Patents

Contributed to over 40 patent disclosures related to electromagnetic non-destructive testing (NDT) of concentric casing strings (pipes) with Halliburton Co; For more information about the developed tool, please refer to: Electromagnetic PIpe Xaminer V (EPX V) Service 

Sample granted patents are listed below:

1. B. Donderici and R. K. Amineh, "Determining formation characteristics using reference sensor responses recorded during pulsed drilling," Patent No. 11466517, October 2022. 

2. R. K. Amineh, L. E. S. Martin, and B. Donderici, "Downhole pipe inspection tool utilizing electromagnetic energy," Patent No. 11346812, May 2022.

3. R. K. Amineh, A. E. Fouda, B. Donderici, and L. E. S. Martin, "Thickness value restoration in eddy current pipe inspection," Patent No. 11346813, May 2022.

4. R. K. Amineh and B. Donderici, "Downhole electromagnetic corrosion detection using known pipe features and natural pipe variation rejection," Patent No. 11248458, February 2022.  

5. R. K. Amineh, B. Donderici, and L. E. Sanmartin, "Tool and method to make high resolution and high penetration measurement of corrosion," Patent No. 11174725 , November 2021.

6. R. K. Amineh, B. Donderici, and L. E. Sanmartin, "Detecting and evaluating eccentricity effect in multiple pipes," Patent No. 11143780, October 2021.

7. L. E. S. Martin and R. K. Amineh, "Multi-spacing array tool for determining pipe thickness of a multi-pipe structure," Patent No. 11016216, May 2021.

8. L. E. Sanmartin, R. K. Amineh, and B. Donderici, "Determining permeablility based on collar responses," Patent No. 10996366, May 2021.

9. R. K. Amineh, B. Donderici, and L. E. Sanmartin, "Remote field eddy current technique for corrosion inspection of multiple pipes including transition sections,"  Patent No. 10961841, March 2021.

10. L. E. S. Martin and R. K. Amineh, "Locating positions of collars in corrosion detection tool logs," Patent No. 10954778, March 2021. 

11. R. K. Amineh, L. E. S. Martin, and B. Donderici, "Reducing effects of pipe couplings in corrosion inspection of pipes," Patent No. 10761060, September 2020.

12. A. E. Fouda, B. Donderici, L. E. S. Martin, and R. K. Amineh, "Method for in-situ calibration of electromagnetic corrosion detection tools," Patent No. 10670563, June 2020.

13. R. K. Amineh, B. Donderici, and L. E. S. Martin, "Eddy-current responses in nested pipes," Patent No. 10662760, May 2020.

14. R. K. Amineh, B. Donderici, L. E. S. Martin, and J. A. Quirein, "Inspection of pipes with buckling effects," Patent No. 10655452, May 2020.

15. L. E. S. Martin, R. K. Amineh, and A. E. Fouda, "Corrosion detection tool processing method," Patent No. 10641594, May 2020.

16. L. E. Sanmartin, R. K. Amineh, and B. Donderici, "Focused symmetric pipe inspection tools," Patent No. 10613244, April 2020.

17. R. K. Amineh, B. Donderici, and L. S. Martin, "Alignment of responses for thickness estimations in a corrosion detection tool," Patent No. 10605720, March 2020.

18.  L. E. S. Martin, R. K. Amineh, B. Donderici, "Selective pipe inspection," Patent No. 10578561, March 2020.

19. R. K. Amineh, B. Donderici, L. S. Martin, A. M. Rivera-Rios, "Elimination of residual magnetism effect in eddy current based inspection of pipes," Patent No. 10571242, February 2020.

20. R. K. Amineh, L. E. S. Martin, and B. Donderici, "Detection of pipe characteristics with a remote field eddy current," Patent No. 10539534, Jan. 21, 2020.

21. A. E. Fouda, R. K. Amineh, L. E. S. Martin, and B. Donderici, "Electromagnetic (EM) defect detection methods and systems employing deconvolved raw measurements," Patent No.  10533411, Jan. 14, 2020.

22. L. E. S. Martin, and B. Donderici, and R. K. Amineh, "Two-dimensional imaging with multi-stage processing," Patent No. Nov. 26, 2019.

23. R. K. Amineh, L. E. S. Martin, and B. Donderici, "Detecting defects in non-nested tubings and casings using calibrated data and time thresholds," Patent No. 10450856, Oct. 22, 2019.   

24. B. Donderici, L. E. S. Martin, R. K. Amineh, "Deep azimuthal inspection of wellbore pipes," Patent No. EP3167152B1, Oct. 23, 2019.

25. R. K. Amineh, B. Donderici, and L. E. S. Martin, "Optimizing eddy current measurement to save power," US10444190B2, Oct. 15, 2019.

26. L. E. S. Martin, R. K. Amineh, and B. Donderici, "Using an array of sensors between two transmitters in an eddy current logging environment," Patent No. 10338265, July 2, 2019.

27. P. C. Chang, L. E. S. Martin, R. K. Amineh, and A. M. Rivera-Rios,"Defect discrimination apparatus, methods, and systems ,"  Patent No. 10288583, May 14, 2019.    

28. R. K. Amineh, B. Donderici, "High quality visualization in a corrosion inspection tool for multiple pipes," Patent No. 10190404, Jan. 29, 2019. 

29. R. K. Amineh, L. E. S. Martin, and B. Donderici, "Casing defect determination using Eddy current techniques," Patent No. 10139371, Nov 27, 2018.

30. B. Donderici and R. K. Amineh, "Fiber optic array apparatus, systems, and methods," Patent No. 10132955, Nov 20, 2018.

31. L. E. S. Martin, R. K. Amineh, and B. Donderici, "Casing defect determination using stored defect response information," Patent No. 9745845 B2, Aug 29, 2017.

32. R. K. Amineh, L. E. S. Martin, and B. Donderici, "Evaluation tool for concentric wellbore casings," Patent No. 9562877, Feb. 7, 2017.

33. B. Donderici, L. E. S. Martin, and R. K. Amineh, "Methods of deep azimuthal inspection of wellbore pipes," Patent No. 9512712, Dec 6, 2016.

34. R. K. Amineh, L. E. S. Martin, and B. Donderici, "Holographic techniques for corrosion evaluation of wellbore pipes," Patent No. 9488749, Nov 8, 2016. 

Books

1. R. K. Amineh (Ed.), Applications of Electromagnetic waves. MDPI Electronics (This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue Applications of Electromagnetic Waves that was published in Electronics ), ISBN 978-3-03936-300-1, 2020.

2. R.K. Amineh, N.K. Nikolova, and M. Ravan, Real-Time Three-Dimensional Imaging of Dielectric Bodies Using Microwave/Millimeter Wave Holography. Wiley & IEEE Press, ISBN: 978-1-119-53886-8, 2019. 

Book Chapters

1. R. K. Amineh, Z. Dong, F. Li, and M. Panero, Technologies for Soil and Water Quality Monitoring, and Their Role in Precision Agriculture, in book: Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, ISBN 9780124095489, Elsevier, 2024.

2. N. S. Artan and R. K. Amineh, "Wireless power transfer to medical implants with multi-layer planar coils," Chapter 9 in Emerging Capabilities and Applications of Wireless Power Transfer, IGI Global, 2018.

3. N. K. Nikolova, R. K. Amineh, and M. Ravan, "Substrate integrated antennas on silicon," Chapter VI in M.J. Deen, Guest Ed., Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, vol. 174: Silicon-Based Millimeter-Wave Technology, Measurement, Modeling and Applications. Academic Press, 2012 (ISBN 978-0-12-394298-2). 

Journal Papers

1. R. K. Amineh and N. Nikolova, "Fourier-space image reconstruction: The path toward real-time microwave and millimeterwave imaging," IEEE Microwave Magazine, accepted.

2. R. K. Amineh, "Microwave nondestructive testing of nonmetallic pipes: an overview of the major developments," IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, accepted.

3. Y. Xu, M. Smirnov, M. C. Kohler, Z. Dong, R. K. Amineh, F. Li, and R. Rojas-Cessa, "A survey of wireless soil sensing technologies," IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 12010-12038, 2024.  

4. M. Kohler, F. Li, Z. Dong, and R. K. Amineh, "Real-time nitrate ion monitoring with poly (3, 4-ethylenedioxythiophene)(PEDOT) materials," Sensors, vol. 23, no. 17, 2023.  

5. F. Khatoon, M. Ravan, R. K. Amineh, and A.Byberi, "Hand gesture recognition pad using an array of inductive sensors," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, vol. 72, no. 2516611, pp. 1-11, 2023. 

6. R. K. Amineh, M. Ravan, and D. Tandel, "Detection of water pollutants with a nonuniform array of microwave sensors," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation & Measurement, vol. 72, no. 6004011, 2023.

7. A. Byberi, M. Ravan, and R. K. Amineh, "GloveSense: a hand gesture recognition system based on inductive sensing," IEEE Sensors Journal,vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 9210-9219, 2023. 

8. Y. Gao, M. Ravan, R. K. Amineh, "Near-field imaging of dielectric components using an array of microwave sensors," Electronics, vol. 12, no. 6, 2023 (invited). 

9. Y. Xu, R. K. Amineh, Z. Dong, F. Li, K. Kirton, and M. Kohler, "Software defined radio-based wireless sensing system," Sensors, vol. 22, 2022 (invited).  

10. M. Shah, Y. Gao, M. Ravan, and Reza K. Amineh, "Quantitative defect size evaluation in fluid-carrying nonmetallic pipes," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory & Techniques, vol. 70, no. 8, pp. 4071 - 4081, 2022. 

11. A. Byberi, R. K. Amineh, and M. Ravan, "Wearable inductive sensing of the arm joint: comparison of three sensing configurations," Magnetism, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 195-210, 2022 (invited).  

12. Y. Gao, M. Shah, and R. K. Amineh, "Assessment of eccentricity for multiple nonmetallic pipes using microwave sensing," IEEE Trans. Instrumentation & Measurement, vol. 71, no. 8000707, pp. 1-7, 2022.

13. N. Raisa, Y. Gao, M. Ganesh, M. Ravan, and R. K. Amineh, "Fast and robust capacitive imaging of cylindrical non-metallic media," Magnetism, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 60-69, 2021 (invited). 

14. Y. Gao, M. Ravan, and R. K. Amineh, "Fast, robust, and low-cost microwave imaging of multiple non-metallic pipes," Electronics, Special Issue on Applications of Electromagnetic Waves, Volume II, vol. 10, no. 15, 2021 (invited).  

15. Y. Gao, N. Raisa, and R. K. Amineh, “Effect of eccentricity in microwave imaging of multiple composite pipes,” Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal (CUSJ), vol. 15, pp. 30-38, May 2021.

16. M. Ganesh, M. Ravan, and R. K. Amineh, "Electromagnetic induction imaging at multiple depths with a single coil," IEEE Trans. Instrumentation & Measurement, vol. 70, no. 4502809, pp. 1-9, 2021.  

17. H. Wu, M. Ravan, and R. K. Amineh, "Holographic near-field microwave imaging with antenna arrays in a cylindrical setup," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 418-430, 2021.

18. R. K. Amineh, "Developments in three-dimensional near-field imaging with FMCW radar: a comparative study," AIMS Electronics and Electrical Engineering, vol. 4 no. 4, pp. 359-368, 2020. 

19. H. Wu, M. Ravan, R. Sharma, J. Patel, and R. K. Amineh, "Microwave holographic imaging of nonmetallic concentric pipes," IEEE Trans. Instrumentation & Measurement, vol. 69, no. 10, pp. 7594-7605, 2020.   

20. H. Wu, K. Patel, and R. K. Amineh, "Quality enhancement in holographic imaging by background property estimation," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 5748-5752, 2020.

21. R. K. Amineh, "Applications of electromagnetic waves: present and future," Electronics, Editorial for Special Issue on Applications of Electromagnetic Waves, vol. 9, no. 5, 2020 (invited).

22. R. K. Amineh, M. Ravan, and R. Sharma, "Nondestructive testing of nonmetallic pipes using wideband microwave measurements," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 1763-1772, May 2020. 

23. L. Harrison, M. Ravan, D. Tandel, K. Zhang, T. Patel, and R. K. Amineh, "Material identification using a microwave sensor array and machine learning," Electronics, Special Issue on Applications of Electromagnetic Waves, vol. 9, no. 2, 2020 (invited). 

24. M. Ravan, R. K. Amineh, A. Hussein, O. Simanov, and A. Agarwal, "Electromagnetic induction imaging of metallic objects at multiple depths," IEEE Magnetics Lett., vol. 11, 2020.

25. H. Wu and R. K. Amineh, "A low-cost and compact three-dimensional microwave holographic imaging system," Electronics, Special Issue on Applications of Electromagnetic Waves, vol. 8, no. 9, 2019 (invited and featured).

26. K. Zhang, R. K. Amineh, Z. Dong, and D. Nadler, "Microwave sensing of water quality,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 69481-69493, Dec. 2019. 

27. D. Jansari and R. K. Amineh, "A two-element antenna array for compact portable MIMO-UWB communication systems," AIMS Electronics and Electrical Engineering, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 224-232, 2019. 

28. R. K. Amineh, M. Ravan, H. Wu, and A. Kasturi, "Three-dimensional holographic imaging using data collected over cylindrical apertures," Microw. Opt. Technol. Lett. , Wiley, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 907-911, 2019. DOI: 10.1002/mop.31694.

29. R. K. Amineh, M. Ravan, R. Sharma, and S. Baua, "Three-dimensional holographic imaging using single frequency microwave data," International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, vol. 2018, Article ID 6542518, 14 pages, 2018 (invited). 

30. A Patel and R. K. Amineh,"Sub-diffraction holographic imaging with resonant scatterers," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, vol. 59, pp. 1–7, 2017.

31. R. K. Amineh, J. McCombe, A. Khalatpour, and N. K. Nikolova, "Microwave holography using point-spread functions measured with calibration objects," IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 403−417, 2015.

32. K. Moussakhani, R. K. Amineh, and N. K. Nikolova, “Estimating the efficiency of antennas used as sensors in microwave tissue measurements,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 295−301, 2014.

33. R. K. Amineh, M. Ravan, J. McCombe, and N. K. Nikolova, “Three-dimensional microwave holographic imaging employing forward- scattered waves only,” International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, Special Issue on Inverse Scattering and Microwave Tomography in Safety, Security, and Health, vol. 2013, Article ID 897287 (invited).

34. R. K. Amineh and G. V. Eleftheriades, “2D and 3D sub-diffraction source imaging with a superoscillatory filter,” Optics Express, vol. 21, no. 7, pp. 8142−8157, 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.008142.

35. R. K. Amineh, J. McCombe, and N. K. Nikolova, “Microwave holographic imaging using the antenna phaseless radiation pattern,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Lett., vol. 11, 2012.

36. Y. Zhang, S. Tu, R. K. Amineh, and N. K. Nikolova, “Resolution and robustness to noise of the sensitivity-based method for microwave imaging with data acquired on cylindrical surfaces,” Inverse Problems, vol. 28, no. 11, 115006, 2012.

37. M. K. Meshram, R. K. Amineh, A. T. Pimpale, and N. K. Nikolova, “A novel quad-band diversity antenna for LTE and Wi-Fi applications with high isolation,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 60, no. 9, pp. 4360−4371, 2012.

38. R. K. Amineh, A. Khalatpour, and N. K. Nikolova, “Three-dimensional microwave holographic imaging using co- and cross-polarized data,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 60, no. 7, pp. 3526−3531, 2012.

39. R. K. Amineh, A. Khalatpour, H. Xu, Y. Baskharoun, and N. Nikolova, “Three-dimensional near-field microwave holography for tissue imaging,” International Journal of Biomedical Imaging, Special Issue on Microwave Imaging and Emerging Applications, vol. 2012, Article ID 291494 (invited) http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijbi/2012/291494/ .

40. R. K. Amineh, M. Ravan, A. Khalatpour, and N. K. Nikolova, “Three-dimensional near-field microwave holography using reflected and transmitted signals,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 59, no. 12, pp. 4777−4789, 2011. Errata to “Three-dimensional near-field microwave holography using reflected and transmitted signals,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 425, 2012.

41. A. Khalatpour, R. K. Amineh, Q. S. Cheng, M. H. Bakr, N. K. Nikolova, and J. W. Bandler, “Accelerating space mapping optimization with adjoint sensitivities,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Component Lett., vol. 21, no. 6, pp. 280−282, 2011.

42. R. K. Amineh, M. Ravan, A. Trehan, and N. K. Nikolova, “Near-field microwave imaging based on aperture raster scanning with TEM horn antennas,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 928−940, 2011.

43. S. M. Ali and R. K. Amineh, “User effect analysis on polarization in multi-input multi-output systems,” IET Microwave, Antennas & Propagation, vol. 4, no. 12, pp. 2265−2272, 2010.

44. M. Ravan, R. K. Amineh, and N. K. Nikolova, “Two-dimensional near-field microwave holography,” Inverse Problems, vol. 26, 2010, 055011 (selected among “Highlights Collection of 2010”).

45. M. Ravan, R. K. Amineh, S. Koziel, N. K. Nikolova, and J. P. Reilly, “Sizing of 3-D arbitrary defects using magnetic flux leakage measurements,” IEEE Trans. Magnetics, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 1024−1033, 2010.

46. M. Ravan, R. K. Amineh, S. Koziel, N. K. Nikolova, and J. P. Reilly, “Sizing of multiple cracks using magnetic flux leakage measurements,” IET Science, Measurement & Technology, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1−11, 2010.

47. M. Ravan, R. K. Amineh, M. Karrari, W. Rosehart, and O. P. Malik, “Synchronous machine model identification using continuous wavelet NARX network,” Proc. IMechE, Part I: J. Systems and Control Engineering, vol. 223, no. I4, pp. 467−477, 2009.

48. R. K. Amineh, A. Trehan, and N. K. Nikolova, “TEM horn antenna for ultra-wide band microwave breast imaging,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research B (PIER B), vol. 13, pp. 59−74, 2009 http://www.jpier.org/PIERB/pierb13/04.08122213.pdf.

49. R. K. Amineh, M. Ravan, S. H. H. Sadeghi, and R. Moini, “Removal of probe lift-off effects on crack detection and sizing in metals by the AC field measurement technique,” IEEE Trans. Magnetics, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 2066−2073, 2008.

50. R. K. Amineh, S. Koziel, N. K. Nikolova, J. W. Bandler, and J. P. Reilly, “A space mapping methodology for defect characterization from magnetic flux leakage measurements,” IEEE Trans. Magnetics, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 2058−2065, 2008.

51. R. K. Amineh, N. K. Nikolova, J. P. Reilly, and J. R. Hare, “Characterization of surface breaking cracks using one tangential component of magnetic leakage field,” IEEE Trans. Magnetics, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 516−524, 2008 (featured on the front page).

52. R. K. Amineh, M. Ravan, S. H. H. Sadeghi, and R. Moini, “Using AC field measurement data at an arbitrary lift-off distance to size long surface-breaking cracks in ferrous metals,” NDT & E Int., vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 169−177, 2008.

Conference Papers/Presentations

1. Y. Xu, R. K. Amineh, Z. Dong, F. Li, and M. Kohler, "Wireless sensing with software-defined radio and surface acoustic wave device," IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), 2023. 

2. M. Shah, M. Ravan, and R. K. Amineh, "Enhancing near-field microwave holographic imaging with predicted object position," IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), 2023.

3. Y. Gao, M. Ravan, R. K. Amineh, " Microwave nondestructive testing using an array of near-field sensors," IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), 2023.  

4. M. Shah, Y. Gao, M. Ravan, and R. K. Amineh, "Thickness profile estimation of fluid-carrying non-metallic pipes,"  IEEE MTT Int. Microwave Symp. (IMS), 2022. 

5. R. K. Amineh and M. Ravan, "Fast and cost-effective three-dimensional microwave imaging using a cylindrical setup," International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium, 2021.

6.  L. Harrison, M. Ravan, K. Zhang, and R. K. Amineh, "Identification of materials using a microwave sensor array and machine learning," International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium, 2021. 

7. H. Wu and R. K. Amineh, "Estimation of background medium's properties in microwave holographic imaging," 21th annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), 2021.  

8. Y. Gao, N. Raisa, and R. K. Amineh, “Effect of eccentricity in microwave imaging of multiple composite pipes,” Columbia's annual Spring Research Symposium 2021.

9. H. Wu, M. Ravan, R. Sharma, J. Patel, and R. K. Amineh, "Non-destructive testing of non-metallic concentric pipes using microwave measurements," IEEE MTT Int. Microwave Symp. (IMS), 2020. 

10. J. Sykes, R. S. Fleur, D. Norkulov, Z. Dong, and R. K. Amineh, "Conscious GPS: a system to aid the visually impaired to navigate public transportation," 40th IEEE Sarnoff Symposium, 2019. 

11. K. Zhang, R. K. Amineh, Z. Dong, and D. Nadler, "A microwave sensor array for water quality testing," 20th annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON), 2019 (finalist in student paper competition). 

12. R. K. Amineh and M. Ravan, "Computational 3D imaging of tissues using single frequency microwave data," 9th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics & Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON), 2018.

13. H. Wu and R. K. Amineh, "Near-field holographic microwave imaging using data collected over cylindrical apertures ," 18th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM), 2018. 

14. S. Baua and R. K. Amineh, "Achieving range resolution in holographic imaging using single frequency microwave data," IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), 2018.

15. A. Patel and R. K. Amineh, "Sub-diffraction holographic imaging with resonant scatterers in proximity of the objects," IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), 2018.

16. S. Baua, R. K. Amineh, and N. S. Artan, "Wireless power transfer with multi-layer planar spiral coils as secondary coils," IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC), 2018 .

17. R. K. Amineh, "Microwave/millimeter wave holographic imaging: history and developments," IEEE Long Island RF/Microwave Symposium & Exhibits, 2018. 

18. L. E. S. Martin, A. E. Fouda, R. K. Amineh, I. Capoglu, B. Donderici, S. S. Roy, F. Hill, "New high-definition frequency tool for tubing and multiple casing corrosion detection," SPE Abu Dhabi Int. Petroleum Exhibition & Conference, 2017. 

19. R. K. Amineh, “Holographic microwave imaging for cancer diagnosis” 13th Key Symposium 2016: Bioelectronic Medicine — Technology Targeting Molecular Mechanisms, The New York Academy of Sciences, 2016.

20. R. K. Amineh and G. V. Eleftheriades, “Imaging beyond the diffraction limit by employing a super-oscillatory filter,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), 2013.

21. K. Moussakhani, R. K. Amineh, and N. K. Nikolova, “Evaluating the efficiency of antennas used as sensors in microwave tissue imaging,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), 2013.

22. R. K. Amineh, M. Ravan, J. McCombe, and N. K. Nikolova, “Range resolution in microwave imaging with forward-scattered waves only,” IEEE MTT Int. Microwave Symp. (IMS), 2013.

23. Y. Zhang, S. Tu, R. K. Amineh, N. K. Nikolova, “Sensitivity-based microwave imaging with raster scanning,” IEEE MTT Int. Microwave Symp. (IMS), 2012.

24. R. K. Amineh, A. Khalatpour, and N. K. Nikolova, “Microwave holography using transmission data only,” Advanced Electromagnetics Symposium (AES), 2012.

25. R. K. Amineh, M. Ravan, A. Khalatpour, and N. K. Nikolova, “Three-dimensional near-field microwave holography,” Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), 2011.

26. A. Khalatpour, R. K. Amineh, Q. S. Cheng, J. W. Bandler, and N. K. Nikolova, “Adjoint-accelerated design framework for novel materials in microwave applications,” European Microwave Week (EuMW), 2011.

27. K. Moussakhani, R. K. Amineh, and N. K. Nikolova, “High efficiency TEM horn antenna for ultra-wide band microwave tissue imaging,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), 2011.

28. R. K. Amineh, K. Moussakhani, H. H. Xu, M. S. Dadash, Y. Baskharoun, L. Liu, and N. K. Nikolova, “Practical issues in microwave raster scanning,” European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2011.

29. A. Khalatpour, R. K. Amineh, H. Xu, Y. Baskharoun, and N. K. Nikolova, “Image quality enhancement in the microwave raster scanning method,” IEEE MTT Int. Microwave Symp. (IMS), 2011.

30. R. K. Amineh, M. Ravan, A. Trehan, and N. K. Nikolova, “Microwave imaging for breast cancer diagnosis based on planar aperture scanning,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), 2010.

31. R. K. Amineh, A. Trehan, M. Ravan, and N. K. Nikolova, “Planar aperture scanning for microwave imaging of the breast: advances and challenges,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), 2010.

32. A. Trehan, L. Liu, R. K. Amineh, and N. K. Nikolova, “Systematic fidelity assessment of antennas for near-field microwave imaging,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), 2010.

33. M. Ravan, R. K. Amineh, and N. K. Nikolova, “Microwave holography for near-field imaging,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), 2010.

34. S. M. Ali and R. K. Amineh, “On MIMO polarization in the user’s presence,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), 2010.

35. R. K. Amineh and N. K. Nikolova, “Design, fabrication, and characterization of ultra-wide band TEM horn for microwave imaging,” 14th Int. Symp. on Antenna Tech. and Applied Electromagnetics and the Canadian Radio Sciences Meeting (ANTEM/AMEREM), 2010.

36. M. Ravan, R. K. Amineh, and N. K. Nikolova, “Near-field microwave holographic imaging: target localization and resolution study,” Int. Union of Radio Science Commission B and Int. Symp. on Electromagnetic Theory (URSI/EMTS), 2010.

37. M. Ravan, R. K. Amineh, S. Koziel, N. K. Nikolova, and J. P. Reilly, “Estimation of multiple surface cracks parameters using MFL testing,” Int. Union of Radio Science Commission B and Int. Symp. on Electromagnetic Theory (URSI/EMTS), 2010.

38. R. K. Amineh, M. Ravan, A. Trehan, and N. K. Nikolova, “Near-field microwave imaging based on planar aperture scanning,” IEEE MTT Int. Microwave Symp. (IMS), 2010.

39. R. K. Amineh, A. Trehan, and N. K. Nikolova, “Ultra-wide band TEM horn antenna for microwave imaging of the breast,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), 2009.

40. R. K. Amineh, A. Trehan, and N. K. Nikolova, “Ultra-wide band TEM horn antenna designed for microwave imaging of the breast,” 13th Int. Symp. on Antenna Tech. and Applied Electromagnetics and the Canadian Radio Sciences Meeting (ANTEM/URSI), 2009.

41. M. Ravan, R. K. Amineh, S. Koziel, N. K. Nikolova, and J. P. Reilly, “Three-dimensional defect reconstruction from MFL signals using space mapping optimization,” 13th Int. Symp. on Antenna Tech. and Applied Electromagnetics and the Canadian Radio Sciences Meeting (ANTEM/URSI), 2009.

42. N. K. Nikolova, D. Cronin, S. M. Pasha, R. K. Amineh, I. Smith, R. Thompson, and J. R. Hare, “Electrical resistance welded seam inspection using circumferential flux,” 7th Int. Pipeline Conference (IPC), 2008.

43. A. Trehan, R. K. Amineh, M. S. Georgiev, and N. K. Nikolova, “Accuracy assessment of photogrammetry surface reconstruction for improving microwave imaging,” IEEE Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propag. and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (AP- S/URSI), 2008 (honorable mention paper).

44. R. K. Amineh, S. Koziel, N. K. Nikolova, J. W. Bandler, and J. P. Reilly, “A space mapping methodology for defect characterization,” 24th Int. Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics (ACES), 2008.

45. A. Trehan, R. K. Amineh, M. S. Georgiev, and N. K. Nikolova, “Photogrammetry-based surface reconstruction for improving microwave breast tumor detection,” 24th Int. Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics (ACES), 2008.

46. R. K. Amineh, N. K. Nikolova, J. P. Reilly, and J. R. Hare, “Axial crack detection and sizing: the challenges and solutions to the detection and accurate sizing of axially-oriented cracks,” 20th Int. Pipeline Pigging & Integrity Management Conf., 2008.

47. R. K. Amineh and M. Ravan, “Dynamic range of SAW sensors due to the electrical constraints,” 31st IEEE Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON), 2005.

48. R. K. Amineh, S. H. H. Sadeghi, and R. Moini, “A conjugate gradients method for estimation of long cracks depths in ferromagnetic metals using the surface magnetic field measurement data,” 2nd Int. Conf. on Electromagnetic Near-Field Characterization and Imaging (ICONIC), 2005.

49. R. K. Amineh and M. Ravan, “A finite difference solution of combined heat and mass transfer in a rotary dehumidifier,” 56th Annual Int. Appliance Tech. Conf. (IATC), 2005.

50. R. K. Amineh, S. H. H. Sadeghi, and R. Moini, “An inversion method to estimate crack depth with removal of lift-off effect in SMFM technique,” 55th Annual Int. Appliance Tech. Conf. & Exhib. (IATC), 2004.

51. R. K. Amineh, S. H. H. Sadeghi, and R. Moini, “Suppressing sensor lift-off effects on cracks signals in surface magnetic field measurement technique,” IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2003.

52. R. K. Amineh and A. Abdipour, “Investigation of signal and noise performance of an optical receiver including a P-I-N photodiode and distributed amplifier using a CAD oriented method,” Iranian Conf. on Electrical Eng. (ICEE), 2003.