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SSCS Rising Star: In Step with Reza Erfani
Meshing Art with Engineering

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Reza Erfani is an electrical engineer
by career, but his love of art is something that he has always been passionate about. When he entered the
2016 IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Student T-Shirt Design
Contest, he was able to merge his
career with his hobby. Reza won
the contest, designing a t-shirt that
illustrated the cool technologies of
circuit design. The t-shirt was distributed at the International SolidState Circuits Conference to more
than 350 SSCS student members.
"I've been interested in art since
I was a child and had not thought
about doing a project until I entered
the SSCS t-shirt design contest," Reza
said. 'It was exciting that I was able
to merge my hobby with my career."
Reza is currently a Ph.D. candidate in electrical engineering in
the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Department at
Case Western Reserve University
(CWRU), Cleveland, Ohio, where he
is conducting research on developing the next-generation implantable biomicrosystems for interfacing
with the peripheral nervous system employing novel techniques
for transcutaneous wireless power
transfer and data telemetry using

This article is part of a series highlighting an SSCS member. Once a year, we
will highlight a "Rising Star." To apply or
nominate someone, please e-mail Abira
Sengupta (abira.sengupta@ieee.org)

Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MSSC.2017.2746189
Date of publication: 16 November 2017

Reza's presentation, "Amplitude-Engraving Modulation (AEM) Scheme for Simultaneous
Power and Data Transfer to Biomedical Implants," at IEEE BioCAS 2013 in Rotterdam,
The Netherlands.

capacitive links. Reza's research,
de signing implantable biomicrosystems, is categorized into two
parts: complementary metal-oxidesemiconductor IC design and the
wireless link solution capable of
delivering a high level of wireless
power and high-rate data.
Reza received his B.S. degree
from Shahid Rajaee University, Tehran, Iran, in 2010 and his M.S. degree
from the K.N. Toosi University of

Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 2014.
Both degrees are in electrical engineering. He worked as a senior RF

FUN FACTS ABOUT REZA
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Reza's father is an artist.
Reza enjoys playing music and singing as a hobby.
He plays intramural soccer and volleyball at CWRU, and his team won the
championship.

Reza presented "Transcutaneous Capacitive
Wireless Power Transfer (C-WPT) for Biomedical Implants" at ICAS 2017, Maryland.

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