Professor Satish Kumar Sharma
Director, Antenna and Microwave Lab (AML)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA, 92182-1309, USA
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Dr. Satish Kumar Sharma (SM'06) received his Ph. D. degree in Electronics Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India in August 1997. He received his undergraduate degree (Bachelor in Technology) in Electronics Engineering from Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India in June 1991. He was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada from March 1999 to May 2001. He joined InfoMagnetics Technologies Corporation, Winnipeg, Canada as a Senior Antenna Engineer/Researcher from May 2001 to August 2006. While at IMT, he was also a Part-Time Research Associate at the University of Manitoba until August 2006.

Dr. Sharma joined San Diego State University (SDSU) as an Assistant Professor in August 2006. He established the Antenna and Microwave Laboratory (AML) at SDSU and has led the AML as its Director since then. He became tenured Associate Professor in August 2010. He was promoted to full Professor in August 2014 and currently holds this position. He was Interim Chair of his department from August 2022 to October 2023. He has held Distinguished Summer Faculty Fellow positions at the Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific, (NIWC-Pacific), San Diego (2020, 2021, 2022 & 2024). He has received the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s prestigious faculty early career development (CAREER) award in 2009. He also received the 2015 IEEE AP-S Harold A. Wheeler Prize Paper Award. He served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation journal from August 2010 to June 2017. He also served as an Associate Editor of IEEE Antennas, Wireless & Propagation Letters from March 2017 to March 2023. His research lab has the capability to analyze, design, develop, and verify antennas from VHF to millimeter wave (110 GHz) frequencies.

Dr. Sharma has published over 320 journal and conference papers and holds three US and Canadian patents. He co-edited three volumes of "Handbook of Reflector Antennas and Feed Systems", published by Artech House in May/June 2013. His other coauthored book, "Multifunctional Antennas and Arrays for Wireless Communication Systems", was published by IEEE-Press/Wiley in April 2021. He has collaborated with industry professionals on SBIR/STTR Phase I and II projects in addition to projects from the NSF, NASA and Office of Naval Research (ONR). His research interests include microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies, beam steering antennas, flat panel phased array antennas, reconfigurable and tunable antennas, 3D printed antennas, inkjet printed conformal antennas, massive MIMO antennas, antennas for Cube-Satellites, reflector antennas and their feed systems, and metasurface antennas.

Titles of talks:

• Design and Development of Flat Panel Phased Array Antennas for Wireless and Satellite Communication Applications
• Multifunctional Antennas and Arrays for Wireless Communications
• Novel Multiple Radiating Modes based Null and Beam Peak Steering Antennas
• Reflector and Feed Antenna Assemblies Providing Beam Steering Performance
• Role of 3D Dielectric/Metal and Ink-Jet Printing Technology in Antenna Design (For general audience)