Dr. Aziza I. Hussein received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Kansas State University, USA in 2001 and the M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees from Assiut University, Egypt in 1989 and 1983, respectively.
She joined Effat University in Saudi Arabia In 2004 and established the first Electrical and Computer Engineering program for women in the country and taught related courses. She was the head of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Effat University from 2007-2010. She was the head of Computer and Systems Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Egypt from 2011-2016. She was a professor and chair of the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department and director of the Master of Energy program at Effat University Saudi Arabia from 2016-2021. Currently she is a professor and researcher at the same department.
Her research interests include microelectronics, analog/digital VLSI system design, RF circuit design, high-speed analog-to-digital converters design, and wireless communications systems design.
