sensors

Olga Krestinskaya

International recognition for KAUST Ph.D. candidate Olga Krestinskaya

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Olga Krestinskaya, a KAUST Ph.D. student, wins Best Poster at the 2024 Nature Neuromorphic Computing Conference for her work on energy-efficient AI hardware.

Implantable and Wearable Microelectronic Devices to Improve Quality of Life for People with Disabilities

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Implantable medical devices (IMD) and neuroprostheses are finding applications in new therapies thanks to advancements in microelectronics, sensors, RF communications, and medicine, which have resulted in embedding more functions in IMDs that occupy smaller spaces down to millimeters and consume less power, while offering therapies for more complex diseases and disabilities. I will address the latest developments in key building blocks for state-of-the-art IMDs.

Design and Optimisation of Next generation Compact Photonic Sensors

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B3 L5 R5209

Although optical sensors incorporating grating inscribed and etched fibres are now sufficiently mature and well established in the market, however, designs based on more exotic nanowires and photonic crystal fibres are becoming increasingly important and showing much improved sensitivity by accessing a larger evanescent field. Similarly, novel planar design concepts, such as the silicon slot guide-based design is showing even greater promise, allowing the exploitation of well-developed CMOS fabrication technologies for potentially low-cost sensor elements.

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

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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.

Integration Strategy for Standalone Compliant Interactive Systems for Add-on Electronics

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Physically compliant electronics are scientifically intriguing, mechanically complex, ‎technologically ‎challenging but with huge socio-economical potential. Until now the target applications ‎for ‎flexible electronics have been limited to displays, solar cells, printed batteries, wearables, and ‎implantable. However, with the emergence and growth of Internet of Things (IoT) devices ‎worldwide ‎from nearly 27 billion in 2017 to 125 billion in 2030, in this PhD research, expanding the ‎horizon of ‎applications for flexible electronics toward existing “things” will be explored. Low-cost sustainable materials as active electronic materials and a ‎Do-It-Yourself (DIY) integration strategy is used to build “Add-on” standalone sensory system which can be ‎attached to any ‎existing things like a decal. Such electronics can also be embedded in newly minted ‎devices specially ‎using additive methods.

Liquid Metal-Based Inertial Sensors for Motion Monitoring and Human Machine Interfaces

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In this dissertation, the development of novel practical resistive and capacitive-type inertial sensors using liquid metal as a functional proof mass material is presented. Utilizing the unique electromechanical properties of liquid metal, the novel inertial sensor design confines a graphene-coated liquid metal droplet inside tubular and 3D architectures, enabling motion sensing in single and multiple directions. Combining the graphene-coated liquid metal droplet with printed sensing elements offers a robust fatigue-free alternative material for rigid, proof mass-based accelerometers. Resistive and capacitive sensing mechanisms were both developed, characterized, and evaluated. Emerging rapid fabrication technologies such as direct laser writing and 3D printing were mainly adopted, offering a scalable fabrication strategy independent of advanced microfabrication facilities. The developed inertial sensor was integrated with a programmable system on a chip (PSoC) to function as a stand-alone system and demonstrate its application for real-time- monitoring of human health/ physical activity and for soft human-machine interfaces. The developed inertial sensor architecture and materials in this work offer a new paradigm for manufacturing these widely used sensors that have the potential to complement the performance of their silicon counterparts and extend their applications.

Prof. Atif Shamim Elevated to Senior Member of IEEE

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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.

Dr. Atif Shamim appointed Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Antennas & propagation

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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".

5.2-GHz RF Power Harvesting Module in 0.18 μm CMOS for Biomedical Implantable Sensors

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Mahmoud H. Ouda, et al., "5.2-GHz RF Power Harvesting Module in 0.18 μm CMOS for Biomedical Implantable Sensors" IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 61, (5), 2013, 2177. Abstract: A first fully integrated 5.2-GHz CMOS-based RF power harvester with an on-chip antenna is presented in this paper. The design is optimized for sensors implanted inside the eye to wirelessly monitor the intraocular pressure of glaucoma patients. It includes a five-stage RF rectifier with an on-chip antenna, a dc voltage limiter, two voltage sensors, a low dropout voltage regulator, and MOSCAP based on

Prof. Khaled Salama appointed Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs

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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.

Fahad's paper got accepted in the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

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Muhammad Fahad Farooqui's paper on inkjet printed flood sensor has been accepted for publication at the IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation​​.

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

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

Muhammad Fahad Farooqui and Ahmed Nafe's paper selected as best paper

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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".

Professor Jurgen Kosel Elevated To Senior Member Of IEEE

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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.

A novel design of antenna array developed by KAUST scientists

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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.

PhD Students Invited to 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting

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Two CEMSE doctoral students have been invited to the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, which will be held on June 28-July 3.

An origami 'slinky' that harvests incidental energy

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Lightweight and low-cost device uses friction inside paper-based coils to transform mechanical motion into electricity.

KAUST Researchers Offer 'Touch' To The World

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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.

CEMSE Bridging science: IEEE-NEMS best paper award bestowed to CEMSE for scientific boundaries crossing

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Scientific boundary-crossing initiatives are what help scientists stepping across boundary lines that traditionally mark the divide between scientific disciplines.

This is your light speaking, how can I help you?

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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.

Making Artificial Skin inspired from nature

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Congratulations to Professor Jurgen Kosel for his research on an Artificial Skin inspired by nature. Research that was featured in MIT Technology Review.

Better routing for wireless networks

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An improved wireless communication protocol enables more robust links between remote electronic devices.

New low cost diagnostic for cardiovascular risk detection

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A new flexible, low-cost cardiovascular risk marker biosensor was developed by Prof. Khaled Salama and his team at KAUST University, Saudi Arabia.

Miniature flexible sensor to detect heart disease

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A new biosensor made of laser-etched electrodes on a gold-coated polymer may provide an effective and cost-efficient way to assess heart disease risk.

Akram's paper in Advanced Materials journal

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Akram's work in collaboration with Integrated Nanotechnology Lab published in the inaugural issue of Advanced Material Technologies

PhD student Ahmed Alfadhel interviewed in New Scientist weekly

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In an interview with New Scientist weekly, PhD student Ahmed Alfadhel from Prof. Jurgen Kosel's team spoke about his research on bio-inspired artificial skin.

Published paper: Single readout technique published at Nature Scientific Reports

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Prof. Khaled Salama and his team managed to achieve the theoretical limit of a single memory access per pixel for a gateless memristor array readout at a fraction of the power of state-of-the-art readout techniques.

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

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

Jurgen Kosel delivers seminar at Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center

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The Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC), founded in 1986 as the National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center for Microsensors and Microactuators. Professor Kosel spoke about magnetic micro- and nanosystems research being conducted at the Sensing, Magnetism, and Microsystems group at KAUST.

Professor Khaled Salama awarded US patent on MEMS fractal capacitors

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Patent application US 20140239446 A1 on "Fractal Structures For Fixed MEMS Capacitors" was awarded a USA patent.

Three new patents for Professor Khaled Salama and the Sensors Lab Team

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With the latest project on Digital Chaos Systems, KAUST's Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering Khaled Salama and the Sensors-Lab's team (http://sensors.kaust.edu.sa/research/current/digital-chaos-systems) secured stunning achievements and three key patents, opening new frontiers for cybersecurity, cryptography, and electronic devices.

Prof. Salama's paper hits the top for 6 months in the row!

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In August 2016, Prof. Salama's article "Stochasticity Modeling in Memristors", was for the sixth time consecutively among the most downloaded paper of the month and the most read article in the IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (TNANO).

Flash Microfluidics, rapid Lab on a Chip fabrication method for cost- effective in situ production.

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From DNA sequencing to environment monitoring, microfluidics devices have been broadly employed, but their production is more and more time-consuming and expensive. Researchers from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, have developed an innovative prototyping method for Lab on a Chip (LOC) production to plummet costs while augmenting performances.

Ph.D. student Muhammad Akram Karimimi among Best Paper Award finalists

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Ph.D. student Muhammad Akram Karimimi from the research team of Atif Shamim, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at KAUST and Director of IMPACT Laboratory, was one of the finalists in the Student Paper Competition at the International Microwave Symposium held in San Francisco, California, in May 2016.

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

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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.

Gentle sensors for diagnosing brain disorders

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New sensor design paves the way for safer and more effective brain monitoring.

Keeping pollution under control

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Sophisticated statistical methods can detect ozone pollution hot spots and monitor instrument failure.

KAUST-born robotic avatar sets new era for undersea archaeology

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In 2015, an extensive archaeological programme led by the French Ministry of Culture and the University of Montpellier set up a scientific collaboration with Khaled Nabil Salama, Professor from CEMSE Division and co-worker Professor Christian R. Voolstra, from the KAUST Red Sea Research Center, in partnership with Stanford University and Meka Robotics, in California, to develop Ocean One, an agile avatar that affords immediate and haptic-visual interaction – the process of recognizing objects through touch - in the ocean environment at depths greater than 50m.

Rolling out an e-sticker revolution

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High-speed fabrication developed at KAUST can turn out adhesive and flexible electronic devices in any shape imaginable.

TAQADAM Grant from Sabb Bank

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​Prof. Ghanem was awarded a TAQADAM grant from Sabb Bank for a project that focuses on developing AR on wearable devices for the sensory impaired.

Wrist sensor for health screening

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Give a Post-It Note paper to an Electrical Engineering team and you will see it turn onto the new alley to revolutionize modern medicine; an unprecedented wearable, budget-friendly and reliable a paper-based sensor for health screening encapsulated in a silicon wrist with a recycling high-tech design. Body temperature, sweat levels, heart rate and blood pressure can now be monitored with no need to go to hospitals nor using costly technologies, dramatically rare in underdeveloped or developing countries.

Feeling the heat in cells

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New nano-sized sensors provide unprecedented data on how heat diffuses in and out of living cells.

The next generation of sensing platforms

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The University welcomed 70 delegates to the third annual KAUST Sensor Initiative, held on campus from May 7 to 8. The interdisciplinary meeting aimed to transform sensor technologies and explore novel applications, create a global group of sensor pioneers and mentor a new generation of sensor experts.

Fahad's environmental sensor node work is highlighted on KAUST Discovery!​​​

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Fahad's paper ' 3D printed disposable wireless sensor with integrated microelectronics for large area environmental monitoring.' is on the KAUST Discovery page.

Akram presented a poster and gave a live demo in IEEE Sensors Conference

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Muhammad Akram Karimi, Ph.D. student in IMPACT Lab, presented a poster titled "A wearable 3D motion-sensing system integrated with a Bluetooth smartphone application-A system-level overview" at IEEE Sensors conference held in Glasgow, Scotland on Nov 1, 2017.

UESTC students visit CEMSE Laboratories during a one week Winter Camp at KAUST

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Twenty-two undergraduate students from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, are currently visiting the CEMSE Division as part of one week Winter Camp at KAUST.

Developing disposable lifesaving sensors

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Smart Disposable Sensor Work Story on KAUST Main Page.

The raw power of human motion

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Standalone power modules that harvest and convert vibrations from their surroundings into electricity could soon fuel future microsystems.

Vaseem's Magnetic work highlighted on KAUST Discovery

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Vaseem's Magnetic work highlighted on KAUST Discovery and also got several media attention in technology websites!

Lining MOF pockets to detect noxious gases

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A porous material with tailor-made pockets stitched into its structure is a promising material for sensing noxious gases. A thin film of the material, coated onto an electrode, formed an electronic sensor that could detect traces of sulfur dioxide gas. The sensor is a significant step toward real-world devices that can sniff out dangerous gases in real air. Although several lab-based analytical instruments can detect traces of a specific gas in the air, these instruments are typically large, expensive, power-hungry machines. There is still a need for small, inexpensive, energy-efficient

Somayah Albaradei wins at City of the Future competition

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​CBRC Ph.D. student Somayah Albaradei won first place in the People's Choice category of the 2018 Spring Enrichment Program's ePoster-City of the Future competition. She won an iPad Pro and received a certificate of recognition.

Hussain is taking a flexible approach

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“The theme of our research is how we can empower humanity with technology,” said Muhammad Mustafa Hussain, professor of electrical engineering at KAUST. Using the skills from his time in industry, and the support he is granted by KAUST, Hussain creates flexible, wireless electronics to inexpensively turn everyday objects into smart devices. When Hussain had his novel computer chip technology licensed by Intel Corporation before he had even graduated from his Ph.D., he soon found himself a rewarding job in the semiconductor chip industry. But Hussain harbored the desire to one day go into

The internet of sea things

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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

KAUST partners with McLaren Racing on R&D

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McLaren Racing and KAUST signed a five-year research and development (R&D) agreement focused on extreme performance technology. The partnership aims to advance research in the areas of computational fluid dynamics (CFD), machine learning, fuels and lubricants, advanced mathematics and sensors and electronics. "This partnership underlines our commitment to supporting global STEM advancements," said Jonathan Neale, chief operations officer of McLaren Group. "KAUST is a leading research and education institution in these fields and mirrors our core values. McLaren Racing is part of a world

Paper sensors remove the sting of diabetic testing

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Inkjet-printed device helps monitor a patient’s blood sugar levels without painful needles.

Prof. Shamim gave opening Plenary talk at ACES 2019 (Miami)

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​Prof. Atif Shamim was invited as a plenary speaker for Applied Computational Electromagnetics Symposium (ACES) 2019 held in Miami, Fl, USA.

3D-printed cube dials into energy harvesting

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Ambient energy emitted by cellular phones and modems can be captured and converted into electricity using unusually shaped technology.

Marine sensor gets to grips with salt

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Laser-induced graphene formation creates tailor-made sensors for monitoring ocean creatures and ecosystems.

Prof. Shamim was invited to attend IEEE - AP-S Workshop in Cairo

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Prof. Shamim was invited to attend IEEE - AP-S Workshop Emerging Antennas’ Future Perspectives towards 5G Era in Cairo on Jan 29th, 2019.

Tutku's first paper accepted at Sensors And Actuators B: chemical

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The present study describes the one-step synthesis of NiO nanosheets and successful surface modification of NiO nanosheets with Au NPs. This surface modification step is vital for an application (i.e., hydrazine sensing), where Au NPs enhance the surface area and provide synergistic effect during the electrocatalytic reaction. Better sensing performance, good reproducibility, cyclic stability, and selectivity confirms the reliable and promising application for hydrazine detection. The excellent electrocatalytic reaction for hydrazine demonstrates that these Au NPs modified NiO nanosheets can

​A head impact alert system was designed by four international students from KAUST Microelectronics Winter Camp

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A head impact alert system was designed when we received four international students from different backgrounds this February from the Microelectronics Winter Camp at KAUST.

Student Focus: Muhammad Akram Karimi

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Muhammad Akram Karimi describes himself as an inquisitive-minded researcher who loves to solve industrial challenges through science and technology. Karimi is a third year Ph.D. student working in the Integrated Microwaves Packaging Antennas & Circuits Technology (IMPACT) Lab under the supervision of Professor Atif Shamim. His current research focus is on the design of low-cost and printed microwave sensors for various industrial applications, with a prime focus on the oil industry.

MOFs can sense and sort troublesome gases

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Fluorinated metal-organic frameworks make excellent materials for selective sensing and removal of toxic gases.

Tiny, fast, accurate technology on the radar

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A tiny, portable radar device could allow visually impaired people, or unmanned moving devices, to detect objects in real time.

Putting the sense in materials

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An interdisciplinary initiative is helping KAUST be at the forefront of a digital revolution, where sensors can find a use just about anywhere.

Smart pill bottle keeps drugs safe

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Low-cost, stretchy sensors can be assembled inside the lid of a drug container to help monitor patient safety.

KAUST Ph.D. student wins Three Minute Thesis competition

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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.

Democratizing electronics one step at a time

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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.

Single-electrode material streamlines functions into a tiny chip

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Ruthenium oxide is used to integrate energy-storing microsupercapacitors and thin-film electronics at the transistor level.

Relishing the ‘McLaren experience’ at the 2019 Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix

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Altynay Kaidarova is a Ph.D. student in electrical engineering based in the University's Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science & Engineering division.

Professor Kosel Appointed as Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Sensors Council

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Jürgen Kosel, associate professor of electrical engineering in the University's Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, has been appointed as a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Sensors Council for the period of 2020-2022.

Magnetic skin ensures the force is with you

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A magnetic skin that is safe and comfortable to wear could open the door to a wide range of wireless, remotely controlled applications.

Sensor cube helps keep fish farming afloat

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A self-powered water quality sensor could help fish farmers to monitor pollution in their ponds remotely.

Sensing a heart attack before it strikes

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Nanomaterial-based electronic device monitors a key heart health biomarker.

Saudi researcher’s magnetic skin research garners widespread attention

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Imagine if there was a revolutionary wearable technology that could enable the user to open doors or operate machinery with a simple wave of their hand or a mere blink of their eye? What people might not realize is that this contact-free human-machine technology already exists—and it has been developed right here in a laboratory at KAUST.

MMH Labs named 2020 Edison Awards Gold Winner

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The KAUST MMH Labs were recently named a 2020 Edison Awards Gold Winner in the Consumer Electronics and Information Technology category for their wearable technology tagging prototype, Bluefin.

Exciting New Technology Makes BPA Water Testing More Efficient

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In today’s world, it should come as no surprise that plastic dominates the products that we rely on each and every day. From our technology devices, to our water bottles, plastic is almost always an integral structural component.

Light sensors detect larval pests munching on date palms

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Optical fibers wrapped around date palm trunks could help detect this tree’s most destructive pest early enough to save it.

Early warning sensor sniffs out cities' harmful gas

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An integrated detector device could form the basis of a distributed air-quality sensor network.

A Compact, Passive Frequency-Hopping Harmonic Sensor Based on a Microfluidic Reconfigurable Dual-Band Antenna

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Liang Zhu, et al., "A Compact, Passive Frequency-Hopping Harmonic Sensor Based on a Microfluidic Reconfigurable Dual-Band Antenna," IEEE Sensors Journal, 2020, 1. We propose here a fully-passive wireless liquid sensor using a harmonic transponder, which comprises a dual-band microstrip antenna reconfigured by different types of liquids injected in a fluidic cavity. Different from traditional radio-frequency (RF) backscatter sensors, the proposed harmonic-transponder sensor (or harmonic sensor) receives frequency-hopped RF monotones and backscatters their second harmonics, with the peak

A fresh sense of possibility

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A multisensory graphene-based skin can sense in extreme environments where other sensors cannot be used.

Sensors get a laser shape up

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Laser writing breathes life into high-performance sensing platforms.

KAUST alumni receive SPE 2020 Regional Awards

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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.

KAUST team power ahead with alternative energy research

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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.

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

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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.”

Connect the internet of bodies

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A network of body monitoring devices connected using our own tissue could form the basis for the internet of bodies (IoB).

Perovskites used to make efficient artificial retina

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KAUST researchers have built an artificial electronic retina that mimics the behaviour of the eye’s rod retina cells. Their artificial retina can recognise handwritten numbers.

Smart memory devices that can sense

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In-memory sensing technology will facilitate electronic systems that are faster, smaller and consume less energy.

Ditching sensors for streamlined control of microdevices

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Hossein Fariborzi's team has developed a novel miniature microelectromechanical device that avoids the need to use sensors and has significant potential for use in industrial or medical applications.

KAUST students' research wins first place at IEEE AP-S/URSI 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.
Montserrat Ramirez de Angel receiving the Best Pitch Award at IEEE 2024 Sensors Conference

Giving voice to the voiceless through assistive technology

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Artificial skin coupled with sensors and machine learning technology allows people with voice disorders to communicate using soundless mouth movements.

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Wedyan Babatain

Wedyan Babatain is a doctoral candidate of MMH Labs in the Electrical Engineering program at KAUST. She has an interdisciplinary background obtaining her bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Delaware, USA, in 2017, and her master's degree in Electrical Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KSA, in 2019. Her research interests include sensors, actuators, microfluidics, and flexible and soft electronics for healthcare and environmental applications. She was a finalist at the 2022 SXSW Innovation Awards and has presented her

Tutku Beduk

Tutku Beduk is currently a PhD student at the Sensors Lab, in the Material Science and Engineering Department, MSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Tutku Bedük received her bachelor degree from Middle East Technical University in Chemistry with a High Honor Degree, Turkey in 2016. She also competed her MSc degree in Bilkent University in the field of Chemistry, Turkey in 2018. She is currently a PhD candidate in the Sensor Lab Group under the direction of Prof. Khaled Nabil Salama at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Talha Ariff

Talha is studying the use of novel fibre-optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) as a tool to help monitor and control anthropogenic acoustic pollution in marine environments.

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.

Sandeep Surya

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sensors
Dr. Sandeep Surya is currently a Post-Doctoral fellow at the Sensors Lab, in the Electrical Engineering Department, CEMSE, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Education and Early Career Dr. Sandeep G. Surya received his Ph.D. degree from IIT Bombay in 2017. He is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow with Sensors Lab, CEMSE Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Prior to this, he was a Research Associate with the Microsystems Technology Research Unit, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy. His forte is in building platforms for different sensor

Mohammad Vaseem

Dr. Mohammad Vaseem is a Research Scientist and Lab Manager in the Integrated Microwaves Packaging Antennas and Circuits Technology (IMPACT) Research Group at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) led by Professor Atif Shamim. Research Interests Mohammad's research interests include Tuning Ink chemistry/Ink-formulation based on metal, metal oxide and dielectric materials, Inkjet-Printed devices supported on paper and plastic electronics, Printed transistors, conductors, RFID, and sensors. Book Chapters: • M. Vaseem, Ahmad Umar and Yoon-Bong Hahn, “Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles

Lana Joharji

Lana Joharji completed her master’s degree at the SAMA Labs in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program at KAUST. She received her bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from King Abdulaziz University (KAU), KSA, in 2021. Her research interests include sensors, actuators, flexible and soft electronics for environmental applications. She received the KAUST Graduate Fellowship for her MS/Ph.D. program. She is a student member of the IEEE and Saudi Council of Engineers. After graduating from the SAMA labs, she joined Tufts University, USA, as a PhD student.

Khaled Salama

Professor Salama is a prominent leader in the development of intelligent sensors, biosensors and very large-scale integration (VLSI) architectures for bioimaging and instrumentation. He is one of the founders of the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Program at KAUST.

Husam N. Alshareef

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

Hommood Alrowais

Hommood Alrowais is a Ph.D. student based in the department of electrical and computer engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Alrowais graduated from KAUST in 2010 as part of the University's first graduating class with a master's degree in electrical engineering. His current research is focused on bio-inspired sensors. "The sensor I am developing is based on the semicircular canal in the inner ear. This tiny organ is responsible for sensing angular rotation in three axes, and it also stabilizes gaze and allows for a smoother reading

Fhad Al-Modaf

Fahad Alam

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Fahad Alam is currently a postdoc at SAMA lab. He received his MSc and MTech from AMU Aligarh, India, in 2009 and 2012, respectively, and PhD from IIT Kanpur, India in 2017. He worked as a Postdoc, in Khalifa University Abu Dhabi from April 2018 to March 2022. He has previously received N-PDF, India, and EU-India (IITK-University of Groningen) exchange fellowship. His research interests include 3D/4D printing and shape memory polymers.

Evangelos Piliouras

Education and early career Evangelos received his integrated master's degree with excellency, from the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Technology in Patras in 2018. He recently joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and he works under the supervision of Prof. Meriem Laleg in the field of estimation. Evangelos did a 3-month internship in Dialog Semiconductor as a software developer, having developed a software automation tool. Research Interests Evangelos' research interests are found in the area of biosensors, embedded system design, modeling and

Christos Sapsanis

Education Profile : - Ph.D. Candidate, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA. - M.Sc., Electrical Engineering (Electrophysics), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, 2015. - B.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras, Greece, 2013. Introduction: Christos Sapsanis obtained his M.Sc. Degree in the Electrical Engineering (EE) Program from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, under the supervision of Prof. Khaled Nabil Salama. Before joining KAUST, he earned his B.Sc. in Electrical

Chandu V.V. Muralee Gopi

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Photonics Laboratory
Chandu V.V. Muralee Gopi is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Photonics Laboratory in the Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He received his Master's degree in Interdisciplinary Program in Robotics and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Pusan National University, South Korea, in Feb. 2015 and Feb. 2018 respectively. Over the past 6 years, he has held multiple appointments, within South Korea, and has developed broad expertise and a proven track record in the development of highly

Biwei Wang

Visiting Student, Photonics Laboratory
Biwei Wang is a Visiting Student in Photonics Lab at KAUST. He is pursuing a Ph. D degree in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Research Interest Biwei's current research focuses on the distributed optical fiber sensors based on Brillouin scattering and the application of machine learning techniques in optical fiber sensor systems. Selected Publications ​ B. Wang, L. Wang, N. Guo, F. N. Khan, A. K. Azad, C. Yu, and C. Lu, “Extraction of temperature distribution using deep neural networks for BOTDA sensing system,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Pacific Rim 2017 (CLEO-PR), Paper

Bashayr Alqahtani

Bashayr Alqahtani is an Electrical and Computer Engineering master’s student at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, and a student at the KAUST Smart, Advanced Memory devices and Applications (SAMA) Laboratory under the supervision of Professor Nazek El-Atab. Her research interests include the fabrication of physics devices such as sensors for industrial and in-memory sensing applications.

Atif Shamim

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.

Ahmed Nafe

Ahmed Nafe obtained Ms degree in electrical engineering under the supervision of Prof. Atif Shamim from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, in 2014. He received the B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in electrical engineering from the German University in Cairo (GUC), Cairo, in 2012. His B.Sc. thesis concerned the design and characterization of millimeter-wave antenna arrays for automotive radars with Ulm University, Ulm, Germany. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering at the University of California at San Diego, La Jolla

Aigerim Tankimanova

Visiting Student, Photonics Laboratory
​Aigerim Tankimanova is a Visiting Student in Photonics Lab at KAUST. She is pursuing a Master's degree in Politecnico di Milano in Electronics​ Engineering in Electronics Engineering. She is currently working on her Master Thesis project in KAUST. Research Interests Aigerim Tankimanova's research interests include ​Sensors, Photonics, and Electronic circuits and systems. Education Profile M.Sc. in Electronics Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy (2017- present). B.Eng. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan (2011-2016).

Ahmed Alfadhel

Ahmed Alfadhel obtained his both MS degree and PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) under the supervision of Prof. Jurgen Kosel. He received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology, the US in 2010. Ahmed recently co-founded SONATE, a start-up company that manufactures high-quality smart nanomaterials for medical, electronics and energy applications. Research Interests Ahmed's research interests are in the fields of nano-engineering, wearable sensors, and magnetic micro-systems. His

Abdullah Alshehri

My research focuses on designing efficient interfaces between the analog and digital domains through the development of low-power, high-performance CMOS interface circuits. The interface circuit encompasses key components such as amplifiers, filters, comparators, analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), each of which must be carefully optimized to meet the specific requirements of the target application. By addressing the challenges in analog-digital interfacing, this work aims to contribute to the advancement of integrated circuits and systems that can seamlessly connect real-world analog signals to their digital counterparts, with potential applications in sensor interfaces, data acquisition systems, and mixed-signal electronics. The research involves circuit design, simulation, integration, and experimental evaluation to create novel interface circuit topologies and techniques that improve power efficiency, speed, and overall performance.

Abdulaziz Yaslam

Education 2020.08 - Present M.S. Student in Bioengineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, KSA 2016.07 - 2020.06 B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, University of California at Davis, USA Professional Profile 2021.05 - 2021.12 Master's Student Researcher, KAUST RISC Lab, KAUST, KSA 2016.09 - 2018.06 Teaching Assistant, Electrical Installations and Machines, UNAL, Colombia Honors and Awards ​2018.07 "Best Poster" award in the North Carolina State University - KAUST Summer Internship Areas of Expertise and Research Interests Sensors Human-robot interaction Rehabilitation