 
															Reza Ghaffarivardavagh
Former Research Scientist
Research Interests
Acoustical Systems, Transducer Design, Acoustic Metamaterials & Metasurfaces
									 Ocean IoT								
				
									 Ph.D. 2017 Boston University								
				Mechanical Engineering
									 M.S. 2013 Boston University								
				Mechanical Engineering
									 B.S. 2013 Sharif University								
				Mechanical Engineering
									 Innovation and Technology (E&T) R&D Innovation Award-Finalist (2020)
Ocean Observing Prize (2020)
2014 Boston University Distinguished Mechanical Engineering Fellowship (2014)
				Ocean Observing Prize (2020)
2014 Boston University Distinguished Mechanical Engineering Fellowship (2014)
Publications
 
															Underwater Backscatter Localization: Toward a Battery-Free Underwater GPS
									 Ocean IoT								
				 
															
									 Ocean IoT								
				IEEE/MTS Oceans ’20
Sayed Saad Afzal, Reza Ghaffarivardavagh, Waleed Akbar, Osvy Rodriguez, and Fadel Adib
 
															Ultra-Wideband Underwater Backscatter via Piezoelectric Metamaterials
									 Ocean IoT								
				ACM SigCOMM ’20
Reza Ghaffarivardavagh, Sayed Saad Afzal, Osvy Rodriguez, and Fadel Adib
 
								 
								