Simar Saini
Simar Saini, Director of the Pearl Sullivan Engineering IDEAs Clinic is passionated about hands-on learning and improving engineering education. Simar Saini is also an Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and specializes in optics and photonics.
- Office: Engineering 5, room 4032
- Phone: 519-888-4567 ext. 35018
- Email: sssaini@uwaterloo.ca
Biography Summary
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. His Ph.D. thesis on design and development of a new platform technology for monolithic integration of photonic devices led to the foundation of a startup company which is now the Quantum Electronics division of Thorlabs. Prof. Saini served as the Associate Chair, Undergraduate for ECE from 2016-2019 where he was instrumental in development of the new curriculum with a focus on experiential learning, and in starting the EngWellness program in ECE. Prof. Saini is also the co-founder and Chief Science Officer of a startup, Savormetrics.