Mehdi Salarkaleji

EMC/PRODUCT ENGINEER AND DESIGNER

FORD MOTOR COMPANY

Email: adwi3r@r.postjobfree.com

313-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Looking for a full-time position where I can work in Microwave and Antenna Engineering, RF, Electromagnetic Compatibility fields. Hardworking, motivated engineering professional with a focus on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) engineering and a strong educational background in electromagnetics, microwave theory and RF engineering. Highly skilled and proficient with full-wave and circuit simulation for EMC, EDA & RF applications. EDUCATION

PhD Candidate at Wayne State University, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Aug 2015 to present, GPA: 3.98/4.0

Projected graduation date: Spring 2023

M.S Fields and Waves, Communication, Electrical Engineering. Sept. 2011- Sept.2013 Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

Average: 17.28/20 (First Rank), GPA: 3.9/4

Thesis: “2D Inverse Scattering Problem Using Qualitative Linear Sampling Method Considering Polarization Effect and Multi-Frequency Technique” (Grade:18.31/20) B.S Communication, Electrical Engineering. Sept. 2004 – Aug. 2009 Thesis: “ Analysis of One Strip Dipole Antenna, Calculation of Input Impedance and Radiated Power with Method of Moment and Simulation with MATLAB” RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Electromagnetic Forward & Inverse Scattering

• Electromagnetic Compatibility

• Antenna Design & Analyze

• Electromagnetic Theory

• Computational Method in Electromagnetic

• Microwave Engineering & Microwave Imaging Applications JOB EXPERINECE

• EMC/Product engineer and designer at Ford Motor Company. I Provide EMC technical support to vehicle programs and product design teams. Simulations in advanced level for EMC compliance in component and system level with CST, FEKO and EMCos tools. Supporting vehicle engineers to resolve issues related to components. Responsible for identifying and communicating EMC compliance issues throughout the design process. Developing commodity specific EMC requirements. Review and approving component EMC test plans. Conducting EMC Design. Working with suppliers to review upfront design proposals and system tradeoffs to ensure EMC requirements are met. Reviewing performance of approved test laboratories. Working on new human exposure projects based on ICNIRP 1998 & 2010 standards. Involved with radiated/conducted emission and immunity tests based on FCC,CISPR25, international and internal standard FMC1278. (Aug 2018 January 2023)

• Experience in Research Center of Informatics Industries (RCII) As an EMC Specialist in Anechoic Chamber and SAR Laboratory. Responsible for design, implementation, and verification of hardware solution to ensure product compliance to FCC. EMC and SAR test implementation based on IEC and FCC standards for electronics, medical and IT devices. Performed EMC Testing per various standards such as EN 55022/ EN 55024, EN61000-4. EMC design and research for radio and communication links. EMC test for Motorcycles in anechoic chamber (size 6*9*11 m). I have worked with measurement instruments: Network Analyzer (R&S ZVL) Spectrum Analyzer (Agilent E4448A PSA Series), Signal Source

(Agilent E8257C PSG Series), Universal Radio Communication Tester (CMU200 R&S 1100.0008.02), Mobile Phone Tester (Will’tek 4405), R&S ESU-EMI Test Receiver

(1302.6005.26), Noise Figure Meter, BER tester and some other Filed and Wave Devices.

(Oct 2013- July 2015)

• Experience in HUAWEI (One of the Most Famous Telecom Company in the World) As Microwave Engineer and Microwave Planner in MTN-Irancell Wimax Project in Tehran. Designing of microwave link based on link budget theory and implementations for LTE project. Rightel and Irancell Wimax. (Jan.2010- Sept.2011)

• Experience in SAHAND PARSIAN Company (Subcontractor of HUAWEI) as an expert WIMAX FLM for maintenance. (Any issues related to Wimax parts in Huawei systems, Installation troubleshooting). (Sept.2009-Dec.2009)

• Experience in Anna Industrial Asia Company as Link-Budget Engineer Working in the Field of Telemeter Systems, UHF & VHF Frequency Band (Expert in CITECT/SCADA Systems). I was communication engineer and antenna design planner. (Aug.2009-Sept.2009)

• Experience in SNS Company (Subcontractor of Ericsson) in Shiraz as a Drive Tester with TEMS Software. Expert in Drive Test with TEMS (Ericsson) Software for GSM and GENEX PROBE for Wimax. Network coverage optimization. (Free Times when I Was Senior)

• Private Teacher in Electrical Engineering Lessons such as Electrical Circuits, Engineering Mathematics, Signal & Systems, Electromagnetic to Students who have weak base in these lessons.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant:

• “Introduction to Electrical Circuits” ECE 3300, Wayne State University, Fall 2017 and Winter 2018

• “Electromagnetic field & waves” ECE 4800, Wayne State University. Fall 2015 to Summer 2017.

• “Electromagnetic”, School of ECE, Isfahan University of Technology, presented by: Winter 2012

• “Differential Calculus & Mathematics 2”, School of ECE, Shiraz University of Technology, Spring 2008

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Simulation Software: FEKO, CST, ADS (Advanced Design System software by Agilent), HFSS, COMSOL, LabView

• Programming Language: MATLAB, C++

• Operating Systems and Microsoft Office: Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

• 3D Modeling: AutoCAD

PUBLICATIONS

• M.Salarkaleji, Eskandari,M,Jimmy Ching-Ming Chen,CTM Wu,”Frequency and Polarization- Diversified Linear Sampling Methods for Microwave Tomography and Remote Sensing Using Electromagnetic Metamaterials” Electronics, October 2017 6 (No.85), 14, MDPI Journal.

• M.Salarkaleji, Eskandari,M,Jimmy Ching-Ming Chen,CTM Wu “Metamaterial-based Microwave Tomography and Remote Sensing Using Linear Sampling Method” International Conference on Antenna Measurement and Applications, CAMA, Dec 2017, Ibaraki, Japan.

• M.Salarkaleji, Eskandari,M,Jimmy Ching-Ming Chen,CTM Wu,” Metamaterial Leaky Wave Antenna Enabled Efficient 3D Spectrally-Encoded Microwave Tomography using Linear Sampling Method ” Microwave Symposium (IMS), June 2017 IEEE MTT-S, Honolulu, Hawaii.

• M.Salarkaleji, Eskandari,M, CTM Wu,” Effective Three-dimensional Microwave Tomography Based on Metamaterial Leaky Wave Antennas using Linear Sampling Method. IEEE International Conference on Computational Electromagnetics (ICCEM) Japan, 2017.

• M.Salarkaleji, Eskandari,M, Jimmy Ching-Ming Chen,CTM Wu,”3D Remote Sensing Based on Frequency Scanning Metamaterial Antenna Array Using Linear Sampling Method” IEEE MTT-S 2017 Japan. International Conference on Microwaves for Intelligent Mobility.

• M.Salarkaleji, MA Ali, CTM Wu,”Two-dimensional Full-hemisphere Frequency Scanning Array based on Metamaterial Leaky Wave Antennas and Feed Networks” Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2016 IEEE MTT-S, San-Francisco

• M. Salarkaleji, M. Zoofaghari, R. Safian, Z.H. Firouzeh,” Effects of Wave Polarization on Microwave Imaging Using Linear Sampling Method” . Journal of Information Systems & Telecommunication 3 (No.3), Summer 2015, 157-164

• M. Salarkaleji, M. Zoofaghari, R. Safian, “The Effect of Polarization in Shape Reconstruction of Two- Dimensional Penetrable and Non-penetrable Objects Using Linear Sampling Method” 21st Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE) 2013.

• M. Salarkaleji, R. Safian, Z.H. Firouzeh, “Shape Reconstruction of Two-Dimensional Targets Using TE-TM Hybrid Linear Sampling Method” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/USNC-URSI), 2013.

• M. Salarkaleji, A Thesis Printed in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master of Science “2D Inverse Scattering Problem Using Qualitative Liner Sampling Method Considering Polarization Effect and Multi-Frequency Technique” defended Summer 2013.

• M.Salarkaleji, M.Wu,”Two-dimensional Linear Sampling Method using Multi-Frequency and Hybrid-Polarization for Image-Enhanced Object Reconstruction” . The Institution of Engineering and Technology journal. Submitted 2017. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND PROJECTS

• Summer 2012, M.Salarkaleji, " Thorough Research on Different Solutions of Inverse Scattering Problems" As the Start of IUT Research Project Supervised by Dr. R.Safian.

• Winter 2012,M.Salarkaleji, " Synchronic Analysis of Signal and Noise of One Traveling Wave Amplifier Using FET Considering Pospieszalski Noise Model (Distributed Amplifier) CAD with ADS Comparing MATLAB Result" As the Final Project of “ Active Microwave Circuits” Supervised by Dr. Z.H.Firouzeh.

• Spring 2012, M.Salarkaleji, " Analysis of Yagi-Yuda-Type Antenna with Method of Moment" As the Final Project of “ Numerical Method in Electromagnetic” Supervised by Dr. R.Safian.

• Spring 2012,M.Salarkaleji, "An Investigation of One Useful Procedure in Method Of Moment

(Pair of Orthogonal Pulse Vector Basis Functions )" As a Seminar of “Numerical Method in Electromagnetic” Supervised by Dr. R.Safian.

• Fall 2012, M.Salarkaleji, "Investigation of the Abilities of Cable & Shielding Package of CST, Comparison of Analysis and Simulation " As a Final Project of “ Electromagnetic Compatibility” Supervised by Dr. Z.H.Firouzeh.

• Fall 2011, M.Salarkaleji,"Thorough Research on Integral Equations, Classification & Solution Focusing on the Wiener-Hopf Technique " As One the Projects of “ Advanced Engineering Mathematics” Supervised by Dr. A.Borji.

• Fall 2011, M.Salarkaleji," A Glance to Wireless Power Transfer (A Rectenna Design with Microstrip Antenna) " As a Free Study Consulting with Dr. A.Borji

• Spring 2013, M.Salarkaleji, "Design and Implementation of a High Power Divider in S-Band With HFSS " As a Cooperation Project in Information and Communication Technology Institute (Electrical & Computer Eng. research center of Isfahan University of Technology)

• Winter 2014, M.Salarkaleji, "Research on Receiver Spurious Radiation for Devices Including GPS & Providing of Test Method and Implementation " in Research Center of Informatics Industrial(RCII) Anechoic Chamber As a Work Project.

• Spring 2014, M.Salarkaleji, " Research on New Measurement Method of Specific Absorption Rate " in SAR Lab of RCII.

• Spring 2015, M.Salarkaleji, " Complete Research on IEEE Standard Test Procedures for Antenna, Applicable Performance in RCII lab and Anechoic Chamber". Measurements on Terrestrial radio-relay Systems, Antenna Section per IEC 835-2-2 Standard.

• Spring 2015, M.Salarkaleji, "Working on Shielding Effectiveness Measurement of Power Connectors" in EMC laboratory of Amirkabir University of Technology.

• Fall 2015 to present, M.Salarkaleji “ Fabrication of Leaky Wave Antenna and Micro-strip Antennas with Photolithography process” at Wayne State University, Microwave and RF Lab.

• Fall 2016 to present, M.Salarkaleji “experiences on printed circuit board (PCB) CAD design, mechanical CAD design, schematic and component specifications for design changes pertaining to EMC”

HONORS & AWARDS

• Graduate teaching assistance scholarship Fall 2017 and Winter 2018, Wayne State University.

• Graduate research assistance award Fall 2016 and winter 2017, Wayne State University.

• Candidate for the best student paper CAMA 2017, Japan

• Candidate for the best industrial paper IMS 2017, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

• Graduate Student Challenge Award IMS 2016, San Francisco, USA

• Thomas C Rumble Fellowship Recipient 2015, Wayne State University Graduate School

• First Rank among all graduate students at the end of two years of university study, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Isfahan University of Technology,2011-13

• Ranked among more than 0.3% participants in Iranian undergraduate nationwide entrance exam, 2004.

• Ranked among 3% participants in Iranian graduate nationwide entrance exam, 2011.

• The highest GPA in mathematics and physics diploma among all high school students in Babol, 2003.Member of National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET) or SAMPAD in Persian.

• Ranked 1st among all high school students (of the same enrollment year), three consecutive years, 2001, 2002 and 2003.

SELECTED COURSES

• “Mathematical Method in Engineering” PhD course at Wayne State University

(Grade16/16)

• “Optic and Photonics” PhD course at Wayne State University (Grade:16/16)

• “Electromagnetic Compatibility” Graduate Course. (Grade:17.5/20)

• “Waves Scattering Theory” Graduate Course. (Grade:16.9/20)

• “Advanced Engineering Mathematics” Graduate Course. (Grade:14.3/20)

• “Advanced Engineering Electromagnetic” Graduate Course. (Grade:16.5/20)

• “Numerical method in Electromagnetic” Graduate Course. (Grade:18.5/20)

• “Active Microwave Circuits” Graduate Course. (Grade:16.5/20)

• “Advanced Antenna Theory” Graduate Course. (Grade:17.5/20)

• “Electronics 1,2,3+ synthesis and analysis of filters + analog and digitals communication systems”

• “Microwave engineering”

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