Prof. Mohammad S. Sharawi of University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

In this talk, technology trends and the features of 5Gwireless standards will be presented. Then some of the major enabling technologies for 5G such as massive MIMO (MaMi) and mm-wave bands will be highlighted along with their features and applications. Challenges in the design of antenna systems for these enabling technologies will be discussed after in terms of complexity, size, etc. Specifications and design guidelines will follow. Several metallic based mm-wave MIMO antennas, dielectric-resonator antennas (DRAs) and reconfigurable MIMO Antennas will be discussed, as well as several MaMi arrays with beam-steering capabilities will be presented. The concept and modelling of multi-functional antenna systems and integrated 4G/5G handset antenna solutions will be shown with real examples.

Biography:

Prof. Mohammad S. Sharawi is a Principal/Lead engineer with Blue Origin, USA, working on cutting edge communication systems for space applications, and an affiliate Full Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington, USA. He was a tenured Full-Professor of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, between 2019-2023. Prof. Sharawi was with King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia, between 2009-2018. He founded and directed the Integrated Multi-Application Antenna Group (IMAAG) and the Antennas and Microwave Structure Design Laboratory (AMSDL). He was a visiting Professor at the University of Calgary, Canada, and Oakland University, USA, in 2013, 2014 and 2023.  

Prof. Sharawi’s areas of research include Multiband Printed Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) Antenna systems, Reconfigurable and Active integrated Antennas, Applied Electromagnetics, Millimeter-wave MIMO antennas and Integrated 4G/5G antennas for various applications, Dielectric Antennas, and on package antennas. He has more than 450 papers published in refereed journals and international conferences, 11 book chapters, and three books entitled “Printed MIMO Antenna Engineering,” 2014, “Design and Applications of Active Integrated Antennas,” 2018, and “MIMO Antenna Systems for 5G and Beyond”, 2024. Prof. Sharawi has 28 issued/granted and 8 pending patents in the United States Patent Office (USPO). He is serving/served as Area and Associate Editor for IEEE AWPL, IEEE OJAP, MOTL, IET-MAP and Frontiers. He served on the Technical and organizational program committees of several international conferences (EuCAP, APS, IMWS-5G, APCAP,  iWAT). Prof. Sharawi is a member of the IEEE Member benefits committee, and the person managing the APS Student travel grant. He served as the EuRAAP delegate for north America. He is a Fellow-IEEE and Fellow-IET. He is currently serving as the IEEE Seattle AP/MTT/ED joint chapter Co-Chair. 

Email:

Address:Blue Origin LLC, Seattle, WA, Washington, United States