2025
Eugene F. Knott Pre-Doctoral Research Grant
Mehmet Korkmaz
Bogazici University
Gravity Controlled Pattern Reconfiguration of a Slot Antenna Array
Sponsor: Sema Dumanli
Valentino Carneiro
Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto
Adaptive Phased Array Antennas with Embedded Fibre Bragg Grating Strain Sensing for Real-Time Radiation Pattern Correction
Sponsor: Henrique Salgado
Giulio Spaliviero
University of Trento
Low-Cost Static Passive Electromagnetic Skins for Smart Urban Environments: Innovative Materials and Modular Design
Sponsor: Andrea Massa
Ashwani Senapati
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
Topology Optimization of Periodic Electromagnetic Structures
Sponsor: Sandip Ghosal
Ingrid Asenstorfer
The University of Adelaide
3D-Printed Beam-Steering Antenna for Terahertz Drone Radar
Sponsor: Withawat Withayachumnankul
Alecia Bechtold
University of South Florida
Investigation of Mutual Coupling and Its Impact on Active Radar Repeater Stability
Sponsor: Stavros Vakalis
2024
Doctoral Research Grant
Marceau Bouchez
Université de Rennes - Institut d'Electronique et des Technologies du numéRique (IETR)
Study of modulated metasurfaces for high gain and wideband antennas
Sponsor: Gonzalez-Ovejero, David
Sougata Chatterjee
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM)-Driven Metasurface based Transmitarray Antenna for Advanced Wireless Communication and Radio Astronomy Applications
Sponsor: Bhattacharyya, Somak
Hui Chen
City University of Hong Kong
Design and Development of A Three-Dimensional Microwave Head Imaging System with High Detection Capability and Implementability for Brain Stroke Diagnosis
Sponsor: LUK Kwai Man
Christos Exadaktylos
Florida International University
Realizing UWB In-Package Antenna Arrays for Future High mmWave Communications
Sponsor: Georgakopoulos, Stavros
Yuki Gao
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Development and Implementation of Ultrawideband Polarization-Rotating Antennas for Subsurface Sensing
Sponsor: Sun, Haihan
Alireza Madannejad
Royal Institute of Technology, KTH, Sweden
Implementing a High-Resolution THz Imaging System Using Low Dispersion Antennas
Sponsor: Joachim Oberhammer
Aditya Singh Shekhawat
Arizona State University
Millimeter-Wave Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Future Generation Wireless Communication Systems
Sponsor: Trichopoulos, Georgios C.
Luca Tosi
ELEDIA@UniTN, University of Trento
SbD-Based Design of Low-Cost Compromise and Reconfigurable Tiled Phased Arrays for MIMO Communication
Sponsor: MASSA, Andrea
Mahsa Zabetiakmal
Polytechnique Montréal
Multi-functional Metasurfaces for Hybrid Energy Harvesting and Sensing Applications
Sponsor: Elham Baladi
Shengchi Zhu
Southeast University
Advanced Absorption-Radiation-Integrated Electromagnetic Functional Surfaces and Array Antennas for Antiinterference and Low-Observability
Sponsor: Cao Zhenxin
Eugene F. Knott Pre-Doctoral Research Grant
Álvaro Rodrigo Allendes Castro
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Design and implementation of feeding matrices using Half-mode groove gap waveguide for antennas arrays in mmWave
Sponsor: Pizarro, Francisco
Ozcan Burak Ferhat
Bogazici University
Design and Development of a Yagi-Uda Inspired Antenna as an Epidermal Strain Sensor for Wireless Muscle Contraction Monitoring
Sponsor: Dumanli, Sema
Cristhian Saavedra Florero
Universidad Privada Boliviana
Modelling overwater propagation at high altitude conditions for LoRa-based sensing applications
Sponsor: Siles Soria, Gustavo
Filip Vladimír Setnička
Czech Technical University in Prague
Methods for increasing the range of insect-tracking harmonic radar based systems
Sponsor: Polívka, Milan
Elígia Simionato
São Paulo State University, School of Engineering, São João da Boa Vista
Impact of Metallic 3D-Printed Surface Roughness on the Radiation Efficiency of a Coaxial Horn Antenna at Ka-Band
Sponsor: Abrantes Penchel, Rafael
Mingyi Yao
Georgia Institute of Technology
Development of a Novel Measurement System for mmWave Antennas Using Robotic Arm Control and NF to FF Transformation Algorithms
Sponsor: Ghalichechian, Nima
2023
Doctoral Research Grant
Idban Alamzadeh
Arizona State University
Smart Communication Links using Hybrid Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
Sponsor: Seyedmohammadreza Imani
Matteo Ciabattoni
Cornell University
Overcoming Conventional Electromagnetic Performance Bounds with Temporally Modulated Microwave Circuits
Sponsor: Francesco Monticone
Arianna Benoni
University of Trento
Towards an Easy and Flexible Deployment of Static and Passive Electromagnetic Skins
Sponsor: Adrea Massa
Joshua Tetzner
University of Rostock
An Adaptive Cross Approximation for the Magnetic Field Integral Equation
Sponsor: Simon Adrian
Jian Xu Sun
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC)
Millimeter-Wave Beam Scanning Antenna with Distributed Array of Array Architecture Optimized by Null-Pull Strategy
Sponsor: Yu Jian Cheng
Rosalind Agasti
University of Oklahoma, Norman
Development of a System-on-Aperture (SoA) Front-End using Spatio-Temporal Modulation
Sponsor: Jessica E. Ruyle
Rosette Maria Bichara
American University of Beirut
Bistable Beamsteering Passive Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface
Sponsor: Joseph Constantine
Seung Yoon Lee
Georgia Institute of Technology
Low-loss Electronically Scanned On-Chip Arrays
Sponsor: Nima Ghalichechian
Xiao Yu Li
Tongji University
Liquid Crystals-Based Electronically Scanning Antenna for Sub-THz Applications
Sponsor: Mei Song Tong
Oskar Zetterstrom
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Compact lens antennas for SatCom on-the-Move
Sponsor: Oscar Quevedo-Teruel
Eugene F. Knott Pre-Doctoral Research Grant
Jadon Peters
University of Manitoba
Inverse Design of Reconfigurable Metasurfaces
Sponsor: Puyan Mojabi
Cecilio Obeso
Arizona State University
Advancing Nondestructive Evaluation through Metasurface Antennas
Sponsor: Seyedmohammadreza Imani
Almudena Toronjo-Ruiz
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Lenses Combined with Array Antennas for Grating Lobes Mitigation
Sponsor: Oscar Quevedo-Teruel
Wenrui Zheng
Dalian University of Technology
Automated Antenna Design based on N-port Network
Sponsor: Li Hui
Saim Rehan
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Design and Analysis of Wide Band Reflectarray for Beam Steering Applications
Sponsor: Ghosh Saptarshi
Joaquin Sandoval
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Design and implementation of Half-mode Gap Waveguide components using 3D-printing and traditional manufacturing techniques for W-band
Sponsor: Francisco Pizarro
2022
Doctoral Research Grant
Tessa Haldes
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Real time adaptive beamforming for non-invasive microwave hyperthermia of cancerous tumors
Sponsor: Susan Hagness
Pilar Castillo Tapia
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Non-rotationally symmetric geodesic lens antennas for 5G/6G communication systems
Sponsor: Oscar Quevedo-Teruel
Zhan Wang
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Adaptive Intelligent Antenna Array
Sponsor: Yuandan Dong
Christos Mystilidis
KU Leuven
Probing the Limits of Computational Mesoscopic Electromagnetics: Nonlocality and Electron Spill-out
Sponsor: Guy Vandenbosch
Abel Zandamela
Trinity College Dublin - The University of Dublin
Multi-functional Small Antennas for Enhanced Security and Localization in On-body IoT Devicess
Sponsor: Adam Narbudowicz
Ilir Gashi
University of Siena
Inhomogeneous Gradient Index (GRIN) Lens Antennas: Analysis and Design
Sponsor: Matteo Albani
Hae-In Kim
University of Florida
Metaconductor Based Antenna-in-Package for Highly Efficient Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communication
Sponsor: Yong-Kyu Yoon
Shixiong Yin
City College of New York
Time Metamaterials
Sponsor: Andrea Alù
Wei Wang
University of Notre Dame
Low-Cost, Low-Power Phased-Array-Fed Lens Antennas On Mobile Devices for Millimeter Wave 5G Wireless Communication
Sponsor: Jonathan Chisum
Viviana Giunzioni
Politecnico di Torino
On a Wideband, Refinement-Free, Preconditioning Strategy for the PMCHWT Formulation for Full-Wave Electromagnetic Compatibility and Interference Circuit Simulations
Sponsor: Francesco P. Andriulli
Eugene F. Knott Pre-Doctoral Research Grant
Ahmet Bilir
BogaziciUniversity
The Design and Development of a MultiAntenna System for Microwave Ablation and Monitoring
Sponsor: Sema Dumanli
Alexander B. Murray
University of Alberta
Loading of Electrically Small Folded Dipole Antennas for Improved Impedance and Radiation Characteristics
Sponsor: Ashwin Iyer
Iryna Mikhailikova
V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
The scattering of waves from layered circular dielectric rod partially covered with graphene
Sponsor: Alexander Nosich
Tasin Nusrat
South Dakota Mines
Equivalent Circuit Approach of Array Antennas with Periodic Defected Ground Structures to Achieve Far-Field Wireless Power Transfer
Sponsor: Sayan Roy
Andrea Avila
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
3D-printed antennas for CubeSat applications
Sponsor: Francisco Pizarro
Matteo Masciocchi
Polytechnic of Turin¬
Scattering Matrix Spectral Analysis in Reduced Complexity by Spherical Harmonic Transform
Sponsor: Francesco P. Andriulli
2021
Doctoral Research Grant
Bernd Hoffman
Technical University of Munich
Low-Frequency Stabilized Inverse Surface Source Reconstruction Based on the Boundary Element Method
Sponsor: Thomas F. Eibert
Bharath Gundappa Kashyap
Arizona State University
Terahertz Programmable Electromagnetic Surfaces
Sponsor: Georgios C Trichopoulos
Woosol Lee
University of Florida
Metaconductor-based rectenna for high efficiency mmWave radiative wireless power transfer system
Sponsor: Yong-Kyu Yoon
Rahul Kumar Jaiswal
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Design and development of low profile wideband bidirectional endfire circularly polarized (CP) antenna with same sense for coal mines or long tunnel communications
Sponsor: Kumar Vaibhav Srivastava
Md Rasheduzzamanan Al-Amin
Polytechnique Montréal
On/In Package Connected Antenna Arrays for Future Millimeter Devices
Sponsor: Mohammad Sharawi
Fedir O. Yevtushenko
Institute of Radio-Physics and Electronics NASU
Resonant scattering and absorption of terahertz waves by infinite gratings of graphene strips on dielectric substrate: analytical regularization-based analysis
Sponsor: Alexander Nosich
Naman Baghel
Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur
Design of Antenna and its Arrays for Millimeter wave application using Substrate Integrated Coaxial Line technology
Sponsor: SOUMAVA MUKHERJEE
Qianyi Li
University of Idaho
Investigation of Physical Limitation of Non-Foster Circuits Matched Antennas
Sponsor: Shih Ting-Yen
Kundan Kumar Suman
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad
Analysis of a dielectric resonator-based phased antenna array transmitter system for 5G mmWave applications
Sponsor: Ravi Kumar Gangwar
Eugene F. Knott Pre-Doctoral Research Grant
Omar Orgeira Alvarez
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Novel Measurement Technique for Body Absorption in mm-Waves via an IR Sensor
Sponsor: Oscar Quevedo-Teruel
Kapil Gangwar
University of Alberta
Ultra-wideband (UWB) radar system to study child obesity via adipose tissue characterization
Sponsor: Rambabu Karumudi
Alaguraj Ramkarthick
Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering
Mutual Coupling Estimation in Jerusalem Cross Based Metasurfaces Using Equivalent Circuit Model
Sponsor: Selvan Krishnasamy T
2020
Doctoral Research Grant
Audrey Evans
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Microwave-induced thermoacoustic signals for real-time monitoring of microwave ablation
Sponsor: Chu Ma
Parinaz Naseri
University of Toronto
A Generative Machine Learning-Based Approach for Inverse Design of Multilayer Metasurfaces
Sponsor: Sean Hum
Nicholas Russo
Florida International University
Space and Time Modulated 4D MIMO Antennas
Sponsor: Stavros Georgakopoulos
Stavros Vakalis
Michigan State University
Real-time Incoherent Millimeter-Wave Imaging Using 5G Signals of Opportunity
Sponsor: Jeffrey Nanzer
Eugene F. Knott Pre-Doctoral Research Grant
Trask Crane
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Sponsor: Susan Hagness
Kadircan Godeneli
Bogazici University
Wearable Cavity Backed Slot Repeater Antenna with a Matching Medium
Sponsor: Sema Dumanli Oktar
Max Kelly
University of Manitoba
An Advanced Modular Design Tool for Electromagnetic Metasurfaces
Sponsor: Puyan Mojabi
2019
Doctoral Research Grant Fall Cycle
Maxim Dubovitskiy
National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute
Sponsor: Mikhail S. Mikhailov
Mohamed K. Emara
Carleton University
Sponsor: Shulabh Gupta
Katrina Guido
The Ohio State University
Sponsor: Asimina Kiourti
Dakotah Simpson
Univesrity of Colorado Boulder
Sponsor: Dimitra Psychogiou
Eugene F. Knott Pre-Doctoral Research Grant Fall Cycle
Aslihan Aktepe
Gebze Technical University
Sponsor: Huseyin Arda Ulku
Brendon Besler
University of Calgary
Sponsor: Elise Fear
Gabriel Lasry
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Sponsor: Timor Melamed
Doctoral Research Grant Spring Cycle
Renuka Bowrothu
University of Florida
Sponsor: Yong-Kyu Yoon
Birk Hattenhorst
Ruhr University Bochum
Sponsor: Christoph Baer
Ghanshyam Mishra
San Diego State University
Sponsor: Satish K. Sharma
Sameer Sharma
University of Toronto
Sponsor: Costas D. Sarris
Deniz Turan
University of California, Los Angeles
Sponsor: Mona Jarrahi
Eugene F. Knott Pre-Doctoral Research Grant Spring Cycle
Kaitlin Hall
University of Utah
Sponsor: Cynthia Furse
2018
Doctoral Research Grant Fall Cycle
Yanki Yanki
Delft University of Technology
Sponsor: Alexander Yarovoy
Navid Barani
University of Michigan
Sponsor: Kamal Sarabandi
Pedro Fidel Espin Lopez
University of Pavia
Sponsor: Marco Pasian
Bahram Khalichi
Bilkent University
A Broadband Analysis of Multiscale Electromagnetics Problems Using Multilevel Fast Multipole Algorithm (MLFMA)
Sponsor: Vakur B. Erturk
Ala Eldin Omer
University of Waterloo
Sponsor: Safieddin Safavi-Naeini
Oshri Rabinovich
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Sponsor: Ariel Epstein
Eugene F. Knott Pre-Doctoral Research Grant Fall Cycle
Oren Mizrahi
Duke University
Sponsor: David Smith
Doctoral Research Grant Spring Cycle
John Blauert
The Ohio State University
Sponsor: Asimina Kiourti
Simona Di Meo
University of Pavia
Sponsor: Luca Perregrini
Hugo Dinis
University of Minho
Sponsor: Paulo Mateus Mendes
Jonas Kornprobst
Technical University of Munich
Sponsor: Thomas Eibert
Eugene F. Knott Pre-Doctoral Research Grant Spring Cycle
Matthew Brown
Queen’s University
Sponsor: Carlos Saavedra
Katelyn Isbell
University of Alabama
Sponsor: Yang-Ki Hong
Dariia Yevtushenko
Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics
Sponsor: A. I. Nosich
