Novel Millimetre Wave Antennas for MIMO and 5G Applications

Shiban K Koul is Emeritus Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. His research interests include RF MEMS, high frequency wireless communication, microwave engineering, microwave passive and active circuits, device modelling, millimetre and sub-millimetre wave IC design, body area networks, flexible and wearable antennas, medical applications of sub-terahertz waves and reconfigurable microwave circuits including miniaturized antennas. He has successfully completed 38 major sponsored projects, 52 consultancy projects and 61 technology development projects. He has authored/co-authored 523 research papers, 16 state-of-the art books, 4 book Chapters and 2 e-books. He holds 23 patents, 6 copyrights and one trademark. He has guided 26 PhD theses and more than 120 master's theses. He is Life Fellow of IEEE, USA, and Fellow of INAE and IETE in India.  He is Chief Editor of IETE Journal of Research and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, Cambridge University Press. He served as Distinguished Microwave Lecturer of IEEE MTT-S for the period 2012-2014. He is recipient of numerous awards including IEEE MTT Society Distinguished Educator Award (2014) and Teaching Excellence Award (2012) from IIT Delhi, etc.  Zamir Wani received M.Sc. degree in Electronics with gold medal from the University of Kashmir, India, in 2012 and the M.Tech. degree in RF and Microwave Engineering from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India, in 2015. He joined Centre for Applied Research in Electronics, IIT Delhi, as a full-time Ph.D. scholar in January 2016 and completed the degree in August 2020. At present he is working as Project Scientist at Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu. He has received Raj Mitra Grant in India (RGMI) Award presented at InCAP2018. He has authored or co-authored more than twelve articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and has also filed one Indian patent. His main research interests include millimetre wave antennas, MIMO antennas, metamaterials, and computational electromagnetics. He serves as Reviewer of IEEE AWPL, IEEE Access, MOTL, IJMWT Cambridge, and JEMWA.