Wedyan Babatain

Hello!

I am a postdoctoral researcher at MIT Media Lab’s Tangible Media Group. I have an interdisciplinary background in Electrical, and Biomedical Engineering with hands-on experience in microfabrication, characterization, and metrology processes of sensors, actuators, microfluidic devices, and integrated systems.

I received my bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Delaware, USA, in 2017, and my master's degree in Electrical Engineering from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KSA, in 2019. In 2022, I obtained my Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Professor Muhammad Mustafa Hussain at the MMH labs at KAUST. My research area of interest is in the fields of sensors, actuators, microfluidics devices, and flexible futuristic electronics.

Interested in #Technology #Design #STEAM #STEMed

Keywords: Micro/Nanofabrication - Flexible Electronics - Wearables - Sensors - Actuators - Digital Fabrication

Education/Training

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Postdoctoral Fellowship - Media Lab

Cambridge, MA, USA

2022- present

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

2019 - 2022

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)

MS in Electrical Engineering

Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

2017 - 2019

University of Delaware

Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering

Newark, DE, USA

2013 - 2017

Teaching

Outreach

  • Teaching Assistant at KAUST Virtual Young Talent Academy

  • Workshop Instructor - IEEE EDS Virtual Workshop

  • Workshop Instructor at Purdue University

Awards

  • KAUST Ibn Rushd Fellowship (2023)

  • MIT Tech Review Innovators Under 35 (MENA)

  • Rising Star in EECS, UT Austin (2022)

  • KAUST CEMSE Dean’s List Award (2022)

  • SXSW Innovation Awards Finalist (2022)

  • MIT Ibn Khaldun Fellowship (2021)

  • KAUST Graduate Fellowship (2017)

  • The Biomedical Engineering Senior Design Award, University of Delaware (2016)

  • King Abdullah Scholarship Program (KASP), Ministry of Higher Education (2012)

Research Mentorship

  • Sarang Goel - High school student at the Research Science Institute (MIT)

  • Ayana Alemayehu - EECS student at MIT (2023)

  • Christine Park - EECS student at MT (2023)

  • Fabian Velasquez - EECS student at MIT (2023)

  • Kristie Diep - Bioengineering student at UC Berkeley (2020)

  • Aljawharah Alsharif - ECE student at King Abdulaziz University (2020)

  • Haneen Alamoudi - ECE student at King Abdulaziz University (2020)

  • Sumana Bhattacharjee - MS EE student at IIIT Hyderabad, India (2020)

  • Lana Joharji - ECE student at King Abdulaziz University (2019)

  • Renad Allagani - ECE student at Effat University (2017)

Publications

  • Wedyan Babatain, Min Sung Kim, Muhammad M. Hussain “From Droplets to Devices: Recent Advances in Liquid Metal Droplet Enabled Electronics” (Submitted)

  • Wedyan Babatain, Ulrich Buttner, Nazek El-Atab, Muhammad M. Hussain “Graphene and Liquid Metal Integrated Multi-Functional Wearable Platform for Human Machine Interfacing” ACS Nano, 2022 [Cover Article]

  • Wedyan Babatain, Nazek El-Atab, Muhammad M. Hussain “Graphene Coated Liquid Metal Droplet-Enabled Dual-Axis Integrated Accelerometer” Adv. Mater. Technol, 2022 [Cover Article]

  • Wedyan Babatain, Sumana Bhattacharjee, Aftab M. Hussain, Muhammad M. Hussain “Acceleration Sensors: Sensing Mechanisms, Emerging Fabrication Strategies, Materials, and Applications” ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2021 [Cover Article]

  • Wedyan Babatain, Abdulrahman Gumus, Irmandy Wicaksono, Ulrich Buttner, Nazek El-Atab, Mutee Ur Rehman, David Conchouso, Muhammad M. Hussain “Expandable Polymer Assisted Wearable Personalized Medicinal Platform” Adv. Mater. Technol, 2020 [Cover Article]

  • Wedyan Babatain, Rishabh B. Mishra, Lana Joharji, Huda Badghaish, Aftab M. Hussain, Muhammad M. Hussain “Tubular Accelerometer Based on Angular Variation Enabled Capacitive Sensing” (Submitted)

  • Yi Lu, Shibin Krishna, Xiao Tang, Wedyan Babatain, Mohamed Hassine, Che-Hao Liao, Na Xiao, Zhiyuan Liu, Xiaohang Li “Ultrasensitive Flexible κ-phase Ga2O3 Solar-blind Photodetector” CS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022

  • Xiao Tang, Yi Lu, Rongyu Lin, Che-Hao Liao, Yue Zhao, Kuang-Hui Li, Na Xiao, Wedyan Babatain, and Xiaohang Li “Flexible self-powered DUV photodetectors with high responsivity utilizing Ga2O3/NiO heterostructure on buffered Hastelloy substrates” Applied Physics Letters, 2023

  • Xiao Tang, Yue Zhao, Kuang-Hui Li, Dongxing Zheng, Chen Liu, Hendrik Faber, Wedyan Babatain, Jose Taboada, Che-Hao Liao, Na Xiao, Saravanan Yuvaraja, Shibin Krishna, Chuanju Wang, Mingtao Nong, Yubin Huang, Thomas Anthopoulos, Xixiang Zhang, and Xiaohang Li “ In-situ Growth of {-201} Fiber-textured β-Ga2O3 Semiconductor Tape for Flexible Thin-Film Transistor” (under review)

  • Rishabh B. Mishra, Fhad Al-Modaf, Wedyan Babatain, Aftab M. Hussain, Muhammad M. Hussain, Nazek El-Atab "Structural engineering approach for designing foil-based flexible capacitive pressure sensors"IEEE Sensors, 2022

  • Xiao Tang, Kuang-Hui Li, Yue Zhao, Yanxin Sui, Huili Liang, Zeng Liu, Che-Hao Liao, Wedyan Babatain, Rongyu Lin, Chuanju Wang, Yi Lu, Feras S Alqatari, Zengxia Mei, Weihua Tang, Xiaohang Li “Quasi-Epitaxial Growth of β-Ga2O3-Coated Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Tape for Flexible UV Photodetectors”  ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021

  • Mutee Ur Rehman, Wedyan  Babatain, Sohail Shaikh, David Conchouso, Nadeem Qaiser, Muhammad M. Hussain, Jhonathan Rojas “Stress concentration analysis and fabrication of silicon (100) based ultra-stretchable structures with parylene coating” Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2020

  • Nadeem Qaiser, Sherjeel Khan, Wedyan Babatain, Maha Nour, Lana Joharji, Sohail Shaikh, Nazek Elatab, Muhammad M. Hussain “A Thermal Microfluidic Actuator Based on a Novel Microheater” J. Micromech. Microeng,2023

  • Nazek El-Atab, Nadeem Qaiser, Wedyan Babatain, Rabab Bahabry, Rana Shamsuddin, and Muhammad M. Hussain “Nature-Inspired Spherical Silicon Solar Cell for Three-Dimensional Light Harvesting, Improved Dust and Thermal Management” MRS Communications, 2020.

  • Nazek El-Atab, Wedyan Babatain, Rabab Bahabry, Reem Alshanbari, Rana Shamsuddin and Muhammad M. Hussain “Ultra-flexible Corrugated Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells with High Efficiency (19%), Improved Thermal Performance and Reliability Using Low-Cost Laser-Patterning” ACS Appl. Mat. Int. 2019

  • Nazek El-Atab, Reema Almansour, Alhanouf Alhazzany, Reema Suwaidan, Yara Alghamdi, Wedyan Babatain, Sohail F. Shaikh, Sherjeel M. Khan, Nadeem Qaiser and Muhammad M. Hussain “Heterogeneous Cubic Multi-Dimensional Integrated Circuit (MD-IC) for Water and Food Security in Fish Farming Ponds” Small, 2019. 

I am currently taking the infamous “How to Make (Almost) Anything” digital fabrication class at MIT. You can follow my journey here