Novel antennas and propagation work at Edinburgh University
Lunch and learn session
About
An overview of the need, challenges and ongoing research on wireless communication in underwater
Professor Wasiu Popoola, Chair of Communications Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh and a Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching.
Recent developments in wireless terrestrial communications have resulted in ubiquitous mobile internet, with a myriad of applications that have revolutionised commerce and our way of life with phenomenal socio-economic benefits. In contrast, the underwater communication is significantly less developed, largely due to the constraints posed by the challenging environment.
This talk will cover the need and challenges of communicating wirelessly in the subsea environment. The current modes of achieving reliable communication in subsea channels and their limitations will also be covered. The talk will conclude with an overview of the idea of using optical beams, as part of an underwater multi-modal approach, to achieve fast, reliable communication in the subsea environment.
A methodology for remote microwave sterilization applicable to the coronavirus and other pathogens using self-steering antenna arrays
Dr Symon K Podilchak, Senior Lecturer, Radio Frequency Technology, University of Edinburgh.
The presentation will report on recent developments within The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University which have looked at using antennas and RF hardware to kill the coronavirus and other pathogens. The microwave-based system aims to develop a safe, rapid, remote, and automatic sterilisation technique for ambulances and other medical assets using antennas and radio frequency (RF) concepts.
The developed methodology has been shown experimentally to neutralize the coronavirus in a laboratory setting, and the talk will review these fundamental and scientific concepts for a wider audience.
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Continuing Professional Development
This event can contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as part of the IET's CPD monitoring scheme.
06 Jun 2024
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Organiser
- Antennas and Propagation TN
Speakers
Professor Wasiu Popoola
Chair of Communications Engineering, School of Engineering and a Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching. - University of Edinburgh
Professor Wasiu Popoola holds the Chair of Communications Engineering in the School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh where he is also a Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching. In 2022, he was awarded Royal Academy of Engineering/Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship for his research in optical wireless communications.
He has published over 150 articles on the subject of Communications Engineering including two editions of an acclaimed book, ‘Optical Wireless Communications: System and Channel Modelling’. Professor Popoola is a science communicator appearing in science festivals and on “BBC Radio 5live Science” programme in Oct. 2017.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering Technology (FIET), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and Associate Editor of the IEEE Access Journal. He has been invited to talk at various conferences including the 2016 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals.
Dr Symon K Podilchak
Senior Lecturer - Radio Frequency Technology - University of Edinburgh
Dr. Symon K. Podilchak is a Senior Lecturer in Radio Frequency Technology at The University of Edinburgh. Recent industry research experience include the design of surface-wave radar systems, compact antennas and arrays for wideband military communications, highly compact circularly polarized antennas for CubeSats, and new wireless power transmission systems.
Currently Dr. Podilchak is leading a team of about ten Ph.D. students and academic researchers. Some accolades include awards from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, the European Microwave Association, and, six Young Scientist Awards from the International Union of Radio Science.
He was also awarded a fellowship from The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) as well as a Horizon Marie Sklodowska-Curie European Research Fellowship. Most recently he was also a recipient of the COVID-19 ‘Above and Beyond Medal’ for leading research on remote microwave sterilization of the coronavirus. He has served as an Associate Editor and Guest Editor for many IET and IEEE journal, and is currently serving as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.