Mohamad SAWAN

Biography: Mohamad Sawan received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering, from Université de Sherbrooke, Canada in 1990. He joined Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal in 1991 where he is currently a Professor in Microelectronics and Biomedical Engineering. His scientific interests are the design and test of mixed-signal (analog, digital and RF) circuits and systems: design, integration, assembly and validation. These topics are oriented toward the biomedical implantable devices and telecommunications applications. Dr. Sawan is a holder of a Canadian Research Chair in Smart Medical Devices. He is leading the Microelectronics Strategic Alliance of Quebec (Regroupement stratégique en microélectronique du Québec ­ ReSMiQ). He is founder of the International IEEE-NEWCAS conference. He published more than 350 papers in peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings and is awarded 6 patents. He is editor of the Springer Mixed-signal Letters, and President of the biomedical circuits and systems (BioCAS) technical committee of the IEEE CAS Society. He received the Barbara Turnbull 2003 award for spinal cord research, the Medal of Merit from the Lebanese President, the Bombardier Medal of merit from the French Canadian Association for the advancement of sciences, and The American University of Science and Technology Achievement Award. Dr. Sawan is Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and Fellow of the IEEE.

Research activities: BIO CAS