Faculty and Staff
College / Department
College of Engineering and Technology
Teaching Areas
Signals and Systems, Digital Communication, Wireless Communications, Computer Networks, Wireless and Mobile Network Securities, Principles of Communication, Electronics Devices and Circuit Analysis , Microwave Engineering, Electromagnetics , Antenna Design
Research Areas & Interests
Communication Networks, Wireless Communications, Digital Communications, Digital Signal Processing, Biomedical Signal Processing, Signals and Systems
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical Engineering, 2007
Electrical Engineering
The University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical Engineering, 2002
Electrical Engineering
Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA
Master of Business Administration (MBA), 1999
Finance
Institute of Business Administration, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Engineering, 1992
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Employment History
Associate Professor, United Arab Emirates - University of Fujairah
2025, PresentAssociate Professor, United Arab Emirates - University of Science and Technology of Fujairah
2019, 2025Associate Professor, United Arab Emirates - Ajman University
2016, 2018Assistant Professor, United Arab Emirates - Ajman University
2011, 2015Research Assistant, Canada - University of Windsor
2003, 2007Graduate Assistant, Canada - University of Windsor
2003, 2007Teaching Assistant, USA - Lamar University
1999, 2001Senior Engineering, Bangladesh - Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited
1993, 1999Dr. Mohammed Tarique
Associate Professor
Mohammed Tarique completed his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada, in 2007. He had worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, American International University-Bangladesh from 2007-2011. He joined Ajman University in 2011. Currently, he is working as an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Fujairah (UOF). He is also conducting several research projects in collaboration with the University of Windsor, Canada. His research interests are in wireless communication, mobile ad hoc networks, digital communication, digital signal processing, and biomedical signal processing. He has published 52 research papers in the top-ranked journals in the above-mentioned fields. He also published 21 research papers in the proceedings of highly reputed international conferences. He also had worked as a Senior Engineer in Beximco Pharmaceuticals Limited, Bangladesh, from 1993 to 1999.
Publications
- Rumana Islam and Mohammed Tarique, “Escalate Prognosis of Parkinson’s Disease Employing Wavelet Features and Artificial Intelligence from Vowel Phonation,” BioMed Informatics, April 2025, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 1-21
- Rumana Islam, and Mohammed Tarique, “Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Nuclear Features from the Fine Needle Aspirated (FNA) Tissue Samples to Recognize Breast Cancer.” Journal of Imaging 2024, vol. 10, 201, August 2024
- Rumana Islam, Esam Abdel-Raheem, and Mohammed Tarique, “Cochleagram to Recognize Dysphonia: Auditory Perceptual Analysis for Health Informatics,” IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 59198-59210, April, 2024
- Rumana Islam and Mohammed Tarique, “Investigating the Performance of Gammatone Filters and Their Applicability to Design Cochlear Implant Processing System,” Designs (MDPI), vol. 8, no. 1, January 2024
- Rumana Islam and Mohammed Tarique, “Chest X-ray Images to Differentiate COVID-19 from Pneumonia with Artificial Intelligence Techniques,” International Journal of Biomedical Imaging, Volume 2022, Article ID 5318447, December 2022.
- Rumana Islam, Esam Abdel-Raheem, and Mohammed Tarique, “Voice Pathology Detection using Convolutional Neural Networks with Electroglottographic and Speech Signals,” Computer Methods and Program in Biomedicine Update, vol. 2, 2022, 100074, pp. 1-13
- Rumana Islam. Esam Abdel-Raheem, and Mohammed Tarique, “A Novel Pathological Identification Technique Through Simulated Cochlear Implant Processing System,” Applied Sciences, MDPI (Switzerland), vol. 12, no. 5, February 2022, pp. 1-21
- Rumana Islam, Esam Abdel-Raheem, and Mohammed Tarique, “A Study of using cough sounds and deep neural network for the early detection of COVID-19,” Biomedical Engineering Advances, Elsevier, vol. 3, June 2022, 100025, pp. 1-12
- Rumana Islam and Mohammed Tarique, “A Novel Convolutional Neural Networks based Dsyphonic Voice Detection Algorithm using Chromagram,” International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 12, no. 5., pp. 5511-5518, 2022
- Mohammed Tarique and Rumana Islam, “Optimum Number of Neighbors for Resource-constrained Mobile Ad Networks,” International Journal of Ad hoc, Sensors, and Ubiquitous Computing, vol. 12, no. 2, April 2021, pp. 1-14
- Rumana Islam, and Mohammed Tarique, “Blind Source Separation Of Fetal ECG Using Fast Independent Component Analysis And Principle Component Analysis,” International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 80-95, 2020
- Rumana Islam, Mohammed Tarique, and Esam Abdel-Raheem, “A Survey on Signal Processing based Pathological Voice Detection Techniques,” IEEE Access, Vol. 8, April 2020, pp. 66746-66776
- Abou Elnour, M. Tarique, D. Foyez, L. Hassan, and A. Rashed, “Location-Aware Health Monitoring System for Emergency Cases,” International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research, vol. 8, no. 21, January 2020, pp. 1247-1254,
Conference Presentations
- R. Islam and M. Tarique, "Phonation Attributes and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Delineate the Progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS): A Neurodegenerative Disorder," 2024 International Conference on Computer Engineering, Network, and Intelligent Multimedia (CENIM), Surabaya, Indonesia, 2024, pp. 1-6
- R. Islam and M. Tarique, "Spectrogram and Mel-Spectrogram Based Dysphonic Voice Detection Using Convolutional Neural Network," 2024 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET, Sydney, Australia, 2024, pp. 1-5
- R. Islam and M. Tarique, "Robust Assessment of Dysarthrophonic Voice with RASTA-PLP Features: A Nonlinear Spectral Measures," 2023 2nd International Conference on Mechatronics and Electrical Engineering (MEEE), Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2023, pp. 74-78
- R. Islam, E. Abdel-Raheem and M. Tarique, "Deep Learning Based Pathological Voice Detection Algorithm Using Speech and Electroglottographic (EGG) Signals," 2022 International Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies and Applications (ICECTA), Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, 2022, pp. 127-131.
- R. Islam, E. Abdel-Raheem and M. Tarique, "Deep Learning Based Pathological Voice Detection Algorithm Using Speech and Electroglottographic (EGG) Signals," 2022 International Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies and Applications (ICECTA), Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, 2022, pp. 127-131.
- Rumana Islam and Mohammed Tarique, “Discriminating COVID-19 Patients from Pneumonia Patients using Machine Learning and Deep Learning Algorithms using Chest X-rays Images,” Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, August 2022, Shanghai
- Rumana Islam, Esam Abdel-Raheem, and Mohammed Tarique, “Early Detection of COVID-19 Patients using Chromagram Features of Cough Sound Recordings with Machine Learning Algorithms,” Proceedings of International Conference on Microelectronics, December 2021, Egypt, pp. pp. 82-85
- Rumana Islam and Mohammed Tarique, “Classifier based Early Detection of Pathological Voice,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology, Ajman University, December 2019
- Dina Jamel, Mohammed Tarique, and Rumana Islam, “Voice Features Analysis for Early Detection of Voice Disability in Children,” Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Technology, Louisville, KY, USA, USA Louisville, KY, USA, USA, 2018
- Ali Abou-Elnour, A. Thabet, S. Helmy, Y. Kashf, Y. Hadad, M. Tarique, and Ossama Abo-Elnor, “Integrated wireless sensor network and real-time smart controlling and monitoring system for efficient energy management in standalone photovoltaic systems,” Proceedings of Sensors and Smart Structure Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace System, San Diego, California, March 9, 2014
Awards & Honors
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), Ministry of Advanced Education and Skill Development, Provincial Government, Ontario, Canada
- Tuition Scholarship, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Graduate Scholarship, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Research Scholarship, University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Tuition Scholarship, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA
- Teaching Assistantship, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, USA
- Undergraduate Scholarship, Bangladesh University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
- • Rajshahi Board Scholarship, Bangladesh