Smart Valves

Microcontroller Development

We were briefed to create a remotely operated valve system using microcontrollers and servo's. The hardware would be internet connected and would be able to be monitored and controlled remotely and locally. The task was intended to stretch our knowledge and build our leadership skills. As team leader I set our goals, chased up other members and flexed in to assist where required. My work was vital in in getting our system connected to the web. Visit the GitHub here.

Part of our valves brief included a web interface to remotely control, monitor and test the systems. I utilised my knowledge of Javascript & bootstrap to complete a fully functioning website, accessable on mobiles and browsers. The website made use of SQL to store individual valve data.

Website

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• Date: April-May 2018
• Category: Embedded Development, Intenet Connected Devices
• Skills Used: C programming, Bootstrap, hardware engineering, JavaScript, Agile development

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IoT BlockChain

BlockChain based backend for an IoT network.

The benefits of the Blockchain have been explored in context by creating an internet-of-things product that utilises it in the core of its operation. It was then tested against traditional products to ascertain how useful the distributed ledger-based system is. The traditional products included an SQL based database, as well as IoT devices such as the Nest home camera and the Ring One. The goal of the tests was to see effective the blockchain was at coordinating an IoT device.

Research data was collected to determine speed, scalability and power usage, all vital factors when considering internet-of-things products. Security was also tested using a penetration testing toolkit.

All data collected was promising and pointed towards the artefact having superior security and power usage, whilst the speed and scalability were slower but still indicating progress. Ease of use was also discussed with the device being exceptionally difficult to install and operate at its current iteration.

This project is currently being graded and as such the source is unavailable.

Academic Poster

• Date: October 2018 - May 2019
• Category: BlockChain
• Skills: Intenet Connected Devices, BlockChain, Embedded Development, Raspberry Pi Microdevices, HyperLedger Fabric/Composer

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Teaching

Leading The Pack

When having a vision, or an idea it's important to be able to communicate it clearly with confidence. At university I took every opportunity to ensure that I could voice my own, and others opinions proffesionally. I've spoken publicly infront of hundreds, but hear I am explaining a concept to my group.

• Category: Interpersonal Skills

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GreenLeafs

Smart Plant Monitor

Using a myriad of sensors our device can tell you every detail of a plant, simply by being stuck in the ground. Using cutting edge sensors to measure 8 different plant attributes, GreenLeafs can go as far as totell you your plants feelings
The greenleafs device is based on a single Arduino, connected to the internet and broadcasting your plants status, and statistics to the phone app.

Our GreenLeafs kit interfaces with the app to create a seamless user experience. The data harvested from your plants are at your fingertips telling you exactly what your plants need, and how much.
The UI puts simplicity and effectivness first utilising graphs to assist the user.

• Date: April 2017
• Category: App & IoT Development
• Skills: Android development, Embedded software, Arduino skills, IoT, Data prediction, C Programming

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AI In Unity

Smart Agent Creation

Using Unity game engine I created multiple learning smart agents that could share information to complete a task.

The smart agents were represented by lumberjacks who would use various route planning methods (Djikstra, A* ) and random movements to avoid objects and cut down trees.

The agents were able to learn about their surrounding enviroment and pass the information between them to complete the task in the most efficient way.

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• Date: April 2017
• Category: Web Design
• Skills: C#, Unity Game Engine, Route Planning

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My Portfolio

A Responsive And Adaptive Website.

This website was curated by myself to quickly give you, the reader, an understanding of my skills, hobbies and what I spend my time doing. It's adaptable, easy to read and lightweight whilst remaining secure. Form isn't sacrificed for function.

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• Date: May 2018
• Category: Web Design
• Skills: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Jquery, Ajax

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NAQTS

Centre for Global Eco-Innovation

As part of my PhD program with Lancaster University I'm embedded with the Centre for Global Eco-Innovation (CGE) working as part of the National Air Quality Testing Service (NAQTS).

Here my role as researcher link to my background in computer science, whereby I can use my unique experiences in complex smart distributed systems and IOT as well as my skills in data analytics to better measure and understand the air around us.

• Date: January 2021-
• Category: Embedded Development, Intenet Connected Devices, Big Data
• Skills Used: C programming, Hardware Engineering, AGILE Development, R

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IBM Call for Code

Global Finalist

I led a team of three consisting of my fellow students from The University of Wolverhampton to develop a smart application as part of IBM's 2020 Call for Code hackathon.

The theme was covid and pandemics, so we designed and developed Lupe - a blockchain application that allows businesses, individuals and charities to share and manage resources such as supplies and toiletries.

It was a real passion project, that involved lots of hard programming, filming and networking - but we pulled through and were announced as finalists of the global competition.

It was incredible, for all our effort and hard work to be recognised as finalists of an IBM competition with over 40,000 entrants.

• Date: March 2020 - September 2020
• Category: BlockChain
• Skills: BlockChain, Embedded Development, HyperLedger Fabric/Composer

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TedXWolves

Speaker - Unlocking the Lockdown

"Iman considers the impact of the lockdown and the positive ways in which technology has been used to assist communities and individuals during the pandemic. He concludes that technology has created a universal equaliser allowing us to communicate, collaborate and create. Iman graduated from the University of Wolverhampton where he discovered his love for technology, after seeing first-hand how revolutionary the digital age will be. He is now dedicating his time to make it as open, accessible and useful as possible."

"Iman is passionate about educating and has spent the past 3 years teaching across 3 continents. Seeing the world through new eyes and experiencing new ideas is what drives him to achieve and help others."

• Date: November 2019
• Category: Public Speaking
• Skills: Presenting, Research, Pop-Sci

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ICL Mentor

National Museum of Computing

During the November lockdown I was approached by a role model of mine to help mentor and inspire neuro-divergent (ND) youngsters in the field of mathematics and computer science - as part of a project with Angel Exit Theatre and the National Museum of Computing.

How on earth was I going to turn that down? It was an incredible opportunity, and being a former neuro-divergent teen (now neuro-divergent adult) I understood how important my role was in helping to inspire the next generation of programmers, mathematicians, engineers and artists.

With my colleagues from the Museum, Imperial College London and a greater network we helped to deliver an award winning day of activities to a group of ND children. Together we're planning on doing more very soon.

• Date: October 2020 -
• Category: Mentorship
• Skills: Teaching, Accessibility, Disabilites in Tech

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AWS Machine Vision

CapGemini TechChallenge

For my Masters dissertation I teamed up with a group from CapGemini to enter their "TechChallenge 2020" hackathon, centring around hidden disabilities.

Our team, christened "The Visionaries", aimed to develop a machine learning powered screen reader. My job was to help decide on which machine learning implementation to use (Google, Microsoft, Amazon) and then create the artifact.

One of the most challenging parts of the project involved being able to take in pictures and screenshots of notes and convert them to plain text for the screen reader to pick, which I achieved using AWS' extensive devops tools and leveraging the textract API.

This project helped to secure my Masters distinction* grade.

• Date: January 2020 - July 2020
• Category: Web Accessibility
• Skills: JavaScript, Devops, AWS

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Richardsons Award Winnder

Outstanding Contribtion

I competed against students from universities across the West Midlands and demonstrated the importance of innovation that computer science brings. In doing so I won the prestigious Richardson's Award for contribution in STEM to the Black Country

• Date: February 2020

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TAPAS

Tackling Air Pollution in Schools

TAPAS is a network of stakeholders with overlapping interests in improving indoor air quality of schools - a subject close to my heart and forming a cornerstone of my PhD research. Read more about TAPAS here

I had the opportunity to present some of my research so far, including data analysed from classrooms parterned with NAQTS; National Air Quality Testing Services - my partner organisation.

• Date: April 2020
• Category: Public Speaking
• Skills: Presentation, Research, Pop-Sci

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COP26 Glasgow

THe North West Presents: Talking About my Generation

I was selected by the Centre for Global Eco-Innovation to represent my research and my colleagues at COP26 in Glasgow. I had the opportunity to talk about my research so far, the use of technology to solve solutions in a green focuses way, and the dangers of innaction.

COP26 is an international expo bringing together the policy makers, world leaders and innovation experts with the aim to solve the climate crisis. Read more about my experiences there by reading my post at Lancaster University here, or by reading my thread below.

This time last week, I was on my way to Cop26 - here are a few of my thoughts and takeaways on the event, the day and the panel I took part in.#COP26 #COP26Glasgow #YouthInnovation pic.twitter.com/S74Gois8D0

— Iman (@IMAN__HUSSAIN) November 16, 2021

• Date: November 2021
• Category: Public Speaking
• Skills: Presentation, Research, Pop-Sci

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The Indoor Air Quality Trilemma: Improving Air Quality, Using Less Energy, and Meeting Stakeholder Requirements

Paper Published

As part of my PhD research I published an ACM CHI Late Breaking Work paper on the Indoor Air Quality Trilemma

This paper focuses on the balance between what people want, the energy usage of an indoor space and measurable indoor air pollutants as a result of behaviour, policy and constraints

This paper was co-authored by my supervisor, Adrian Friday (Lancaster University) and my industry partner Douglas Booker (National Air Quality Testing Services) as part of my PhD at the Centre for Global Eco-Innovation which is funded by ECO-I NW an EU initiative.

Full Text Available Here

• Date: April 2023
• Category: Academic Writing, Publishing
• Skills: Research, Pop-Sci

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Sustainable Places 2022

Presenting my Research to an International Audience

The conference started with introductions from local authorities including the vice-mayor of the Nice metropolitan area, a statement from the French Minister of Sustainability and key members of the attended audience all focused on French Innovation and EU participation. The day concluded with a mixer sessions, allowing me to discuss topics of my research and our work at NAQTS on behalf of my organisation with academics and industry representatives present.

As the conference continued I learned more about the confluences of academia, industry and innovation. Particular enjoyment was found in the speed pitching session. The afternoon consisted of a speech from the Monaco government on their green strategy for the future.

The third and fourth day's consisted of multiple concurrent paper and presentation sessions. Of which I found those on investigatory methodology particularly useful, whilst also enjoying sessions centering on the retrofit of older building stock with smart technology, such as those being developed by my partner company and myself at NAQTS.

The final day concluded with my presentation on my PhD research so far, with focus on my most recent investigations working with schools across the North West of England and studying their indoor air quality (IAQ). The session was met with acclaim and won an award for presentation and fluidity.

Slides available on request.

• Date: September 2022
• Category: Public Speaking, Presenting
• Skills: Presentation, Research, Pop-Sci

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SITC Summer School

International Collaboration on the Future of ICT

Specific keynotes of interest include “Computing within Limits” by Daniel Pargman (pictured below), which directly benefits my area of research (usage of sensor networks to monitor IAQ). It was interesting to hear these thoughts towards design of more efficient (energy and usage) systems in ICT. Alongside Bill Tomlinson’s “Designing ICT in the Abundant Present for a Future of Scarcity” also drove home the importance of value-added design. Something that my work at NAQTS is very dependent on.

Interdisciplinarity is something that is at the core of my research and my work with NAQTS through CGE. A common sentence throughout academia and the industry is that over covid people have been silo’d, working from home individually – doomed to fail because problems in the real world are made up of multiple factors and require multiple different areas of expertise. A day focusing on multiple routes to a sustainable solution was much needed.

Whilst my background is not in economics or societal challenges, the school served useful in highlighting the place of eco-innovation as we transition to the next base of economy across the world. The main activity involved fictional abstract writing which greatly aided my academic writing and critiquing ability. This will aid my formal research whilst working with NAQTS and the investigation methods I use as part of my PhD program.

As part of the final day we were able to take part in the Ephemeral Museum which included notable works from fellow colleagues as well as an exploration in AI driven design by Petra Jaaskelainen. Although not directly used in our research or as part of our data analysis at NAQTS it is something that has been explored to make better understanding of the vast datasets collected by our IAQ sensors.

• Date: August 2022
• Category: Interdisciplary Skills
• Skills: Presentation, Research, Pop-Sci

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Ensuring Food Supply and Security During Localised Lockdowns: An Information and Technology-Based Approach

Paper Published

Published my first paper in collaboration with my colleagues (Chloe Allen-Ede, Lukas Jaks and Herbert Daly) on the subject of safe food distribution using the blockchain. This was done as an extension to the IBM Call for Code Challenge.

Full Text Available Here

• Date: April 2021-
• Category: Academic Writing, Publishing
• Skills: Research, Pop-Sci

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Teaching at MK:U

MK:U Lecturing

It's my job to help coach, train & teach apprentice students across undergraduate level in modules such as Computational Mathematics, Data Analytics & Digital Futures. Using my rich background in academia & industry, I'll be applying my unique knowledge to coach our students.

I am module leader for:
• Digital Maths and Programming, a first year introduction to programming and computational mathematics.
• Advanced Programming, a third year module focusing on higher level programming concepts and abstractions with an emphasis on industry specific skills and cutting edge tools.

Part of responsibilities also include development and creation of teaching materials as well as assisting in the marking process as MK:U grows.

• Date: September 2023-
• Category: Academic Teaching
• Skills: Teaching, Content Creation, Mentoring

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Organising a Sustainability Summer School

SICT 23/24

After attending SICT in 2022 I returned in 2023 to aid in organising the doctoral summer school. The summer school centres around Sustainable ICT usage and brings together academics, industry, politics and art to serve as an intersection of ideas and a sharing of experiences.

My responsibilities include:
• Organising activities such as opening workshops, ice-breakers and the group hike.
• Liaising with industry and academic speakers to create thought provoking keynotes and seminars.
• Helping to chair panels bringing together contrasting ideas and creating rigorous debates.

Learn more about SICT here.

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• Date: January 2023-
• Category: Academic Collaboration
• Skills: Event Organisation, Event Planning, Team Leadership

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Presenting My Research for an Interational Audience

ACM SIG CHI 2023

As part of my paper submission to CHI 2023 I was asked to present my work to an audience of thousands as part of CHI's prestigous poster session.

I answered questions based on my research in indoor air quality and the constraints found within British classrooms.

• Date: April 2023-
• Category: Academic Collaboration
• Skills: Presenting, Pop Sci

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