Women in Engineering Bios & Abstract

March 29, 2023

Bloom in the Desert – Women Engineers in the Middle East 


Speakers:
Moza Mohamed, Senior Associate Researcher, Directed Energy Research Center
Aaesha AlAli, Senior Associate Researcher, Directed Energy Research Center


Introduction by Nicolas Mora, Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility; Member, EMC Society Board of Directors

Welcome by Tara Kellogg, WIE Americas Coordinator, IEEE EMC Society


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ABSTRACT:
Jointly presented by Moza and Aaesha, this webinar provides an insight of how women engineers navigate work and life balance as senior research professionals in a top-rated scientific research facility in UAE. They represent a large group of extraordinarily hard-working, well-educated modern Arab women that shine with their expertise and dedication to the engineering field.

SPEAKER BIOS

Moza Mohamed

Senior Associate Researcher, Directed Energy Research Center

Moza Mohamed is a Senior Associate Researcher at the Directed Energy Research Center, at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a cutting-edge UAE-based scientific research center. As a senior research professional, she works with the Sources team on research projects focused on High Power Microwave Sources for various applications.

Mohamed holds experience in the field of applied electromagnetics, and her areas of research interest are computational electromagnetics, high-power microwave sources, and plasma physics.

Moza Mohamed holds a master’s degree in Applied Physics of high-current electronics from the Belarusian State University and earned a bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering Technology from Abu Dhabi Polytechnic.

Aaesha AlAli

Senior Associate Researcher, Directed Energy Research Center

Aaesha AlAli is a Senior Associate Researcher at the Directed Energy Research Center, at the Technology Innovation Institute (TII), a cutting-edge UAE-based scientific research center. As a senior research professional, she works in the field of pulsed power and is involved in various projects.

AlAli holds experience in electromagnetics, and her areas of research interest are pulsed power, electromagnetic propulsion, and control systems.

Aaesha AlAli holds a master’s in Physics of High Current Electronics from the Belarusian State University and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from United Arab Emirates University.
Dr. Nicolas Mora

Nicolas Mora

Nicolas Mora (M’07 – SM ‘18) received a B. S. degree in Electronics Engineering in 2007, and a M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering with a major in High Voltage Engineering in 2009, both from the National University of Colombia. He joined the EMC Research Group of the National University of Colombia in 2007. In 2009 he joined the EMC Lab at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL). He received his Ph. D degree in Electrical Engineering from EPFL in 2016.

From 2015 to 2019 he worked as an R & D Engineer for montena technology. In 2020 he joined the Directed Energy Research Center of the Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi, where he was the Senior Director of Electromagnetic Effects. In 2023 he joined the Research and Extension Directorate of the National University of Colombia. In 2011, he received the Frank Gunther Award of the Radio Club of America and the Young Scientist Award from URSI.

From 2013-2016, he was the president of the Colombian Association of Researchers in Switzerland. In 2015 he received the Young Scientist Award from the Summa Foundation. He was appointed Distinguished Reviewer of the IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2020. He was the chair of the joint EMC / AP / MTT chapter of IEEE in Switzerland between 2016 and 2019.

In 2016, he received the Best Paper Award from the EMC Europe 2016 Wroclaw Symposium. In 2018, he received the HPEM Fellow award from the Summa Foundation, and in 2019 the Motohisa Kanda Most Cited IEEE Transactions in EMC Paper Award. Since 2021 he has served as Associate Editor of the IEEE Letters on Electromagnetic Compatibility Practice and Application. Since 2022 he has been an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility. He was elected IEEE EMC Distinguished Lecturer for the period 2022-2023. In 2023 he joined the Board of Directors of the IEEE EMC Society as a representative of R9