Design Electrical

Siamak Ebadi

Postdoctoral Research Associate,

Chapter Chair for IEEE Antennas and Propagations (AP) and

Microwave Theory and Technique (MTT) Societies, Orlando Section.

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,

University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando, Florida, USA.

Email: abg2q7@r.postjobfree.com, Cell Phone: 407-***-****

Antenna Design and Measurement Experiences

Design, simulation, fabrication and measurement of various antennas for different in-

2003-now (8 years)

dustrial applications

- Working with various antenna simulation software packages.

- Dealing with fabrication phase and refining the design based on practical considerations.

- Performing all required antenna measurements using VNA, PNA and antenna chambers

(Near field and far field).

Education and Academic Experiences

Antenna, RF and Microwave Integrated (ARMI) Systems Lab.,

Postdoctoral

Associate

University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando, Fl, USA

Since 2010

Wireless sensors, Ceramic Material Characterization, Reflecarray Antennas, Flexible and

Conformal Antennas and Tunable Ferroelectric and BST Technology.

Duties:

Leading a group of 5 PhD students doing research on various antenna and RF topics.

Involved in working on projects and writing proposals for various US government agencies

such as NSF, DOE and NASA.

Supervised by: Prof. Xun Gong

Microwave Engineering Lab (MEL),

PhD Sabbatical

2008 – 2009

University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

MEMS-based millimeter-wave Reflectarray Antennas for Imaging Applications.

Duties: Designing novel high-performance antennas for European Space Agency projects.

Supervised by: Prof. Roberto Sorrentino

Electrical engineering, Telecommunications, Fields and waves

PhD

Tarbiat Modares University (T.M.U.), Tehran, Iran.

2005-2009

Thesis Title:

“Study of Annular Waveguide Slot Antennas (AWSA) applicable to

circular boundary array antennas”.

Supervised by: Prof. Keyvan Forooraghi.

M.S. Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications

Tarbiat Modares University (T.M.U.), Tehran, Iran.

2003-2005

Thesis title:

Design, synthesis and optimization of array antennas by GA and Pattern Search algorithms.

Supervised by: Prof. Keyvan Forooraghi

Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications

B.S.

K. N. Toosi University of Technology (K.N.T.U.), Tehran, Iran.

1999 – 2003

Thesis title: Design and fabrication of a FSK based Power Line Carrier (P.L.C.) Link.

Supervised by: Prof. Kamal Mohaamed Poor

Computer Skills

RF Simulations: Programming: Mechanical Tools:

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Ansoft HFSS, CST Microwave Studio MATLAB AutoCAD, Solid Works

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

REVIEWER FOR

IEEE Transaction on Microwave Theory and Techniques

PIER and JEMWA journals

Professional Activities

Member Since 2005

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); AP & MTT societies

Chapter chair for AP and MTT societies in Orlando

Organizing committee member of 2013 APS URSI symposium in Orlando

Publications

BOOK CHAPTERS

S. Ebadi and K. Forooraghi "Novel Polarization Agile Annular Waveguide Slot Antennas" in "Microwave and Millimeter Wave

2010

Technologies", edited by Igor Minin, In-Tech Co., March 2010, Austria.

JOURNAL PAPERS

X. Ren, S. Ebadi, Y. Chen, L. An and X. Gong “High-Temperature Characterization of Ceramic Materials at Microwave Fre-

2011 [1]

quencies for Wireless Sensor Applications”, IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques. submitted

H. Cheng, S. Ebadi, and X. Gong, “A Compact Wireless Passive Temperature Sensor Using a Resonator/Antenna Integration Up

[2]

to 1000 C,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letter, submitted

J. Luther, S. Ebadi, and X. Gong “A Microstrip Patch Electrically Steerable Parasitic Array Radiator (ESPAR) Antenna with

[3]

Reactance-Tuned Coupling and Maintained Resonance” IEEE trans. on Antennas and Propagation, submitted

D. Oloumi, S. Ebadi, A. Kordzadeh, A. Semnani, and X. Gong “Unit Cell of Reflectarray Antenna Design Using Fractal-Shaped

[4]

Patch-Slot Elements,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, submitted.

S. Ebadi and K. Forooraghi, “Green’s function derivation of an annular waveguide for application in method of moment analysis

2009 [5]

of annular waveguide slot antennas," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, PIER 89, 101-119, 2009.

S. Ebadi and K. Forooraghi, “Comparative study of annular and rectangular waveguides for application in annular waveguide

2008 [6]

slot antennas," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Vol. 22, 2217–2230, 2008.

S. Ebadi and K. Forooraghi, "An annular waveguide slot antenna," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL),

2007 [7]

Volume 6, Issue 99, 2007.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

K. Kartani, S. Ebadi, and X. Gong “Effects of Inter-Element Spacing on Mutual Coupling and Resonant Properties in Reflectar-

2011 [8]

ray Unit Cell Design”, The 2012 IEEE radio and wireless symposium (RWS2012), Jan. 2012, Santa Clara, California, USA.

(Submitted)

J. Luther, S. Ebadi, and X. Gong “Two and Three element Electronically Steerable Parasitic Array Radiator (ESPAR) Antenna

[9]

with Reactance-Tuned Coupling and Maintained Resonance”, The 2012 IEEE radio and wireless symposium (RWS2012), Jan.

2012, Santa Clara, California, USA. (Submitted)

[10] Y. Shen, S. Ebadi, and X. Gong “Tunable Reflectarray Unit Cell Element Using BST Technology”, The 2012 IEEE radio and

wireless symposium (RWS2012), Jan. 2012, Santa Clara, California, USA. (Submitted)

[11] K. Kartani, S. Ebadi, and X. Gong “Effect of substrate thickness on Ka-band reflectarray unit cell”, The 2011 IEEE Internation-

al Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, July 3-8, 2011, Spokane, Wash-

ington, USA.

[12] X. Ren, S. Ebadi, H. Cheng, and X. Gong “A novel wireless temperature sensing mechanism”, The 2011 IEEE International

Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, July 3-8, 2011, Spokane, Washing-

ton, USA.

[13] H. Cheng, S. Ebadi, X. Ren, and X. Gong “A novel wireless sensing mechanism based on the integration of a resonator and a

slot antenna”, The 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science

Meeting, July 3-8, 2011, Spokane, Washington, USA.

[14] X. Ren, S. Ebadi, Y. Chen, L. An and X. Gong “High-Temperature Characterization of Ceramic Materials at Microwave Fre-

quencies for Wireless Sensor Applications”, 12th annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology (WAMI) Conference, April

18 &19, 2011, Clearwater, Florida.

[15] S. Ebadi, R. Vincenti Gatti, L. Marcaccioli and R. Sorrentino “Near Field Focusing in Large Reflectarray Antennas Using 1-bit

2009

Digital Phase Shifters,” 39th European Microwave Conference, Rome, Italy, September 2009.

[16] R. Vincenti Gatti, S. Ebadi and R. Sorrentino “Scattering matrix approach to the design of infinite planar reflectarray antennas,”

39th European Microwave Conference, Rome, Italy, September 2009.

[17] S. Ebadi, R. Vincenti Gatti and Roberto Sorrentino “Linear Reflectarray Antenna Design Using 1-bit Digital Phase Shifters,”

Third European Conference on Ant. and Prop., 2009. EuCAP 2009, Berlin, Germany, 23-27 March 2009.

[18] S. Ebadi and K. Forooraghi, " Linear and Circular Polarization Agility in Annular Waveguide Slot Antennas (AWSA)," The

2009 IEEE radio and wireless symposium (RWS2009), San Diego, CA, USA, 2009.

th

[19] S. Ebadi and K. Forooraghi, "Polarization agility in annular waveguide slot antenna arrays," The 20 Asia-Pacific Microwave

2008

Conf. (APMC 2008), Hong Kong, China, 2008.

[20] S. Ebadi, K. Forooraghi, “Annular Waveguide Analysis for Application in Annular Waveguide Slot Antennas (AWSA),” 38th

European Microwave Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 27-31 October 2008.

[21] S. Ebadi and K. Forooraghi, "Waveguide Design Considerations in Annular Waveguide Slot Antennas (AWSA)," 2008 IEEE

Symp. on Ant. and Prop. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, USA, July 2008.

[22] S. Ebadi and K. Forooraghi, "A Novel Algorithm for Mutual Coupling Compensation in Infinite Array Antennas by Near-Field

2007

Exploration of a Single Element Using FDTD," The 19th Asia-Pacific Microwave Conf., Bangkok, Thailand, Dec., 2007.

[23] S. Ebadi, K. Forooraghi, “Pattern Scanning in Low Sidelobe Level Phased Array Antennas Using Pattern Search Algorithms,”

37th European Microwave Conference, Munich, 9-12 October 2007.

[24] Z. Vahidpoor, S. Ebadi and Z. Atlasbaf, "A Narrow Beam Low SLL Planar Phased Array Antenna Design Using Pattern Search

Algorithm," 2007 IEEE Symp. on Ant. and Prop. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Honolulu, USA, 2007.

[25] Nazarpour, S. Ebadi and S. Sanei, "Fetal Electrocardiogram Signal Modeling Using Genetic Algorithm," IEEE International

Workshop on medical measurements and applications, IEEE MeMeA 2007, Warsaw – Poland, May 4-5, 2007.

[26] S. Ebadi, N. Amiri, K. Forooraghi, “Sidelobe Level Reduction of BTS Array Antennas Using Genetic Based Element Position-

2006

ing,” 2006 IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, Princeton, NJ, USA, March 2006.

[27] S. Ebadi, K. Forooraghi, S. A. Sattarzadeh, “Optimum Low SLL Phased Array Antenna Design Using Pattern Search Algo-

2005

rithms” 2005 IEEE Symp. on Ant. and Prop., Washington DC, USA, July 2005.

[28] S. Ebadi, N. Amiri, K. Forooraghi, “Element Positioning Applied to a Low Sidelobe Level GSM Base Station Array Antenna

Design Using Genetic Algorithm” IEEE 2005 MAPE Symposium, Beijing, China, August 8-12, 2005.

[29] S. Ebadi, N. Amiri, K. Forooraghi, “A Low Sidelobe Level Non-equispaced Microstrip Array Antenna Design for BTS Applica-

tion Using GA” IEEE 2005 MAPE Symposium, 2005, Beijing, China, August 8-12, 2005.

[30] S. Ebadi, K. Forooraghi, S. A. Sattarzadeh, “A Comparison Between Pattern Search and GA Applied to Low Sidelobe Level

Phased Array Antenna Design” Loughborough Antenna And Prop. Conference, LAPC2005, Loughborough, UK, April 2005.

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