Eihab Abdel-Rahman, University of Waterloo

Research

Bifurcation Sensors Chemcial Sensors Continuous Deformable Mirrors Gas Sensors Large Signal Sensors MEMS & NEMS Micro Actuators Micro & Nano Sensors

Latest papers

Acoustic Control of Spin States in Diamond Nitrogen-Vacancy Centres.
Nano letters · 2026
Attitudes, needs, and opportunities for training on musculoskeletal disorder risk reduction in masonry.
BMC public health · 2025 · senior author
NEMS generated electromechanical frequency combs.
Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2025 · senior author

All 20 publications

Latest funding

Quantum NV-hBN Resonators for Advanced Sensing Applications
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$190,000
Masonry, Masons and Machines: Leveraging Augmented Reality to Improve Productivity, Health and Safety Outcomes
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$128,000
A System for Optical Characterization of Complex MEMS
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$148,740

All 20 grants and awards

20 publications.

01

Acoustic Control of Spin States in Diamond Nitrogen-Vacancy Centres.

Kutsal E, Payam AF, Abdel-Rahman E, Yavuz M, Li L

Nano letters2026

DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6c02496 PMID: 42677369

02

Attitudes, needs, and opportunities for training on musculoskeletal disorder risk reduction in masonry.

McFarland TC, Ryu J, Haas C, Abdel-Rahman E

BMC public health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-25011-1 PMID: 41188837

03

NEMS generated electromechanical frequency combs.

Rahmanian S, Mouharrar H, Abdelrahman R, Akbari M, Shama YS, Musselman K, Muñoz-Rojas D, Basrour S, Abdel Rahman E

Microsystems & nanoengineering2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41378-024-00860-9 PMID: 39814704

04

Generation of Soliton Frequency Combs in NEMS.

Mouharrar H, Rahmanian S, Abdelrahman R, S Shama Y, Akbari M, Basrour S, Musselman K, Muñoz-Rojas D, Yavuz M, Abdel-Rahman E

Nano letters2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c02249 PMID: 39093057

05

Thermal noise-driven resonant sensors.

Qiao Y, Elhady A, Arabi M, Abdel-Rahman E, Zhang W

Microsystems & nanoengineering2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41378-024-00718-0 PMID: 38938527

06

Nano Groove and Prism-Structured Triboelectric Nanogenerators.

Saritas R, Al-Ghamdi M, Das TM, Rasheed O, Kocer S, Gulsaran A, Khan AA, Rana MM, Khater M, Kayaharman M, Ban D, Yavuz M, Abdel-Rahman E

Micromachines2023Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/mi14091707 PMID: 37763870

07

Built-In Packaging for Two-Terminal Devices.

Gulsaran A, Bastug Azer B, Ozyigit D, Saritas R, Kocer S, Abdel-Rahman E, Yavuz M

Micromachines2023

DOI: 10.3390/mi14071473 PMID: 37512784

08

Experimental construction of force- and frequency-response curves of nonlinear resonators.

Elhady A, Alghamdi MS, Abdel-Rahman E

Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.)2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1063/5.0152209 PMID: 37276578

09

Frequency unlocking-based MEMS bifurcation sensors.

Qiao Y, Shi Z, Xu Y, Wei X, Elhady A, Abdel-Rahman E, Huan R, Zhang W

Microsystems & nanoengineering2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41378-023-00522-2 PMID: 37201104

10

Deformable mirror-based photoacoustic remote sensing (PARS) microscopy for depth scanning.

Mukhangaliyeva L, Kocer S, Warren A, Bell K, Boktor M, Yavuz M, Abdel-Rahman E, Haji Reza P

Biomedical optics express2022

DOI: 10.1364/boe.471770 PMID: 36733742

Quantum NV-hBN Resonators for Advanced Sensing Applications

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Abdel-Rahman, Eihab EM

Keywords: hexagonal boron nitride (hbn); high quality factor resonators; high-stress silicon nitride; mass loading; mode hybridization; nano fabrication; nitrogen-vacancy (nv) centres; quantum resonators; quantum sensors; thermal noise

$190,000

Masonry, Masons and Machines: Leveraging Augmented Reality to Improve Productivity, Health and Safety Outcomes

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Haas, Carl CTM

Keywords: augmented reality; masonry; masons; productivity; safety; trades

$128,000

A System for Optical Characterization of Complex MEMS

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Abdel-Rahman, Eihab

$148,740

Next Generation Electromechanical Sensors

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Abdel-Rahman, Eihab

Keywords: mems & nems; micro & nano sensors; micro actuators; nonlinear dynamics; large signal sensors; gas sensors; continuous deformable mirrors; micro tweezers; chemcial sensors; bifurcation sensors

$96,000

Graphene-Based CMUTs

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Abdel-Rahman, Eihab EM

$25,000

Intelligent Shims for Aviation Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Abdel-Rahman, Eihab EM

Keywords: MEMS; Pressure Sensors; Sensors

$210,000

Refurbishment of a 18-Year Old PECVD System

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Mansour, Raafat

$93,141

Agricultural Gas Sensor Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2020OCI - C2C

Principal investigators: Abdel-Rahman, Eihab

Keywords: Instrumentation technology; Agriculture

$30,000

Agricultural Gas Sensor Systems _x000d_

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Abdel-Rahman, Eihab

$30,000

Modeling & Analysis of Diffractive Optic Scanners

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: AbdelRahman, Eihab

$25,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Systems Design Engineering
Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry - University of Toronto
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Co-authors at University of Waterloo, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Mustafa Yavuz

Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

10 shared papers, latest 2026

Dayan Ban

Electrical & Computer Engineering

4 shared papers, latest 2023

Kevin Musselman

Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Alexander Penlidis

Chemical Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Songrui Zhao

Electrical and Computer Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Parsin Haji Reza

Systems Design Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Carl Haas

Civil & Environmental Engineering

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Ning Yan

Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry - University of Toronto

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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