Member Profile
Membership type: full
Amani Owda
Country of origin: Palestine Currently in: Palestine, Ramallah General field of specialization: Engineering sciences-
Degrees
2018 Doctorate Engineering sciences2013 Master Engineering sciences2016 Master Engineering sciences2007 Undergraduate Engineering sciences -
Current Research Activities
Engineering sciences
Projects 1) Passively Powered Non-invasive Human Body Sensing on Bio-Degradable Conformal Substrates. 2) Security Screening & Anomalies Detection. 3) Electromagnetics Modelling in Medical Applications. 4)Medical Applications of Microwave and Millimetre Wave Imaging.
Publications resulting from Research:
1) A. Y. Owda, M. Owda, and N.-D. Rezgui “Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging for Burn Wounds Diagnostics,” Sensors, vol. 20, Issue. 3, pp. 1-18, 2020. Journal impact factor: 3.275
2) A. Y. Owda, N. Salmon, A. Casson, and M. Owda “The Reflectance of Human Skin in the Millimeter-Wave Band,” Sensors, vol. 20, Issue. 5, pp. 1-22, 2020. Journal impact factor: 3.275
3) A. Y. Owda, N. Salmon, S. Shylo, and M. Owda “Assessment of Bandaged Burn Wounds Using Porcine Skin and Millimetric Radiometry,” Sensors, vol. 19, Issue. 13, pp. 1-18, 2019. Journal impact factor: 3.275
4) A. Y. Owda, N. Salmon and N.-D. Rezgui, “Electromagnetic Signatures of Human Skin in the Millimeter Wave Band 80–100 GHz,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, vol. 80, pp. 79-99, 2018.
5) A. Y. Owda, N. Salmon, S. W. Harmer, S. Shylo, N. J. Bowring, N. D. Rezgu and M. Shah, “Millimeter-wave emissivity as a metric for the non-contact diagnosis of human skin conditions,” Bioelectromagnetics, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 559-569, 2017. Journal impact factor: 1.945
6) S. W. Harmer, S. Shylo, M. Shah, N. J. Bowring and A. Y. Owda, “On the feasibility of assessing burn wound healing without removal of dressings using radiometric millimetre-wave sensing,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, vol. 45, pp. 173-183, 2016.
7) A. Y. Owda, and A.Casson, “Investigating Gelatine Based Head Phantoms for Electroencephalography Compared to Electrical and Ex Vivo Porcine Skin Models.” IEEE Access, Vol. 9, pp.96722 - 96738 , 2021. Journal impact factor: 3.375
8) A. Y. Owda, and N. Salmon, “Millimetric radiometry for measuring human and porcine skin reflectance,” in SPIE Europe Security+Defence, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology XIII, Edinburgh, September, 2020
9) M. Owda, A. Y. Owda, F. Gasir, “A Comprehensive Methodology for Evaluating ConversationBased Interfaces to Relational Databases (C-BIRDs),” Intelligent Systems Conference, Amsterdam, September, 2020.
10) A. Y. Owda, and N. Salmon, “Variation in the electromagnetic signatures of the human skin with physical activity and hydration level of the skin,” in SPIE Europe Security+Defence, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology XII, Strasbourg, 2019.
11) A. Y. Owda, N. Salmon, D. Andrews and N.-D. Rezgui, “Active millimeter-wave radar for sensing and imaging through dressing materials,” in IEEE SENSORS, Glasgow, 2017.
12) A. Y. Owda, N. Salmon, N.-D. Rezgui and S. Shylo, “Millimetre wave radiometers for medical diagnostics of human skin,” in IEEE SENSORS, Glasgow, 2017.
13) A. Y. Owda, N.-D. Rezgui and N. Salmon, “Signatures of human skin in the millimeter wave band (80-100) GHz,” in SPIE Europe Security+Defence, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology X, Warsaw, 2017.
14) A. Y. Owda and N. Salmon, “On the feasibility of monitoring the wound healing under dressing materials using non-contact active millimetre wave imaging system,” in Tissue and Cell Engineering Society Annual Conference, Manchester, 2017.
15) A. Y. Owda and A. J. Casson, "A mini-review of graphene based materials for electrodes in electrocardiogram (ECG) sensing," 2021 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), 2021.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchAdministrationTeachingAssistant Professor in Computer Engineering, Data Visualisation, Data Analytics, and Security Screening Department of Natural, Engineering, and Technology Sciences Faculty of Graduate Studies Arab American University - Palestine AAUP Campus, Dahyat Alrehan, Ramallah, West Bank, Palestine.
Workshop and Conference Attended
2020 Edinburgh SPIE Europe Security+Defence, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology XIII2020 Amsterdam Intelligent Systems Conference2019 Strasbourg SPIE Europe Security+Defence, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology XII2017 Glasgow IEEE SENSORS2017 Warsaw SPIE Europe Security+Defence, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology XAffiliations
UK-Higher EducationMember of SPIE Europe Security+Defence ConferenceMember of Jordan Engineering Association (JEA)Presentation given
2017Assessment of Human Skin Emissivity using Passive Millimetre-Wave SensingUnited KingdomEvent: Presentation in Manchester Conference Centre2017Medical Applications of Microwave and Millimetre-Wave ImagingUnited KingdomEvent: Participation in School of Engineering Research Seminar Series 20172017What, Why and How to be Engineer?United KingdomEvent: Research Demonstration and Presentation to College Students Interested in a Degree of Electrical and Electronic Engineering2017Active Millimetre-Wave Imaging for Monitoring the Wound Healing ProgressManchesterEvent: CHANGING LIVES -
Other Awards
Sep 2017Best Paper Award in SPIE Europe Security+Defence, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology XBest Paper Award in SPIE Europe Security+Defence, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology X for the following paper: A. Y. Owda, N.-D. Rezgui and N. Salmon, “Signatures of human skin in the millimeter wave band (80-100) GHz,” in SPIE Europe Security+Defence, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology X, Warsaw, 2017.