About

An Aerospace Engineer with interest in Flight Dynamics, Flight Vehicle Guidance - Navigation & Control, Nonlinear State Estimation & Filtering and Algorithm Design. A highly determined person in accepting the challenges positively and enhancing skills for personal development and commitment to the organization.

  • Birthday: May 14, 1998
  • Phone: +92 312 9197452
  • City: Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Email: fawadf3@gmail.com

Interests

Flight Dynamics

Flight Vehicle GNC

State Estimation

Fault Detection

Programming

Algorithm Design

Machine Learning

Reinforcement Learning

Skills

Softwares

Programming Languages

Education

Beihang University

Master of Engineering in Aerospace Science and Technology

September 2023 - July 2025
CGPA: 3.86/4.0 (in first two semesters)
Research
  • Intelligent Control of Aerospace Vehicles

Institute of Space Technology

BS in Aerospace Engineering

October 2014 - August 2018
CGPA: 3.63/4.0 (Cum Laude)
Thesis
  • Iterative Guidance Scheme for Satellite Launch Vehicles
Achievements
  • Gold Medal in Academics
  • Merit Scholarship
  • Dean's List of Honors
Projects
  • Iterative Guidance Scheme for Satellite Launch Vehicles (Final Year Project).
  • Conceptual Design of a Liquid Propellant Rocket Engine as part of semester course 'Space Propulsion'.
  • Orbit Design & Analysis under Atmospheric Drag Perturbations as part of semester course 'Spacecraft Dynamics and Control'.
  • Aircraft Autopilot Designs using Proportional (P), Proportional-Derivative (PD) and Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) Controllers as part of semester course 'Flight Control Systems'.
  • Conceptual Design of a Supersonic Bomber Aircraft as part of semester course 'Aero-Vehicle Design'.
  • CAD Modeling of Aircraft using CATIA as part of semester course 'Computer Aided Designing'.
  • 3D Wing Meshing on ANSYS as part of semester course 'Computational Fluid Dynamics'.
  • Performance analysis of Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Aircraft as part of semester course 'Aero-Vehicle Performance'.
  • Design of a Supersonic Nozzle Inlet with Maximum Pressure Recovery as part of semester course 'Compressible Aerodynamics'.
  • Automatic Light Switching using Light Dependent Resistor as part of semester course 'Aerospace Instrumentation'.
  • Speed Control of a DC Motor using Potentiometer, H-Bridge and a Micro-Controller as part of semester course 'Circuits and Electronics'.

Punjab College of Information Technology

FSc Pre-Engineering

August 2012 - June 2014
Percentage: 89%
Achievements
  • Merit Scholarship
  • Sheild of Appreciation for Securing 1st Position

Divisional Public School & College

Matric (Science Group)

August 2001 - April 2012
Percentage: 94%
Achievements
  • Sheild of Appreciation for Securing 1st Position

Online Certification

Flight Vehicle Guidance, Navigation & Control

Design of Space Launch Vehicles

Machine Learning

MATLAB Programming for Engineers and Scientists

Introduction to Programming with MATLAB

Mastering Programming with MATLAB

Introduction to Data, Signal & Image Analysis with MATLAB

MATLAB Onramp

SIMULINK Onramp

Control Design Onramp with Simulink

Introduction to Rocket and Satellite Engineering

Python 3: Data Types & Variables

Python for Absolute Beginners

Complete Python 3 for Beginners

What is Internet of Things?

Intelligent Control of Connected and Automated Vehicles

3G, 4G and 5G Fundamentals

Radar Systems Engineering

Certification

Robust Control Systems

Nonlinear Control Systems

ISO 9001: Lead Auditor

Workshops

Kalman Filtering - Design & Practical Considerations

ANSYS Meshing

Robust Control Design in MATLAB

Experience

Institute of Space Technology, Pakistan

August 2018 - Present

Research Associate

  • Developed new and implemented existing algorithms for Flight Vehicle Guidance Navigation & Control.
  • Developed high-fidelity nonlinear 6DOF simulations for Aerospace Vehicles.
  • Developed an LMI-based approach for H-infinity control of scalar nonlinear systems using Lipschitz continuous piecewise affine bounds.
  • Developed a fault detection scheme for oscillatory failures in hydraulic actuators of aircraft using linear predictive coding and signal spectrum analysis.
  • Developed a tool for optimal guidance of Satellite Launch Vehicles and used it as a comparison measure for different algorithms
  • Performed feasibility analysis of variable step-size numerical integration techniques to be used for implementation in flight control computer

CESAT, Pakistan

May 2018 - July 2018

Internee

  • Gained hands-on experience on various technologies being used in the aviation sector.

Publications

Dynamic Inversion based Higher Order Model Reference Adaptive Control of Scalar Systems with Time Varying Parameters

August 2024

  • Presented at the Conference Proceedings of 21st International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST).

State Estimation of a Unicycle Robot using Multi-Rate Sensor Fusion: A Comparative Study

August 2023

H-infinity Control of Scalar Nonlinear Systems

July 2023

Detection of Oscillatory Failures in Hydraulic Actuators of Aircraft using Linear Predictive Coding and Signal Spectrum Analysis

July 2023

An Application of a Set-Valued State Estimator based on Constrained Zonotopes for GNSS-INS Integration

April 2023

Feasibility Analysis of Numerical Integration Techniques in Onboard Flight Control Computer for Impact Point Prediction

August 2022

  • Presented at the Conference Proceedings of 19th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST).
  • DOI: 10.1109/IBCAST54850.2022.9990191

Iterative Guidance Scheme for a Satellite Launch Vehicle along a Three Dimensional Trajectory

August 2022

  • Presented at the Conference Proceedings of 19th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST).
  • DOI: 10.1109/IBCAST54850.2022.9990247

Iterative Guidance Scheme for Satellite Launch Vehicles

January 2019

  • Presented at the Conference Proceedings of 16th International Bhurban Conference on Applied Sciences & Technology (IBCAST).
  • DOI: 10.1109/IBCAST.2019.8667124

Projects

  • Controls
  • Guidance
  • Navigation
  • Optimization
  • State Estimation & Filtering
  • Fault Detection
  • Miscellaneous

Control of an Inverted Pendulum on a Cart

Contact

My Address

Islamabad, Pakistan

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Contact

+92 312 9197452