Imran Ansari (PhD Candidate in Prof. Alouini's group) receives IEEE Scholarship 1 min read · Sun, Jul 28 2013 News Spotlight optical wireless communication systems Imran Shafique Ansari (EE PhD Candidate) was selected to receive the IEEE Richard E. Merwin Scholarship in recognition of his exemplary involvement in student chapter activities.
Mohammed Zahed M. Khan (EE PhD Candidate) and Dr. Boon Ooi (Professor of EE) won the Best Paper Award (Photonics Track) at the SIECP conference 1 min read · Fri, May 3 2013 News photonics integrated optics optical fiber communications Mohammed Zahed M. Khan (EE PhD Candidate) and Dr. Boon Ooi (Professor of EE) won the Best Paper Award (Photonics Track) in the second SIECPC.
Mohammed Zidan (EE PhD Candidate) received the best postgraduate poster award at the SIECPS conference 1 min read · Fri, May 3 2013 News memristors Memory chaotic systems Mohammed Zidan received the best postgraduate poster award at the second Saudi International Electronics, Communications and Photonics conference, held 27-30 April 2013 in Riyadh, KSA.
Klemens Katterbauer (PhD in Electrical Engineering) comes 2nd place at the Middle East, North Africa & South Asia SPE Student Paper contest 1 min read · Thu, May 2 2013 News Spotlight 4D seismic History Matching imaging apparatus energy harvesting photonics Klemens Katterbauer (Ph.D. candidate under supervision Andrea Fratalocchi) comes 2nd place at the Middle East, North Africa & South Asia SPE Student Paper Contest.
Prof. Hussain named Fellow of Institute of Nanotechnology, UK 1 min read · Fri, Mar 29 2013 Spotlight News CMOS nanoelectronics flexible Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Hussain an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering from founding batch faculty has been named as the Fellow of Institute of Nanotechnology, UK.
Dr. Zouheir Rezki promoted to Senior Member of IEEE 1 min read · Thu, Feb 28 2013 News Physical layer security Performance limits at low power regime Cognitive and sensor radio networks Dr. Zouheir Rezki (Research Scientist in Communication Theory Lab) has been elevated to the rank of Senior Member of IEEE.
PhD EE student Mudassir Masood from Prof. Tareq Al-Naffouri's group wins best poster award at ICCSPA'13 1 min read · Tue, Feb 26 2013 News Spotlight Distribution Agnostic Bayesian Estimation of Sparse Signals communications tracking statistical signal processing Mudassir Masood, a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering (EE) at the CEMSE division, received the best poster award at the International Conference on Communications, Signal Processing, and Their Applications (ICCSPA), held 11-14 February 2013 in Sharjah, UAE.
Prof. Andrea Fratalocchi receives appreciation from Nature Publications as one of its best reviewers 1 min read · Sat, Feb 2 2013 Spotlight News photonics energy harvesting imaging apparatus Prof. Andrea Fratalocchi received a letter of appreciation from the Editor-in-Chief of Nature for serving as a reviewer.
EE students, postdocs shine in WEP poster competition 1 min read · Sun, Jan 27 2013 News Spotlight WEP Poster Competition EE students and postdocs won 5 out of 9 prizes at the WEP university-wide poster competition in all three categories. These prizes are the latest in a series of awards brought home by the EE students from similar contests.
Dr. Basem Shihada and Dr. Sajid Ahmed promoted to Senior Member of IEEE 1 min read · Sat, Dec 22 2012 News Spotlight communications communication networks MIMO-radar waveform design MIMO and Passive radar Low complexity sphere decoding Dr. Basem Shihada and Dr. Sajid Ahmed have been elevated to the rank of Senior Member of IEEE. This is considered a significant honor since only 8% of nearly 400,000 IEEE members are Senior Members because of their superior professional achievements.
Prof. Muhammad Hussain selected as distinguished lecturer for the IEEE Electron Devices Society 1 min read · Tue, Dec 18 2012 News nanoelectronics CMOS flexible Prof. Muhammad Hussain has been selected as a distinguished lecturer for the IEEE Electron Devices Society (EDS). The IEEE sponsored EDS Distinguished Lecturer Program exists for the purpose of providing IEEE EDS Chapters with a list of quality lecturers.
Loic Marnat's work on vertical on-chip antennas to appear in IEEE TAP 1 min read · Tue, Nov 27 2012 News System-on-a-chip The paper titled "New Movable Plate for Efficient Millimeter Wave Vertical on-Chip Antennas," written by Loïc Marnat, Armando A. A. Carreno, Ian G. Foulds, Atif Shamim has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, with minor revisions, November 2012.
EE PhD Candidate Fahd Ahmed Khan from Prof. Alouini's group wins the best poster award at the IEEE DySPAN'2012 1 min read · Mon, Oct 22 2012 News Spotlight Cooperative relay network Cognitive radio network Performance analysis Fahd Khan, a Ph.D. candidate in the Electrical Engineering (EE) Program at the Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) division received the best poster award at the IEEE DySPAN'2012.
EE students win top honors in DOW Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award 1 min read · Wed, Oct 17 2012 News Spotlight wireless powering Implantable devices thermoelectric power harvesters EE students Salman Inayat (Prof. Muhammad Hussain's PhD student) and Mahmoud Ouda (Prof. Khaled Salama's PhD student) have won the first and second prizes, respectively, in DOW Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award.
Mahmoud Ouda wins the second place in the 7th Annual International Microelectronics Olympiad 1 min read · Sat, Oct 6 2012 News Wireless sensors rf signals Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences & Engineering doctoral student, Mahmoud Ouda, won the second place at the seventh Annual International Microelectronics Olympiad that took place in Armenia.
Dr. Atif delivers talks in Canada 1 min read · Fri, Jul 6 2012 News Dr. Atif Shamim delivers talks at Carleton University and Lyngsoe Systems.