Project: Microwave drying of porous products with novel tomography-assisted moisture control

Host: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany)

Nationality: Iran

Research Interests:

• Active and Passive Microwave and THz Sensing and Imaging Systems
• Analysis and Design of Antennas and Microwave Devices
• Medical Imaging, Medical diagnostic and Therapeutics
• Computational Electromagnetics and Numerical Methods
• Hybrid Imaging Systems (PET-CT and PET-MRI with Ultrasound, Microwave, THz and Optical Imaging)
• RF, Microwave and mm-Wave Integrated Circuits and System design

Education & past experience:

• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering-Communication, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran
• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering-Communication, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology
• A. Omrani, S. M. Moghadasi and M. Dehmollaian, “Imaging and Permittivity Extraction of an Embedded Target Inside a Dielectric Cylinder Using TR-DORT”, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, Manuscript ID: MAP-2018-5731
• V. Khorashadi, A. Omrani and M. Dehmollaian, “Scattered Fields of a 2D Rectangular Room Composed of Cinder Block Walls Using Floquet-Fourier Series Expansion”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Manuscript ID: AP1707-1156, Date: 20-Jul-2017, This paper is accepted and ready for publish in AP magazine.
• A. Omrani and M. Dehmollaian, “Imaging and Permittivity Variation Record of an Embedded Dielectric Cylinder Using TR-DORT”, 25th Iranian Conf. Elect. Eng., Tehran, 2017(ICEE2017), doi: 10.1109/IranianCEE.2017.7985323
• Design and implementation of a waveguide system for measurement of permittivity and permeability tensors of magnetic material
• Design of an imaging system which is capable of detecting, locating and extracting constitutive parameter of a dielectric target inside a cylindrical structure

Journal Articles:

A. Omrani, R. Yadav, G. Link, J. Jelonnek, A Multistatic Uniform Diffraction Tomography Algorithm for Microwave Imaging in Multilayered Media for Microwave Drying. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 70/10, 9583-9595 (2022).

R. Yadav, A. Omrani, G. Link, M. Vauhkonen, T. Lähivaara, Correlated Sample-based Prior in Bayesian Inversion Framework for Microwave Tomography. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 1-13, 28 January 2022.

A. Omrani, R. Yadav, G. Link, T. Lähivaara, M. Vauhkonen, J. Jelonnek, An Electromagnetic Time-Reversal Imaging Algorithm for Moisture Detection in Polymer Foam in an Industrial Microwave Drying System. MDPI Sensors, Special Issue “Tomographic Sensors for Industrial Process Control”, 21/21, 7409 (2021).

R. Yadav, A. Omrani, G. Link, M. Vauhkonen, T. Lähivaara, Microwave Tomography Using Neural Networks for Its Application in an Industrial Microwave Drying System. MDPI Sensors, Special Issue “Tomographic Sensors for Industrial Process Control”, 21/20, 6919 (2021).

Y. Zhang, A. Omrani, R. Yadav, M. Fjeld, Supporting Visualization Analysis in Industrial Process Tomography by Using Augmented Reality—A Case Study of an Industrial Microwave Drying System. MDPI Sensors, Special Issue “Tomographic Sensors for Industrial Process Control”, 21/19, 6515 (2021).

Posters & Publications in Conference Proceedings & Workshops:

R. Yadav, A. Omrani, M. Vauhkonen, G. Link, T. Lahivaara, Microwave Tomography for Moisture Level Estimation Using Bayesian Framework. 2021 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 22-26 March 2021.

Y. Zhang, Y. Ma, A. Omrani, R. Yadav, M. Fjeld, M. Fratarcangeli, Automatic Image Segmentation for Microwave Tomography (MWT): From Implementation to Comparative Evaluation. 12th International Symposium on Visual Information Communication and Interaction (VINCI 2019), 20-22 September 2019, Shanghai, China.

Presentations / Publications in Conference Proceedings & Workshops:

R. Yadav, A. Omrani, G. Link, M. Vauhkonen, T. Lähivaara, Imaging porous materials with microwave sensor and learning- based reconstruction algorithm: Experimental study for industrial drying application. 10th World Congress on Industrial Process Tomography (WCIPT 2021), 13-16 September 2021.

A. Omrani, R. Yadav, G. Link, J. Jelonnek, A time-reversal imaging algorithm for localization and moisture level detection in the polymer foam in an industrial microwave drying system. 18^th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Application (AMPERE 2021), 13-16 September 2021, Gothenburg, Sweden (Online).

R. Yadav, A. Omrani, M. Vauhkonen, G. Link, T. Lähivaara, Complex-permittivity estimation of a polymer foam using microwave tomography for the application of microwave drying. 18^th International Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Application (AMPERE 2021), 13-16 September 2021, Gothenburg, Sweden (Online).

Y. Zhang, R. Yadav, A. Omrani, M. Fjeld, A Novel Augmented Reality System to Support Volumetric Visualization in Industrial Process Tomography. 15th International Conference on Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction (iHCI 2021), 21–23 July 2021.

A. Omrani, R. Yadav, G. Link, M. Vauhkonen, T. Lahivaara, J. Jelonnek, A Combined Microwave Imaging Algorithm for Localization and Moisture Level Estimation in Multilayered Media. 2021 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 22-26 March 2021.

A. Omrani, G. Link, J. Jelonnek, A Multistatic Uniform Diffraction Tomographic Algorithm for Real-Time Moisture Detection. 2020 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), 8-11 December 2020.

Y. Zhang, Y. Ma, A. Omrani, R. Yadav, M. Fjeld, M. Fratarcangeli, Automated Microwave Tomography (MWT) Image Segmentation: State-of-the-Art Implementation and Evaluation. WSCG 2020, 18-22 May 2020, Plzen, Czech Republic.

Personal Interests:

• Movies and Songs, Sport (Basketball, Kick-Boxing)