About
Abolfazl Rajaiyan received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering in 2020, and the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering (Integrated Circuit Design) in 2022 from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at the Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. In 2026, he was honored with the Alborz Prize, Iran's National Elite Award, in recognition of his outstanding academic and scientific achievements. Mr. Abolfazl Rajaiyan's awards and honors include admission to the M.Sc. program at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad without entrance examinations as a talented student in Fall 2020, admission to the Ph.D. program at Sharif University of Technology without entrance examinations as a talented student in Fall 2022, achieving first rank among electrical engineering students at both Sharif University of Technology and Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, and second place in the field of scientific research at the Khwarizmi Youth Festival, among other accolades. His research interests include hardware security, integrated circuits (ICs) design, RFIC, data converters, and IoT.
Name: Abolfazl Rajaiyan
Degree: Ph.D. Candidate
Ph.D. GPA: 19.98 out of 20 (equivalent to 4.00 out of 4.00)
Birthday: 7 June 1998
City, Country: Tehran, Iran
Email: Rajaiyan@ee.sharif.edu
Email: A.Rajaiyan17@gmail.com
Laboratory: Sharif University, EE Dept, ISDL, 2nd Floor
Office: Sharif University, EE Dept, Room 409, 4th Floor
Education
Ph.D. Program
Ph.D. Student of Electrical Engineering - Electronics
2022 - Present
GPA: 19.98 out of 20 (equivalent to 4.00 out of 4.00)
Master's Degree
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering - Electronics
2020 - 2022
GPA: 19.62 out of 20 (equivalent to 4.00 out of 4.00)
Bachelor's Degree
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
2016 - 2020
GPA: 17.56 out of 20 (equivalent to 3.56 out of 4.00)
Diploma
Diploma Degree in Mathematics
2014 - 2016
GPA: 19.82 out of 20 (equivalent to 4.00 out of 4.00)
Honors
- Awarded the Alborz Prize (Iran's National Elite Award) in recognition of outstanding academic and scientific achievements, 2026.
- Ranked 1st of Electronics Ph.D. Students of Sharif University of Technology entrance in 2022 with GPA of 19.98 out of 20.
- Admitted as a talented student to pursue Ph.D.'s program at Sharif University of Technology without entrance examinations in the fall of 2022.
- Ranked 1st of Electronics - Integrated Circuits Master Students of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad entrance in 2020.
- Admitted as a talented student to pursue Master's program at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad without entrance examinations in the fall of 2020.
- Ranked 1st of Electronics Bachelor Students of Hakim Sabzevari University entrance in 2016.
- Ranked 2nd in the field of scientific research in Khwarizmi Youth Festival.
- Top Rank in the field of magnetic projectiles in Harkat Festival.
Publications
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Journal Papers
Conference Papers
Patents
Manuscripts Under Review
Future Research
[1]
"PMTV PUF: Power-Aware and ML-Secure PUF with Tolerance to Temperature and Voltage Fluctuations",
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 2025,
DOI: 10.1109/TCAD.2025.3634304.
[2]
"A High-Reliability PUF Solution for Securing RFID Systems Against Machine Learning",
IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification, vol. 9, pp. 161-169, 2025,
DOI: 10.1109/JRFID.2025.3560996.
[3]
"TVI PUF: A Temperature and Voltage Independent PUF with High Resistance to Modeling Attacks",
IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 443-446, Dec. 2025,
DOI: 10.1109/LES.2025.3548895.
[4]
"RePi PUF: A Reliable Pipeline System Secured Against Modeling Attacks and Harsh Conditions",
IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, 2026,
DOI: 10.1109/LES.2026.3694803.
[5]
"OptiCore: A Novel Approach for Designing a Low Power Multi-Core Processor",
2024 6th Iranian International Conference on Microelectronics (IICM), Tabriz, Iran, 2024, pp. 1-5,
DOI: 10.1109/IICM65053.2024.10824240.
[6]
"A Highly-Linear Wideband Differential Low-Noise Amplifier Using Derivative Superposition Technique",
2022 30th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), pp. 480-484,
DOI: 10.1109/ICEE55646.2022.9827159.
[7]
"Home Care Automation: Market Research, Industry Analysis, and Security Assessment",
2023 International Conference On Cyber Management And Engineering (CyMaEn), Bangkok, Thailand, 2023, pp. 418-423,
DOI: 10.1109/CyMaEn57228.2023.10051063.
[8]
"A High Linearity Wideband Low-Noise Amplifier Using Capacitor Cross-Coupled Common-Gate Structure",
2023 31st Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), pp. 480-484,
DOI: 10.1109/ICEE55646.2022.9827159.
[9]
"Optimized Power Consumption Formula for Designing IoT-Based Systems",
2022 Second International Conference on Distributed Computing and High Performance Computing (DCHPC), 2022, pp. 74-77,
DOI: 10.1109/DCHPC55044.2022.9732149.
[10]
"The Cybersecurity Risks of Using Internet of Things (IoT) and Surveys of End-Users and Providers Within the Domiciliary Care Sector",
2022 Sixth International Conference on Smart Cities, Internet of Things and Applications (SCIoT), 2022, pp. 1-7,
DOI: 10.1109/SCIoT56583.2022.9953634.
[11]
"SS4IoT: Secure Search Over Encrypted Outsourced IoT Data",
2022 8th Iranian Conference on Signal Processing and Intelligent Systems (ICSPIS), 2022, pp. 1-5,
DOI: 10.1109/ICSPIS56952.2022.10044013.
[12]
"Load balancing in three-phase low voltage networks"
Patent pending. (In Progress)
[13]
"A Reliable and ML-Resistant PUF with Power Aware Threat Detection for IoT Applications",
IEEE Sensors Journal, (under review, 2026).
[14]
"Tape-out of a security-oriented IC for cryptographic algorithms and key generation",
future publications targeted at Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC).
[15]
"Tape-out of a power-management IC using 180 nm BCD technology",
future publications targeted at IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, expected to lead to multiple articles.
[16]
"A Low Power Wideband Low-Noise Amplifier with Modified Source Follower Buffer for Gain Enhancement",
International Journal of Electronics and Communications (AEÜ).
Work Experience
Course Lecturer
2025 - Present
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Teaching Electronics Laboratory I, Electronics Laboratory II, and Electrical Circuits and Laboratory
Teaching Assistant
2022 - Present
Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits, Digital Electronics
Teaching Assistant
2020 - 2022
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
- Communication Circuits, Design of VLSI Circuits
Teaching Assistant
2016 - 2020
Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
- Electrical Circuits, Internet of Things
Head of Electronics Laboratory
2018 - 2020
Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
Skills
Software
Cadence, Matlab, Advanced Design System (ADS), Hspice, Pspice, Altera Quartus, Xilinx ISE Design Suite, Altium Designer, Android Studio, Simatic Manager, Code Vision, Proteus, Cooja, All Microsoft Office Software
Hardware
FPGA, Microprocessor, Microcontroller (ARM and AVR), Industrial Automation (PLC), Arduino, NodeMcu
Programming Languages
VHDL, Verilog, C, C++, CUDA, Python
IoT
Communication Protocols, Smart City, Smart Home
Projects
✓
Design and Implementation of a Secure Cryptographic Key Generator on FPGA
For: Sharif University of Technology
✓
Design and Implementation of a Hardware Encryption Algorithm on FPGA
For: Sharif University of Technology
✓
Design and Implementation of a PCB for a Multi-Channel Front-End Chip
For: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
✓
Design and Simulation of Low Noise Amplifier
For: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
✓
Design and Construction of AI-bot
For: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
✓
Design and Construction of Stopwatch with FPGA Processor
For: Hakim Sabzevari University
✓
Two-Step Access Control Device Using Password and RFID
For: Hakim Sabzevari University
✓
Smart Home Design and Temperature Monitoring with IoT
For: Personal Use and Research
✓
Load balancing in three-phase low voltage networks
For: Personal Use and Research
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Supervisors
Dr. Mehdi Saberi
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Dr. Somayeh Sobati-Moghadam
Hakim Sabzevari University
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Contact
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