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Dimitris E. Anagnostou, Ph. D.
 Associate Professor,
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Institute of Signals, Sensors and Systems
Heriot Watt University

IEEE Senior Member
Associate Editor, IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (2010-2016)
Guest Editor, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (2015 and 2019)

Education
Post-Doc, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of ECE, Atlanta, GA, 2006
Ph.D. Electrical & Computer Engineering, UNM, Albuquerque, NM, 2005
M.Sc. Electrical & Computer Engineering, UNM, Albuquerque, NM, 2002
Diploma Electrical & Comp. Eng. (5-yr degree), DUTh, Greece, 2000

Interests:

  • Education: Dr. Anagnostou has dedicated a large amount of his time developing course handouts and providing excellent education to graduate and undergraduate students in the areas of Antennas, Electromagnetics, and Circuits. His teaching approach is a combination of mathematical and hands-on active learning of why and how things happen versus strict memorization, and helps students build a solid foundation of knowledge that will serve them for a lifetime.

  • Research: Dr. Anagnostou is a global point of reference in research on reconfigurable, autonomous and flexible antennas and arrays. He has over 100 journal and conference publications, 2 patents (one pending), 1 book chapter, and more than 900 citacions of his work. His interests include antennas, microwaves and electromagnetics with particular strengths in:
    Applied Electromagnetics: Reconfigurable, autonomous and flexible Antennas and antenna arrays; analytical design methods and physical principles of antennas; slot antennas; electrically small antennas; metamaterial-inspired antenna arrays; radiating QR barcodes for anticounterfeiting and security applications; direct-write / inkjet printing of MEMS and passive RF components; high-frequency / RF electronics and microwave circuits; phase-change materials; electromagnetic materials (artificial dielectrics, artificial magnetic conductors, frequency selective surfaces); paper-electronics (eco-friendly 'green', organic); RF harvesters; MHz, THz, optical circuits and components.
    Other topics: MEMS, medical and digital image processing; biomedical applications of antennas and electromagnetics; artificial neural network applications in early cancer detection and in reconfigurable systems; sensors and robotics applications in electromagnetics; remote sensing; smart antennas and direction of arrival estimation; wireless signal propagation; DoA (Direction-of Arrival) estimation; packaging.

    • Highlights

  • DARPA Young Faculty Award for autonomous multi-reconfigurable antenna arrays

  • IEEE John Kraus Antenna Award by the IEEE APS, for MEMS reconfigurable antennas.

  • Campus Star Award by the ASEE

  • UNM Young Alumni Award by the UNM School of Engineering


    • Students and Alumni
    Post-Docs: 
    Dr. Xiao Ding, Visiting Fellow 2013. (now Assistant Professor, UESTC, China)
     Dr. Shengwen (Kevin) Zhang, 2012-2013 (now Assoc. Professor Chem., Jiangnan U China)
     Dr. Arash Rashidi, 2012 (now Senior Engineer at EcoMotors, MI)
     Dr. RongLin Li, 2011-2012 (now Professor at S. China Univ. of Tech.)

    Ph. D.: 
    Mina Iskander, Graduate RA, NanoEng, 2011-2014 (now with Qualcomm, San Diego, CA)
     Muhannad Al-Tarifi, Graduate RA, NanoEng, 2013 (now Post-Doc, UC Boulder, CO)

    M.Sc.: 
    Ramila Shrestha, Graduate Student, Elec. Eng., 2014-pres
    Tarron Teeslink, Graduate Student, Elec. Eng., 2013-pres (now with Echodyne)
     Numan Al-Mobin, Graduate Student, Elec. Eng., 2012-2014 (now Post-Doc, SDSMT)
     Akhter Hossan, Graduate Student, Elec. Eng., 2012-2014 (now with Sensity Systems)
     Ahmad A. Gheethan, M.Sc. ECE, 2009 (now Sr. Engineer at Skyworks, CA)

    U/G and REUs:
    Brenden Dixon, U/G RA, Summer 2015
    Jeremiah Sutton, U/G RA, Summer 2015
    Zachary Norstedt, U/G RA, Spring 2015
    Peter Wang, U/G RA, Summer 2014 (U.S. Navy Veteran)
     Mathew Daniel, U/G RA, Summer 2014
     Yaakov Cohen, U/G RA part-time, Summer 2014
     Mason Cover, U/G RA, Spring 2011 - 2014 (NASA EPSCoR Award, now with Garmin, KS)
     Sierra Rasmussen, U/G RA, Summer 2013 (collab. /w J. Kellar, G. Crawford)
     Andrew Carpenter, U/G RA, Spring 2011 - Dec. 2011
     Curtis Wynia, U/G RA, Spring 2010
     Richard Handoko, U/G RA, Fall 2009, SDSMT, 2007
     Cole Deichert, U/G RA, Summer 2007, SDSMT, 2007

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    Last Updated: 3/2015