Expertise
Optimization methods, computer-aided design and modeling of microwave circuits, neural networks applications, smart analysis of microwave circuits, efficient optimization using time domain simulation methods
Areas of Specialization
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Professor
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Overview
Dr. Bakr’s research areas of interest include optimization methods, computational electromagnetics, computer-aided design and modeling of power circuits and motors, microwave circuits, THz, and photonic devices, nanotechnology, neural network applications, smart analysis of high frequency structures, efficient optimization using time/frequency domain methods, optimization methods, computer-aided design and modeling of low and high frequency structures, multi-disciplinary applications of Artificial Intelligence, and computational electromagnetics.
Mohamed H. Bakr received a B.Sc. degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Cairo University, Egypt in 1992 with distinction (honors). In June 1996, he received a Master’s degree in Engineering Mathematics from Cairo University. In 1997, he was a student intern with Optimization Systems Associates (OSA), inc. He earned the Ph.D. degree in September 2000 from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University. In November 2000, he joined the Computational Electromagnetics Research Laboratory (CERL), University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada as an NSERC Post Doctoral Fellow. Dr. Bakr received a Premier’s Research Excellence Award (PREA) from the province of Ontario, Canada, in 2003. He also received an NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS) award in 2011. In 2014, he was a Co-recipient of Chrysler’s innovation award for a project on novel designs of hybrid cars. In 2020, he was a recipient of a Faculty Appreciation Award by the McMaster Engineering Society (MES). He was awarded the President’s Award for Outstanding Contributions for Teaching and Learning from McMaster University in April 2021. In July 2021, he was awarded a Distinguished Engineering Educator honorific from the Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University. He was also included in Stanford’s list of the top 2% most cited scientists for the years 2020-2022.
His research areas of interest include optimization methods, computational electromagnetics, computer-aided design and modeling of power circuits and motors, microwave circuits, THz, and photonic devices, nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and its applications, smart analysis of high frequency structures and efficient optimization using time/frequency domain methods. He is currently the Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University. He authored/coauthored over 300 journal and conference papers, two books on the optimization and CAD of high frequency structures, three book chapters on optimization, electromagnetic modeling, and artificial intelligence, and three patents.
Ph.D. Degree 1996 – 2000 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada M.H. Bakr, “Advances in space mapping optimization of microwave circuits,” Ph.D. Thesis, McMaster University, 2000. M.Sc. Degree 1992 – 1996 Department of Engineering Mathematics and Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt M.H. Bakr, “Significant modifications of the ellipsoidal technique for design centering,” M.Sc. Thesis, Cairo University, 1996. B.Sc. Degree 1987 – 1992 (honors) Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
B.Sc. with Honors (1992)
TRIO Student Internship (1997–1998)
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) (1998–2000)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2000–2001)
Premier’s Research Excellence Award (PREA) (2003–2009)
Sabbatical Leave with Research In Motion (RIM) (2008–2009)
NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS) Award (2011–2014)
Co-recipient of Chrysler’s 2014 Innovation Award for project on novel designs of hybrid cars
Dean’s Teaching Honour Roll (2015–2019)
Dean’s Teaching Honour Roll for Large Classes (2019)
Leadership in Teaching and Learning (LTL) Fellowship from the McPherson Institute (2018)
Faculty Appreciation Award from the McMaster Engineering Society (MES), January 2020
Included in Stanford’s list of the top 2% most cited scientists (2020–2022)
Recipient of the President’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Teaching and Learning, April 2021
Recipient of a Distinguished Engineering Educator honorific, July 2021
Selected as the Department Chair (2022–2025)
