Maher Kayal

Maher Kayal received M.S. and Ph.D degrees in electrical engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) in 1983 and 1989 respectively. He has been with the Electronics laboratories of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) since 1990, where he is currently a professor and director of the “Energy Management and Sustainability" section. He has published many scientific papers, coauthor of three text books dedicated to mixed-mode CMOS design and he holds eleven patents. His technical contributions have been in the area of analog and Mixed-signal circuits design including highly linear and tunable sensors microsystems, signal processing and green energy management.  Prizes and Honors :  • Electronics Letters journal Premium Award 2013, • Outstanding Paper Award? IEEE Mixdes 2013 • Basil Papadias paper Award, IEEE Powertech 2013 • Best Paper Awards, Mixdes 2013 • Best Paper Awards, ICCAS 2012 • Outstanding Paper Award- IEEE Mixdes 2012. • Poland Section IEEE ED Chapter special award in 2011. • Credit Suisse Award for Best Teaching- 2009. • The William M. Portnoy Award at the Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition , California Sept 2009. • Best Paper Award - IEEE-Mixdes 2009. • High Quality Paper - IEEE Power Tech Conference June 2009. • Best Paper Award - IEEE-Mixdes 2007. • Best Paper Award - IEEE-TTTC International Conference on Automation, Quality and Testing, Robotics - 2006. • Best Application Specific Integrated Circuit at the International European Design and Test Conference ED&TC - 1997. • Ascom Award for the Best Work in Telecommunication Fields – 1990. Publications Books. Books:  • Methodology for the Digital Calibration of Analog Circuits and Systems, Marc Pastre & Maher Kayal. Springer Publisher- (ISBN 1-4020-4252-3)-2006. • Structured Analog CMOS Design, Danica Stefanovic & Maher Kayal. Springer Publisher-(ISBN 978-1-4020-8572-7)-2008. • Linear CMOS RF Amplifiers for Wireless Applications, Maher Kayal, Springer Publisher. (ISBN 978-90-481-9360-8)-2010. • Coeditor of Microelectronics Education Kluwer Academic Publishers. (ISBN 1-4020-2072-4). -2004.