Prof. Maryam Ravan completed her Ph.D. studies in Electrical Engineering at the Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), and has been awarded a DND/NSERC Research Partnership Grant with Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC) and Raytheon Canada Ltd, MITACS Internship with St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton, Canada, and NSERC Engage Grant with Raytheon Canada Ltd. She has published over 50 papers in various journals and serves as a Senior Member of IEEE. Her research interests include biomedical signal and image processing, statistical analysis, machine learning, microwave holography, radar systems, and space-time adaptive beamforming, and nondestructive testing.