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Dr. Zahra Abbasi

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Positions

Assistant Professor

Schulich School of Engineering, Department of Electrical and Software Engineering

Contact information

Location

Office: ICT447

Preferred method of communication

Research Interests:

  • Applied Electromagnetics
  • RF/microwave sensing
  • Chipless sensors
  • Wearable sensors
  • Non-invasive detection and monitoring

Background

Educational Background

Postdoctoral Fellow Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2021

PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, 2020

MSc. Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology, 2016

BSc. Electrical Engineering, Iran University of Science & Technology, 2014

Biography

Dr. Zahra Abbasi is an Assistant Professor, at the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering, University of Calgary, since September 2021. Prior to that, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Waterloo Microfluidics Lab, University of Waterloo. She received her Ph.D. degree in Nanosystems and Microsystems from M2M lab the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, in 2020. and her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in telecommunication and electronics engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Iran, in 2014 and 2016. Her research expertise is in designing passive and active RF/microwave sensors for noncontact real-time detection and monitoring. She has focused on designing sensors and systems as well as creating successful long-term collaborations that benefit from the novel sensing structures. 

Dr. Abbasi is the chair of IEEE (MTT-S) in the IEEE Southern Alberta Antennas and Propagation Society (AP), Microwave Theory & Techniques Society (MTT), Communications Society (COM) Southern Alberta Section. 

Awards

  • Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES), University of Alberta. 2020
  • Martha Piper Award, University of Alberta. 2020
  • Graduate Student Research Assistant Award , University of Alberta. 2019
  • Winner of Student Design Competition , IEEE International Microwave Symposium. 2018
  • Alberta Newcomer Recognition Awards- Career and Academics Contribution Award, Government of Alberta . 2023
  • Early Research Excellence Award, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. 2023
  • Award for Fostering Equity, Diversity and Accessibility in Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. 2023