• BS, Electrical Engineering, Shiraz University, 2005
• MS, Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2008
• MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012
• Ph D, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013

Journal Articles

Rezvan Salehi, Mohsen Moezzi, Mehdi Ki andni, , 2024, "Self-image-guided ultrasonic transceiver design for reliably powering mm-sized implants", AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communications, 176, pp. 155125

Sumanta Karan, Sujay Hosur, Zeinab Kashani, H. Leng, A. Vijay, R. Sriramdas, K. Wang, Bed Poudel, A. Patterson, Mehdi Kiani and Shashank Priya, 2024, "Magnetic field and ultrasound induced simultaneous wireless energy harvesting", Energy and Environmental Science, 17, pp. 2129-2144

Sujay Hosur, Zeinab Kashani, Sumanta Karan, Shashank Priya and Mehdi Kiani, 2023, "MagSonic: Hybrid magnetic-ultrasonic wireless interrogation of millimeter-scale biomedical implants with magnetoelectric transducer", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, pp. 1-12

Ardavan Javid, Sheikh Ilham and Mehdi Kiani, 2023, "A review of ultrasound neuromodulation technologies", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 17, pp. 1084-1096

Zeinab Kashani and Mehdi Kiani, 2023, "A study on ultrasonic wireless power transfer with phased array for biomedical implants", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 17, pp. 713-724

Sheikh Ilham and Mehdi Kiani, 2023, "Towards high-resolution ultrasound neuromodulation with crossed-beam phased arrays", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 17, pp. 534-546

Rezvan Salehi, Mohsen Moezzi, Hassan Ghafoorifard and Mehdi Kiani, 2023, "Systematic investigation of self-image-guided ultrasonic transceiver using time interval measurements for wireless power transfer", Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 81

Mehdi Kiani, 2022, "Wireless power transfer and management for medical applications: wireless power", IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine, 14, pp. 41-52

Pannawit Tipsawat, Sheikh Ilham, Jong-In Yang, Zeinab Kashani, Mehdi Kiani and Susan Trolier-McKinstry, 2022, "32 element piezoelectric micromachined ultrasound transducer (pmut) phased array for neuromodulation", IEEE Open J. Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, Freq. Control, 2, pp. 184-193

Philip Graybill, Bruce Gluckman and Mehdi Kiani, 2022, "Optimization of an unscented Kalman filter for an embedded platform", Computers in Biology and Medicine, 146, pp. 1-15

Zeinab Kashani, Sheikh Ilham and Mehdi Kiani, 2022, "Design and optimization of ultrasonic links with phased arrays for wireless power transmission to biomedical implants", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 16, pp. 64-78

Sheikh Ilham, Zeinab Kashani and Mehdi Kiani, 2021, "Design and optimization of ultrasound phased arrays for large-scale ultrasound neuromodulation", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 15, (6), pp. 1454-1466

Sujay Hosur, Ram Sriramdas, Sumanta Karan, Na Liu, Shashank Priya and Mehdi Kiani, 2021, "A comprehensive study on magnetoelectric transducers for wireless power transfer using low-frequency magnetic fields", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 15, (5), pp. 1079-1092

Rammohan Sriramdas, Min-Gyu Kang, Miao Meng, Mehdi Kiani, Jungho Ryu, Mohan Sanghadasa and Shashank Priya, 2020, "Large power amplification in magneto-mechano-electric harvesters through distributed forcing", Advanced Energy Materials, 10, (8), pp. 1-8

Miao Meng, Dixiong Wang, Binh Truong, Susan E Trolier-McKinstry, Shad Roundy and Mehdi Kiani, 2019, "A multi-beam shared-inductor reconfigurable voltage/SECE-mode piezoelectric energy harvesting interface circuit", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 13, pp. 1277-1287

Hesam Sadeghi, Ajay Dangi, Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli and Mehdi Kiani, 2019, "A Comprehensive study of ultrasound transducer characteristics in microscopic ultrasound neuromodulation", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 13, pp. 835-847

Hesam Sadeghi, Philip Graybill and Mehdi Kiani, 2019, "A dual-output reconfigurable shared-inductor boost- converter/current-mode inductive power management ASIC with 750% extended output-power range, adaptive switching control, and voltage-power regulation", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 13, pp. 1075-1086

Miao Meng and Mehdi Kiani, 2019, "Gastric Seed: Toward distributed ultrasonically interrogated millimeter-sized implants for large-scale gastric electrical-wave recording", IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, 66, pp. 783-787

V. Misra, A. Bozkurt,, B. Calhoun,, S. Datta, M. Dickey, Mehdi Kiani, J. Lach, B. Lee, J. Jur, O. Oralkan, M. Ozturk, R. Rajagopalan, S. Roundy, J. Strohmaier, S. Trolier-McKinstry, D. Vashaee, D. Wentzloff and D. Werner, 2019, "Optimizing the energy balance to achieve autonomous self-powering for vigilant health and IoT applications", Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1407, pp. 1-9

Hesam Sadeghi and Mehdi Kiani, 2018, "An inductive voltage/current-mode integrated power management with seamless mode transition and energy recycling", IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, 54, pp. 874-884

Philip Graybill and Mehdi Kiani, 2018, "Eyelid drive system: an assistive technology employing inductive sensing of eyelid movement", IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 13, pp. 203-213

Ahmed Ibrahim, Miao Meng and Mehdi Kiani, 2018, "A comprehensive comparative study on inductive and ultrasonic wireless power transmission to biomedical implants", IEEE Sensors Journal, 18, pp. 3813-3826

Hesam Sadeghi Gougheri and Mehdi Kiani, 2017, "Self-regulated reconfigurable voltage/current-mode inductive power management", IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits

Miao Meng and Mehdi Kiani, 2017, "Design and optimization of ultrasonic wireless power transmission links for millimeter-sized biomedical implants", IEEE Transaction on Biomededical Circuits and Systems, 11, pp. 10

Hesam Sadeghi Gougheri and Mehdi Kiani, 2017, "A multi-cycle switching technique for efficient ultrasonic wireless power delivery", IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems II

Miao Meng and Mehdi Kiani, 2017, "A hybrid inductive-ultrasonic link for wireless power transmission to millimeter-sized biomedical implants", IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems II

Ahmed Ibrahim and Mehdi Kiani, 2016, "A Figure-of-merit for design and optimization of inductive power transmission links for millimeter-sized biomedical implants", IEEE Transaction on Biomededical Circuits and Systems, 10, pp. 12

Hesam Sadeghi Gougheri and Mehdi Kiani, 2016, "Current-based resonant power delivery with multi-cycle switching for extended-range inductive power transmission", IEEE Transaction on Circuits and Systems I, 63, pp. 10

Sylive Mimche, Dukju Ahn, Mehdi Kiani, Hassan Elahi, Kyle Murray, Krik Easley, Alan Sokoloff and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2016, "Tongue implant for assistive technologies: test of migration, tissue reactivity and impact on tongue motion", Archives of Oral Biology

Byunghun Lee, Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2016, "A triple-loop inductive power transmission system for biomedical applications", IEEE Transaction on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, 10

Seung Bae Lee, Byunghun Lee, Mehdi Kiani, Babak Mahmoudi, Bob Gross and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2016, "An Inductively-Powered Wireless Neural Recording System with a Wide-Swing Dual-Slope Charge Sampling Analog Front-End", IEEE Sensors Journal, 16, pp. 475-484

Mehdi Kiani, Byunghoo Lee, Pyungwoo Yeon and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2015, "A Q-modulation technique for efficient inductive power transmission", IEEE Journal of Solid State Circuits, 50, pp. 2839-2848

Byunghun Lee, Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2015, "A smart wirelessly-powered homecage for long-term high-throughput behavioral experiments", IEEE Sensors Journal, 15, pp. 4905-4916

Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2015, "A 13.56-Mbps pulse delay modulation based transceiver for simultaneous near-field data and power transmission", 9, pp. 1 - 11

Uei-Ming Jow, Peter McMenamin, Mehdi Kiani, Joseph R Manns and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2014, "EnerCage: A smart experimental arena with scalable architecture for behavioral experiments", Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on, 61, (1), pp. 139–148

Dukju Ahn, Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2014, "Enhanced wireless power transmission using strong paramagnetic response", Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on, 50, (3), pp. 96–103

Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2013, "A figure-of-merit for designing high-performance inductive power transmission links", Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on, 60, (11), pp. 5292–5305

Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2013, "A 20-Mb/s pulse harmonic modulation transceiver for wideband near-field data transmission", Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, IEEE Transactions on, 60, (7), pp. 382–386

Hangue Park, Mehdi Kiani, Hyung-Min Lee, Jeonghee Kim, Jacob Block, Benoit Gosselin and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2012, "A wireless magnetoresistive sensing system for an intraoral tongue-computer interface", Biomedical Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on, 6, (6), pp. 571–585

Uei-Ming Jow, Mehdi Kiani, Xueliang Huo and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2012, "Towards a smart experimental arena for long-term electrophysiology experiments", Biomedical Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on, 6, (5), pp. 414–423

Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2012, "The circuit theory behind coupled-mode magnetic resonance-based wireless power transmission", Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, IEEE Transactions on, 59, (9), pp. 2065–2074

Mehdi Kiani, Uei-Ming Jow and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2011, "Design and optimization of a 3-coil inductive link for efficient wireless power transmission", Biomedical Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on, 5, (6), pp. 579–591

Farzad Inanlou, Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2011, "A 10.2 Mbps pulse harmonic modulation based transceiver for implantable medical devices", Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of, 46, (6), pp. 1296–1306

Masoud Meghdadi, Mehrdad Azizi, Mehdi Kiani, Ali Medi and Mojtaba Atarodi, 2010, "A 6-bit CMOS phase shifter for-band", Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on, 58, (12), pp. 3519–3526

Seung Bae Lee, Hyung-Min Lee, Mehdi Kiani, Uei-Ming Jow and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2010, "An inductively powered scalable 32-channel wireless neural recording system-on-a-chip for neuroscience applications", Biomedical Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on, 4, (6), pp. 360–371

Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2010, "An RFID-based closed-loop wireless power transmission system for biomedical applications", Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, IEEE Transactions on, 57, (4), pp. 260–264

Mehdi Kiani, Mehrdad Sharif Bakhtiar and Mojtaba Atarodi, 2010, "Low voltage low noise open loop automatic amplitude control for voltage-controlled oscillators", Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, 62, (3), pp. 319–325

Travis Peters, Sujay Hosur, Mehdi Kiani, Shad Roundy and Susan Trolier-McKinstry, , "Insole embedded lead zirconate-titanate film force sensor array", Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical, 350, pp. 1-9

Conference Proceedings

Mehdi Kiani, 2024, "High-voltage phased array electronics for ultrasound neuromodulation"

Sujay Hosur, Sumanta Karan, Shashank Priya and Mehdi Kiani, 2023, "comparative study on wireless power transfer to millimeter-scale biomedical implants with ultrasound and magnetoelectric technologies"

Sujay Hosur, Sumanta Karan, Shashank Priya and Mehdi Kiani, 2023, "Short-range communication for small biomedical implants using magnetoelectric effect"

Ardavan Javid and Mehdi Kiani, 2022, "A 16-channel high-voltage ASIC with programmable delay lines for image-guided ultrasound neuromodulation"

Sujay Hosur, Sumanta Karan, Shashank Priya and Mehdi Kiani, 2022, "Packaging methods for magnetoelectric transducers used as wireless power receivers"

Zeinab Kashani and Mehdi Kiani, 2022, "Towards an implantable gastric electrical-wave recording system powered with ultrasonic beamforming"

Hesam Sadeghi and Mehdi Kiani, 2022, "A high-voltage ASIC for ultrasound neuromodulation with a piezoelectric transducer"

Zeinab Kashani and Mehdi Kiani, 2022, "An adaptive ASIC for closed-loop low-power pulse-based ultrasonic data transmission"

Michael Maslakowski, Sheikh Ilham, Timothy Hall, Thyagarajan Subramanian, Mehdi Kiani and Mohamed Almekkawy, 2020, "The characterization and assembly of an efficient, cost effective focused ultrasound transducer"

Zeinab Kashani and Mehdi Kiani, 2019, "Optimal ultrasonic pulse transmission for miniaturized biomedical implants"

Sujay Houser, Philip Graybill and Mehdi Kiani, 2019, "A dual-modal assistive technology employing eyelid and head movements"

Philip Graybill, Bruce Gluckman and Mehdi Kiani, 2019, "Toward a wearable data assimilation platform"

Pin Tsai, Hesam Sadeghi and Mehdi Kiani, 2019, "Skull impact on the ultrasound beam profile of transcranial focused ultrasound stimulation"

Philip Graybill and Mehdi Kiani, 2019, "Eyelid movement command classification using machine learning"

Miao Meng, Philip Graybill, Raddy Ramos, Amir Javan-Khoshkholgh, Aydin Farajidavar and Mehdi Kiani, 2019, "An ultrasonically powered wireless system for in vivo gastric slow-wave recording"

Miao Meng and Mehdi Kiani, 2019, "Self-Image-Guided ultrasonic wireless power transmission to millimeter-sized biomedical implants"

Amir Javan-Khoshkholgh, W. Alrofati, Larry Miller, Anil Vegesna, Mehdi Kiani and Aydin Farajidavar, 2019, "A high-resolution wireless power transfer and data communication system for studying gastric slow waves"

Hesam Sadeghi, Y. Lia, J. Chen, Iam-Choon Khoo, Noel Giebink and Mehdi Kiani, 2019, "Towards wireless addressable optoelectronic implants for large-scale optogenetics"

Miao Meng, Ahmed Ibrahim, Shad Roundy, Susan E Trolier-McKinstry and Mehdi Kiani, 2019, "Multi-beam shared-inductor reconfigurable voltage/SECE-mode piezoelectric energy harvesting of multi-axial human motion", pp. 1-2

Hesam Sadeghi and Mehdi Kiani, 2018, "Microscopic ultrasound stimulation of neural tissue", pp. 1-4

Amir Javan, W. Alrofati, Zeid Abukhalaf, Ahmed Ibrahim, Mehdi Kiani and Aydin Farajidavar, 2018, "A miniature wireless 64-channel system for monitoring gastrointestinal activity", pp. 1-4

Hesam Sadeghi and Mehdi Kiani, 2018, "A Self-Regulated Voltage/Current-Mode Integrated Power Management with Seamless Mode Transition and Extended Input-Voltage Range", pp. 1-3

Hesam Sadeghi Gougheri and Mehdi Kiani, 2017, "An adaptive reconfigurable voltage/current-mode power management with self-regulation for extended-range inductive power transmission", IEEE

Ahmed Ibrahim, Miao Meng and Mehdi Kiani, 2017, "Inductive and Ultrasonic Wireless Power Transmission to Biomedical Implants"

Ahmed Ibrahim, Aydin Farajidavar and Mehdi Kiani, 2016, "A 64-channel wireless implantable system-on-chip for gastric electrical-wave recording", IEEE

Amir Javan-Khoshkholgh, Zaid Abukhalaf, Ji Li, Mehdi Kiani and Aydin Farajidavar, 2016, "An inductive narrow-pulse data telemetry system for gastric slow waves monitoring", IEEE

Ahmed Ibrahim and Mehdi Kiani, 2016, "Inductive power transmission to millimeter-sized biomedical implants using printed spiral coils", IEEE

Miao Meng and Mehdi Kiani, 2016, "Optimal resonance configuration for ultrasonic wireless power transmission to millimeter-sized biomedical implants", IEEE

Hesam Sadeghi Gougheri and Mehdi Kiani, 2016, "Optimal frequency for powering millimeter-sized biomedical implants inside an inductively-powered homecage", IEEE

Hesam Sadeghi Gougheri and Mehdi Kiani, 2016, "Optimal wireless receiver structure for omnidirectional inductive power transmission to biomedical implants", IEEE

Hesam Sadeghi Gougheri and Mehdi Kiani, 2016, "A resonant voltage multiplier for long-range inductive power transmission", IEEE

Hyungmin Lee, Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2015, "Advanced wireless power and data transmission techniques for implantable medical devices"

Ahmed Ibrahim, Aydin Farajidavar and Mehdi Kiani, 2015, "Towards a highly-scalable wireless implantable system-on-a-chip for gastric electrophysiology"

Ahmed Ibrahim and Mehdi Kiani, 2015, "Safe inductive power transmission to millimeter-sized implantable microelectronics devices"

Mehdi Kiani, Byunghun Lee, Pyungwoo Yeon and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2015, "A power-management ASIC with Q-modulation capability for efficient inductive power transmission"

Miao Meng, Ahmed Ibrahim and Mehdi Kiani, 2015, "Design considerations for ultrasonic power transmission to millimeter-sized implantable microelectronics devices", United States

Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2014, "A PWM-IR-UWB transceiver for low-power data communication", pp. 436–439

Byunghun Lee, Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2014, "A smart homecage system with 3D tracking for long-term behavioral experiments", pp. 2016–2019

Peter McMenamin, Uei-Ming Jow, Mehdi Kiani, Joseph R Manns and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2013, "A smart cage for behavioral experiments on small freely behaving animal subjects", pp. 985–988

Mehdi Kiani and M Ghovanloo, 2012, "Pulse delay modulation (PDM) a new wideband data transmission method to implantable medical devices in presence of a power link", Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), 2012 IEEE, pp. 256–259

Peter McMenamin, Uei-Ming Jow, Mehdi Kiani and M Ghovanloo, 2012, "Real time control of a wireless powering and tracking system for long-term and large-area electrophysiology experiments", Proc. IEEE Biomed. Circ. Sys. Conf, pp. 240–243

Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2012, "A figure-of-merit for design of high performance inductive power transmission links for implantable microelectronic devices", pp. 847–850

Peter McMenamin, Uei-Ming Jow, Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2012, "EnerCage: a novel smart wireless power and tracking system for long-term and large-arena experiments", pp. 240–243

Hangue Park, Benoit Gosselin, Mehdi Kiani, Hyungmin Lee, Jeonghee Kim, Xueliang Huo and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2012, "A wireless magnetoresistive sensing system for an intra-oral tongue-computer interface"

Mehdi Kiani, Ki Yong Kwon, Fei Zhang, Karim Oweiss and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2011, "Evaluation of a closed loop inductive power transmission system on an awake behaving animal subject", pp. 7658–7661

Uei-Ming Jow, Mehdi Kiani, Xuliang Huo and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2011, "Towards a smart experimental arena for long-term electrophysiology experiments"

Farzad Inanlou, Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2010, "A novel pulse-based modulation technique for wideband low power communication with neuroprosthetic devices", 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS, pp. 5326–5329

Seung Bae Lee, Hyungmin Lee, Mehdi Kiani, Uei-Ming Jow and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2010, "An inductively powered scalable 32-ch wireless neural recording system-on-a-chip with power scheduling for neuroscience applications"

Mehdi Kiani and Maysam Ghovanloo, 2009, "A closed loop wireless power transmission system using a commercial RFID transceiver for biomedical applications", pp. 3841–3844

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