About
I am a PhD candidate at the Liwei Lin Lab at UC Berkeley and a PhD student researcher at the
Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (BSAC) where I specialize in the design, fabrication, and simulation
driven optimization of MEMS piezoelectric ultrasonic transducers (PMUTs) for applications in healthcare and augmented reality devices. My research interests involve combining new design and fabrication techniques with applied numerical computing in inverse design, prototyping, control, and manufacturing. I have experience
in designing, optimizing, and prototyping custom patented microfluidic drug delivery devices as a Research Assistant at the American University in
Cairo, the design of vacuum chambers in atomic layer deposition machines at
Oxford Instruments Plasma Technologies, and
in the design and optimization of next generation thin optical film manufacturing as a hardware engineering Research Scientist
Intern at Meta Reality Labs. I also
have substantial experience in sub 50 micron FDM and SLA 3D printing, PDMS molding for thin membranes,
chemical MOF preparation, and material characterization techniques including SEM, Raman spectorscopy, and light microscopy.
I received my B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering with a concentration in design and a minor in Physics from the American University in Cairo
(AUC) where I was awarded the AUC President's Cup for graduating at the top of my class. I was also awarded the UC Berkeley Chancellor's
Fellowship for outstanding entering doctoral students and the first place in the ASME Student Mechanism and Robot Design Competition at the
ASME IDETC conference. Outside of work, I enjoy scuba diving, tinkering with 3D printers, basketball, and pretty much all racket sports.
Explore some of my public projects below!
