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Director: Dr. Karim S. Karim received his Ph.D. (electrical engineering) from the University of Waterloo (Canada). He was an assistant Professor in the School of Engineering Science at Simon Fraser University from February 2003 to June 2007. Recently, he joined the University of Waterloo. He has published over 80 articles in journals and conferences and has received three national awards in Canada for his contributions to the field of medical imaging: the NSERC Doctoral Prize, the CAGS-UMI Distinguished Dissertation award, and the Douglas Colton medal. Recently, he was a co-recipient of the 2004 IEE Institution Premium Best Journal Paper Award. In the past four years, he and his students have received three Best Poster awards at the SPIE International Medical Imaging Symposium, the SMC Industrial Collaboration Award at TEXPO 2006 as well as the 2006 Best Paper award at the 18th Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society conference.

Current members

Name and Title Biography/Research Photo
Hadi Izadi, PhD candidate Hadi is a PhD candidate in the ECE department, University of Waterloo. He obtained a B.A.Sc. degree with Honours in 1999 from the University of British Columbia, and a M.A.Sc. degree degree in 2002 from the University of Waterloo, both in electrical engineering. His current research interests include circuits for medical imaging devices and applied thin-film semiconductor technologies. Pictures from Photo Album
Michael Adachi, PhD candidate Michael is a PhD candidate in the ECE department, University of Waterloo. He obtained a B.A.Sc. degree with Honours in 2004 and M.A.Sc. degree in 2007 from Simon Fraser University, both in Engineering Science. His current research interests include thin film silicon solar cells prepared by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition and plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Pictures from Photo Album
Amir Goldan, PhD candidate Amir H. Goldan is pursuing his PhD Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON. He obtained a B.A.Sc. degree in engineering science with a minor in computing science at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC. His research interests include integrated mixed-signal circuit design, radiation detection, high-energy physics, photon devices, and gamma-ray imaging. Mr. Goldan has received the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada Postgraduate Scholarship, the 2006 Strategic Microelectronics Council Industrial Collaboration Award, and the Honorable Mention Poster Award at the SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium in 2006. Pictures from Photo Album
Nader Safavian, PhD candidate TBD Pictures from Photo Album
Afrin Sultana, PhD candidate Afrin Sultana is a PhD candidate in the department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. She obtained her M.A.Sc. degree in 2004 from the University of Waterloo in Electrical & Computer Engineering. She received a B.A.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 2002 from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) where she stood 1st among 116 graduating students. Her current research interests include circuit design and optimization using amorphous silicon technology for digital imaging of protein diffraction pattern, physics of avalanche in amorphous material, and medical X-ray imaging. Afrin received the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) in 2007-2008, and the Best Student Paper Award in the Symposium on Circuits, Devices and Systems of IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2008. Pictures from Photo Album
Ling-Hsuan Hsieh, MASc candidate Ling is a MASc candidate in the ECE department, University of Waterloo. She recieved her B.A.Sc. degree in 2006 from University of Ottawa in Electrical Engineering. Her current research invovoles integration of Amorphous Selenium with CMOS. Pictures from </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Dali Wu, MASc student</td> <td> Dali Wu is a MASc candidate in the ECE department of University of Waterloo. He obtained a B.A.Sc. degree with Honours in 2008 from University of Waterloo. His research interests include thin film electronics and x-ray medical imaging. </td> <td> <img src=
Dali Wu, MASc student Dali Wu is a MASc candidate in the ECE department of University of Waterloo. He obtained a B.A.Sc. degree with Honours in 2008 from University of Waterloo. His research interests include thin film electronics and x-ray medical imaging. Pictures from Photo Album
Bahman Hadji, MASc student Bahman Hadji is pursuing his Master of Applied Science degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He obtained his Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 2008. His current research interests include analog and mixed-signal circuits for medical imaging applications involving radiation detection. Pictures from Photo Album
Yuan Fang, MASc student Yuan Fang is pursuing a MASc degree in the ECE department of University of Waterloo. He obtained his Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo in 2008. His current research interests include Monte-Carlo modeling of x-ray detectors for medical imaging applications. Pictures from Photo Album


Past members

Name Degree, Completion Date Thesis Title Current Occupation
Farhad Taghibakhsh PhD, April 2008 "Active pixel sensor architectures for high resolution, large area, digital imaging" PDF, University of Toronto
Ida Khodami MASc, December 2007 "Short Wavelength a-Si:H Photodetector for Bio-molecular Fragment Sizing" n/a
Michael Adachi MASc, June 2007 "Low temperature thin film silicon solar cells prepared by hot-wire chemical vapor deposition" Phd candidate, University of Waterloo
Lydia Tse MASc, May 2007 "Low temperature p+ nc-Si:H window layers for large area thin-film solar cells" Test Engineer, BC
Li Ng BASc, May 2007 "Development and Testing of PCB to Demonstrate Capabilities of Selective Single Photon Counting Circuit" TBD
Stephen Dai BASc, May 2007 "UV absorption Test Apparatus for Biomolecular Detection Applications" Design Engineer, Nokia
Golnaz Sanaie MASc, May 2006 "Low noise high dynamic range pixel architecture in amorphous silicon technology for diagnostic medical imaging applications" Field Applications Engineer, Cisco Systems, CA, USA
Sean Hou BASc, May 2006 "Passive RFID in amorphous silicon technology" MASc candidate, University of California, San Diego, USA
Daniel Ressl Research Engineer, Jan 2006 "Test setup for active pixel imaging array" Digital Hardware Engineer, Sierra Wireless, Vancouver, Canada
Mingyuan Zhao MASc, August 2005 "Self-aligned poly-Si gate MOSFET for large area electronics" PhD candidate, Renselaar Polytechnic Institute, NY, USA
Joseph Fang MEng, August 2005 "At-Speed Scan/ATPG of Integrated Circuits" Digital Design Engineer, PMC Sierra, Vancouver, Canada
Tony Ottaviani MASc, May 2005 "Column readout circuitry for a-Si pixel amplifiers" Digital Design Engineer, Alcatel, Toronto, Canada
Ali Nezamzadeh MEng, August 2004 "Noise analysis of imaging pixel readout circuits" Hardware Engineer, Apex Micro, Vancouver, Canada