PhD Students


Amir Akbari

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Research Interests: Computational Electromagnetics, Parallel Programming

Supervisor: Dennis Giannacopoulos

Amir received his B.Sc. degree from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran and his M.Sc. degree from Amirkabir University of Tecnology, Tehran, Iran, both in electrical engineering. Amir is currently a PhD student in Electrical and Computer engineering at McGill University.

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Arbaaz Khan

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Research Interests: Computational Electromagnetism

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Arbaaz completed his B.Eng in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Tech (BIT,Mesra) in 2012. He joined Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) to pursue his M.Tech. During his master's, he was selected to work in DRDO lab at Pune. His was involved in electromagnetic analysis and optimisation of Railgun and its components. He is an avid follower of Arsenal F.C and enjoys playing football.

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Issah Ibrahim

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Research Interests: EM Design

Supervisor: David A. Lowther

Issah hails from a small village called Garu in Ghana. He had his Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana in 2007, and a Master of Applied Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor in Ontario, Canada, in 2011. Currently, he is the senior research scientist in the Computational Electromagnetics Research Laboratory at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, under the supervision of Professor David Alister Lowther. Issah is a proud recipient of the McGill Engineering Doctoral Award (MEDA, 2015), the Stotland Family ISEAD Fellowship Award (2015), and the Graduate Excellence Fellowship Award (2017). His favorite poem is "The Cathedral" by Kofi Awoonor, a renowned Ghanaian novelist and poet.

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Jasmine Boparai

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Research Interests: Antenna Design and Fabrication, Microwave Imaging in Breast Cancer Detection

Supervisor: Milica Popovic

Jasmine has received her B. Tech and M. Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Punjab Technical University, India in 2009 and 2011. She taught for six years in Wireless and Mobile Communication, Basics of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Wireless Sensor Networks at Chitkara University, India. She is a proud recipient of McGill Engineering Doctoral Award (MEDA) in the form of prestigious named fellowship Vadasz Doctoral Fellowship in Engineering.

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Leonardo Gouvêa e Silva Fortaleza

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Research Interests: Computational Electromagnetics, Microwave Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection, High Sensitivity Magnetometers, Analog and Digital Circuit Design, Signal Processing, Energy Efficiency

Supervisor: Milica Popovic

Leonardo received his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with double major in Energy Systems as well as Electronics and Computers in 2013 and his M.Sc. in Metrology with focus in Sensors and Instrumentation in 2016, both from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil. His main field of academic research has been the use of electromagnetic measurements for biomedical applications. He is a proud recipient of the McGill Engineering Doctoral Award (MEDA) for 2018-2020.

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Maleeha Khan

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Research Interests: Computational Electromagnetics

Supervisor: Dennis Giannacopoulos

Maleeha received her bachelor and master's degree from Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam University, India. She has been a scholar student at her institution with experience working on the projects associated with millimeter wave. She has had the experience of working as an Assistant Prof at SRMS College of Engineering and Technology, India. She is currently a PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering under supervision of Prof. Dennis Giannacopoulos at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. She is also receiving the MEDA award.

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Milad Mokhtari

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Research Interests: Antenna Design and Fabrication, Microwave Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection, Analog and Digital Circuit Design, Signal Processing

Supervisor: Milica Popovic

Milad received both his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Telecommunication at University of Tehran, Iran, in 2017 and 2020 respectively. His current research at McGill mainly pivots around improving the current time-domain breast screening prototype. His past experiences comprise of microwave system design, antenna design and fabrication and array signal processing for radar systems. He has done his thesis on radar image processing and direction finding for mmWave radar sensors.

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Olivier Cotte

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering


Research Interests: Computational Electromagnetics

Supervisor: Dennis Giannacopoulos

My research focuses on parallel 3-D mesh refinement for finite element electromagnetics with tetrahedron on CPU, GPU using tessellation shaders and FPGA comparison. This work investigates algorithm development for systems of heterogeneous multiprocessors and cost analysis of such methods. The benefits of this new approach are for developing high-performance parallel mesh refinement algorithms and accurate solutions for three-dimensional engineering electromagnetics applications.

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