Research Interests
- Specialty optical fibers (e.g. photonic crystal fiber) fabrication and devices
- Optical fiber sensors and interrogators
- Light sources and fiber lasers
- Computational Nano-photonics
- Statistical optical signal processing and application of ML / AI techniques in photonics
Activity
Optical fiber sensors and interrogation systems for structural health monitoring applications
Dr. Naeem focuses on the development of optical fiber sensor interrogation systems for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) applications. His work involves advanced distributed sensing technologies such as Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry (OFDR), and Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS). A significant part of their research includes the design and development of Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) interrogators for high-sensitivity ultrasonic sensing. The goal is to create robust, high-resolution fiber-optic solutions for real-time monitoring of critical infrastructure, energy systems, and environmental applications.
Co-PI in R&D projects
Dr. Naeem contribute to several key projects of national significance funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), such as oil-and-gas pipeline infrastructure and spent fuel canister monitoring using custom ultrasonic fiber sensor technologies. Currently, he is working on the development of field-deployable fiber-optic technologies satisfying SWaP (size, weight, and power) criteria for subsea monitoring of CO₂, acoustics and temperature, and their integration with Bristlemouth kit.
