Ahmed Ben Slimane
PhD Student
"Currently an Engineer at Institut Photovoltaïque d'Ile-de-France (IPVF). Previously with TOTAL, and Agricool, Paris."
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Introduction
Ahmed Ben Slimane completed his PhD in Electrical Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, in 2014, where his works are focused on III-Nitride micro and nanostructures for flexible solid state age lighting. MS in Electrical Engineering from Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG), France, in 2009. BE in Electrical Engineering from Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electronique et de Radioélectricité de Grenoble (ENSERG), France, in 2007.
Ahmed Ben Slimane received his master's degree in micro and nanotechnology for integrated Systems from Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG), France, in 2009. During his master degree he have been in a program offered to nanotechnology students in Europe, he had the opportunity to study in different selective universities: Politecnico Di Torino, Italy, in 2007 and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, in 2008; where he studied technological process and Analog circuits. He received his Bachelor's degree in microelectronics and signal treatment from Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electronique et de Radioélectricité de Grenoble (ENSERG), France, in 2007. Currently he is a postdoc with TOTAL working on III-V/Si solar cells. Specialties: MEMS, nano & Biotechnology, photonics and solar cells.
Research Interests
Market analysis and simulation of an electronic ear March 2008
Study and simulation of a piezoresistive accelerometer in COMSOL November 2007
Refractive index engineering, solutions to the inverse hyperbolic PDE problem. Starting February 2011
This project has three main objectives. The first concerns developing and using new methods to solve the inverse hyperbolic PDE problem (inverse scattering) by means of adjoint solutions, transformation optics (different geometry), and hybrid computational methods. The second objective is to model wave propagation in heterogeneous-time-varying materials to understand how waves interact and behave on them, and possible applications towards light trapping and super-slow propagation; to achieve this we use different mathematical modeling tools developed for HPC such as FDTD, PyClaw-PetClaw. The third and final objective is to study in the laboratory different materials that enable the technologies and behaviors modeled
Currently he is a postdoc with TOTAL working on III-V/Si solar cells.
Specialties: MEMS, nano & Biotechnology, photonics and solar cells
Selected Publications
- On the phenomenon of large photoluminescence red shift in GaN nanoparticles Nanoscale Research Letters July 31, 2013- Electron irradiation induced reduction of the permittivity of chalcogenide glass (As2S3) thin fim Journal of applied Physics 2013- A possible approach on optical analogues of gravitational attractors Optics Express March 28, 2013- Effect of hydrofluoric acid concentration on the evolution of photoluminescence characteristics in porous silicon nanowires prepared by Ag-assisted electroless etching method Journal of applied Physics 2012- GaN Nanowires Synthesized by electroless etching method CLEO 2012- Thermal Annealing Induced Relaxation of Compressive Strain in Porous GaN Structures IEEE photonics conference 2012
Education
Ecole polytechnique fédérale de LausanneMaster's degree in Electricla Engineering, Nanotechnology2008 – 2009
Institut national polytechnique de GrenobleMaster's degree in Electricla Engineering, Nanotechnology
2006 – 2009
Politecnico di TorinoMaster's degree in Electricla Engineering, Nanotechnology2007 – 2008
Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electronique et de Radioélectricité de GrenobleBachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Micro-Electronics and Signal Treatment2006 – 2007
Institut Preparatoire aux Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques (IPEST), Tunis, TunisaIntensive preparatory course for the highly selective French engineering schools2004 – 2006
Awards
- KAUST Provost Award KAUST 2010 - Academic Excellence Award KAUST 2011 - Second prize in the annual KAUST graduate and postdoc research poster competition KAUST 2014
KAUST Affiliations
PhD Student
