FIFTH ROMANIAN SUMMER SCHOOL OF ANTENNAS, PROPAGATION AND RFID APPLICATIONS

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The 5th Summer School of Antennas, Propagation, and RFID Applications was organized by the Romanian IEEE AP-S/RFID Jt Chapter.
The Summer School was held at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca on September 04 - 06, 2023.

Welcome messages were given by Prof. Gabriel Oltean, Prorector Resource management and financial policies at Technical University of Cluj-Napoca; Prof. Ovidiu Pop, Dean of the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications, and Information Technology – Technical University of Cluj-Napoca; Assoc. Prof. Grigore Stamatescu, Secretary of the IEEE Romania Section; Prof. Razvan D. Tamas - Honorary Chapter Chair of the IEEE Romania Section - Antennas and Propagation Society / CRFID Joint Chapter; and Prof. Tudor Palade, Chair of the IEEE Romania Section - Antennas and Propagation Society / CRFID Joint Chapter.

The topics of the first and third days included:

• Antenna design
• Satellite communications
• Bioelectromagnetic Interactions
• Moving Object Localization in Distributed MIMO
• Opportunistic Spaceborne Transmitter/Stationary Receiver Bistatic SAR
• Drivers' Warning Application Through Personalized DSSS-CDMA Data Transmission
• Software Defined Radio
• Radio Wave Propagation
• Radio Spectrum
• Calculation of the Electric Field Distribution
• 5G Wireless Channel Characterization in Indoor Factory Environments
• Distributed Cooperative Communication (DisCoCom) to Improve the Scaling Behaviour of MANETs
• Radar Antennas
• Wireless Sensor Network
• Quantum technology
• Space Technologies

On the first day, in addition to the oral presentations, there was a poster session. The subjects covered in the poster session were:

• A Wideband Patch Antenna with Symmetrical Notches at 3.5 GHz
• The 5G-FR1 Signals: Beams of the Phased Antennas Array with Consequences on Human Exposure
• Power deposition in a head model exposed to 3.5 GHz continuous versus modulated plane wave

Additionally, on the first day, students engaged in a hands-on session to study antenna design and analysis through specific software.

The second day of the event included a visit and a hands-on workshop on wireless positioning and location; airplane tracking; satellite dish pointing; and signal analysis with a spectrum analyzer at the Research and Training Laboratory on Space Science and Technology at Marisel.

Two Adalm Pluto SDRs, sponsored by the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, were awarded as prizes to the winning students who participated in a quiz on the final day of the summer school. The awards for the Antenna and Propagation Summer School were won by Ples Andrei Valentin and Domnici Dominic Istvan, both students from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca.

Two distinguished guests from Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany, were invited: Prof. Eng. Michael KUHN, PhD, and PhD student Mus`ab YÜKSEL.

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04.09.2023

09:00 – 09:30      OPENING CEREMONY

Welcome messages:

Prof. Gabriel OLTEAN, Prorector Resource management and financial policies at Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Prof. Ovidiu POP, Dean of the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications, and Information Technology – Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Assoc. Prof. Grigore STAMATESCU, Secretary of the IEEE Romania Section

Prof. Razvan D. TAMAS - Honorary Chapter Chair of the IEEE Romania Section - Antennas and Propagation Society / CRFID Joint Chapter

Prof. Tudor PALADE, Chair of the IEEE Romania Section - Antennas and Propagation Society / CRFID Joint Chapter.

ORAL SESSION

9:30 – 10:10        Horn antennas for satellite communications, Assist. eng. Cristina Adelaida HEIMAN, PhD, Constanta Maritime University

10:10 – 10:50      Some aspects regarding antenna design using characteristic modes analysis, Lect. eng. Cora IONICA, PhD, Politehnica University Timisoara

10:50 – 11:30      Bioelectromagnetic Interactions in the 5G Era, Prof. eng. Simona MICLAUS, PhD, "Nicolae Balcescu" Land Forces Academy of Sibiu

POSTER SESSION

11:30 – 12:00

A Wideband Patch Antenna with Symmetrical Notches at 3.5 GHz: Design and Achievement, Robert BOTA-IOANA, Prof. eng. Simona MICLAUS, PhD, "Nicolae Balcescu" Land Forces Academy of Sibiu

The 5G-FR1 Signals: Beams of the Phased Antennas Array with Consequences on Human Exposure, Delia B. DEACONESCU, Prof. eng. Simona MICLAUS, PhD, "Nicolae Balcescu" Land Forces Academy of Sibiu

Power deposition in a head model exposed to 3.5 GHz continuous versus modulated plane wave, Vivian MAFTEI, Prof. eng. Simona MICLAUS, PhD, "Nicolae Balcescu" Land Forces Academy of Sibiu

ORAL SESSION

12:00 – 12:40      Moving Object Localization in Distributed MIMO with Clock and Frequency Offsets, Prof. eng. Ion BOGDAN, PhD, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi

12:40 – 13:20      Drivers' Warning Application Through Personalized DSSS-CDMA Data Transmission by Using the FM Radio Broadcasting Infrastructure, Prof. eng. Radu Gabriel BOZOMITU, PhD, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi

13:20 – 14:00      Opportunistic Spaceborne Transmitter/Stationary Receiver Bistatic SAR, Prof. eng. Remus CACOVEANU, PhD, EOS Electronic Systems SRL, Bucharest

15:30 – 16:10      Software Defined Radio, Prof. eng. Florin ALEXA, PhD, Politehnica University Timisoara

16:10 – 16:50      A Discussion on Radio Propagation, Lect. eng. Teodor PETRITA, PhD, Politehnica University Timisoara

16:50 – 17:30      Calculation of the Electric Field Distribution for an Antenna with a Doubly Curved Reflector and Two Independent Horns, Col. rtr. eng. Petru Mazare, PhD, ACTTM/ANCMRR

18:00 – 19:30      HANDS-ON SESSION for students

Antenna design and analysis using specific software

TEACHERS

Lect. eng. Andra PASTRAV, PhD, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Lect. eng. Andreea PLATICA, PhD, Constanta Maritime University

PhD student eng. Marius PASTORCICI, Constanta Maritime University

05.09.2023

8:00 – 18:00        HANDS-ON SESSION AT THE TEACHING AND RESEARCH FACILITY FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGIES - MARISEL

TOPICS

Presentation of the facility

Wireless positioning and location

Airplane Tracking Using ADS-B Signals and SDRs

Satellite dish pointing and signal analysis with a spectrum analyzer

LECTURER AND TEACHERS:

Lect. phys. Paul DOLEA, PhD, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Lect. eng. Andra PASTRAV, PhD, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Assist. eng. Cristian CODAU, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Assist. eng. Rares BUTA, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

06.09.2023

ORAL SESSION

9:00 – 9:45          5G Wireless Channel Characterization in Indoor Factory Environments: Simulation and Validation, Prof. eng. Michael KUHN, PhD, Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany

9:45 - 10:30         Distributed Cooperative Communication (DisCoCom) to Improve the Scaling Behaviour ot MANETs, PhD Student Mus`ab YÜKSEL, Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany

11:00 – 11:40      Romanian Radar Antennas – Research, Design and Manufacturing in Aviation Technology, Col. rtr. eng. Petru MAZARE, PhD, ACTTM/ANCMRR

11:40 – 12:20      Romanian Military Radar and Command-Control Systems for the Air Force, Col. rtr. eng. Anton MURARU, PhD, ACTTM/ANCMRR

12:20 – 13:00      Radio Spectrum Insights from Romania's Spectrum Regulator Agency, Expert lect. eng. Teodor PETRITA, PhD, ANCOM Timisoara

14:30 – 15:10      Transmission of vibration data from a wind turbine over an ISA100 Wireless Sensor Network and a 4G cellular network to a cloud based back-end system , Eng. Ovidiu RATIU, PhD, General Manager Control Data Systems

15:10 – 15:50      Testing Quantum technology for embedded applications, Phys. Stefan GERGELY, PhD, National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies

15:50 – 16:10      Space Tech - The Romanian Organization for Space Technologies, Eng. Ana CUCU, PhD, Manager of the Space Tech Cluster

16:40 – 17:15      AWARDS and CERTIFICATES

17:15 – 17:30      CONCLUSIONS and CLOSING CEREMONY

 

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