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Email: ahsanm5@vcu.edu
Tel No.: (+1)-804-591-6460
Github: mahsan321
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RESEARCH INTEREST

Bilal Imran, Muhammad Ahsan, Ali Hammad Akbar, Ghalib A. Shah, "SecGW: On Providing DTLS based Multi-threading in MQTT-SN Gateway Application", (Under-Review)
Muhammad Rais, Muhammad Ahsan, Vaibhav Sharma, Radhika Barua, Robert Prins and Irfan Ahmed, “Low-Magnitude Infill Structure Manipulation Attacks on Fused Filament Fabrication Printers”, International Conference on Critical Infrastructure Protection. Springer, Cham, 2022.
Muhammad Ahsan, Bilal Afzal, Bilal Imran, Asim Tanwir, Ali Hammad Akbar and Galib. A. Shah. "OneM2M Architecture Based Secure MQTT Binding in Mbed OS", SSIoT 2019 - IEEE Euro S&P Workshop on Software Security for Internet of Things.
Bilal Imran, Bilal Afzal, Dr. Ali Hammad Akbar, Muhammad Ahsan, Dr. Ghalib A. Shah. "MISA: Minimalist Implementation of oneM2M Security Architecture for Constrained IoT Devices", IEEE Globecom 2019.
Muhammad Ahsan, Naseer Ahmad, Waqas Badar. "Simulation of Solar angles for maximizing Efficiency of Solar Thermal Collectors", 3rd International Conference on Energy Conservation and Efficiency (ICECE), 2019.

Position: Graduate Assistant
Aug 2021 - Current

Position: Team Lead
Oct 2014 - July 2021

Implementation of Horizontal Layer OneM2M Standard Framework for M2M and IoTs Sensor Nodes on MbedOS running over Nucleo STM32 L476rg boards.
MQTT client/broker model implementation on Raspbian Jessie OS running over Raspberry Pi 3 Gateway design for IoT Applications which supports multiple service functionalities including:
- Registration
- Security Association and Establishment (SAE)
- Data Management and Repository (DMR)
- Access Control Policies (ACPs)
- Subscription and Notification
- Secure MQTT/MQTT-SN Binding
Transport Layer Protocol DTLS/UDP and TLS/TCP implementation.
Serialization/de-serialization of JSON request/response packets.
DTLS Support for MQTT-SN Multi-threaded Gateway Application.

Firewall rules Analyzing, Writing and Testing for SCADA/IoT Protocols.
Use of different tools for Scanning, Sniffing, Spoofing, MITM and other Attack Vectors generation.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) reproduction for generation of different attacks on network to test Firewall rules.
Automation of Paddy Dryer for Rice Mill industry and UET Water Tanks.
Simulation and Modeling of Solar angles for Tracking Surface in MATLAB.
PLC SCADA control for Dual Axis Solar Tracking System.
Design and Development of Motor Test Bench for PCSIR Laboratories.
Short Course Instructor for Programmable Logic Controller (PLC).
Development of Energy Efficiency Advisory course in collaboration with sequa gGmbH – GiZ.