Lebanese Electromagnetics Day 2026
Event in which professors, researchers, students meet to exchange their latest activities in the area of Electromagnetics. Guest speakers, student competitions constitute the major activities of the day.
The Lebanon IEEE joint Chapter AP/MTT/MAG is organizing a technical event and a 3-tier student competition. This year's in person event will be held at BAU, Debbieh, on Friday October the 30th, 2026. The event features many presentations, the highlight of which will be a competition for students in Lebanon permitting them to showcase their recent academic work in (electro)magnetics. Students will compete at three levels: undergraduate, graduate Masters level and graduate PhD level. Topics of study should fit the areas of interest of one of the AP/MTT/MAG societies, largely electromagnetics and magnetics. The work reported could be pure theory, simulation, applications or a combination of all three. It is requested that students wishing to participate submit a no more than a 200-word abstract. Students with a selected abstract will have 10 minutes to present their work and a committee will select the best presenters. There are 6 cash prizes. Two prizes for the best PhD level research ($150 and $100), two for the best Master level project ($120 and $80), and two for the best senior/final year project presentation ($90 and $60). Students and other individuals who wish to attend this workshop and its social and cultural events should register through the link indicated in this announcement. You can upload your abstract either by copying the following link or by clicking on the link under "survey URL" at the end of this announcement.
Students, that are accepted to the competition, will give a presentation of 10 minutes during the LEMD.
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- Co-sponsored by Beirut Arab University (BAU), Debbieh campus
- Starts 18 September 2026 09:00 PM UTC
- Ends 29 October 2026 10:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
BASSEM SAAD of Lebanese Armed Forces
Adaptive Antenna Arrays for Resilient UAV Navigation: CRPA Technology for GNSS Interference and Spoofing Mitigation
The increasing reliance of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) has introduced significant challenges associated with navigation integrity and electromagnetic interference. Due to the inherently low received power of satellite navigation signals, GNSS receivers are particularly vulnerable to jamming, interference, as well as sophisticated spoofing attacks capable of compromising positioning, navigation, and timing performance. These vulnerabilities have motivated growing interest in advanced antenna-array technologies capable of enhancing GNSS reception robustness in electromagnetically contested environments.
Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA) systems represent a promising approach for improving GNSS resilience through adaptive spatial signal processing and electronically controlled antenna reception patterns. By exploiting the spatial diversity of multiple antenna elements, CRPA architectures enable adaptive beamforming, interference suppression, and spatial null steering while preserving the reception of desired satellite signals. Their performance depends on the interaction between antenna-array geometry, electromagnetic coupling, RF front-end characteristics, and adaptive signal-processing algorithms.
This presentation introduces the fundamental operating principles of CRPA technology, focusing on antenna-array behavior, adaptive beamforming, and spatial null steering. The relationship between array configuration, interference direction, and reception-pattern control is illustrated through representative antenna patterns and system-level examples. Particular emphasis is placed on the practical considerations associated with integrating CRPA systems into UAV platforms, including compact antenna configurations, hardware complexity, and operational performance limitations.
The presentation will briefly discuss the distinction between interference suppression and GNSS spoofing resilience, highlighting the capabilities and limitations of spatial filtering.
Biography:
Brigadier General Engineer Bassem Saad serves as Chief of the Specifications and Studies Bureau in the Lebanese Armed Forces. With more than 25 years of experience in communications engineering and R&D, he has led projects and technical studies involving radio systems and communications infrastructure. He is also a PhD researcher in Communication Engineering at Beirut Arab University, with research interests in RF systems, antenna arrays, and advanced wireless technologies.
Address:Lebanon
Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz of IMEC and Ghent University
From Chip to System: A Holistic Approach to 2D Scalable Low-Loss D-Band Active Phased Array Realization
The relentless demand for multi-gigabit wireless communication and high-resolution sensing drives rapid innovation in D-band (110–170 GHz) systems. However, realizing efficient and scalable active phased arrays at these frequencies remains challenging due to high cost, interconnect losses, packaging parasitics, and heterogeneous integration constraints. This talk presents a holistic, system-level approach to low-loss D-band phased array integration that unifies circuit, antenna, and packaging co-design. Leveraging both silicon-based (CMOS, SiGe) and III–V integrated circuits, the approach emphasizes optimized beamformer and power amplifier architectures combined with low-cost 2D scalable, wide-angle scanning wideband antenna arrays implemented using low-cost PCB processes. Through electromagnetic co-optimization and advanced interconnect engineering, the framework achieves significant reduction in loss and improvement in overall system efficiency. Measured D-band results from prototype modules demonstrate wide-angle beam steering and data transmission rates up to 100 Gb/s. These results confirm the feasibility of steerable, high-capacity arrays suitable for both communication and sensing platforms.
Biography:
Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz (Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Atilim University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Electromagnetics Group, Department of Information Technology, Ghent University, Belgium in 2021.
From 2014 to 2016, he worked as a Senior Antenna Engineer at Remote Sensing Technologies, Turkey. Between 2021 and 2022, he was a Visiting Scientist at the CNRS, IETR Laboratory, France. Since 2022, he has been a Senior Researcher in Electromagnetics at IMEC and Ghent University. His research includes on the analysis and design of quasi-optical systems, leaky-wave antennas, near-field focusing techniques, in/on-body communication systems, active/reconfigurable/unconventional millimeter-wave and sub-terahertz phased arrays, and electromagnetic modeling and optimization of 2.5D and 3D RF packaging architectures.
Dr. Kapusuz received the URSI Young Scientist Award at the 2021 URSI General Assembly.
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Address:Belgium
Agenda
8:45 Registration
9:00 Welcome by the BAU IEEE student branch cabinet member Mira Hmadi, national anthem, BAU anthem
9:05 Opening remarks by Dr. Ernst Huijer, chair of the AP/MTT/MAG chapter in the IEEE Lebanon section
9:15 Keynote talk "Adaptive Antenna Arrays for Resilient UAV Navigation: CRPA Technology for GNSS Interference and Spoofing Mitigation" by Brigadier Bassem Saad of the Lebanese Armed Forces
9:45 student presentations, PhD and MS levels
10:30 coffee break
11:00 "From Chip to System: A Holistic Approach to 2D Scalable Low-Loss D-Band Active Phased Array Realization" by Dr. Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz
11:30 student presentations, UG level
13:00 lunch and student awards
Link for the schedule and abstracts of the student competition: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iAfxxggA9cOCElEfowFZ6hqluW1glZ7w/view?usp=sharing
