RF Engineer (PhD)
Intel Corporation
Contact Information
- E-mail: fforoug1@vols.utk.edu
Biography
Since 2015, Foroughian has been pursuing her PhD degree in electrical engineering as a Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) and a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) in the Min H Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her research focus is on antenna design and biomedical radars and applications.
- Microwave Circuits and MMIC Design
- Antenna Design
- Human Non-Contact Vital Signs Detection using Radars
- Human Gait Analysis using Radars
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 2020
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, 2012
- Gonzalez Family Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2019
- Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Award for Extraordinary Performance in Teaching, Graduate Student Senate (GSS) Awards Ceremony and Breakfast, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2019
- Chancellor’s Citation Award for Extraordinary Professional Promise, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2018 and 2019
- USNC-URSI Invited Session Chair, The US National Committee (USNC) of The International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Boulder, CO, USA, Jan 2018
- EECS Department Excellence Fellowship Award, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Academic Year 2015-2016
- F. Foroughian, and A. E. Fathy, “Design of A Wideband Circularly Polarized Patch Antenna for GNSS Applications,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 2019
- F. Foroughian, and A. E. Fathy, “Wideband Leakage Cancellation Network for Monostatic Continuous-Wave Radars,” National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, 2019
- A. E. Fathy, O. Kilic, L. Ren, N. Tran, T. Vo Dai, F. Foroughian, and F. Quaiyum, “Continuous Long Term Patient Motion Monitoring using Ultra Wide Band Radar,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boston, MA, 2018
- L. Ren, N. Tran, F. Foroughian, K. Naishadham, J. E. Piou, O. Kilic, A. E. Fathy, “Short Time State Space Method for Micro-Doppler Identification of Walking Subject using UWB Impulse Doppler Radar,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 66, no. 7, pp. 3521-3534, 2018
- F. Foroughian, C. J. Bauder, P. T. Theilmann, A. E. Fathy, “The Wavelength Selection for Calibrating Non-Contact Detection of Blood Oxygen Saturation using Imaging Photoplethysmography,” National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, 2018
- L. Ren, L. Kong, F. Foroughian, H. Wang, P. Theilmann, A. E. Fathy, “Comparison Study of Noncontact Vital Signs Detection using a Doppler Stepped-Frequency Continuous-Wave Radar and Camera-Based Imaging Photoplethysmography,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 3519-3529, 2017
- F. Quaiyum, L. Ren, S. Nahar, F. Foroughian, A. E. Fathy, “Development of a Reconfigurable Low Cost Multi-Mode Radar System for Contactless Vital Signs Detection,” 2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Honolulu, HI, pp. 1245–1247, 2016
- F. Foroughian, A. Ghahremani, A. E. Fathy, “Flexible RF-Antennas Coated by a Super Hydrophobic Paint for Minimal Water Absorption,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), Fajardo, Puerto Rico, pp. 1947-1948, 2016