Dr. Owais Ahmad Shah

Assistant Professor

Interest Area(s)

  • Synchronous VLSI designs
  • low-power VLSI circuit designs
  • Low-voltage embedded memory circuit designs
  • Digital Electronics
  • SPICE Modeling
  • FinFET
  • CNTFET
  • GNRFET

Dr. Owais Ahmad Shah holds a Doctorate degree in Engineering with specialization in low power design. He obtained his Masters of Technology degree in VLSI Design from Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow, India. Prior to that, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from the same University. His research interests include synchronous VLSI designs, low-power VLSI circuit designs, and low-voltage embedded memory circuit designs. His commitment to exploring novel approaches to VLSI designs and low-power circuitry makes him a valuable asset in the pursuit of more efficient and sustainable electronic devices. He has more than 12 years of teaching experience and has published 2 books, 2 patents and more than 35 research articles including papers indexed in SCI and SCOPUS database.

  • Ph.D. (Electronics)
  • M.Tech. (VLSI Design)
  • B.Tech. (Electronics & Communication Engineering)

12 years

  1. More than 35 research papers, Best 5:
    1. “Low Power Area Efficient Self-Gated Flip Flop: Design, Implementation and Analysis in Emerging Devices”, Engineering & Applied Science Research, vol-49, Issue 6, 744-752, ISSN 2539-6218, 2022
    2. “Improved Sense Amplifier Based Flip Flop Design for Low Power and High Data Activity Circuits”, Journal of Applied Science and Engineering (Taiwan), vol-26, Issue 7, 1047-1053, ISSN 2708-9967, 2022
    3. “Power and Area Efficient Sense Amplifier Based Flip Flop with Wide Voltage and Temperature Upholding for Portable IoT Applications”, Informacije Midem, vol-53, Issue 1, ISSN 2232-6979, 2023
    4. “Design and Analysis of High Performance Frequency Divider in 32 nm CMOS Technology for Biomedical Applications” International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering, vol-19, Issue 6, ISSN 2626-8493, 2023
    5. “A Glitch Free Variability Resistant High Speed and Low Power Sense Amplifier Based Flip Flop for Digital Sequential Circuits” Engineering Research Express, ISSN 2631-8695, 2023

Dr. Owais Ahmad’s research interests in Electronics Engineering are focused on the development of innovative solutions to address pressing societal and industrial needs, specifically in low power designs, SPICE modeling, emerging devices like CNTFET and GNRFET.

He strives to push the boundaries of knowledge and innovation, while also maintaining a focus on practical and impactful applications. He uses a combination of theoretical modeling, experimental techniques, and advanced computational tools to design and optimize electronic systems with high performance, low power consumption, and high reliability.

His current research is centred on sequential circuit designs using emerging devices like CNTFET and GNRFET. The project aims to develop VLSI architectures that goes beyond the traditional CMOS devices and it involves the use of SPICE EDA tools.

  1. Scopus Indexed IEEE Conferences
    1. “Analysis of Different Techniques for Low Power Single Edge Triggered Flip-Flops”, 2011 World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies, 1363-1367, 2011
    2. “Low Transistor Count Storage Elements and Their Performance Comparison”, 2018 IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication Control and Networking, 801-805, 2018
    3. “A Comprehensive Study on Conventional HPPT Techniques for Solar PV System”, 1st IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Technology and Networking, 2023
    4. “Floorplanning and Comparative Analysis of 16-bit Synchronous Up/Down Counter in Different CMOS Technology”, IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Sustainable Engineering Solutions, 2023
    5. “Odd Counter: New Design and Performance Analysis using Carbon Nano Tube Transistors for High Performance Applications”, IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Sustainable Engineering Solutions, 2023
    6. “Performance Evaluation of Pulse Triggered Flip-Flops in 32 nm CMOS Regime”, IEEE International Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence and Computing, 2023
    7. “Comparative Analysis of Dual-edge Triggered and Sense Amplifier Based Flip-flops in 32 nm CMOS Regime”, IEEE International Conference in Advances in Power, Signal, and Information Technology, 2023
  1. Two weeks AICTE sponsored FDP on ROBOTICS & MECHATRONICS organized by IIMT college of Engineering from 24thJune 2019 to 5th July 2019.
  2. One week Refresher course on DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN organized by NITTTR Chandigarh, MHRD, GoI from 20thJan 2020 to 24th Jan 2020.
  3. One week FDP on Quality Engineering & Technological advances in material & devices sponsored by AICTE, March 2021
  4. One week FDP on Quality Engineering & Technological advances in material & devices sponsored by AICTE, March 2021
  5. One week FDP on Data Science and Machine Learning sponsored by AICTE, June 2021
  6. One week FDP on IoT organized by ATAL Academy of AICTE, GoI, Jan  2022
  7. One week AICTE recognized FDP on Funding Opportunities in Engineering conducted by NITTTR, Chandigarh from 14 Nov to 18 Nov 2022.
  8. One week AICTE recognized FDP on Optimization for Engineering Problems with MATLAB conducted by NITTTR, Chandigarh from 05 Dec to 09 Dec 2022.
  1. Designed and delivered an innovative course on Robotics and Automation, which received positive feedback from students and was featured in the university’s newsletter.
  2. Mentored several student teams that won awards in regional and national electronics competitions.
  3. Published several research articles in top-tier academic journals.
  4. Filed and successfully published two patents in collaborative research.
  5. Published two books on VLSI.
  6. Received certificate of excellence in the Field of Electronics Engineering
  7. Recipient best faculty award.