Ms. Noha Aboqara | Maneto-Optics | Best Researcher Award

Zewail City for Science and Technology | Egypt

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📡 Noha Aboqara: Multidisciplinary Engineer & Educator

🎓 Education

• Bachelor of Science and Engineering
  • American University in Cairo (AUC), May 2021
  • Double Major: Electronics & Communication Engineering and Physics
  • GPA: 3.9/4.0 (Highest Honors)
• STEM High School Certificate
  • Maadi STEM School for Girls, June 2016
  • GPA: 4.0/4.0

🔬 Research and Academic Projects

• 📖 Author: “An Unprecedented Revolution in Drug Delivery Using Photonics; Overcoming Global Challenges” (Published Book)
• Conducted advanced studies on GaN vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL) and self-heating using Silvaco Package (Undergraduate Thesis).
• Pioneered a novel broadband, near-field enhancement technique for biomedical applications, validated both theoretically and practically (2 Publications).
• Synthesized innovative NIR-UVC lanthanide-doped upconverting materials (2 Publications).
• Simulated MISO, SIMO, and MIMO systems diversity schemes using MATLAB.
• Designed a 4-bit ALU (Cadence), smart garage system (Arduino), and ring resonators using Lumerical FDTD.
• Published 7 research papers between 2021 and 2024, earning Best Researcher and Best Research Awards (2024).

📚 Professional Experience

• Teaching Assistant
  • Department of Nanotechnology and Nanoelectronics Engineering, Zewail City of Science and Technology (Fall 2024 – Present).
  • Department of Physics, Zewail City of Science and Technology (Fall 2022 – Present).

🏆 Awards and Achievements

• 🏅 Best Researcher Award: Establishment of Theoretically Guided Understanding for Magneto-Optical Interactions, 2024.
• 🏆 Best Research Award: Comprehensive Modelling for Time-Dependent Magneto-Optical Transmission Spectrum of Hematite Ferrofluid, 2024.
• 📜 Published 3 papers (2023–2024) and 4 papers during her graduation year (2021).
• Honesty Slogan Carrier (Maadi STEM School), Spring 2016.

🌟 Leadership and Community Engagement

• Founder & President: STEM Emergency Team
  • Developed academic and non-academic resource databases in collaboration with Egypt’s Ministry of Education.
• Community Outreach Member: Serenity Club (2019–2020).
• High Board Member: Sabeel Club, AUC (2018).
• PR Head: Physics Association, AUC (2017–2018).
• Participant: Hult Prize Competition (2018).
• Awareness Committee Member: Help Club, AUC (2017).

💻 Technical Skills

• Proficient: MATLAB, Lumerical (FDTD, DEVICE, MODE), Multisim, MIPS Assembly, Cadence, C++, MS Office.
• Intermediate: CST, Arduino.
• Basic: Python, Quartus II, Mathematica, VHDL.

🗣 Languages

• 🌐 Fluent: Arabic, English.
• 🌱 Beginner: German.

🤝 Community Service and Writing

• Advocated for orphans’ needs as part of AUC’s Community-Based Learning course.
• Participated in nonprofit marketing and fundraising campaigns.
• Peer Tutor at AUC Writing Center.
• 🏅 Won first place in literature competition, 2015.

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