Hossein Jafari

Education

PhD student, Electrical Engineering

Spring 2013 - now, Prairie View A&M University (GPA 4.0)

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering

2004Iran University of Science & Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran (GPA 3.34)

Thesis: Design of a Low Power, High SFDR and ROM-Less Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer Chip

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

2001Urmia University, Urmia, Iran (GPA 3.09)

Thesis: Design and Implementation of Eight Channel Oscilloscope Card

Graduate Level Coursework

  • Wireless Networks
  • Coding Theory
  • Communications and Cyber-security in Smart Grid
  • Analog Integrated Circuit Design
  • Digital Integrated Circuit Design
  • Design of VLSI Circuits
  • DSP (Digital Signal Processing)
  • Electronic Circuits Design (RF High Frequency circuits)
  • Semiconductors Technology and Theory
  • Microprocessor II
  • VHDL

Research Interest

  • Wireless technologies: GSM-WCDMA-HSXPA-WiMAX–LTE
  • Wireless Sensor Network (WSN)
  • Body Area Network (BAN)
  • Cognitive Radio, Software Defined Radio (SDR)
  • Cyber Physical Systems (CPS)
  • Analog, digital Integrated circuit design
  • VLSI, ASIC, MEMS
  • Microcontroller, Microprocessor, Robotic, Embedded systems

Publications and Technical Reports

  • Jafari, H.; Ayatollahi, A.; and Mirzakuchaki, S.; A Low Power, High SFDR, ROM-Less Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizer. IEEE Conference on Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, 2005
  • Jafari, H., A. Ayatollahi, and S. Mirzakuchaki. Direct Digital Frequency Synthesizers. ISCEE, 2005
  • Jafari, H., H. Ghadimi. Design of Eight Channel Oscilloscope Card. ISCEE, 2001
  • Jafari, H.Published 11 troubleshooting technical support/solved cases in Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. technical support website

WorkExperience

Graduate Research Assistant, PhD student at Prairie View A&M University, Jan. 2013 - now

Team Leader of Wireless Product Line, Technical Support Department (TSD), Skycom (Huawei Tech Iran Office), Jan. 2008–Sep. 2011

Wireless Technical Product Engineer, Skycom (Huawei Iran Office), Sep. 2005–Jan. 2008

  • Worked as Wireless Technical Service Expert for Huawei wireless projects including HW-SW technical implementation, data configuration, system commissioning, system integration, acceptance test, troubleshooting, site survey, quality control and training
  • Worked on more than 30 wireless projects, including more than 20 GSM WLL projects for different provinces, MTN GSM BSS project (Iran second telecom operator), MCCI BSS Swap project (Iran first telecom operator), Tamin Telecom GSM-WCDMA project (Iran third telecom operator), MCCI WCDMA pilot project, and some other pilot projects (including WiMAX, WCDMA and LTE projects)

Circuit Designer, Niroo Research Institute (NRI),Oct.2004-Apr. 2005

Designing and implementing of “Laser Driver System” for OVCT (Opto Voltage Current Transformer). This project was an OVCT system to use in Power Distribution station (OVCT equipments automatically measure and monitor voltage and current of high voltage system with optical structures and devices).

software

  • HSPICE, PSPICE, ORCAD, LEDIT, LASI, VHDL, Verilog, MAX+PLUS, LOGICWORK, PROTEL, MODELSIM, XILINX FOUNDATION, KEIL, PROTEUS, CODEVISION AVR, BASCOM AVR, MATLAB, SIMULINK, Xilinx SDK-XPS tools, LabVIEW, GNU radio, WARP.…

Training & Certificates

  • LabVIEW core 1, Houston, NI (National Instrument), 3-5 Jun-2013
  • LabVIEW core 2, Houston, NI (National Instrument), 6-7 Jun-2013
  • E-learning training in LTE and Advanced Communications, Informa Telecom & Media "Telecom Academy in United Kingdom", 2010 (six months)
  • LTE(4G), Huawei Tech R&D, Shanghai, China, 2009 (two weeks)
  • WCDMA-RAN, Huawei Tech R&D, Shenzhen, China, 2009 (two weeks)
  • WiMAX training, Tehran, Iran (two weeks)
  • BSC6900 (Single RAN) training, Tehran, Iran (three weeks)
  • BSC6000/BTS3012 training, Tehran, Iran (two weeks)
  • BSC6810 WCDMA Data Configuration, Operation and Maintenance, Hardware and Transmission Dimensioning and HSPA RRM training, Tehran, Iran (one week)
  • Wireless GSM BSS (GSM, GPRS, EDGE), Huawei Tech training center, Shenzhen, China, 2005 (six weeks)