Professional Memberships
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Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) since 2004
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Member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) since 2008
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Member of the IEEE Communications Society since 2008
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Member of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society since 2009
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Member of the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society since 2009
Expertise
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Participation in activities relating to the Internet of Things Special Interest Group, sponsored by the TSB and RCUK, including road-mapping activities and contributions to published white papers.
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Participation in Expert Group for Net!Works European Technology Platform (March 2011), including contributions to the published white paper ‘Broadband Wireless Beyond 2020’.
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Reviewer for various journals, including Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Bio-Medicine, MDPI Sensors and Academic Journals’ Scientific Research and Essays.
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Member of the Technical Programme Committee as a reviewer for various international conferences, including the IEEE Symposium on Wireless Technology & Applications, the IEEE International Conference on Electronics Design, Systems and Applications and the IEEE Symposium on Business, Engineering and Industrial Applications.
Consultancy
I recently performed a feasibility study, for Pattern Analytics Ltd, into wireless fire alarms for construction sites. This included preliminary system design, RF subsystem design and supplier/component identification and assessment, and a regulatory requirements review. I interact regularly with industry, both through my main role as a Research Fellow, and also through other methods, such as through LinkedIn discussion groups and the Technology Strategy Board’s “_connect” website for Knowledge Transfer Networks.
Professional Development
My professional development activities include:
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Completion of “Essentials of Management” course, provided by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, May 2013
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Attendance of the IET Colloquium on Terahertz (February 2018)
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Participation in training webinars for COMSOL, COMSOL Ray Optics Module and COMSOL Wave Optics Module (January-March 2018)
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Completion of introductory training course on use of milling machines and lathes (University of Birmingham, October 2018)
HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS
Q. Lei, et al., IEEE Trans. MTT, December 2017
Spatial transformations: From fundamentals to applications
R. Foster, et al., Roy. Soc. Phil. Trans. A, August 2015
Detecting Vital Signs with Wearable Wireless Sensors
T. Yilmaz, et. al., IEEE Trans. MTT, December 2014
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Devices, Antennas and Propagation
RF, microwave, millimetre-wave, terahertz;
microstrip antennas and arrays, lens antennas, power dividers and couplers, feed networks
Application Areas
Body-centric communications, implantable and wearable devices, green communications, cognitive and software-defined radio, full-duplex radio, Internet of Things, smart homes, intelligent transportation systems, automotive radar
Advanced Design, Realisation and Metrology
Transformation electromagnetics, metamaterials, nano-composite materials, material property extraction, impedance matching, near field and far-field antenna measurements