Dr. Amer Zakaria | American University of Sharjah
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College / Department

College of Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering

Teaching areas

Electric Circuits, Electromagnetics, Introduction to Radar Systems, Satellite Communications, Microwave Engineering, Antennas and Wave Propagation, Computational/Numerical Methods, Biomedical Imaging.

Research areas

Microwave Biomedical Imaging, Computational Electromagnetics, Optimization Algorithms, Millimeter Wave Channel Characterization, Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation.

Education

PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Manitoba, Canada, 2012
MS, Microwave Engineering, Technische Universitat Munchen (Munich University of Technology), Germany, 2007
BS, Electrical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2005

Professional experience

Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2020 - Present
Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2015 - 2020
Visiting Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2014 - 2015
Post-doctoral Fellow, Electrical And Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada, 2012 - 2014
Rf Engineer, Rf Test And Verification Department, Infineon Technologies AG, Bavaria, Germany, 2006 - 2007

Memberships

Member - IEEE Eta-Kappa-Nu Honorary Society, IEEE HKN, International, March 2018
Senior Member - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, IEEE, International, March 2018
Professional Engineer (P. Eng.) - Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba, Canada, EGM, Regional, July 2013

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 4936

Dr. Amer Zakaria

Associate Professor
PhD, University of Manitoba, Canada

Dr. Amer Zakaria has been with the ELE Department at the AUS since Sept 2014. He received his B.Sc. Degree in electrical engineering (summa cum laude) from AUS in 2006, his M.Sc. degree in microwave engineering (high distinction) from Munich University of Technology, Germany in 2007, and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, in 2012. During his studies and fellowship, Amer was the recipient of various awards and scholarships.

Publications

Mohammed Maricar, Amer Zakaria And Nasser Qaddoumi. Deep Learning-Based Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering for High-Contrast Objects, 2024 54th European Microwave Conference (eumc), 31 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2024
Mohammed Maricar, Amer Zakaria And Nasser Qaddoumi. Attention-Unet for Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering Problems in Microwave Imaging, Ieee Transactions On Microwave Theory And Techniques, 12 August 2024
Mohamed Gacem, Amer Zakaria, Mahmoud Ismail, Sherif Ahmed And Usman Tariq. Concrete Classification Using Wi-Fi Channel State Information and Convolutional Neural Networks, Construction And Building Materials, 8 July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2024
Tarek Khayata, Mostafa Shaaban, Abdelfatah Ali, Mohamed Mokhtar, Amer Zakaria, Khaled Obaideen And Lutfi Albasha. Wind and Photovoltaic Systems in Sustainable Energy Mixes: Cost-Effective Integration Approaches, Wind Energy And Engineering Research, 28 June 2024
Omar Zaatar, Amer Zakaria And Nasser Qaddoumi. A Novel Switch for Microwave Imaging Systems, Ieee Access, 20 February 2024
Mohammed Maricar, Amer Zakaria And Nasser Qaddoumi. On the Use of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks in Microwave Imaging, 2023 Asia-pacific Microwave Conference (apmc), 7 December 2023
Majid Ahmed, Oualid Hammi And Amer Zakaria. A Low-Cost Portable and Agile Amateur Satellites Ground-Station, 2023 Ieee 9th International Conference On Smart Instrumentation, Measurement And Applications (icsima), 17 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2023
Abdulrahman Alobaidlei, Ali Alsuwaidi, Mohammed Alfalasi, Amer Zakaria And Mahmoud Ismail. Word-Level Arabic Sign Language Recognition using Millimeter Wave Radar and Convolutional Neural Networks, Ninth International Conference On Modeling, Simulation And Applied Optimization, 27 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2023
Rabah Al Abdi, Amer Zakaria, Hasan Al-nashash, Tasnim Zalak, Nandu Goswami And Vishwa Jeet. Foot Hemodynamics using Optical Tomography: A Potential Biomarker of Peripheral Arterial Disease, 2023 Advances In Science And Engineering Technology (aset) International Conference
Mohamed Gacem, Amer Zakaria, Mahmoud Ismail, Usman Tariq And Sherif Ahmed. Measurement of Construction Materials Properties Using Wi-Fi and Convolutional Neural Networks, Ieee Access, December 2022
Nour Alsawaftah, Salma El-abed, Salam Dhou And Amer Zakaria. Microwave Imaging for Early Breast Cancer Detection: Current State, Challenges, and Future Directions, Journal Of Imaging, 23 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2022
Mohanad Alkhodari, Amer Zakaria And Nasser Qaddoumi. Using Prior Information to Enhance Microwave Tomography Images in Bone Health Assessment, Biomedical Engineering Online, 2 February 2022
Mohanad Alkhodari, Amer Zakaria And Nasser Qaddoumi. Monitoring Bone Density Using Microwave Tomography of Human Legs: A Numerical Feasibility Study, Sensors, 26 October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021
Mohammad Abo Rahama, Amer Zakaria, Mahmoud Ismail, Marawan El-bardicy And Mohamed El-tarhuni. Small-Scale Indoor Channel Measurements at 24 GHz on a University Campus, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2021
Mohanad Alkhodari, Amer Zakaria And Nasser Qaddoumi. Image Classification in Microwave Tomography using a Parametric Intensity Model, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2021
Mohammad Aborahama, Amer Zakaria, Mahmoud Ismail, Marawan El-bardicy, Mohamed El-tarhuni And Yamen Hatahet. Large-Scale Channel Characterization at 28 GHz on a University Campus in the United Arab Emirates, Telecommunication Systems, June 2020
Mohanad Alkhodari, Amer Zakaria And Nasser Qaddoumi. Guidelines Towards a Wearable Microwave Tomography System, 2019 Asia-pacific Microwave Conference (apmc), 19 March 2020
Ahmed Elrayes, Mohamed Ali, Amer Zakaria And Mahmoud Ismail. Smart airport foreign object debris detection rover using LiDAR technology, Internet Of Things, March 2019
Mohamed Abo Rahama, Yamen Hatahet, Amer Zakaria, Mahmoud Ismail And Mohamed El-tarhuni. Large-scale Channel Measurements at 28 GHz in the United Arab Emirates for 5G systems, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2019
Lutfi Albasha, Amer Zakaria And Abdelrahman Mostafa. Electromagnetic 3D Model of Oral Cavity with Dental Excitation, November 2018
Mohanad Alkhodari, Amer Zakaria And Nasser Qaddoumi. Preliminary Numerical Analysis of Monitoring Bone Density Using Microwave Tomography, 2018 Asia-pacific Microwave Conference (apmc), November 2018
Yousuf Rahama, Omar Al Aryani, Uzma Din, Mohammed Al Awar, Amer Zakaria And Nasser Qaddoumi. Novel Microwave Tomography System Using a Phased-Array Antenna, Ieee Transactions On Microwave Theory And Techniques, 10 August 2018
Mansour Taghadosi, Lutfi Albasha, Amer Zakaria, Nasir Quadir And Nasser Qaddoumi. Feasibility of employing orthodontic braces as radiating antenna for implantable devices, 2017 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (apmc), November 2017
Mohammad Asefi, Amer Zakaria And Joe Lovetri. Microwave imaging using normal electric-field components inside metallic resonant chambers, Ieee Transactions On Microwave Theory And Techniques, March 2017
Mohammad Asefi, Joe Lovetri, Ian Jeffrey, Majid Ostadrahimi, Amer Zakaria, Colin Gilmore And Paul Card. Stored grain spoilage monitoring via 3D electromagnetic imaging, 2015 9th European Conference On Antennas And Propagation (eucap), 2015
Amer Zakaria, Joe Lovetri, Puyan Mojabi And Colin Gilmore. Evaluation of Imaging Algorithms for Prototype Microwave Tomography Systems, Ultra-wideband, Short-pulse Electromagnetics, 2014
Mohammad Asefi, Ian Jeffrey, Joe Lovetri, Majid Ostadrahimi, Amer Zakaria, Colin Gilmore, Paul Card And Jitendra Paliwal. Grain bin monitoring via microwave imaging, 2014
Ian Jeffrey, Amer Zakaria And Joe Lovetri. Microwave imaging by mixed-order discontinuous Galerkin contrast source inversion, 2014
Ian Jeffrey, Amer Zakaria, Anastasia Baran And Joe Lovetri. Simultaneous high-order contrast source inversion of dielectric and magnetic targets, 2014
Joe Lovetri, Puyan Mojabi, Amer Zakaria, Majid Ostadrahimi And Ian Jeffrey. System and formulation options for biomedical microwave imaging, 2014
Mohammad Asefi, Majid Ostadrahimi, Amer Zakaria And Joe Lovetri. A 3-D dual-polarized near-field microwave imaging system, Ieee Transactions On Microwave Theory And Techniques, 2014
Anastasia Baran, Douglas Kurrant, Amer Zakaria, Elise Fear And Joe Lovetri. Breast imaging using microwave tomography with radar-based tissue-regions estimation, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, 2014
Liang Ding, Pei-guo Liu, Jian-guo He, Zakaria Amer And Lovetri Joe. Enhancing microwave tomography in a circular metallic chamber by an inhomogeneous background, 2014
Ian Jeffrey, Joe Lovetri, Amer Zakaria, Majid Ostadrahimi, Mohammad Asefi, Colin Gilmore, Paul Card And Jitendra Paliwal. Grain bin storage monitoring via microwave imaging, 2013
Majid Ostadrahimi, Amer Zakaria, Joe Lovetri And Lotfollah Shafai. A Near-Field Dual Polarized (TE--TM) Microwave Imaging System, Ieee Transactions On Microwave Theory And Techniques, 2013
Colin Gilmore, Amer Zakaria, Joe Lovetri And Stephen Pistorius. A study of matching fluid loss in a biomedical microwave tomography system, Medical Physics, 2013
Majid Ostadrahimi, Puyan Mojabi, Amer Zakaria, Joe Lovetri And Lotfollah Shafai. Enhancement of Gauss--Newton inversion method for biological tissue imaging, Ieee Transactions On Microwave Theory And Techniques, 2013
Amer Zakaria, Ian Jeffrey And Joe Lovetri. Full-Vectorial Parallel Finite-Element Contrast Source Inversion Method, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, 2013
Colin Gilmore, Amer Zakaria, Stephen Pistorius And Joe Lovetri. Microwave Imaging of Human Forearms: Pilot Study and Image Enhancement, International Journal Of Biomedical Imaging, 2013
Amer Zakaria, C Gilmore, S Pistorius And J Lovetri. Balanced multiplicative regularization for the contrast source inversion method, 2012
Majid Ostadrahimi, Amer Zakaria, Puyan Mojabi, Joe Lovetri And Lotfollah Shafai. Evaluation of a microwave tomography system for animal tissue imaging, 2012
Amer Zakaria, Anastasia Baran And Joe Lovetri. Estimation and Use of Prior Information in FEM-CSI for Biomedical Microwave Tomography, Ieee Antenna Wireless And Propagation Letters, 2012
Amer Zakaria And Joe Lovetri. The finite-element method contrast source inversion algorithm for 2D transverse electric vectorial problems, Ieee Transactions On Antennas And Propagation, 2012
Colin Gilmore, Amer Zakaria, Puyan Mojabi, Majid Ostadrahimi, Stephen Pistorius And Joe Lovetri. The University of Manitoba Microwave Imaging Repository: A Two-Dimensional Microwave Scattering Database for Testing Inversion and Calibration Algorithms, Ieee Antennas And Propagation Magazine, 2012
Majid Ostadrahimi, Puyan Mojabi, Colin Gilmore, Amer Zakaria, Sima Noghanian, Stephen Pistorius And Joe Lovetri. Analysis of Incident Field Modeling and Incident/Scattered Field Calibration Techniques in Microwave Tomography, Antennas And Wireless Propagation Letters, Ieee, 2011
Amer Zakaria And Joe Lovetri. Application of Multiplicative Regularization to the Finite-Element Contrast Source Inversion Method, Antennas And Propagation, Ieee Transactions On, 2011
Colin Gilmore, Puyan Mojabi, Amer Zakaria, Majid Ostadrahimi, Cameron Kaye, Sima Noghanian, Lotfollah Shafai, Stephen Pistorius And Joe Lovetri. A wideband microwave tomography system with a novel frequency selection procedure, Ieee Transactions On Biomedical Engineering, 2010
Amer Zakaria, Colin Gilmore And Joe Lovetri. Finite-element contrast source inversion method for microwave imaging, Inverse Problems, 2010
Majid Ostadrahimi, Sima Noghanian, Lotfollah Shafai, Amer Zakaria, Cam Kaye And Joe Lovetri. Investigating a double layer Vivaldi antenna design for fixed array field measurement, International Journal Of Ultra Wideband Communications And Systems, 2010
Colin Gilmore, Puyan Mojabi, Amer Zakaria, Stephen Pistorius And Joe Lovetri. On super-resolution with an experimental microwave tomography system, Antennas And Wireless Propagation Letters, Ieee, 2010
Arnd Frech, Stephan Braun, Amer Zakaria And Peter Russer. Time-domain EMI measurements at open test sites using ambient noise cancelation methods, 2008
Amer Zakaria, Anas Shatat, Nasser Qaddoumi And Khaled Mubarak. Liquid Dielectric Property Determination using Monopole Probes Operating at Microwave Frequencies, 2006

Conference Presentations

Deep Learning-Based Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering for High-Contrast Objects, 2024 54th European Microwave Conference (eumc), 26 September 2024
On the Use of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks in Microwave Imaging, 2023 Asia-pacific Microwave Conference, 7 December 2023
A Low-Cost Portable and Agile Amateur Satellites Ground-Station, 2023 Ieee 9th International Conference On Smart Instrumentation, Measurement And Applications (icsima), 17 October 2023
Word-Level Arabic Sign Language Recognition using Millimeter Wave Radar and Convolutional Neural Networks, 9th International Conference On Modeling, Simulation And Applied Optimization, April 2023
Foot Hemodynamics using Optical Tomography: A Potential Biomarker of Peripheral Arterial Disease, 2023 Advances In Science And Engineering Technology (aset) International Conference, February 2023
Small-Scale Indoor Channel Measurements at 24 GHz on a University Campus, Proc. 2020 International Conference On Communications, Signal Processing And Their Applications (iccspa'20), March 2021
Image Classification in Microwave Tomography using a Parametric Intensity Model, Proc. 2020 International Conference On Communications, Signal Processing And Their Applications (iccspa'20), 16 March 2021
Academic Integrity and Online Assessments, College Of Engineering Lecture Series, 28 September 2020
Guidelines towards a Wearable Microwave Tomography System, 2019 Asia-pacific Microwave Conference, 13 December 2019
Developing a Cohesive Undergraduate Curriculum for YPinSpace, 2019 Young Professionals In Space (ypinspace), 6 November 2019
Automated Tracking for non-geostationary satellites, 2019 Young Professionals In Space (ypinspace), 5 November 2019
SDR based Receivers for Amateur Satellites Observation, 2019 Young Professionals In Space (ypinspace), 5 November 2019
Large-scale Channel Measurements at 28 GHz in the United Arab Emirates for 5G systems, 2019 Ieee Radio And Wireless Symposium, Orlando, Fl, January 2019
Preliminary Numerical Analysis of Monitoring Bone Density Using Microwave Tomography, 2018 Asia-pacific Microwave Conference, 7 November 2018

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Pipeline Inspection using Microwave Non-Destructive Techniques, Sharjah National Oil Company (SNOC), January 2024 - December 2025
Grant, Development of a Multimodal Imaging System for Peripheral Artery Disease, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2023 - 31 May 2025
Grant, URG - Microwave Based Mechanical Vibration Measurement Prototype, American University of Sharjah, 6 November 2024 - 19 May 2025
Grant, URG - IRMIS: Intelligent Rail Maintenance and Inspection System, American University of Sharjah, 6 November 2024 - 31 March 2025
Grant, URG - Through-wall Pose Estimation Using Wi-Fi Signals and Key-point Deep Learning Algorithm, American University of Sharjah, 15 November 2023 - 30 May 2024
Grant, URG - Microwave-Based Vibration Monitoring Smart Robot, American University of Sharjah, 1 December 2022 - 31 December 2023
Grant, Early Detection of Peripheral Artery Disease Using Optical Imaging, American University of Sharjah, 31 May 2021 - 31 August 2023
Grant, Design and Prototyping of Portable Ground Station for Amateur Satellites Observation and Tracking, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2021 - 31 May 2023
Grant, Wearable Microwave Tomography System for Bone Health Monitoring, American University of Sharjah, 31 May 2020 - 31 May 2023
Grant, AUS Open Access Program - IEEE Access, American University of Sharjah, 1 November 2022 - 1 February 2023
Grant, Optimized Microwave System for Fatigue Crack Detection and Sizing – Phase 2, RTA-Dubai, January 2023
Grant, CEN Innovation Program - “Fly High” – A CubeSat Lab/Club for CEN Students, College of Engineering
Grant, URG - Arabic Language Recognition Using Radar Technology, American University of Sharjah, 1 December 2021 - 31 December 2022
Grant, URG - Food Quality Inspection using Microwave Non-destructive Techniques, American University of Sharjah, 1 December 2021 - 31 December 2022
Grant, Optimized Microwave System for Fatigue Crack Detection and Sizing - Phase 1, Dubai Road and Transportation Authority (RTA), March 2021 - November 2021
Grant, RF front-end for S-band satellite applications, 1 May 2019 - 31 May 2021
Grant, Millimeter Wave Propagation Characterization in Common Building Material used in the UAE, American University of Sharjah, July 2018 - December 2020
Grant, Mm-Wave Vector Network Analyzer On Wafer System, CRF, 28 February 2020
Grant, Biomedical Microwave Imaging System, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2016 - 31 May 2018

Awards and Honors

2024 CEN Outstanding Service Award, CEN / AUS, May 2024
Second Place - Engineering Senior Design Projects Competition, College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, The senior design project titled "Human Activity Recognition using Wi-Fi Signals and 3D CNN" won second place in the Engineering Senior Design Projects Competition (electrical engineering category). My role in this project was as the academic advisor with Dr. Mahmoud H. Ismail., May 2024
Third Place - Engineering Senior Design Projects Competition, College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, The senior design project titled "Microwave Based Rail Metal Surface Crack Detection System" won third place in the Engineering Senior Design Projects Competition (electrical engineering category). My role in this project was as the academic advisor with Dr. Nasser Qaddoumi, May 2024
IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu KEY Chapter Recognition, IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu, The IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Lambda Lambda Chapter in AUS won the IEEE HKN KEY Chapter Recognition for their work during the 2022-2023 academic year., September 2023
First Place - Engineering Senior Design Projects Competition, College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, The senior design project titled "Microwave-Based Vibration Monitoring Smart Robot" won first place in the Engineering Senior Design Projects Competition (electrical engineering category). My role in this project was as the academic advisor with Dr. Nasser Qaddoumi and Dr. Shayok Mukhopadhyay., 11 May 2023
Second Place - Engineering Senior Design Projects Competition, College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, The senior design project titled "Internet-of-Things Water Pollution Monitoring System" won second place in the Engineering Senior Design Projects Competition (electrical engineering category). My role in this project was as the academic advisor with Dr. Mahmoud H. Ismail., 11 May 2023
First Place - IEEE-UAE Undergraduate Students Senior Design Project Competition, IEEE, The senior design project titled "Microwave-Based Vibration Monitoring Smart Robot" won first place in the IEEE-UAE Undergraduate Students Senior Design Project Competition. My role in this project was as the academic advisor with Dr. Nasser Qaddoumi and Dr. Shayok Mukhopadhyay., 29 April 2023
IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu Outstanding Chapter Award, IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu, The IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Lambda Lambda Chapter in AUS won the IEEE HKN Outstanding Chapter Award for their work during the 2021-2022 academic year., February 2023
IEEE Region 8 Student Branch Chapter of the Year (Medium) Award, IEEE Region 8, The IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Lambda Lambda Chapter in AUS won the IEEE Region 8 Student Branch Chapter of the Year (Medium) Award for their work during the 2021-2022 academic year., October 2022
IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu KEY Chapter Recognition, IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu, The IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) Lambda Lambda Chapter in AUS won the IEEE HKN KEY Chapter Recognition for their work during the 2021-2022 academic year., September 2022
Second Place - Engineering Senior Design Projects Competition, College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, The senior design project titled, "Arabic Language Recognition Using Radar Technology" won the second place in the Engineering Senior Design Projects Competition (electrical engineering category). My role in this project was as the academic advisor with Dr. Mahmoud H. Ismail., 9 May 2022
Second Place - Engineering Open Day Poster Competition, College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, The senior design project titled, "Radar based Arabic sign language recognition " won the second place in the CEN Engineering Open Day poster competition (electrical engineering category). My role in this project was as the academic advisor with Dr. Mahmoud H. Ismail and Dr. Taha Landolsi (CSE)., April 2021
Distinguished Speaker, Young Professionals in Space Conference 2019 - Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center, 6 November 2019
Second Place - Engineering Open Day Poster Competition, College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, The senior design project titled, "Robotic System for Railway Crack Detection Using Microwave Probes" won the second place in the CEN Engineering Open Day poster competition (electrical engineering category). My role in this project was as the main academic advisor., 1 May 2019
Third Place - Seventh UAE Undergraduate Research Competition, Abu Dhabi University, The senior design project titled, "Robotic System for Railway Crack Detection Using Microwave Probes" won the third place in 7th UAE Undergraduate Research competition (Biomedical and Electrical Engineering Category). My role in this project was as the main academic advisor., 29 April 2019
First Place - IEEE (UAE Chapter) Undergraduate Students Senior Design Project Competition, IEEE, The senior design project titled, "Robotic System for Railway Crack Detection Using Microwave Probes" won the first place in the annual IEEE (UAE Chapter) Undergraduate Students Senior Design Project competition. My role in this project was as the main academic advisor., 27 April 2019
Second Place - Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) Student Research Award, Sharjah Islamic Bank, The design project titled, "Development of a Biomedical Microwave Imaging System", won the second place of this competition. My role in this project was as the main academic advisor., 3 May 2018
First Place - Second Intelak Aviation and Travel Incubator, Dtec, Emirates Airlines, DNATA, General Electric, and Dubai Tourism, The senior design project titled, "Foreign Object Debris Detection at Airport Runway" won the first place in the second Intelak Aviation and Travel Incubator competition. The winning team received AED 50,000 to further develop the project. My role in this project was as the main academic advisor., 9 October 2017
Second Place - Fifth UAE Undergraduate Research Competition, Abu Dhabi University, The senior design project titled, "Development of a Biomedical Microwave Imaging System" won the second place in 5th UAE Undergraduate Research competition (Electrical and Electronic Engineering Category). My role in this project was as the main academic advisor., 8 May 2017
First Place - EMBS Undergraduate Students Senior Design Project Poster Competition, Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) - AUS Student Chapter, The design project titled, "Development of a Biomedical Microwave Imaging System", won the first place in the EMBS Undergraduate Students Senior Design poster competition. My role in this project was as the main academic advisor., April 2017
First Place - Engineering Open Day Poster Competition, College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah, The design project titled, "Development of a Biomedical Microwave Imaging System", won the first place in the CEN Engineering Open Day Post Competition (electrical engineering category). My role in this project was as the main academic advisor., April 2017
Second Place - IEEE (UAE Chapter) Undergraduate Students Senior Design Project Competition, IEEE, The senior design project titled, "Development of a Biomedical Microwave Imaging System" won the second place in IEEE (UAE Chapter) Undergraduate Students Senior Design Project competition. My role in this project was as the main academic advisor., April 2017
Second Place - Sharjah Islamic Bank (SIB) Student Research Award, Sharjah Islamic Bank, The design project titled, "Detecting and Sizing Cracks in Conductors Utilizing Microwave Sensors", won the second place of this competition. My role in this project was as a co-advisor with Dr. Nasser Qaddoumi., 11 April 2017
Post-doctoral Fellowship (declined), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), September 2014
Accelerate Internship Program (declined), MITACS and TRTech, April 2014
Engage Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSREC), December 2012
Accelerate Internship Program, MITACS and 151 Research Inc., November 2012
University of Manitoba Travel Awards, University of Manitoba, July 2012
Edward R. Toporeck Graduate Fellowship, University of Manitoba, February 2012
University of Manitoba Travel Awards, University of Manitoba, July 2011
Edward R. Toporeck Graduate Fellowship, University of Manitoba, December 2010
Gordon P. Osler Award, University of Manitoba, September 2009
Manitoba Graduate Scholarship, Government of Manitoba, Canada, Two-year scholarship offered to top graduate students in the Province of Manitoba, Canada., September 2009
University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship, University of Manitoba, Two-year graduate fellowship offered to the top graduate students in University of Manitoba, September 2009
Accelerate Internship Program, MITACS and CancerCare Manitoba, February 2009
International Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Manitoba, One-year scholarship offered to top international graduate students in University of Manitoba., September 2008
International Graduate Student Entrance Scholarship, University of Manitoba, One-year scholarship offered to top new international graduate students in University of Manitoba., September 2007
Research Assistantship, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research (NSERC), Two-year research assistantship to pursue Ph.D. studies at University of Manitoba. The assistantship is sponsored by NSERC., September 2007
Top of the Master of Science in Microwave Engineering (Class of 2007), Technishe Universtat Munchen (Munich University of Technology), Passed the master of science program in microwave engineering with high distinction., 1 September 2007
Second Place - IEEE Myron Zucker Industry of Applications Student Design Award, IEEE, My design project titled, "Liquid Dielectric Properties Determination using Monopole Probes operating at Microwave Frequencies" was awarded the second place., 1 July 2005
Sharjah Academic Excellence Awards, Government of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, The awards are presented by His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qassimi, Supreme Council Member, Ruler of Sharjah, and President of the American University of Sharjah (AUS), for students with exceptional academic record and contributions., 1 June 2005
Top of the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Class of 2005), American University of Sharjah, Graduated with highest honor (summa cum laude), 1 June 2005
Dean's Honor List, American University of Sharjah, Dean's honor list in all the semesters while pursuing Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree at the American University of Sharjah from Sept. 2001 till June 2005., September 2001

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