Dr. Amal El Ghazaly

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Amal El-Ghazaly joined Cornell University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in July 2019. His research work combines magnetism, ferroelectricity, and optics to create tunable, versatile electronic systems for telecommunications, sensing, and actuation. Prior to joining Cornell, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was awarded the University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2017. His postdoctoral research focused on ultrafast all-electrical switching of magnetic nanodots, which has implications for faster and more energy-efficient computer memories. He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 2016, funded by the NSF NDSEG graduate research fellowships. His dissertation research emphasized radio frequency devices utilizing magnetic and magnetoelectric thin-film composites for tunable wireless communications. He received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2011. Throughout his career, El-Ghazaly has been dedicated to various diversity initiatives in STEM, passionately advocating for the empowerment of minorities in higher education and fostering advancements in technology and science education.

Research Interests

Awards

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Michael Tien ’72 Excellence in Teaching Award

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Zellman Warhaft Faculty Commitment to Diversity Award

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Graduate Diversity & Inclusion Junior Faculty Champion Award

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Faculty Fellow Engaged Learning

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University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship

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National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

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National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Requirements for Cornell University

Master Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Listening
Required:15
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Architecture or related field
Application Checklist
  • Online application
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  • Academic Statement of Purpose
  • Personal Statement
  • Transcripts
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Resume/CV
Specialization Notes

Department of Architecture