Geetika Aggarwal

Dr. Geetika Aggarwal is a  'Lecturer'  at the Department of Engineering, in the School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies. Her Teaching responsibilities are across all years, covering the modules: Sustainable Systems and Industry 4.0, Sustainability, Robust Control Systems (RCS), Digital Control and Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Embedded Systems, Linear Systems and Control, Electronic Principles, Instrumentation and Design Implementation. She has also, been nominated in the category of 'Outstanding Teaching' at the 'Star Awards' 2024.

Prior to joining, 'Teesside University' Dr Geetika, has worked as a Post-Doctoral Researcher (Nov 2019 - Oct 2022) at 'Nottingham Trent University', England, UK on Horizon 2020 cleansky EU project involving Instrumentation and Control, Digital Signal Processing, Data Aquisition, Virtual Reality, and Artificial Intelligence through MATLAB/SIMULINK, LabVIEW, Embedded Systems, Audacity, Adobe Audition, Fusion 360.  Additionally, Dr Geetika has also worked on projects listed below:

• Robotic Arm: PCB Design-KICAD, EAGLE, ORCAD. Electronics and Embedded Systems: Real-time system prototypes.
• Sustainable Aircraft Cabin Design: Noise and Vibration
• Vehicle Occupant Perception: Aircraft Environments. Design for Future ultra Low carbon Travel
• Modelling Human Comfort: Performance and Optimization of comfort in extreme environments
• Smart Wearable: Non-Invasive FECG monitoring

Dr Geetika completed her PhD in Electronics Engineering at Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK (Oct 2015- Oct 2019), where she designed a real time wireless communication system for Electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring. She was nominated for ‘Best Postgraduate who Teaches’ in the 2018 Student Led Teaching Awards. Dr Geetika has also worked as a part time Tutor/Asssitant Lecturer/Lab Demonstrator at Northumbria University, and have won the ‘Outstanding Staff Member Award 2019’ in the 'Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering' at the 'Faculty of Engineering and Environment'. 

Dr Geetika is a 'Fellow of Higher Education Academy' (FHEA), member of 'Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers' (IEEE) and 'Institute of Engineering and Technology' (IET) in addition to the 'Executive Committee Member' of IET Teesside Local Network.

Editorial Roles and Professional Activities

Editorial Roles

• Guest Editor: Special Issue on 'Biomechanics, Actuation, and Control Strategies of Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Exoskeletons' ("2024- Present) (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/actuators/special_issues/T6D20BB23A)
• Guest Editor: Special Issue on '6G Optical Internet of Things (OIoT) for Sustainable Smart Cities' (2023- Present)  (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/IoT/special_issues/Y0XD7WH6XS )
• Guest Editor: Special Issue on 'Emerging Sensing Technologies for Sustainable Smart Systems and Digitalization in Industries'(2023-Present) (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/9Y2O8Z16VV)

Organised a Special Session/Workshop

Organiser of the Special Session entitled 'Digital Technologies and Tools for Energy Efficient Manufacturing' at the IEEE ICAC (International Conference on Automation and Computing) 2024, Sunderland, UK

Organiser of Special Session/Workshop Titled 'IoT for Sustainable Smart Cities' at the IEEE Smart World Congress 2023, Portsmouth, UK.

Technical Program Committee Member:

• ICACIS 2024: International Conference on Advanced Communication and Intelligent Systems
• 2024 conference on ‘Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Smart Cities’
• IEEE COINS 2024: IEEE International Conference on Omni-Layer Intelligent Systems (https://coinsconf.com/) 
• IEEE Smart World Congress 2023, Portsmouth, UK (https://ieee-smart-world-congress.org/)
• 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies (GlobConET), Loughborough University, UK 

Reviewer in the following journals:

• IEEE Internet of Things (IoT).
• IET Intelligent Transport Systems.
• Journal of Electronics, MDPI Publication.
• Journal of Sensors, MDPI Publications.
• Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal
• Journal of  Photonics, MDPI Publications.
• EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, Springer Publication.

External Collaborators 

• Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
• Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK
• University of Hertfordshire, London, UK
• Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
• Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College (GNDEC), Ludhiana, India
• University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK
• University of Hull, Yorkshire, UK
• University of Surrey , Guildford, Surrey, UK
• University of Chinese Academy of Science, China
• Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, USA
• Poornima College of Engineering, Jaipur, India
• German-Jordanian University, Jordan
• Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
• Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK