Tayeb Denidni of INRS Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications

Using engineered electromagnetic materials, novel reconfigurable antenna designs with advanced features can be developed and used us an enabling technology to improve the performance of future wireless communication, radar and space systems at microwave and mm-wave bands. These approaches are based on using advanced artificial periodic electromagnetic structures, including electromagnetic band gap structures, frequency selective surfaces and meta-surfaces. The objective is to design and implement new compact, low profile, and low-cost antenna systems with high performances in terms of beamforming capability, high gain, and efficiency.  In this talk, I will first give a brief introduction on the wireless communication systems, presenting their potentials, evolution and challenges. Second, I will give an overview on periodic electromagnetic structures and their applications in advanced antenna designs. Third, to show the beamforming feature of these antennas, some examples of simulated and experimental results will be presented and discussed. Finally, concluding remarks will be given.

Biography:

Prof. Tayeb A. Denidni (IEEE Fellow) received M. Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada, in 1990 and 1994, respectively. From 1994 to 2000, he was a professor with the Engineering Department, Université du Quebec in Rimouski, QC, Canada.

Since August 2000, he has been a professor with the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Université du Quebec, Montreal, Canada. He has founded RF laboratory at INRS, Montreal. He is a well-known expert in antenna domain. He served as a principal investigator on many research projects sponsored by numerous industries in telecommunications. He has co-authored more than 350 journal papers, 400 conference papers, 1 book and 12 book chapters. He has acquired international recognition for its innovative and pioneering work on frequency selective surfaces and their applications to reconfigurable antennas, beamforming systems, reflective indigent surfaces (RIS) and mm-wave antennas. He has been elevated to the grade of IEEE fellow for his contribution to frequency selective surfaces and their applications to reconfigurable antennas.

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