A. R., Hashmy, M. Y., Imran, B., Riaz, M. H., Mehdi, S. M. M., Muthalib, M., ... & Muthuraman, M. (2016, August). Complex network analysis of resting-state fMRI of the brain. In 2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 3598-3601). IEEE.
  • Riaz, Muhammad Hussnain, et al. "Demand side management using different energy conservation techniques." 2017 International Multi-topic Conference (INMIC). IEEE, 2017.
  • Riaz, Muhammad Hussnain, et al. "Low power 4× 4 bit multiplier design using dadda algorithm and optimized full adder." 2018 15th international Bhurban conference on applied sciences and technology (IBCAST). IEEE, 2018.
  • Riaz, Muhammad Hussnain, et al. "3d mapping using light detection and ranging." 2017 International Multi-topic Conference (INMIC). IEEE, 2017.
  • 16. Riaz, Muhammad Hussnain, et al. "Micro hydro power plant dummy load controller." 2018 1st International Conference on Power, Energy and Smart Grid (ICPESG). IEEE, 2018.
  • Kamal, T., Hassan, S. Z., Riaz, M. H., Li, H., Sarmad, M., & Mufti, G. M. (2017, November). Design and control of photovoltaic/micro-turbine/super-capacitor based microgrid system. In 2017 International Multi-topic Conference (INMIC) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  • Iqbal, Talha, Hasan Ul Banna, and Muhammad Hussnain Riaz. "Cyber intrusion detection through spatio-temporal correlation in optimal power flow problem." 2018 International Conference on Engineering and Emerging Technologies (ICEET). IEEE, 2018.
  • Hassan, Syed Zulqadar, Hui Li, Tariq Kamal, Jawad Ahmad, Muhammad Hussnain Riaz, and Muhammad Abbas Khan. "Performance of different MPPT control techniques for photovoltaic systems." In 2018 International Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2018.

  • Dean Honor List distinction award from the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
  • Awarded Exemplary Contributions and Services Award for the LUMS Student Community from Office of Student Affairs, LUMS.

  • Advisor and Panel judge at Prize Zindigi
  • Advisor of Career Counselling society