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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