Committee (2023-2024)

 

  • GUNES KARABULUT KURT, Chair of IEEE WIE Montreal Section, Polytechnique Montreal
  • Elham Baladi, Chair of IEEE WIE Montreal Section, Polytechnique Montreal
  • Cirine Chaieb, Secretary of IEEE WIE Montreal Section, UQÀM University
  • Sadia Khaf, Public Relations Manager of IEEE WIE Montreal Section, ÉTS

 

GUNES KARABULUT KURT

B.Sc. (l’Université de Bogazici, Istanbul), M.Sc. (l’Université d’Ottawa), Ph.D. (l’Université d’Ottawa) Güneş Karabulut Kurt (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree (with High Hons.) in electronics and electrical engineering from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 2000, and the M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Ottawa, ON, Canada, in 2002 and 2006, respectively, where she was a Research Assistant with CASP Group from 2000 to 2005. She was with TenXc Wireless, Canada, from 2005 to 2006, with Edgewater Computer Systems Inc., Canada, from 2006 to 2008, with Turkcell Research and Development Applied Research and Technology, Istanbul, from 2008 to 2010, with Istanbul Technical University from 2010 to 2021. In addition, she is an Adjunct Research Professor with Carleton University. She is currently an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering with Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada. She has received the Turkish Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist (TÜBA-GEBIP) Award in 2019. She is currently serving as an Associate Technical Editor for the IEEE Communications Magazine, an Associate Editor of IEEE Communication Letters, an Associate Editor of IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, and an Area Editor of IEEE Transactions on Machine Learning in Communications and Networking. She is serving as the Secretary of IEEE Satellite and Space Communications Technical Committee and also the Chair of the IEEE Special Interest Group titled “Satellite Mega-constellations: Communications and Networking.” She is a Distinguished Lecturer of Vehicular Technology Society Class of 2022. She is a member of the IEEE WCNC Steering Board and a Marie Curie Fellow.

Elham Baladi

B.Sc. en génie électrique – Communication Systems (IUST, Tehran, Iran, 2013), Ph.D. en génie électrique – Electromagnetique and Micro-ondes (University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2019) Elham Baladi (Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering and communication systems from the Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree in electromagnetics and microwaves from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, in January 2019. She developed a novel class of resonant metasurfaces during her Ph.D. degree and investigated their applications to shielding, imaging, and selective transmission. She was a Lecturer at the University of Alberta (Winter 2017) and York University, Toronto, ON, USA (Winter 2020). She was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the University of Toronto, Toronto, from February 2019 to February 2021, where she conducted research on the modeling and development of reconfigurable antenna arrays for space applications. She was an Antenna and RF Filter Design Engineer with Syntronic Research and Development Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada, from February 2021 to August 2022, where she worked on the development of RF cavity filters, duplexers, and multiband antennas for 5G, IoT, and wireless communication systems. She joined the Electrical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, as an Assistant Professor, in September 2022. Her research interests include the development of novel multiband multi-beam antenna arrays, metasurfaces, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, microwave sensors, and radar imaging techniques.

Cirine Chaieb

M.Sc. degree in computer engineering (National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology, University of Carthage, Tunisia, 2016) Cirine Chaieb (Student Member, IEEE) received the engineering degree in computer networks and telecommunications from the National Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Tunisia, in 2016. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in computer science with the University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada. Her research interests include wireless communication networks, resource allocation, and machine learning.

 

Sadia Khaf

B.E. degree in electrical engineering (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2015), the M.S. degree in electrical and electronics engineering (Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 2018) Sadia Khaf (Graduate Student Member, IEEE) received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2015, the M.S. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2018. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Montreal, QC, Canada.,From 2015 to 2018, she was a Research Assistant with IONOLAB, Bilkent University. From 2018 to 2020, she was a Lecturer with the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, Swabi, Pakistan. Her research interests include cognitive radio networks, Internet of Things, radio resource management, and machine learning.,Ms. Khaf received several research excellence awards and grants, including the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Nature et technologies doctoral fellowship, P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship, ÉTS Bourses D’implication aux Supéieurs, and the ÉTS Palmarès Féminin pluriel award.

 

Former Committees

 

  • Saida MAAROUFI, Chair of IEEE WIE Montreal Section, Polytechnique Montreal
  • Rania GAMAL, Vice-chair of IEEE WIE Montreal Section, McGill University
  • Milica POPOVI&Cacute, Chair of IEEE WIE Montreal Section, McGill University
  • Saida MAAROUFI, Vice-chair of IEEE WIE Montreal Section, Polytechnique Montreal
  • Lena KRANOLD, Treasurer of IEEE WIE Montreal Section, McGill University
  • Dima KAYYALI, Treasurer of IEEE WIE Montreal Section, McGill University

 

Saida Maaroufi

Saida Maaroufi received the M.Sc. degree in computer engineering from the Mohammed V University, Morocco, and the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow with Polytechnique Montreal. Prior to that, she was a Network Engineer with DELL. Her research broadly revolves around wireless and mobile computing with specific interests on context-aware ubiquitous computing, interworking architecture design, machine learning, network virtualization and orchestration, and network security. She serves as the Chair for IEEE Montreal Section and the Vice-Chair for IEEE Women In Engineering (WIE) Canada. She was a recipient of several awards among which are the 2020 IEEE J. J. Archambault Canada Medal and the 2016 IEEE Canada Women in Engineering Prize sponsored by the Judy Clift Fund.

Rania GAMAL

Rania GAMAL graduated top of her class at the Arab Academy of Science and Technology in Cairo, Egypt. She obtained her Master’s degree from the American University in Cairo whilst working as a research assistant at the Zewail City for Science and Technology; her research topics included silicon plasmonics and silicon photonic sensors. Rania is currently a PhD candidate at McGill University and has received the prestigious McGill Engineering Doctoral Award. Her research focus is on silicon photonic biosensors. She is also an active member of the Electrical Engineering Graduate Student Society. When she’s not working on her research or teaching, she can be found roaming the streets of Montréal in search of good coffee.

Lena Milica POPOVI&Cacute

Milica POPOVI&Cacute received her PhD at Norwestern University (EE, 2001). Since 2001, she has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University, where she currently holds an associate professor. She teaches courses on electromagnetic fields, electrical measurements and antennas and propagation. Her research revolves, in large part, around biomedical applications of electromagnetic theory. In particular, she and her team are striving to develop a novel breast tissue monitor based on low-power microwave emissions. The goal of this exciting work is to provide an affordable, safe, and comfortable tool, which can complement current technologies used for breast cancer detection. Prof. Popović’s other interests include antenna design for wearable devices microwave tissue properties and high-field MRI. Prof. Popović is a Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation, a Senior Member of the IEEE, and a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario. Since January 2017, she is serving as the Chair of IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE), Montreal Chapter.

 

Lena KRANOLD

Lena KRANOLD received the B.Eng. degree in Technology Management and Marketing from the University of Applied Sciences Kiel, Germany, in 2013, and the M.Sc. degree in Electrical and Information Engineering from the Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany, in 2015. She has received a prestigious scholarship of the Stiftung der Deustchen Wirtschaft e. V. (Foundation of German Business) from 2013 to 2015. Currently, she is pursuing the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering at McGill University, Montreal, Canada, where she is receiving the McGill Engineering Doctoral Award. Her current research interests are in the fields of applied and computational electromagnetics. She is involved in the design of a wearable system for breast health monitoring, including RF radar, antenna and antenna array design, developing a prototype system for microwave breast screening, and clinical trials.

Dima KAYYALI

Dima KAYYALI received the BSc in Electrical Engineering from the American University of Sharjah, UAE, in 2011, and the MSc in Engineering Systems and Management from Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE, in 2014. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill University, Canada. Her research focuses on power system identification to better facilitate the integration of renewable resources. She received the McGill Engineering Doctoral Award. She is a member of the Young Future Energy Leaders Society. She has been a student member of IEEE and IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE) since 2011 and 2017, respectively. She is currently the chairperson of McGill’s IEEE-WIE Student Branch.