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Dr. Muhammad Ali Yousuf

Last update: December 1, 2021

 

 

 

 

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Education and Training

Senior Research Fellow in Biomedical Engineering,

Department of General Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, 2011-2012.

 

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Medical Physics and Medical Devices

University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 2008-2011.

 

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in High Energy Physics and Parallel Supercomputing

State University of New York at Albany, New York, 2000-2001.

 

Ph.D. in Control Systems Engineering (incomplete)

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 2004-2005

 

Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics

Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1997.

 

DICTP/M.S. in High Energy Physics and Cosmology

International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1992.

 

Other Appointments

Professor of Physics

Higher Education Commission, Pakistan.

 

Adjunct Professor of Physics

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences at JHU.

 

Adjunct Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences at Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland.

 

Adjunct Professor of Mathematics and Engineering Design

Various local colleges and Universities, USA.

 

Contact

Digital mail address:

Take the first letter of my name Muhammad. Take my last name Ali Yousuf but use just the first part of it.

I work at Johns Hopkins University so take the first letter of each. Combine the two.

It is an EDUcational type domain.

Finally, do not forget the '@' and dot '.' at the right places.

 

#400 McAuley Hall

Johns Hopkins University at

Mt. Washington

5801 Smith Ave

Baltimore MD 21209

 

Research

 

Engineering Design and Medical Devices (2005-to date)

Around year 2005, I had moved into this area of interest by taking up a faculty position, as an assistant professor of mechatronics at Tec de Monterrey, Mexico. It was at that time that I had established the research group, GIRATE, together with two other professors. The group published many papers and conference presentations and involved a few dozen students into this work. The focus was on robotics and educational technologies, and to a lesser extent, in industrial automation and medical devices. More specific projects have been listed below.

 

I take out a weekly newspaper on Medical Devices, maintain Twitter list: Medical Devices and Cancer, and struggle to keep a YouTube playlists Medical Devices - Animations and Videos updated.

 

Recent/Ongoing Projects

With a group of physicians and my students, I am developing various medical devices. Here are some key areas of interests and related projects:

 

* Machine Learning / Deep Learning models to predict outcomes based on historical health insurance data

* Mathematical modeling of pancreatic leaks

* Low-cost, intelligent prosthetics for young children

* Deep Learning applied to brain MRI images

* Improving the quality of life of patients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD

* Detection of peritoneal fluids using vibrations

* FEM Modeling of pancreatic leaks

 

Computer Science (1999-2004)

Around 1997, I had developed an interest in Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms and had started teaching these course. A little later, I started consulting work in the field too. Later, while a visiting scientist at the High Energy Physics group at SUNY Albany, I had added parallel supercomputing to the list of interests. I never really published any paper, except some conference publications.

 

Quantum Chromodynamics (1990-1998)

What is Quantum Chromodynamics, or QCD? Well, check this website. If you are mathematically inclined, check these lecture notes (pdf file) by Michael Seymour. This work was done at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan under the supervision of Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy. You may also download my doctoral thesis by clicking here.

 

Topological Defects in the Cosmos (1991-1992)

What are cosmic strings? Check this website. If you are mathematically inclined, check these lecture notes (pdf file) by Hindmarsh and Kibble. This work was done at the International Center for Theoretical Physics, under the supervision of Dr. Balram Rai and Dr. Abdus Salam (Me and Salam). You may also download my DICTP/MS thesis by clicking here.

 

Publications

Click here to see the current list of publications (pdf file, last updated 2021).

 

Intellectual Neighborhoods

 

Department of Biomedical Engineering at Hopkins, https://www.bme.jhu.edu/

 

The Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design

https://cbid.bme.jhu.edu/

 

Malone Center for Engineering in Healthcare, https://malonecenter.jhu.edu/

 

The Institute for Data Intensive Engineering and Science, https://idies.jhu.edu/

 

Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics & Astronomy at Hopkins

http://physics-astronomy.jhu.edu/

 

Meharry Medical College, Nashville

https://home.mmc.edu/

 

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, http://www.umm.edu/