Prof. Yasser M. El Battawy

Program Director of Engineering Core

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Bio

Biography

Prof. Yasser El-Batawy is a Professor and Director of the Engineering Core Program at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nile University, Egypt. He received his B.Sc. in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering (Distinction with Honor) in 1996 and his M.Sc. in Engineering Physics from Cairo University in 2000. In 2005, he completed his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at McMaster University in Canada, focusing on the "Modeling of High-Speed Photodetectors." He subsequently held a postdoctoral fellowship in the Photonics Group, ECE department at McGill University, Canada. In 2006, he joined the Engineering Physics Department at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, as an assistant professor and eventually achieved the rank of associate professor. Since February 2018, he has been a professor in Engineering Physics at Nile University. At Nile University, he holds the position of Director of the Engineering Core Program, showcasing his leadership capabilities. Besides, he is currently the head of the Vice Provost Academic Committee and the Director of General Courses in Nile University.

His research spans optoelectronics and photonics, including high-speed photodetectors, plasmonic photovoltaics, quantum-dot infrared photodetectors, and stochastic analysis of photonic devices. He currently serves as Principal Investigator on an STDF-funded Basic Sciences Research Grant (2025–2028) on plasmonic and nanostructured photonic devices for photovoltaic and infrared-detection applications and has led or co-led several other funded projects. He has over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers, and a book chapter, and has supervised numerous graduate theses, two of which received Best Master's Thesis awards at Cairo University. Prof. Yasser has received many prestigious awards including Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)-Postdoctoral Fellow for 2005-2007, and Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) – Canada for three times for 2003, 2004 and 2005.

Prof. Yasser's professional journey also includes a role in 2013 as a senior member in the technical office of the Egyptian Educational Development Fund (EDF). Prof. Yasser has extensive experience teaching a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses. He has designed, taught, and supervised courses such as Engineering Physics, Electric Circuits, Electromagnetic Fields, Solid-State Electronics, Optoelectronics, and Photovoltaics at various universities, including Cairo University, Nile University. Dr. El-Batawy is recognized for his teaching — he received the Nile University Outstanding Teaching Award (2020) — and for public science communication through his YouTube channel on engineering physics, one of the most-viewed educational channels of its kind in Egypt, with over 5.5 million views.

Achievements

Prof. Yasser received the Supervision of Best Master Thesis in Cairo University for from Cairo University.
He received the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)-Postdoctoral Fellow (NSERC-PDF) for Postdoctoral Fellowship from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
He received the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) from the Province of Ontario.
He received the NU Outstanding Teaching Award from Nile University.

Recent Publications

Monte Carlo (MC) simulation is a widely adopted computational method that relies on random sampling, but it is susceptible to exhibiting patterns and biases due to the use of pseudo-random numbers. In contrast, Quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC) techniques employ low discrepancy sequences, resulting in more evenly distributed random numbers and the potential for more accurate and reliable simulation outcomes

Plasmonic Photovoltaics (PVs) are an effective method for increasing optical absorption by adding metallic nanoparticles to the photovoltaic active layer. The role of these nanoparticles is confining the incident light near them in the PV cell, resulting in thin film PVs of enhanced efficiency. Therefore, different materials and new NPs shapes are used for this purpose. In this research, a step

This paper proposes a metamaterial Terahertz sensor with detected sensitivity for biomedical applications. The proposed sensor consists of two interdigitated golden C-shaped structures on top of Teflon substrate that is backed by a gold layer. The absorption spectrum contains a peak resonance corresponding to the maximum absorption of the sensor. The proposed sensor has a maximum narrow-band

Light trapping as a result of embedding plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) into photovoltaics (PVs) has been recently used to achieve better optical performance compared to conventional PVs. This light trapping technique enhances the efficiency of PVs by confining incident light into hot-spot field regions around NPs, which have higher absorption, and thus more enhancement of the photocurrent. This

Due to the fabrication processes, inaccurate manufacturing of the photonic crystals (PCs) might occur which affect their performance. In this paper, we examine the effects of tolerance variations of the radii of the rods and the permittivity of the material of the two-dimensional PCs on their performance. The presented stochastic analysis relies on plane wave expansion method and Mote Carlo

Waveguide photodetectors (WGPDs) are one of the promising candidates to solve the tradeoff between the quantum efficiency and the transit time in the surface illuminated photodiodes where the lightwave is incident laterally perpendicular to the direction of the flow of generated carriers, enhancing both high speed and quantum efficiency. In Mushroom-WGPDs, the performance degradation due its

Waveguide photodetectors are considered as a promising candidate for high speed photodetection where the tradeoff between the transit time bandwidth and the quantum efficiency is overcome as the incident optical signal and the photogenerated carriers move in perpendicular directions. In WG-Avalanche Photodetectors (WG-APDs), the avalanche multiplication gain enhances the photocurrent of the

In the present paper, a theoretical model for calculating the carrier mobility which is a result of the existence of a truncated conical quantum dots of n-type quantum dot infrared photodetectors (QDIPs) is developed. This model is built on solving Boltzmann’s transport equation that is a complex integro-differential equation describing the carrier transport. The time-domain finite-difference

Carrier mobility for quantum dot infrared photodetectors is considered as one of the critical parameters to determine many important device’s performance parameters such as the electrical conductivity, drift velocity, dark current and photocurrent. In this paper a complete theoretical model of the carrier mobility for semispherical quantum dot structures is developed. This model is based on the

Research Tracks

Optoelectronics
High-Speed Photodetectors
Quantum Dot InfraRed Photodetectors
Plasmonic Photovoltaics
Stochastic Modeling of Photonic Devices

Grants

Projects

Research Project

Plasmonic Sensors for Biomedical and Infra-Red Detection Application

Objective/Contributions: The project aims at proposing a new Infra-Red sensor design by employing a plasmonic effect. Plasmonic devices have great potential for biomedical applications due to the sensitivity of the localized surface plasmon resonance to the surrounding medium. Therefore, proposed metasurface sensors are tuned for Biomedical applications as medical diagnostic tools. Enhancing

Research Project

Terahertz Metamaterial Structures for Biomedical Sensing Applications

A new design of interdigitated E-shaped metamaterial sensor has been proposed. The structure has been intensively studied using CST software and is optimized to achieve ultrahigh sensitivity at the Terahertz range. Two different structures of the E-shaped sensors have been proposed. Both structures are characterized by a high absorption level at their resonant peaks with an ultra-high sensitivity