Shaya Famini

s.fam@ece.ut.ac.ir

M.Sc. (Electrical Engineering - Electromagnetics, Fields and Waves)

University of Tehran, Tehran, IRAN, fall 2003 to date.

Not graduated yet;

Area of Research: Simulation and fabrication of a novel 3D RF integrated inductor.

B.Sc. (Electrical Engineering-Communications)

University of Tehran, Tehran, IRAN, 1999-2003

Graduated with GPA 18.44/20.00.

Project: Derivation of a closed form for complex-time arguments in the broad band Green’s function of double layered structures using complex image method.

                - First rank among graduates of Communications in 2003.

- Second rank of the highest total GPA in the Engineering Faculty, University of Tehran, in 2003.

July 2002-to date       Research assistant, Thin Film Lab., University of Tehran

-          Deriving scattering parameters of 3D RF integrated inductors by means of electromagnetic FEM simulation.

-          Working on fabrication of integrated planar passive RF inductors on insulator membranes.

-          Working on fabrication of floating fused-silica bridges to enhance the Q-factor of inductors.

-          Studying and practicing the alkali and acidic-based micromachining of silicon wafers.

-          Developing a novel technique for exclusively-wet anisotropic etching of <111> silicon wafers.

-          Practicing the recently-established UV-assisted vertical etching of PET in order to fabricate novel vertical structures of passive RF inductors.

-          Studying the effect of UV-illumination on vertical etching of silicon.

-          Assisting in a project on fabrication and characterization of SnO₂-based gas sensors.

April - Aug. 2003         Research assistant, ECE Department, University of Tehran

-          Deriving a closed form for complex-time arguments of different excitations in the broad band Green’s function of double layered structures using complex image method.

Spring 2003-to date   Teaching assistant, ECE Department, University of Tehran

-          Communication Circuits, for two consecutive terms.

Fall 2003                      Teaching assistant, ECE Department, University of Tehran

                                    -     Electromagnetics

1.       S. Famini, B. Sadeghi_Makki, S. Mohajerzadeh, B. Falah, M. Sadeghi, "Micro mold fabrication in PET substrates suitable for vertical 3D structures", accepted for poster presentation in EuroSensors 2004 Conference, August 2004.

2.       B. Esfandyarpour, S. Mohajerzadeh, S. Famini, A. Khodadadi and E. Asl Soleimani, “High sensitivity Pt-doped SnO₂ gas sensors fabricated using Sol-Gel solution on micromachined <100> Si substrates”, accepted for publication in Sensors and Actuators.

3.       S. Famini, B. Esfandyarpour, S. Mohajerzadeh and B. Hekmatshoar, “Novel exclusively-wet anisotropic etching of <111> silicon wafers”, to be submitted to Applied Physics Letters.

4.        B. Esfandyarpour, S. Mohajerzadeh, S. Famini, A. Khodadadi and E. Asl Soleimani, “Pt-doped Tin-oxide gas sensors using a Sol-Gel solution on Si substrates”, presented at European Material Research Society, Strasburg, France, June 2003.