Khalil Moussi won in the Emerging Talents category with his pitch on Breaking the Wall of Coronary Artery Disease. Moussi designed a catheter delivery system with integrated microneedles, enabling localised delivery of therapeutics into targeted blood vessel walls, optimising the treatment for the deadliest disease in the world.
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
Khalil Moussi
KAUST
Khalil Moussi received a BS degree in Electromechanical Engineering in 2013 and an MS degree in Robotics in 2014 from the National Engineering School of Sfax, Tunisia. Khalil received the ‘Top Student’ award at the National Engineering School of Sfax, Tunisia, in 2013. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Khalil has strong leadership skills being a scout leader in Tunisia since 2012, and Vice-Chair of the IEEE-Chapter at KAUST (2017-2019).