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Mohamad Sawan
Canadian engineer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mohamad Sawan is a Canadian-Lebanese electrical engineer, academic and researcher. He is a Chair Professor at Westlake University, China, and an Emeritus Professor of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, Canada.[1]
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Nationality | Canadian-Lebanese |
Occupation(s) | Electrical engineer, academic and researcher |
Awards | Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering Barbara Turnbull Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research J.A. Bombardier Award for Research innovation and technology transfer Queen-Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal |
Academic background | |
Education | Bachelors Master’s in Applied Sciences Ph.D. in Microelectronics Biomedical |
Alma mater | Laval University, Canada Université de Sherbrooke |
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Institutions | Polytechnique, Montréal, Canada Westlake University, China |
Website | http://www.mohamadsawan.org/ |
Sawan’s research interests include designing and testing of mixed-signal circuits and systems, signal and image processing, medical devices including implantable sensors and microstimulators, ultrasound systems, and optical devices and integrated circuits and reprogrammable devices.[2]
Sawan is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering,[3] the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,[4] for contributions to implantable medical devices,[5] and the Engineering Institute of Canada for contributions to Engineering practices.[6] He was a member of the Biomedical Science and Technologies Research Centre (GRSTB)[7] and the Institut de génie biomedical, both in Polytechnique Montréal.[8] He is founder and director of the Cutting-Edge Net of Biomedical Research and Innovation (CenBRAIN) in Westlake University[9] and of the Polystim Neurotechnologies Laboratory in Polytechnique Montréal[10]