electronics

Flexible, Wearable, Disposable Wireless Communication and Sensing Systems Through Additive Manufacturing - 2019

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B9 L2 H1

With the advent of wearable sensors and internet of things (IoT), there is a new focus on electronics which can be bent so that they can be worn or mounted on non-planar objects. Due to large volume (billions of devices), there is a requirement that the cost is extremely low, to the extent that they become disposable. The flexible and low-cost aspects can be addressed through additive manufacturing technologies such as inkjet, screen and 3D printing. This talk introduces additive manufacturing as an emerging technique to realize low cost, flexible and wearable wireless communication and sensing systems.

Hybrid integration of materials for ultraviolet detection

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B9 L2 H1 R2322

Semiconductors are pervasive in consumer electronics and optoelectronics, and the related optical devices are deemed disruptive that Nobel Prize in Physics in 2014 was awarded to the inventors of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which “has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources”. While AlInGaN-based lasers and LEDs, and silicon-based photodetectors are currently matured, unconventional usage based on the materials has demonstrated their further potential, including solar-hydrogen generation, indoor-horticulture, and high-speed communication.

Power Electronics Applications in Offshore Wind Farms

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KAUST

Advances in power electronics have enabled many renewable energy applications. Wind energy harnessing is very promising and offshore farm installations have grown considerably in the past years. In this seminar we will go through some of the fundamentals of these enabling technologies and their applications. We will also present a simple, reliable, efficient and cost-effective concept applied to parallel connection of offshore wind turbines.

Redesigning CMOS Electronics: What, Why and How?

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KAUST

A little more than half of the world’s population enjoy benefits of information technology which is enabled by complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) electronics. Going forward, we will enjoy further augmentation of quality of life through integrated CMOS electronic systems consisting of logic, memory, communication devices, energy storage and harvester, power management units, sensors and actuators. Their main attributes will include but not limited to high performance and storage capacity for data management; seamless connectivity; energy efficiency; hyper-scale integration density; appropriate functionalities based on their applications and operational environment; reliability and safety; and finally affordability and simplicity to expand their user base to include those who do not have any access to them today. Even using last fifty years’ wealth of knowledge and experience, such integrated electronic system development and deployment is a monumental engineering challenge. From that perspective, redesigning CMOS electronics might seem to be an overly ambitious goal specially, if that means transformation of such physically rigid complex electronic systems into a fully flexible one. To address this intriguing challenge, we have developed a unique coin like architecture based soft singular platform, which can be used as the building block of standalone fully flexible CMOS electronic system with all the aforementioned characteristics. We have devised an effective heterogeneous integration strategy based on mature and reliable CMOS technology only to integrate hybrid materials and diverse set of devices for multi-disciplinary applications. These will be the focus of this talk.

The fourth wave: ultrawide bandgap compound semiconductors for photonics and electronics

Xiaohang Li, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

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KAUST

Wide bandgap (WBG) compound semiconductors including GaN have shown enormous success in solid-state lighting, display, and electrification in recent decades due to superior properties such as direct bandgap, high electron mobility, and large breakdown field. They have been changing the world by elevating living standards and addressing grand challenges such as global warming. The pioneering researchers have been recognized by numerous accolades including the Nobel Prize and most recently, the Queen Elizabeth Prize. Lately, the III-nitride and III-oxide ultrawide bandgap (UWBG) compound semiconductors with bandgap larger than 3.4 eV have attracted increasing attentions: they have been regarded as the 4th wave/generation after the consequential Si, III-V, and WBG semiconductors. Because the UWBG along with other properties could enable electronics and photonics to operate with significantly greater power and frequency capability and at much shorter far−deep UV wavelengths, respectively, both crucial for human society. Besides, they could be employed for the revolutionary quantum information science as the host and photonic platform. However, extensive multi-disciplinary studies of growth, materials, physics, and devices are essential to unearth the potentials due to the infancy. This seminar would cover the latest research on those aspects. It includes growth of state-of-the-art materials, discovery of unique material properties, and development of a widely adopted device physics framework for photonics and electronics especially short and long wavelength photonic devices.

Topologically Transformed Electronics for Internet-of-Things Applications

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KAUST

We live in the age of information where electronics play a critical role in our daily life. Moore’s Law: performance over cost has inspired innovation in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology and enabled high performance, ultra-scaled CMOS electronics.

Amal Al-Amri wins Silver Medal at Ibtikar Exibition 2013

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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.

Graphene is taking charge

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Graphene-based capacitors prove useful in advanced non-linear electronics.

Nano therapeutics heat up

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Smart, stretchable pads open up a new approach for thermotherapy.

Sensors for a light touch

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Biocompatible tactile sensors based on magnetic hair-like structures enable new applications for touch sensors.

Welcome to our upcoming visitors

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We would like to welcome to Prof. Ioannis Kymissis and Lawrence L. Wald to the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

VSRP intern Muwei Zhang's first-author paper hits the headline of the Physica Status Solidi Journal

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Professor Xiaohang Li's Visiting Student Research Internship Program (VSRP) intern, Muwei Zhang has recently published his first-author paper "Structural and electronic properties of wurtzite BxAl1_xN from first-principles calculations" on the Physica Status Solidi (b) Journal.

Semiconductors with an aligned interface

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Efficiency gains come from tuning the properties of semiconducting materials by combining layers of different composition.

Carving out circuits that click into place

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An easy and reliable assembly approach, inspired by building blocks, challenges the current fabrication of electronic systems.

Making waves for ultrahigh definition displays

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Wavy transistors that vertically gain width without increasing their on-chip footprint could drive future flexible displays.

CEMSE's Alumni: Joanna Nassar

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Joanna Nassar received her Ph.D. in electrical engineering under the supervision of Professor Muhammad Mustafa Hussain in December 2017. Nassar, a Lebanese native, feels her love of creating art through her drawings and music is a major influence in how she reshapes electronics in the laboratory.

Alumni Focus: Jhonathan Prieto Rojas, M.S. 2010, Ph.D. 2014 - electrical engineering

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Jhonathan Prieto Rojas joined KAUST in 2009 from the National University of Colombia in Bogota and completed both his master's degree (2010) and Ph.D. (2014) in electrical engineering at the University under the supervision of Professor Muhammad Mustafa Hussain. Prieto Rojas spent six years at KAUST before leaving the University in August of 2015 for his current role as assistant professor in the electrical engineering department at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Dhahran.

Meet KAUST prospective student: Adilya Bakambekova

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She loves watching films not for the plot, but in order to rethink her beliefs. She is 22, she graduates from the School of Engineering in the capital. Adilya Bakambekova may seem ordinary: she loves walking in the park, powerlifting, taking care of her five-year-old wiener dog.

Sherjeel Khan

Sherjeel Khan did his Bachelors in Mechatronics Engineering from National University of Sciences and ‎Technology (NUST) Islamabad, Pakistan in 2013. After graduation, he worked as a Design Engineer in a ‎Pakistan-US based startup Cowlar©. He then availed his Master’s degree in electrical engineering from ‎Georgia Institute of Technology, USA in 2016 under Fulbright Scholarship. He has been a PhD student with Professor Muhammad Mustafa Hussain at KAUST since 2016. His research work is focused on making low-cost eco-friendly sensing solutions for healthcare based applications.

Jhonathan Prieto Rojas

Jhonathan Prieto Rojas joined KAUST in 2009 from the National University of Colombia in Bogota and completed both his master's degree (2010) and Ph.D. (2014) in electrical engineering at the University under the supervision of Professor Muhammad Mustafa Hussain. Prieto Rojas spent six years at KAUST before leaving the University in August of 2015 for his current role as assistant professor in the electrical engineering department at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) in Dhahran. Jhonathan possesses natural talent of process integration. His extensive experience includes

Husam N. Alshareef

Professor Husam Alshareef leads research in nanomaterials for energy storage and electronics.

Galo Torres Sevilla

Galo Torres Sevilla obtained both, his MS Degree and Phd Degree in Electrical Engineering in the Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science & Engineering division of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. He was a member of the Futuristic Electronics and Integrated Nanotechnology Lab and his Thesis was supervised by Prof. Muhammad Mustafa Hussain. Research Interest Galo's research interests include Flex-Si platform to demonstrate energy harvesting devices and nano-structured transistors for high-performance logic operation. Awards and Distinctions Graduate Fellowship, KAUST

Amal M. AlAmri

Amal Al-Amri is a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the supervision of Prof. Jr-Hau-He. Amal received her B.Sc. in Physics from King Abdulaziz University in Saudi Arabia and proceeded to obtain her M.Sc. with a concentration in Nanomaterial's Science in Physics from King Abdulaziz University. As an active member of the Saudi Association for Physical Sciences and a member of the Talented Center King Abdulaziz University, she was able to win the Innovative Award at King Abdulaziz University in 2008 and got the second

Ahmed Foud Ali Mehdi AlMehdhar

Visiting Student (former), Electrical and Computer Engineering
Visiting Student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).