Abbas Semnani

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Contact Information

Reserach Interests

Research Experience

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA 2017-present

• Research Assistant Professor, 2017-present
  • reconfigurable antennas, high-power tunable microwaves, electrically-small antennas
• Senior Research Scientist, 2015-2017
  • low-temperature plasma for high-power microwaves, wireless power transfer,
    microwave-induced plasma generation
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow (in Prof. Dimitrios Peroulis’ group), 2012-2015
  • physics and modeling of gas micro-breakdown, plasma-microwave interaction

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

• Visiting Scholar (in Prof. Ioannis Rekanos’ group), 2008
  • innovative computational techniques able to exploit at best the a priori information in solving time-domain electromagnetic inverse scattering problems

Grants and Awards

Grants

• “Plasma-tunable radio-frequency elements,” Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, 6574009847, $70k, (Co-PI), 2017.
• “Plasmas for low noise reconfigurable RF systems,” National Science Foundation (NSF),ECCS-1619547, $360k, (Co-PI), 2016-2019.
• “Reconfigurable power amplifier and filter technology for real-time adaptive next generation radar,” Army Research Lab (ARL), W911NF-16-2-0054, $873k, (Co-PI), 2016-2018.
• “Plasma-dynamics in nano/micro-structures for RF to THz applications,” National Science Foundation (NSF), ECCS-1202095, $360k, (Senior Personnel), 2012-2015.
• Sabbatical leave grant by Iran Telecommunication Research Center, $7,000, 2008.
• M.Sc. and Ph.D. Fellowships by Iran Telecommunication Research Center, $6,000 and $12,000, 2000 and 2005.

Travel Awards

• European Microwave Weeks (EuMW) student travel grants, 2007 and 2010.

Education

• Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2009
  • Thesis Topic: Time-Domain Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering
• M.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2002

• B.Sc., Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2000

Teaching Experience

• Guest Lecturer, Fall 2012
  • “Electrical Circuits” course with 50 students in class
• Mentor of the “Wireless Power Transfer” team, Fall 2012
  • Group of students working on power harvesting system based on body motion

• Instructor, 2009-2011
  • “Differential Equations” and “EngineeringMathematics” courses with 60 students (in average) in each class

• Instructor, 2005-2009
  • “Electromagnetics”, “Communication Circuits”, and “Analog Communications” courses with 30 students (in average) in each class

Invited Talks

1. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Microwave microplasma: From destructive power-limiting effects to promising high-power tuning applications,” 9th International Symposium on Plasma Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (iPlasmaNano-IX), New Buffalo, MI, August 2018.
2. A. Semnani, S.Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Low-temperature plasma for high-power microwave tuning,” IEEE International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes (IMWS-AMP), Pavia, Italy, September 2017.
3. A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “Cold plasma-enabled tunable RF devices,” IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), Clearwater, FL, April 2016.
4. A. Semnani, “From graduate school to the job market; My story as an IEEE-MTT Member,” Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) Session, IEEE International Microwave symposium (IMS), Tampa, FL, June 2014.
5. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Radio frequency gas breakdown and micro/nanoplasma formation in high-power evanescent-mode cavity resonators,” General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI-GASS), Beijing, China, August 2014.
6. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “High frequency gas breakdown and microplasma formation in evanescent-mode cavity resonators,” Annual Meeting of the Electrostatics Society of America (ESA), Notre Dame, IN, June 2014.
7. D. Peroulis and A. Semnani, “RF discharges phenomena in miniaturized RF MEMS cavity-based filters,” 66th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), Princeton, NJ, 2013.
8. A. Semnani, “Time Domain Inverse Scattering,” Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, November 2008.

Industry Experience

Several Communication Companies, Tehran, Iran

• Microwave Engineer, 2004-2011
  • design, simulation and characterization of antennas, passive and active highfrequency devices/circuits, and wireless systems 

• RF Engineer, 2002-2004
  • design, simulation and characterization of sub-systems related to satellite communication

Professional Services

• IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
• IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
• IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
• IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems
• IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Circuits and Systems II
• IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
• IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
• IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
• IEEE Electron Device Letters
• Journal of Applied Physics
• Physics of Plasmas
• Optics Letters
• Europhysics Letters
• Electronics Letters
• John Wiley & Sons

Guest Editor of the IEEE Microwave Magazine December 2016 special issue

Professional Affiliations

• IEEE Antennas and Propagation
• IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques
• IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing
• IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences
• American Physical Society (APS)
• Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES)

Book Chapters

1. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “A hybrid method for solving 2-D inverse scattering problems,” Ultra-Wideband, Short Pulse Electromagnetics 9, Eds.: F. Sabath, D. V. Giri, F. Rachidi, and A. Kaelin, Springer, Germany, pp. 89-99, 2010, ISBN: 978-0-387-77844-0.
2. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “Solving inverse scattering problems using truncated cosine Fourier series expansion method,” Advanced Microwave Circuits and Systems, Ed.: V. Zhurbenko, In-Tech, Croatia, pp. 455-470, 2010, ISBN: 978-953-307-087-2. 

Refereed Journal Publications

1. A. Semnani, M. D. Sinanis, and D. Peroulis, “An evanescent-mode cavity-backed high-power tunable slot antenna,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. (under review)
2. A. Semnani, G. S. Shaffer, Y.-C. Wu, and D. Peroulis, “A high-power impedance tuner utilizing substrate-integrated evanescent-mode cavity technology and external linear actuators,” IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation. (under review)
3. A. Dockendorf, E. Langley, A. Egbert, C. Calabrese, J. Alcala-Medel, S. Rezayat, Z. Hays, A. Martone, E. Viveiros, K. Gallagher, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “Reconfigurable, frequency-agile amplifier matching circuit for radar spectrum sharing,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. (under review)
4. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “A quasi-absorptive microwave resonant plasma switch for high-power applications,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 3798-3806, August 2018.
5. C. Qu, P. Tian, A. Semnani, M. J. Kushner, “Properties of arrays of microplasmas: application to control of electromagnetic waves,” Plasma Sources Science and Technology, vol. 26, no. 10, 105006, 2017.
6. A. Semnani, M. A. Khater, Y. C. Wu, and D. Peroulis, “An electronically-tunable high-power impedance tuner with integrated closed-loop control,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 27, no. 8, pp. 754-756, August 2017.
7. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “A high-power widely-tunable limiter utilizing an evanescent-mode cavity resonator loaded with a gas discharge tube,” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 44, no. 12, pp. 3271-3280, December 2016.
8. A. Semnani, D. Peroulis, and S. Macheret, “Plasma-enabled tuning of a resonant RF circuit,” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 1396-1404, August 2016.
9. S. Tholeti, A. Semnani, D. Peroulis, and A. Alexeenko, “Dark-to-arc transition in field emission dominated atmospheric microdischarges,” Physics of Plasmas, 22, 083508, 2015.
10. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Contribution of ions in radio frequency properties of atmospheric pressure microgaps,” Applied Physics Letters, 105, 253105, 2014.
11. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Evaluation of RF micro-discharge regimes in the performance of evanescent-mode cavity resonators,” IET Electronics Letters, vol. 50, no. 17, pp. 1244-1246, August 2014.
12. S. Ebadi and A. Semnani, “Mutual coupling reduction in waveguide slot array antennas using electromagnetic band-gap (EBG) structures,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 68-79, June 2014.
13. A. Semnani, K. Chen, and D. Peroulis, “Microwave gas breakdown in tunable evanescent-mode cavity resonators,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 351-353, May 2014.
14. A. Semnani, A. Venkattraman, A. Alexeenko, and D. Peroulis, “Frequency response of atmospheric pressure gas breakdown in micro/nanogap,” Applied Physics Letters, 103, 063102, 2013.
15. A. Semnani, A. Venkattraman, A. Alexeenko, and D. Peroulis, “Pre-breakdown evaluation of gas discharge mechanisms in microgaps,” Applied Physics Letters, 102, 174102, 2013.
16. D. Oloumi, S. Ebadi, A. Kordzadeh, A. Semnani, P. Mousavi, and X. Gong, “Miniaturized reflectarray unit cell using fractal-shaped patch-slot configuration,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 11, pp. 10-13, 2012.
17. A. Semnani, I. T. Rekanos, M. Kamyab, and M. Moghaddam, “Solving inverse scattering problems based on truncated cosine Fourier and cubic B-spline expansions,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 60, no. 12, pp. 5914-5923, Dec. 2012.
18. A. Semnani, I. T. Rekanos, M. Kamyab, and T. G. Papadopoulos, “Two-dimensional microwave imaging based on hybrid scatterer representation and differential evolution,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 58, no. 10, pp. 3289-3298, Oct. 2010.
19. A. Semnani, M. Kamyab, and I. T. Rekanos, “Reconstruction of one-dimensional dielectric scatterers using differential evolution and particle swarm optimization,” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 671-675, Oct. 2009.
20. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “An enhanced hybrid method for solving inverse scattering problems,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 1534-1537, March 2009.
21. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “Truncated cosine Fourier series expansion method for solving 2-D inverse scattering problems,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research, vol. 81, pp. 73–97, 2008.
22. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “An Enhanced Method for Inverse Scattering Problems using Fourier Series Expansion in Conjunction with FDTD and PSO,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research, vol. 76, pp. 45-64, 2007.
23. A. Mahmoudi, A. Semnani, R. Alizadeh, and R. Adeli, “Negative refraction of a three-dimensional metallic photonic crystal,” European Physical Journal Applied Physics, vol. 39, pp. 27-32, 2007.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

1. Z. Vander Missen, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “Microwave-driven CPW microplasma generator for low-power discharge,” IEEE International Microwave Workshop Series on Advanced Materials and Processes (IMWS-AMP), Ann Arbor, MI, 2018.
2. A. Semnani, M. D. Sinanis and D. Peroulis, “High-power and widely-tunable evanescentmode cavity-backed slot antenna,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (AP-S), Boston, MA, 2018.
3. Z. Vander Missen, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “High-power wideband low-cost limiters using cold plasma,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Philadelphia, PA, 2018.
4. S. Rezayat, C. Kappelmann, Z. Hays, L. Hays, C. Baylis, E. Viveiros, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “Real-time frequency-agile circuit reconfiguration for S-band radar using a high-power tunable resonant cavity matching network,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Philadelphia, PA, 2018.
5. Z. Vander Missen, A. Semnani, E. Viveiros, and D. Peroulis, “Interaction of high-power microwaves with low-temperature plasma in a gas-discharge-tube-loaded SIW structure,” IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), Anaheim, CA, 2018.
6. Z. Hays, C. Kappelmann, L. Lamers, C. Baylis, M. Abu Khater, A. Semnani, D. Peroulis, E. Viveiros, and J. Penn, “Fast impedance matching using interval halving of resonator position numbers for a high-power evanescent-mode cavity tuner,” IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), Anaheim, CA, 2018.
7. Y. C. Wu, M. A. Khater, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “An S-band 3-W load-reconfigurable power amplifier with 50  76% efficiency for VSWR up to 4:1,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Honolulu, HI, 2017.
8. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “A 2-30WS-band plasma-based switch,” IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), Cocoa, FL, 2017.
9. Z. Hays, C. Baylis, R. J. Marks, M. A. Khater, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “Fast amplifier PAE optimization using resonant frequency interval halving with an evanescent-mode cavity tuner,” IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems, Waco, TX, 2017.
10. A. Semnani, H. J. Yang, M. Sinanis, S-J. Park, J. G. Eden, S. O. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Power limiting characteristics of a plasma-loaded evanescent-mode cavity resonator,” 46th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), London, United Kingdom, 2016.
11. A. Semnani, M. Sinanis, G. S. Shaffer, and D. Peroulis, “Field emission mitigation in X-band silicon-etched cavity resonators,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), San Francisco, CA, 2016.
12. A. Semnani, H. J. Yang, M. Sinanis, S-J. Park, J. G. Eden, S. O. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Low temperature plasma for tunable resonant attenuation,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), San Francisco, CA, 2016.
13. A. Semnani, Z. Vander Missen, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Gas discharge tube-based variable RF attenuator,” IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), Clearwater, FL, 2016.
14. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “A tunable VHF gas discharge tube resonator,” IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), Austin, TX, 2016.
15. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Electromagnetic sensitivity analysis of RF gas micro/nano-breakdown,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (AP-S), Memphis, TN, 2014.
16. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Nano-plasma tunable evanescent-mode cavity resonators,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Tampa, FL, 2014.
17. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Electromagnetic simulation of gas discharge effects in RF microgaps,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (AP-S), Orlando, FL, 2013.
18. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “The influence of gas discharge in Nano-gap RF conductivity,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Seattle, WA, 2013.
19. K. Chen, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “High-power microwave gas discharge in high-Q evanescent-mode cavity resonator and its instantaneous/long-term effects,” IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Seattle, WA, 2013.
20. A. Semnani, A. Venkattraman, A. Alexeenko, and D. Peroulis, “Numerical evaluation of RF gas ionization effects in micro- and nano-scale devices,” International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), Cape Town, South Africa, 2012.
21. A. Semnani, I. T. Rekanos, and M. Kamyab, “One-dimensional profile reconstruction using cosine Fourier and cubic B-spline expansions,” 40th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Paris, France, 2010.
22. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “Comparison of Differential evolution and particle swarm optimization in one-dimensional reconstruction problems,” 20th Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Hong Kong, China, 2008.
23. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “An enhanced hybrid method for solving inverse scattering problems,” 13th Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computations (CEFC), Athens, Greece, 2008.
24. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “Cosine Fourier series expansion method for 2-D inverse scattering problems,” 37th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Munich, Germany, 2007.
25. A. Semnani andM. Kamyab, “A computationally efficient method in inverse scattering using Fourier series expansion in conjunction with FDTD and PSO,”Workshop on Computational Electromagnetics in Time-Domain (CEM-TD), Perugia, Italy, 2007.

Conference Abstracts

1. A. Semnani, M. D. Sinanis, and D. Peroulis, “Evanescent-mode cavity-backed tunable slot antenna,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM), Boulder, CO, 2019.
2. A. Semnani, B. Baskaran, and D. Peroulis, “Wireless microwave powering of agricultural sensors,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM), Boulder, CO, 2019.
3. J. A. Alcala-Medel, C. Calabrese, C. Baylis, A. Martone, K. Gallagher, E. Viveiros, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “Fast reconfiguration of second-generation tunable evanescent-mode cavity matching network for frequency agility in S-band cognitive radar applications,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM), Boulder, CO, 2019.
4. A. Dockendorf, E. Langley, A. Egbert, C. Baylis, A. Semnani, D. Peroulis, A. Martone, E. Viveiros, and R. J. Marks II, “Frequency-agile reconfiguration for a high-power resonant cavity tuner using previous search results,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM), Boulder, CO, 2019.
5. C. Baylis, A. Martone, K. Gallagher, E. Viveiros, A. Semnani, D. Peroulis, and R. J. Marks II, “Software defined, spectrally sensitive radar transmission,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM), Boulder, CO, 2019.
6. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Plasma-based electrically small antennas,” 71th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), Portland, OR, 2018.
7. S. Macheret, A. Semnani, D. Peroulis, S. S. Tholeti, A. Alexeenko, A. Khomenko, and V. Podolsky, “Spatial and temporal manipulation of plasmas for RF electronics,” 9th International Symposium on Plasma Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (iPlasmaNano-IX), New Buffalo, MI, 2018.
8. A. Semnani, Z. Vander Missen, and D. Peroulis, “Microplasma generation in low-power microwave coplanar waveguide (CPW) structures,” IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS), Denver, CO, 2018.
9. A. Semnani, D. Peroulis, and S. Macheret, “Analysis of plasma parameters and conditions required for reconfigurable antennas,” IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS), Denver, CO, 2018.
10. A. Semnani, Z. Vander Missen, and D. Peroulis, “A wideband and high-power plasma-based microwave power limiter,” IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS), Denver, CO, 2018.
11. A. L. Garner, A. M. Loveless, Z. Vander Missen, and A. Semnani, “AC gas breakdown: from simple scaling laws to experiments,” IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS), Denver, CO, 2018.
12. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Plasma varactor for reconfigurable RF/microwave systems,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM), Boulder, CO, 2018.
13. A. Semnani, M. Abu Khater, D. Peroulis, C. Baylis, L. Hays, C. Kappelmann, and Z. Hays, “An evanescent-mode cavity-based high-power impedance tuner for adaptive radar applications,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM), Boulder, CO, 2018.
14. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “High-power microwave tunable resistor based on low-temperature plasma technology,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM), Boulder, CO, 2018.
15. Z. Vander Missen, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “Plasma cell loaded transmission line technologies for broadband applications,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM), Boulder, CO, 2018.
16. C. Kappelmann, L. Hays, Z. Hays, S. Rezayat, C. Baylis, R. J. Marks, E. Viveiros, M. Abu Khater, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “Frequency-agile power amplifier matching network reconfiguration using a hybrid real-time search,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM), Boulder, CO, 2018.
17. L. Hays, S. Rezayat, Z. Hays, A. Egbert, C. Kappelmann, C. Baylis, R. J. Marks, E. Viveiros, D. Peroulis, M. Abu Khater, and A. Semnani “Direct tuning of cavity position numbers for circuit optimization using an evanescent-mode cavity tuner dsigned for reconfigurable radar transmission,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting (NRSM), Boulder, CO, 2018.
18. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Tuning of AC sheath thickness by varying plasma excitation frequency,” 70th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), Pittsburgh, PA, 2017.
19. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “High-power microwave switching utilizing low-temperature gas discharge tube,” IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS), Atlantic City, NJ, 2017.
20. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Plasma-based tunable high frequency power limiter,” 69th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), Bochum, Germany, 2016.
21. S. Macheret, A. Semnani, and D. Peroulis, “Abnormal glow discharge as a variable capacitor for tunable RF systems,” 69th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), Bochum, Germany, 2016.
22. A. Semnani S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Tunable RF electronics based on low temperature plasma,” IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS), Banff, Alberta, Canada, 2016.
23. A. Semnani S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Plasma-based reconfigurable RF electronics,” Annual Meeting of the Electrostatics Society of America (ESA),West Lafayette, IN, 2016.
24. A. Semnani, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Plasma tunable LC resonator for high-power electromagnetic applications,” 68th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), Honolulu, HI, 2015.
25. A. Semnani, S. Tholeti, A. Alexeenko, S. Macheret, and D. Peroulis, “Electron energy distribution functions and plasma lifetime in atmospheric pressure microdischarges,” 8th International Workshop on Microplasmas (IWM), Newark, NJ, 2015.
26. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Interaction of High-Frequency ElectromagneticWaves with Pre-Breakdown Atmospheric Pressure Micro-Discharge Region,” 67th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), Raleigh, NC, 2014.
27. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “High frequency tuning mechanism using nano-plasma,” Annual Technical Meeting of Society of Engineering Science (SES), West Lafayette, IN, 2014.
28. A. Semnani and D. Peroulis, “Evaluation of RF micro-discharge regimes in the performance of evanescent-mode cavity resonators,” 66th Annual Gaseous Electronics Conference (GEC), Princeton, NJ, 2013.
29. A. Semnani, I. T. Rekanos, M. Kamyab, and C. S. Antonopoulos, “Solving 2-D inverse scattering problems using truncated cosine Fourier and cubic B-spline expansions,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), Marrakesh, Morocco, 2011.
30. A. Semnani and M. Kamyab, “A hybrid method for solving 2-D inverse scattering problems,” European Electromagnetics Conference (EUROEM), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2008.