Ifana Mahbub
Ifana Mahbub
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
540 Min H. Kao Building, TN 37996-2100
Phone: +1 469 733 4171 (cell phone)
Email: imahbub@vols.utk.edu
Website: http://analog.eecs.utk.edu/ifana.html
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Research Interests
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Integrated biosensors for glucose concentration monitoring
Integrated circuit design for apnea detection and monitoring
Education
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Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Summer 2016 (Expected graduation), CGPA: 4.00/4.00.
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2012, CGPA: 3.79/4.00.
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh.
Research Experience
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Implantable glucose sensor chip development
Design of the Signal Processing Unit (SPU) and Low Dropout Regulator (LDO) blocks for the
implantable glucose sensor chip which is being designed in 130nm CMOS process.
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Reconfigurable Pipeline ADC
Design of a low power auto-reconfigurable (with respect to resolution and rate) pipeline ADC.
Project
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Automatic placement and routing of a 5 bit Successive Approximation Register (SAR) ADC using
Encounter, Synopsis, Chip assembly router and other CAD tools. This project also includes the
automatic design and layout of the capacitor bank using common centroid algorithm.
Design and IC implementation of a 4 bit counter in 0.5 micron CMOS process in Cadence Virtuoso
Custom IC Design Tool.
Design of a fast 16 bit carry look-ahead adder and 8 bit booth encoded (radix 4) multiplier, Automatic
place and routing of cell layout in Cadence Virtuoso Custom IC Design Tool.
Various multi stage transistor based amplifier design for specific Bandwidth and given input and
output impedance.
Design and Hardware Implementation of a LFR (Line Following Robot)
Working Experience
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Chancellor’s Honors Fellowship
o Fall 2014-Summer 2016
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Spring 2013 – Summer 2014
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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Lecturer, September 2012 – December 2012
School of Engineering and Computer Science,
Independent University, Bangladesh (http://www.iub.edu.bd).
Software Skills
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Algorithm development environments: LabVIEW, MATLAB
Programming Languages: C, C++
Simulation and Design automation Tools: LTSPICE, PSPICE, Cadence Virtuoso Custom IC Design
Desktop Application: MS Office 2013
Operating Systems: Windows, Linux
Website design: HTML
Awards
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Anita Borg Grace Hopper Scholarship for attending the Grace Hopper celebration (2014).
Best Graduate Teaching Assistant of the year award (2013-2014).
Chancellor’s Honors award for “Extraordinary Professional Promise” (2014).
Department Excellence Award – Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Spring 2013-Fall 2013)
Dean’s List Award –Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh University of
Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh. (2007-2012)
University Merit Scholarship – Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Bangladesh
University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh. (2007-2012)
Professional Affiliations
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Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Women in EECS at UTK (Systers)
Extra-Curricular Activities
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Lab manager/Webmaster: Analog, VLSI and Devices Laboratory, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
List of publications
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Journal Publications
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Terence Randall, Ifana Mahbub, Ashraf B. Islam, M. R. Haider, and Syed Kamrul Islam, “Lowpower sensor signal monitoring and impulse radio architecture for biomedical applications,”
Analog Integrated Circuit and Signal Processing, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 209–216, Jan. 2014.
Wenchao Qu, Syed Kamrul Islam, Ifana Mahbub, Terence Randall, Gary To, and M. R. Mahfouz,
“An energy-efficient reconfigurable analog-to-digital converter for orthopedic implants,” Analog
Integrated Circuit and Signal Processing, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 233–243, Jan. 2014.
Conference Proceedings
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Terence Randall, Ifana Mahbub, Syed Islam, “A Low Power Auto-Reconfigurable Pipelined ADC
for Implantable Biomedical Applications”, IEEE sensors 2013.
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Kai Zhu, Syed Islam, Melika Roknsharifi, Sakib Hasan, Ifana Mahbub, “A Divide-by-3 0.4-1.4 GHz
Injection-Locked Frequency Divider Based on Relaxation Oscillator”; Microwave and Wireless
Components Letters, IEEE, April 2013.
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Saumya Biswas, Md. S. Islam, Ifana Mahbub, F. Adnan, “Numerical Investigation of the Effects of
Conduction Band Nonparabolicity on the Conduction Sub-band Dispersion relationships in a
Quantum Well”; 2nd International Conference on Electronics and Opto-electronics Science.
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Saumya Biswas, Ifana Mahbub, and Md. S. Islam, “Conduction band-valence band coupling
effects on the band structure of In0.28Ga0.72N/GaN Quantum Well,” in 2013 Spanish Conference on
Electron Devices (CDE), 2013, pp. 211–214.
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Saumya Biswas, Ifana Mahbub, M. S. Islam, and S. Biswas, “Peak emission wavelength tuning for
Light Emitting Diodes and lasers for InGaN  deltaIn y Ga1 y N Quantum Well by varying the
composition of the delta well,” in 2013 Spanish Conference on Electron Devices (CDE), 2013, pp.
207–210.
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Poster Presentation
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Ifana Mahbub, Farhan Quaiyum, Sakib Hasan, Syed Islam, “Successive Approximation Register
Analog-Digital Converter automatic placement and routing”, accepted for Grace Hopper
Conference, 2014.
Ifana Mahbub, Terence Randall, Farhan Quaiyum, Syed Kamrul Islam, “A Low Power
Implantable Glucose Monitoring System”, accepted for Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
annual meeting, 2014.
Farhan Quaiyum, Logan Taylor, Salvatore Pullano, Ifana Mahbub, Antonino Fiorillo, Charles
Britton, Syed Kamrul Islam, “Readout Circuitry for Monitoring Temperature Variations in
Biological Fluids”, accepted for Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) annual meeting, 2014.
Terence Randall, Farhan Quaiyum, Ifana Mahbub, Syed Islam; “Interference Elimination
Technique for Reconfigurable ADCs”, CMOC Symposium 2014.
Terence Randall, Ifana Mahbub, Syed Islam, Sakib Hasan; “A Reconfigurable Pipeline ADC with
Ultra-low Power Consumption for Biomedical Application”, CMOC Symposium 2013.
Chiahuang Su, Ifana Mahbub, Syed Islam, Sakib Hasan, “A Pole Swap Compensation Technique
for High Temperature Linear Voltage Regulator Design”; CMOC Symposium 2013.
Ifana Mahbub, Syed Kamrul Islam, “A booth encoded (radix 4) 8bx8b multiplier”; Southeast
Women in Computing (SEWIC) conference on November 15-17, 2013.
Conference Presentation
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Terence Randall, Ifana Mahbub, Farhan Quaiyum, Syed Islam, “Reconfigurable Analog-to-Digital
Converter for Implantable Bioimpedance Monitoring”, accepted for Biomedical Engineering
Society (BMES) annual meeting, 2014.
Ifana Mahbub, Terence C. Randall, Syed Kamrul Islam, “A Low Power Implantable Glucose
Monitoring System Implemented in 130 nm CMOS Process”, iBME Symposium 2014.
Reference
Dr. Syed Kamrul Islam
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The University of Tennessee
504 Min Kao Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-2250
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