Amir Borji

Assistant Professor

Associate Chair for Graduate Studies

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Isfahan University of Technology

Isfahan, IRAN 84156-83111

Phone: +98-311-3915469

Office: #419 North wing of the E&CE building

 		  

 

Resume

 

Education:

BSc. (Hon) in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Electronics), Sept. 1994, Isfahan University of Technology

MSc. (Hon) in Electrical and Computer Engineering (Communication Systems), Feb. 1998, Isfahan University of Technology

ð Thesis: Radiation Pattern Computation of Microstrip Antennas on Finite Ground Plane

Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering (RF/Microwave and Photonics), April 2004, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

ð Thesis: Fast Electromagnetic Analysis and Design of Multiple Coupled Cavity Structures

 

Research Interests:

ð Novel RF/microwave structures and devices

ð Analytical and numerical techniques in electromagnetics

ð Synthesis and design of microwave filters

ð Analysis and applications of periodic structures (EBG,PBG,SIW) in antennas and high frequency circuits

ð Leaky wave antennas

ð Analysis and design of Photonic devices (single and coupled dielectric waveguides, photonic crystals, plasmonic devices)

 

Courses:

 Undergraduate

Electromagnetics

1718217

Winter-Sptring 2012

Electromagnetic Fields and Waves

1718312

Winter-Spring 2010

Microwave Engineering

1718417

Fall 2010
Antenna Theory and Design

1718412

 Winter-Spring 2011

Microwave Lab.

1718428

 

Communications Circuits Lab.

1718404

 

 

Graduate:

RF and Microwave Circuit Design

1712520

Winter-Spring 2007

Advanced Electromagnetic Theory 1

1718561

Fall 2010

Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetics

1718595

Winter-Spring 2010

Advanced Electromagnetic Theory 2

1718562

Winter-Spring 2009

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

1716511

Fall 2011

 

Selected Publications:

20. B. Semnani and A. Borji, "Lower Bound on Scattered Power from Antennas", IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 11, pp.373-376, 2012
19. H. Fadakar, A. Zeidaabadi-Nezhad, and A. Borji, "Effect of Surface Roughness on Propagation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons Along Thin Lossy Metal Films", Proc. of the 19th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering, 17-19 May 2011, Tehran, Iran, pp. 468-473
18. M. Fereidani, A. Borji, and R. Safian, "Relation Between Reflection Phase and Surface-Wave Band-Gap in Artificial Magnetic Conductors", IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 59, No. 8, pp. 1901-1908, Aug 2011
17. A. Bakhtafrouz, A. Borji, D. Busuioc and S. Safavi-Naeini, "Novel Two-Layer Millimeter-wave Slot Array Antennas Based on Substrate Integrated Waveguides", Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 109, pp. 475-491, 2010
16. M. Esmaeili and A. Borji, "Diagnosis and Tuning of Multiple Coupled Resonator Filters", Proc. of the 18th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering, 11-13 May 2010, Isfahan, Iran, pp. 124-129
15. A. Bakhtafrouz, A. Borji, "Compact Two-Layer Slot Array Antenna for K-Band Applications Based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide", Proc. of the 17th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering, 12-14 May 2009, Tehran, Iran, pp. 116-119

14.

A. Borji, M. H. Hosseini and M. H. Sadrearhami, "28 GHz High Efficiency Planar Array Antenna with Hybrid Feed Network", 2009 IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symposium, Charleston, NC, USA

13.

A. Bakhtafrouz and A. Borji, "Sensitivity of Planar Slot Array Antennas to Manufacturing Tolerances", 2009 IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symposium, Charleston, NC, USA

12.

A. Bakhtafrouz, A. Borji, D. Busuioc and S. Safavi-Naeini, "Compact Two-Layer Slot Array Antenna with SIW for 60GHz Wireless Applications", 2009 IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symposium, Charleston, NC, USA

11.

A. Borji and F. Fani Sani, "Wire Antennas in Proximity of Conducting Cylinders and Wedges", 2009 IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symposium, Charleston, NC, USA

10.

A. Borji, D. Busuioc and S. Safavi-Naeini, "Efficient, Low-Cost Integrated Waveguide-Fed Planar Antenna Array for Ku-Band Applications", IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 8, pp.336-339, 2009

9.

D. Busuioc, M. Shahabadi, A. Borji, G. Shaker and S. Safavi-Naeini, "Substrate integrated waveguide antenna feed - design methodology and validation", 2007 IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symposium, Honolulu, HI, USA, pp.2666-2669

8.

D. Busuioc, A. Borji, M. Shahabadi, and S. Safavi-Naeini, "High Efficiency Antenna Array With Optimized Hybrid Corporate Feed", 2006 IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, USA, pp.1503-1506

7.

D. Busuioc, A. Borji, M. Shahabadi and S. Safavi-Naeini, "Low Loss Integrated Waveguide Feed Network for Planar Antenna Arrays", 2005 IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symposium, Washington, DC, USA, July 3-8, Vol. 2B, pp.646-649

6. M. Shahabadi, D. Busuioc, A. Borji and S. Safavi-Naeini, "Low-Cost, High-Efficiency Quasi-Planar Array of Waveguide-Fed Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antennas", IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 53, No. 6, pp.2036-2043, June 2005

5.

A. Borji and S. Safavi-Naeini, "Fast Full-Wave Analysis of Conductor-Loaded Rectangular Cavity Resonators Using Surface Integral Equation and Moment Method", 2004 IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symposium, Monterey, CA, USA June 20-26, 2004, Vol. 2, pp.1187-1190

4.

A. Borji and S. Safavi-Naeini, "Rapid Calculation of the Green's Function in a Rectangular Enclosure with Application to Conductor Loaded Cavity Resonators", IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 52, No. 7, pp.1724-1731, July 2004

3.

A. Borji and S. Safavi-Naeini, "Fast Convergent Green's Function in a Rectangular Enclosure", 2003 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Columbus, OH, USA, June 22-27, 2003, vol.4, pp.950-953

2.

A. Borji, D. Busuioc, S. Safavi-Naeini and S. K. Chaudhuri, "ANN and EM Based Models for Fast and Accurate Modeling of Excitation Loops in Combline-type Filters", 2002 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, Seattle, WA, June 2-7, 2002, vol.3, pp.2105-2108

1.

A. Borji, S. Safavi-Naeini and S. K. Chaudhuri, "TEM Properties of Shielded Homogeneous Multiconductor Transmission Lines with PEC and PMC Walls", 2001 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, May 20-25, 2001, vol.2, pp.731-734

 

Graduate Students (supervised):

1. Ahmad Farsaei MSc 2008 Modeling nonlinearities in microwave amplifiers using Volterra series
2. Ahmad Bakhtafrooz MSc 2009 Design, fabrication and sensitivity analysis of substrate integrated waveguide slot arrays at 60 GHz
3. Majid Mohammadi MSc 2009 Improving the efficiency of class F RF power amplifiers using a defected ground structure
4. Fatemeh Fani-Sani MSc 2009 Analysis of 2D photonic crystals including the effects of material dispersion and loss
5. Mahbobeh Esmaeili MSc 2009 Fast extraction of coupling matrix for diagnosis and tuning of multiple coupled resonator filters
6. Farid Shokouhi MSc 2010 Using electromagnetic band-gap structures to eliminate the scan blindness in planar phased array antennas
7. Amin Shahverdi MSc 2011 Combining Harmonic Balance and Finite Difference Techniques for Simulation of Wave Propagation in Nonlinear Media
8. Naimeh Ghaffarian MSc 2011 Propagation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Semiconductor and Ferroelectric Multilayer Structures
9. Behrooz Semnani MSc 2012 Physical limitations in radiating structures and the design of optimum antennas
10. Ahmad Bakhtafrooz PhD   Radiation of finite sources in the vicinity of infinite periodic structures based on array scanning method and a fast convergent periodic Green’s function