Research Group Members

	Gerd Grau Principal Investigator grau@eecs.yorku.ca Gerd Grau is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at York University. He received his BA and MEng from the University of Cambridge and his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2016. He has extensive experience fabricating semiconductor devices using printing technology with a focus on organic thin-film transistors. His expertise spans the study of fundamental printing physics, the development of new printing tools using microfabrication, the optimization of material properties through process innovations, and the integration of device process flows.
	Paria Naderi PhD Student panaderi@eecs.yorku.ca Paria studied atomic-molecular physics for her BSc, mainly simulating light wave propagation in inhomogeneous media. She then studied electronics for her MSc, researching optoelectronic devices such as organic LEDs and Solar Cells. Her research was focused on hybrid organic/inorganic solar cells. She is currently working on printed organic field effect transistors. Her research is aimed at optimizing OTFs in terms of mobility, flexibility and stability for applications in flexible circuits used in wearable electronics.
	Milad Ghalamboran PhD Student milad45@eecs.yorku.ca Milad has studied Electronic Engineering at Islamic Azad University Dezful Branch for his B.Sc. For his M.Sc. degree, he studied Electronic Engineering at K.N. Toosi University of Technology and worked on Electrophoretic Deposition (EPD), mainly deposition of ZnO nanoparticles on HOPG, as well as a new way for Graphene exfoliation. Currently, at York University he intends to do research on printing tools and methods to characterize and optimize processing parameters.
	Mohamad Kannan Idris PhD Student mkidris@eecs.yorku.ca Mohamad Kannan Idris received his B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Istanbul Sehir University in Istanbul, Turkey. His research during his undergraduate degree started with analog integrated circuit design and then he moved to antenna design and fabrication in which he published a conference paper. He completed his Master's degree at York University on additive manufacturing of sensors for carbon fiber composites. His current interests are printed transistor devices. Other interests include Arabic calligraphy, travelling and eating tasty international food.
	Babak Badrian Master's Student badrian@eecs.yorku.ca Babak Badrian completed his B.Sc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Iran where his expertise was microelectronics focusing on analog electronics and semiconductors. He is also skilled in optoelectronics and optical communications. His undergraduate thesis was designing an Ultrasonic Rangefinder. He currently works on integrating printed electronics with 3D printing.
	Jie 'James' Qiu Master's Student james135@my.yorku.ca Jiefeng (James) Qiu is a Master's student in Mechanical Engineering at York University co-supervised by Gerd Grau and Garrett Melenka. Jiefeng completed his undergraduate degree at York University. Having specialized in machine element design and instrumentation measurement, Jiefeng explores Structural Health Monitoring of carbon fiber composites and smart soft actuators.
	Yoland El-Hajj Master's Student yolandje@eecs.yorku.ca Yoland obtained her B.Eng. degree in Biomedical Engineering from Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, where she formed an interest toward development of medical devices and sensors used in diagnostic, therapeutic, and healthcare monitoring applications. Her final year capstone project involved designing, prototyping, and testing an atrial retractor used for minimally invasive mitral valve surgery. Now, she is working to implement inkjet printing and additive manufacturing methods for the enhanced development of medical electrodes.
	Mohammad Nazeri Master's Student mnazeri@yorku.ca Mohammad Nazeri has obtained his B.Sc. in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering from University of Tehran, Iran with experience in nanomaterials and optoelectronic devices like perovskite solar cells. During his bachelor studies, he investigated the various organic and inorganic materials utilized as hole transport materials for perovskite solar cells, which are all gathered in a review paper publishing in the near future. He was the recipient of a fully-funded DAAD scholarship for an international internship in the Advanced Ceramics group at University of Bremen, Germany. His goal is to experiencing other aspects of electronic devices and try to combine his knowledge with additive manufacturing. He currently works on laser-induced graphene devices.