Dr. Arsalan is currently working as NASA postdoctoral research associate at Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Maine. Additionally he is the associate director of WiSeNet (Wireless Sensor Networks) lab. Currently he is involved in several multidisciplinary projects including wireless shape monitoring of inflatable space structures with NASA, novel actigraphy techniques for early diagnosis of traumatic brain injury with DoD, and ultrasonic leak detection system-on-chip design for inflatable space structures with NASA.   He completed his M.A.Sc. in low power VLSI design, and Ph.D. in Wireless Sensors from Department of Electronics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada in the year 2004 and 2009 respectively. His research interests includes bio-sensors, Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), low power CMOS, Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits (RFICs), and mixed signal IC design for biomedical and wireless applications. He is an expert in system level integration. His research for the development of a first-of-its-kind wireless dosimeter won the national award at Canadian Microelectronics Corporation TEXPO in 2007. He has designed inovative wireless radiation sensors which are highly sensitive, very low power, immune to the environmental and process variations, and for the first time have signal processing electronics integrated on the same chip.  The technology he co-developed for the wireless sensor platform to increase battery life won the EuWiT 2008 Best Paper Award at European Microwave Week  and has sparked interest of media and companies from around the world. Dr. Arsalan was the session chair of electron devices for IEEE INMIC in 2004. He was an invited researcher at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan in 2004. He has authored over 15 international publications. To recognize his extraordinary contributions for the research and development  he was awarded  the Ottawa Centre of Research and Innovation's (OCRI) Researcher of the Year title for the year 2008-09. His entrepreneurial and interpersonal skills are evident from the series of awards and competitions he won, the latest in the series being the Enterprize Canada 2009 National Business Plan Competition.

Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC), Strategic Microelectronic Council's (SMC) Industrial Collaboration Award at Canadian Microelectronics Corporation (CMC) Texpo 2007 held at Crown Plaza Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada