MOHAMMADREZA F. IMANI
Office:
Contact:
2581 FCIEMAS, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27708
mohamad.imani@gmail.com , Tel: (734) 272-8018
EDUCATION
PhD in Electrical Engineering:
Dissertation:
University of Michigan (2010-Winter 2013)
"Theory and Development of Near-field Plates",
Advisor: Prof. Anthony Grbic
MSE in Electrical Engineering:
University of Michigan (2007-2010)
GPA: 8.567/9.0 (4.28/4.0)
BS in Electrical Engineering:
Sharif University of Technology, Iran (2003-2007),
GPA: 17.6/20
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Post-Doctoral Associate:
Project:
Duke University (Jan 2014-Present)
Developing novel physical layers for computational
imaging at microwave frequencies.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow:
Project:
University of Michigan (May 2013-Jan 2014)
Developing wireless power transfer systems with
minimal power leakage
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Analytical and experimental electromagnetics
Metamaterials and metasurfaces
Microwave imaging and detection
Wireless power transfer
MIMO communication systems
AWARDS
Duke University 2016 Postdoctoral Professional Development Award
Student Paper Competition Finalist
IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Charleston, SC, USA, June, 2009
University of Michigan Engineering Graduate Symposium
Second place in "Waves, Simulation and Radiation" session, November 2008
Departmental Fellowship
University of Michigan EECS Department, 2007 (Guaranteed financial support for five years)
Ranked ninth in Iran's National University Entrance Examination
Among approximately 100,000 participants, summer 2003
Silver medalist, National Physics Olympiad, Iran, 2002
PUBLICATIONS
Submitted Journal Publications
1. T. Sleasman, M. Boyarsky, L. Pulido-Mancer, T. Fromenteze, M. F. Imani, M. Reynolds, and D. R.
Smith, “Experimental Synthetic Aperture Radar with Dynamic Metasurfaces”, submitted to IEEE
Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, July 2016.
2. T. Sleasman, M. F. Imani, O. Yurduseven, K. P. Trofatter, V. R. Gowda, D. L. Marks, J. N. Gollub,
and D. R. Smith, “Near Field Scan Alignment Procedure for Electrically-Large Apertures”,
submitted to IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, July 2016.
3. M. F. Imani, T. Sleasman, J. N. Gollub, and D. Smith, “Analytical Modeling of Printed
Metasurface Cavities for Computational Imaging”, submitted to Journal of Applied Physics, June
2016.
4. L. Pulido-Mancera, T. Fromenteze, T. Sleasman, M. Boyarsky, M. F. Imani, M. Reynolds, and D.
Smith, “Application of Range Migration Algorithms to Imaging with a Dynamic Metasurface
Antenna”, submitted to J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, June 2016.
5. I. Yoo, M. F. Imani, T. Sleasman, and D. Smith, “Efficient Complementary Metamaterial Element
for Waveguide-fed Metasurface Antennas”, submitted to IEEE Antennas and Wireless
Propagation Letters, June 2016.
6. H. Odabasi, M. F. Imani, G. Lipworth, J. N. Gollub, and D. Smith, “Investigation of Alignment
Errors on Multi-Static Microwave Imaging Based on Frequency-Diverse Metamaterial
Apertures”, submitted to Progress in Electromagnetic Research, May 2016.
Refereed Journal Publications
7. T. Sleasman, M. Boyarsky, M. F. Imani, J. N. Gollub, and D. R. Smith, "Design considerations for a
dynamic metamaterial aperture for computational imaging at microwave frequencies," J. Opt.
Soc. Am. B 33, 1098-1111 (2016).
8. L. Pulido-Mancera, T. Zvolenski, M. F. Imani, P. Bowen, M. Valayil, and D. R. Smith, “Discrete
Dipole Approximation Applied to Highly Directive Slotted Waveguide Antennas”, IEEE Antennas
and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol.PP, no.99, pp.1-1, 2016 (in press).
9. T. Sleasman, M. F. Imani, J. N. Gollub, and D. R. Smith. "Dynamic metamaterial aperture for
microwave imaging." Applied Physics Letters 107, no. 20 (2015): 204104.
10. T. Sleasman, M. F. Imani, W. Xu, J. Hunt, T. Driscoll, M. S. Reynolds, and D. R. Smith,
"Waveguide-Fed Tunable Metamaterial Element for Dynamic Apertures," in IEEE Antennas and
Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 15, no. , pp. 606-609, 2016.
11. G. Lipworth, A. Rose, O. Yuduseven, V. R. Gowda, M. F. Imani, H. Odabasi, P. Trofatter, J. Gollub,
and D. R. Smith, “Comprehensive Simulation Platform for a Metamaterial Imaging System”,
Appl. Opt. 54, 9343-9353 (2015).
12. T. Fromenteze*, O. Yurduseven*, M. F. Imani*, J. Gollub*, C. Decroze, D. Carsenat, and D. R.
Smith, "Computational Imaging Using a Mode-mixing Cavity at Microwave Frequencies", Applied
Physics Letters, Vol. 106 , 194104, 2015. (* These authors contributed equally to this work)
13. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, "Unidirectional wireless power transfer using near-field plates",
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 117, 184903. March 2015.
14. O. Yurduseven, M. F. Imani, H. Odabasi, J. Gollub, G. Lipworth, A. Rose, and D. R. Smith,
"Resolution of the frequency diverse metamaterial aperture imager," Progress In
Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 150, 97-107, 2015.
15. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, "A unidirectional subwavelength focusing near-field plate", Journal of
Applied Physics, Vol. 115, 044904 (2014).
16. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, “Planar near-field plates", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and
Propagation, Vol. 61, No. 11, Nov. 2013.
17. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, "Generating evanescent Bessel beams using near-field plates", IEEE
Transactions on Antenna and Propagation, vol. 60, no.7, pages 3155-3164, Aug. 2012.
18. A. Grbic, R. Merlin, E. M. Thomas, M. F. Imani, "Near-field plates: Metamaterial surfaces / arrays
for subwavelength focusing and probing", Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 99, no. 10, pp 1806-1815,
Oct 2011(invited to a Special Issue on Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications in the
Microwave and Optical Regimes).
19. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, "An experimental concentric near-field plate", IEEE Transactions on
Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 58, no. 12, pages 3982-3988, December 2010.
20. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, "An analytical investigation of near-field plates", Metamaterials, vol 4.
pp. 104-111, Aug.-Sept. 2010 (Metamaterials 2009 Congress Special issue).
21. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, "Tailoring near-field patterns with concentrically corrugated plates,"
Applied Physics Letters, vol. 95, pp. 111107, September 2009.
22. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, "Near-field focusing with a corrugated surface", IEEE Antennas and
Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 8, 421-424 pages, May 2009.
Refereed Conference Publications/Presentation
23. D. R. Smith, J. Gollub, M. F. Imani, O. Yurduseven, T. Sleasman, P. Troffater, A. Rose, D. Arnitz,
M. Reynolds, D. Marks, H. Odabasi, G. Lipworth, M. Boyarsky, V. Gowda, “Fresnel-zone
computational imaging via frequency-diverse apertures”, accepted for presentation at IEEE
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July
1, 2016 (special session).
24. T. Sleasman, M. F. Imani, J. Gollub, and D. R. Smith, “Toward a Tunable Mode-Mixing Cavity for
Computational Imaging”, accepted for presentation at IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
International Symposium, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016 (Student Paper
Competition Finalist).
25. L. Pulido-Mancera, M. F. Imani, and D. R. Smith, “Discrete Dipole Approximation for the Simulation
of the Edge Effects on Metasurfaces”, accepted for presentation at IEEE Antennas and
Propagation Society International Symposium, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016
(Student Paper Competition Honorable Mention).
26. O. Yurduseven, J. Gollub, H. Odabasi, M. F. Imani, G. Lipworth, A. Rose, P. Trofetter, and D. R.
Smith, “Probe Configuration Study for the Metamaterial Aperture Imager,” accepted for
presentation at IEEE 2015 EuCAP, Lisbon, Portugal, April 12-17, 2015.
27. O. Yurduseven, J. Gollub, H. Odabasi, M. F. Imani, G. Lipworth, A. Rose, P. Trofetter, and D. R.
Smith, “Comparison of Different Reconstruction Algorithms for Image Reconstruction in
Metamaterial Aperture Based Imaging System,” accepted for presentation at IEEE 2015 EuCAP,
Lisbon, Portugal, April 12-17, 2015.
28. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, “Wireless power transfer using near-field plates,” Antennas and
Propagation Society International Symposium, Memphis, Tennessee, July 6-11, 2014 (special
session).
29. A. Grbic, J. Heebl, M. Casaletti, M. Ettorre, and M. F. Imani, “Generating Bessel Beams with
Planar Structures,” Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Memphis,
Tennessee, July 6-11, 2014 (special session).
30. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, “A Unidirectional Near-field Plate,” Antennas and Propagation Society
International Symposium, Memphis, Tennessee, July 6-11, 2014.
31. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, “Generating Bessel beams using an electrically-large annular slot,”
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, July 7-12,
2013.
32. A. Grbic, G. Gok, M. F. Imani, A.M. Patel, C. Pfeiffer, and M. Ettorre. "Metamaterial surfaces for
near and far-field applications." EuCAP 2013, Gothenburg, Sweden, Apr 8-12, 2013. pp 1-3.
33. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, "Design of a planar near-field plate", Antennas and Propagation
Society International Symposium, Chicago, July, 2012.
34. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, "A concentrically corrugated near-field plate", Microwave Symposium
Digest (MTT), 2010 IEEE MTT-S International, pp. 1648-1651, May, 2010.
35. A. Grbic and M. F. Imani, "Design and implementation of near-field plates", International
Conference on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics
(Metamaterials ’09), 3 pages, London, England, August 30 - September 4 2009 (invited).
36. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, "Subwavelength focusing with a corrugated metallic plate", Antennas
and Propagation Society International Symposium, Charleston, June, 2009 (Student Paper
Competition Finalist).
37. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic, "An analytical investigation of near-field plates", XXIX General
Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science, Chicago IL, Aug 7-16, 2008.
Patents
38. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic," Unidirectional near-field focusing using near-field plates", nonprovisional patent submitted (application number 14/687,874), April, 2015.
39. O. Yurduseven, M. F. Imani, J. Gollub, and D. R. Smith, "Systems and Methods for Mode-Mixing
Chaotic Cavity for Microwave Imaging”, US Provisional Patent Appln No. 62/149,972, April,
2015.
Technical Reports
40. M. F. Imani and A. Grbic," Near-Field Plates: Theory and Development", Final Report for U.S Air
Force Contract FA9550-08-1-0067, "A New Approach to Manipulating Electromagnetic Fields:
Near-Field Focusing Plates”, October 4, 2010.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING
Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan, Winter 2011
Led three laboratory sections on introductory electromagnetics (EECS 230)
Held office hours to help students with their questions on homework and lab reports
Training for Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan, Fall 2008
Participated in a training course (ELI 380: introduction to graduate student instructor work) on strategies
for giving effective lectures, leading discussion, and interactive teaching
Teaching Assistant, Sharif University of Technology, Fall 2005
Held office hours and designed exam questions for introductory electromagnetics (EECS 230).
STUDENT AND PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT
Technical Review
Applied Physics Letters
IEEE Transactions on Antenna and Propagation
IEEE Antenna and Wireless Propagation Letters
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-24, 2015
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Memphis, Tennessee, July 6-11, 2014
Optics Letters
Organizing Special Session at APS International Symposium, 2016
Proposed, and organized a special session on “Computational imaging at microwave, millimeter wave, and
terahertz frequencies” at IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Fajardo,
Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016
Chair of Special Session at APS International Symposium, 2014
Proposed, organized, and chaired a special session on “Wireless Power Transfer Systems, Challenges, and
Applications” at IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Memphis, Tennessee,
July 6-11, 2014
Volunteer, APS International Symposium, Chicago, July, 2012
Assisted with set-up activities to ensure a smooth start to the conference
Responded to last minute problems and concerns throughout the duration of the conference
Curriculum Improvement, EECS 230, University of Michigan, Summer 2011
Helped diagnose and troubleshoot problems with the laboratory equipment of EECS 230 (Introduction to
Electromagnetics)
Mentor, University of Michigan, Summer 2011
Advised an undergraduate student as part of the Summer Research Opportunity Program. The project
involved analyzing and improving the performance of wireless power transfer systems
Volunteer, International Connect, University of Michigan, 2008-2009
Assisted the Rackham Graduate School in providing a friendly, peer-based welcome to incoming
international students during their first year at the University of Michigan