Reza Abdolvand

  Professor Reza Abdolvand has built a career defined by invention, impact and daring ideas. Among them is a system that converts radio waves into electricity, capable of powering small electronic devices or measuring signal strength. Breakthroughs like these have earned him 15 patents and, most recently, national recognition among the world’s leading innovators. Abdolvand…

Reza Abdolvand approaches his work as an engineer, inventor and professor with the intent to make a lasting impact. The walls in Reza Abdolvand’s office are mostly bare. A few dozen books sit indiscreetly on the lower shelves of a bookcase. There is no evidence of Abdolvand’s induction into the National Academy of Inventors or…