Researcher

FARID MIRHOSSEINI

Telecommunications Engineer

** ****** **., *** **** Hall, Fredericton, NB

E-mail: *****.***********@*****.***, *****.***********@***.**, Tel: 506-***-****

SUMMARY OF SKILLS

Telecommunication Engineer with more than 10 years of experience in research, education management, leadership, and developing components.

Received a PhD degree with honors, and possess a sound understanding of the fundamental concepts in Theoretical and Applied Electromagnetics, Electromagnetic Scattering, Computational Electromagnetics (Structured and Object-Oriented Programming),, Plasma Physics, plasma Simulation Methods, Plasma Experimental Methods, Phased Array Antenna Design, Radar Signal Processing, Metamaterials and Artificial Structures, Material Parameter Retrieval, Integrated Optics, Optoelectronics, Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Microwave Photonics, Microwave/Millimeter Wave Integrated Circuits, Quantum Mechanics, Stochastic Signal Processing and Digital Signal Processing.

Working as a research assistant and a team member of plasma radar cross section project funded by DND/NSERC.

Eager to learn and adapt to new environments and projects including research and education, and interested in continuing my research in electromagnetics, plasma physics and plasma applications, metamaterials and cloaking.

EDUCATION

University of New Brunswick 2016

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering (Electromagnetics)

Graduated with honors

Recipient of NSERC/DND Research Fund in 2012

Thesis title: “Plasma and Dielectric Barrier Discharge Actuator Radar Cross Section”

Passed courses: Advanced Microwave Engineering, Advanced Antenna Design, Advanced Digital Circuit Design, Artificial Neural Networks, Quantum Mechanics II, Advanced Physical Chemistry.

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Aug. 2001

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunication Systems)

Thesis title: “Design and Fabrication of Relief Surface Diffraction Gratings”

Passed courses: Digital Signal Processing, Random Processes, Advanced Telecommunications Theory, Advanced Electromagnetics, Advanced Antenna Design, Wireless Communication Systems, Image Processing, Designing High Frequency Electronic Circuits, Optical Telecommunications Systems, Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Photonic Crystals, Stochastic and Array Signal Processing, Artificial Neural Networks.

Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) Sep. 1998

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunication Engineering)

Thesis title: “Design and Fabrication of Signal Generator using PC and Assembly Programming”

HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB May 2011-present

Research and Teaching Assistant

Proposing and using a new method for plasma electron density measurement.

Research assistant for plasma radar cross section project funded by DRDC.

Working as a team member in a team of more than 10 researchers and improving problem solving skills.

Teaching assistant for 10 courses (Microwave Engineering, Electromagnetics I and II, Electronics I and II, Computer Organization, Haptics and Electrical Machines)

Aerospace Center of Defense Ministry of Iran Oct. 2002-Jan. 2006

Research Engineer

Navigation board design and fabrication.

Estimation and prediction of missile trajectories using mathematical models and digital signal processing.

Phased array antenna and RF/Microwave integrated circuit design for radar system including multilayer PCB design.

FPGA programming in order to improve stability and accuracy.

Atmospheric microwave and millimeter wave propagation modelling.

Isfahan Optics Industry Jan. 2000- Sep. 2002

Researcher

A team member for the national project of Optical Filters conducted by Telecommunication Ministry of Iran.

Design, simulation and fabrication of multilayer integrated narrowband optical filters.

Writing chapter ten of Integrated Optics book titled Optical Filters prepared as a technical report for the Telecommunication Ministry of Iran.

Experience with different aspects of working in signal processing and photonic laboratory.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ericsson Company, Tehran, Iran Apr. 2008- Mar. 2011

RND-TND Team Leader

The Supervising and the leadership of radio network design and optimization team for mobile communication network in three provinces.

Having a record of 31 mobile site installations per month in the country and increasing the company revenue by 47%.

Nominal planning and design of radio and transmission network using theoretical models and simulations of radio propagation.

Site location finding, site survey and acquisition, evaluation of new sites, and site installation.

Initial and final field performance measurement including KPI/RVT testing and drive test using team resources.

Working under pressure individually and as a member team to achieve target points defined by the project manager for Ericsson.

Ericsson Company, Tehran, Iran Jan. 2006 – Mar. 2008

Technical Instructor (Company Trainer)

Selling professional courses to the mobile operators, oil companies and some other small sub-contractor companies totally worth 5.5 million$ in two years and improving the company revenue by 55% in this section.

Teaching students and/or company employees based on a predefined plan and the designing of course schedules and/or packages for the customers.

Giving advice to the company training center to improve, optimize and develop course materials for customers’ needs.

Providing consultation services to mobile network operators, government, and other organizations or businesses.

Serving on committees concerned with matters such as budgets, curriculum revision, and course and diploma requirements.

CERTIFICATES and UPGRADING COURSES

Presentation Skills 2013

Certified by Ericsson Company in numerous courses of cellular network design and implementation including Radio Network Planning Workshop, Radio Network Tuning, Radio Network Optimization, WCDMA R7 RAN Design, CPP Platform, GSM EDGE & GPRS Dimensioning Workshop, Minilink System Survey, RBS and Antenna Installation, RBS Maintenance and Operation, GSM AXE Operation, GSM BSC Operation, BSC Installation, Advanced Cell Planning, Mobile IN, Datacom Networking. 2006-2010

- Passing IELTS exam, Total score: 7.5, May 5, 2013.

- Passing TOEFL exam, Total score: 633, November 19, 2005.

Computer Skills

ADS, Assembly(x86), C++, CST-MWS, HFSS, Microsoft Office, MATLAB, SPSS, Verilog, VHDL, Visual Basic, Windows

MEMBERSHIPS

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2012-Present

Graduate Student Association (GSA) 2011-Present

International Child Foundation (ICF) 2012-Present

PUBLISHED WORKS

[1]F. Mirhosseini, and B. G. Colpitts, R. Pimentel, Y. De Villers, “The Effect of Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) Plasma Actuators on Electromagnetics,” accepted for publication by IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, Jan. 2016.

[2]F. Mirhosseini, and B. G. Colpitts, “Comprehensive RCS Simulation of Dispersive Media Using SO- FDTD-DPW Method,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 43, pp. 19-30, July 2015.

[3]F. Mirhosseini, and B. G. Colpitts, “Simulating RCS of Dispersive Media Using SO- FDTD-DPW Method,” Proceeding of IEEE 28th Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE’2015), pp. 513-518, May 2015.

[4]F. Mirhosseini and B. G. Colpitts, “Plasma Actuator Electron Density Measurement using Microwave Perturbation Method,” Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 105, No. 5, July 2014.

[5]F. Mirhosseini, “Optical Filters,” 1st ed., Ch.10, Integrated Optics, Research Center of Telecommunication Ministry of Iran, 2002.

[6]F. Mirhosseini, and H. Zamiri, “Target Motion Analysis Methods for Missile Tracking,” Research done for Defense Ministry of Iran, 2002.

[7]F. Mirhosseini, M.M. Mirsalehi, and H. Keshmiri, “Design and Fabrication of Relief Surface Diffraction Gratings by using Sputtering and Vacuum Evaporation,” Amirkabir Journal Of Science and Technology, Vol. 11, No.7, 47-54, 2001(in Farsi).

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