Zia Nadir SMIEEE, MIEAust, MECTI received a B.Sc.(Hons.) in Electrical Engineering with specialization in Communication Systems from the University of Science & Technology in Peshawar, Pakistan in 1989. He received a D.E.S.S. in Microwaves and Micro-Electronics, a D.E.A. in Electronics, and a Ph.D. in Electronics with specialization in Electromagnetic Compatibility from the Laboratory of Radio Propagation and Electronics-LRPE of the University of Sciences and Technologies in Lille-1, France in 1996,1997, and 1999, respectively. From 1990 to 1994, he worked in WAPDA, the electricity department of Pakistan. In 1999, he joined the High Voltage and Short Circuit Laboratory in Pakistan as Assistant Director (Technical), where he was involved mainly in testing procedures, standards, and performing tests on transformers, switchgears, insulators, power transformers, etc. He is a member of the Pakistan Engineering Council, IEEE USA, Engineers Australia, and ECTI, Thailand. Since 2001, he has been attached to the Electrical and Computer Engineering department of Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman (Sultan Qaboos University Dept. of ECE., College of Engg. P.C. 123, P,Box 33,AlKhodh, Muscat Oman, Phone: +968-24413333/2536, Fax +968-24413454, Email: nadir@squ.edu.om). Currently, he is an associate professor at the ECE department at SQU. His research focuses on RF systems, computational electromagnetics, and AI in education.