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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
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Underwater Backscatter Localization: Toward a Battery-Free Underwater GPS
Ocean IoT
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Ocean IoT
IEEE/MTS Oceans ’20
Sayed Saad Afzal, Reza Ghaffarivardavagh, Waleed Akbar, Osvy Rodriguez, and Fadel Adib
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Ultra-Wideband Underwater Backscatter via Piezoelectric Metamaterials
Ocean IoT
ACM SigCOMM ’20
Reza Ghaffarivardavagh, Sayed Saad Afzal, Osvy Rodriguez, and Fadel Adib