Huda Badghaish

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at King Abdullah University for Science and Technology, Expected to graduate in December 2023. I am passionate about electronics and technology and eager to start my professional career. I have excellent research and laboratory experience, especially in semiconductive materials and nanofabrication. I have extensive experience as a teaching assistant which prepared me for group management and leadership roles.

My research is on textile electronics and smart garments. I have fabricated semiconductive cotton textiles through Atomic Layer Deposition of ZnO. I studied the impact of the substrate material and physical properties on the quality of the deposited ZnO. I optimized the process by experimenting with ALD deposition conditions and parameters on ZnO's electrical, optical, and surface properties.

• Badghaish, H. S., & Hussain, M. M. (2020). Textile Electronics – Prospects, Advances, Challenges and Opportunities. MRS Advances, 5(46-47), 2359–2379. doi:10.1557/adv.2020.258
• El-Atab N, Qaiser N, Badghaish H, Shaikh SF, Hussain MM. Flexible Nanoporous Template for the Design and Development of Reusable Anti-COVID-19 Hydrophobic Face Masks. ACS Nano. 2020 Jun 23;14(6):7659-7665. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.0c03976. Epub 2020 May 22. PMID: 32432461; PMCID: PMC7243426.

• Dissertation on textile electronics and smart garments
• The effect of atomic layer deposition reaction parameters on the properties of semiconductive ZnO on a textile substrate
• Design and fabrication of 3D-printed fall detection accelerometer
• Design of flexible nanoporous reusable anti-COVID-19 hydrophobic face masks
• Design and simulation of an amplifier circuit
• Characterization of microbial fuel cells powered by wastewater
• Design and fabrication of flexible polymer-based heating unit

• Awarded Research Safety Certificate for completing more than 15 safety training courses.
• Qualified to Handle and dispose corrosive and toxic chemicals and hazardous materials.
• Qualified to work in X-ray and UV labs.
• Experienced in many Nanofabrication processes and characterization tools
• PECVD, ALD. sputtering, photolithography, mask writing, wet and dry etching, SEM, XPS, XRD, spectroscopy, profilometry, reflectometers, probe station.

I collaborated with colleagues and researchers to explain their research through illustrations. I have published a few figures and journal covers. You can take a look at them on my business Instagram page. https://www.instagram.com/gemini_sciart/

• (2015) Research Internship at KAUST for Professor Mohammad Mustafa Hussain.
• (2012) Pre-first year in science and engineering program at Penn State University for engineering scholars.
• (2011) KAUST Gifted Student Program Foundation Year at Virginia Tech.
• (2011 - 2016) KAUST Gifted Students Program Scholarship
• (2011-2016) King Abdullah Scholarship