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April 2021

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  Meet KAUST New Student: Ruibo Wang

  1 min read · Wed, Apr 7 2021

  News

  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.
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  CEMSE New Faculty: Paulo Esteves-Veríssimo, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

  1 min read · Sun, Jan 17 2021

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  Professor Paulo Esteves-Veríssimo joins KAUST from the University of Luxembourg (UNILU), where he served as FNR PEARL Chair of UNILU’s Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine and Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust. He joins KAUST as the director of the recently established KAUST Resilient Computing and Cybersecurity Center (RC3).
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  Broadening horizons for people with quadriplegia

  1 min read · Sun, Jan 17 2021

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  Wearable machine learning artificial intelligence electrical engineering

  An assistive technology uses magnetic skin to support freedom of movement for people with quadriplegia.
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  CEMSE Student Research Excellence Awards and Student Academic Accomplishment Awards winners announced

  1 min read · Tue, Jan 5 2021

  News Spotlight

  student research excellence awards

  The annual CEMSE Student Research Excellence Awards and Student Academic Accomplishment Awards celebrate the talent and achievements of the Division's students. Awarded around the KAUST Commencement ceremony, the awards are presented in recognition of the academic accomplishments and research impact created by our leading students in the fields of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science (AMCS), Computer Science (CS), Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), and Statistics (STAT).
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  Charging ahead for electric vehicles

  1 min read · Sun, Jan 3 2021

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  Stochastic Geometry

  Roads installed with wireless charging technology could become an integral feature of our cities in an electric vehicle future.

December 2020

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  WEP 2021: Connectivity as a universal language

  1 min read · Tue, Dec 29 2020

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  Connectivity is a word that underscores the kind of world we live in today. Without access to technologies that enable us to connect with each other, surviving a year of physical distancing due to COVID-19 health prevention measures would have been extremely difficult.
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  KAUST researchers rank in top 1% of cited work worldwide

  1 min read · Wed, Dec 23 2020

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  Fifteen KAUST faculty members and one postdoctoral researcher rank among the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers from around the world, according to Clarivate Web of Science Group, a global leader of academic research analytics. The list names individuals whose work accounts for the top 1% of research cited worldwide.
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  KAUST Discovery features "Optoelectronic devices that emit warm and cool white light"

  1 min read · Mon, Dec 21 2020

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  material science electrical engineering

  A single semiconducting material can produce white light by emitting light across the visible spectrum.
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  Hesham Omran, PhD ’15, received Award in Engineering Sciences

  1 min read · Mon, Dec 21 2020

  News Spotlight

  Congratulations to Electrical Engineering alumnus Hesham Omran, Ph.D. ’15, on receiving Egypt's prestigious State Encouragement Award in Engineering Sciences. Dr. Omran, an Assistant Professor at Ain Shams University, was honored by Egypt’s Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) as a 'distinguished scholar younger than 40'.
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  KAUST Ph.D. student among top talents nominated for prestigious Falling Walls award

  1 min read · Tue, Dec 15 2020

  Awards News Spotlight

  Falling Walls Award balloon catheter cardiovascular system biomedical devices Biomedical Engineering

  KAUST Ph.D. student, Khalil Youssef Moussi, was recently selected as a top ten winner in The Falling Walls Remote 2020: “Emerging Talents” Category. On Monday, November 9, Moussi’s project, "Breaking The Wall of Coronary Artery Disease," was presented to an online audience of industry leaders, decision-makers, investors, and international media as part of the Falling Walls and Berlin Science Week: World Science Summit 2020.
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  Professor Ghanem wins 2020 Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers

  1 min read · Wed, Dec 2 2020

  Awards Spotlight News

  machine learning big data

  Bernard Ghanem, KAUST associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, recently received the 2020 Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Arab Researchers for ''Machine Learning and Big Data.''
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  KAUST Distinguished Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini honored with IEEE accolades

  1 min read · Tue, Dec 1 2020

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  Wireless Communications IEEE award

  Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini has been awarded both the 2019 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Communication Society Communication Theory Technical Committee (CCTC) Technical Achievement Award, and the 2020 IEEE Vehicular Technology Society James Evans Avant Garde Award. The CEMSE Division founding faculty member received the awards for his contributions in the modeling, design, performance evaluation, and optimization of wireless communication systems and networks.
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  Mohamed-Slim Alouini elected as 2021 OSA Fellow

  1 min read · Tue, Dec 1 2020

  Spotlight News

  ​KAUST Distinguished Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini was recently elected as a 2021 Fellow of the Optical Society (OSA). The prestigious recognition highlights members who have served with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics. This year's cohort comprises 118 newly elected members from 24 countries. The new Fellows will be honored at OSA conferences and meetings throughout 2021.

November 2020

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  Sensors get a laser shape up

  1 min read · Sun, Nov 15 2020

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  sensors material science electrical engineering

  Laser writing breathes life into high-performance sensing platforms.
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  Intelligent surfaces signal better coverage

  1 min read · Wed, Nov 11 2020

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  networks connectivity electrical engineering

  A mathematical model shows specialized reflective panels could be deployed on a large scale to enhance communication networks in urban areas.
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  KAUST startup tackles COVID using AI and robotics

  1 min read · Mon, Nov 9 2020

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  robotics artificial intelligence COVID-19

  The COVID-19 pandemic has activated vital innovation and R&D initiatives to tackle the crippling effects, health ramifications, and overall impact of the coronavirus on global societies and economies. In recent months, the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, launched a COVID-19-themed virtual accelerator aimed at supporting talented innovators, aspiring entrepreneurs, and innovative small companies dedicated to finding solutions to mitigate the spread of the virus through protection, prevention, tracking/detection, and treatment solutions.
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  KAUST alumni receive SPE 2020 Regional Awards

  1 min read · Mon, Nov 9 2020

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  MEMS sensors IoT

  KAUST alumni Dr. Chinthaka Gooneratne and Dr. Bodong Li both recently received Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) 2020 Regional Awards for the Middle East and North Africa Region. Gooneratne won the Regional Drilling Engineering Award, while Li was awarded the Regional Formation Evaluation Award.
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  Sheer protection from electromagnetic radiation

  1 min read · Sun, Nov 1 2020

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  electrical engineering Materials

  A printable ink that is both conductive and transparent can also block radio waves.
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  Connecting the Unconnected at the KAUST 6G Summit

  1 min read · Sun, Nov 1 2020

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  6G Wireless Communications communication technology

  The inaugural 6G Summit on "Connecting the Unconnected" took place on Tuesday, October 27, and featured a host of international researchers and experts in the areas of Internet and Communication Technology (ICT) and Wireless Communications System (WCS).

October 2020

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  Nazek El-Atab selected to participate in the Rising Stars 2020 workshop

  1 min read · Thu, Oct 29 2020

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  Nazek El-Atab, a research scientist based in the KAUST MMH Labs, has been selected to participate in the Rising Stars 2020 Academic Career Workshop for Women in EECS. Rising Stars is an intensive workshop aimed at increasing the numbers of women interested in pursuing academic careers in computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering (EECS). The workshop, which was launched by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2012, will take place virtually from November 9-10, 2020, and will be hosted by the University of California, Berkeley.
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  Novel multiphase flow research sees KAUST graduate named ADIPEC 2020 award finalist

  1 min read · Thu, Oct 29 2020

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  Muhammad Karimi, KAUST graduate (Ph.D. '19) and co-founder of the KAUST-supported startup company SensoTech, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) 2020 "Young Technical Professional of the Year" category. The premier oil and gas industry event will be held virtually from November 9-12, 2020.
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  KAUST team wins NEOM AI Challenge

  1 min read · Mon, Oct 26 2020

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  In June this year, KAUST students were invited to Dream up ideas and Imagine new solutions for solving challenges in NEOM using AI Models. This was organized by a Saudi national competition for all universities in the Kingdom. 100+ projects were submitted to the organizing committee (https://neomchallenge.com/en).

September 2020

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  A fresh sense of possibility

  1 min read · Mon, Sep 21 2020

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  sensors electrical engineering

  A multisensory graphene-based skin can sense in extreme environments where other sensors cannot be used.
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  Professor Li inducted into the Georgia Tech Alumni 40 Under 40 class

  1 min read · Thu, Sep 10 2020

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  KAUST Assistant Professor Xiaohang Li was recently selected to the inaugural Georgia Tech Alumni Association 40 Under 40 class. From an initial pool of over 250 individuals, Li and 39 of his peers were successfully nominated by a committee of 26 Georgia Tech faculty, staff, and volunteer leaders. Each nominee was scored using a 25-point rubric system.
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  Meet KAUST prospective student: Waleed Abu Laban

  1 min read · Thu, Sep 10 2020

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  Signal processing machine learning

  Waleed Abu Laban is an electrical engineering graduate who will join KAUST this fall as a M.S./Ph.D. candidate and member of the KAUST Communication and Computing Systems Lab under the supervision of Professor Ahmed Eltawil.
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  Meet KAUST prospective student: Sahar Ammar

  1 min read · Wed, Sep 9 2020

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  machine learning Deep learning telecommunication

  Sahar Ammar will join KAUST this fall as a M.S./Ph.D. candidate and member of the Networking Research Lab and Communication Theory Lab under the co-supervision of Professor Basem Shihada and Professor Mohamed-Slim Alouini. The multidisciplinary engineering graduate will join the University from Tunisia Polytechnic School (TPS).
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  Meet KAUST prospective student: Yiming Yang

  1 min read · Sun, Sep 6 2020

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  Antennas Microwave circuits

  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.
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  Meet KAUST prospective student: Dhanu Chettri

  1 min read · Thu, Sep 3 2020

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  semiconductors nanofabrication

  Dhanu Chettri holds a master’s degree in electronic and communication engineering from Manipur University, India. Before joining KAUST, he worked as a senior project fellow at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CEERI). Dhanu will join KAUST this fall as a Ph.D. candidate and member of the Advanced Semiconductor Laboratory under the supervision of Professor Xiaohang Li.
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  Standing the test of time with a perfect partner

  1 min read · Tue, Sep 1 2020

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  energy electrical engineering

  Identifying the ideal co-catalyst can significantly extend the working lifetime of solar fuel–generating photocatalysts.

August 2020

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  Meet KAUST prospective student: Vishal Khandelwal

  1 min read · Thu, Aug 27 2020

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  optoelectronic devices

  Vishal Khandelwal is a physics graduate from India. He obtained his master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Delhi, India. Vishal will join KAUST in the fall of 2020 as a Ph.D. candidate and member of the Advanced Semiconductor Laboratory under the supervision of Professor Xiaohang Li.
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  Meet KAUST prospective student: Bárbara Nicoly M. Oliveira

  1 min read · Wed, Aug 26 2020

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  Underwater communication

  Bárbara Nicoly M. Oliveira is an electrical engineering graduate from the Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil. Bárbara will join KAUST this fall as a M.S./Ph.D. candidate and member of the Photonics Laboratory under the supervision of Professor Boon Ooi.
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  Meet KAUST prospective student: Zhiyuan Liu

  1 min read · Wed, Aug 26 2020

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  semiconductors

  Zhiyuan Liu, 22, is an electrical engineering graduate from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China. Zhiyuan will join KAUST in the fall of 2020 as a M.S./Ph.D. candidate and member of the Advanced Semiconductor Laboratory under the supervision of Professor Xiaohang Li.