World's first fully printed MIT based Radio Frequency Switch 1 min read · Tue, Oct 16 2018 News RF switch Smartphones, such as the iPhone or Samsung, support different wireless standards, such as GSM, GPS, Wi-Fi, etc., all of which work at different operating frequency bands.
Azamat’s work on RF Energy Harvesting published in Nano-Energy 1 min read · Mon, Oct 15 2018 News RF energy harvesting IoT Imagine that you wake up in the morning and your coffee machine automatically starts preparing your favorite coffee for you.
Lockheed Martin CTO visits IMPACT Lab 1 min read · Thu, Oct 4 2018 News Lockheed Martin Chief Technology Officer Keoki Jackson and other senior members visited the IMPACT lab on October 4th, 2018.
The internet of sea things 1 min read · Sun, Jul 29 2018 News wireless communication systems sensors 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
Revolution in Electronics Ink 1 min read · Sun, Jun 24 2018 News Wireless sensors IoT Our magnetic ink work has been highlighted in Chemical Today Magazine wit the title "Revolution in Electronics Ink" in the digital issue of June 2018.
Kirill's IEEE TAP paper made it to the final of the R. W. P. King Award Competition 1 min read · Fri, Jun 1 2018 News Patch antennas Antenna radiation patterns Toroidal magnetic fields Kirill's paper on semi-transparent ground plane based antennas in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation was shortlisted as a finalist for R. W. P. King IEEE Award.
CEMSE Students: Muhammad Akram Karimi 1 min read · Wed, Apr 25 2018 News Spotlight energy harvesting oil and gas sensors embedded systems 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.
Cover Picture for "Advanced Materials Technologies" 1 min read · Fri, Apr 20 2018 News Vaseem magnetic work got highlighted as "Cover Picture" in the April 2018 issue of Advanced Materials Technologies (Wiley Journal).
Vaseem's Magnetic work highlighted on KAUST Discovery 1 min read · Fri, Apr 20 2018 News sensors electrical engineering Vaseem's Magnetic work highlighted on KAUST Discovery and also got several media attention in technology websites!
Tuning in to magnetic ink 1 min read · Sun, Apr 1 2018 News inkjet printing technologies Radio frequency devices Antennas A new ink containing iron oxide nanoparticles can be turned into fully printed and versatile components for cellular networks.
Developing disposable lifesaving sensors 1 min read · Mon, Mar 19 2018 News sensors Smart Disposable Sensor Work Story on KAUST Main Page.
Fahad's work on smart sensors for IOT reported in Air, Water, Environment International Magazine 1 min read · Sat, Feb 24 2018 News inkjet printing Fahad's work on 3D printed disposable sensors for environmental monitoring and early warning system for disasters has been picked up by Air, Water, Environment International Magazine.
UESTC students visit to IMPACT Lab 1 min read · Wed, Feb 14 2018 News Winter Camp 2018 Twenty-two undergraduate students from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, visited IMPACT Lab as part of one week of Winter Camp at KAUST.
Flexible Bluetooth Tags on marine animals attract interest from Spanish Media and National Geographic 1 min read · Sat, Feb 10 2018 News flexible Bluetooth tags The flexible Bluetooth TAGS were recently tested on marine animals (fish, turtle, crabs, etc) in a facility in Valencia Spain.
Gaurav's Waste Energy Harvesting work highlighted on KAUST Discovery and other technology websites! 1 min read · Wed, Feb 7 2018 News nanotechnology energy electrical engineering Gaurav's work on waste energy harvesting through MIM based rectennas has been highlighted in KAUST Discovery with the title "Round The Clock Power From Smart Bowties."
Vaseem's magnetic ink based work has been accepted in Advanced Materials Technologies 1 min read · Tue, Feb 6 2018 News inkjet printing magnetic properties Vaseem's work related to magnetic ink development has been published in Advanced Materials Technologies (Wiley Publications).
Round-the-clock power from smart bowties 1 min read · Sun, Feb 4 2018 News infrared energy electromagnetic waves Innovative diode design uses ultrafast quantum tunneling to harvest infrared energy from the environment.
UESTC students visit CEMSE Laboratories during a one week Winter Camp at KAUST 1 min read · Sun, Feb 4 2018 News photonics printable electronics nanoelectronics laser sensors bioimaging biophotonics 3D printing 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.
Gaurav's work has been accepted in Materials Today Energy 1 min read · Thu, Nov 2 2017 News Gaurav's work in collaboration with the University of Colorado-Boulder has been accepted for publication in Materials Today Energy Journal (Elsevier).
Akram presented a poster and gave a live demo in IEEE Sensors Conference 1 min read · Wed, Nov 1 2017 News sensors 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.
Fahad's environmental sensor node work is highlighted on KAUST Discovery! 1 min read · Sun, Jul 23 2017 News sensors electrical engineering wireless Fahad's paper ' 3D printed disposable wireless sensor with integrated microelectronics for large area environmental monitoring.' is on the KAUST Discovery page.
Smart sensors could save lives 1 min read · Sat, Jul 22 2017 News Smart sensors Sensor nodes 3D-printed, disposable sensors capable of detecting noxious gases and changes in temperature and humidity could revolutionize environmental monitoring.
Two KAUST students selected for the Three Minute Thesis 3MT competition final at IMS2017 1 min read · Mon, Jun 19 2017 News Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits wearable sensors RF circuits Microwave circuits Antennas This year, KAUST took the lion's share at the Three Minute Thesis (3MT(R)) contest at the annual IEEE microwave symposium IMS2017, with two students selected to take part in the final and one of them - Dr. Farhan Abdul Ghaffar - finishing within the top 4 and getting Honorable Mention for his presentation.
Farhan and Fahad selected for the Three Minute Thesis 3MT competition final at IMS2017 1 min read · Mon, Jun 19 2017 News This year, the premium conference of microwave community, IMS, organized Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition for the very first time. Out of 157 submissions, only 20 were selected as the finalists of the competition.
Thinking outside the box in flood control 1 min read · Mon, May 1 2017 News inkjet printing technologies paper cube electronic sensor wireless monitor Floating paper cubes containing low-cost, inkjet printed electronic sensors can wirelessly monitor floods in real time.
Fahad's work has been accepted in Advanced Materials Technologies 1 min read · Mon, Apr 10 2017 News Wireless sensors Fahad's work on a 3D-printed fully integrated wireless sensor node has been accepted in Advanced Materials Technologies by Wiley-VCH.
IMPACT LAB's students theses shortlisted for IEEE IMS2017 Three Minute Thesis contest 1 min read · Tue, Feb 7 2017 News This year IEEE IMS, our premium conference, is starting a Three Minute Thesis (3MT(R)) contest.
Prof. Shamim's talk in KAUST-NSF Conference: "Additive Manufacturing: A New Platform for Wireless Sensing and Communication" 1 min read · Tue, Jan 31 2017 News IoT Prof. Shamim gave a talk in the NSF conference and discussed how for the Internet of Things (IOT), billions of sensors with wireless capabilities can be placed on objects or dispersed in the environment so that they can sense parameters of interest and communicate the data to other objects for smart decisions making.
Prof. Shamim and B. Cook (Director PERL LAB, TI USA) organized Workshop on “Additive Manufacturing" 1 min read · Tue, Jan 10 2017 News inkjet printing 3D printing Prof. Shamim and B. Cook, organized a joint Workshop titled “Additive Manufacturing: Creating Bigger, Faster, and Smarter Electronics, in Winter Enrichment program-2017 in KAUST.
Fahad has successfully defended his PhD thesis 1 min read · Tue, Nov 8 2016 News Wireless sensors Fahad has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled, "Low-Cost Inkjet-Printed Wireless Sensor Nodes for Environmental and Health Monitoring Applications."
Farhan has successfully defended his PhD thesis 1 min read · Sun, Nov 6 2016 News Antennas Farhan has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled, "Theory and Design of Tunable and Reconfigurable Microwave Passive Components on Partially Magnetized Ferrite Substrate."
A modern way to heal old wounds 1 min read · Sat, Oct 15 2016 News sensor-laden bandage wearable sensors inkjet printing technologies Injuries that fail to heal within three months, such as many diabetic foot ulcers, can require years of treatment and significant healthcare resources. A sensor-laden bandage developed by a research team at KAUST promises to reduce the burden on hospitals and enhance patient well-being by transforming how chronic wounds are monitored.
Ph.D. student Muhammad Akram Karimimi among Best Paper Award finalists 1 min read · Thu, Oct 6 2016 News energy harvesting oil and gas sensors embedded systems sensors 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.
KAUST Ranking 2016 1 min read · Wed, Oct 5 2016 News KAUST is ranked #1 for Citations per Faculty in the QS World University Rankings.
IEEE MECAP 2016 Best paper Award 1 min read · Tue, Sep 27 2016 News wireless smart bandage Muhammad Fahad Farooqui has won the best paper award in IEEE Middle East Conference on Antennas and Propagation (MECAP), 2016 for his work on wireless Smart Bandage for health care applications.
Professor Shamim's Smart Bandage hits Nature Scientific Report and win the IEEE MECAP' 16 Best Paper Award 1 min read · Tue, Sep 27 2016 News RFICs sensors 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.
Our paper has been selected as the Cover Article (Back) for the highly reputable journal Lab on a Chip 1 min read · Tue, Jun 28 2016 News Our paper has been selected as the Cover Article "Comparison of capacitive and radiofrequency resonator sensors for monitoring parallelized droplet microfluidic production" for the highly reputable journal Lab on a Chip.
Our paper was selected as the “Top paper for printed Components Category" 1 min read · Tue, Jun 7 2016 News Microwave amplifiers Switches Our paper "Inkjet-printed ferrite-filled rectangular waveguide X-band isolator" was selected as the “Top paper for printed Components Category."
Muhammad Akram Karimi secures 3rd prize Best Paper Award at IMS - world's most prestigious microwaves conference 1 min read · Sun, May 29 2016 News Spotlight energy harvesting oil and gas sensors embedded systems Karimi's work on low cost and zero weight water-cut sensors stood out for its quality and distinctive application-direct approach. Successfully, he proved cost reductions of 100 times lower and dropping weight to 1,000 times below than the ones currently available in the market.
Muhammad Akram Karimi, awarded Best Student Paper Award 1 min read · Sat, May 28 2016 News Muhammad Akram Karimi, working on a funded project by Saudi Aramco has been awarded Best Student Paper Award (3rd place) at International Microwave Symposium(IMS) 2016 in San Francisco.
Akram's paper in Student Paper Competition at IMS 2016 1 min read · Sun, Mar 6 2016 News Optical wavelength conversion Akram's work has been shortlisted in the Student Paper Competition at IMS 2016.
100 % acceptance of IMPACT Lab at the Premier Microwave Conference IMS 1 min read · Tue, Feb 2 2016 News Antennas sensors Microwave circuits All four submissions from IMPACT Lab in the leading conference of the microwave community IMS 2016 have been accepted.
Akram's paper in Advanced Materials journal 1 min read · Mon, Jan 25 2016 News sensors Akram's work in collaboration with Integrated Nanotechnology Lab published in the inaugural issue of Advanced Material Technologies
Prof. Shamim has been invited to serve in the technical program committee (TPC) of the AP-S, 2016 1 min read · Fri, Jan 15 2016 News Prof. Shamim has been invited to serve in the technical program committee (TPC) of the AP-S, 2016.
Vaseem and Garret's work on Silver-Organo-Complex ink in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 1 min read · Sun, Jan 3 2016 News inkjet printing Inductors Vaseem and Garret's work on Silver-Organo-Complex ink in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.
Ph.D. Student Garret McKerricher successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis 1 min read · Wed, Dec 9 2015 News inkjet printing Ph.D. Student Garret McKerricher successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis.
Bauyrzhan's MS Thesis Defense 1 min read · Wed, Dec 2 2015 News Bauyrzhan successfully defended his Master's Thesis.
Our recent paper on Stretchable and Wearable antenna is selected as the cover article for high impact factor journal “Advanced Functional Materials.” 1 min read · Mon, Nov 9 2015 News stretchable antenna Our recent paper on Stretchable and Wearable antenna is selected as the cover article for high impact factor journal “Advanced Functional Materials.”
Farhan's stretchable antenna paper in Advanced Functional Materials 1 min read · Fri, Aug 28 2015 News wearable electronics health monitoring Farhan's paper on stretchable and flexible antenna design is accepted in Advanced Functional Material.
Adnan, Mahmoud and Akram's Masters Thesis Defense 1 min read · Wed, Jul 15 2015 News Masters Thesis Defense of Adnan, Akram, and Mahmoud.
