Dr.Shamim

With the advent of wearable devices and the Internet of Things (IoT), there is a growing demand for sensing systems that are not only compact and wireless, but also flexible enough to conform to the human body or mount on non-planar surfaces. This shift has fueled innovations in materials,manufacturing, and circuit design that enable sensors to bend, and integrate seamlessly into clothing, skin patches, or everyday objects. At the same time, there is an increasing requirement for these systems to be ultra–low cost—low enough to be disposable—while still delivering clinically meaningful data.

This talk will explore recent advances in wearable and flexible sensors for remote health monitoring, in particular covering topics like additive manufacturing technologies such as inkjet and screen printing to realize these sensor systems. The ability to create links for various sensing materials and then print them on unconventional mediums such as plastics, papers, and textiles has opened up a plethora of new
sensing applications. In this talk, we present many examples, such as, a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) enabled skin temperature monitoring system, a smart bandage with detachable BLE wireless readout for chronic wounds monitoring, a wearable wireless ECG system, and a Lactate sensing system for fitness monitoring. The promising results of these designs indicate that the day when these low-cost sensors will
be worn on a regular basis for remote health monitoring is not far off.

Biography:

Dr. Shamim received his MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering from Carleton University,
Canada in 2004 and 2009 respectively. He was an NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Graduate scholar at
Carleton University from 2007 till 2009 and an NSERC postdoctoral Fellow in 2009-2010 at Royal Military
College Canada and KAUST. In August 2010, he joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Program
at KAUST, where he is currently a Full Professor and Principal Investigator of IMPACT Lab. He was an
invited researcher at the VTT Micro-Modules Research Center (Oulu, Finland) in 2006. His research work
has won best paper awards in IEEE IMAS 2025, IEEE ICMAC 2025 and 2021, IEEE IMS 2016, IEEE MECAP
2016, IEEE EuWiT 2008, first prize in IEEE IMS 2019 3MT competition, IEEE AP-S Design Competition 2022
and IEEE MTT-S Design Competition 2024, finalist/honorable mention prizes in IEEE APS 2023, IEEE AP-S
Design Competition 2020, IEEE IMS 2017 (3MT competition), IEEE IMS 2014, IEEE APS 2005 and R. W. P.
King prize for journal papers in IEEE TAP 2017 and 2020. He has served as the Distinguished Lecturer for
IEEE AP-S (2022-2024). He has won the Kings Prize for the best innovation of the year (2018) for his work
on sensors for the oil industry. He was given the Ottawa Centre of Research Innovation (OCRI)
Researcher of the Year Award in 2008 in Canada. His work on Wireless Dosimeter won the ITAC SMC
Award at Canadian Microelectronics Corporation TEXPO in 2007. Prof. Shamim also won numerous
business-related awards, including 1st prize in Canada’s national business plan competition and was

awarded OCRI Entrepreneur of the year award in 2010. He is an author/co-author of 1 book, 3 book
chapters and over 400 international publications, an inventor on 40 patents and has given over 130
invited talks at various international forums. His research interests are in innovative antenna designs and
their integration strategies with circuits and sensors for flexible and wearable wireless sensing systems
through a combination of CMOS and additive manufacturing technologies. He is a Fellow of IEEE,
founded the first IEEE AP/MTT chapter in Saudi Arabia (2013) and is currently serving as the Editor-in-
Chief of IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology (J-ERM). He has
previously served on the editorial board of IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (2013-2019),
IEEE J-ERM (2020-2024), and as a Guest Editor for IEEE AWPL Special issue (2019). He served as the
AdCom member for IEEE AP-S (2025), and is founding Chair of IEEE AP-S TC-8 (wireless Communication),
Vice Chair of IEEE APS MGA Committee, member of IEEE APS Fellows committees and leads the student
travel grants committee. He has previously served on IEEE TC on Antenna Measurements (AP-S),
Microwave Controls (MTT-S 13), and Additive Manufacturing (CRFID).
Find out more details at https://impacts.kaust.edu.sa/