Simarjeet Saini
Associate Professor, Pearl Sullivan IDEAs Clinic Director
Email: sssaini@uwaterloo.ca
Location: E5 4032
Phone: 519-888-4567 x35018
Biography
Simarjeet Saini is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. He completed his doctorate at the University of Maryland, College Park in 2001 under the guidance of Professor Mario Dagenais. Professor Saini’s Ph.D. thesis was on design and development of a new platform technology for monolithic integration of photonic devices called Passive Active Resonant Coupler (PARC). The resulting technology led to the foundation of a start-up company called Covega Corporation in Jessup, Maryland. Professor Saini worked as the Lead Optoelectronics Device Engineer at Covega, and later, as a Lead Applications Engineer. He led the design and development of Covega’s single angled facet chips, semiconductor optical amplifiers and high power lasers.
In August 2004, Professor Saini co-founded Altanet Communications, a start-up company that focused on ethernet based metro area networks with less than 5 ms restoration time using intelligence in the optical domain.
Professor Saini’s research interests include: optoelectronics components for datacom and telecom, high speed optical networks, tunable mid-IR lasers, nanophotonics chem-bio sensors, and microwave photonics. He holds 5 US patents and has 5 more in various stages of application, of which 3 have already been commercialized.
In August 2004, Professor Saini co-founded Altanet Communications, a start-up company that focused on ethernet based metro area networks with less than 5 ms restoration time using intelligence in the optical domain.
Professor Saini’s research interests include: optoelectronics components for datacom and telecom, high speed optical networks, tunable mid-IR lasers, nanophotonics chem-bio sensors, and microwave photonics. He holds 5 US patents and has 5 more in various stages of application, of which 3 have already been commercialized.
Research Interests
- Monolithic Integration of photonics devices, Optoelectronics components for datacom and telecom, High speed optical networks, Tunable mid-IR lasers, Nanophotonics Chem-Bio Sensors, Microwave photonics, Antennas, Microwaves & Photonics, Water, Nanotechnology
Education
- 2001, Doctorate Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, United States
- 1996, Bachelor of Technology Electronics and Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Teaching*
- ECE 106 - Electricity and Magnetism
- Taught in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
- ECE 375 - Electromagnetic Fields and Waves
- Taught in 2020, 2021, 2024
- ECE 672 - Optoelectronic Devices
- Taught in 2023
- NE 241 - Electromagnetism
- Taught in 2023
* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.
Graduate studies
- Currently considering applications from graduate students. A completed online application is required for admission; start the application process now.