Atif Shamim

About Atif Shamim

Atif Shamim

Program Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Antennas sensors Microwave circuits additive manufacturing

Professor Shamim is an accomplished electrical engineer specializing in wireless communication and sensing components and systems. His work aims to improve the performance of wireless communication and sensing systems through low-cost additive manufacturing techniques.

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December 2025

Professor Shamim appointed Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology

3 min read · Mon, Dec 15 2025

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Professor Shamim assumes Editor-in-Chief role at IEEE J-ERM
🌟 Prof. Atif Shamim Appointed Editor-in-Chief of IEEE J-ERM 🌟

1 min read · Tue, Dec 9 2025

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Prof. Atif Shamim has been appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology (J-ERM), a leading publication at the intersection of engineering, medicine, and biological sciences. This appointment marks a significant milestone in Prof. Shamim’s distinguished career, reflecting his long-standing contributions to biomedical electromagnetics, RF systems, and innovative healthcare technologies. As Editor-in-Chief, he will guide the journal’s strategic direction, oversee its editorial excellence, and foster impactful
KAUST showcases its smart health technologies at global forum

1 min read · Mon, Dec 8 2025

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Through AI, smart sensors, and computational biology, KAUST is transforming healthcare with practical solutions that address critical health needs in Saudi Arabia and beyond.

November 2025

Innovative silver-ink formulation from KAUST IMPACT Lab wins Best Technical Paper Award at IEEE IMAS 2025

3 min read · Wed, Nov 19 2025

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KAUST IMPACT Lab wins Best Technical Paper at IEEE-IMAS 2025 for sustainable, material-efficient 3D printing using custom silver ink.

October 2025

July 2025

Breakthrough Microwave Biosensor Featured on Cover of ACS Sensors

1 min read · Wed, Jul 9 2025

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PhD student Firas Fatani and the research team from Prof. Atif Shamim’s group have developed a microwave biosensor that achieves highly selective lactate detection in sweat—without the need for complex labeling or sample preparation. This innovative platform, recently featured on the cover of ACS Sensors, marks a significant milestone in wearable health monitoring. The sensor integrates a complementary split-ring resonator (CSRR) with enzymatic functionalization embedded inside a soft, microfluidic channel, enabling real-time tracking of lactate levels through permittivity shifts. This passive

June 2025

July 2024

June 2024

Better connection for monitoring helps heart patients and healthcare staff

1 min read · Tue, Jun 11 2024

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An innovative use of screen printing to assemble the key components of wet ECG electrodes enables remote monitoring at extended range and improves the experience for patients and healthcare staff.

March 2024

Dr. Sakandar Rauf's work has been selected as the Cover Article of ACS Nano

1 min read · Sun, Mar 31 2024

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Dr. Sakandar Rauf and research team from Prof Atif Shamim’s group, developed fully screen printed gentle-to-skin wet ECG electrodes integrated with a scaled-down printed circuit board (PCB) packaged inside a 3D-printed antenna-on-package (AoP). This is the first wireless ECG system employing fully screen-printed electrodes developed in Saudi Arabia. The gentle-to-skin wet ECG electrode screen printed on a plastic substrate only require 265 times less metal for the conductive part and 176 times less ECG electrode gel than the standard commercial wet ECG electrodes. In addition, the electrically

December 2023

November 2023

Rising Stars: Saher Flow Solutions

1 min read · Sun, Nov 12 2023

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Saher Flow Solutions has been picked the top five emerging deep tech startups in the Kingdom, following a review of offerings, potential, the funds have raised, and many other such factors! Saher Flow Solutions is a Saudi-Arabia based advanced sensing solution provider that offers a patented water-cut and multiphase flow meters which help oil and gas companies to manage unwanted produced water that results in increasing their costs per barrel. Prof. Atif Shamim, founder of Saher Flow Solutions, says that he had a clear aim when starting up his enterprise, which was to introduce more

August 2023

KAUST ECE students selected among top 10 finalists in the 2023 IEEE AP-S Student Paper Competition

2 min read · Mon, Aug 14 2023

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KAUST Ph.D. students Sebastian Celis Sierra and Zere Iman were selected among the top 10 finalists in the recent 2023 IEEE AP-S Student Paper Competition.

August 2022

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

2 min read · Mon, Aug 22 2022

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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.

March 2022

January 2022

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

1 min read · Tue, Jan 18 2022

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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. The Tag measures approximately half the size of a human finger nail, and is mounted on thorax of RPWs (cockroach sized pests of Date palms) for tracking. The work entailed design of a miniature Antenna-on-package at Bluetooth frequency, design of an-ultra small circuit board with complete BLE system-on-chip (SoC), as well as

December 2021

Professor Atif Shamim named IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Distinguished Lecturer

2 min read · Thu, Dec 16 2021

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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.

November 2021

UAV MIMO antenna work is selected to be featured on IEEE OJAP website

1 min read · Thu, Nov 18 2021

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UAV MIMO antenna system work has been selected to appear as a featured article on OJAP's website. The paper "A Dual mode, Thin and Wideband MIMO Antenna System for Seamless Integration on UAV" co-authored by Zubair Akhter, Rana Muhammad Bilal, and Atif Shamim has garnered considerable attention in the research community. Getting featured on IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation website (based on reader input, citations, etc) speaks of the quality and timeliness of the work. Congratulations!

October 2021

Welcoming composite inks into the fold

1 min read · Thu, Oct 14 2021

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A screen-printing approach to creating foldable circuits could make many functional devices easier and cheaper to mass produce.

September 2021

Su's Near Isotropic Antenna on Package work is one of the top accessed papers of IEEE TAP

1 min read · Thu, Sep 2 2021

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Near isotropic antenna on package work appeared in the top accessed documents of IEEE Transactions on Antenna and Propagation for the month of July 2021. The paper "Antenna-on-Package Design: Achieving Near-Isotropic Radiation Pattern and Wide CP Coverage Simultaneously" co-authored by Zhen Su, Kirill Klionovski, Hanguang Liao, and Atif Shamim has garnered considerable attention in the antenna community and is being advertised by the IEEE TAP official social channels. Following are the links: Linkedin Twitter Facebook

August 2021

KAUST Ph.D. student wins 2021 IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award

2 min read · Tue, Aug 17 2021

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Muhammad Akram Karimi, KAUST Ph.D. student and co-founder of the KAUST-supported startup company Saher Flow Solutions, has been selected as the recipient of the 2021 IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award in the Field of Sensors – Early Career. The award honors an individual with “outstanding technical contributions within the scope of the IEEE Sensors Council, as documented by publications and patents. It is based on the general quality and originality of contributions.”

July 2021

Wearable Beam-Switching Array work has been featured on IEEE Xplore

1 min read · Mon, Jul 12 2021

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Wearable Beam-Switching Array work has been featured on IEEE Xplore. The paper "Wearable Applications: Screen-Printed, Flexible, Parasitic Beam-Switching Millimeter-Wave Antenna Array" co-authored by Azat Meredov, Kirill Klionovski and Atif Shamim has garnered considerable attention in the research community. Getting selected from thousands of articles published in 400+ IEEE journals (based on reader input, citations, etc) speaks of the quality and timeliness of the work.

June 2021

November 2020

Sheer protection from electromagnetic radiation

1 min read · Sun, Nov 1 2020

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A printable ink that is both conductive and transparent can also block radio waves.

September 2020

Meet KAUST prospective student: Yiming Yang

2 min read · Sun, Sep 6 2020

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Yiming Yang is an electronic science and technology graduate who will join KAUST from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC). Yiming will join KAUST as a M.S./Ph.D. candidate and member of the KAUST Integrated Microwaves Packaging Antennas and Circuits Technology Research Group under the supervision of Professor Atif Shamim. After completing his studies, Yiming aspires to be a productive researcher in antenna and microwave circuit design.

July 2020

Meet KAUST Prospective Student: Zere Iman

1 min read · Tue, Jul 14 2020

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Zere Iman is a 22-year-old graduate who will join KAUST from Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. Iman will join us in the fall of 2020 as an M.S./Ph.D. candidate in the KAUST Integrated Microwaves Packaging Antennas and Circuits Technology Research Group, under the supervision of Professor Atif Shamim.

April 2020

CEMSE Division startups in focus: Albasr

4 min read · Tue, Apr 7 2020

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A universal theme that unites parents the world over is a constant concern for their child’s safety. A large number of families have undergone the jarring experience of losing a child in a crowded area.

October 2019

Baby steps for transparent electronics

1 min read · Sun, Oct 27 2019

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Stretchy, see-through, silver nanowire sheet combines optical transparency with excellent electrical conductivity.

August 2019

Democratizing electronics one step at a time

3 min read · Thu, Aug 1 2019

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"You would not believe how many amazingly talented people there are in the world, but they often are just not exposed to opportunities," noted Muhammad Mustafa Hussain, KAUST professor of electrical engineering and currently a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He is determined to try and change this—one step at a time.

July 2019

KAUST Ph.D. student wins Three Minute Thesis competition

2 min read · Wed, Jul 3 2019

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Muhammad Akram Karimi, a fourth-year KAUST Ph.D. student working in the Integrated Microwaves Packaging Antennas & Circuits Technology (IMPACT) Lab headed by Associate Professor Atif Shamim, won the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition held during the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society's International Microwave Symposium (IMS2019) in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S, in early June. IEEE IMS has been taking place for 60 years, and it is the flagship conference for microwave engineers and scientists.

April 2019

January 2019

December 2018

November 2018

Prof. Atif Shamim delivered an invited talk in Texas Instrument, USA

1 min read · Thu, Nov 15 2018

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Prof. Atif Shamim was invited to the Printed Electronics Research Lab (PERL) which is part of Kilby Labs in Texas Instruments Headquarters in Dallas USA.

October 2018

Lockheed Martin CTO visits IMPACT Lab

1 min read · Thu, Oct 4 2018

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Lockheed Martin Chief Technology Officer Keoki Jackson and other senior members visited the IMPACT lab on October 4th, 2018.

July 2018

The internet of sea things

1 min read · Sun, Jul 29 2018

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When Atif Shamim, KAUST associate professor of electrical engineering, was approached by colleagues in the University's Red Sea Research Center (RSRC) with the challenge of developing underwater sensing technology for marine animals, he wasn't sure how his expertise could help, since marine animals are under water most of the time. Up until now, his research has focused on Bluetooth for applications on dry land, such as wearable medical devices connected to smartphone applications through Bluetooth communication protocol

June 2018

April 2018

Tuning in to magnetic ink

1 min read · Sun, Apr 1 2018

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A new ink containing iron oxide nanoparticles can be turned into fully printed and versatile components for cellular networks.

March 2018

Developing disposable lifesaving sensors

1 min read · Mon, Mar 19 2018

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Smart Disposable Sensor Work Story on KAUST Main Page.

February 2018

July 2017

Smart sensors could save lives

1 min read · Sat, Jul 22 2017

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3D-printed, disposable sensors capable of detecting noxious gases and changes in temperature and humidity could revolutionize environmental monitoring.

June 2017

May 2017

Thinking outside the box in flood control

1 min read · Mon, May 1 2017

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Floating paper cubes containing low-cost, inkjet printed electronic sensors can wirelessly monitor floods in real time.

January 2017

October 2016

A modern way to heal old wounds

1 min read · Sat, Oct 15 2016

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Injuries that fail to heal within three months, such as many diabetic foot ulcers, can require years of treatment and significant healthcare resources. A sensor-laden bandage developed by a research team at KAUST promises to reduce the burden on hospitals and enhance patient well-being by transforming how chronic wounds are monitored.

September 2016

Professor Shamim's Smart Bandage hits Nature Scientific Report and win the IEEE MECAP' 16 Best Paper Award

1 min read · Tue, Sep 27 2016

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Professor Shamim's new cutting edge, flexible and low-cost technology to monitor chronic wounds recently put CEMSE on the map of health care system research. His scientific paper " Low-Cost Inkjet Printed Smart Bandage for Wireless Monitoring of Chronic Wounds " appeared on Nature Scientific Reports and won IEEE MECAP'16 - Middle East Conference on Antennas and Propagation - Best Paper Award, in Beirut, last September.

June 2016

May 2016

Muhammad Akram Karimi secures 3rd prize Best Paper Award at IMS - world's most prestigious microwaves conference

1 min read · Sun, May 29 2016

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Karimi's work on low cost and zero weight water-cut sensors stood out for its quality and distinctive application-direct approach. Successfully, he proved cost reductions of 100 times lower and dropping weight to 1,000 times below than the ones currently available in the market.

February 2016

100 % acceptance of IMPACT Lab at the Premier Microwave Conference IMS

1 min read · Tue, Feb 2 2016

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All four submissions from IMPACT Lab in the leading conference of the microwave community IMS 2016 have been accepted.

January 2016

Prof. Shamim has been invited to serve in the technical program committee (TPC) of the AP-S, 2016

1 min read · Fri, Jan 15 2016

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Prof. Shamim has been invited to serve in the technical program committee (TPC) of the AP-S, 2016.

November 2015

Our recent paper on Stretchable and Wearable antenna is selected as the cover article for high impact factor journal “Advanced Functional Materials.”

1 min read · Mon, Nov 9 2015

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Our recent paper on Stretchable and Wearable antenna is selected as the cover article for high impact factor journal “Advanced Functional Materials.”

August 2015

Farhan's stretchable antenna paper in Advanced Functional Materials

1 min read · Fri, Aug 28 2015

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Farhan's paper on stretchable and flexible antenna design is accepted in Advanced Functional Material.

April 2015

IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and Canada Research Chair in Electromagnetic Engineering Prof. Yahya Antar visited IMPACT Lab

1 min read · Thu, Apr 2 2015

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IEEE Distinguished Lecturer and Canada Research Chair in Electromagnetic Engineering Prof. Yahya Antar visited IMPACT Lab.

February 2015

Tiny tuner turns heat into power

1 min read · Fri, Feb 6 2015

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Sustainable energy generation boosted by a nanoscale device that converts thermal infrared radiation to an electrical current.

November 2014

October 2014

Farhan’s work on Automotive Radar has been granted US Patent

2 min read · Thu, Oct 23 2014

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In recent years, the fast economic growth around the world resulted in the rapid development of the automobile industry.
A novel design of antenna array developed by KAUST scientists

2 min read · Tue, Oct 21 2014

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At the sensors lab, Prof. K.N. Salama and Prof. A. Shamim led a team of KAUST founding masters students Farhan Abdul Ghaffar and Muhammad Umair Khalid to develop an aperture coupled patch antenna array SoP.
Prof. Shamim and Prof. Claudel's work on smart sensors appeared in KAUST latest research stories

1 min read · Wed, Oct 15 2014

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Prof. Shamim and Prof. Claudel's work on smart sensors appeared in KAUST's latest research stories.
KAUST Ranked 12th in QS University Ranking

1 min read · Wed, Oct 8 2014

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KAUST ranked 12th in research impact/output worldwide According to QS University ranking.

September 2014

5 Year Anniversary Showcase

1 min read · Wed, Sep 3 2014

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There were over 15 faculty members that helped, dedicated there time, and worked together to create an experience that everyone could enjoy. With effort, creativity, passion, collaboration, and dedication these faculty members made this whole event possible!

July 2014

Prof. Khaled Salama's Work On Fractional Order Element Based Impedance Matching, Granted US Patent US 8762114

2 min read · Wed, Jul 16 2014

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Prof. Khaled Salama in collaboration with Dr. Ahmed Radwan and Prof. Atif Shamim obtained a US Patent

March 2014

Dr. Atif Shamim delivered an invited talk in Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany

1 min read · Sat, Mar 1 2014

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Dr. Atif Shamim has been invited to deliver a short course in Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany, titled "On-Chip Antennas: The Last Barrier to True RF System-on-Chip".

January 2014

Dr. Shamim has been invited to serve in the technical program committee (TPC) of the AP-S, 2014

1 min read · Sun, Jan 5 2014

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Dr. Atif Shamim has been invited to serve in the technical program committee (TPC) of the IEEE international symposium on antennas and propagation (AP-S), 2014. APS is the premier conference for antennas and propagation with over this year in Memphis, Tennessee, USA.

December 2013

November 2013

Farhan's paper on tunable antennas published in IEEE

1 min read · Fri, Nov 1 2013

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Farhan Abdul Ghaffar's paper on tunable antennas has been published on the IEEE transactions of antenna and propagation.

October 2013

Dr. Atif shamim founded an IEEE chapter in KSA

1 min read · Mon, Oct 21 2013

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Dr. Atif Shamim founded a joined IEEE AP -MTT chapter in western Saudi Arabia (region 8).

September 2013

Dr. Shamim taught an invited short course in SBCCI 2013 (Brazil)

1 min read · Tue, Sep 3 2013

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Dr. Shamim taught an invited short course on "Co-design and Monolithic Integration of On-chip Antennas and Circuits" in SBCCI 2013 (26th symposium on integrated circuits and systems design), the major annual conference on integrated circuits in Curitiba, Brazil.

August 2013

June 2013

April 2013

Dr. Atif Shamim delivers short course in EuCAP 2013

1 min read · Sun, Apr 7 2013

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Dr. Atif Shamim delivers a short course titled, "Design and Characterization of On-Chip Antennas for System-on-Chip Applications" in EuCAP 2013 held in Gothenburg, Sweden.

January 2013

November 2012

September 2012

Tri-Band inkjet printed antenna paper accepted in IEEE AWPL

1 min read · Sat, Sep 29 2012

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Antennas

The paper titled, "Paper-Based Inkjet-Printed Tri-Band U-Slot Monopole Antenna for Wireless Applications," written by Dr. Hattan Abutarboush and Dr. Atif Shamim has been accepted in IEEE Antenna and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL).

July 2012

On-chip Antennas review paper accepted in Microwave Magazine

1 min read · Wed, Jul 25 2012

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on-chip antennas

A review paper on on-chip antennas has been accepted in IEEE Microwave Magazine.
Dr. Atif delivers talks in Canada

1 min read · Fri, Jul 6 2012

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Dr. Atif Shamim delivers talks at Carleton University and Lyngsoe Systems.

March 2012

Journal paper on inkjet printing accepted in IEEE TAP

1 min read · Tue, Mar 27 2012

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Journal paper on inkjet printing accepted in IEEE TAP.

December 2011

Workshop on Green Electronics at WEP-2012 KAUST

1 min read · Thu, Dec 1 2011

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Dr. Atif Shamim hosted a workshop titled Miniaturized, Flexible and Green Electronics for Sensing and Communication Systems.

November 2011

Journal paper accepted in PIER

1 min read · Sun, Nov 27 2011

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Journal paper accepted in PIER with impact factor 3.7.

October 2011

Invited talk at AEC, Riyadh

1 min read · Sun, Oct 23 2011

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Dr. Atif Shamim delivered an invited talk at Advanced Electronics Company, Riyadh titled 3D Packaging: A step towards system-level miniaturization.
Invited talk at Toshiba

1 min read · Fri, Oct 14 2011

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Antennas

Dr. Atif Shamim delivered an invited talk at Toshiba research lab, Bristol, UK titled Advanced RF Electronics: ICs, Antennas and 3D Packaging on 14th October 2011.
IBM project approved

1 min read · Tue, Oct 4 2011

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The joint project between IMPACT Lab and IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA has been approved for funding.

July 2011

Journal papers accepted in IEEE Transactions

1 min read · Wed, Jul 20 2011

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Two Journal papers accepted in IEEE AWPL and IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology.

June 2011

PSATRI Technology Innovation Center

1 min read · Fri, Jun 10 2011

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A technology innovation center (TIC) proposed by Prince Sultan Advanced Technologies Research Institute (PSATRI) in conjunction with Dr. Atif Shamim has been approved.
Invited Talk at UC Berkeley

1 min read · Wed, Jun 1 2011

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Dr. Atif Shamim gave a talk at the Department of Electrical and Computer engineering, University of California, Berkeley on April, 4th, 2011.

May 2011

Dr. Atif Shamim and Dr. Ahmad Radwan organizing a special session at PIERS

1 min read · Wed, May 4 2011

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Dr. Atif Shamim and Dr. Ahmad Radwan are organizing a special session at Progress in Electromagnetic Symposium (PIERS).

April 2011

24-GHz LTCC Fractal Antenna Array SoP With Integrated Fresnel Lens

1 min read · Mon, Apr 25 2011

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Farahan Abdul Ghaffar, et al., "24-GHz LTCC Fractal Antenna Array SoP With Integrated Fresnel Lens" IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 10, 2011, 705. Abstract: A novel 24-GHz mixed low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) tape based system-on-package (SoP) is presented, which incorporates a fractal antenna array with an integrated grooved Fresnel lens. The four-element fractal array employs a relatively low dielectric constant substrate (CT707, ), whereas the lens has been realized on a high-dielectric-constant superstrate (CT765, ). The two (substrate and super- strate) are

February 2011

Dr. Atif Shamim organizes a special session at ACES 2011

1 min read · Mon, Feb 28 2011

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Dr. Atif Shamim and Dr. Langis Roy (Carleton University, Canada) organised a special session at the 27th applied computational electromagnetics (ACES) conference in Williamsburg, Virginia, on March 28th, 2011.