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March 2021

Pioneering KAUST research points to a promising future for gas-sensing applications

1 min read · Sun, Mar 14 2021

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Air pollution and its insidious effect on our environment remain a leading cause of health issues worldwide. Long-term and short-term exposure to air pollution’s detrimental effects can cause several illnesses, including pneumonia, heart disease, lung cancer and chronic respiratory diseases. According to the World Health Organization, air pollution (both ambient and indoor) accounts for an estimated seven million deaths worldwide each year.
Eltawil named NAI Senior Member

1 min read · Thu, Mar 11 2021

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KAUST Professor of Electrical Engineering Ahmed Eltawil has been elected a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The NAI Senior Member program is an exclusive award distinction created to showcase the innovative ecosystems at NAI Member Institutions such as KAUST.
First joint publication between KAUST and MBSC seeks to improve treatment options for chronic kidney disease in Saudi Arabia

1 min read · Tue, Mar 9 2021

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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is among the most common causes of death in Saudi Arabia. According to the 2018 edition of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation’s annual Financing Global Health report, the prevalence of CKD among the Kingdom’s general population stands at 5.44% and accounts for a 4.04% mortality rate.
CEMSE New Faculty: Shinkyu Park, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

1 min read · Mon, Mar 8 2021

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KAUST Assistant Professor Shinkyu Park joined the University in January 2021 to take up his new role as the principal investigator of Distributed Robotics and Autonomy Group. Before joining KAUST, Park was an associate research scholar at Princeton University, U.S., where he engaged in cross-departmental robotics projects.
Meet KAUST New Student: Zhenwei Tang

1 min read · Sun, Mar 7 2021

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Zhenwei Tang, a telecommunications graduate from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China, joined KAUST in January 2021. Tang joined KAUST as a M.S./Ph.D. candidate and member of the Machine Intelligence & kNowledge Engineering (MINE) Lab under the supervision of Professor Xianglinag Zhang.
Meet KAUST New Student: Aijaz Lone

1 min read · Sun, Mar 7 2021

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Aijaz Lone is a M.S. graduate in electrical and computer engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India. Lone first came to KAUST as a visiting student in 2020 and was instantly impressed by the facilities he encountered. It was these very facilities that piqued his interest in joining the University as a Ph.D. student to pursue his research career.
KAUST RISC lab hosts Center of Excellence for Aeronautics and Astronautics(KACST)

1 min read · Thu, Mar 4 2021

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KAUST Robotics, Intelligent Systems, and Control (RISC) Lab hosts a 3-day visit by personnel from the Center of Excellence for Aeronautics and Astronautics at King Abdulaziz City of Science and Technology ( https://ceaa.kacst.edu.sa/). During their visit, a team of ten, led by Dr. Hesham Shageer of KACST attended talks by RISC Profs. Eric Feron and Shinkyu Park on diverse aspects of robotics. The KACST team also visited FalconViz ( http://www.falconviz.com/) and Firnas ( https://www.firnas.aero/home.php)Two KAUST startups relying on drone technology to perform a variety of tasks, such as
Rue honored by Royal Statistical Society

1 min read · Wed, Mar 3 2021

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KAUST Professor of Statistics Håvard Rue has been honored by the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) for his "substantial and significant contributions in the area of efficient and scalable computational techniques for the data analysts' toolbox."
This black is the new black, and light is its prisoner

1 min read · Tue, Mar 2 2021

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Originally published in Wired Black gold signals the future of energy in the Middle East—and, for once, that doesn't mean oil. At least this is the vision of Italy-born academic Andrea Fratalocchi, who in 2015 was recognized by Guinness World Records for co-creating the "blackest black"—the darkest human-made substance, which is actually fashioned from gold. The nanomaterial Fratalocchi's team invented absorbs more than 99 percent of visible light and over 98 percent of infrared. Think of it as a tiny, imperfect, terrestrial black hole, just sucking in light rays. While having joined Neil

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