Dr. Asif Khan

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Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering

Stark Learning Center 236
asifabdullah.khan@wilkes.edu
(570) 408-4720

Dr. Asif Abdullah Khan is an Assistant professor in the Electrical Engineering department. Dr. Khan completed his Bachelor's degree at KUET, Bangladesh and then he moved to Canada to acquire his PhD at the University of Waterloo. He also worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Waterloo.

Dr. Khan’s research interests are focused on the synthesis and characterization of novel perovskite nanomaterials for mechanical energy harvesters especially for Piezoelectric nanogenerators, Triboelectric nanogenerators, and Hybrid nanogenerators. His research also focuses on Photodetectors, and Self-powered Structural Health Monitoring of aircraft.

  • Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering (Nanotechnology), University of Waterloo, Waterloo (2023)

  • B.Sc. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (2015)

Independent Journal Reviewer

  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Advanced Material Technologies
  • Advance Science
  • ACS Applied Engineering Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
  • Nano Energy
  • Nanoscale

  • Instructor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2024

  • Instructor, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Summer School, 2023-2024

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2023-2024

  • Graduate Research Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2018-2023

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Nanotechnology Engineering, and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2028-2023

  • Lecturer, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, 2016-2017

  • Lecturer, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Daffodil International University, 2016.

  1. M. H. Bagheri, J. Li, E. Gu, K. Habashy, M.M. Rana, A. A. Khan, Y. Zhang, G. Xiao, P. Xi, D. Ban, A Data-Driven Environmental Sound Classification System with Acoustic Triboelectric Nanogenerators, Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering 2024, Queens University, Kingston, Canada. 
  2. A. A. Khan, M. M. Rana, M. H. Bagheri, M. F. Al-Fattah, M. Almadhoun and D. Ban, Unveiling Piezoelectric Properties of CsPbCl3 Perovskite for Flexible Nanogenerator Design, 2024 17th IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems Conference, The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas. (In press)
  3. M. M. Rana, A. A. Khan, M. H. Bagheri, M. R. Islam, S. Tabassum and D. Ban, Chemically Functionalized High-Performance Lead Free Piezoelectric Nanogenerator for Flexible Electronics, 2024 17th IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems Conference, The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas. (In press)
  4. C. Z. UL-Hasan, A. A. Khan, M.F. Al-Fattah, M.A. Amin and S. Mohammad, A novel quad-band microstrip patch antenna for WLAN, WiFi, WiMAX applications, 2017 IEEE 9th International Conference on Communication Software and Networks, Guangzhou, China, 718-721.
  5. A. A. Khan, S. Mohammad, M.F. Al-Fattah, M. A. Amin, and C. Z. UL-Hasan, Analytical demonstration of gate leakage current in AlGaN/GaN/InGaN/GaN DH-HEMT, 2017 2nd IEEE International Conference on Recent Trends in Electronics, Information & Communication Technology, Bengaluru, India, 392—395
  6. M. A. Amin, S. Mohammad, M. R. Raihan, and A. A. Khan, Design and performance analysis of a multiband microstrip patch antenna for GSM, WiMAX, WLAN, Walkie-Talkie and ATC application, 2016 5th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics and Vision, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 241—244.
  7. A. A. Khan, A. Audhikary, M. F. Al-Fattah, M. A. Amin, R. Nandi, A comparative analytical approach for gate leakage current optimization in silicon MOSFET: A step to more reliable electronic device, 2016 3rd International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Communication Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1-5.
  8. M. F. Al-Fattah, A. A. Khan, M. R. Islam, I. Sabid, Analysis on band structure and NEGF approach for graphene as a channel material, 2015 International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Communication Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1-4.
  9. M. F. Al-Fattah, M. T. Rahman, M. S. Islam, A.G. Bhuiyan, A. A. Khan, DC and RF characteristics of graphene FET using analytical approach, 2015 International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Communication Technology (ICEEICT), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1-4.

  • Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Government of Canada ($50,000/year) 2020-2023

  • President's Graduate Scholarship - University of Waterloo ($5,000/year) 2020-2023

  • UW Graduate Scholarship Award- University of Waterloo ($2,000) 2022

  • Faculty of Engineers Award - University of Waterloo ($1,500 each; maximum 6 times) 2019-2022

  • Nanofellowship - Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology ($10,000 each; maximum 2 times) 2019-2020

  • International Doctoral Student Award - University of Waterloo ($12,780/year) 2019-2020

  • Best Poster Presentation Award - The 4th International Conference on Nanoenergy and Nanosystems 2019

  • International Master Student Award - University of Waterloo ($6,135/year) 2018-2019

  • Best Presentation Award - ICCSN 2017

  • IEEE Best Paper Award - ICEEICT 2015

  1. A. A. Khan, A. Mathur, L. Yin, M. Almadhoun, J. Yin, M. H. Bagheri, M. F. Al-Fattah, B. Zhao, V. Maheshwari, D. Ban,  Large Current-density Output in a Defect-Engineered Organometal Halide Perovskite Piezocomposite, Nature Communications, 2024, 15 (9511).
  2. M. F. Al-Fattah*, A.A. Khan*, S. Khamgaonkar, J. Yin, M. Almadhoun, V. Maheshwari, M. Poudineh, D. Ban, Self-powered perovskite photodetector for efficient detection of Fluorescently Activated biomarkers in an optofluidic platform, ACS Applied Electronic Material, 2024 (* denotes equal contribution).
  3. S. A. Hasan, A. A. Khan, S. Shahzadi, M.H. Bagheri, D. Ban, Terahertz Radiation Detectors Using CMOS Compatible SOI Substrates, Advanced Functional Material, 2024, 2400313.
  4. A. A. Khan, M. M. Rana, S. Wang, M. F. Al-Fattah, M. Kayaharman, K. Zhang, S. Benedict, I.A. Goldthorpe, Y. N. Zhou, E. H. Sargent, D. Ban, Control of Halogen Atom in Inorganic Metal-Halide Perovskites Enables Large Piezoelectricity for Electromechanical Energy Generation, Small, 2023, 2303366.
  5. S. Wang*, A. A. Khan*, S. Teal, J. Xu, D. H. Parmar, R. Zhao, L. Grater, P. Serles, Y. Zou, T. Filleter, D. S. Seferos, D. Ban, and E. H. Sargent, Large piezoelectric response in a Jahn-Teller distorted molecular metal halide, Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 1852. (* equal first author).
  6. A. A. Khan, R. Saritas, M. M. Rana, N. Tanguy, W. Zhu, N. Mei, S. Kokilathasan, S. Rassel, Z. Leonenko, N. Yan, E. A. -Rahman, and D. Ban, Performance-Improved Highly Integrated Uniaxial Tristate Hybrid Nanogenerator for Sustainable Mechanical Energy Harvesting, ACS Applied Material & Interfaces, 2022, 14, 3, 4119
  7. M. M. Rana, A. A. Khan, W. Zhu, M. F. Al-Fattah, S. Kokilathasan, S. Rassel, R. Bernard, S. A. -Girard, P. Turban, S. Xu, C. Wang, D. Ban, Enhanced piezoelectricity in lead-free halide perovskite nanocomposite for self-powered wireless electronics, Nano Energy, 2022, 101,107631
  8. A. A. Khan, G. Huang, M. M. Rana, N. Mei, M. Biondi, S. Rassel, N. Tanguy, B. Sun, Z. Leonenko, N. Yan, C. Wang, S. Xu, D. Ban, Superior Transverse Piezoelectricity in Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Perovskite Nanorods for Mechanical Energy harvesting, Nano Energy, 2021, 86, 106039
  9. G. Huang, A. A. Khan, M. M. Rana, C. Xu, S. Xu, R. Saritas, S. Zhang, E. A. -Rahmand, P. Turban, S. A. -Girard, C. Wang, and D. Ban, Achieving Ultrahigh Piezoelectricity in Organic--Inorganic Vacancy-Ordered Halide Double Perovskites for Mechanical Energy Harvesting, ACS Energy Letter, 2020, 6, 16-23
  10. A. A. Khan, M. M. Rana, G. Huang, N. Mei, R. Saritas, B. Wen, S. Zhang, P. Voss, E. A. -Rahman, Z. Leonenko, S. Islam, D. Ban, Maximizing piezoelectricity by self-assembled highly porous perovskite-polymer composite films to enable the internet of things, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8, 13619
  11. M. M. Rana, A. A. Khan, G. Huang, N. Mei, R. Saritas, B. Wen, S. Zhang, P. Voss, E. A. -Rahman, Z. Leonenko, S. Islam, and D. Ban, Porosity Modulated High-Performance Piezoelectric Nanogenerator Based on Organic/Inorganic Nanomaterial for Self-Powered Structural Health Monitoring, ACS Applied Material & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 42, 47503
  12. A. A. Khan, A. Mahmud, S. Zhang, S. Islam, P. Voss, and D. Ban, A self-powered multi-broadcasting wireless sensing system realized with an all-in-one triboelectric nanogenerator, Nano Energy, 2019, 62, 691-699.
  13. A. Mahmud, A. A. Khan, S. Islam, P. Voss, D. Ban, Integration of organic/inorganic nanostructured materials in a hybrid nanogenerator enables efficacious energy harvesting via mutual performance enhancement, Nano Energy, 2019, 58, 112-120
  14. A. Mahmud, A. A. Khan, P. Voss, T. Das, E. A. -Rahman, D. Ban, A High Performance and Consolidated Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Based on 1D/2D Hybrid Zinc Oxide Nanostructures, Advanced Material Interfaces, 2018, 5. 1801167.
  15. A. A. Khan, A. Mahmud, D. Ban, Evolution from single to hybrid nanogenerator: a contemporary review on multimode energy harvesting for self-powered electronics, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 2018, 18, 21—36.

For a complete list please visit Dr. Khan's Google Scholar profile external website.

  1. (Invited) 2024 17th IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems Conference. (The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas) Unveiling Piezoelectric Properties of CsPbCl3 Perovskite for Flexible Nanogenerator Design.

  2. (Invited) 2024 WIN Summer School on Sustainable Nanotechnology. (Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Ontario) Advancing Flexible Polymer Composites for Self-Powering IoT Devices.

  3. 2023 The 6th International Conference on Nanoenergy and Nanosystems. (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing) Jahn-Teller effect in molecular metal halide enhances piezoelectric response.

  4. 2021 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit. (Boston, Massachusetts) A Novel Perovskite-Polymer Composite Piezoelectric Film—From Crystal Growth to IoT Application.

  5. 2021 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit. (Boston, Massachusetts) Highly Piezoelectric Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Vacancy-Ordered Double Perovskite for Energy Harvesting.

  6. 2019 The 4th International Conference on Nanoenergy and Nanosystems. (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing) A vertically Integrated Multilayered Triboelectric nanogenerator.

  7. 2019 Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference. (University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon) Modulating the porosity of composite piezoelectric polymer film to accomplish a sustainable energy source.
  • Renewable Energy

  • Nano instrumentation

  • MEMS Design and Characterization

  • Nanofabrication

  • Electronic Devices

  • Electromagnetism

  • Electrical Circuits

  • Digital Electronics

  1. A.A. Khan, D. Ban, A.Mathur, V. Maheshwari, P. Voss, PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITE FILM COMPRISING ORGANOMETAL HALIDE PEROVSKITE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME, 10260188-9PCT, 2024. (Submitted).
  2. D. Ban, A. A. Khan, M. M. Rana, G. Huang, S. Zhang, S. Islam, P. Voss, Piezoelectric composite film, and method for making the same, US Patent App. 63/102, 752, 2020.
  3. A. A. Khan, A. Mahmud, S. Zhang, S. Islam, P. Voss, D. Ban, Triboelectric Nanogenerator-Powered Transmission System, US Patent App. 62/853,101, 2019.
  4. A. Mahmud, A. A. Khan, P. Voss, D. Ban, 1D/2D Hybrid Piezoelectric Nanogenerator and Method for Making Same, US Patent App. 1134-456618US, 2018.