Electrical Engineer Robotics & AI Researcher

I build the systems that let machines see, decide, and move.

Electrical Engineer and MSc researcher at ITMO University, working across LiDAR-camera perception, autonomous navigation, Bayesian state estimation, and model-based control.

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Portrait of Ayan Ali Saleem

01 / Projects

Research with a systems view.

Projects spanning perception, navigation, 3D vision, and renewable energy.

Autonomous mobile robot platform used for navigation research
02Navigation · 2025

Tri-Nav

A hybrid framework for UGV navigation in MuJoCo, integrating A* global planning, Dynamic Window Approach local avoidance, and MPC control.

MuJoCoA*DWAMPC
View repository
3D scene reconstruction result from image-based geometry
033D vision · 2025

Depth-Supervised NeRF

Comparative research on hard geometric constraints, soft depth loss, and hybrid depth integration for more stable 3D scene reconstruction.

NeRFPyTorch3D vision
View repository
Rows of photovoltaic panels at a solar farm
04Power systems · 2023

Hybrid PV System Design

A Simulink/MATLAB study of Constant Power Load instability using a single-phase hybrid inverter, PLL, MPPT, and precise circuit modelling.

PV ARRAY↓BOOST / MPPT↓DC LINK↓VSC · PLL · LCL↓GRID
MATLABSimulinkMPPT
Project details

Research signal

50.51% Car IoU
on KITTI scenes.

A measured result from the real-time 3D perception thesis, alongside 38.63% pedestrian IoU, approximately 11 FPS, and 1,874 MiB GPU memory.

02 / Experience

Professional Experience

A path across renewable energy, industrial systems, and research-driven robotics.

Technician inspecting a wind turbine blade during renewable-energy maintenance
ENGINEERING

Operations Management Engineer

Sapphire Renewables · Karachi, Pakistan

Assessed wind turbine data for predictive maintenance, supervised maintenance planning, prepared plant SOPs and breakdown reports, and analyzed performance to improve energy output.

Computer rack with switches and network cables
NETWORKING & SECURITY

Engineering Trainee

Winston Marriot Ltd. · United Kingdom

Configured and tested network and firewall systems as part of an R&D engineering placement at Winston Marriot Ltd., a UK-based networking and cybersecurity hardware company.

Interior of an industrial maintenance facility
MAINTENANCE ENGINEERING

Maintenance Engineering Intern

South Asia Pakistan Terminals (SAPT) · Karachi, Pakistan

Supported electrical maintenance and port operations, including preventive and predictive maintenance for operational equipment.

Industrial robot operating in a factory environment
MAINTENANCE

Maintenance Intern

Unicol Limited · Mirpur Khas, Pakistan

Worked with PLC-based control logic, SCADA monitoring, process visualization, and electrical substations in sugar plant operations.

Certificates

Deep Learning Specialization · Google Advanced Data Analytics · IBM AI Engineering · IoT Programming · Data Science & Excel Foundations

03 / Education

Grounded in engineering.
Oriented toward the future.

2024—26

MSc Robotics & Artificial Intelligence

ITMO University · Saint Petersburg, Russia

CGPA 0 · Red Diploma
2019—23

BE Electrical Engineering

NED University of Engineering and Technology · Karachi, Pakistan

CGPA 3.4 / 4

04 / Publications

Research in the record.

Two current research outputs: one published first-author article and one paper under review.

01

Published · 2026

TriLayerNav: A Tri-Layer Navigation System for Unmanned Ground Vehicles Integrating A*, DWA and Model Predictive Control

Giroskopiya i Navigatsiya (Scientific and Technical Journal of IT, Mechanics and Optics)

View on ResearchGate
02

Under review · 2026

Improving NeRF Training Quality Using Depth Data: A Comparative Study of Depth-Integration Strategies for 3D Scene Reconstruction

International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV)

Code on GitHub

05 / Recognition

Beyond the lab.

2nd placeObninskTech Winter School · Rosatom · 2025View Winter School certificate
HackAtom winnerNukeNet · ObninskTech Summer School · 2025View Summer School certificate
Global participantWorld Atomic Week · ROSATOM · 35+ countries, 1,200+ participantsView World Atomic Week certificate

Technical toolkit

PythonC++CROSSLAMMATLABETAPGazeboAutoCADSignal processing

06 / Technical matrix

Tools for the full stack.

A practical toolkit across electrical engineering, robotics, AI, and programming.

ENGINEERING

MATLAB · Simulink · ETAP · Power systems · Renewable energy

ROBOTICS

ROS · MuJoCo · Gazebo · SLAM · Robot control · 3D perception

AI / ML

Python · PyTorch · Computer vision · YOLO · NeRF · Sensor fusion

PROGRAMMING

Python · C++ · C · JavaScript · Open3D · Shapely

CERTIFICATIONS

Deep Learning Specialization · Google Advanced Data Analytics · IBM AI Engineering · IoT Programming · Data Science & Excel Foundations

08 / Contact

Let’s build something
that moves.

Open to research collaborations, PhD opportunities, and engineering conversations in robotics, autonomy, and intelligent systems.

ayansaleem827@gmail.com