Hoda Farhat

Hoda’s work introduced a pair of earrings that are composed of antenna arrays operating within the millimeter-wave range, particularly at V-Band between (57.24 GHz – 64.8 GHz). The increased directivity of antenna arrays results in a narrow radiation beam that increases the targeting ability of glucose monitoring. By directing the radiated electromagnetic wave from one earring, acting as the transmitter, to a second earring, acting as the receiver, the glucose variations can be continuously monitored across the veins and arteries of the patient’s neck. 

What makes this design unique is its ability to continuously sense glucose variation in blood at a distance and in a contactless manner. The developed earrings leverage electromagnetic waves transmitted across the jugular veins of a patient to be received on the other side. The interaction between the transmitted signal and the blood stream enables using data analytics to correlate such interactions with glucose variations.