Bio

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Email: fatima.mahalian@utah.edu
Office Location: U758

"Dr. Fatemeh Koohestan Mahalian received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Utah, and her research interests are in spiking neural networks and machine learning. She is currently an assistant professor (Lecturer) with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of the University of Utah Asia Campus and has received the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards of the ECE department and the College of Engineering. Before going to the U.S., she received her B.Eng. degree in Electronic Information Engineering in Beijing, and while being in China, she studied the Chinese language and East Asian cultures. Fatemeh loves to study different cultures and has lived and worked in 5 countries (South Korea, the U.S., China, Turkey, and Iran) and 17 cities. Apart from her background in teaching, engineering, and languages, Dr. Mahalian has also experience in business, multinational collaborations, and entrepreneurship."