Arooj Akbar recently received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. Her Ph.D. research work at the Applied Superconductivity Group, EPFL, has been patented and is a breakthrough in the health monitoring of superconducting applications. Her Ph.D. focuses on fast hotspot detection in superconducting applications using fiber optic sensors and machine learning. Her technique can help overcome the reliability issue of superconducting power applications which are in increasing demand due to climate change and changing energy trends.