Amir Javan-Khoshkholgh

Amir Javan Khoshkholgh
  • Assistant Professor
  • Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Science + Engineering Center
  • Phillips Science Hall 177B, Eau Claire | Directions
Teaching Interests
  • Biomedical Instrumentation and Measurements
  • Medical Devices and Implantable Systems
  • Wearable Diagnostics and Electroceutical Therapies
  • Biomedical Signals and Systems
Research and Creative Activities
  • Bioinstrumentation, and development of wearable and implantable medical systems
  • Signal acquisition and analysis of human physiological variables
  • Motility disorders and electroceutical therapies for gastrointestinal dysfunctions
  • Bioimpedance analysis and electrical impedance tomography
  • Biomedical systems modeling
Education
  • Postdoc. II, Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
  • Postdoc. I, Electrical & Computer Engineering, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY
  • Ph.D., Electronics Engineering, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
  • M.Sc., Electronics Engineering, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy
  • B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.
Published Research

​Recent Journal Publications:

  • T. Berry, J. Choi, C. A. Dexheimer, M. A. Verhaalen, and A. Javan-Khoshkholgh, “An Inductively Powered Implantable System to Study the Gastrointestinal Electrophysiology in Freely Behaving Rodents,” Journal of Bioengineering, vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 530, Oct. 2022.
  • Javan-Khoshkholgh, J. Sassoon, J. Behbodikhah, W. Dai, S. Alemu, S. Quadri, M. Singh, O. Savinova, and A. Farajidavar, “Recording and Analysis of Slow Waves of the Small Intestine of Mice with Heart Failure,” Journal of Neurogastroenterology & Motility, vol. TBA, no, TBA, pp. e14514, Dec. 2022.
  • Javan-Khoshkholgh, and A. Farajidavar, “Simultaneous Wireless Power and Data Transfer: Methods to Design Robust Medical Implants for Gastrointestinal Tract,” in IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF, and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 3–15, Mar. 2022.
  • Javan-Khoshkholgh, W. Alrofati, S. Naidu-Naidugari, J. Sassoon, P. Gharibani, J. Chen, A. Farajidavar “System and Methodology to Study and Stimulate Gastric Electrical Activity in Small Freely-Behaving Animals”, Journal of Bioelectronics in Medicine, vol. 2, issue 3, pp. 127–138, Nov. 2019.
  • Javan-Khoshkholgh, A. Farajidavar “An Implantable Inductive Near-Field Communication System with 64 Channels for Acquisition of Gastrointestinal Bioelectrical Activity”, Journal of Sensors, vol. 19, no. 12, pp. 2810, Jun. 2019.
  • Wang, Z. Abukhalaf, A. Javan-Khoshkholgh, T. Wang, S. Sathar, P. Du, T. Angeli, L. Cheng, G. O’Grady, N. Paskaranandavadivel, A. Farajidavar, “A Miniature Configurable Wireless System for Recording Gastric Electrophysiological Activity and Delivering High-Energy Electrical Stimulation,” in IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, vol. 8, issue 2, pp. 221–229, Jun. 2018.

Recent Conference Publications:

  • A. Verhaalen, D. T. Berry, A. R. Shea, K. E. McCallum, C. A. Dexheimer, C. Slinde, A. C. Rolli, and A. Javan-Khoshkholgh, “A Wearable Wideband Analog Bio-Impedance Analyzer for Real-Time Monitoring of Human Physiology,” 2022 44th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2022, pp. 918-921.
  • C. A. Dexheimer, A. R. Shea, M. A. Verhaalen, D. T. Berry, and A. Javan-Khoshkholgh, “A Wirelessly-Powered Implantable System to Record and Modulate the Gastric Slow Waves in Freely-Behaving Rodents,” 2022 IEEE International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC), 2022, pp. 150-152.
  • Alrofati, J. C. Sassoon, Aydin Farajidavar, and A. Javan-Khoshkholgh, “On-Chip Analysis of Gastric Slow Waves: Toward a Closed-Loop System for Managing Gastrointestinal Disorders,” 2022 IEEE International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC), 2022, pp. 311-314.
  • Javan-Khoshkholgh and A. Farajidavar, “An Extended-Range Inductive Near-Field Telemetry System for High-Resolution Mapping of Gastrointestinal Activity,” 2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2020, pp. 4217-4220.
  • Javan-Khoshkholgh, J. C. Sassoon and A. Farajidavar, "A Wireless Rechargeable Implantable System for Monitoring and Pacing the Gut in Small Animals," 2019 IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS), Nara, Japan, 2019, pp. 1-4.
  • Javan-Khoshkholgh, Q. Kang, N. Abumahfouz and A. Farajidavar, "Monitoring and Modulating the Gastrointestinal Activity: A Wirelessly Programmable System with Impedance Measurement Capability," 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Berlin, Germany, 2019, pp. 1127-1130.
  • A. Javan-Khoshkholgh, W. Alrofati, L. S. Miller, A. Vegesna, M. Kiani and A. Farajidavar, "A High-Resolution Wireless Power Transfer and Data Communication System for Studying Gastric Slow Waves," 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), Berlin, Germany, 2019, pp. 3271-3274.
Professional Memberships
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
  • IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBS).
  • IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (IEEE MTT-S).