A faculty member of ݮƵ’s electrical and computer engineering (ECE) department has been named a (EIC), the country’s longest-standing engineering society.
Karim Karim was recognized for his “excellence in engineering and services to the profession and to society.”
Along with serving as an ECE professor, he is executive director of the University of ݮƵ’s Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, a researcher in the ݮƵ Institute of Nanotechnology and director of Silicon Thin Film Applied Research at the University of ݮƵ.
Karim Karim is a new fellow of the Engineering Institue of Canada
Karim is the founder and CTO of KA Imaging, a ݮƵ spinoff company. KA Imaging recently initiated a clinical trial at Kitchener's Grand River Hospital to image lung cancer patients with one of its products.
He will be honoured as a fellow at the next EIC Gala scheduled for spring 2022.