Muhammad Usman
Senior Lecturer
Department of EngineeringDr Muhammad Usman is a Senior Lecturer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU). He is the Deputy Assessment and Moderation Coordinator, and the Deputy Admissions and Open Day Lead at the Department of Engineering. Previously, he served as the Programme Leader for the MEng/BEng/BEng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering programmes at GCU.
Dr Usman is an internationally experienced academic with extensive experience across funded research, academic leadership, and industry engagement, having secured over £1million in competitive grants from EPSRC, UKRI, Scottish Enterprise and other sources. He is currently leading, or has led, several research projects in the capacity of PI and Co-I:
- SecureSense (£293K, PI): An EPSRC-funded project through CHEDDAR Hub to integrate sensing, communication and security in 6G and Beyond (2024 – 2026)
- TECADS-WET (£205K, Co-I): A UKRI-funded project to transform Epilepsy Care through AI-Driven Seizure Forecasting (2025 – 2026)
- SmartEEG (£74K, Co-I): A Scottish Enterprise-funded project to develop Smart Wireless EEG Headset for Epilepsy (2023 – 2024)
Before joining GCU, he was a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow, UK, in EPSRC–funded COG-MHEAR programme grant. This transformative research aims to redesign current hearing aids and assistive technology, where his role was to integrate end-user context in visually assisted hearing-aid design in a privacy-preserving manner.
Previously, he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar, developing security solutions for internet of things. He held a Research Associate Position at Texas A&M University at Qatar and was Assistant Manager Multimedia and Broadband at Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited.
Dr Usman holds a PhD (cum laude) in Information and Communication Technologies from the University of Trento, Italy. He earned a joint double-degree MSc (with Distinction) in Telecommunication Engineering and Communication Networks Engineering from the University of Trento and Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy, and a BEng in Electronic Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan.
His research has produced over 70 publications, including Nature and IEEE Transactions papers, with multiple outputs positioned for 4★ REF quality. A complete list of his research outputs can be accessed here. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. His research interests include
- Privacy-preserving radio frequency sensing
- Wireless communication and networks
- Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC)
- Cyber security
- Assistive technologies for intelligent healthcare systems.