Trainee outputs

• Abdollah Pil Ali is awarded an MNT Award - CMC Microsystems Fabricatio for the project "High Aspect-Ratio X-ray Ab-sorption Grating for High Resolution Medical Imaging".
• Ahmad Lakhani is awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST).
• Alan Yee is awarded the Mitacs Accelerate Award.
• Ala Eldin Omer is awarded an IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Doctoral Research Grant.
• Ala Eldin Omer is awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS).
• Ala Eldin Omer is awarded the University of Waterloo President's Graduate Scholarship.
• Daniel Dapaah is awarded an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) and
• Daniel Dapaah is awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST).
• Dency David is awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST)
• Jacqueline Kormylo is awarded a Mitacs Business Strategy Internship for the project: “Clinically-Informed Product Refinement, Patent Protection & Business Partnership Strategy for Air Microfluidics Systems Inc”.
• Susmita Bose is awarded the Desmond Fonn Contact Lens Research Award.
• Zain Hussain Warsi is awarded a Nanofellowship by the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo.

• Gao, Run Ze, Vivian Ngoc Mai, Nicholas Levinski, Jacqueline Mary Kormylo, Robin Ward Murdock, Clark R. Dickerson, and Carolyn L. Ren. “A Novel Air Microfluidics-Enabled Soft Robotic Sleeve: Toward Realizing Innovative Lymphedema Treatment.” Biomicrofluidics 16, no. 3 (2022): 034101.

• Dapaah, Daniel, and Thomas Willett. “A Critical Evaluation of Cortical Bone Fracture Toughness Testing Methods.” Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 134 (2022): 105419. 

• Dapaah, Daniel, Daniel R. Martel, Andrew C. Laing, and Thomas L. Willett. “The Impact of Fall-Related Loading Rate on the Formation of Micro-Damage in Human Cortical Bone Fracture.” Journal of Biomechanics 142 (2022): 111254.

• Yee, Alan, Chau-Minh Phan and Lyndon Jones. “Uptake and Release of Polyhexamethylene Biguanide (PHMB) from Hydrogel and Silicone Hydrogel Contact Lenses Using a Radiolabel Methodology.” Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, vol. 45, no. 5, 2022, p. 101575.

• Dapaah, Daniel, John Montesano, and Thomas L. Willett. “The Importance of Rate-Dependent Effects in Modelling the Micro-Damage Process Zone in Cortical Bone Fracture.” Engineering Fracture Mechanics 264 (2022): 108351.

• Omer, Ala Eldin, Afsaneh Hojjati-Firoozabadi, Suren Gigoyan, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, and George Shaker. “Non-Reciprocal Whispering-Gallery-Mode Resonator for Sensitive Blood Glucose Monitoring.” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 71 (2022): 1–12.

• Manji, Rahim, Matteo Ponzano, Maureen C. Ashe, John D. Wark, David Kendler, Alexandra Papaioannou, Angela M. Cheung, et al. “Exploring the Association between Pain and Fracture Characteristics in Women with Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures.” Physiotherapy Canada 74, no. 2 (2022): 165–72.

• Kim, Kawon V., Joan Bartley, Maureen C. Ashe, Zahra Bardai, Debra A. Butt, Philip D. Chilibeck, Matteo Ponzano, et al. “Effect of Yoga on Health-Related Outcomes in People at Risk of Fractures: A Systematic Review.” Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 47, no. 3 (2022): 215–26. 

• Yee, Alan, Karen Walsh, Marc Schulze, and Lyndon Jones. “The Impact of Patient Behaviour and Care System Compliance on Reusable Soft Contact Lens Complications.” Contact Lens and Anterior Eye 44, no. 5 (2021): 101432.

• Omer, Ala Eldin, Suren Gigoyan, George Shaker, and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini. “Whispering-Gallery-Mode Microwave Sensing Platform for Oil Quality Control Applications.” IEEE Internet of Things Journal 9, no. 6 (2022): 4065–75.

• Omer, Ala Eldin, George Shaker, and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini. “PCA-Assisted Blood Glucose Monitoring Using Metamaterial-Inspired Sensor.” IEEE Sensors Letters 5, no. 9 (2021): 1–4.

• Ponzano, Matteo, Nicholas Tibert, Symron Bansal, Wendy Katzman, and Lora Giangregorio. “Exercise for Improving Age-Related Hyperkyphosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis with Grade Assessment.” Archives of Osteoporosis 16, no. 1 (2021).

• Ponzano, Matteo, Matheus J. Wiest, André Coleman, Emily Newton, Maureen Pakosh, Eleni M. Patsakos, David S. Magnuson, Lora M. Giangregorio, and B. Catharine Craven. “The Use of Alkaline Phosphatase as a Bone Turnover Marker after Spinal Cord Injury: A Scoping Review of Human and Animal Studies.” The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 2021, 1–14.

• Jin, Yutong, Brian Dixon, Lyndon Jones, and Maud Gorbet. “The Differential Reactive Oxygen Species Production of Tear Neutrophils in Response to Various Stimuli in Vitro.” International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, no. 23 (2021): 12899.

• Tse, John W., Muhammad Rizwan, Jonathan Rasmussen, Lyndon Jones, and Evelyn KF Yim. "Gelatin Methacrylate as an Enzyme-Controlled Release Vehicle of Hyaluronic Acid for the Treatment of Recurrent Corneal Erosion." ACS Applied Bio Materials 3, no. 9 (2020): 6214-6223.
• Yee, Alan, Chau-Minh Phan, Vivian WY Chan, Miriam Heynen, and Lyndon Jones. "Uptake and release of a multipurpose solution biocide (MAP-D) from hydrogel and silicone hydrogel contact lenses using a radiolabel methodology." Eye & contact lens 47, no. 5 (2021): 249-255.
• Yee, Alan, Karen Walsh, Marc Schulze, and Lyndon Jones. "The impact of patient behaviour and care system compliance on reusable soft contact lens complications." Contact Lens and Anterior Eye (2021).
• El-Kotob, Rasha, Matteo Ponzano, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Ian Janssen, Michelle E. Kho, Veronica J. Poitras, Robert Ross, Amanda Ross-White, Travis J. Saunders, and Lora M. Giangregorio. "Resistance training and health in adults: an overview of systematic reviews." Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 45, no. 10 (2020): S165-S179.
• Ponzano, Matteo, Isabel B. Rodrigues, Zeinab Hosseini, Maureen C. Ashe, Debra A. Butt, Philip D. Chilibeck, Jackie Stapleton, Lehana Thabane, John D. Wark, and Lora M. Giangregorio. "Progressive resistance training for improving health-related outcomes in people at risk of fracture: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials." Physical therapy 101, no. 2 (2021): pzaa221.
• Rodrigues, Isabel B., Matteo Ponzano, Debra A. Butt, Joan Bartley, Zahra Bardai, Maureen C. Ashe, Philip D. Chilibeck et al. "The effects of walking or Nordic walking in adults 50 years and older at elevated risk of fractures: a systematic review and meta-analysis." Journal of aging and physical activity 1, no. aop (2021): 1-14.
• Omer, Ala Eldin, George Shaker, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, Kieu Ngo, Raed M. Shubair, Georges Alquié, Frédérique Deshours, and Hamid Kokabi. "Multiple-cell microfluidic dielectric resonator for liquid sensing applications." IEEE Sensors Journal 21, no. 5 (2020): 6094-6104.
• Omer, Ala Eldin, George Shaker, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, Georges Alquié, Frédérique Deshours, Hamid Kokabi, and Raed M. Shubair. "Non-Invasive Real-Time Monitoring of Glucose Level Using Novel Microwave Biosensor Based on Triple-Pole CSRR." IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems 14, no. 6 (2020): 1407-1420.
• Jeong, YeJin, Yuan Yao, Tizazu H. Mekonnen, and Evelyn KF Yim. "Changing Compliance of Poly (Vinyl Alcohol) Tubular Scaffold for Vascular Graft Applications Through Modifying Interlayer Adhesion and Crosslinking Density." Frontiers in Materials (Web) 7 (2020): 595295.
• Bates, Novella M., Heather E. Heidenreich, Meghan E. Fallon, Yuan Yao, Evelyn KF Yim, Monica T. Hinds, and Deirdre EJ Anderson. "Bioconjugation of a Collagen-Mimicking Peptide Onto Poly (vinyl alcohol) Encourages Endothelialization While Minimizing Thrombosis." Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology 8 (2020): 1467.
• Chan, Vivian WY, Chau-Minh Phan, William Ngo, and Lyndon Jones. "Lysozyme Deposition on Contact Lenses in an In Vitro Blink-Simulation Eye Model Versus a Static Vial Deposition Model." Eye & Contact Lens (2021).
• Yee, Alan, Chau-Minh Phan, Vivian WY Chan, Miriam Heynen, and Lyndon Jones. "Uptake and release of a multipurpose solution biocide (MAP-D) from hydrogel and silicone hydrogel contact lenses using a radiolabel methodology." Eye & contact lens 47, no. 5 (2021): 249-255.
• Sadat Rezai, Leila, Jessie Chin, Reicelis Casares-Li, Fan He, Rebecca Bassett-Gunter, and Catherine Burns. "Can Message-Tailoring Based on Regulatory Fit Theory Improve the Efficacy of Persuasive Physical Activity Systems?." Information 10, no. 11 (2019): 347.
• Sertic, Madeleine, Leighanne Parkes, Sabrina Mattiassi, Kenneth Pritzker, Michael Gardam, and Kieran Murphy. "The efficacy of computed tomography-guided percutaneous spine biopsies in determining a causative organism in cases of suspected infection: a systematic review." Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 70, no. 1 (2019): 96-103.
• Yao, Yuan, Aung Moe Zaw, Deirdre EJ Anderson, Monica T. Hinds, and Evelyn KF Yim. "Fucoidan functionalization on poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogels for improved endothelialization and hemocompatibility." Biomaterials 249 (2020): 120011.
• Ponzano, Matteo, Jenna C. Gibbs, Jonathan D. Adachi, Maureen C. Ashe, Angela M. Cheung, Keith D. Hill, David Kendler et al. "Exploring Fear of Falling and Exercise Self-Efficacy in Older Women With Vertebral Fractures." Journal of Aging and Physical Activity 1, no. aop (2020): 1-6.
• Phan, Chau-Minh, Han Qiao, Alan Yee, and Lyndon Jones. "Deposition of Fluorescently Tagged Lysozyme on Contact Lenses in a Physiological Blink Model." Eye & contact lens 47, no. 2 (2021): 127-133.
• Yee, Alan, Chau-Minh Phan, Vivian WY Chan, Miriam Heynen, and Lyndon Jones. "Uptake and release of a multipurpose solution biocide (MAP-D) from hydrogel and silicone hydrogel contact lenses using a radiolabel methodology." Eye & contact lens 47, no. 5 (2021): 249-255.
• Omer, Ala Eldin, George Shaker, and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini. "Portable radar-driven microwave sensor for intermittent glucose levels monitoring." IEEE Sensors Letters 4, no. 5 (2020): 1-4.
• Pohan, Grace, Sabrina Mattiassi, Yuan Yao, Aung Moe Zaw, Deirdre EJ Anderson, Marie FA Cutiongco, Monica T. Hinds, and Evelyn KF Yim. "Effect of Ethylene Oxide Sterilization on Polyvinyl Alcohol Hydrogel Compared with Gamma Radiation." Tissue Engineering Part A 26, no. 19-20 (2020): 1077-1090.
• Jain, Deepak, Sabrina Mattiassi, Eyleen L. Goh, and Evelyn KF Yim. "Extracellular matrix and biomimetic engineering microenvironment for neuronal differentiation." Neural regeneration research 15, no. 4 (2020): 573.
• Dapaah, Daniel, Raphael Badaoui, Aram Bahmani, John Montesano, and Thomas Willett. "Modelling the micro-damage process zone during cortical bone fracture." Engineering Fracture Mechanics 224 (2020): 106811.
• Omer, Ala Eldin, Suren Gigoyan, George Shaker, and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini. "WGM-based sensing of characterized glucose-aqueous solutions at mm-waves." IEEE Access 8 (2020): 38809-38825.
• Ravi, Aravind, Nargess Heydari Beni, Jacob Manuel, and Ning Jiang. "Comparing user-dependent and user-independent training of CNN for SSVEP BCI." Journal of neural engineering 17, no. 2 (2020): 026028.
• Omer, Ala Eldin, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, Richard Hughson, and George Shaker. "Blood glucose level monitoring using an FMCW millimeter-wave radar sensor." Remote Sensing 12, no. 3 (2020): 385.
• Rizwan, Muhammad, Yuan Yao, Maud B. Gorbet, John W. Tse, Deirdre EJ Anderson, Monica T. Hinds, and Evelyn KF Yim. "One-pot covalent grafting of gelatin on poly (vinyl alcohol) hydrogel to enhance endothelialization and hemocompatibility for synthetic vascular graft applications." ACS Applied Bio Materials 3, no. 1 (2019): 693-703.
• Sadat Rezai, Leila, Jessie Chin, Reicelis Casares-Li, Fan He, Rebecca Bassett-Gunter, and Catherine Burns. "Can Message-Tailoring Based on Regulatory Fit Theory Improve the Efficacy of Persuasive Physical Activity Systems?." Information 10, no. 11 (2019): 347.
• Rodrigues, I. B., M. Ponzano, and L. M. Giangregorio. "Practical tips for prescribing exercise for fall prevention." Osteoporosis international 30, no. 10 (2019): 1953-1960.
• Omer, Ala Eldin, George Shaker, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, Georges Alquié, Frederique Deshours, and Hamid Kokabi. "Triple-Poles Complementary Split Ring Resonator for Sensing Diabetics Glucose Levels at cm-Band." arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.07407 (2019).
• Omer, Ala Eldin, George Shaker, and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini. "Glucose Levels Sensing using Whispering Gallery Modes at mm-Wave Band." arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.12388 (2019).
• Ben Daya, Ibrahim. "Compensated Row-Column Ultrasound Imaging System." (2020).
• Gibbs, Jenna C., Norma J. MacIntyre, Matteo Ponzano, Jeffrey Alan Templeton, Lehana Thabane, Alexandra Papaioannou, and Lora M. Giangregorio. "Exercise for improving outcomes after osteoporotic vertebral fracture." Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 7 (2019).
• Son, Young Ju, W. Tse John, Yiran Zhou, Wei Mao, Evelyn KF Yim, and Hyuk Sang Yoo. "Biomaterials and controlled release strategy for epithelial wound healing." Biomaterials science 7, no. 11 (2019): 4444-4471.
• Zhang, Xin, Guanghua Xu, Aravind Ravi, Wenqiang Yan, and Ning Jiang. "Fusing Frontal and Occipital EEG Features to Detect “Brain Switch” by Utilizing Convolutional Neural Network." IEEE Access 7 (2019): 82817-82825.
• Zhang, Xin, Guanghua Xu, Xiang Mou, Aravind Ravi, Min Li, Yiwen Wang, and Ning Jiang. "A convolutional neural network for the detection of asynchronous steady state motion visual evoked potential." IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 27, no. 6 (2019): 1303-1311.
• Pohan, Grace, Pascale Chevallier, Deirdre EJ Anderson, John W. Tse, Yuan Yao, Matthew W. Hagen, Diego Mantovani, Monica T. Hinds, and Evelyn KF Yim. "Luminal plasma treatment for small diameter polyvinyl alcohol tubular scaffolds." Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology 7 (2019): 117.
• Molladavoodi, Sara, Matthew Robichaud, David Wulff, and Maud Gorbet. "Corneal epithelial cells exposed to shear stress show altered cytoskeleton and migratory behaviour." PloS one 12, no. 6 (2017): e0178981.
• Willett, Thomas L., Daniel Y. Dapaah, Sasidhar Uppuganti, Mathilde Granke, and Jeffry S. Nyman. "Bone collagen network integrity and transverse fracture toughness of human cortical bone." Bone 120 (2019): 187-193.
• Daya, Ibrahim Ben, Mohammad Javad Shaifee, Michelle Karg, Christian Scharfenderger, and Alexander Wong. "On Robustness of deep neural networks: a comprehensive study on the effect of architecture and weight initialization to susceptibility and transferability of adversarial attacks." Journal of Computational Vision and Imaging Systems 4, no. 1 (2018): 3-3.
• Omer, Ala Eldin, George Shaker, and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini. "Non-invasive Glucose Monitoring at mm-Wave Frequencies." Journal of Computational Vision and Imaging Systems 4, no. 1 (2018): 3-3.
• Omer, Ala Eldin, George Shaker, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, Kevin Murray, and Richard Hughson. "Glucose levels detection using mm-wave radar." IEEE sensors letters 2, no. 3 (2018): 1-4.
• Shaker, George, Karly Smith, Ala Eldin Omer, Shuo Liu, Clement Csech, Udeshaya Wadhwa, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, and Richard Hughson. "Non-invasive monitoring of glucose level changes utilizing a mm-wave radar system." International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction (IJMHCI) 10, no. 3 (2018): 10-29.
• Kukumberg, Marek, Yuan Yao, Seok Hong Goh, Dawn JH Neo, Jia Yi Yao, and Evelyn KF Yim. "Evaluation of the topographical influence on the cellular behavior of human umbilical vein endothelial cells." Advanced biosystems 2, no. 6 (2018): 1700217.
• Jain D*, Mattiassi S*, Goh EG, Yim EKF. "Extracellular matrix and biomimetic engineering microenvironment for neuronal differentiation." in Neural Regeneration Research.
• Son Y*, Tse JW*, Zhou Y*, Mao W*, Yim EKF, Yoo HS. "Biomaterials and controlled release strategy for epithelial wound healing." in Biomaterials Science. 
• Pohan, G., Chevallier, Pascale., Anderson, E. J. D., Tse, W. J. Yao, Y, Hagen, W. M., Mantovani, D., Hinds, T. M. and Yim, K. F. E* (2019). "Luminal Plasma Treatment for Small Diameter Polyvinyl Alcohol Tubular Scaffolds." in Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol., 7, article 117. [Link]
• Sotiri, I., Robichaud, M., Lee, D., Braune, S., Gorbet, M., Ratner, B. D., … Reviakine, I. (2019). "BloodSurf 2017: News from the blood-biomaterial frontier." in Acta Biomaterialia, 87, 55–60. [Link]
• Zhang, X., Xu, G., Ravi, A., Wang, Y., & Jiang, N. (2019). "Fusing Frontal and Occipital EEG Features to Detect "Brain Switch" by Utilizing Convolutional Neural Network." in IEEE Access.
• Ben Daya, I., Wong, A., Yeow, J., (2019)"Compensated row-column ultrasound imaging system using calibrated point spread function." in International conference on image analysis and recognition.
• Omer, A. E., Shaker, G., and Safavi-Naeini, S., (2018) "Non-invasive Glucose Monitoring at mm-Wave Frequencies,” in Journal of Computational Vision and Imaging Systems (JCVIS), vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 3-5. [Link]
• Shaker, G., Smith, K., Omer, A. E., Liu, S., Csech, C., Wadhwa, U., Safavi-Naeini, S., Hughson, R., (2018)"Non-Invasive Monitoring of Glucose Level Changes Utilizing a mm-Wave Radar System", in International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction (IJMHCI), vol 10, no 3. [Link]
• Omer, A. E., Shaker, G., Safavi-Naeini, S., Murray, K., and Hughson, R., (2018) “Glucose Levels Detection using mm-Wave Radar”, in IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 1-4, September 2018. Link
• Ben Daya, I., Shafiee, M., Large, M., Scharfenberger, C. Wong, A., (2018) "On robustness of deep neural networks: a comprehensive study on the effect of architecture and weight initialization to susceptibility and transferability of adversarial attacks." in Journal of computational vision and imaging systems.

• Ece Üreten gains a two month internship at Toronto Western Hospital working on DECIPhER Pilot Study.
• Alan Yee gains four month internship at OcuBlink 
• Ala Eldin Omer gains three month internship at Laboratory of Electronics and Electromagnetism (L2E), Sorbonne University, Paris, France. Project: Triple-Poles Complementary Split Ring Resonator for Sensing Diabetics Glucose Levels at Centimeter Band.
• Maria Cristina Herrera Valerio gains an internship with Grand River Hospital. Project: Addressing effective rehabilitation of post-treatment breast cancer patient functional capacity.
• Seyede Sahar Adnani gains a four month internship with KA Imaging. Project: Development of a benchtop micro-CT system.
• Vignesh Sivan gains a six month internship with Foqus Technologies Inc. through Mitacs. Project title: Machine Learning for signal processing and pulse sequence design.
• Jacqueline Kormylo gains a six month internship with Air Microfluidic Systems Inc. through Mitacs. Project title: Clinically-Informed Product Refinement, Patent Protection & Business Partnership Strategy for Air Microfluidics Systems Inc.
• Nargess Heydari Beni gains a four month internship with Grand River Hospital. Project title: Mitigation of Patient Falls at Grand River Hospital.
• Megala Ramasamy gains a four month internship with Ocublink Inc. through Mitacs. Project title: Fabrication of a cost-effective microfluidic eye model for high-throughput screening and testing of ophthalmic materials and drugs.
• Piyush Garg gains a four month internship with Ocublink Inc. through Mitacs. Project title: Fabrication of a cost-effective microfluidic eye model for high-throughput screening and testing of ophthalmic materials and drugs.
• Maria Cristina Herrera Valerio gains a four month academic exchange with Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin. Project title: Rib quality assessment using Quantitative Ultrasound.

• Chin, J., Üreten, E., Burns, C., Search for health information across the lifespan: Validation, confirmation or learning, May 2018, Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
• Ala Eldin Omer (presenter), Mostafa Alizadeh, Doojin Lee, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, George Shaker, and Robin Augustine, On the Radars Utilization for Biomedical and Health Care Applications, Nov 2018, The Biotechnology and Bioengineering Conference (BioTech).
• Ben Daya, I., Shafiee, M., Large, M., Scharfenberger, C. Wong, A. , On robustness of deep neural networks: a comprehensive study on the effect of architecture and weight initialization to susceptibility and transferability of adversarial attacks, Nov 2018, The 5th Annual Conference on Vision and Intelligent Systems (CVIS), University of Waterloo, Canada.
• Yee A, Jabeen A, Subbaraman L, McCanna D, Phan CM, Jones L., Novel in-vitro method to study bacterial interaction with contact lenses, Nov 2018, American Academy of Optometry.
• Omer, A. E., Shaker, G., and Safavi-Naeini, S., Non-invasive Glucose Monitoring at mm-Wave Frequencies, Nov 2018, The 5th Annual Conference on Vision and Intelligent Systems (CVIS), University of Waterloo, Canada.
• Ravi, A., Venugopal, H., Paul, S., & Tizhoosh, H. R.,A Dataset and Preliminary Results for Umpire Pose Detection Using SVM Classification of Deep Features, Dec 2018, 2018 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI) (pp. 1396-1402). IEEE..
• Ravi, A., Pearce, S., Zhang, X., & Jiang, N, User-Specific Channel Selection Method to Improve SSVEP BCI Decoding Robustness Against Variable Inter-Stimulus Distance, Mar 2019, Neural Engineering (NER), 2019 9th International IEEE/EMBS Conference .
• Aravind Ravi, Sarah Pearce, Xin Zhang, and Ning Jiang, Senior Member, IEEE, User-Specific Channel Selection Method to Improve SSVEP BCI Decoding Robustness Against Variable Inter-Stimulus Distance, Mar 2019, 9th International IEEE EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Chin, J., Üreten, E., Burns, C., Health Behavior Nudging Through Health Information Exposure and Information Search, Mar 2019, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society in Health 2019, Chicago, Illinois.
• Casares Li, R., Üreten, E., Dain, S., Weiss, K., Burns, C., A Pilot Study to Assess Ventilators’ Terminology as Proposed in ISO 19223, Mar 2019, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society in Health 2019, Chicago, Illinois.
• Li, Yirou, Virtual Reality to Promote Physical Exercises for Older Adults with Dementia, Mar 2019, 3MT University of Waterloo - SYDE departmental competition, Waterloo.
• Ravi, A., Pearce, S., Zhang, X., & Jiang, N. , User-Specific Channel Selection Method to Improve SSVEP BCI Decoding Robustness Against Variable Inter-Stimulus Distance, Mar 2019, 2019 9th International IEEE/EMBS Conference on Neural Engineering (NER) (pp. 283-286). IEEE.
• Omer, A. E., Shaker, G., and Safavi-Naeini, S., Wireless Glucose Levels Sensing using mm-Wave Radar, Apr 2019, IEEE Student Poster Competition Finals, Guelph University, Canada.
• Muñoz J. C., Li Y., Middleton L., Cao S., Boger J., Use of Virtual Reality Games to Motivate Exercise in Older Adults Living with Dementia., Jun 2019, Second Annual William F. Forbes Lecture; June 18, 2019; Waterloo, ON, Canada.
• Muñoz J. C., Li Y., Middleton L., Cao S., Boger J., Interactive Exergames to Promote Physical Activity in People Living with Dementia, Jun 2019, Rehab Week (2019) - RESNA 2019 Annual Conference; Toronto, ON, Canada NAR.
• Omer, A. E., Shaker, G., Safavi-Naeini, S., and Shubair, R. M., Low-Cost MoM-Solution of Blood Tube Scattering, Jul 2019, 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNCURSI Radio Science Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• Ravi, A., Manuel, J., Heydari, N., and Jiang, N., A Convolutional Neural Network for Enhancing the Detection of SSVEP in the Presence of Competing Stimuli, Jul 2019, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2019.
• Bose S, Phan CM, Rizwan M, Tse JW, Yim E, Jones, Release of FitC-Dextran from a MMP-9 triggered material for corneal wound healing , Aug 2019, The International Society for Contact Lens Research (ISCLR) conference; Singapore, 2019.
• Ravi, A., Heydari, N., and Jiang, N., User-Independent SSVEP BCI Using Complex FFT Features and CNN Classification, Oct 2019, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2019.
• Omer, A. E., Shaker, G., Safavi-Naeini, S., Kokabi, H., G. Alquié, G., & F. Deshours., Compact Honey-Cell CSRR-based Microwave Biosensor for Monitoring Glucose Levels, Mar 2020, 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation EuCAP, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 2020, IEEE.
• Omer, A. E., Shaker, G., Safavi-Naeini, S., Kokabi, H., G. Alquié, G., & F. Deshours, Multiple-Pole CSRR-based Microwave Sensor for Glucose Levels Detection., Mar 2020, 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation EuCAP, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 2020, IEEE.
• Üreten, E., McCredie, V., Burns, C., Cognitive Work Analysis Models of Neuro-Critical Care. , May 2020, Poster presentation at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Toronto.
• Üreten, S., Spallek, J., Krause, D., Üreten, E., Validation of the Design for Mass Adaptation Method - A Case for Higher Medical Treatment Quality. , May 2020, Presentation at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Toronto, 2020.
• Yee A, Phan CM, Chan V, Heynen M, Jones L., The uptake and release kinetics of myristamidopropyl dimethylamine (MAP-D) from contact lenses using radioactive labelling. , May 2020, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. Baltimore, MD, U.S..
• Omer, A. E., Shaker, G., Safavi-Naeini. S., Shubair, R. M., Kokabi, H, Microwave Sensor of Integrated CSRR Cells for Typing Detection in Synthetic Blood, Jul 2020,  2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 2020, IEEE. Retrieved from https://2020apsursi.org/Papers/ViewPaper.asp?PaperNum=2728.
• Li, Y., Muñoz, J., Mehrabi, S., Middleton, L., Cao, S., & Boger, J. , Multidisciplinary Iterative Design of Exergames (MIDE): A Framework for Supporting the Design, Development, and Evaluation of Exergames for Health, Jul 2020, In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (pp. 128-147).
• Yuan Yao, Aung Moe Zaw, Deirdre E J Anderson, Monica T Hinds, Evelyn K F Yim, Fucoidan conjugation on poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels for improved endothelialization and hemocompatibility, Dec 2020, World Biomaterial Congress 2020.
• Zahra Haghpanah, Osteoblast adhesion and proliferation on Acrylated Epoxidized Soybean Oil and Hydroxyapatite-Based 3D-printed Nanocomposites, Dec 2020, 11th World Biomaterial Congress.
• Abdollah Pil-Ali, Sahar Adnani, Christopher C. Scott, and Karim S. Karim , Evaluation of edge-illumination and propagation-based x-ray phase contrast imaging methods for high resolution imaging application, Feb 2021, Medical Imaging 2021: Physics of Medical Imaging.
• Sahar Adnani, Abdollah Pil-Ali, Christopher C. Scott, and Karim S. Karim, Monte Carlo simulation of an amorphous selenium-based multi-layer photon-counting detector for SPECT applications, Feb 2021, Medical Imaging 2021: Physics of Medical Imaging.
• Abdollah Pil-Ali, Sahar Adnani, Christopher C. Scott, and Karim S. Karim, Challenges of employing a high-resolution x-ray detector in a coded-aperture x-ray phase-contrast imaging system, Feb 2021, Medical Imaging 2021: Physics of Medical Imaging.
• Yee A, Phan CM, Jones L, The uptake and release of myristamidopropyl dimethylamine (MAP-D) from soft reusable contact lenses, May 2021, Canadian Biomaterials Society. Waterloo. CA.
• YeJin Jeong, Evelyn Yim , Changing Compliance of Poly(Vinyl alcohol) Tubular Scaffold for Vascular Graft Applications, Feb 2021, Canadian Biomaterials Society – Southwestern Ontario Student Chapter 2021 Research Symposium.
• Uereten, E., Burns, C, Developing expertise in complex socio-technical systems, 2021,  International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care.
• Aravind Ravi, Nargess Heydari, and Ning Jiang, "User-Independent SSVEP BCI Using Complex FFT Features and CNN Classification" at IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2019.
• Reicelis Casares Li, Ece Üreten, Steven Dain, Karl Weiss, Catherine Burns, "A Pilot Study to Assess Ventilators Terminology as Proposed in ISO 19223", 
• Aravind Ravi, Jacob Manuel, Nargess Heydari and Ning Jiang, "A Convolutional Neural Network for Enhancing the Detection of SSVEP in the Presence of Competing Stimuli", at 41st IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC), Berlin Germany, Conference July 2019 
• Aravind Ravi., Pearce, S., Zhang, X., & Jiang, N, "User-Specific Channel Selection Method to Improve SSVEP BCI Decoding Robustness Against Variable Inter-Stimulus Distance", Neural Engineering (NER), 2019 9th International IEEE/EMBS Conference, March 2019
• Aravind Ravi., Venugopal, H., Paul, S., & Tizhoosh, H, "A Dataset and Preliminary Results for Umpire Pose Detection Using SVM Classification of Deep Features", IEEE Symposium Series, December 2018
• Ala Eldin Omer (presenter), George Shaker and Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, "Non-invasive Glucose Monitoring at mm-Wave Frequencies", The 4th Annual Conference on Vision and Intelligent Systems (CVIS), November 2018
• Ala Eldin Omer (presenter), Mostafa Alizadeh, Doojin Lee, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, George Shaker, and Robin Augustine, "On the Radars Utilization for Biomedical and Health Care Applications", The Biotechnology and Bioengineering Conference (BioTech), November 2018
• *YeJin Jeong and Evelyn Yim, Changing Compliance of Poly(Vinyl alcohol) Tubular Scaffold for Vascular Graft Applications. Canadian Biomaterials Society – Southwestern Ontario Student Chapter 2021 Research Symposium, Feb 2021
• Ala Eldin Omer, George Shaker, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, Wearable CSRR-based Sensor for Monitoring Glycemic Levels for Diabetics. 20th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics And BioEngineering (BIBE), Oct 2020
• Ala Eldin Omer, George Shaker, Richard Hughson, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, Microwave-based Nondestructive Sensing Approach for Blood Types Identification. 20th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics And BioEngineering (BIBE), Oct 2020
• Uereten, E., Burns, C, Developing expertise in complex socio-technical systems. International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care, Apr 2021
• Yee A, Phan CM, Jones L., The uptake and release of myristamidopropyl dimethylamine (MAP-D) from soft reusable contact lenses. Canadian Biomaterials Society, May 2021
• Bose S, Yim E, Jones L, Fabrication of a MMP-9 triggered biomaterial for corneal wound healing. The Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology (ARVO), May 2021
• Bose S, Yim E, Jones L, Enzyme and temperature sensitive biomaterial for corneal wound healing. Canadian Biomaterials Society, May 2021
• Bose S, Yim E, Jones L, Fabrication of an enzyme and temperature responsive hydrogel for corneal wound healing. Controlled Release Society, Jul 2021
• Cristina Maria Herrera, Jonathan Garcia, Clark Dickerson, Evaluating Muscle Recruitment during Lower Trapezius Early-Stage Exercises Performed below 90° Shoulder Elevation. XXVIII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) Digital congress, Jul 2021
• Jeong, Y., Yao, Y., Effects of interlayer adhesion and crosslinking density on compliance of poly(vinyl alcohol) vascular graft. Canadian Biomaterials Society, May 2021
• Ala Eldin Omer, Afsaneh Hojjati-Firoozabad, Suren Gigoyan, George Shaker, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, Compact Ferromagnetic WGM Resonator for Sensing Applications at Sub-Centimeter Wavelengths, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Dec 2021
• Afsaneh Hojjati-Firoozabad, Ala Eldin Omer, Suren Gigoyan, Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, Planar WGM Resonator with High Dielectric-Constant Ceramic Slab for Sensing Applications, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Dec 2021
• Abdollah Pil-Ali, Sahar Adnani, Christopher C. Scott, Alessandro Olivo, Karim S. Karim, Single-Exposure, Single-Mask, Edge-Illumination X-ray Phase-Contrast Imaging Using a 7.8-um Pixel Pitch Direct Conversion X-ray Detector. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct 2021
• Abdollah Pil-Ali, Sahar Adnani, Celal Con,Zain H. Warsi, Karim S. Karim, Bridge-Assisted Micropillar Structure for High-Aspect Ratio X-ray Grating Fabrication. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct 2021
• Abdollah Pil-Ali, Sahar Adnani, Christopher C. Scott, Karim S. Karim, A 7.8-micrometer Pixel Pitch Direct Conversion X-ray Detector for High-Resolution Intraoral Tomosynthesis Application. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct 2021
• Sahar Adnani, Abdollah Pil-Ali, Celal Con, Karim S. Karim, A Position-Sensitive Microstrip Detector using Amorphous Selenium Photoconductor. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, Oct 2021
• Daniel Dapaah, Daniel Martel, Andrew Liang, Thomas Willett , The effect of loading rate on the micro-damage process zone formation during human cortical bone fracture. Canadian Society for Biomechanics Conference, May 2021
• Daniel Dapaah, Daniel Martel, Andrew Liang, Thomas Willett , The effect of loading rate on the micro-damage process zone formation during human cortical bone fracture. Canadian Orthopaedic Association Conference, Jun 2021
• Daniel Dapaah, Thomas Willett , A critical evaluation of cortical bone fracture toughness testing methods. Canadian Biomaterials Society Conference, May 2021
• Matthew Robichaud, Kassem Ashe, and Maud Gorbet, Thromboinflammation in Sheared Blood Contacting Materials. Canadian Biomaterials Society Conference, May 2021
• Ponzano, M., Blencowe, L., Giangregorio, L.M., Craven, B.C., Trabecular Bone Score and Fracture Risk in People with Spinal Cord Injury: A Longitudinal Analysis. 9th National Spinal Cord Injury Conference, Nov 2021
• Ponzano, M., Blencowe, L., Giangregorio, L.M., Craven, B.C., Trabecular Bone Score and Fracture Risk Prediction in People with Spinal Cord Injury: A Cross-sectional Analysis. 60th International Spinal Cord Society (ISCOS) Annual Scientific Meeting, Sep 2021
• Ponzano, M., Wiest, M.J., Newton, E., Pakosh, M., Patsakos, E.M., Magnuson, D.S.K. Giangregorio, L.M., Craven, B.C. , Alkaline Phosphatase as a Bone Turnover Marker after Spinal Cord Injury: A Scoping Review of Studies in Humans and Rodents. 60th International Spinal Cord Society (ISCOS) Annual Scientific Meeting, Sep 2021
• Üreten, E., Olatoye, O., Kelly, A., Burns, C. , Exploring Electric Transmission Operation with Cognitive Work Analysis Models. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, Oct 2021
• Sahar Adnani, Abdollah Pil-Ali, Celal Con, and Karim S. Karim, Investigation of position linearity in position-sensitive microstrip amorphous selenium-based detector. SPIE Medical Imaging: Physics of Medical Imaging, Apr 2022
• Abdollah Pil-Ali, Sahar Adnani, Pranav Gavirneni, Seokjee Shin, Bahareh Sadeghimakki, Mahla Poudineh, William Wong, and Karim Sallaudin Karim , Self-aligned fabrication of high-aspect ratio high-resolution x-ray gratings. SPIE Medical Imaging: Physics of Medical Imaging, Apr 2022
• Abdollah Pil-Ali, Mohammad Soltani, Sahar Adnani, Muhammed Kayaharman, Mahla Poudineh, Bo Cui, and Karim Salaudin Karim , Improving adhesion quality of SU-8 to gold thin film for absorption grating fabrication in x-ray phase-contrast imaging. SPIE Medical Imaging: Physics of Medical Imaging, Apr 2022
• Abdollah Pil-Ali, Mohammad Soltani, Sahar Adnani, Bo Cui, and Karim Salaudin Karim, A novel multi-layer grating structure for x-ray phase-contrast imaging. SPIE Medical Imaging: Physics of Medical Imaging, Apr 2022
• Nargess Heydari Beni and Ning Jiang, Heartbeat detection from the upper arm using an SWT-based zero-phase filter bank incorporated with a voting Scheme. 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Jul 2022
• David, D., Yao, Y., Zaw, A.M.,Yim, E.K.F, Effect of substrate topography on human vascular smooth muscle cells proliferation and phenotype changes. Termis AMERICAS conference, Jul 2022
• Dapaah D., Willett T. A critical evaluation of cortical bone fracture toughness testing methods. North American Conference of Biomechanics  Aug 2022
• Patil H., Mondal D., Willett T. L. Concentric Layer 3D Printing Enhances Mechanical Performance Of Nanocomposite Biomaterials. 37th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society, May 2022
• Megala Ramasamy, Ning Qin, Chau-Minh Phan, Lyndon Jones , Development of millifluidic chips using 3D printing for testing drug release from contact lenses. International Society for Contact Lens Research (ISCLR) Twenty First Scientific Symposium, Aug 2022
• Garg, P., Wulff, D., Phan, C.M., Jones, L., Development of a bioink and 3D printing method for fabricating biodegradable contact lens (CLs) materials. International Society for Contact Lens Research (ISCLR) Twenty First Scientific Symposium, Aug 2022

"HOWZAT! Grad Students turn their love of cricket into a winning project"

NSERC CREATE Student, Aravind Ravi, along with fellow graduate students Harshwin Venugopal and Sruthy Paul, build an AI system to find and save highlights from video footage of cricket matches. Read the full article published on the University of Waterloo Homepage [here].

Shine On - Waterlupus's Winning Team

Ece ܜreten and teammate Sagar Patel are the Winning Team at the Waterlupus Hackathon hosted by the University of Waterloo, University of Calgary and Queen's University in May 2019. Read the Waterlupus summary report [here] and the full story written by St. Paul's University College [here].

Researchers aim to develop prick free glucose monitor

A team led by George Shaker is working to develop a glucose monitor that does not require drawn blood to test the glucose levels. Ala Eldin Omer, a NSERC-CREATE student is a member of Shaker's team working to develop this product. Read the full article [here].