 | Dr. Mohamed Bakr |
Education
Ph.D. Degree
1996 – 2000 | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada |
M.H. Bakr, “Advances in Space Mapping optimization of microwave circuits,” Ph.D. Thesis, McMaster University, 2000, 200 pp.
M.Sc. Degree
1992 – 1996 | Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt |
M.H. Bakr, “Significant modifications of the Ellipsoidal technique for design centering,” M.Sc. Thesis, Cairo University, 1996, 120 pp.
B.Sc. Degree
1987 – 1992 | Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt |
Experience
Nov. 2000- CE Research Laboratory University of Victoria Victoria, Canada | NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow (Full-time position) · Efficient optimization of microwave circuits using Reverse Transmission Line Modeling (RTLM) · Efficient derivative estimation in the Method of Moments (MoM) |
Sept. 2000 - Nov. 2000 SOS Research Laboratory McMaster University Hamilton, Canada | Postdoctoral Researcher (Full-time position) · Efficient optimization of RF, wireless and microwave circuits · Simulation of microstrip antennas using method of moments · Artificial Neural Network (ANN) modeling of microwave circuits |
Sept. 1998 – Aug. 2000 SOS Research Laboratory McMaster University Hamilton, Canada | Research Assistant (Full-time position) · Space Mapping optimization · Modeling of microwave circuits · Optimization algorithms and techniques |
Sept. 1996 – Aug. 1998 SOS Research Laboratory McMaster University Hamilton, Canada | Teaching Assistant (Full-time position) · Tutorials, laboratory sessions in Circuit Theory, Optimization, Electronics, Microwave Circuits and Communication Theory |
July 1997 – June 1998 OSA Inc. Dundas, Canada | Student Intern (Part-time position) · Research in Space Mapping (SM) optimization · Presentations |
| Oct. 1992-Aug. 1996 Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt | Teaching Assistant (Full-time position) · Tutorials in Linear Algebra, Nonlinear Programming, Linear Programming, Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations and Descriptive Geometry · Laboratory sessions in Computer methods and Programming |
May 1993-Dec. 1993 MIPS (An Egyptian software company) | Software Programmer (Part-time position) · Integration of efficient data compression algorithms with a software package used by many of the Egyptian banks |
| May 1992-Oct. 1992 Master Communication (An oil service company) | Maintenance Engineer (Part-time position) · Installation and maintenance of wireless communication systems |
Scholarships, Fellowships and Other Awards
Name of Award | Location | Period Held |
| NSERC PostDoctoral Fellowship (PDF) | University of Victoria | Nov. 2000- |
| Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) | McMaster University | Sept. 1999-Aug. 2000 |
Research Assistantship | McMaster University | Sept. 1998-Aug. 2000 |
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) | McMaster University | Sept. 1998-Aug. 1999 |
TRIO Student Industrial Internship | Optimization Systems Associates Inc. (OSA) | July 1997-June 1998 |
Teaching Assistantship | McMaster University | Sept. 1996-Aug. 1998 |
Teaching Assistantship | Cairo University, Egypt | Oct. 1992-Aug. 1996 |
Undergraduate Scholarship | Cairo University, Egypt | Oct. 1988-July 1992 |
Professioanl Memberships
IEEE – Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
Egyptian Engineers Syndicate
Relevant Technical Skiills
| Programming Languages RF/microwave CAD packages | FORTRAN90, ASSEMBLY, PASCAL, C, C++, Visual C++ 6 SPICE, Agilent HFSS, Agilent ADS, Agilent Empipe3D, OSA90, Empipe, Sonnet’s em, etc. |
Publications
Papers Published or Accepted for Publication
[1] H.L. Abdel-Malek, A.S.O. Hassan and M.H. Bakr, “Statistical circuit design with the use of a modified ellipsoidal technique,” International Journal of Microwave and Millimeter Waves Computer-Aided Engineering, vol. 7, 1997, pp. 117-129.
[2] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler, R.M. Biernacki, S.H. Chen and K. Madsen, “A trust region aggressive space mapping algorithm for EM optimization,” IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig. (Baltimore, MD), 1998, pp. 1759-1762.
[3] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler, R.M. Biernacki, S.H. Chen and K. Madsen, “A new space mapping algorithm for EM optimization” TRIO Meeting (Ottawa, ON), 1998.
[4] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler, R.M. Biernacki and S.H. Chen, “Automated electromagnetic optimization for RF, wireless and microwave circuits,” CITO Retreat (Hamilton, Ontario), 1998.
[5] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler, R.M. Biernacki, S.H. Chen and K. Madsen, “A trust region aggressive space mapping algorithm for EM optimization,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 46, 1998, pp. 2412-2425.
[6] J.W. Bandler, M.H. Bakr, N. Georgieva, M.A. Ismail and D.G. Swanson., Jr., “Recent results in electromagnetic optimization of microwave components, including microstrip T-junctions,” (invited), Proc. 15th Annual Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics ACES 99 (Monterey, CA), 1999, pp. 326-333.
[7] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler and N. Georgieva, “Modeling of microwave circuits exploiting space derivative mapping,” IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig. (Anaheim, CA), 1999, pp. 715-718.
[8] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler and N. Georgieva, “An aggressive approach to parameter extraction,” IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig. (Anaheim, CA), 1999, pp. 261-264.
[9] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler, N. Georgieva and K. Madsen, “A hybrid aggressive space mapping algorithm for EM optimization,” IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig. (Anaheim, CA), 1999, pp. 265-268.
[10] J.W. Bandler, M.H. Bakr and J.E. Rayas-Sánchez, “Accelerated optimization of mixed EM/circuit structures,” Proc. Workshop on Advances in Mixed Electromagnetic Field and Circuit Simulation, IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. (Anaheim, CA), 1999.
[11] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler, N. Georgieva and K. Madsen, “A hybrid aggressive space mapping algorithm for EM optimization,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 47, 1999, pp. 2440-2449.
[12] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler and N. Georgieva, “An aggressive approach to parameter extraction,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 47, 1999, pp.2428-2439.
[13] H.L. Abdel-Malek, A.S.O. Hassan and M.H. Bakr, “A boundary gradient search technique and its applications in design centering,” IEEE Trans. CAD Integrated Circuits Systems, vol. 18, 1999, pp. 1654-1661.
[14] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler, K. Madsen, J.E. Rayas-Sánchez and J. Søndergaard, “Space mapping optimization of microwave circuits exploiting surrogate models,” IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig. (Boston, MA), 2000, pp. 1785-1788.
[15] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler, M.S. Ismail, J.E. Rayas-Sánchez and Q.J. Zhang, “Neural space mapping optimization for EM-based design of RF and microwave circuits,” Proc. First International Conference on Surrogate Modelling and Space Mapping for Engineering Optimization (Copenhagen, Denmark), 2000.
[16] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler, K. Madsen, J.E. Rayas-Sánchez and J. Søndergaard, “Space mapping optimization of microwave circuits exploiting surrogate models,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 48, December 2000.
[17] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler, M.A. Ismail, J.E. Rayas-Sánchez and Q.J. Zhang, “Neural frequency-space mapping optimization of EM microwave structures,” IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig. (Boston, MA), 2000, pp. 879-882.
[18] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler, M.A. Ismail, J.E. Rayas-Sánchez and Q.J. Zhang, “Neural space mapping optimization for EM-based design,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 48, December 2000.
[19] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler and K. Madsen, “Review of the space mapping approach to engineering optimization and modeling,” Optimization and Engineering, January 2001.
[20] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler, Q.S. Cheng, M.S. Ismail and J.E. Rayas-Sánchez, “SMX-A novel object-oriented optimization system,” IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. (Phoenix, AZ), 2001.
Papers Submitted for Publication
[21] M.H. Bakr, N. Georgieva and W.J.R. Hoefer, “Efficient derivative estimation for the optimization of microstrip antennas,” Asian-Pacific Radio Science Conf., Tokyo, Japan, 2001.
Papers to be Submitted Shortly
[22] M.H. Bakr, J.W. Bandler, Q.S. Cheng, M.S. Ismail and J.E. Rayas-Sánchez, “SMX-A novel object-oriented optimization system,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., December 2001.
[23] K. Madsen, J. Søndergaard, J.W. Bandler and M.H. Bakr, “Space mapping from a mathematical viewpoint,” Optimization and Engineering.
Workshops
[24] J.W. Bandler, M.A. Ismail, J.E. Rayas-Sánchez and M.H. Bakr, “Space mapping-based device modeling and circuit optimization,” Proc. Workshop on Automated Circuit Optimization Using Electromagnetic Simulators, IEEE MTT-S Int Microwave Symp. (Boston, MA), 2000.
[25] J.W. Bandler, M.H. Bakr, J.E. Rayas-Sánchez, M.A. Ismail and Q.S. Cheng, “Space Mapping-based device modeling and circuit optimization,” (invited), Proc. Workshop on Optimum and Global Electromagnetic Modeling Using Hybrid Techniques from Analysis to Optimization, 30th European Microwave Conf. (Paris, France), 2000.
In addition to these publications, I have over 30 internal reports with the Simulation Optimization and Systems (SOS) Research laboratory, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.