Hsien-Yu Liao has defended his MS work on "Fabrication and Characterization of Micro-Membrane GaN Light Emitting Diodes" 1 min read · Thu, Apr 30 2015 News Hsien-Yu Liao (Patrick) has defended his MS work on Fabrication and Characterization of Micro-Membrane GaN Light Emitting Diodes! The thesis committee is chaired by Prof. Boon Ooi (KAUST), including the members of Prof. Fan Ren (University of Flordia), Prof. Muhammad M. Hussain (KAUST), and Prof. Jr-Hau He (KAUST).
An origami 'slinky' that harvests incidental energy 1 min read · Sat, Apr 25 2015 News Nanogenerators sensors mechanical energy Lightweight and low-cost device uses friction inside paper-based coils to transform mechanical motion into electricity.
Nano therapeutics heat up 1 min read · Sat, Apr 18 2015 News electronics Copper circuits digital interactive therapeutic patch Smart, stretchable pads open up a new approach for thermotherapy.
Dr. Hesham ElSawy recognized as Exemplary Reviewer by IEEE Transactions on Communications 1 min read · Fri, Apr 17 2015 News cognitive radio systems Stochastic Geometry Green communications Dr. Hesham ElSawy was recognized by the IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM) as an Exemplary Reviewer. Less than 2% of all IEEE TCOM Reviewers in 2015 got this recognition.
KAUST Researchers Offer 'Touch' To The World 1 min read · Wed, Apr 15 2015 News sensors microfluidics nanowires We proudly announced that he had won the award for the "Best Research Paper" at the 2015 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium for his research on artificial skin.
Tsunami On Demand: The Power To Harness Catastrophic Events 1 min read · Sun, Apr 5 2015 News photonics rogue waves nanoscale A new study published today on Nature Physics features a nano-optical chip that makes possible generating and controlling nanoscale rogue waves. The innovative chip was developed by an international team of physicists, led by Andrea Fratalocchi from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), in Saudi Arabia, and is expected to have significant applications for energy research and environmental safety.
This is your light speaking, how can I help you? 1 min read · Sun, Mar 29 2015 News sensors lab-on-a-chip antenna arrays Prof. Salama's Smart Lighting System won the 1st prize at WEP Science Fair with a device that will change the way we interact with light.
A different kind of light 1 min read · Sat, Mar 28 2015 News light lightfest-2015 laser LED electrical engineering The discovery of the incandescent light bulb has transformed human existence. New LED technologies promise to be the next step forward.
PhD Students Invited to 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 1 min read · Sat, Mar 28 2015 News flexible electronics sensors Two CEMSE doctoral students have been invited to the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, which will be held on June 28-July 3.
Tiny tuner turns heat into power 1 min read · Fri, Feb 6 2015 News Nanoscale device thermal infrared radiation electrical current Sustainable energy generation boosted by a nanoscale device that converts thermal infrared radiation to an electrical current.
A breeding ground for successful start-ups 1 min read · Fri, Feb 6 2015 News visualization quadcopter State-of-the-art facilities and world-class research projects give rise to thriving start-up companies based at KAUST.
KAUST-NSF Research Conference on Electronic Materials, Devices and Systems for A Sustainable Future 2015 1 min read · Sun, Feb 1 2015 News Electronic devices NSF KAUST Conference KAUST-NSF Research Conference on Electronic Materials, Devices and Systems for a Sustainable Future will be held at the Engineering Science Hall on Feb 14th.
KAUST post-doctoral fellow wins science photography competition 1 min read · Thu, Jan 15 2015 News science photography A photograph of KAUST post-doctoral fellow Dr. Shilpa Sivashankar's research work has won the "Under the Looking Glass: Art from the World of Small Science" photography competition at the 18th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2014).
Imran Shafique has been recognized for Exemplary Reviewer by IEEE Wireless Communications Letters 1 min read · Wed, Jan 14 2015 News Channel modeling Composite fading channels Multihop relay networks Imran Shafique Ansari was recognized by IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (WCL) as an Exemplary Reviewer, less than 3% of all IEEE WCL Reviewers in 2014 got this recognition.01142015
Lights up for chaotic storage 1 min read · Tue, Dec 23 2014 News optical resonator photonic crystals Chaotic optical resonators can trap more light energy than their orderly counterparts.
Windows could take the heat 1 min read · Tue, Dec 23 2014 News Thermoelectric materials electrical engineering thermal conductivity Generators embedded in windows produce electricity from the temperature differential between an air-conditioned interior and a sunny outside world.
Graphene is taking charge 1 min read · Mon, Dec 22 2014 News electronics Graphene material science and engineering Graphene-based capacitors prove useful in advanced non-linear electronics.
Wireless Multihop Networks: Finding the Best Way Home 1 min read · Sun, Dec 21 2014 News Stochastic Geometry Cross-layer protocol design Energy-efficient wireless multihop networks In contrast to conventional cellular networks, devices in wireless multihop networks have dual roles: while each device is a source of information it also acts as a router for its peers.
Bent, but not broken 1 min read · Wed, Dec 17 2014 News electronic circuits healthcare technologies Bendable electronics could help make robust wearable devices that can continuously monitor a person’s health.
KAUST team achieves remarkable flexibility with Silicon 1 min read · Sun, Dec 7 2014 News CMOS nanoelectronics flexible KAUST's Integrated Nanotechnology Lab are working to transform cutting-edge materials to make high-performance devices, but also about portability - they will have to be flexible, stretchable and reconfigurable
A novel design of antenna array developed by KAUST scientists 1 min read · Tue, Oct 21 2014 News RFICs sensors lab-on-a-chip antenna arrays nonlinear models 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.
CEMSE Welcomes new Professor: Dr. Hossein Fariborzi 1 min read · Sun, Oct 12 2014 News integrated circuits MEMS The CEMSE Division has recently welcomed a new Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Dr. Hossein Fariborzi. Prof. Fariborzi joins from Oracle/Sun Microsystems labs where he was a member of technical staff.
Prof. Hakan Bagci Elevated to Senior Member of IEEE 1 min read · Wed, Sep 24 2014 News computational electromagnetics time-domain integral-equations optics Prof. Hakan Bagci has been elevated to the rank of Senior Member of IEEE. This is considered an important honor since only 8% of nearly 400,000 IEEE members are Senior Members because of their superior professional achievements.
KAUST PhD: UC Berkeley Best Research Award 2014 1 min read · Fri, Sep 19 2014 News nanofabrication nanoelectronics thin film deposition KAUST CEMSE/EE graduate Dr. Hossain Fahad has just received the Best Research Award among 150 UC Berkeley research scientists, post-docs and graduate students.
Humboldt Research Award for Prof. Heidrich 1 min read · Thu, Sep 11 2014 Spotlight News Computational Photography computer graphics optics The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has awarded a Humboldt Research Award to Prof. Wolfgang Heidrich.
5 Year Anniversary Showcase 1 min read · Wed, Sep 3 2014 News 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!
CEMSE Welcomes new Professor: Jeff Shamma 1 min read · Mon, Aug 18 2014 News robotics intelligent systems control systems The CEMSE Division has recently welcomed a new Professor of Electrical Engineering, Dr. Jeff Shamma. Prof. Shamma joins from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech).
CEMSE Welcomes new Professor: Dr. Jr-Hau 1 min read · Sun, Jul 20 2014 News nanomaterials hydrogen energy optoelectronics Prof. He joins from National Taiwan University, where he was a tenured associate professor of Electrical Engineering.
Prof. Khaled Salama's Work On Fractional Order Element Based Impedance Matching, Granted US Patent US 8762114 1 min read · Wed, Jul 16 2014 News sensors antenna arrays lab-on-a-chip Prof. Khaled Salama in collaboration with Dr. Ahmed Radwan and Prof. Atif Shamim obtained a US Patent
PhD Student Won The Best Presentation Award At The "Frontiers Of Modern Optics" 1 min read · Thu, Jul 10 2014 News Spotlight Disordered Plasmonics and Complex Metamaterials Ph.D. student Juan Sebastian Totero Gongora won the best presentation award at the "Frontiers of Modern Optics", a summer event that brought together the most well-known experts in the field.
Professor Jurgen Kosel Elevated To Senior Member Of IEEE 1 min read · Fri, Jun 20 2014 News magnetism transducers sensors Prof. Jurgen Kosel has been elevated to the rank of Senior Member of IEEE. This is considered an important honor since only 8% of nearly 400,000 IEEE members are Senior Members because of their superior professional achievements.
Mohammed Zidan awarded IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Pre-Doctoral Fellowship 1 min read · Sat, Apr 19 2014 News Spotlight memristor Memory chaotic systems Mohammed Affan Zidan, sensors lab member and Ph.D. candidate in the Electrical Engineering (EE) Program at the Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, received the IEEE Circuits and Systems (CAS) Society Pre-Doctoral Fellowship.
KAUST's Prof. Basem Shihada's work on Buffer Sizing for Multi-Hop Networks, granted US Patent 8,638,686 1 min read · Mon, Apr 14 2014 News communications communication networks Prof. Basem Shihada and his previous research scientist Kamran Jamshaid obtained a US Patent for their technology on optimizing buffer sizing for multi-hop networks.
Muhammad Fahad Farooqui and Ahmed Nafe's paper selected as best paper 1 min read · Thu, Apr 3 2014 News Spotlight sensors antenna arrays Microwave circuits Paper by KAUST students Muhammad Fahad Farooqui and Ahmed Nafe from Prof. Atif Shamim's group has been selected as the best paper in the "Inkjet-Printed Components category".
Sadeed B. Sayed and Ismail E. Uysal ranked in the student paper competition at the ACES Conference 1 min read · Thu, Apr 3 2014 News numerical analysis wave propagation integral equations Ph.D. students Sadeed B. Sayed and Ismail E. Uysal working in the Computational Electromagnetics Group led by Prof. Hakan Bagci ranked 3rd and 5th in the student paper competition at the 30th International Conference
Prof. Khaled Salama appointed Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs 1 min read · Mon, Dec 16 2013 Spotlight News sensors lab-on-a-chip antenna arrays Prof. Khaled N. Salama was appointed Associated Editor for IEEE Transactions on circuits and systems-II: Express Briefs (TCAS II) for the period 2014-2015.
Amal Al-Amri wins Silver Medal at Ibtikar Exibition 2013 1 min read · Mon, Dec 9 2013 News Spotlight nanoenergy photovoltaics semiconductors interfaces electronics Amal Al-Amri, a Saudi female PhD student of Electrical Engineering Program in the Integrated Nanotechnology Lab led by Prof. Muhammad Mustafa Hussain has received the Silver Medal in Ibtikar Exhibition 2013.
Class 2013 Electrical Engineering PhD graduates 1 min read · Sun, Dec 8 2013 News Cognitive radio network interference modeling semiconductor electronics The Electrical Engineering Faculty, Staff and students would like to extend the warmest congratulations to the class of 2013 Ph.D. graduates. We wish them success in the new phase of their lives and are sure they will be our best ambassadors to the whole world.
Mahmoud Ouda Won The "Best Out Of The Box Solution" Prize At The 18th Microelectronics Olympiad Held In Armenia 1 min read · Wed, Oct 23 2013 News Spotlight wireless powering Implantable devices bioelectronics Doctoral student, Mahmoud Ouda, working under the supervision of Prof. Khaled Salama, won "Best out of the box solution" prize at the eighth microelectronics olympiad held October 15-19 in Yerevan, Armenia.
Prof. Salama's publications recognized by Elsevier's Top 25 hottest articles list 1 min read · Tue, Sep 24 2013 News memristors Memory chaotic systems Ph.D. student, Mohammed Zidan 's paper on Memristor-based memory: The sneak paths problem and solutions are recognized by ScienceDirect as one of the Top 25 hottest papers.
Hesham Omran wins the first phase of the 8th Annual International Microelectronics Olympiad of Armenia 1 min read · Sun, Sep 15 2013 News Spotlight integrated circuits FPGA Hesham Omran, a PhD student in Prof Khaled Salama's research group (Sensors Lab) won the the first phase of the 8th Annual International Microelectronics Olympiad of Armenia.
Dr. Atif Shamim appointed Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Antennas & propagation 1 min read · Wed, Aug 21 2013 Spotlight News sensors RFICs Dr. Atif Shamim has been appointed Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation (TAP). He has been included in the editorial board due to his work on "Co-design of on-chip antennas and circuits on CMOS platform".
Prof. Atif Shamim Elevated to Senior Member of IEEE 1 min read · Sun, Aug 11 2013 News RFICs sensors Prof. Atif Shamim has been elevated to the rank of Senior Member of IEEE. This is considered an important honor since only 8% of nearly 400,000 IEEE members are Senior Members because of their superior professional achievements.
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.
