Name: George B. Abadir

Degrees:

- M.Sc. of Engineering Physics (2005), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

- B.Sc. of Electronics and Communications Engineering (2000), Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

Publications:

a) Refereed journal papers:

1- G.B. Abadir, K. Walus, and D.L. Pulfrey, (2010), Bias-dependent amino-acid-induced conductance changes in short semi-metallic carbon nanotubes. Nanotechnology, Vol. 21, 015202, 2010. (PhD work).

2- G.B. Abadir, K. Walus, and D.L. Pulfrey, (2009), Comment on "Curvature effects on electronic properties of small radius nanotube" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 033102 (2007)]. Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 94, 176101, 2009. (Ph.D. work).

3- G.B. Abadir, K. Walus, and D.L. Pulfrey, (2009), Basis Set Choice for DFT/NEGF Simulations of Carbon Nanotubes. Journal of Computational Electronics, Vol. 8, pp. 1-9, 2009. (Ph.D. work).

4- G.B. Abadir, K. Walus, R.F.B. Turner, and D.L. Pulfrey (2008), Biomolecular Sensing Using Carbon Nanotubes: A Simulation Study. International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, Vol. 18, No.4, pp. 879-887, 2008. (Ph.D. work).

5- G.B. Abadir, W. Fikry, H.F. Ragai, and O.A. Omar, (October 2005), A Device Simulation and Model Verification of Single Event Transients in n⁺-p Junctions. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp 1518-1523 (M.Sc. Work).

c) Refereed conference papers:

6- G.B. Abadir, K. Walus, R.F.B. Turner, and D.L. Pulfrey (Arlington, Texas, 2008), Effect of Single-Biomolecule Adsorption on the Electrical Properties of Short Carbon Nanotubes. Proceedings of the 8^th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology 2008 (IEEE NANO’08), pp. 230-232 (Ph.D. work).

7- G.B. Abadir, W. Fikry, H.F. Ragai, and O.A. Omar (Madrid 2004), A Device Simulation and Model Verification of Single Event Transients in n⁺-p Junctions. The Eighth European Conference on Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS), (Selected for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science). (M.Sc. Work).

8- G.B. Abadir, W. Fikry, H.F. Ragai, and O.A. Omar (Cairo 2004), A Simulation Study of Single Events in n⁺-p Junctions. Proceedings of the International Conference on Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering (ICEEC), pp 541-544 (M.Sc. Work).

9- G.B. Abadir, W. Fikry, H.F. Ragai, and O.A. Omar (Cairo 2003), A New Semi-Empirical Model for Funneling Assisted Drain Currents due to Single Events. Proceedings of the 15^th International Conference on Microelectronics, pp 391-394 (M.Sc. Work).

Awards & Fellowships:

- Four-year Fellowship (University Graduate Fellowship), The University of British Columbia, 2009.

- Faculty of Applied Science Graduate Award, The University of British Columbia, 2009.

- J.K. Zee Memorial Fellowship, The University of British Columbia, 2008.

 - Graduate Entrance Scholarship (GSE), The University of British Columbia, 2006.