Advanced Micro/Nano Devices for Biomedical Applications

Morteza Ahmadi
PhD Candidate
Advanced Micro & Nano Devices Lab
Department of Systems Design Engineering
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Office: E2-1303G
Phone: 519-8884567 ext 33831                    
Fax: 519-7464791
Email: m2ahmadi@uwaterloo.ca

Academic Honors

Excellent Paper Award, IEEE 11th International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE Nano 2011), Portland, Oregon, USA,level: international.

2nd place as a team of five PhD students, Prototype on Prototype Nano Innovation Contest, Taipei, Taiwan (Oct 2011) level: international, 30 participant teams, IBM team took the first place and NASA team took the third place.

KRESCENT* Allied Health Doctoral Fellowship, (2011-2013) level: national, awarded to only two PhD candidates in Canada in 2011.
(* KRESCENT = Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and National Training Program)

Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (NSERC** CGS), (2011-2013)  level: national.
(** NSERC = Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada)

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2011-2012)  level: provincial, (declined due to restrictions of holding the award with NSERC CGS).

University of Waterloo President’s Graduate Scholarship, (2011-2013) level: institutional.

Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (January-April 2011) level: provincial.

Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Fellowship (2009) level: institutional.

University of Waterloo Graduate Scholarship (January 2010) level: institutional.

International Doctoral Student Award (January 2009- January 2010), University of Waterloo, level: institutional.

Students

Won Kyu Calvin Sun:  nanotechnology engineering undergraduate student, co-op intern (May-Aug 2010) and research assistant (Sep- Dec 2010); project: Cell lysis on a micropipette tip.

Jack Ellard: nanotechnology engineering undergraduate student, volunteer research assistant (July-September 2010); project: Blood pumps.

Farinaz Babaeipour: biotechnology college student, volunteer research assistant (July- Dec 2010); project: Measurements on human whole blood.

Xiao Shen: mechatronics engineering undergraduate student, co-op intern (May-Aug 2010) and research assistant (Jan- April 2011); project: Carbon Nanotube coating and alignment techniques.

Jonathan Johnston: systems design engineering undergraduate student, co-op intern (Jan- April 2011); project: Double-membrane blood dialyzer for an artificial kidney.

Andrew Mendonca: nanotechnology engineering undergraduate student, co-op intern  based on NSERC Undergraduate Student  Research Award (May- Aug 2011); project: A microfluidic device for pathogen detection.

Kornel Niedziela: mechatronics engineering undergraduate student, co-op intern (May- Aug 2011); project: Single-membrane blood dialyzer for an artificial kidney.

Raed Makhlou: nanotechnology engineering undergraduate student, co-op intern (May- Aug 2011); project: Fabrication of radiation sensors based on nanomaterials.

Shawn Zaoyu Wang: nanotechnology engineering undergraduate student, co-op intern (Sep- Dec 2011); project: Hemocompatibility of nanoporous membranes for a blood dialyzer.

Nolan Lunscher: systems design engineering undergraduate student, co-op intern  based on NSERC Undergraduate Student  Research Award (May- Aug 2012); project: Multilayer radiation sensors based on nanomaterials.