Research

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Sensors
  • Embedded system design
  • Biomedical systems (u-healthcare)
  • Organic electronics

 

 Funded Projects (Title, Agency, Amount, Period, Role):

 

No Title of Research Grant Granting Body Amount Project Duration Role
1 1st QU Proof-of-Concept by QSTP: Environmentally-Powered Battery-Less Smart Sensor Nodes for High Efficiency Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality Diagnostics QF/Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP)

(Contract)

 $365,369.86 2016-2017 LPI
2 Early Warning System for Asset & Underground Monitoring for Safe & Sustainable Environment QNRF, Qatar (NPRP 8-1781-2-735) $899,755.60 2015-2018 LPI
3 Environmentally-Powered Battery-Less Smart Sensor Nodes for High Efficiency Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality Diagnostics QNRF, Qatar (NPRP 6 – 203 – 2 – 086) $1,043,641.60 2013-2016 LPI
4 Towards Safe Indoor Air Quality in View of the On-Going Massive                           Development in the State of QATAR QNRF, Qatar

(NPRP 6 – 600 – 2 – 250).

 $1,018,821.00 2013-2016 PI
5 High performance electrodes for solar cells QNRF, Qatar

(NRP No.: 5 – 546 – 2 – 222)

 $1,045,629.00 2012-2015 Co-LPI
6 Advanced Transmission Techniques for Next Generation Terrestrial Wireless Optical Communications QNRF, Qatar

(NPRP No.: 5 – 157 – 2 – 051)

 

 

 $1,047,471.00 2012-2015 Co-LPI
7 Wireless Biotelemetry for Ubiquitous Healthcare Applications QNRF, Qatar

(NPRP 4 – 1207 – 2 – 474)

 $1,042,027.20 2011-2014 LPI
8 Towards the Development of Inexpensive High- Performance Organic- Inorganic Hybrid Photo- Thermo-Electric Generators QNRF, Qatar

(PDRA1-0117-14109)

 $277,200.00 3 years

(2015-2018)

 LPI
9 Metamaterials and RF Safety for MRI Applications and Mobile Communications QNRF, Qatar

(PDRA2-1101-14034)

 $277,200.00 3 years

(2016-2019)

 LPI
10 Integrated Acoustoelectronic Sensors for sensing of saline water vapor in natural Gas Flow” QNRF, Qatar (GSRA3-1-1116-14016) $492,000.00 4 years

(2016-2020)

 LPI
11 Towards a track simulator test bench for energy-efficient race cars QNRF, Qatar

(UREP17-128-2-030)

 $60,000 01/04/2015-31/03/2016 PI
12 Qatar University “Gernas 5” Zero-CO2 Footprint Solar Car QUST-CENG-SPR-14/15-11 $8,220 17/05/2015-31/03/2016 LPI
13 Development of Innovative Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality Monitoring for Environmental Impact Assessment in the State of Qatar QNRF, Qatar

(UREP 14 – 034 – 2 – 011)

 $60,000 18/08/2013-17/08/2014 LPI
14 Development of a Truck Simulator Test Bench for Energy Efficient Race Cars QUST-CENG-SPR-13/14-10 $8,220 31/8/2014- 31/03/2015 PI
15 Investigating the Impact of Environment on Commercial Solar PV                                       Technologies in Qatar Qatar University

(QUUG-ENG-DCE-10/11-13).

 $40,500 1/4/2013-31/3/2015 LPI
16 Second Generation QU Vehicles “GERNAS 2” for Shell Eco-Marathon Europe 2013 Competition (Netherlands) QNRF, Qatar

(UREP 12 – 065 – 2 – 028).

 $60,000 15/9/2012-14/9/2013 LPI
17 Investigating and Overcoming the Effects of Harsh Environment on the Performance of Solar PV Technologies in the State of Qatar QNRF, Qatar

(UREP 11 – 010 – 2 – 004)

 $20,000 One year

(2012-2013)

 LPI
18 Fourth Generation QU Vehicles for 2014 Shall Eco-Marathon For the Middle East and Africa Region in Doha/Qatar QUST-CENG-SPR-12/13-18

(College Special Grant)

 $39,900 18/6/2013-17/6/2014 LPI
19 Environment-Friendly Self-Tuned Irrigation and Conservation System Qatar University

(QUUG-ENG-DCE-10/11-13)

 $40,500 1/4/2011-31/3/2013 LPI
20 Investigating the Impact of Environment on Commercial Solar PV                                       Technologies in Qatar Qatar University

(QUUG-CENG-DEE-12/13-2)

 $40,500 1/4/2013-31/3/2015 LPI
21 Qatar University” Genres 4″ Zero-CO2 Foot print Solar Car Qatar University

(QUST-CENG-FALL-13/14-4)

 $2,747 17/11/2013 – 16/11/2014 LPI
22 Effects of Environmental Factors on the Efficiency of Various Solar PV Technologies Qatar University

(QUST-CENG-SPR-11/12-25)

 $2,747 One year

(2011-2012)

 LPI
23 Design of Intelligent and Environment-Friendly Irrigation and Conservation System Qatar University

(QUST-CENG-SPR-11/12-25)

 $2,747 One year

(2011-2012)

 LPI
24 Design and Development of Two QU Vehicles for Shell Eco- Marathon 2011 European Competition QNRF, Qatar

(UREP 09 – 099 – 2 – 029)

 $24,300 One year

(2010-2011)

 LPI
25 Design and Development of Two QU Vehicles for Shell Eco Marathon 2011 European Completion Qatar University $2,747 One year

(2010-2011)

 LPI
26 Real-time wireless monitoring and control of Renewable Energy PV stations Qatar University

(QUSG-CEN-DEE-10/11-26)

 $13,500 One year

(2010-2011)

 LPI
27 Wireless Sensor Networks for Environmental and Health Monitoring Sultan Qaboos University

Internal Research Grant

 $35,000 Two years

(2011-2013)

 LPI
28 SQU College of Engineering Eco-House Project Sultan Qaboos University

Internal Research Grant

 $500,000 Three years

(2010-2013)

 PI
29 Designing of Highly Efficient Power Amplifiers for Communication industry Sultan Qaboos University

Internal Research Grant

 $18,000

 

 One year

(2009-2010)

 LPI
30 Wireless biotelemetry system for real time healthcare monitoring Sultan Qaboos University

Internal Research Grant

 $14,500

 

 One year

(2009-2010)

 LPI
31 Artificial Intelligence Techniques-Based Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation Sultan Qaboos University

Internal Research Grant

 $16,500

 

 One year

(2008-2009)

 PI
32 Design of High-Performance UWB Receivers for Smart-Traffic Control Systems Sultan Qaboos University

Internal Research Grant

 $17,500

 

 Two years

(2007-2009)

 LPI
33 Control of localization of underactuated nonholonomic ships Sultan Qaboos University

Internal Research Grant

 $15,300

 

 Two years

(2007-2009)

 PI
34 Behavioral Modeling of Optical and RF Blocks for Rapid and Efficient Design of Optical and RF Systems for Virtual Prototyping Sultan Qaboos University

Internal Research Grant

 $7,300

 

 Three years

(2005-2008)

 

 LPI
35 Self-Tuning Solar Energy Irrigation System Prototype Sultan Qaboos University

Internal Research Grant

 $24,500

 

 Three years

(2002-2005)

 

 LPI
36 Design of digital transceivers for chip-to-chip optical interconnects for ultra wide-band parallel processing and optical communications Tuskegee University, AL/USA

Internal Research Grant

 $120,000

 

 Three years

(2001-2004)

 

 PI
37 Renewable Energy Business Opportunities in Duqum-Oman, 2008. Contract number: AS/ENG/ECED/08/0 Consultancy Project for Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME), $73,500 3 months

(Febr-May, 2008)

 PI

 

Not-Funded Research Grants: 

  1. NPRP8-277-2-109: “Macromolecular Data Storage”, 2015 (not funded).
  2. PDRA2-1028-14031: “Design and implementation of self-powered energy-efficient WSN for monitoring oil & gas pipelines”, 2015 (not funded).
  3. PDRA2-1110-14064: “Lightweight security and QoS mechanisms for 6LoWPAN-enabled ubiquitous healthcare monitoring systems”, 2015 (not funded).
  4. PDRA2-1116-14110: “IoT Solutions for a Generic Platform Hosting Smart Cities Applications”, 2015 (not funded).

 

Proof of Concepts Projects (QSTP)

  1. Farid Touati, Damiano Crescini, Adel Ben Mnaouer, Alessio Galli, and Paolo Crescini, “Environmentally-Powered Battery-Less Smart Sensor Nodes for High Efficiency Indoor/Outdoor Air Quality Diagnostics”, awarded by QSTP January 2016, QR 1,233.600.00
  2. Farid Touati, Zubair Ahmad, and Khasan Karimov, “Flexible organic Photo-thermogalvanic generators for low power and medical applications”, submitted/Not awarded to QSTP June 2015.
  3. Zubair Ahmed, Farid Touati, and Khasan Karimov, “Flexible organic photo-thermogalvanic cells for low power generation and gradient of temperature measurement”, submitted (not funded) to QSTP November 2015.

Patents (IP)

  1. Applicants: Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development [US/US], Qatar University (QA/QA), Office of Academic Research. Inventors and Applicants: Crescini Damiano, Touati Farid, Legena Claudio, Galli Alessio, and Ben Manouer Adel. 
Owner: Qatar Foundation For Education, Science And Community Development. TITLE: “MULTI-PARAMETRIC ENVIRONMENTAL DIAGNOSTICS AND MONITORING SENSOR NODE”, International Application Published under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), World Intellectual Property Organization (International Bureau), International Publication Date: 12 November 2015 (112.11.2015), International Publication Number: WO 2015/171920 A1, International Application Number; PCT/US15/29731, International Filing Date: 7 May 2015 (07.05.2015).
  2. Crescini Damiano, Touati Farid, Legena Claudio, Galli Alessio, Ben Manouer Adel. (2014). “ENVIRONMENTALLY POWERED AIR QUALITY DIAGNOSTICS DEVICE”, UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, May 7, 2014, Provisional Patent (No.:  61/989,732).
  3. Zhu, Zhaozhao; Mankowski, Trent; Balakrishnan, Kaushik; Shikoh, Ali Sehpar; Touati, Farid; Benammar, Mohieddine; Mansuripur, Masud; Falco, Charles, “Copper Nanowire Thin Films with Protective Layers of Reduced Graphene Oxide as Transparent Conductive Electrodes”, Provisional Patent submitted to UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, 7 May 2015.
  4. Zubair Ahmad, Farid Touati, and Khasan Karimov, “Fabrication of flexible conductive films for application in elastic thermo-electric cells by rubbing in technology”, submitted to UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, 21 June 2015.
  5. Zubair Ahmad, Farid Touati, Khasan Karimov, and Abdul Shakoor, “Pressure sensitive thermo-electric generator”, submitted to UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, 7 October 2015.
  6. Zhu, Zhaozhao; Mankowski, Trent; Balakrishnan, Kaushik; Shikoh, Ali Sehpar; Touati, Farid; Benammar, Mohieddine; Mansuripur, Masud; Falco, Charles, “Reduced graphene oxide as passivation for ZnO and CuNW/ZnO transparent conductive electrodes”, Provisional Patent submitted to UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, 12 November 2015.