Dr Beenish Ayaz is a Chartered Engineer (CEng), board member of IMechE MICG (Mechatronics, Informatics and Control Group), Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE) and fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA). She did her PhD degree in Wireless Sensor Networks from University of Aberdeen, UK, MSc in Information and Communications Engineering from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany and BEng (Hons) in Electronics Engineering from University of Engineering and Technology, Pakistan. 

Beenish designed a 3D node deployment architecture for underwater wireless sensor network, ensuring reliable communication and full coverage of the monitored region underwater, in her PhD research work. She also developed a dynamically reconfigurable (self-sustainable) routing protocol for underwater wireless sensor network. She won the Best Presentation award for her research work at the 8th International Conference on Sensing Technology (ICST 2014) in Liverpool, UK. Her research areas are Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), Robotic Wireless Sensor Network (RWSN), electronic biomaterials and sustainable engineering design. She also has work experience at Siemens.