School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
Faculty Shahbaz Khan 4

Shahbaz Khan

Assistant Professor
  • School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
  • (051) 90856 Ext 6044
Summary

I hold a Ph.D. in Robotics and AI with expertise in agricultural robotics, deep learning, AI, and machine vision.

Academic Background
PhD (Robotics and AI) N.W.F.P University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar August 01, 2017 - January 14, 2022
Honours and Awards
Publications
Morpho-Physiological Responses of Selected Vegetables in Hydroponic and Soil-Based Systems Under Climatic Stress June 26, 2026 Tropical Life Sciences Research - Accepted
Deep learning methods for disease detection in cotton fields through UAV imagery: A review June 28, 2026 Knowledge-Based Systems - Volume:345, Article Number 116122
Interpretable multi-model deep learning framework for automated four-class diagnosis of ocular toxoplasmosis using fundus imaging December 23, 2025 Scientific Reports - Volume 15, Article Number 44012
From waste to wealth: Transforming Bahrain's households' leftovers into high-quality compost compared to animal-based compost May 14, 2025 Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy - Pages 1-9
A Review of Degradation and Reliability Analysis of a Solar PV Module December 17, 2024 IEEE Access - Volume 12, Pages 185036-185056
A Modular System Deploying a Natural Processing Language and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) for Efficient Complaint Resolution System – A Case Study of Pakistan Citizen Portal (PCP) March 03, 2024 Journal of Xi’an Shiyou University, Natural Science Edition - Volume 20, Issue 03, Pages 97-108
Experimental Investigation of Pulse Width Modulation-Based Electromagnetic Vibration Attenuation of a Ferromagnetic Flexible Cantilever Beam (FCB) January 01, 2024 Journal of Vibration Engineering and Technologies - Volume 12, Pages 309-324
An Intelligent Vision-Guided Framework of the Unmanned Aerial System for Precision Agriculture August 01, 2023 Book on Computer Vision and Machine Learning in Agriculture - Volume 3, Chapter 12, Pages 159–176
Distance and weightage-based identification of most critical and vulnerable locations of surface water pollution in Kabul river tributaries July 18, 2023 Scientific Reports - Volume 13, Issue 1, Article Number: 11615
Exploring synchronization and lift suppression in fluid flow around vibrating cylinder: a parallel CFD and global optimization investigation July 13, 2023 Frontiers in Physics - Volume 11, Article Number 1213274
Sustainable energy management using the Internet of Things (IoT) June 20, 2023 PLoS ONE - Volume 18, Issue 6, Article Number
An Investigation of Exhaust Gas Temperature of Aircraft Engine Using LSTM January 19, 2023 IEEE Access - Volume 11, Pages 5168-5177
Dynamic trip point categorisation using manufacturing process for polycrystalline diamond compact bits as case study August 01, 2022 Journal of Control and Decision - Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages 311-321
Task allocation in multi-robot system using resource sharing with dynamic threshold approach May 04, 2022 PLoS ONE - Volume 17(5), Article Number e0267982
A model-based approach for detecting and identifying faults on the D.C. side of a P.V. system using electrical signatures from I-V characteristics March 29, 2022 PLoS One - Volume 17, Issue 3, Article Number e0260771
A Deep Learning-Based Detection System of Multi-class Crops and Orchards Using a UAV March 14, 2022 Book on Computer Vision and Machine Learning in Agriculture - Chapter 3, Volume 2, Pages 35-50
Model-Based Dynamic Categorization of Alarm Trip Points for Manufacturing Process Disruption Minimization August 12, 2021 International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing - Pages 1-13
A novel semi-supervised framework for UAV based crop/weed classification May 01, 2021 PLoS One - Volume 16, Issue 5, Article Number e0251008
Deep learning-based identification system of weeds and crops in strawberry and pea fields for a precision agriculture sprayer April 23, 2021 Precision Agriculture - Volume:22, Issue:6, Page:1711-1727
Real-time recognition of spraying area for UAV sprayers using a deep learning approach April 01, 2021 PLoS ONE - Volume 16(4), Article Number e0249436
Deep-learning-based spraying area recognition system for unmanned-aerial-vehicle-based sprayers January 01, 2021 Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences - Volume 29, Issue 1, Pages 241-256
Conferences
System identification of a closed loop mechanical system using physics inspired neural network April 23, 2025 - April 25, 2025 Muhammad Yousuf Eisa, Muhammad Saqib Nazir, Hassan Moin, Shahbaz Khan, Syed Irtiza Ali Shah, Zartasha Mustansar, 2025 International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Electronics, Computing, and Communication (ICETECC)
Investigation of Deep Learning Methods for Disease Detection in Cotton Fields using UAV Imagery April 23, 2025 - April 25, 2025 Anwar Iqbal, Kunwar Faraz, Shahbaz Khan, Syed Irtiza Ali Shah, Zartasha Mustansar, Muhammad Azhar Javeed, IEEE 2nd International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Electronics, Computing and Communication (ICETECC)
Deep Learning-Based Weed Detection for Precision Agriculture Applications December 18, 2024 - December 19, 2024 Saaim Ahmed, Muhammad Waris Ali, Muhammad Ali Arshad, Shahbaz Khan, 6th International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Industry, ICRAI 2024
Lecturer University of Engineering and Applied Sciences Swat February 01, 2022 - January 21, 2024
Lab Engineer UET Peshawar July 19, 2019 - January 29, 2022
Lecturer Hitec University February 15, 2017 - July 18, 2019
Maintenance Engineer Rehman Medical Institute November 21, 2012 - April 30, 2014