Michael Jacobson, Ph.D., CEng

Michael Jacobson joined Northwestern after spending more than twenty years at three different universities in the United Arab Emirates, serving on the faculty and in administrative roles. He has taught courses related to physiological signals, electrical fundamentals, and control systems.

After completing his Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering at the University of Minnesota he supported pharmacology researchers while working at Data Sciences International. At the United Arab Emirates University, he researched instrumentation of physiological signals related to diabetes mellitus and earned a Ph.D. at Edinburgh Napier University, UK. Dr. Jacobson has produced more than a dozen publications and presentations.

Highlights and Awards

• Member of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Program Evaluator for the Engineering Academic Commission (EAC) of ABET (PEV)
• Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (SMIEEE)
• Member of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS)
• Member of the Christian Engineering Society (CES)
• 2011 Endowed Dean of Industrial Engineering Technology
• 2008 Best UAE University Interdisciplinary Research Award
• 2004 United Arab Emirates IT Educational Challenge, Best Teacher’s Project
• 1986 – 1988 Institute of Technology Corporate Fellow
• 1986 ETA KAPPA NU Electrical Engineering Honor Society
• 1986 TAU BETA PI Engineering Honor Society
• 1984 – 1985 Electrical Engineering Kodak Scholarship

Selected Publications

• Sultan A, Jacobson M, Adeghate E, Oulhaj A, Shafiullah M, Anwar Q, and Howarth FC, Effects of obesity and diabesity on heart rhythm in the Zucker rat, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, V48, N5, May 2021, p735-747.
• Salem KA, Jacobson M, Shafiullah M, Oz M, Adeghate E, and Howarth FC, Effects of Pioglitazone on the Electrocardiogram in the Goto-Kakizaki Type 2 Diabetic Rat Heart, Journal of Clinical and Experimental Research in Cardiology, V2, N3, May 2015.
• Howarth FC, Jacobson M, Shafiullah S, Ljubisavljevic M, Adeghate E, Heart Rate, Body Temperature and Physical Activity are Variously Affected During Insulin Treatment in Alloxan-Induced Type 1 Diabetic Rat, Physiological Research, 60:65-73, 2011.
• Howarth FC, Adeghate E, Jacobson M, Heart Rate and QT Interval in Streptozotocin-induced Diabetic Rat, Journal of Medical Sciences, 2:3, September 2009, p108-118.
• Howarth FC, Jacobson M, Qureshi MA, Shafiullah S, Hameed RS, Zilahi E, Al Haj A, Nowotny N, Adeghate E, Altered gene expression may underlie prolonged duration of the QT interval and ventricular action potential in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat heart, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, 328:1-2, August 2009, p57-65.
• Howarth FC, Jacobson M, Shafiullah M, Adeghate E, Long-term effects of type 2 diabetes mellitus on heart rhythm in the Goto-Kakizaki rat, Journal of Physiology and Experimental Physiology, 93:3, December 2007, p362-369.
• Jacobson M, Howarth FC, Adeghate E, Fatima-Shad K, Heart rate variability time analysis of the streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat, The Journal of Engineering Research, 4:1, January 2007, p64-68.
• Howarth FC, Jacobson M, Adeghate E, Shafiullah M, The effects of insulin treatment on heart rhythm, body temperature and physical activity in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 33:4, April 2006, p327-331.
• Rehman H, Jacobson M, Said R, Introducing design skills at freshman level: structured design experience, IEEE Transactions on Education, 49:2, May 2006.
• Howarth FC, Jacobson M, Adeghate E, Long-term effects of streptozotocin-induced diabetes on the electrocardiogram, physical activity and body temperature in rats, Journal of Physiology and Experimental Physiology, 90.6, October 2005, p827-835.
• Howarth FC, Jacobson M, Adeghate E, Short-term effects of streptozotocin-induced diabetes on heart rhythm, physical activity and body temperature in rats, Journal of Physiology and Experimental Physiology, 2005 90: 237-245.

Selected Presentations

• Francis C, Jacobson M, Math Assessment as an Indicator of Program Retention, 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, June 2022.
• Jacobson M, Howarth FC, ECG-Derived Respiration of the Streptozotocin-Diabetic Rat, Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Electrical and Computing Technologies and Applications (ICECTA), November 2017.
• Jacobson M, Designing Sustainable Academic Programs with Consideration of Industrial Requirements, Proceedings of the joint 8th IFEE2017 and 3rd TSDIC2017, Sharjah, UAE, April 2017.
• Jacobson M, Continuous Improvement of Engineering Technology Programs, 7th International Forum on Engineering Education (IFEE2015), March 2015.
• Homouz D, Abid ZE, Mohammad B, Jacobson M, Memristors for Digital, Memory and Neuromorphic Circuits, IEEE International Conference on Microelectronics, December 2013.

Classes Taught

• Biomedical Instrumentation and Devices
• Signals and Systems
• Embedded Systems
• Control Systems
• Electronic Devices
• Introduction to Electronics and Electric Circuits
• Differential Equation with Linear Algebra
• Introduction to Engineering