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Full Circle with Farah Shamout
_{Edition 1, Yallah Abu Dhabi (p.34) | November, 2020}

From NYUAD where she graduated in Computer Engineering cum laude in 2016 to being awarded a Rhodes scholarship to pursue a PhD at the University of Oxford, Farah Shamout is back in the UAE capital lecturing alongside the very professors who taught her.

Read the article on p.34.

NYUAD graduates pen letter of thanks to Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed

Three graduating seniors from NYUAD have crafted an open letter of thanks to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.

Nidal Hilal is a Menelaus Medal Winner 2020

Director of NYUAD Water Research Center and Professor of Engineering Nidal Hilal, has won the Learned Society of Wales’ Menelaus Medal 2020, awarded to celebrate excellence in engineering and technology.

NYU Abu Dhabi Produces Sustainable 3D Printed Masks

To help tackle the rapid spread of COVID-19, Program Head and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NYUAD Anthony Tzes has developed an eco-friendly 3D printed face mask based on the N95 specifications.

NYU Abu Dhabi inks new deal to boost AI research

NYUAD has partnered with the Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence (IIAI). As part of the partnership, IIAI will fund up to five NYUAD researchers as part of its Global PhD Fellows programme in AI to be supervised by our faculty, including Yi Fang.

NYUAD Researchers Develop New Tool for Performing Cancer Liquid Biopsy

Mohammad Qasaimeh and his research team have developed a new tool for performing Cancer Liquid Biopsy

Plastic Fantastic

Our students learned about the use of plastic for maintaining sustainability through a course titled Plastic Fantastic, taught by Felix Hardmood Beck.

- The Sustainabilist | February 2020

Researchers Develop Groundbreaking Approach to Store and Preserve Human Cells

Mohammad Qasaimeh and his research team have developed a new technique to cryopreserve human cells.

Brain Component on a Chip

Rafael Song wins ADEK award to design an artificial brain component on a chip

Abu Dhabi's Smart Bin offers rewards to people who recycle

The invention tells its user the carbon emissions they have saved and can identify the materials dropped in it

NYUAD Alumnus wins Zayed Sustainability Prize

Chandan Mishra, Civil Engineering Alumnus, wins a Zayed Sustainability Prize. Get the story here.

UAE Rhodes Scholar

Munib Mesinovic, Senior in Electrical Engineering is one of two NYU Abu Dhabi students selected as one of two 2020 UAE Rhodes Scholars.

NYUAD win at global student cybersecurity games

Two NYUAD students win first place in the Hack3D competition as part of CSAW.

Video | A robot that writes perfect Arabic

Mohamad Eid, Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, has built a hand-guiding device to make writing Arabic easier for children. Learn more.

Announcements

Michail Maniatakos, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NYUAD

Top Picks HES '20
Congratulations to Mihalis Maniatakos, whose paper has been nominated and selected as one of the most influential in Hardware and Embedded Security in 2015-2020.

"ConFirm: Detecting Firmware Modifications in Embedded Systems using Hardware Performance Counters" has been selected as a Top Picks in Hardware and Embedded Security’20. This year they have selected only 7/41 (17%) submissions as Top Picks.
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Al Jalila Foundation Research Grant Award
Congratulations to Al Jalila Foundation research grant recipient Yong-Ak (Rafael) Song, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, whose diabetes research study ‘Quantitative fluorescence imaging of mitochondria in body wall muscles of Caenorhabditis elegans under hyperglycemic conditions using a microfluidic chip’ was published by Oxford University Press.
_{July 2020}

Rafael Song Al Jalil Foundation Grant Lab Image

2020 Commencement & Doctoral Research Award
Congratulations to PhD student Jing Zhu who is the recipient of the 2020 Pearl Brownstein Doctoral Research Award, a prestigious honor bestowed on graduating students from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Tandon. The award was established in 1987 and given in loving memory of Pearl's son, Joseph, to PhD students whose doctoral research shows the greatest promise.

Jing is one of Yi Fang's PhD students who will graduate this month. Following this she plans to join Apple's FaceID team to continue her research and development of 3D face image processing.
_{May 2020}

Book Release
Ecosystem Arabia featuring a chapter by Ramesh Jagannathan, Research Professor of Engineering - a must read for the stakeholders in the UAE and MENA.
_{March 2020}

Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, December 4, 2017: Members of Al Jazira during an open training session ahead of their FIFA Club World Cup match against Auckland City at Al Ain Centre for Care and Rehabilitation in the Al Tawia area of Al Ain on December 4, 2017. Christopher Pike / The National

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NYUAD Faculty Summer Scholar Award
Congratulations to Farah Shamout, Margaret Julias and Yong-Ak (Rafael) Song; NYUAD Faculty Summer Scholars recipients for 2019-2020. This award, first granted in 2018, aims to enhance NYUAD faculty excellence in scholarship, teaching, and service which is vital to the innovative and vibrant culture of NYUAD.
_{March 2020}

Borja García de Soto, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, NYUAD

Congratulations
Borja Garcia de Soto, Assistant Professor of Civil and Urban Engineering has been elected to the IAARC BOD.
_{January 2020}

Congratulations
Mohammed Daqaq, Program Head and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, on becoming an ASME Fellow.
_{October 2019}

Mohammed Daqaq, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, NYUAD

News Bulletin

Construction industry’s long-overdue shift to digital raises threat of cyber attacks
Borja Garcia de Soto, Assistant Professor, Civil and Urban Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi, talks about how the construction industry is preparing for the impact the digital world will have on the industry.
- June 25, 2019

Mechanical Engineering Senior, Alexander MacKay humbled to be welcomed into the 2020 cohort of Schwarzman Scholars
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) senior Alexander MacKay has been selected to the 2020 cohort of Schwarzman Scholars, one of the world’s most prestigious graduate fellowships, which welcomes young leaders from around the world to Tsinghua University in Beijing for a Masters in Global Affairs, with concentrations in one of the following disciplines: public policy, economics and business, and international studies.
- December 4, 2018

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