Biography

 


Mustapha C.E. Yagoub received the Dipl.-Ing. degree in Electronics and the Magister degree in Telecommunications, both from the École Nationale Polytechnique, Algiers, Algeria, in 1979 and 1987, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the Institut Polytechnique de Toulouse - École Nationale Supérieure d’Electronique, d’Electrotechnique, d’Informatique et d’Hydraulique de Toulouse (INP-ENSEEIHT), Toulouse, France, in 1994, as well as the Doctorat d’état from the Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumédiene (USTHB), Algiers, Algeria, in 1996.

After few years working in industry as a design engineer, he joined the Institute of Electronics, Université des Sciences et de la Technologie Houari Boumédiene, Algiers, Algeria, first as Lecturer during 1983-1991 and then as Assistant Professor during 1994-1999. From 1996 to 1999, he has been head of the communication department. From 1999 to 2001, he was a visiting scholar with the Department of Electronics, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada, working on neural networks applications in microwave areas. In 2001, he joined the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, where he is currently a Professor Emeritus.

His research interests include wireless communication system design, RF/microwave CAD, RFID design, robotics, antenna design, active/passive device modeling and characterization, neural networks for high frequency applications, and applied electromagnetics. He has authored or coauthored over 600 publications in these topics in international journals and referred conferences. He also authored Conception de circuits linéaires et non linéaires micro-ondes (Cépadues, Toulouse, France, 2000).

Dr. Yagoub is a senior member of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society and a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canada.