Students

Visitors

1. Martin Schuetz, M.Sc. student, 1 Oct 2014 - 31 Dec 2014, visiting from Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg
2. Marco Virili, Ph.D. student,1 Apr 2014 - 30 Sep 2014, visiting from Univ. of Perugia, Italy with Erasmus program.
3. Sangkil Kim, Ph.D. student 1 Apr 2012 - 31 Apr. 2012, visiting from Georgia Institute of Technology.
4. Tomas Mikulasek, Ph.D. student, Short Term Scientific Mission, COST IC0803, 1 Feb - 23 Mar 2012, visiting from Brno University of Technolgy, Czech Republic.
5. Kyriaki Niotaki, M.Sc. student, Ambient Energy Harvesting Measurements, July 1, 2011 - Sep. 30, 2011, visiting from Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece with Erasmus Student Mobility Program.
6. Ludimar Guenda, M.Sc., Short Term Scientific Mission, COST IC0803, June 13-25 2011, visiting from University of Aveiro, Portugal.
7. Francesco Giuppi, Ph.D. student, Sep. 2010 - Feb. 2011, visiting from the University of Pavia, Italy.
8. Chomora Mikeka, Ph.D. student, Nov. 2010 - Dec. 2010, visiting from Yokohama National University, Japan.
9. Frederick Declercq, Ph.D. student, Short Term Scientific Mission, COST IC0803, May 3-15 2010, visiting from Ghent University, Belgium.
10. Francesco Giuppi, Ph.D. student, Short Term Scientific Mission, COST IC0803, Sep. 2009 - Oct. 2009, visiting from the University of Pavia, Italy.

Ph.D. Supervision

1. Spyridon Nektarios Daskalakis, Additive manufacturing of millimetre wave wireless sensors based on nanoparticle inks for pervasive
   1. IoT sensing and 5G communications, Ph.D. dissertation supervision, on-going.
2. Kyriaki Niotaki, Design of Efficient Microwave Power Amplifier Systems, Ph.D. diss. supervision, graduated Dec. 2014, now at Benetel, Dublin.
3. Alessandro Acampora, Nonlinear Simulation and Design of Microwave Multi-Device Distributed Autonomous Circuits, Ph.D. dissertation supervision, CTTC, Spain, Graduated July 2013.
4. Francesco Giuppi, Study and Development of Active Antenna Oscillators in Substrate Integrated Waveguide Technology, Ph.D. diss. co-supervision, CTTC and University of Pavia, Italy, Graduated Jan 2012, now at The Antenna Company, NL.

M.Sc. Supervision

1. Sergi Rima, RFID sensors on cork substrate, M.Sc. thesis supervision (Dec. 2013), now with RFSpot.
2. Gustavo Adolfo Sotelo Bazán, Design of a circularly polarized patch antenna for satellite mobile communications in L-band. M.Sc. thesis supervision (Dec 2010), now at Telefonica, Peru.
3. Cesar Meneses Ghiglino, Ultra-Wideband (UWB) rectenna design for Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting, M.Sc. thesis supervision (Oct 2010), now at Telefonica, Peru.
4. Omar André Campana Escala, Study of the efficiency of EM harvesting rectifying antenna systems, M.Sc. thesis supervision (Oct 2010), now at Huawei, Peru.
5. Gianfranco Andia, Efficient Rectenna Design for Ambient Microwave Energy Recycling, M.Sc. thesis supervision (June 2009), now at Grenoble Inst. Of Technology, France.

Senior Design projects (B.Sc. final year project)

1. Javier Blanco, Wireless power transmission with modulated signals.
2. Ferran Bolos, Signal optimization for RF energy harvesting.
3. Angel Servent, RF antenna based sensors.
4. Ernest Silvestre, Wireless power transfer system at 13.56 MHz with optimized efficiency.
5. Ricard Martinez, 2.45 GHz circularly polarized rectenna array.
6. Joaquim Rossello, 24 GHz Substrate Integrated Waveguide Antenna Arrays.

Ph.D. examination/proposal review panel

1. Elham Moradi, Antennas for Telemetric Wireless Body Area Networks, Tampere
2. University of Technology, Finland, (02 Oct. 2015).
3. Jinsong Song, On Passive Wireless Sensors Based on the Intermodulation
4. Communication, Aalto University, Finland, Pre-examination committee (14 Jul. 2015).
5. Angel Ramos-Felix, Application of Ultra-Wideband Technology to RFID and Wireless Sensors, University of Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, (16 Mar. 2015).
6. Peter Vanveerdeghem, Integration of Electronic Systems on Wearable Textile Antenna Platforms, Ghent University, Belgium, (20 Jan 2015).
7. Gianfranco Andia-Vera, Analysis and exploitation of non-linearities in passive UHF RFID, Univerisity of Grenoble, Grenoble-INP, France (Nov. 2014).
8. Alejandro Javier Martínez Ros, Analysis and Synthesis of Leaky-Wave Devices in Planar Technology, Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena, Spain, Ph.D. dissertation examination (Oct 2014).
9. Maria Gregori Casas, Transmission strategies for wireless energy harvesting nodes, Technical University of Catalunya (UPC), Spain, PhD dissertation examination, (July 2014).
10. Ricardo Dias Fernandes, Wireless power transmission based on resonant electrical coupling, University of Aveiro, Portugal, Ph.D. proposal panel, reviewer (Feb 2014).
11. Martino Aldrigo, Design and experimental characterization of antennas and wireless systems for innovative wearable and implantable ultra low-power applications, Univ. of Bologna, Italy, Ph.D. dissertation external reviewer (Jan 2014).
12. Alirio Boaventura, Wireless Power Transmission Solutions for Wireless Communications, University of Aveiro, Portugal, Ph.D. proposal panel, reviewer (Dec 2012).
13. Juha Virtanen, Development of Sensor Integrated and Inkjet-Printed Tag Antennas for Passive UHF RFID Systems, Tampere University, Finland, Ph.D. dissertation external reviewer (Oct 2012).
14. Ivan Rebollo, A Front-End for Passive and Semi-passive UHF RFID Sensor Node: Design and Characterization, PhD dissertation examination at CEIT, San Sebastián, Spain (May 2012).
15. Maria Lucia Scarpello, Implantable and Wearable Antennas for Body-Centric Communication, PhD dissertation examination at Ghent University (Jan 2012).
16. Frederick Declercq, Characterization and design strategies for active textile antennas, PhD dissertation examination (Aug 2011).