The 2002 Microwave Prize

Recipients:  Emad Gad, Roni Khazaka, Michel S. Nakhla, and Richard Griffith

Citation: for a significant contribution to the field of endeavor of the IEEE MTT Society in the paper entitled

““A Circuit Reduction Technique for Finding the Steady-State Solution of Nonlinear Circuits," 
IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, MTT-48, pp. 2389-2396 (2000)"”

gad_web.jpgEmad Gad (S'99)  was born in 1969 in Alexandria, Egypt. He received his B. Eng. degree in 1986 from Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt. After graduation he worked as a research engineer at the Electronics Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt. He obtained his M. Eng. degree in 1997 in the area of Neural Networks, from Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, for his work on developing a novel and fast algorithm for training piece-wise linear neural nets. He is currently working towards his Ph.D. degree on developing model reduction algorithms for efficient simulation of linear and nonlinear circuits at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. He authored and co-authored several papers on the use of model reduction techniques for fast simulation of both linear and nonlinear circuits. His main research interests are circuit simulation, numerical algorithms, scientific computations and learning theory.

Mr. Gad has been the recipient of several awards. He received the Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (OGSST 1999-2000), the Ontario Graduate Students Scholarship (OGSS 1999), the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS' 2000-2001), the Ontario Graduate Students Scholarship in Science and Technology (OGSST’ 2000-2001).

 

 

khazaka_web.jpgRoni Khazaka (S’92)  received his Bachelor and Master of Engineering degrees from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada in 1995 and 1997. His masters degree work focused on a novel simulation approach for incident electromagnetic field coupling to transmission lines. Currently, he is a PhD candidate working on model reduction techniques for nonlinear and linear circuits at Carleton University. He has authored and co-authored several papers on the simulation of high-speed interconnects and RF circuits, and spent a work term at Nortel Networks, where he developed a prototype system-level simulation tool. His current research interest is the analysis and simulation of RF ICs, high-speed interconnects, and optical networks.

Khazaka's past academic awards and scholarships include the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Scholarship (at the masters and doctoral levels), Carleton University's University Medal in Engineering, the Nortel Networks scholarship, the IBM cooperative fellowship, and the best student paper award at the Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging EPEP2001 conference. He has also won the 2001 Japan Foundation study tour award for outstanding students of the Japanese language, and the Embassy of Japan's Japanese speech contest in Ottawa (1998). Khazaka also served on several IEEE committees. He was Canada's (Region 7) student representative on the IEEE Student Activities Committee from 1995 to 1998, served on the IEEE Region 7 council, and contributed to local section and student branch activities.

nakhla_web.jpgMichel S. Nakhla (S'73-M'75-SM'88-F'98)   is professor and chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department at Carleton University. He received the M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada in 1973 and 1975, respectively.  From 1976-88 he was with Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada, as the senior manager of the computer-aided engineering group. In 1988, he joined Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada as a professor and the holder of the Computer-Aided Engineering Senior Industrial Chair established by NORTEL Networks and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He is the founder of the high-speed CAD research group at Carleton University and is a frequent invited speaker on the topic of high-speed interconnects. His research interests include CAD of VLSI and microwave circuits, modeling and simulation of high-speed interconnects, nonlinear circuits, multidisciplinary optimization, thermal and electromagnetic (EM) emission analysis, MEMS and neural networks. Dr. Nakhla serves as technical consultant for several industrial organizations and is the principal investigator for several major sponsored research projects. breakdown.



griffith_web.jpgRichard Griffith (M'00,S'92)  is a CAD specialist at SiGe Semiconductor in Ottawa where he contributes to the design of custom analog integrated circuits. His career started with a diploma in electrical technology from Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Canada in 1984. This was followed by a B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering in 1986, also from Lakehead University. He was employed as a research engineer at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada from 1987 and subsequently completed a M. Eng. there in 1997. His contribution to this paper extends from his research interests in VLSI-CAD and numerical algorithms done as work towards a Ph.D. at Carleton University.