My Graduate Study at UofM
My graduate study at the University of Manitoba was really a great experience. First of all, Winnipegers are very friendly people and Winnipeg is a lovely city full of wide landscapes and it is a dreamy place for nature lovers like me. My experience in Winnipeg was not limited to the city and I had the best supervisor, Dr. Dustin Isleifson, that anyone could ask for.
The University of Manitoba department of electrical and computer engineering has been equipped with the most updated lab equipment such as Far-Field and Near-Field Antenna Measurement Systems, MEMS laboratory, Microwave Measurement Laboratory, Electromagnetic Imaging Laboratory, and Communication Systems Laboratory.
I acquired a very handful of experiences at the University of Manitoba which are fore sure the lights of my future career.
Talking of my professors and my courses at the University of Manitoba:
I had the honor to work under the supervision of Professor Dustin Isleifson who is a professional engineer, knowledgeable teacher, organized person, and most importantly a kind soul. He guided me in my journey and I learned lots of hands-on experiences from him. I highly recommend him for the advisory if you're thinking about graduate school. I took his Remote Sensing Graduate-level course and really enjoyed it. In this course, I acquired grasp knowledge about dielectric modeling of complex mediums such as sea ice and wet soil, Normalized Radar Cross Section (NRCS) of different natural habitats, different remote sensing devices such as scatterometer, Lidar, Radar, and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). I also got familiar with satellite imagery.
My main research at the University of Manitoba was about remote sensing technology. My master's thesis includes topics such as:
Dielectric measurement techniques (Comparing the measurement results of different types of oil and sea ice substances such as brine with a commercially available dielectric probe with a designed C-band cavity resonator)
Dielectric modeling of oil-contaminated sea ice and simulation of Normalized Radar Cross Section of clean and oil-contaminated sea ice with the Small Perturbation Method (SPM).
Design and develop C-band Short Back-fire Antennas for remote sensing applications. The desired antenna would be a dual polarised (Vertical and Horizontal) short backfire antenna with wide impedance bandwidth (> 500 MHz) and high realized gain (> 14dBi).
Compact range Antenna laboratory at the University of Manitoba
Testing C-band waveguide fed Short Back-fire Antenna
Taking the "Near Field antenna measurement system" course was one of the best parts of attending graduate school. Professor Puyan Mojabi is one of the best teachers (he has been awarded the best teaching professor) that I ever had. He is passionate about teaching and his class was my best class experience at the University of Manitoba. During his course, he mentioned the most recent discoveries in the field of antenna measurement systems which opened a lot of new doors to me as a graduate student and helped me to strengthen my understanding of electromagnetics and antenna measurement systems. During this course, I had the chance to get familiar with planar, cylindrical, and spherical measurement systems and work with Planar and Cylindrical Near-Field systems. We also had the chance to work with the Far-Field measurement system of the University of Manitoba.
Me at the Compact Range Antenna laboratory at the University of Manitoba
eft to right: myself, Dr. Pedram Mojabi, Professor Puyan Mojabi at emts2023, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Me at the NF antenna lab at the University of Manitoba
Professor Greg Bridges' "microwave materials measurement techniques" was one of the most practical courses that I ever had. He had designed seven different lab experiments for the course which led to a deep understanding of microwave measurement systems such as Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) system, Cavity resonator, Parallel plate measurement, and Waveguide measurement system. Besides, I had the chance to calibrate VNA, and set up all seven experiments myself. He is a professional well-experienced teacher and very passionate about his work.
During the final exam session which was 8 hours :), he bought doughnuts for everybody. That was so nice of him.
Left to right: myself, Shirin Ramezanzaadeh, Sara Absaalan, A.k.A Mansourul, Ziqi Liu (in purple), first student from department of Physics, second student from the department of Physics, Professor Greg Bridges.
Left to right: Professor Greg. Bridges, myself at emts2023, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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