EMINENT SCIENTISTS
Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo
Mohamed Elmasry
Over the past 40 years, Mohamed Elmasry, Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo, has made seminal and outstanding contributions to semiconductor device research and integrated circuit design through his extraordinary innovation, creativity and leadership. In fact, his work has put Canada on the global map of digital semiconductor and VLSI research. One of his students is the co-CEO of RIM (Research in Motion). He has published over 500 papers (most cited by experts in the field and some nominated or awarded best paper honours) and 16 books, and has 12 patents to his credit. He has graduated many of Canada’s top students at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including faculty members at Canadian and international universities as well as senior management and technical personnel at R&D laboratories throughout Canada and the world. Mohamed Elmasry is the founding director of the University of Waterloo’s VLSI Research Group. He has been awarded Canada’s industrial research chair and was a strategic grant holder for several years with both Nortel and RIM. He has served as chair, editor, guest editor, panelist, invited speaker, guest lecturer, and keynote speaker for numerous technical journals and at conferences in more than 40 countries. Mohamed Elmasry’s excellent scholarly work and contributions to the development of digital semiconductor devices and the design of integrated circuits were recognized through many awards including being named a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers. Tonight, we are pleased to add the title EIC Fellow to this prestigious list. [Courtesy of EIC HAF Citations - New FELLOWS - Awards Gala March 1, 2008 - The Engineering Institute of Canada, Honors, Awards and Fellowships]
Associate Professor in the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at George Mason University, Virginia
Abul Hussam
Abul Hussam is an Associate Professor in the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at George Mason University, Virginia, USA (since 1985). He graduated in Chemistry (B.Sc. Honours 1975 and M.Sc. 1976) from University of Dhaka and earned his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry fro University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1982). He then obtained his postdoctoral training at the Chemistry Department of University of Minnesota. He was visiting research fellow at Georgetown University and Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Hussam teaches quantitative chemical analysis, instrumental analysis, electroanalytical chemistry and the theory of analytical processes at undergraduate and graduate levels. His research areas involve electroanalytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, and chemistry in organized media. His early scientific work was centered on electrochemistry in non-aqueous media, spectroscopic (NMR and FTIR) characterization of hydrogen bonded water, and diffusion behavior of micelles and microemulsions. Dr. Hussam later developed computer controlled instruments such as electrochemical analyzer, automated titration system, and a high precision headspace gas chromatograph for the study of fluid phase chemistry in complex media including the study of the environment. This later research allowed him to develop measurement and mitigation techniques for toxic arsenic species in groundwater. He has published and presented over 90 scientific papers in international journals, proceedings, and books. His present research on the measurement of trace arsenic, aquatic chemistry of arsenic in groundwater, and the development of a simple arsenic filter has been recognized through international publications. Abul Hussam is the inventor of the Sono arsenic filter, which is a household water treatment system to removes arsenic from groundwater. Over 100,000 of these SONO arsenic filters have been distributed in Bangladesh and other countries, such as Nepal and India. Dr. Hussam was awarded one of the highest engineering prizes known as the 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability from the US National Academy of Engineering for the development and deployment of a novel water filter to remove toxic arsenic species from groundwater and was named one of Time Magazine’s Heroes of the Environment in 2008. [Courtesy of faculty homepage for Chemistry Department, George Mason University and Wikipedia] [Courtesy of EIC HAF Citations - New FELLOWS - Awards Gala March 1, 2008 - The Engineering Institute of Canada, Honors, Awards and Fellowships]
DISYS Founder, Named Entrepreneur of the Year 2014
Mahfuz Ahmed
Mahfuz Ahmed, Named Entrepreneur of the Year DISYS Founder Mahfuz Ahmed Named Entrepreneur of the Year Ernst and Young names DISYS’ CEO Mahfuz Ahmed as 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year® of the Greater Washington D.C. Region Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award recognizes the significant contributions of entrepreneurs who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement. Mahfuz Ahmed, founder and CEO of Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC (DISYS), a leading global IT staffing and consulting company, has been selected as the winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 Award winner of the Greater Washington D.C. region. The award distinguishes high-growth entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
Outstanding Muslim Scientists and Engineers of the 21st Century
Mohamed Elmasry
Over the past 40 years, Mohamed Elmasry, Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo, has made seminal and outstanding contributions to semiconductor device research and integrated circuit design through his extraordinary innovation, creativity and leadership. In fact, his work has put Canada on the global map of digital semiconductor and VLSI research. One of his students is the co-CEO of RIM (Research in Motion).
He has published over 500 papers (most cited by experts in the field and some nominated or awarded best paper honours) and 16 books, and has 12 patents to his credit. He has graduated many of Canada’s top students at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including faculty members at Canadian and international universities as well as senior management and technical personnel at R&D laboratories throughout Canada and the world. Mohamed Elmasry is the founding director of the University of Waterloo’s VLSI Research Group. He has been awarded Canada’s industrial research chair and was a strategic grant holder for several years with both Nortel and RIM. He has served as chair, editor, guest editor, panelist, invited speaker, guest lecturer, and keynote speaker for numerous technical journals and at conferences in more than 40 countries.
Mohamed Elmasry’s excellent scholarly work and contributions to the development of digital semiconductor devices and the design of integrated circuits were recognized through many awards including being named a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineers. Tonight, we are pleased to add the title EIC Fellow to this prestigious list.
[Courtesy of EIC HAF Citations – New FELLOWS – Awards Gala March 1, 2008 – The Engineering Institute of Canada, Honors, Awards and Fellowships]
Abul Hussam
Abul Hussam is an Associate Professor in the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at George Mason University, Virginia, USA (since 1985). He graduated in Chemistry (B.Sc. Honours 1975 and M.Sc. 1976) from University of Dhaka and earned his Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry fro University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1982). He then obtained his postdoctoral training at the Chemistry Department of University of Minnesota. He was visiting research fellow at Georgetown University and Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Hussam teaches quantitative chemical analysis, instrumental analysis, electroanalytical chemistry and the theory of analytical processes at undergraduate and graduate levels. His research areas involve electroanalytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, and chemistry in organized media. His early scientific work was centered on electrochemistry in non-aqueous media, spectroscopic (NMR and FTIR) characterization of hydrogen bonded water, and diffusion behavior of micelles and microemulsions. Dr. Hussam later developed computer controlled instruments such as electrochemical analyzer, automated titration system, and a high precision headspace gas chromatograph for the study of fluid phase chemistry in complex media including the study of the environment. This later research allowed him to develop measurement and mitigation techniques for toxic arsenic species in groundwater. He has published and presented over 90 scientific papers in international journals, proceedings, and books. His present research on the measurement of trace arsenic, aquatic chemistry of arsenic in groundwater, and the development of a simple arsenic filter has been recognized through international publications.
Abul Hussam is the inventor of the Sono arsenic filter, which is a household water treatment system to removes arsenic from groundwater. Over 100,000 of these SONO arsenic filters have been distributed in Bangladesh and other countries, such as Nepal and India. Dr. Hussam was awarded one of the highest engineering prizes known as the 2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability from the US National Academy of Engineering for the development and deployment of a novel water filter to remove toxic arsenic species from groundwater and was named one of Time Magazine’s Heroes of the Environment in 2008.
[Courtesy of faculty homepage for Chemistry Department, George Mason University and Wikipedia]
[Courtesy of EIC HAF Citations – New FELLOWS – Awards Gala March 1, 2008 – The Engineering Institute of Canada, Honors, Awards and Fellowships]
Mahfuz Ahmed, Named Entrepreneur of the Year
DISYS Founder Mahfuz Ahmed Named Entrepreneur of the Year
Ernst and Young names DISYS’ CEO Mahfuz Ahmed as 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year® of the Greater Washington D.C. Region
Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year is the world’s most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs. The unique award recognizes the significant contributions of entrepreneurs who inspire others with their vision, leadership and achievement.
Mahfuz Ahmed, founder and CEO of Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC (DISYS), a leading global IT staffing and consulting company, has been selected as the winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2013 Award winner of the Greater Washington D.C. region. The award distinguishes high-growth entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.
