Career
| Sep 2022 | Researcher at Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR |
| Sep 2014 – Aug 2022 | Research Assistant, Institute of High Frequency Technology, RWTH Aachen University |
| April 2014 – May 2014 | Student Assistent at Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR |
| Aug 2013 – Feb 2014 | Master Thesis, "Design of a Compact Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna for GNSS Applications" |
| April 2013 – Nov 2014 | Student Assistent at Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR |
| Nov 2012 – Mar 2013 | Internship at Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR |
| May 2012 - Okt 2012 | Student Assistent at Institute of High Frequency Technology, RWTH Aachen University |
| Oct 2011 – May 2014 | Studium ''Master of Science in Communications Engineering" , RWTH Aachen University |
Awards
| 11.12.2020 | APMC 2020 Student Prize | 2020 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| 13.11.2018 | The 2nd prize for the IET Antennas and Propagation Network "Best Student Paper" | The Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC2018), Loughborough, UK |
| 15.05.2014 | Diploma for the work "Design and Evaluation of a Textile-Integrated GPS Receiver" | 19th International Student Conference on Electrical Engineering POSTER 2015, Prag |
Main Research and Projects
| Antenna design and optimization |
| SBDist: Sichere und latenzarme Breitbandübertragung über kurze Distanzen |
| GeReLEO-MFA: Multi-Feed Antenna Array for geostationary satellites |
Publications
2017
R. Sattiraju,
J. Siemons,
M. Soliman,
W. Alshrafi,
F. Rein and
H. Schotten,
"Design of a Highly Reliable Wireless Module for Ultra-Low-Latency Short Range Applications"
in IEEE 13th International Workshop on Factory Communication Systems,
Trondheim (Norway),
May
2017.
W. Alshrafi,
R. Wilke and
D. Heberling,
"Multi Layer Planar Ka-Band Satellite receive antenna with Integrated LNA"
in International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP),
Phuket (Thailand),
Oct.
2017.
| DOI: | 10.1109/isanp.2017.8228877 |
R. Wilke,
J. Slim,
W. Alshrafi and
D. Heberling,
"Polynomial Chaos Expansion as a Tool to Quantify the Performance of the GeReLEO-SMART Satellite Antenna under Uncertainty"
in International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP),
Phuket (Thailand),
Oct.
2017.
| DOI: | 10.1109/isanp.2017.8228800 |
W. Alshrafi,
A. Al-Bassam,
C. Culotta-López and
D. Heberling,
"Printed Yagi-Helix Antennas"
in Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC),
Loughborough (UK),
Nov.
2017.
| DOI: | 10.1049/cp.2017.0261 |
2015
W. Alshrafi,
U. Engel and
T. Bertuch,
"Compact controlled reception pattern antenna for interference mitigation tasks of global navigation satellite system receivers",
IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation,
vol. 9,
no. 6,
pp. 593-601,
2015.
IET.
| DOI: | 10.1049/iet-map.2014.0357 |
| File: | http://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/561727 |
K. Vornholt,
W. Alshrafi and
M. Reiffenrath-Friedhoff,
"Design and evaluation of a textile-integrated GPS receiver"
in International Student Conference on Electrical Engineering (POSTER),
Prague (Czech Republic):
Czech Technical University,
2015.
| File: | http://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/480125 |
Teaching
| Exercises, Laboratories, Projects |
|---|
| Antenna Engineering Laboratory |
| Radar Laboratory |
| Communications Engineering Laboratory |
| Hochfrequenztechnisches Praktikum |
| Supervised Theses | |
|---|---|
| Master Thesis | Design a Textile-Integrated GPS Receiver |
| Master Thesis | Investigaton of Integrable Transponder Antennas for a Harmonic Radar-Based Maritime Search and Rescue System |
| Master Thesis | Investigation of dielectric rod antennas for ground penetrating radar systems |
| Master Thesis | Design of a compact controlled radiation pattern antenna (CRPA) using artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) |