Dr. Nasim Mohammadi Estakhri

Dr. Nasim Mohammadi Estakhri

Assistant Professor
Fowler School of Engineering; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Office Location: Keck Center for Science and Engineering Swenson Hall N325
Website: https://sites.chapman.edu/estakhri/
Education:
University of Tehran, Bachelor of Science
University of Tehran, Master of Science
The University of Texas At Austin, Ph.D.

Biography

EDUCATION/TRAINING

2016 - 2020

Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA (Mentor: Prof. Nader Engheta)

2016 

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA (Mentor: Prof. Andrea Alu)

2011

M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Fields and Waves, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran.

2007

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran.

     

RESEARCH/TEACHING INTERESTS

Dr. Mohammadi Estakhri’s research interests are in the areas of nano-photonics, metamaterials, plasmonics, and applied electromagnetics. Her work focuses on the design of novel meta-structures that involve enhanced and function-based light-matter interaction phenomena with potential scientific and technological impact in computing, energy harvesting, communications, and medicine. Specific recent and ongoing projects include metamaterial-based optical computing, near-field patterning metasurfaces, scattering anomalies of Non-Hermitian particles, and establishing fundamental bounds on the performance of metasurfaces.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

N. Mohammadi Estakhri, "Self-dual systems for backscattering cancellation," SPIE Optics+ Photon-ics, Active Photonic Platforms, San Diego, CA, August 20-24, 2023.
A. Bader, Nooshin M. Estakhri, and Nasim Mohammadi Estakhri, "Adaptive Phase-Change Metasurfaces for Passive Radiative Cooling" Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: CLEO 2023, San Jose, CA, May 7-12, 2023.
Alex Vallone, Nooshin M. Estakhri, and Nasim Mohammadi Estakhri, "Inverse Engineering of Absorption and Scattering in Nanoparticles: A Machine Learning Approach," IEEE Photonics Conference, Orlando, FL, November 12-16, 2023.
Alex Vallone, Nooshin M. Estakhri, and Nasim Mohammadi Estakhri, “Region-specified inverse design of absorption and scattering in nanoparticles by using machine learning,” Journal of Physics: Photonics, Focus on Photonics Machine Learning, Vol. 5, No. 024002 (10 pages), April 21, 2023.
A. Bader, Nooshin M. Estakhri, and Nasim Mohammadi Estakhri,” Adaptive plasmonic metasurfaces for radiative cooling and passive thermoregulation,” Frontiers in Photonics, Editors' Showcase: Frontiers in Photonics, Vol. 4, No. 1193479 (8 pages), June 2023.
Nooshin M. Estakhri, Nasim Mohammadi Estakhri ,and T. B. Norris, “Emergence of coherent backscattering from sparse and finite disordered media,” Scientific Reports, Vol. 12, No. 22256 (10 pages), December 23, 2022.
N. Engheta, B. Edwards, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, and M. Mencagli, “Metastructures for solving equations with waves,” U.S. Patent 11,494,461, issued November 8, 2022.
N. Mohammadi Estakhri and N. Engheta, "Artificial Birefringence with Moving Metasurfaces," in CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, pp. JTu3A-65. Optica Publishing Group, 2021.
R. Geva, N. Engheta, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, and R. Kastner, "Inherently Matched Waveguide-Fed Wideband Arrays with Self-Dual Elements," in 2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), pp. 175-175. IEEE, 2021.
Nasim Mohammadi Estakhri, Nooshin M. Estakhri, R. Kastner, and N. Engheta, "Self Duality: From Symmetry Protected Transmission to Extreme Wave Funneling and Zero Backscattering," in 2021 Fifteenth International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena (Metamaterials), pp. 278-280. IEEE, 2021.
N. Mohammadi Estakhri, R. Kastner, and N. Engheta, “Generalized Class of Kerker Particles: Self-duality and Zero Backscattering,” in CLEO: Applications and Technology, pp. JW2D-22. Optica Publishing Group, 2020.
N. Mohammadi Estakhri, N. Engheta, and R. Kastner, “Electromagnetic Funnel: Reflectionless Transmission and Guiding of Wave through Subwavelength Apertures,” Physical Review Letters, Vol. 124, No. 3, 033901, January 22, 2020.
N. Mohammadi Estakhri and N. Engheta, “Tunable metasurface-based waveplates- A proposal using inverse design,” Comptes Rendus Physique-French Academy of Science, Vol. 21, No. 7-8, 625-639, January 19, 2021.
N. Mohammadi Estakhri, Brian Edwards, and N. Engheta, “Inverse-designed metastructures that solve equations,” Science, Vol. 363, No. 6433, pp. 1333-1338, March 22, 2019.
N. Mohammadi Estakhri, Brian Edwards, and N. Engheta, “Solving Equations with Metamaterials,” Optics and Photonics News, Year in Optics, Vol. 30, No. 12, p. 50, December 1, 2019.
N. Mohammadi Estakhri, N. Engheta, and R. Kastner, “Wide Scan, Wideband Arrays with Self-Dual Point-Like Elements,” in 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, pp. 2157-2158. IEEE, 2018.
N. Mohammadi Estakhri, N. Engheta, and R. Kastner, “Self-Dual Wideband Absorbers,” in 2018 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), pp. 433-434. IEEE, 2018.
X. Xu, H. Kwon, B. Gawlik, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, A. Alù, S. V. Sreenivasan, and A. Dodabalapur, “Enhanced Photoresponse in Metasurface-Integrated Organic Photodetectors,” Nano Letters, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 3362-3367, April 30, 2018.
Maryam Sakhdari, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, Hakan Bagci, and Pai-Yen Chen, “Low-Threshold Lasing and Coherent Perfect Absorption in the Generalized PT-Symmetric Optical Structures,” Physical Review Applied, Vol. 10, No. 2 (8 Pages) 024030, August 21, 2018.
B. Orazbayev, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, A. Alù, and M. Beruete, “Experimental Demonstration of Metasurface-Based Ultrathin Carpet Cloak for Millimetre Waves,” Advanced Optical Materials, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2017.
N. Mohammadi Estakhri, V. Neder, M. Knight, A. Polman, and A. Alù, “Visible Light, Wide-Angle Graded Metasurface for Back Reflection,” ACS Photonics, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 228-235, January 23, 2017.
J. Shi, M. H. Lin, Y. T. Chen, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, X. Q. Zhang, Y. Wang, H. Y. Chen, C. A. Chen, C. K. Shih, A. Alù, X. Li, Y. H. Lee, and S. Gwo, “Cascaded Exciton Energy Transfer in a Monolayer Semiconductor Lateral Heterostructure Assisted by Surface Plasmon Polariton,” Nature Communications, Vol. 8, No. 35 (7 Pages) 26 June, 2017.
N. Mohammadi Estakhri, and A. Alù, “Metasurfaces for Extreme Light Manipulation and Wave Control,” in Transformation Wave Physics: Electromagnetics, Elastodynamics and Thermodynamics, M. Farhat, P. Y. Chen, S. Guenneau, S. Enoch, eds., Pan Stanford Publishing, Ch. 6, pp. 191-242, September 9, 2016.
N. Mohammadi Estakhri and A. Alù, “Wavefront Transformation with Gradient Metasurfaces,” Physical Review X, Vol. 6, No. 4, 041008 (17 pages), October 14, 2016.

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