Nanoengineering

Hany Aziz is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering with a cross-appointment to the Department of Chemical Engineering. He served as the Associate Director of Waterloo’s Nanotechnology Engineering program from 2015-2019. He is also Associate Director of the Giga-to-Nanoelectronics Centre. He previously held the appointment of NSERC- DALSA Research Chair in organic electronics.

Dr. Aziz’s group conducts research in the interdisciplinary area of organic electronics and optoelectronics including both electroluminescent (such as Organic Light-Emitting Devices or OLEDs and quantum dot LEDs ) and light harvesting (such as organic photovoltaics and optical sensing) materials and devices. The research spans a wide range of areas ranging from studying fundamental phenomena in organic semiconductors (such as carrier injection and transport, exciton dynamics, carrier-exciton interactions) to developing novel devices and fabrication technologies for next generation electronics (such as flexible flat panel displays and printable electronics).

Dr. Aziz’s research contributions are widely cited in the organic electronics community, and have resulted in over 150 peer-reviewed publications to date. He has several inventions including the industry’s benchmark long-life and thermally-stable OLED and the contrast enhancing Black Cathode™ Technology. He holds 51 U.S. patents. In 2020 he was awarded a University Research Chair.

Dayan Ban is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Associate Director for the Centre for Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems, and a researcher at the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology. His expertise lies in the conversion of near infra-red light directly to visible light, design and fabrication of high-performance quantum devices and the development of ultra-sensitive surface plasmon sensors.

Dr. Ban successfully improved the efficiency of hybrid organic/inorganic devices by more than one order of magnitude and applied time-domain terahertz spectroscopy to study the device physics of terahertz quantum cascade lasers. Dr. Ban’s research has also accomplished the fabrication of prototype hybrid organic/inorganic devices by direct tandem integration and the study of the effects of interfacial states on device performance. These devices are responsible for the conversion of near-infrared light directly to visible light (green) at room temperature.

Dr. Ban pioneered the development of new methods in scanning probe microscopy to observe, with nanometric spatial resolution, two-dimensional profiles of conductivity and potential inside actively-driven lasers. He also resolved the nanoscopic reason for anomalously high series resistance encountered in ridge waveguide lasers. In addition, Dr. Ban reported the first direct experimental observation of electron overbarrier leakage in operating buried heterostructure multi-quantum-well –lasers. His work has provided the first experimental visualization of the inner workings of operating semiconductor lasers, and has also provided a platform for enabling tools for quantum semiconductor device and nanotechnology research.

Dr. Bradley Hauer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a member of the Institute of Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo. He completed his PhD at the University of Alberta in 2019, after which he worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Advanced Microwave Photonics group at NIST in Boulder, Colorado, USA.

Dr. Hauer's research focuses on studying cavity optomechanical systems and superconducting circuits, with applications in metrology, quantum information, and non-classical state preparation.

• experimental and theoretical physics
• optomechanics
• superconducting circuits
• quantum information
• nanomechanics

Dr. Shesha H. Jayaram is a Professor and the Director of the High Voltage Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. She previously held a University Research Chair and is also an Adjunct Professor at both the University of Guelph and McMaster University. Dr. Jayaram earned her B.A.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Bangalore University, India, in 1980, her M.A.Sc. degree in high voltage engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 1983, and her Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Waterloo in 1990. Prior to joining the University of Waterloo, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Western Ontario from 1990 to 1992 and an Adjunct Professor from 1992 to 2003.

Dr. Jayaram’s research focuses on high-voltage engineering, insulation diagnostics, solution-based outputs, nanocomposite materials, and pulse power applications in biotechnology and environmental engineering. She has made significant contributions to electrical insulation integrity in power grids, and her research has facilitated technology transfer to industries globally.

An active member of the IEEE Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation and Industry Applications Societies, as well as the Electrostatic Society of America, Dr. Jayaram is a Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario, Canada. She has delivered over 100 invited presentations worldwide and published more than 350 research articles, including approximately 100 in leading journals, mostly in IEEE Transactions. Her innovations have resulted in patents granted in Canada, the USA, Brazil, Japan, and Europe.

Dr. Karim S. Karim is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He has secured more than $15M in research grant funding, trained over 40 PhD and MASc students, and has co-authored 250+ publications and 50+ patents. 

He is a founder and Chief Technology Officer of KA Imaging, a University of Waterloo spinoff company that makes innovative X-ray detectors and systems for medical, veterinary, scientific and industrial markets. Dr. Karim has developed novel imaging devices and systems since 1998, and has both supported and founded multiple startups over the past two decades. One of his “color” X-ray innovations is now starting to replace black and white medical X-ray globally, while another is used in ultrasonic fingerprint sensors in mobile phones and tablets.

• Spectral X-ray Imaging
• Phase Contrast X-ray Imaging
• Medical Imaging
• Large area electronics
• Semiconductor Devices and Fabrication

Dr. Na Young Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. She is affiliated with the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and holds cross-appointments in the Departments of Physics and Astronomy, and Chemistry.

As the leader of the Quantum Innovation (QuIN) Laboratory, Dr. Kim drives cutting-edge research to develop large-scale quantum processors using novel materials and advanced technologies. Her team is currently spearheading two major projects:

1. Semiconductor Quantum Processors – This project explores controllable optical and electrical domains, unveiling the properties of exotic materials and the fundamental nature of symmetries.
2. Multi-Functional Classical and Quantum Device Arrays – This initiative aims to establish a planar architecture integrating nano-scale devices with electrical, optical, thermal, and mechanical functionalities.

Before joining the University of Waterloo in 2016, Dr. Kim worked at Apple Inc., where she contributed to the development of small display products. She earned her BS in Physics from Seoul National University and completed her graduate studies at Stanford University’s Department of Applied Physics, focusing on mesoscopic transport properties in low-dimensional nanostructures. Her postgraduate research expanded into quantum optics and nanophotonics, encompassing both experimental and theoretical projects in collaboration with leading scholars.

Dr. Peter Levine is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

His research group develops complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits (ICs) that translate the chemical world of biology to the digital world. By combining standard CMOS analog/mixed-signal ICs with novel structures, materials, or devices, he and his team are developing advanced CMOS imagers and biosensors for a wide range of life-science and biosensing applications.

• CMOS analog/mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs)
• CMOS electrochemical biosensors
• CMOS imagers (visible, IR, and X-ray)

Dr. Amir Hamed Majedi is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, with a cross-appointment to the Department of Physics and Astronomy. He leads the Integrated Quantum Optoelectronics Lab (IQOL) within the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology.

Dr. Majedi’s research focuses on engineering quantum electrodynamics, with an emphasis on superconducting optoelectronics and quantum photonics. His key research areas include:

• Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors
• Single-photon sources based on nanowire quantum dots
• Superconducting plasmonic detectors and waveguides
• Superconducting-based quantum dot LEDs for single and entangled photon sources
• Graphene photonics

The IQOL conducts theoretical and experimental investigations into quantum and electromagnetic phenomena in superconducting micro- and nanoscale structures. The lab aims to advance technologies in optoelectronic, millimeter-wave/THz, and photonic devices and systems. Their research seeks to establish theoretical foundations, innovative design methodologies, and device/system-level synthesis and characterization techniques.

Through this work, the lab is driving the development of superconducting quantum devices for cutting-edge applications, including ultrafast communications, quantum information processing, and bio-nanotechnology.

Raafat Mansour is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He is a former holder of a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Micro-Nano Integrated RF Systems, and an NSERC Industrial Research Chair for two terms (2001-2005) and (2006-2010). Prior to joining Waterloo in January 2000, Dr. Mansour was with COM DEV Cambridge, Ontario from 1986-1999, where he held various technical and management positions in COM DEV’s Corporate R&D Department. Dr. Mansour holds 37 US and Canadian patents and has more than 380 refereed publications to his credit. He is a co-author of a 23-chapter book published by Wiley and has contributed 6 chapters to 4 other books.

Dr. Mansour founded the Centre for Integrated RF Engineering (CIRFE) at the University of Waterloo. It houses a clean room and a state-of-the-art RF test and characterization laboratory. He acted as a catalyst for ideas inspiring the next generation of Waterloo entrepreneurs to bring their work to market. From research carried out in his research lab at the University of Waterloo, he and his graduate students co-founded two companies: AdHawk Microsystems and Integrated Circuit Scanning Probe Instruments (ICSPI-Corp).

Dr. Mansour is a Fellow of the IEEE, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Engineering Institute of Canada. He was the recipient of the 2014 Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) Engineering Medal for Research and Development and the 2019 IEEE Canada A.G.L. McNaughton Gold Medal Award.

Dr. Guo-Xing Miao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, with an affiliation to the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC).

Dr. Miao’s research focuses on spintronics, utilizing precise electron spin manipulation to enable information processing. His work emphasizes nanodevices established on newly emerging spin platforms, such as synthetic diamonds and topological insulators, where information can be processed coherently on the quantum level, rather than digitally on the classical level. The interwined transport of electrons, spins and ions in solid-state devices establishes the forefront for developing semiconductor compatible materials platforms ready for chip integration.

• Topological quantum computing
• Tellurides MBE
• Spin memory and logic devices
• Spintronics
• Iontronics
• Memristor
• Neuromorphic computing

Dr. David Nairn is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

His research is mainly in the field of electronic circuits, including analog and mixed signal circuit design, with an emphasis on analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), and digital-to-analog converters (DACs).

• Analog and Mixed Signal Circuit Design
• Analog-to-Digital Converters (ADCs)
• Digital-to-Analog Converters (DACs)
• Circuit Design & VLSI

Mahla Poudineh is an Assistant Professor and Director of the IDEATION Lab in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. She earned her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, with a minor in Biomedical Engineering, from the University of Toronto in 2016. Before joining UWaterloo, Mahla completed postdoctoral training at the University of Toronto's Department of Pharmaceutical Science in 2017 and at Stanford University’s School of Medicine in 2019.

Mahla holds both a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tehran, Iran, awarded in 2010 and 2012, respectively. Her research focuses on developing bio-sensing technologies for therapeutic and diagnostic applications, with a particular emphasis on translating biomedical devices into clinical settings.

Dr. Omar Ramahi is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. 

His research interests include radiating systems, renewable energy technology, biomedical applications of electromagnetic waves and fields, electromagnetic compatibility and interference, metamaterials and its engineering applications, and material measurements. In addition to his research, he co-founded Applied Electromagnetic Technology, LLC., and Wave Intelligence Inc.

Dr. Ramahi has received numerous awards as a result of his extensive research and teaching capabilities. He was recognized for his graduate research work with the 2010 University of Waterloo Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision. Additionally, he was awarded the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society Technical Achievement Award in 2012. Dr. Ramahi is an elected IEEE Fellow.

He has written over 450 journal and conference papers on electromagnetic phenomena and computational techniques. EMI/EMC Computational Modeling Handbook is one of the notable books that Dr. Ramahi co-authored.

Dr. Manoj Sachdev is a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. 

His research interests include low power and high performance digital circuit design, mixed-signal circuit design, and test and manufacturing issues of integrated circuits. He has contributed to over 180 conference and journal publications, and has written 5 books. He also holds more than 30 granted US patents.

Dr. Sachdev, along with his students and colleagues, have received several international research awards.  He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada. Dr. Sachdev serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Electronic Testing:  Theory and Applications. He is also  a member of program of IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference.

Simarjeet Saini is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He completed his doctorate at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2001 under the guidance of Professor Mario Dagenais. Professor Saini’s Ph.D. thesis was on design and development of a new platform technology for monolithic integration of photonic devices called Passive Active Resonant Coupler (PARC). The resulting technology led to the foundation of a start-up company called Covega Corporation in Jessup, Maryland. Dr. Saini worked as the Lead Optoelectronics Device Engineer at Covega, and later, as a Lead Applications Engineer. He led the design and development of Covega’s single angled facet chips, semiconductor optical amplifiers and high power lasers.

In August 2004, Dr. Saini co-founded Altanet Communications, a start-up company that focused on ethernet based metro area networks with less than 5 ms restoration time using intelligence in the optical domain.

Dr. Saini’s research interests include: optoelectronics components for datacom and telecom, high speed optical networks, tunable mid-IR lasers, nanophotonics chem-bio sensors, and microwave photonics. He holds 5 US patents and has 5 more in various stages of application, of which 3 have already been commercialized.

Dr. Siva Sivoththaman is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo and serves as the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies & Postdoctoral Affairs in the Faculty of Engineering.

Dr. Sivoththaman earned his Doctorate from the University of Paris XII - Créteil Val de Marne (France) in 1993. He then worked as a Research Scientist at the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC) in Belgium for six years before relocating to Canada in 2000 to join the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo.

Dr. Sivoththaman was honored with the Ontario Premier's Research Excellence Award in 2002 and has held two prestigious Research Chairs: the NSERC Associate Industrial Research Chair in Radio Frequency Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (2002-2006) and the Ontario Research Chair (ORC) in Renewable Energy Technologies and Health (2010-2015). He is also the Director of the Centre for Advanced Photovoltaic and Display Systems (CAPDS) at Waterloo.

Dr. Sivoththaman served as the inaugural director of the University of Waterloo's Nanotechnology Engineering Program from 2004 to 2006. A Senior Member of the IEEE, he currently serves as the Chapter Chair for the Electron Devices Society of the IEEE Kitchener-Waterloo Section.

Zbig Wasilewski is an Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, cross-appointed to the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo. He is internationally renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to the field of Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE), quantum-dot and quantum-well photonic devices, and high-mobility 2D electron gas-based quantum structures and devices.

Professor Wasilewski’s research focuses on MBE and the nanofabrication of III-V semiconductor structures for applications in quantum optics, nano-photonics, nano-electronics, and quantum computing. Under his leadership, the MBE laboratory has achieved the highest operating temperatures worldwide for GaAs/AlGaAs-based THz Quantum Cascade Lasers—some of the most complex man-made quantum structures. Additionally, the laboratory pioneered the In-flush method, the premier technique for creating and fine-tuning MBE-grown InAs/GaAs quantum dot systems for photonic and quantum computing applications.

Professor Wasilewski has co-authored over 500 refereed journal articles and conference proceedings, amassing over 16,000 citations and an h-index of 64, placing him among the most cited researchers in his field. In 2012, he was awarded the lifetime title of Professor of Physics by the President of Poland in recognition of his exceptional research contributions and his role in developing GaN-based optoelectronics in Poland. In 2022, he was elevated to Fellow of the IEEE.

Professor Lan Wei received her B.S. in Microelectronics and Economics from Peking University, Beijing, China in 2005 and M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, USA (with Professor H.–S. Philip Wong) in 2007 and 2010, respectively. Before joining University of Waterloo in 2014, she worked at Altera Corporation in San Jose, California, where her responsibilities included foundary technology evaluation, power management and Stratix X FPGA product development with Intel 14nm technology. She also worked as a post-doctoral associate in Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Massachusetts Institute of Technology under Professor Dimitri Antoniadis. Her research focuses on device-circuit interactive design and optimization, cryogenic CMOS electronics for quantum computing, error-resilient computation, and integrated electronic systems using emerging technologies including GaN, RRAM and low-dimensional materials.

Wei has served on the Technical Program Committee of several academic conferences including IEDM (2011-2012, 2021-2022), DATE (2021 - ), ICCAD (2019 - ), VLSI-TSA (2013 - ), GLSVLSI (2017 - ), ISQED (2019 - ) ISLPED (2013), etc, and was listed as one of the key contributors to the Process Integration, Devices, and Structures Chapter (PIDS) of International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) 2009 Edition. She is the co-developer of the MIT Virtual Source GaN HEMT (MVSG) Compact Model, which is an Industry Standard approved and supported by the Compact Model Coalition for GaN HEMT compact model.

Dr. William S. Wong is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, where he also serves as Director of the Giga-to-Nanoelectronics Centre and is a researcher at the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology.

Dr. Wong leads the Advanced Flexible Electronics Technology (AFET) group, which is dedicated to advancing high-performance, low-cost flexible electronics. The group is focused on the heterogeneous integration of silicon-based and Group III-nitride materials and devices to enable the development of flexible, large-area electronics on plastic substrates. These innovations are particularly relevant for applications in displays, image sensors, and energy generation systems, all of which benefit from enhanced functionality and mechanical flexibility. By leveraging the capabilities of the Giga-to-Nanoelectronics (G2N) Centre, the AFET group is advancing the synthesis of nanowire materials, processing of thin-film devices, and the development of hybrid devices using novel ink-jet printing and thin-film layer transfer techniques. The overarching goal of the group's research is to improve system performance while reducing fabrication costs.

Dr. Wong is an inventor with over 80 U.S. patents and has published more than 110 papers, including 45 invited talks, in the fields of electronic materials growth, processing, and characterization. He is an active member of the IEEE, the Materials Research Society, and serves on the committee of the Electronic Materials Conference. He is also on the Editorial Board of IEEE Electron Device Letters.

• Large-area systems
• Flexible electronics
• Printed electronics
• Heterogeneous Integration
• Nano- and Microfabrication

Dr. Youngki Yoon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on understanding the physics of non-equilibrium phenomena in nanosystems, with particular relevance to device applications, using modeling and simulations. Building on a rigorous fundamental understanding, Dr. Yoon has developed his own quantum transport simulator based on the Non-Equilibrium Green’s Function (NEGF) method. His atomistic simulations enable predictive analysis of nanoscale devices, providing insights where direct experimental investigation is often extremely challenging and prohibitively expensive.

Dr. Yoon earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville, in 2008, where his research primarily focused on ballistic transport in carbon nanotube devices. He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, where he made pioneering contributions to non-equilibrium quantum transport. His work included the first demonstration of dissipative simulations using the NEGF formalism for realistic device sizes (>200 nm) and the first-ever attempt to incorporate both phonon and roughness scattering in graphene nanoribbon transistors.

• Nanoscale transistors and sensors
• Computer simulations for emerging devices
• Engineering tool development for analysis and optimization

Chris Backhouse is an Adjunct Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on nano-biological technology-based quantum devices, medical diagnostics, and the development of miniaturized, microfluidic lab-on-a-chip systems.

After earning his degree from the University of British Columbia, Professor Backhouse pursued academic and industrial fellowships in electrochemistry at the university and in non-invasive medical imaging with CTF Systems. He collaborated with Applied Biosystems, a life sciences company, to develop large-scale microchips and fabrication technologies for the Human Genome Project. Additionally, he led a research team that created genetic analysis instruments now sold internationally.

Professor Backhouse’s work has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the Summit Award for Project Achievement from the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta in 2008, and the National Award for an Engineering Project of 2009 from Engineers Canada. He has also published numerous articles in IEEE journals and other professional publications.

Dr. Bo Cui is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. With over 2 decades of cleanroom research experience, his work focuses on nano- and microstructure fabrication using advanced techniques such as nanoimprint lithography, electron beam lithography, and thin film deposition and etching. His research spans various device applications, including biomedical, energy, and other sectors. Notably, Dr. Cui pioneered research in the bit-patterned magnetic recording area, and his group recently developed a process for conducting electron beam lithography on irregular, non-planar surfaces, which was published in ACS Nano.

In addition to his work in nanofabrication, Dr. Cui has conducted significant research on plasmonic bio- and chemical sensors, utilizing techniques like Extraordinary Optical Transmission (EOT), Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS), and Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance (LSPR). These bio-sensors are designed to detect bio-binding events, such as DNA hybridization and antibody-antigen binding, with applications in pathogen detection for diseases and crops.

Dr. Cui has published 113 peer-reviewed journal articles, three patents (four granted, one PCT filed), four book chapters, and a sole-edited book on nanofabrication. He is a recipient of the 2014 Faculty of Engineering Research Excellence Award and serves as an assistant editor for Nanoscale Research Letters. Dr. Cui is also an active member of the IEEE and the American Vacuum Society.

Dr. Irene Goldthorpe is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo.  Her expertise is in inorganic electronic and optoelectronic materials (mainly semiconductors and metals), with a focus on nanostructured materials such as nanowires and thin-films. 

Dr. Goldthorpe received a BASc from the University of Toronto in Engineering Science (nano-engineering option). She then completed her MS and PhD degrees in Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University where she held a Stanford Graduate Fellowship, a Julie Payette NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship, and the Intel Foundation PhD Fellowship. She was then a postdoctoral researcher at Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY where she developed nanomaterials for solid-state-lighting (LEDs and phosphors). Dr. Goldthorpe joined the University of Waterloo in 2011.

• Synthesis of nanostructures and thin-films
• Materials and devices for electronic, optoelectronic, and energy applications (solar cells, LEDs, transistors, sensors, etc.)
• Characterization of material properties and microstructure, including transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

Dr. George Shaker is an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo. He also oversees wireless activities in the sensors and devices lab at the UW-Schlegel Research Institute for Aging. Previously, he was with Research in Motion (BlackBerry). He was also with Georgia Institute of Technology. He has been the Principal Scientist and Head of Research at Spark Technology Labs (STL), since its founding in 2011. In 2017, George was selected by the office of the president of NSERC among a group of ten Canadian professors to discuss Canadian research advancement in the Internet of Things (IoT) area at the special NSERC-NRC-MOST meeting in Ottawa. In addition, prof. Shaker serves on the organizational committee of the French-Canadian Bioengineering School.

With more than fifteen years of industrial experience in technology, and about eight years as an adjunct faculty member leading projects related to the application of wireless sensor systems for healthcare, automotives, and unmanned aerial vehicles, Prof. Shaker has many design contributions in commercial products available from startups and established companies alike. A sample list includes: COM DEV \, Blackberry, Google, Spark Tech Labs, Bionym, Lyngsoe Systems, ON Semiconductors, Ecobee, Medella Health, NERV Technologies, Novella, Thalmic Labs (North), General Dynamics Land Systems, and Omron Technologies.

George has received multiple recognitions and awards, including the NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship (sole winner in the area of Electromagnetics across Canada, 2007-10, first UW student to receive the scholarship in EM), the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2007, 2010), the European School of Antennas Grant at IMST-GmbH (2007), the IEEE AP-S Best Paper Award (2009, 3, first @ UW), the IEEE AP-S Honorable Mention Paper Award (Twice, 2008, 2011), the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Graduate Research Award (2008/2009, first @ UW), NSERC CGS-FSS (2009/2010, sole winner from UW Engineering), the IEEE MTT-S Graduate Fellowship (2009, first UW student to receive the fellowship), and the Electronic Components and Technology Best of Session Paper Award (2010). Two paper he co-authored in IEEE Sensors were among the top 25 downloaded papers on IEEEXplore for several consecutive months (2012/2017). He was the supervisor of the team winning the third best design at IEEE APS 2016, APS 2017 HM paper award, 2018 CVS Best Paper, and two IEEE APS Research Awards.