“Dielectric Resonator Antenna: From a research perspective” by Associate Professor Mohd Fadzil bin Ain, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University Sains Malaysia (USM).

Date:  October 8, 2014 (Wednesday)
Time:  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Venue:  PSDC, 1 Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia

Admission is free.  No registration required.  Refreshments will be provided.

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Abstract

Since last three decades dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) emerged as new viable alternative to the conventional low gain antennas. Dielectric resonator antennas has shown the potential through numerous research work conducted on various aspects ranging from theoretical and numerical analysis, several type of excitation, Compact designs, Polarization control, wideband operation and array implementation.  There are hundreds of publication on dielectric resonator antenna from which, it is evident that DRA have high degree of versatility and flexibility which cannot be found in other antenna types. DRA technology has already been applied effectively to wireless communication systems, it promises to have a big impact in the future communication.

In this presentation, the speaker intends to highlight the current research activities in the field of Dielectric Resonator Antenna and its potential as possible alternative to the conventional low gain antenna, especially at high millimeter frequencies.

Speaker

Mohd Fadzil bin Ain is an associate professor with the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University Sains Malaysia (USM).  He received his Diploma and BEng in Electronic Engineering from the Universiti Technology Malaysia in 1986 and 1997 respectively.  He obtained his MS and PhD from USM and the University of Birmingham, UK in 1999 and 2003 respectively.  His research interest include MIMO, wireless systems on FPGA/DSP, Ka Band transceiver design, Oscillator, antenna, RF characterisation of dielectric material and microwave propagation study.  Dr Fadzil Bin Ain has published numerous research articles in international journals and conference proceedings, and also won several awards.  He received The Best Paper Award for the 7th WSEAS International Conference on Data Networks, Communications, Computers (DNCOCO ’08), Bucharest, Romania, IENA 2009 and 2013.  He also won Gold Medal (2009) and Bronze Medal (2013), Nurnberg, Germany; Malaysia Technology Expo (MTE 2009), Gold Medal Award, PECIPTA 2007, International Exhibition (ITEX 2013) and Malaysia Association of Research Scientist (MARS), Malaysia.  Graduated 8 PhD students and 25 MSc students.