Farhat Abbas

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As a PhD student in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Dallas, I focus on Antenna design, Phased array/Reflectarray antennas, RF/Microwave Circuits, and nanophotonics. Currently, I am working on designing and fabricating Reflectarray antennas for 6G applications. Projects I have worked on include a folded reflectarray antenna design and fabrication, thermal monitoring of quantum cascade lasers, and a highly sensitive biochemical sensor based on the nanofocusing phenomenon.

Previously, my research focused on "Optical sensing with multiple surface waves guided by interfaces with sculptured thin films."

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Experience:

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, USA

RF/MICROWAVE CIRCUITS DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING INTERN May 2023 - August 2023

Skills: RF/Microwave circuits design; Microstrip transmission lines design; Filter design; Measurement and evaluation with VNA; AWR Microwave office; HFSS; Python Scripting.

Ericsson Plano, USA

DEVELOPER RF ANTENNA INTERN May 2022 - August 2022

Skills: Antenna design; Base station antennas; Parasitic element designs for isolation between bands; Reference Antenna; Feed and PCB layout design; S-parameters and phase response measurements; Testing and validation; CST.

University of Texas at Dallas, Department of Electrical Engineering Richardson, USA

RESEARCH ASSISTANT 2018 - Present

Projects:

Design and fabricate a dual-polarized reflectarray antenna operating at 100 GHz with a coupled dipole structure for 6G applications.
Design and fabricate a folded reflectarray antenna for 6G applications operating at 100 GHz using a split ring resonator structure.
Fabrication of folded reflectarray antennas at 410 GHz and reflectarray antennas at 315 GHz.
Thermal monitoring of quantum cascade lasers.
Nanofocusing-enabled highly sensitive biochemical sensor design with coupled nano-coaxial structure.

TEACHING ASSISTANT 2019 - Present

Courses:

Microwave design and measurement - RF lab
RF & Microwave Circuits
RF & Microwave Systems Engineering
Electromagnetic Engineering
Fields and Waves
Linear Algebra for Engineers

Professional Affiliations

SPIE- the international society for optics and phtonics (2019–2020)

I worked as Vice President of SPIE-UTD chapter.

SPIE- the international society for optics and phtonics (2014–2015)

I worked as Treasurer of SPIE–QAU Chapter.

Professional Services

Reviewer of Optical Society of America
Reviewer of Journal of Applied Physics
Reviewer of Optik-International Journal for Light and Electron Optics