Amer Chlaihawi

a photo of Mr. Amer Chlaihaw. Mr. Chaihawi is currently a doctoral student in the department of Electrical Engineering.

Mr. Amer Chlaihawi is a doctoral student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and one of seven students who presented their research at the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology (EIT). The conference was sponsored by Northern Illinois University, in DeKalb, Illinois, and took place on May 21 to May 23. The IEEE's core purpose is to "foster technological innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity." Its vision expresses its essential connectedness "to the global technical community and to technical professionals everywhere" as well as its commitment to being "universally recognized for the contributions of technology and of technical professionals in improving global conditions."

Bio: Amer A. Chlaihawi
Professor: Dr. Massood Zandi Atashbar
Department: Electrical Engineering
The title of the Presentation: Screen Printed MWCNT/PDMS Based Dry Electrode Sensor for Electrocardiogram (ECG) Measurements Network Using Combination Relay And ANN.

Abstract: This paper presents the design, fabrication and testing of a novel printed and flexible dry electrode sensor using multi- walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT)/ polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composite for monitoring electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. The sensor was fabricated by screen printing silver (Ag) ink on flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sheet, followed by bar coating of MWCNT/PDMS. This sensor can be comfortably attached on human skin and hence has a better sensor-skin contact interface, without the use of wet gels or any skin preparation. Moreover, it does not cause skin irritations or allergic reactions. The capability of the fabricated device to be used as an ECG sensor was investigated by measuring the skin impedance. When the response of the sensor was analyzed, it was observed that the measured ECG signals demonstrated better performance, in terms of signal intensity and correlation, when compared to the traditional wet ECG electrodes.