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Jahangir Tavakkoli, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical Eng., Sharif University of Technology

PO Box 11365-9363, Azadi Ave., Tehran, Iran

Tel: 021-6616-5960,  Fax: 021-6602-3261,  Mobile: 0912-268-1282

Email: jtavakkoli@sharif.edu

URL:  http://www.sharif.edu/en/

 

FIELDS OF PRIMARY INTEREST

           Biomedical Ultrasound, and Biomedical Signal/Image Processing.

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

§         Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

           (June 1998).

§         Ph.D. (Highest Honors) in Biomedical Engineering, University of Claude Bernard (Lyon-1) and laboratory of INSERM-Unit 556,

           Lyon, France (April 1997).

§         M.Sc. in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (Jan. 1992).

§         B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (Sep. 1988).

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1.      Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Eng., Sharif University of Tech., Tehran, Iran (July 2005 - Present).

   Academic research and teaching in electrical and biomedical engineering.

2.      Program Manager, VisualSonics Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada (Dec. 2003 - June 2005).

   Design and development of high frequency ultrasound imaging systems.

3.      Senior R&D Scientist, Focus Surgery Inc., Indianapolis, IN, USA (March 2000 - Dec. 2003).

   Design and development of image-guided ultrasound cancer therapy systems.

4.      Associate Faculty Member, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Eng. Technology, Purdue School of Eng. and Technology, IUPUI,

         Indianapolis, IN, USA (Sep. 2002 - Dec. 2003).

   Teaching courses and labs in electrical and biomedical engineering.

5.      Research Associate, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

         (July 1997 - March 2000).

   Academic research and teaching in biomedical ultrasound.

6.      Research Engineer, INSERM-Unit 556, Lyon, France (Oct. 1993 - July 1997).

   Development of new technologies for cancer therapy.

7.      Quality Control Officer, Biomedical Eng. Unit, Medical Equipment Department, Ministry of Health, Tehran, Iran

         (April 1991 - March 1993).

   Quality and price evaluation of medical equipment for MOH, Iran.

 

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

          More than 50 scientific publications including papers in the peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, theses,

          and technical reports (please see attached list of publications).

 

Courses Taught

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP

·         Associate Member, IEEE- UFFC and EMB (since 1993).

·         Associate Member, Acoustical Society of America (since 2001).

·         Member, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (since 2002).

·         Member, International Society for Therapeutic Ultrasound (since 2002).

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

·         Listed in Marquis Who'sWho in Medicine and Health Care, 5th Edition, 2004-2005.

·         Listed in Marquis Who'sWho in Science and Engineering, 8th Edition, 2005-2006.

·         Will be listed in Marquis Who'sWho in America, 60th Edition, 2006.

·         Will be listed in Marquis Who'sWho in the World, 23rd Edition, 2006.

·         MSRT Scholarship: Scholarship from the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology, Tehran, Iran, for the Ph.D. degree,

           1993-1997.

·         INSERM Scholarship: Scholarship from the laboratory of INSERM-Unit 556, Lyon, France, affiliated with the Ministry of

           Health, France, for the Ph.D. research work, 1994-1997.

·         Ph.D. Award: Ph.D. degree with the Highest Distinction (Tres Honorable Avec Felicitations) ranked into the top 10% of all

           Ph.D. graduates in France, 1997.

·         First-rank Diploma Award: High-school diploma ranked into top 1% in Iran (GPA 3.9/4.0), 1981.

 

language proficiencies

English, French, and Farsi.

 

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Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Ave., PO Box 11365-9363, Tehran, Iran