Department of Electrical Engineering

Applied Electromagnetics Research

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Faculty:	S. Noghanian
		Supervisor
Students:	Rayan Reopelle (Undergraduate Research) Abas Sabouni (University of Manitoba) Majid Ostad-Rahimi (University of Manitoba) Esrafil Jedari Ali Ashtari Mohammad Al-Sehaili (University of Manitoba) Dr. Javad A. Shokouh (Post-Doc, University of Manitoba)	S. Noghanian S. Noghanian S. Noghanian S. Noghanian Co-Supervisor S. Noghanian Co-Supervisor S. Noghanian Co-Supervisor S. Noghanian Co-Supervisor
Collaborators:	Dr. Ekram Hossain Dr. Joe LoVetri Dr. Stephen Pistorius Dr. Lot Shafai Dr. Edward Sauter Dr. Gabriel Thomas Dr. Parimala Thulasiraman

	Title	PI	Students
1.	Ultra Wide Band Microwave Imaging	S. Noghanian	Majid Ostad-Rahimi Abas Sabouni
2.	Breast Tissue Dielectric Property Measurements	S. Noghanian	Majid Ostad-Rahimi Ryan Reopelle
3.	Wideband Multi-Antenna Channel Characterization	S. Noghanian	Javad A. Shokouh
4.	60GHz Wireless Channel Characterization	S. Noghanian	Javad A. Shokouh
5.	Channel Modeling for DSRC Wireless Systems	S. Noghanian	Javad A. Shokouh Esrafil Jedar
6.	Antenna Design and Optimization for Space Suites	S. Noghanian	TBA

	Title	PI	Source
1.	Establishment of Microwave Imaging Laboratory	S. Noghanian	UND Startup
2.	A Novel Design and Optimization Method for Wearable Space Suit Antennas	S. Noghanian	NASA EPSCoR Seed
3.	A Novel Design and Optimization Method for Wearable Space Suit Antennas	S. Noghanian	NASA EPSCoR GRA

Articles in Refereed Journals

[J1] A. Emami and S. Noghanian, “Semi-deterministic channel model for MIMO systems Part-I: Model development and validation,” accepted for publication (minor revisions) in IET Microwave, Antennas and Propagation.
[J2] A. Emami and S. Noghanian, “Semi-deterministic channel model for MIMO systems Part-II: Results,” accepted for publication (minor revisions) in IET Microwave, Antennas and Propagation.
[J3] I. Hossain, S. Noghanian, S. Pitorius and L. Shafai, “A diamond shaped small planar ultra wide band (UWB) antenna for microwave imaging purpose,” Wiley InterScience Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol 50, no. 12, pp. 3255-3259, December 2008.
[J4] S. Noghanian and M. Jung, “Ultrawide band planar antenna,” Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 22, pp. 1299-1308, 2008.
[J5] L. Gurrieri, T. Willink, A. Petosa and S. Noghanian, “Characterization of the angle, delay and polarization of multipath signals for indoor environments,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 56, no. 8, pp 2710-2719. August 2008.
[J6] A. Anees Alexander, R. Taylor, V. Vairavanathan, Y. Fu, E. Hossain, and S. Noghagian, “Solar powered ZigBee-based wireless motion surveillance: A prototype development and experimental results,” Wiley InterScience Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 1255-1276, December 2008.
[J7] M. Ng Mou Kehn, L. Shafai, and S. Noghanian, “Permittivity measurement of disk and annular dielectric samples using coaxial transmission line fixtures – Part I: Theory and formulation,” Accepted for publication in IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrica and Computer Engineering.
[J8] M. Ng Mou Kehn, L. Shafai, F. Safari and S. Noghanian, “Permittivity measurement of disk and annular dielectric samples using coaxial transmission-line fixtures – Part II: simulation of the experimental procedure and accuracy analyses theory and formulation,” Accepted for publication in IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrica and Computer Engineering.
[J9] L. Gurrieri, and S. Noghanian, “Multi-beam selection for indoor MIMO systems: two cases of study,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 55, no. 4, pp.1173-1179, April 2007.
[J10] M. Poyvasi, S. Noghanian, G. Thomas, D. Flores-Tapia and S. Pistorius, “Ultra-wide-band radar for early breast tumor detection,” Journal of Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment. vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 190-191 April 2005.
[J11] D. Flores-Tapia, G. Thomas, S. Noghanian, M. Poyvasi, and S. Pistorius, “BCD using ground penetrating radar techniques,” Journal of Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment. vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 185-186, April 2005.
[J12] S. Noghanian and L. Shafai, “Analysis of dielectric loaded annular slot array antenna,” IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 11-18, January 2003.
[J13] S. Noghanian and L. Shafai, “Analysis of conducting ring and double layer dielectric loaded annular slot array antennas,” IEE proceedings part H, Microwave Antennas and Propagation, vol. 148, no. 5, pp. 327-333, October 2001.
[J14] S. Noghanian and L. Shafai, “Gain enhancement of annular slot antenna,” IEE proceedings part H, Microwave Antennas and Propagation, vol. 148, no. 2, pp. 109-114, April 2001.
[J15] S. Noghanian and L. Shafai, “Control of microstrip antenna radiation characteristics by ground plane size and shape,” IEE proceedings part H, Microwave Antennas and Propagation, vol. 145, no. 3, pp. 207-212, June 1998.

Articles in Refereed Conferences

[C1] M. Ostad-Rahimi, S. Noghanian and L. Shafai, “A modified double layer tapered slot antenna with improved cross polarization,” International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics and the Canadian Radio Sciences (ANTEM/URSI 2009), Banaf, Alberta, Canada, February 2009.
[C2] M. Ostad-Rahimi, and S. Noghanian, “Pracitcal considerations in time domain microwave imaging,” The XXIX General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (Union Radio Scientifique Internationale-URSI), Chicago, Illinois, USA, August 2008.
[C3] A. Sabouni, S. Noghanian, A. Ashatrai and S. Pistorius, “Breast tumour detection and characterization based on microwave tomography,” The XXIX General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (Union Radio Scientifique Internationale-URSI), Chicago, Illinois, USA, August 2008.
[C4] M. Ng Mou Kehn, L. Shafai, F. Safari, and S. Noghanian, “Permittivity measurement of annular dielectric samples using a quadratic curve fitting technique,” IEEE AP-S International Symposium (APS 2008), San Diego, California, USA, July 2008.
[C5] A. Sabouni, A. Ashtari, S. Noghanian, G. Thomas and S. Pistorius, “Hybrid binary-real GA for microwave breast tomography,” IEEE AP-S International Symposium (APS 2008), San Diego, California, USA, July 2008, (Honorable mention).
[C6] A. Ashtari, S. Noghanian, A. Sabouni and G. Thomas, “Hybrid binary-real genetic algorithms for microwave image reconstruction,” International Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics (ACES 2008), Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, March-April 2008, (Invited).
[C7] A. Sabouni, A. Ashtari, S. Noghanian, and S. Pistorius, “Water content and tissue composition effects on microwave tomography,” International Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics (ACES 2008), Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, March-April 2008, (Invited).
[C8] M. Xu, A. Sabouni, P. Thulasiraman, S. Noghanian, and S. Pistorius, “A parallel algorithmic approach for microwave tomography in breast cancer detection,” The International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP-07), XiAn, China, September 2007, (Best Paper Award).
[C9] I. Hossain, S. Noghanian and S. Pistorius, “A CPW fed ultra wide band (UWB) taper arc slot antenna,” International Conference on Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS 2007), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 2007, (Young Scientist Award).
[C10] M. Alsehaili, A. Sebak, and S. Noghanian, “An improved 3D geometric scattering channel model for wireless communication systems,” International Conference on Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS 2007), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 2007.
[C11] M. Ng Mou Kehn, L. Shafai, and S. Noghanian, “Accuracy improvement of a permittivity measurement technique for cylindrical dielectric samples,” International Conference on Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS 2007), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 2007, (Young Scientist Award).
[C12] A. Ashtari, D. Flores-Tapia, G. Thomas and S. Noghanian, “Frequency-matched wave-number reconstruction for GPR imaging,” Radio Science Meeting (URSI 2007), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 2007.
[C13] A. Ashtari, D. Flores-Tapia, G. Thomas and S. Noghanian, “Comparison between quasi-Newton and PSO algorithms for optimization-based inverse scattering,” Radio Science Meeting (URSI 2007), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 2007.
[C14] A. Sabouni, S. Noghanian, and S. Pistorius, “Optimization of the matching material for microwave breast imaging using genetic algorithm,” Radio Science Meeting (URSI 2007), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 2007. [C15] M. Alsehaili, A. Sebak, and S. Noghanian, “A 3D geometric scattering channel model for MIMO wireless communication systems,” Radio Science Meeting (URSI 2007), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 2007.
[C16] M. Ostadrahimi, N. Komjani, S. Noghanian, and F. Safari, “An enhanced model of coaxial feed and short posts in planar antennas for optimization algorithms based on moment method,” Radio Science Meeting (URSI 2007), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 2007.
[C17] A. Emami and S. Noghanian, “Study of MIMO channels using a novel semi-deterministic model,” IEEE AP-S International Symposium (APS 2007), Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA, June 2007.
[C18] A. Emami and S. Noghanian, “A new semi-deterministic channel model for beam diversity MIMO,” IEEE AP-S International Symposium (APS 2007), Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA, June 2007.
[C19] A. Sabouni, M. Xu, S. Noghanian, P. Thulasriaman and S. Pistorius, “Efficient microwave breast imaging technique using parallel finite difference time domain and parallel genetic algorithms,” IEEE AP-S International Symposium (APS 2007), Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA, June 2007.
[C20] I. Hossain, S. Noghanian and S. Pistorius, “A diamond shaped small planar ultra wide band (UWB) antenna for microwave imaging purpose,” IEEE AP-S International Symposium (APS 2007), Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA, June 2007.
[C21] M. Xu, A. Sabouni, P. Thulasiraman, S. Noghanian, and S. Pistorius, “Parallel FDTD and parallel GA for microwave tomography in breast cancer detection,” Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA, April 2007.
[C22] M. Xu, A. Sabouni, P. Thulasiraman, S. Noghanian and S. Pistorius, “A parallel algorithm for microwave tomogrhapy in breast cancer detection,” IEEE International Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Scientific and Engineering Computing (PDSEC 07), Long Beach, California, USA, March 2007.
[C23] A. Sabouni, D. Flores-Tapia, S. Noghanian, G. Thomas and S. Pistorius, “Hybrid microwave tomography technique for breast cancer imaging,” IEEE International Conference of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC’06), New York, New York, USA, September 2006.
[C24] A. Sabouni, S. Noghanian and S. Pistorius, “Effects of tissue composition on the accuracy of microwave breast tumour imaging,” World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2006(WC 2006), Seoul, Korea, August 2006.
[C25] D. Flores-Tapia, G. Thomas, A. Sabouni, S. Noghanian, and S. Pistorius, “Breast tumor microwave simulator based on a radar signal model,” IEEE International Symposium on Signal Processing and Information Technology (ISSPIT), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, August 2006, (Best Paper Award).
[C26] M. Sehaili, A. Sebak, and S. Noghanian, “A 3D geometrically based ellipsoidal wireless channel model,” International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics and the Canadian Radio Sciences (ANTEM/URSI 2006), Montréal, Québec, Canada, July 2006.
[C27] A. Sabouni, S. Noghanian and S. Pistorius, “Microwave tomography for breast cancer detection: study of dispersion and heterogeneity effects,” International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics and the Canadian Radio Sciences (ANTEM/URSI 2006), Montréal, Québec, Canada, July 2006.
[C28] A. Emami and S. Noghanian, “MIMO channel model for different antenna elements and arrays,” International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics and the Canadian Radio Sciences (ANTEM/URSI 2006), Montréal, Québec, Canada, July 2006.
[C29] A. Mohammed, L. Shafai and S. Noghanian, “Ultra wideband indoor channel measurements using a wideband plate monopole antenna,” International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics and the Canadian Radio Sciences (ANTEM/URSI 2006), Montréal, Québec, Canada, July 2006. [C30] L. E. Gurrieri, S. Noghanian and T. J. Willink, “Indoor wireless channels capacity improvements using cross-polarized multipath components,” International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics and the Canadian Radio Sciences (ANTEM/URSI 2006), Montréal, Québec, Canada, July 2006.
[C31] A. Sabouni, S. Noghanian and S. Pistorius, “Frequency dispersion effects on FDTD model for breast tumor imaging application,” IEEE AP-S International Symposium (APS 2006), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, July 2006.
[C32] A. Emami-Forooshani, and S. Noghanian, “Comparison of space and angle diversity techniques for indoor MIMO system,” IEEE AP-S International Symposium (APS 2006), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, July 2006.
[C33] L. E. Gurrieri, C. Squires, S. Noghanian and T. J. Willink, “High resolution spatio-temporal characterization of electric field polarization for indoor wireless environments,” Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2006), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 2006.

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