Dalia Elsheakh of Badr University in Cairo

1.    Microwave Sensors for Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring Diabetes is a major public health challenge in Egypt, with a rising prevalence that places a significant burden on healthcare systems and individuals. Frequent blood glucose monitoring is essential for effective diabetes management, yet traditional glucometers rely on invasive finger-prick tests, which can be painful, inconvenient, and costly over time. Microwave sensing technology presents a promising alternative by enabling non-invasive, continuous glucose level estimation based on the dielectric properties of human tissue. This workshop, held as part of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (APS) event in Egypt, will explore the latest advancements in microwave-based glucose monitoring, including sensor design, signal processing techniques, and calibration methods. Experts will discuss the potential of this technology to reduce costs, improve patient compliance, and enhance diabetes management. Additionally, the workshop will address challenges related to accuracy, clinical validation, and integration with wearable devices, fostering collaboration between researchers, healthcare professionals, and industry leaders to advance accessible and affordable glucose monitoring solutions.

Biography:

Prof. Dalia N. Elsheakh (Senior Member), IEEE received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 1998 and 2005, respectively, Her M.S. Thesis was on the design of microstrip PIFA for mobile handsets Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from channel scholarship between Hawaii University and Ain shams University and the Ph.D. The thesis was on electromagnetic band-gap structure. She was an Assistant Researcher with the HCAC, College of Engineering, University of Hawai’i, USA, in 2008, and an Assistant Professor in 2014 and 2018. From 2010–2015, she was an Assistant Professor with the Microstrip Department, Electronics Research Institute, where she has been an Associate Professor since 2016. From August 2021, she is a professor in the Microstrip Dept, Electronics Research Institute. She has published 75 articles in peer-reviewed

journals, 55 papers in international conferences, and six chapters in five books. She holds two patents. She was a member of many contracted projects (18 research and development projects) funded by many funding agencies, such as ASRT, NTRA, NSF, and STDF. She is currently the PI of the funded project from ITAC. She is a reviewer for different International journals and conferences. She is vice chair of the Antenna and Propagation Society of Egypt. She has very good experience in antennas, metamaterials, arrays, textile engineering for wireless communication, and biomedical applications. She has supervised and co-supervised 1 Ph.D. and 3 M.Sc. theses at Ain Shams University. She is the head of the Electrical Department, Faculty of Engineering and Technology at Badr University in Cairo.

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Address:Elnoza, Cairo, , Cairo, Egypt

Angie Eldamak

Diabetes is a major public health challenge in Egypt, with a rising prevalence that places a significant burden on healthcare systems and individuals. Frequent blood glucose monitoring is essential for effective diabetes management, yet traditional glucometers rely on invasive finger-prick tests, which can be painful, inconvenient, and costly over time. Microwave sensing technology presents a promising alternative by enabling non-invasive, continuous glucose level estimation based on the dielectric properties of human tissue. This workshop, held as part of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (APS) event in Egypt, will explore the latest advancements in microwave-based glucose monitoring, including sensor design, signal processing techniques, and calibration methods. Experts will discuss the potential of this technology to reduce costs, improve patient compliance, and enhance diabetes management. Additionally, the workshop will address challenges related to accuracy, clinical validation, and integration with wearable devices, fostering collaboration between researchers, healthcare professionals, and industry leaders to advance accessible and affordable glucose monitoring solutions.

Biography:

 Dr. Angie R. Eldamak received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2002 and 2006, respectively, and Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, in 2013. Since November 2014, she has been with the Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, Ain Shams University and she is currently an Associate Professor. She was an Assistant Researcher with Microwave Electronics Lab, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, from 2006–2007, and General Associate in Applied Electromagnetics Group at University of Calgary, CANADA from 2016–2018. She served in several units at Faculty of Engineering including Quality Assurance, E-learning, Alumni and International collaboration. From August 2021, she is appointed as International Agreements and Alumni Relations Coordinator for Faculty of Engineering and Adjunct Associate Professor at American University in Cairo. Her current research interests include electromagnetic waves, antennas, biosensors, flexible sensors fiber-based systems as well as pedagogy, courses development and accreditation for Higher Education level. She authored more than 30 peer reviewed papers in her field and serves as a peer reviewer for several international and national journals and conferences.

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Address:Abassia, Cairo, , Cairo, Egypt

Anwer S. Abd El-Hameed of Electronics Research Institute

  Microwave sensing has emerged as a promising technology for non-invasive biomedical diagnostics due to its sensitivity to dielectric property variations in biological tissues. This talk explores recent advancements in microwave sensor designs targeting biomedical applications, with a special focus on non-invasive glucose monitoring. Several sensor types will be discussed, including microstrip-based sensors, Defected Ground Structures (DGS), Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) sensors, dielectric resonator-based sensors, differential configurations, and series resonators. For each category, key performance metrics such as sensitivity, resolution, and biological compatibility will be presented and compared. The talk will also highlight the challenges and opportunities in developing practical, wearable, and high-accuracy microwave biosensors suitable for continuous health monitoring.

Biography:

Dr. Anwer S. Abd El-Hameed (Member, IEEE) has built a distinguished academic and professional career in the field of electronics and communication engineering. He earned his B.Sc. degree from Al-Azhar University, Egypt, in 2009, and his M.Sc. degree from Cairo University, Egypt, in 2014. He received his Ph.D. degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) in May 2018. As part of his Ph.D. program, he joined Kyushu University, Japan, as a Special Research Student in June 2017. Dr. Abd El-Hameed has been affiliated with the Microstrip Circuits Department at the Electronics Research Institute (ERI), Cairo, since 2010. He continued his research journey as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Japan, starting in January 2019, and later served as an Assistant Professor at Tohoku University from 2021 to 2022. Since June 2024, he has held the position of Associate Professor at ERI, where he also serves as the Head of the Wireless and Portable Radio Systems Laboratory and the Head of the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) Laboratory. He is currently the Secretary of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Egypt Chapter. His research interests include planar and on-chip antennas, mm-wave circuits, wireless power transfer (WPT), metamaterials, microwave imaging, GPR for archaeological surveys and disaster prevention, and radar systems for cultural heritage preservation. Dr. Abd El-Hameed has served as a Guest Editor for the Electronics journal (MDPI) in the Special Issue on Microwave Subsystems and Wireless Propagation and is currently leading a Special Issue in Micromachines on Advances in Passive Filters: Design, Implementation, and Applications. His career reflects a deep commitment to innovation and interdisciplinary research.

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Address:Elnoza, Cairo, , Cairo, Egypt

Sahar Ali Fawzi Fayek of Information Technology and Computer Science School, Nile University

3.    This talk will introduce Microwave Sensors technology and their growing role in biomedical technology. Due to their ability to penetrate biological tissues, their nonionizing nature (which makes them safe for the human body), and cost-effectiveness,
they were extensively used in various biomedical applications, such as non-invasive glucose monitoring, cancer detection, and intracranial hemorrhage diagnosis. We will focus on their integration with artificial intelligence (AI) such as AI-assisted microwave
imaging (MWI), wearable and implantable sensors, and the convergence of microwave
technology with IoT and 5G networks. A comparison between microwave sensors and Other medical sensors is introduced. Challenges such as limited spatial resolution signal interference, and regulatory compliance are also discussed. The talk concludes with future directions, emphasizing the potential of microwave sensors to revolutionize
personalized medicine and remote patient monitoring.

Biography:

Prof. Sahar Ali Fawzi Fayek, Professor Information Technology and Computer Science School, Nile University sfawzi@nu.edu.eg https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9205-5866 Sahar received her PhD degree in 2002 from the Systems &
Biomedical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. Dr. Fayek has made significant contributions to various research areas, including Arabic Text-to-Speech, Speech and Speaker Recognition, Telemedicine, Deep Learning, Modeling and Finite Element Analysis, Hospital Information Systems, and Medical Image Processing. Her participation in various research groups highlights her extensive research involvement, supervision of numerous PhD and Master's theses, and publication of a multitude of research papers in prestigious international journals and conferences. Dr. Fayek played a pivotal role in the development of the curriculum for the Systems & Biomedical Engineering Department and the Healthcare Engineering and Management (HEM) Program at Cairo University. She has been instrumental in designing course content, planning course flows, and developing assessment materials for courses in medical instrumentation, computer architecture, computer networks, and various programming languages. Dr. Fayek oversaw numerous projects that received funding from prestigious organizations, including ITIDA, STDF, and NTRA. Her current responsibilities include leading the Information Technology & Computer Science school in Nile University’s Strategic Management Office and the Postgraduate Programs Council.

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Muhammad A. Rushdi

Numerous types of biomedical and microwave data can be effectively modeled by graph-theoretic representations with signals assigned to graph nodes. Graph signal processing techniques have recently emerged to adequately handle such graph signals with particularly many applications in microwave sensing, medicine, and biology. In this talk, we briefly review the basic notions of graph signal processing and highlight several applications in microwave sensing, hyperspectral image analysis, schizophrenia detection, motor imagery classification, and melanoma detection. We also point out important datasets and software tools for graph signals. 

Biography:

 Prof. Muhammad A. Rushdi received B.Sc. (2001) and M.Sc. (2005) degrees in biomedical engineering and systems and a B.Sc. degree in mathematics (2003) from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. He received M.Sc. (2012) and Ph.D. (2013) degrees in computer and information science and engineering from the University of Florida at Gainesville, FL, USA. He is currently a full professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Systems at Cairo University and at the School of Information Technology, New  Giza University, Giza, Egypt.  His research interests include biomedical signal processing, medical imaging, information security and forensics, machine learning, image processing, computer vision, and applied mathematics. He has over 50 peer-reviewed publications in reputable journals and conferences, and he co-advised more than 30 M.Sc. and Ph.D. students. He received research and development support from EACEA, ITIDA, Flat6Labs, and French Tech Ticket. Until now in School of Information Technology, New Giza University, Giza, Egypt

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