Doctoral Dissertation Defense in Electrical Engineering

On April 6, 2017, the Department of Electrical Engineering hosted the doctoral defense of Suhail Najm Ubaid. His dissertation, titled “Compensation for the Effects of Material Impurities Using Digital Signal Processing Algorithms in Dense Optical Signal Multiplexing Systems”, explored mitigating the impact of linear and non-linear material impurities on optical communication networks.

The dissertation committee included:

1. Dr. Raad Sami Fayadh (Chair)
2. Dr. Raad Hamdan Thahir (Member)
3. Dr. Thamer Mohammed Jameel (Member)
4. Dr. Thamer Rasheed Saeed (Member)
5. Dr. Atheer Alaa Sabri (Member)
6. Dr. Ali Yousif Fattah (Supervisor)

After rigorous deliberation, the committee awarded the candidate a doctorate with distinction.