The KAUST Microelectronics Winter Camp: Inspiring a passion for research

The KAUST Microelectronics Winter Camp (MEWC) research program for 2023 has recently concluded, offering technical workshops to undergraduate and master's students worldwide to participate in microelectronics research. Hands-on experience was provided with state-of-the-art on-campus tools, giving participants insights into the exciting world of microelectronics research.

KAUST students' research wins first place at IEEE AP-S/URSI 2022

Hanguang Liao and Yiming Yang from the KAUST IMPACT Lab won first place in the 2022 IEEE AP-S Student Design Contest at the 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (IEEE AP-S/URSI 2022), held in July in Denver.

Our Team “SAVER” has made it to the finals of the 2022 APS Student Design Contest

IEEE APS is organizing the 13th Annual Student Design Competition this year in Denver. The topic for this year is “Miniaturized Antennas in IoT Applications”. Out of 30 submissions, only 6 teams have been selected as finalists in the competition. KAUST IMPACT Lab team, in collaboration with KU Leuven and UESTC, has qualified for the finals.

IMPACTians Clean Sweep the top two prizes in the Poster Contest of the KAUST Research Conference

KAUST Research Conference on Extreme Bandwidth Communication: From mmWave, THz to Optical Bands was held in KAUST Library from March 21st to 23rd. In the conference's poster contest, Haoran and Yiyang won the first and second prizes among 16 strong competitors. Haoran's poster title is Wideband and Wide Beam-scanning Dual-Polarized Phased Array Antenna for 5G Applications.

A batteryless sensing tag for detecting adulteration in honey - wins first prize at Microelectronics Winter Camp 2022

Monika and Jaime joined IMPACT Lab as visiting students of Microelectronics Winter Camp. The winter camp is a 4-6 week research program aiming to develop practical and creative skills of undergraduate and Master's students from all around the globe.

Our work on Ultra-miniature Bluetooth Tag for Red Palm Weevil tracking received best paper award in IEEE ICMAC 2021 from honorable President of Pakistan

An ultra-small Bluetooth low energy (BLE) tag for tracking of Red Palm weevils (RPW), developed by IMPACT lab researcher’s Rana Muhammad Bilal and Zulma Reyes Lopez, under supervision of Prof. Atif Shamim, was presented at IEEE ICMAC 2021 conference in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Professor Atif Shamim named IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Distinguished Lecturer

KAUST Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Atif Shamim has been selected as a Distinguished Lecturer (DL) for the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) from 2022 to 2024. In his new role, sponsored by the IEEE, Shamim will give lectures to AP-S chapter members on topics of interest and importance to the global AP community.