Prof. Yahia Antar: Recent Advancements and Future Trends in Modern Antenna Systems for Communications and for Sensors

Overview

Abstract

Many aspects of our lives are recently becoming more dependent on communications through wireless, satellites and other platforms. This trend is exemplified by the massive investment in current and future endeavours, such as 5G, 6G technologies, internet of things (IOT) which are enabling fundamentally new evolving applications. A common denominator in many of these new applications is the antenna, which forms the “eyes and ears” of many communication systems and sensors. New developments for advancing the state of the art in antenna technology and associated circuits from the microwave to the terahertz bands and beyond to meet future challenges will be needed.

This talk will address some current and new emerging directions of research in antenna systems. This will include new fundamental approaches for antenna analysis, the intriguing structure of near fields and new rigorous considerations for electromagnetic energy around antenna systems. Anticipated possible implications on future antenna systems design for current and emerging applications, in what is expected to be an increasingly crowded electromagnetic environment will be discussed. The talk will also briefly address the importance and impact of this research on engineering education with a global look at how to benefit from opportunities of networking available through IEEE activities and anticipated future directions

Brief Biography

Prof. Yahia Antar obtained degrees from the University of Alexandria(BSC) and the University of Manitoba (MSc. ,PhD). He worked at CRC and NRC in Ottawa before joining the staff of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston where he has held the position of professor since 1990.

Prof. Antar is a Fellow of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) and a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC). He serves as an Associate Editor (Features) of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine and served as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE AWPL. He served on NSERC grants selection and strategic grants committees, Ontario Early Research Awards (ERA) panels, and on review panels for the National Science Foundation.

In May 2002, Prof. Antar was awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Electromagnetic Engineering which was renewed in 2009. In 2003 he was awarded the Royal Military College of Canada “Excellence in Research” Prize and in 2012 the Class of 1965 Teaching Excellence Award. He served on the URSI Board as Vice President, and on the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Administration Committee. On 31 January 2011, Prof. Antar was appointed Member of the Canadian Defence Science Advisory Board (DSAB). In October 2012 he received from the Governor General of Canada, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition for his contribution to Canada.