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Khalifa University
Professor Takes
on Research
Appointment at
MIT
Professor Raed Shubair has been pursuing joint research
collaborations and projects with MIT professors and
researchers, as well as, giving technical research
seminars.
Khalifa University Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Prof. Raed Shubair, had the opportunity to pursue
his research this summer from the grounds of the
prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, following his official
appointment as “Visiting Scientist” which began in June
2015.
Prof. Shubair has been actively engaged in joint research
collaborations and projects with MIT professors and
researchers, focusing on the development of new
signal processing techniques for future wireless
communications, design of millimeter-wave phased
arrays, design of silicon-based on-chip antennas for
millimeter-wave/terahertz applications, in vivo wireless
body communications and networking, ultra-wideband
antennas and bio-compatible sensors for medical
applications such as heart monitoring and cancer
detection.
In addition to his research activities, Prof. Shubair gave
a number of technical seminars to report on his recent
research results and collaborations. The first seminar
was given to the students and professors at MIT on
July 27, and it was entitled “Millimeter-Wave Massive
MIMO for 5G: Channel Estimation and Beamforming
Considerations.” He was also invited to participate in
research collaborations and give a technical seminar at
Ohio State University, which took place on August 3, and
it was called “In Vivo Wireless Body Communications:
State-of-the-Art and Future Directions.” He was invited to
University of Texas at Dallas, on August 5, and discussed
a joint research project on “Compressive Sensing for
Massive MIMO Sparse Phased Antenna Arrays.” Finally,
he have a technical seminar at MIT Lincoln Laboratory,
on August 12, titled “Recent Advances in Antenna
Design for Medical Applications: Biocompatibility and
Miniaturization Using Metamaterials.”
“I certainly enjoyed the quality time I had in the vibrant
research environment of MIT,” said Prof. Shubair. “My
official appointment and affiliation to MIT has been
really a great opportunity to spread the name of Khalifa
University within this elite academic community, and
to show people there that scientific innovation knows
no borders. The ability to interact with peer professors
and researchers and engage with them in daily technical
discussions, at an equally competitive intellectual level,
had a tremendous positive impact and impression on my
work, and on the reputation of Khalifa University.”
This is not the first time Prof. Shubair, who joined
Khalifa University in 1993, has been recognized for his
innovative work. In July 2015, the largest professional
engineering organization, Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Antennas and Propagation
(AP) Society announced the appointment of Prof. Shubair
as the IEEE AP Society Coordinator for Middle East &
North Africa (MENA) region. This recognition has come
after Prof. Shubair’s active role within the international
academic and professional
engineering community over
the past 25 years. As part
of this appointment Prof.
Shubair will be responsible for
coordinating activities carried
out by IEEE AP Society chapters in all the countries
within the MENA region, such as “IEEE Distinguished
Lecturer Program”. At the same time Prof. Shubair
was appointed as a member of IEEE AP Society
Education Committee. He will be responsible, along
with other international experts, for the development
and implementation of the “IEEE Global EM Education
Initiative”.
Continued Prof. Shubair, “The official appointment
and affiliation I earned at MIT, which is the world’s #1
academic institution, is an obvious recognition of the
quality of my work. This appointment has been a major
milestone in my academic career, and an ultimate reward
for my dedicated efforts and hard work with students
over my many years with Khalifa University. I look
forward to sharing this invaluable experience with my
students, and engaging them in my current and future
projects. This appointment has certainly given me the
opportunity to interact and collaborate with research
pioneers in several areas of engineering and science, due
to the multi-disciplinary nature of my projects.”
Beside the technical and theoretical research projects,
two of the projects Prof. Shubair focused on at MIT were
the development of new wearable sensors for monitoring
heart and diabetic patients, as well as the design of
novel antennas for early detection of breast and brain
cancer. The research teams working on those projects
included researchers with diverse technical backgrounds
in engineering and biology, and involved collaboration
between MIT and Harvard Medical School.
“One of the privelages of my official appointment, is that
I was provided with all the benefits usually only made
available to full-time faculty of MIT,” concluded Prof.
Shubair. “I had unrestricted access to
various specialized research centers
and labs, as well as to other state-of-
the-art facilities and modern buildings
around the impressive campus
landscape. Yet, the most statifying
and rewarding aspect from my appointment will always
be the fact that, from now on, I know that I will be
collaborating and interacting with some of the world’s
brighest scientifc minds, and working with some of the
wolrd’s smartest students from all over the globe, who
managed to make it through the doors of top and most
highly-respected academic institution in the world.”
“We are very pleased with all the hard work and
dedication Prof. Shubair has shown to Khalifa University,
and to the engineering profession,” said Khalifa University
President Dr. Tod Laursen. “Khalifa University strives to
attract world-class faculty from around the world, and
Prof. Shubair’s well-deserved appointment at MIT, and
the recent leading roles assigned to him by IEEE, show
that we are doing just that. We are eager to continue to
support his research and outreach activities, as he has
always demonstrated his commitment and dedication
to sharing his knowledge and experiences with our
students.”
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