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October 2021

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  Airborne antennas to address electro-magnetic fields exposure concerns

  1 min read · Sun, Oct 3 2021

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  communications human health electrical engineering

  Movable airborne antennas receiving cellphone signals could reduce EMF exposure while offering higher data transmission speed and using less power.

September 2021

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  CEMSE New Faculty: Nazek El-Atab, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  1 min read · Sun, Sep 26 2021

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  By David Murphy Nazek El-Atab is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and the principal investigator of the Smart, Advanced Memory Devices and Applications (SAMA) Lab. The former KAUST MMH Labs research scientist originally joined the University in October 2017, having obtained her B.Sc. in computer and communications engineering ('12) from the Hariri Canadian University, Lebanon, and her M.Sc. in microsystems engineering ('14) and Ph.D. in interdisciplinary engineering ('17) from the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE. Her current research focuses on
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  Full color LEDs cut down to size

  1 min read · Sun, Sep 26 2021

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  communications LEDs electrical engineering materials science

  Tiny light-emitting devices that can create all the colors in the rainbow are essential for the next generation of phones and screens.
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  Shaping a 6G future

  1 min read · Sun, Sep 26 2021

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  wireless networks 6G Wireless Communications global connectivity

  This coming decade promises to be yet another revolutionary one in how we communicate. In a world that is only beginning to embrace 5G technology, several scientific institutions, governments, telecom companies, and phone manufacturers worldwide are beginning to research the development possibilities of its successor—6G technology.
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  KAUST Ph.D. student Asrar Damdam named among "Forbes Middle East" 30 Under 30 list of innovators for 2021

  1 min read · Tue, Sep 14 2021

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  Forbes ME

  Asrar Damdam, a Ph.d. student based in the KAUST Integrated Circuits and Systems Group (ICS), was recently named amongst the "Forbes Middle East" 30 Under 30 list of innovators for 2021.
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  Meet KAUST new student: Yurii Tsyban

  1 min read · Mon, Sep 6 2021

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  Yurii Tsyban is a graduate in metrology and information-measuring technology who joined KAUST in July 2021 from the National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute."

August 2021

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  Meet KAUST new student: Jin Yu

  1 min read · Mon, Aug 30 2021

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  photovoltaics thermoelectric appliances

  Jin Yu is a physics graduate who joined KAUST in July 2021 from Nankai University (NKU), China. Before joining KAUST, Jin worked as an intern at Wake Forest University (WFU), North Carolina, U.S. After completing his studies at WFU, Jin served as a volunteer high school teacher at China Volunteer Association for almost a year.
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  Harnessing the particle-tracking power of the algorithm

  1 min read · Wed, Aug 25 2021

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  fluid dynamics visual computing algorithms Computer science

  A simple camera system paired with a sophisticated image-processing algorithm can achieve faster and more accurate reconstructions of particle flow.
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  KAUST Ph.D. student wins 2021 IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award

  1 min read · Tue, Aug 17 2021

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  sensors IEEE award microwave sensors

  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.”
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  Meet KAUST new student: Zhengying Lou

  1 min read · Mon, Aug 16 2021

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  Unmanned aerial vehicles UAVs

  Zhengying Lou is a communication engineering graduate who joined KAUST from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Zhengying first came to KAUST in June 2020 as a visiting student and was instantly impressed by the university’s high academic standards and convenient living environment.
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  Outstanding KAUST research acknowledged by leading photonics journal

  1 min read · Sun, Aug 8 2021

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  optics photonics photodetector optical engineering Optical wireless communications radio frequency communication

  KAUST professors Boon Ooi and Osman Bakr and their respective research groups have recently had their collaborative research recognized by one of the major journals for optics and photonics, Light: Science & Applications (LSA). The teams’ paper— titled "High-speed color-converting photodetector with all-inorganic CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals for ultraviolet light communication—" was awarded as an “Outstanding Paper of Light: Science & Applications in 2020.”
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  Divided attention could ease wireless congestion

  1 min read · Sun, Aug 1 2021

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  communications artificial intelligence electrical engineering Computer science

  Predicting wireless traffic using artificial intelligence could improve the reliability of future wireless communications.

July 2021

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  Professor Eltawil honored with UCI faculty innovator award

  1 min read · Mon, Jul 26 2021

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  KAUST Professor of Electrical Engineering Ahmed Eltawil has recently been honored as the winner of the 8th Annual SSoE Spring Faculty Awards "Innovator of the Year" by the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, University of California, Irvine (UCI). The award is presented annually to the most innovative, current or former, UCI faculty member who has “demonstrated excellence by developing a breakthrough technology, idea or process and has demonstrated its large potential to create economic value and improve lives.”
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  Grant award set to boost KAUST student’s efforts to close the digital divide

  1 min read · Mon, Jul 26 2021

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  NDA architecture interconnectivity

  A research team featuring KAUST M.S./Ph.D. student Aniq Ur Rahman recently received €5,000 in funding from AlumNode, for their project: “Connecting the Unconnected: A Tool for Digital Inclusion.” Rahman—along with his colleagues Dr. Anish Jindal from the University of Essex, U.K., and Dr. Khac-Hoang Ngo from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden—received the grant for their innovative optimal network deployment architecture (NDA) software aimed at reducing the global digital divide.
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  KAUST researchers attend 70th Lindau Nobel Meeting

  1 min read · Wed, Jul 14 2021

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  Each year, young scientists from around the world get the coveted opportunity to learn from Nobel laureates as part of the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. Traditionally held in the small German town and island of Lindau, this year's 70th edition of the Lindau Meeting is taking place virtually, June 27-July 2, 2021, on account of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.
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  KAUST team power ahead with alternative energy research

  1 min read · Sun, Jul 4 2021

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  sensors electrical engineering IoT

  With the continued growth in Internet of Things applications, deployments, and devices, highly connected, sustainable smart cities are no longer mere concepts or fantastical future dreams; many are already active and are expanding apace.
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  Xiaohang Li promoted to Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  1 min read · Sun, Jul 4 2021

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  KAUST faculty member Xiaohang Li was recently promoted from the rank of Assistant Professor to Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Since joining KAUST in January 2016, Li led his Advanced Semiconductor Laboratory (ASL) in making several important contributions in semiconductor research.

June 2021

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  KAUST research group win inaugural MCIT Digital Innovation Award

  1 min read · Mon, Jun 28 2021

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  digital innovation award smart tap artificial intelligence

  A team of KAUST researchers have won first place in the Digital Research track at the inaugural Digital Innovation Awards held on Sunday, April 25, 2021. Launched by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), the awards aim to “enhance the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in digital research and development” in Saudi Arabia.
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  Viruses as communication molecules

  1 min read · Sun, Jun 27 2021

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  Computer science human health pathogens modeling

  Electrical and computer engineers take on complex modeling questions that can further our understanding of virus spread in small spaces.
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  Coronavirus testing made quick and easy

  1 min read · Mon, Jun 21 2021

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  COVID-19 human health Biosensors bioengineering

  New diagnostic technique could help contain the spread of COVID-19 and other viral outbreaks.
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  Plant probes make sense for sustainable farming

  1 min read · Sun, Jun 20 2021

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  plant science Biosensors agriculture electrical engineering

  Ultrathin needles for probing plants could help keep crop health in check.
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  KAUST postdoctoral fellow wins URSI Young Scientist Award

  1 min read · Tue, Jun 15 2021

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  electromagnetic waves electromagnetic fields

  KAUST Postdoctoral Fellow Rui Chen has been awarded a Young Scientist (YS) Award by the International Union of Radio Science (Union Radio Scientifique Internationale-URSI) for his “innovative contributions and discoveries in multidiscipline research related to electromagnetic fields and waves.”
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  Chun Hong Kang receives SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship

  1 min read · Thu, Jun 3 2021

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  optics photonics

  Chun Hong Kang, a Ph.D. student in the KAUST Photonics Laboratory, has been awarded a 2021 Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship by SPIE for his “potential contributions to the field of optics and photonics.”
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  KAUST VCC research scientist appointed as Associate Editor of leading IEEE journal

  1 min read · Thu, Jun 3 2021

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  Laurent Condat, a research scientist based in the KAUST Visual Computing Center, has recently been appointed as an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (TSP). The peer-reviewed journal covers novel theory, algorithms, performance analyses, and applications of techniques for the processing, understanding, learning, retrieval, mining, and extraction of information from signals.

May 2021

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  KAUST Prof. Mohamed Slim Alouini and Prof. Ibrahim Hoteit have been awarded the 2020 Kuwait prize

  1 min read · Thu, May 27 2021

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  Dr Hoteit is recognized for his pioneering research in ocean modelling, remote sensing, Red Sea eddy dynamics, and the development of new techniques in data assimilation and modelling that have environmental applications of global significance. In the Field of Applied Sciences (area of Engineering Sciences), the Prize is awarded to Dr. Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at King Abdulla University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, for his groundbreaking research in the area of wireless , optical and vehicular communications, including low-power communications for the internet of things, as well as his valuable contribution to the development of the 3G, 4G and satellite systems.
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  The KAUST Photonics Lab wins HSE Laboratory Safety Recognition Award

  1 min read · Sun, May 23 2021

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  The KAUST Photonics Laboratory, led by Professor Boon Ooi, has been awarded the KAUST Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Department’s Safety Culture Award in recognition of the Lab's tremendous growth in terms of safety throughout the year with a focus on collaboration, working as a team, caring for others and motivating others to be safe.
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  Making the shift from blue to red for better LEDs

  1 min read · Sun, May 9 2021

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  materials science semiconductors electrical engineering

  Pure red-light micrometer-scale emitting devices made from a nitride semiconductor reaches excellent efficiency.
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  NASA’s helicopter Ingenuity flies on Mars: the challenges behind the exploration of other planets

  1 min read · Mon, May 3 2021

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  On April 19, 2021, NASA flew the first helicopter in history on Mars. Ingenuity – the small, unmanned solar helicopter - rose 3 m over the ground and hovered in the thin Martian air for about 40 seconds. Ingenuity landed on Mars attached to the underside of the Perseverance rover on February 18, 2021. Before Ingenuity, the first flight on a planet beyond Earth was an unpowered balloon carried on Venus by the Soviet probe Vega 1, in 1985.

April 2021

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  KAUST Ph.D. candidate wins first place at IEEE SSD’21 PhD Students Contest

  1 min read · Sun, Apr 25 2021

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  electrical engineering Information Technology

  KAUST Ph.D. candidate Mohamed Abdelwaheb Bahloul recently won first place at the IEEE International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices 2021 (SSD’21) PhD Students Contest. The contest provided a showcase for students’ original work related to electrical engineering and information technology.
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  Brain-on-a-chip would need little training

  1 min read · Tue, Apr 20 2021

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  machine learning artificial intelligence computation electrical engineering

  A neural network that mimics the biology of the brain can be loaded onto a microchip for faster and more efficient artificial intelligence.
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  KAUST-led research set to revolutionize communications privacy

  1 min read · Wed, Apr 14 2021

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  CMOS-compatible silicon chip communications privacy

  In our modern information-saturated society, data protection is a significant and ongoing challenge for both individuals and organizations. Every day we share public and business data over unsecured information channels, computer systems, and networks, be it through video calls, emails and text messaging. At any moment, the transmission of this sensitive, private communication can be intercepted and hacked to commit fraudulent acts such as stealing passwords, identity theft, and gaining access to bank accounts.
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  Meet KAUST New Student: Ruibo Wang

  1 min read · Wed, Apr 7 2021

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  Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

  Ruibo Wang is a communication engineering graduate from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China, who joined KAUST in January 2021. Wang first came to KAUST as a visiting student and was instantly impressed by the University's excellent research atmosphere and high academic standards. This combination of factors piqued his interest in choosing KAUST to further his academic career.

March 2021

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  KAUST Research Conference of Robotics and Autonomy 2021

  1 min read · Wed, Mar 31 2021

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  research conference RobotoKAUST

  The KAUST Research Conference on Robotics and Autonomy 2021, #RobotoKAUST, brought together leading international and in-Kingdom robotics researchers and government and industry representatives from the robotics industry to discuss robotics and its applications. The online event was organized by Prof. E. Feron, Prof. B. Ghanem, Prof. X. Zhang and had six sessions on Marine Robotics, Human-Robot Interactions, Aerospace Robotics, Mobile Robotics, Wearable Robotics & Microrobotics, Assured Autonomy. Twenty-seven speakers (seven from KSA including three from KAUST, and three from industry)
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  Meet KAUST prospective student: Diego Augusto Silva

  1 min read · Tue, Mar 30 2021

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  Graduate student Diego Augusto Silva will join KAUST from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Brazil. Diego obtained his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Federal University of São João del-Rei and his master's degree in electronic engineering and computing in electronic devices and systems from the Technological Institute of Aeronautics, Brazil, respectively. He will join KAUST at the end of first semester.
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  Breaking records like baking bread

  1 min read · Tue, Mar 30 2021

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  materials science electrical engineering

  Researchers have made unparalleled ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors through temperature and timing, just like baking bread.
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  Professor Bagci elevated to ACES Fellow

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 25 2021

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  Hakan Bagci, KAUST associate professor of electrical engineering, was recently elevated as an Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Fellow for his “exceptional achievements in computational electromagnetics, including ACES publications, and extensive service to ACES.”
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  Tethered drones have wireless data covered

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 25 2021

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  Flying drones connected by a cable tethered to a ground station could be a flexible solution for enhancing wireless connectivity in temporary hotspots.
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  Meet KAUST New Student: Aniq Ur Rahman

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 18 2021

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  Aniq Ur Rahman joined KAUST in January 2021 as an M.S./Ph.D. candidate and member of the Communication Theory Lab under the supervision of Prof. Mohamed-Slim Alouini. He holds a bachelor's degree in electronics and communication engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT Durgapur), India.
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  KAUST New Student: Yasmine Marani

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 18 2021

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  Yasmine Marani is a control system engineering graduate from the National Polytechnic School of Algiers, Algeria. Yasmine aspires to engage in high-quality academic research and to participate in expanding her research field and its applications to real-world problems. She joined KAUST this spring as a Ph.D. candidate and member of the Estimation, Modeling, and Analysis Group under the supervision of Professor Taous-Meriem Laleg-Kirati.
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  Meet KAUST New Student: Fares Fourati

  1 min read · Mon, Mar 15 2021

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  Fares Fourati holds a diploma in multidisciplinary engineering from Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie, Tunisia. Fourati first joined KAUST as a visiting student and was instantly impressed with the University’s exceptional research atmosphere. He believes KAUST offers excellent research opportunities and is an ideal location to collaborate with leading international researchers.
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  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.
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  Eltawil named NAI Senior Member

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 11 2021

  Spotlight News

  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.
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  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.
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  Meet KAUST New Student: Aijaz Lone

  1 min read · Sun, Mar 7 2021

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  nanoelectronic devices Neuromorphic Spintronics

  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.
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  KAUST RISC lab hosts Center of Excellence for Aeronautics and Astronautics(KACST)

  1 min read · Thu, Mar 4 2021

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  robotics drones

  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
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  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

February 2021

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  Tien Khee Ng recognized as IET and IOP Fellow

  1 min read · Tue, Feb 23 2021

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  Dr. Tien Khee Ng, principal research scientist, electrical and computer engineering, has been recently recognized as a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IOP).
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  KAUST ECE researcher named among MIT Technology Review Arabia’s "MENA Innovators Under 35" for 2020

  1 min read · Tue, Feb 2 2021

  News Spotlight

  Nazek El-Atab, a research scientist based in the KAUST MMH Labs, was recently named amongst the MIT Technology Review Arabia’s "MENA Innovators Under 35 (IU35)" for 2020. Together with nine other trailblazers, El-Atab was acknowledged by a leading panel of academic and industry experts as being among the young innovators “who are advancing science and technology” in the MENA region.
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  KAUST ECE alumnus receives prestigious Egyptian State Encouragement Award in Engineering Sciences

  1 min read · Tue, Feb 2 2021

  News Spotlight

  Former KAUST Sensors Lab researcher Hesham Omran (Ph.D. ’15) has received the prestigious Egyptian State Encouragement Award in Engineering Sciences. Omran was honored by Egypt's Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) for his scientific contributions and achievements for a “distinguished scholar younger than 40.”

January 2021

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  Asrar Damdam selected as L'Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Award winner

  1 min read · Sun, Jan 31 2021

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  L’Oréal UNESCO award

  KAUST Ph.D. student Asrar Damdam has been selected as one of the six winners of the 7th L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Middle East Regional Young Talents Program. Damdam received the prestigious award for her design and fabrication of a reconfigurable silicon-based electronic platform specifically designed for a heart-assistive device. The platform was designed to comply with the heart’s shape and its rhythmic expansions and contractions during the cardiac cycle.