Dr. Shawana Tabassum joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at UT Tyler in Fall 2020. She completed her postdoctoral training from Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, in 2020 and obtained her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University in 2018. Dr. Tabassum earned her Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2014.
Dr. Tabassum’s research is focused on sensors, micro/nano-optics, microfluidic devices, MEMS/NEMS, and their applications in sustainable agriculture and environment, plant sciences, and biomedicine.
Dr. Tabassum has been a recipient of several university-level, as well as national-level, awards.