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Hojr Sedaghat Pisheh

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Born:         September 12, 1983, Ahvaz 

·               M. Sc. Field and wave, Communications, Electrical Engineering.
The University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Sept. 2005 - May 2007 (Expected).
GPA: 18.1/20.
Research on: Design, simulation, optimization, fabrication, and measurement of some on-chip antennas using  silicon micromachining for  Millimeter-wave applications.

·               B. Sc. Communications, Electrical Engineering.
The University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Sept. 2001 - Sept. 2005.
GPA: 16/20.
Research on: Design, simulation and fabrication of  a millimeter-wave UWB antenna for wireless communication applications.

·               High School Diploma (Mathematics & Physics)
Ehsan High School, Tehran, Iran Sept. 1997 - July 2001.
GPA: 19/20.
 

Note: The University of Tehran is the earliest, largest, and highly prestigious university of Iran.

·                Design, simulation, optimization, fabrication, and test of millimeter-wave on-chip antennas.

·                Nanotube Antenna.

·                MEMS / MOEMS / RF MEMS and Silicon Micromachining.

·                Design, simulation, and Fabrication of microwave and millimeter-wave passive and active components and circuits "like MMIC (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit) or LTCC (Low Temperature Cofired Ceramic) multilayer circuits".

·                Photonic Crystals.

1-  H. Sedaghat Pisheh, Y. Komijany, M. Shahabadi, S. Mohajerzadeh and M.Araghchini, "Design, Simulation, and Fabrication of On-Chip Conical Spiral Antennas for Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communications", presented at The Joint 30^th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 13^th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, (IEEE CNF),  pp. 553 - 554, September 19-23, 2005,Williamsburg, Virginia USA.

2-  H. Sedaghat Pisheh, M. Shahabadi, Y. Komijany and S. Mohajerzadeh, "One-Sided Anchored Structures for the Realization of Conical Spiral Antennas", presented at The Second IASTED International Conference on Antennas, Radar, and Wave Propagation (ARP 2005), pp. 396-401, July 19-21, 2005, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

3-  H. Sedaghat Pisheh, Y. Komijany, M. Shahabadi, S. Mohajerzadeh and M.Araghchini, "Design, simulation, and fabrication of a novel multi-band miniaturized antenna for wireless communication applications", presented at The Joint 30^th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 13^th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, (IEEE CNF), pp. 551 - 552, September 19-23, 2005,Williamsburg, Virginia USA. 

4-   H. Sedaghat Pisheh, M. Shahabadi, and S. Mohajerzadeh,"Design, Simulation, and Fabrication of a Broad-Band On-Chip Antenna Fabricated Using Silicon Micromachining for Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communications", presented at the 36^th European Microwave Conference (EuMC 2006), (IEEE CNF), pp. 1446-1448 ,10 - 15 September, 2006, Manchester, UK.

5-   H. Sedaghat-Pisheh, Y. Abdi, S. Mohajerzadeh, J. Derakhshandeh, and A. Khodadadi, "PECVD-grown Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes suitable for inter-digital structures on (100) Si-based membranes", presented at the International Carbon 2006 Conference,16^th-21^st July, 2006, Aberdeen, Scotland.

6-   H. Sedaghat-Pisheh, H. Aliakbarian, Z. Safarian, M. Shahabadi, and C. Lucas, "Design, Simulation, and Optimization of an On-Chip Bow-Tie Slot Antenna Using Genetic Algorithm" presented at the 2006 IEEE AP-S Annual International Symposium / URSI National Radio Science Meeting, (IEEE CNF), July 9-14, 2006, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

7-  H. Sedaghat Pisheh, M. Shahabadi, S. Mohajerzadeh, and M. Rabbani, "Design, Simulation, and Fabrication of a Novel Floating Broad-Band CPW-Fed On-Chip Spiral Antenna Using Silicon Micromachining for Millimeter-Wave Applications", presented at The joint 31^st International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 14^th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, (IEEE CNF), September 18-22, 2006, Shanghai, China.

8-   H. Sedaghat Pisheh, M. Shahabadi, S. Mohajerzadeh, and M. Rabbani, "A Novel Cavity-Backed On-Chip Antenna for Millimeter-Wave Applications", presented at The joint 31^st International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 14^th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, (IEEE CNF), September 18-22, 2006, Shanghai, China.

9-   H. Sedaghat-Pisheh, M. Shahabadi, R. Faraji-Dana, F. Dadashi and R. Mohammadi-Baghaee, "Design, Simulation, and Optimization of a Novel Dual-Band Antenna for 2.4/5.2 WLAN Applications" presented at The 6^th Mediteranean Microwave Symposium, pp. 76-79, September 19-21, 2006, Genoa, Italy.

10-  H. Sedaghat-Pisheh, M. Shahabadi, S. Mohajerzadeh, "A Novel Floating Broad-Band CPW-Fed On-Chip Spiral Antenna for Millimeter-Wave Applications" accepted for The First European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2006), (IEEE CNF), 6 - 10 November 2006, Nice, France.

11-  H. Sedaghat-Pisheh, S. Mohajerzadeh, and M. Shahabadi, "Three-Dimensional On-Chip Conical Spiral Antennas on Video-Monitored Micromachined (100) Silicon Wafers" accepted fot The 2006 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC2006), (IEEE CNF), December 12-15,2006, Yokohama,Japan.

12-  H. Sedaghat-Pisheh, S. Mohajerzadeh, and Y. Abdi "Bulk micromachining of single-side polished (100) silicon wafers with in-situ video monitoring" submitted to Journal of ECS (ElectroChemical Society).

13- H. Sedaghat-Pisheh, M. Naghshi, J. Rashed-Mohassel, M. Shahabadi, H. Aliakbarian, and F. Razavi, “Genetic Algorithm Optimization of a CPW-fed On-Chip Slot Loop Antenna on Photonic Crystal Substrate Using Silicon Micromachining,” accepted for the 2007 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS 2007), (IEEE CNF), January 9-11, 2007, Long Beach, CA, USA.

14- H. Sedaghat-Pisheh, M. Naghshi, J. Rashed-Mohassel, M. Shahabadi, and H. Aliakbarian, “Optimization of a Square-Shaped CPW-Fed On-Chip Antenna on Photonic Crystal Substrate Using Genetic Algorithm,” submitted to Microwave and Optical Technology Letters.

15-  Y. Komijany, H. Sedaghat Pisheh,  M. Shahabadi, H. Hosseinzadegan,Y. Abdi  S. Mohajerzadeh and M.Araghchini, "Design and Fabrication of an Infrared Planar Reflector Using Carbon Nanotubes", presented at The Joint 30^th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 13^th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, (IEEE CNF), in proc. pp. 111 - 112, September 19-23, 2005,Williamsburg, Virginia USA. 

16- Y. Komijany, H. Sedaghat Pisheh,  M. Shahabadi, S. Mohajerzadeh and M.Araghchini, "Design, Fabrication and Characterization of a two Dimensional Photonic Crystal by Deep Vertical Etching of Polyethylene", presented at The Joint 30^th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 13^th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics, (IEEE CNF), in proc. pp. 109 - 110, September 19-23, 2005,Williamsburg, Virginia USA.

17-  H. Sedaghat Pisheh and  H. Hosseinzadegan, “Application of Encapsulated PECVD-grown Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes in Novel Gated Field-Emission Device Fabrication and Nanolithography” presented at The 1^st Annual Symposium of ECE Young Researchers, 2^nd March 2005, ECE Dept., Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tehran, Iran.

·                Experience in microcontroller programming (MCS-51 series).

·                Design and Implementation of wireless Line Tracker Robot, summer 2003.
 

July 2004 - present                 Research assistant, Thin Film Lab., University of Tehran

Advisor: Prof. S. Mohajerzadeh

·                Fabrication of some on-chip antennas for millimeter-wave applications.

·                Experience in (100) Silicon Bulk Micromachining.

·                Fabrication of a millimeter-wave UWB on chip antenna.

·                Fabrication of a novel microwave antenna (Star Antenna).

·                Design a nano antenna with CNT (Carbon Nanotube).

·                Experience in fabrication of GHz planar and 3D antennas.

·                Experience in standard lithography process.

·                Working with E-beam, sputtering, etching, diffusion and PECVD systems.

·                Familiarity with Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (RF MEMS).

·                Familiarity with LTCC in fabrication of multilayer circuits.

·                Familiarity with CNT (Carbon Nanotube).

·                Familiarity with Microwave and millimeter-wave passive and active components and circuits.

·                Familiarity with clean room processes and equipment.

·                Design and some Implementation of oxidation and diffusion furnace for thin film laboratory. 

·                Design and Implementation of "(100) Silicon Bulk Micromachining" Setup for thin film laboratory. 

·                Designer and administrator of Thin Film Lab  site.

Nov 2004 - present                 Research assistant, Photonics and Microwave Research Lab., University of Tehran

Advisor: Prof. M. Shahabadi

·                Design, simulation, and optimization of some on-chip antennas  for  millimeter-wave applications.

·                Design and simulation of a millimeter-wave UWB on chip antenna.

·                Design and simulation of a novel microwave antenna (Star Antenna).

·                Familiarity with Photonic crystals.

·                Familiar with network analyzer HP8510C.

Jan 2005 - present                 Research assistant, Antenna Lab., University of Tehran

Advisor: Prof. F. Arazm

·                Measurement of some on-chip antennas for millimeter-wave applications.

·                Measurement of a novel microwave antenna (Star Antenna).

·                Designer and administrator of Antenna Lab site.

·                Electronics I, Teaching Assistantship, Theory course, University of Tehran, Spring ‏2004.

·                Electronics I, Teaching Assistantship, Theory course, University of Tehran, Fall ‏2004.

·                Electronics I, Teaching Assistantship, Theory course, University of Tehran, Spring ‏2005.

·                Antenna I, Teaching Assistantship, Theory course, University of Tehran, Spring ‏2006.

·                Antenna Lab, Teaching Assistantship, University of Tehran, Spring ‏2006.

·               Microwave Engineering I, Teaching Assistantship, University of Tehran, Fall ‏2006.
 

·                MATLAB: (SIMULINK, M-file programming and S-functions).

·                Simulation software: (HFSS, Finite Element based software by Ansoft, ADS/ Momentum, Advanced design systems software by Agilent, CST Microwave Studio, IE3D, HSPICE/ PSPICE/ ORCAD, MaxPlus, Quartus).

·                Programming Languages: (C/C++ , Assembly Language, HTML, Verilog).

·                Operating Systems, and Microsoft Office: (Microsoft Windows 98/2000/NT, MS-DOS, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, FrontPage).

·                Graphic and Web development tools (FrontPage, Macromedia Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Macromedia FreeHand).
 

·                Best young researcher in the first annual symposium, Electrical and Computer Eng. Dept., the University of Tehran.

·                Entered University of Tehran, Sep. 2001 (Ranked 219 among more than 400,000 applicants in National Universities Entrance Exam).

Professor Yahya Rahmat-Samii and I in The Second IASTED International Conference on Antennas, Radar, and Wave Propagation (ARP 2005), July  20, 2005, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

•       Student member, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).

•      Reviewer and Session Chair for 9^th SCEE Conference, Tehran, September, 2006.

·       Participant in the Second IASTED International Conference on Antennas, Radar, and Wave Propagation (ARP2005), July 19 – 21, 2005, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

·       Participant in the 36^th European Microwave Conference (EuMC 2006), September 10 - 15, 2006, Manchester, UK.

·       Participant in the 6^th Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS 2006), September 19-21, 2006, Genoa, Italy.

·       Participant in Agilent workshop, “Maximize Your Signal Source Performance and Measurement Accuracy”, September 12, 2006, Manchester, UK.

·       Participant in the Educational Seminar on SIMULINK / MATLAB, Nov. 2002, Sharif University of   Technology, Tehran, Iran.

·       Participant in the short course for microcontroller programming (MCS-51 series) in Kahroba-Tarasheh company, summer 2002, Tehran, Iran.

·       Participant in the Third National Robocop contest, Dec. 2002, ECE Dept., University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

·       Executive Committee member of the first Iranian Seminar of Control Engineering, Dec. 2002, ECE Dept., University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

·       Participant in the workshop of "PLC (Programmable Logic Controller)", Dec. 2002, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

·       Participant in the Seminar of “Electronic Week”, Nov. 2003, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

·       Participant in the workshop on "Quick Start with MATLAB/SIMULINK Using Communications Block-set", Jan. 2003, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

·       Participant in the Seminar of “Broadband Communications & DVB Seminar”, Oct. 2004, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

·       Participant in the workshop on "Nano Electronic Devices", Aug. 2005, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

·       Leader of electrical engineering student (entrance year: 2001) for 2 years (one of three leaders).

·       Leader of electrical engineering student (entrance year: 2001) in Kashan Trip (one of two leaders).

·       Leader of electrical engineering student (entrance year: 2001) in one-day Trip (mountain climbing-Tochal).

·       Leader of electrical engineering student (entrance year: 2001) for some celebrations.

·       Cooperate with students for the celebration of 70th anniversary of the Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tehran.

·       Participant in the workshop of "MEC (More Effective Communications)" held in Apr. 2005, University of Tehran, Tehran , Iran.

·       Swimming, football, volleyball, mountain climbing (Especially Tochal), hiking, driving.

·       Trips with university tours.

·       Movies, music, playing Setar (one of the most famous traditional Iranian music instruments), reading poets and Persian literature.

§   Prof. S. Mohajerzadeh, (my Supervisor), Associate Professor, University of Tehran.

   Email: smohajer@sun1.vlsi.uwaterloo.ca

§   Prof. M. Shahabadi, (my Supervisor), Associate Professor, University of Tehran.

   Email:Shahabad@ut.ac.ir

§   Prof. S. Nader-Esfahani, Professor, University of Tehran.

   Email: Nader@ut.ac.ir

§   Prof. J. Rashed-Mohassel, Professor, University of Tehran.

   Email: Jrashed@ut.ac.ir

§   Prof. M. Kamarei, Professor, University of Tehran.

   Email: Kamarei@ut.ac.ir.

§   Prof. C. Lucas, Professor, University of Tehran.

   Email: Lucas@ipm.ir.

§   Prof. F. Arazm, Associate Professor, University of Tehran.

   Email: Farazm@ut.ac.ir

§   Prof. R. Faraji-Dana, Associate Professor, University of Tehran.

   Email: Reza@ut.ac.ir

§   Prof. B. Forouzandeh, Assistant Professor, University of Tehran.

   Email: Bforooz@ut.ac.ir