Mr Amir Ebrahimi

Mr Amir Ebrahimi

  • Biography/ Background

    Amir Ebrahimi received the B.Sc. in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Mazandaran, Babol, Iran, in 2008 and the M.Sc. in electronic engineering with fist class honours from Babol University of Technology, Babol, Iran, in 2011. From 2009 to 2012, he was a research assistant in Integrated Circuits Research Laboratory (ICRL), Babol University of Technology. In 2012, he was awarded an International Postgraduate Scholarship (IPRS) and the Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) to pursue PhD under Dr. S. Al-Sarawi, Dr. W. Withayachumnankul and Prof. Derek Abbott, in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Adelaide. In 2016 he completed the PhD with Dean’s commendation for doctoral thesis excellence with a thesis entitled “Metamaterial-Inspired Structures for Microwave and Terahertz Applications”.  He was a visiting research fellow at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore during 2014–2015 hosted by Prof. Zhongxiang Shen. During his candidature, Dr Ebrahimi received several nationally and internationally competitive scholarships and awards.

  • Awards & Achievements

    • Gertrude Rohan Memorial Medal and Prize, 2016
    • Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence, 2016
    • Best Student Paper Award, Australian Microwave Symposium (AMS), 2016
    • Yarman-Carlin Best Student Paper Award, Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS2015), 2015
    • Simon Rockliff Scholarship (DSTO), 2015
    • Outstanding mentor of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2015
    • D R Stranks Postgraduate Travelling Fellowship, The University of Adelaide, 2014
    • International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS), 2012 (awarded by Australian government to undertake Ph.D)
    • Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), 2012 (awarded by Australian government to undertake Ph.D)
    • Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF) award for designing and fabricating high performance microwave microfluidic sensors (2012)
    • Nominated as the Exceptional Talent of University of Mazandaran (2008)

  • Research Interests

    Metamaterial-inspired microwave and terahertz devices

    Microwave circuit design

    Microwave and terahertz filters

    Microwave and terahertz sensors

    Frequency selective surfaces (FSSs)

    Nonlinear RF and microwave circuits design

  • Publications

    Refereed Journal Articles

    [11]  A. Ebrahimi, W. Withayachumnankul, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott, “Compact Second-order Bandstop Filter Based on Dual-mode Complementary Split-ring Resonator,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 571 - 573.

    [10]  A. Ebrahimi, Z. Shen, W. Withayachumnankul, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott, “Varactor-tunable second-order bandpass frequency selective surface with embedded bias network,” IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagations, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 1672 – 1680, March 2016. (IEEE Trans. on Antenna and Propagation popular article in May 2016) 

    [9]    A. Ebrahimi, S. Nirantar, W. Withayachumnankul, M. Bhaskaran, S. Sriram, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott, “Second-Order Terahertz Bandpass Frequency Selective Surface with Miniaturized Elements,” IEEE Trans. on Terahertz Science and Technology, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 761-769, July 2015. (IEEE Trans. on Terahertz top 10 popular article in August 2015 - January 2016)

    [8]    A. Ebrahimi, W. Withayachumnankul, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott, “Dual-mode behavior of the complementary electric-LC resonators loaded on transmission line: Analysis and applications,” Journal of Applied Physiscs, vol. 116, no. 8, art. no. 083705, 2014.

    [7]    A. Ebrahimi, W. Withayachumnankul, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott, “Metamaterial-Inspired Rotation Sensor with Wide Dynamic Range,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 2609-2614, Aug. 2014. (IEEE Sensors Journal popular article in June 2014)

    [6]    A. Ebrahimi, W. Withayachumnankul, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott, “High-Sensitivity Metamaterial-inspired Sensor for Microfluidic Dielectric Characterization,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 1345-1351, May 2014. (IEEE Sensors Journal popular article in April 2014)

    [5]    A. Ebrahimi, W. Withayachumnankul, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott, “Compact Dual-mode Wideband Filter Based on Complementary Split-Ring Resonator,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letter, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 152-154, March 2014. (IEEE MWCL top 10 popular article in March 2014)

    [4]    A. Ebrahimi and P. Yaghmaee, “A New Enhanced CMOS Differential Colpitts Oscillator,” Journal of Circuits Systems and Computers, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2013.

    [3]    A. Ebrahimi, H. MiarNaimi and H. Adrang, “Remarks on Transient Amplitude Analysis of MOS Cross-Coupled Oscillators,” IEICE Transactions on Electronics, Vol. E49, No.2, pp. 231-239, February 2011.

    [2]    A. Ebrahimi, H. MiarNaimi, “Analytical Equations for Amplitude Analysis of MOS Colpitts Oscillator,” International Journal of Electronics, Vol.98, No. 7, pp. 883-900, July 2011.

    [1]    A. Ebrahimi, H. MirNaimi, “A 1.2V High Band-Width Analog Multiplier in 0.18μm CMOS Technology,” International review of Electrical Engineering (IREE), Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 803-8011, April 2010.

     

     Conference Papers

    [12]  A. Ebrahimi, W. Withayachumnankul, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott, “Microwave Microfluidic Sensor Based on Microstrip-Line-Coupled Complementary Resonator”, presented in IEEE Australian Microwave Symposium, Feb. 2015.

    [11]  A. Ebrahimi, W. Withayachumnankul, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott, “Microwave Microfluidic Sensor for Determination of Glucose Concentration in Water”, IEEE Mediterranean Microwave Symposium, pp. 100-102, Dec. 2015.

    [10]  A. Ebrahimi, W. Withayachumnankul, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott, “Higher-order Tunable Frequency Selective Surface with Miniaturized Elements”, IEEE Mediterranean Microwave Symposium, pp. 140-143, Dec. 2015.

    [9]    A. Ebrahimi, Shruti Nirantar, W. Withayachumnankul, Madhu Bhaskaran, Sharath Sriram, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott, “Terahertz Bandpass Frequency Selective with Improved Out-of-Band Response”, presented in IEEE 40th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Aug. 2015.

    [8]    A. Ebrahimi, W. Withayachumnankul, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott, “Second-Order Bandpass Frequency Selective Surface for Terahertz Applications”, IEEE 39thInternational Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), Sep. 2014.

    [7]    A. Ebrahimi, W. Withayachumnankul, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott, “Design of Dual-Band Frequency Selective Surface with Miniaturized Elements”, in IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT), pp. 206-209, 2014.

    [6]    A. Ebrahimi, P. Yaghmaee, W. Withayachumnankul, C. Fumeaux, S. Al-Sarawi and D. Abbott, “Interlayer Tuning of X-Band Frequency-Selective Surface with Liquid Crystal”, in Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), pp. 1118-1120, 2013.

    [5]    P. Yaghmaee, W. Withayachumnankul, A. K. Horestani, A. Ebrahimi, B. Bates, and C. Fumeaux, “Tunable Electric-LC Resonators Using Liquid Crystal”, in IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APUSRI), pp. 382-383, 2013.

    [4]    A. Ebrahimi, and H. MiarNaimi, “An Improvement on the Analytical Methods for Amplitude Analysis of MOS Colpitts Oscillator”, in IEEE XIth International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modelling and Application to Circuit Design (SM2ACD), 2010.

    [3]    A. Ebrahimi, and H. MiarNaimi, “Compact Low-Voltage, Low Power and High-Bandwidth Four Quadrant Analog Multiplier”, in IEEE XIth International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modelling and Application to Circuit Design (SM2ACD), 2010.

    [2]    A. Ebrahimi, and H. MiarNaimi, “1.2 V Single Supply and Low Power CMOS Four Quadrant Analog Multiplier”, in IEEE XIth International Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modelling and Application to Circuit Design (SM2ACD), 2010.

    [1]    M. Gholami, M. Sharifkhani, A. Ebrahimi, S. Saeedi, and M. Atarodi, “Systematic Modelling and Simulation of DLL-Based Frequency Synthesizers”, in IEEE XIthInternational Workshop on Symbolic and Numerical Methods, Modelling and Application to Circuit Design (SM2ACD), 2010.

  • Professional Associations

    Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

    Member of the IEEE Young Professionals

    Member of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) Society

    Member of the Australian Nanotechnology Network

    Member of the institute of Engineers Australia

  • Community Engagement

    Reviewer (Selected):

    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

    IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters (MWCL)

    IEEE Sensors Journal

    AIP Journal of Applied Physiscs

    AIP Applied Physics Letters

    AIP Review of Scientific Instrument

    Emerald Compel

    International Journal of Electronics

    Journal of Circuit, Systems and Computers

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Entry last updated: Friday, 30 Dec 2016