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Nouha Alcheikh
Dr. nouha alcheikh ep allouch Assistant Professor Mechanical & Nuclear Engineering

Contact Information
nouha.alcheikh@ku.ac.ae +971 2 312 3250

Biography

Dr. Nouha Alcheikh is Assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering at Khalifa University. She received a Master’s degree in electronics from the Polytechnic National Institute of Grenoble in 2007 and her Ph.D. degree in RF MEMS from Grenoble University, France in 2011. From 2011 to 2014, she was as a Post-Doctoral fellow working on Force Sensors and Energy Harvesting at CEA-Leti/MINATEC Campus, Grenoble (France) and at IMS, Bordeaux (France). From 2015 to 2018, she was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia where she is performing her research on MEMS Sensors and Actuators, and on high-performance stretchable reconfigurable inorganic electronics. From 2018 to 2022, she was a Research scientist at KAUST.

Dr. Alcheikh’s primary research interest is the design, analysis, and characterization of novel smart sensors at the micro scale for self-powered system serving variety of applications including security, health and wearable devices, environment, and communication. These include stretchable electronics for wearable systems, pressure, gas, magnetic, temperature, force sensors, biosensors, energy harvesting.


Education
  • PhD in Science , University of Grenoble, France, 2011

Teaching
  • Analysis and Simulation of Mechatronics Systems (MEEN 762)
  • Mechatronics (MEEN 484)


Research
Research Interests
  • Static and dynamic study of MEMS devices
  • A smart sensor including gas, magnetic, temperature , and pressure.
  • Self powered systems
  • Flexible and stretchable electronics

Research Projects

Wearable Sensors For Smart and Intelligent Systems

Smart Sensors For Food Quality Monitoring in Food Packages

Smart Sensors For Detection and Monitoring of Green Houses gases

Flexible Energy Harvesters for Self-powered Systems 


Research Staff and Graduate Students:

Staff
Dr. Nadeem Tariq Beigh Post Doctoral Researcher
Dr. Jolina Rodrigues Doctoral Researcher
Mohamed Hemid Research Engineer
Students
Hanin Amara PhD Student
Hamid Nawaz PhD Student
Solomon Apuu Co-Advised PhD Student at KAUST
Mohammed Al Hadi Co-Advised Master's Student at American University of Sharjah
Zakaria Saibaa Co-Advised Master's Student at American University of Sharjah
Additional Info

Recent Journals:

  • N. Alcheikh, S. B. Mbarek and M. I. Younis, "An Ultra-Sensitive Low-to-Medium Vacuum Pressure Sensor Using a Resonant Microstructure," in IEEE Sensors Journal (2024). 
  • N. Alcheikh, A.T. Shalabi, H. M. Ouakad, "A novel approach for improving the performance of gas sensors using a thermal-conductivity-based micro-resonator and Lorentz-forces," in Sensors and Actuators A: Physical (2024).
  • N Alcheikh, SB Mbarek, MI Younis, "Ultra-Sensitive Resonant Low-Medium Vacuum Pressure Micro-Sensor " in IEEE MEMS (2024). 
  • W Zhao, RT Rocha, N Alcheikh, MI Younis, Dynamic response amplification of resonant microelectromechanical structures utilizing multi-mode excitation," in Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing (2023).

Recent Conferences: 

  • AT Shalabi, SB Mbarek, HM Ouakad, N Alcheikh, "Enhancement of Greenhouse Gas Sensing Performance Using a Heated Micro-Resonator with Lorentz-Forces," in 2023 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS) (2023).
  • S Apuu, Y Algoos, F Khan, N Elatab, N Alcheikh, "Low Power Miniaturized Device for Gripping Applications," in 2023 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS) (2023).
  • R Alahmdi, U Yaqoob, MI Younis, N Alcheikh, "High Performance MEMS Magnetometer for Industrial Applications," in 2023 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS) (2023). 

Recent Patents:

  • US-Patent 2023: Resonant frequency-based magnetic sensor at veering zone and method
  • US-Patent 2023: Wide range highly sensitive pressure sensor based on heated micromachined arch beam

Vacancies

PhD students to work on new device concepts in the following  areas:

  • Design and development  novel N/MEMS devices.
  • MEMS sensing, signal processing, and dynamic systems.
  • Flexible/wearable sensors for bio-mechanical activities.
  • Flexile environmental sensors/indicators for green house and food packaging.
  • Integrated read-out design for flexible sensors.

Job Requirements:

  • Master's degree in mechanical or electrical engineering or related fields from top-tier universities.
  • Excellent publication record is preferred.
  • High proficiency in English, with excellent communication and writing skills.
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Contact:

Please feel free to contact Prof. Nouha at: nouha.alcheikh@ku.ac.ae