Dr. Zahra Abbasi
Affiliations
Associate 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
Zahra Abbasi is an associate professor and a Schulich Research Chair in Advanced Sensing at the Department of Electrical and Software Engineering at the University of Calgary and the Principal Investigator at Calgary Sensor Lab. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alberta in 2020 and her Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) in 2016 and 2014. Her research expertise is in designing passive and active RF/microwave sensors for noncontact real-time detection and monitoring. She has been focused on developing flexible chipless microstrip structures for non-invasive medical applications, environmental contamination, and sustainable agriculture. Dr. Abbasi received the 2025 Schulich Momentum Innovation Impact Award, a 2023 Early Career Research Excellence Award, and 2023 Fostering Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility in Engineering Award. She is also recipient of the 2023 Alberta Immigrant Impact Award for Career and Academic Contributions from the government of Alberta, Canada, for her scientific and academic contributions to the field of microwave sensing technologies. 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
- Finalist in Early Career Academic Change Maker Category. , ASTech Awards (Alberta Science and Technology Leadership Awards) . 2024
- Graduate Student Supervision Excellence Award, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. 2024
- Alberta Immigrant Impact Awards- Career and Academics Contribution Award, Government of Alberta . 2023
- Early Research Excellence Award, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. 2022
- Award for Fostering Equity, Diversity and Accessibility in Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. 2022
- Graduate Student Research Assistant Award , University of Alberta. 2019
- Winner of Student Design Competition , IEEE International Microwave Symposium. 2018
- Martha Piper Award, University of Alberta. 2020
- Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES), University of Alberta. 2020
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