Dr. Zahra Abbasi
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
- Finalist in Early Career Academic Change Maker Category. , ASTech Awards (Alberta Science and Technology Leadership Awards) . 2024
- Early Research Excellence Award, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. 2023
- Alberta Immigrant Impact Awards- Career and Academics Contribution Award, Government of Alberta . 2023
- Early Research Excellence Award, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. 2024
- Graduate Student Research Assistant Award , University of Alberta. 2019
- Winner of Student Design Competition , IEEE International Microwave Symposium. 2018
- Award for Fostering Equity, Diversity and Accessibility in Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary. 2023
- Martha Piper Award, University of Alberta. 2020
- Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES), University of Alberta. 2020
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