M.Sc. | |
Amar Al-Bassam | |
Research Assistant | |
| Institute of High Frequency Technology RWTH Aachen University Melatener Straße 25 52074 Aachen Germany | |
| Room | 336b, ground floor |
| Telephone | +49 241 80-27937 |
| Fax | +49 241 80-22641 |
| albassam@ihf.rwth-aachen.de | |
Career
| Oct 2015 - today | Research Assistant, Institute of High Frequency Technology, RWTH Aachen University |
| Apr 2015 - Sep 2015 | Research Assistant, Institute of High Frequency Technology, University Duisburg-Essen |
| Oct 2014 - Jun 2015 | Research Assistant, IMST GmbH, Department Antenna and EM Modeling, Kamp-Lintfort |
| Oct 2011 - Jun 2014 | Education, M.Sc. in „Electrical Engineering“, major „Micro- and Optoelectronics“, University of Duisburg-Essen |
| Dec2013 - Jun 2014 | Master Thesis, "Periodic Leaky-Wave Antennas for Orbital Angular Momentum Multiplexing System" |
| May 2013 - Oct 2013 | Research Intern, PolyGrames Research Center, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada |
| Apr 2012 - Mar 2013 | Student Assistant, IMST GmbH, Department Antenna and EM Modeling, Kamp-Lintfort |
| Oct 2011 - Mar 2013 | Student Assistant, Institute of High Frequency Technology, University of Duisburg-Essen |
Awards
| 2015 | Innovation prize 2014 of the Best Master Thesis in Enginnering sponsored by Sparkasse |
Publications
2017
A. Al-Bassam,
S. Otto,
D. Heberling and
C. Caloz,
"Broadside Dual-channel Orthogonal-Polarization Radiation using a Double-Asymmetric Periodic Leaky-Wave Antenna",
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation,
vol. 65,
no. 6,
pp. 2855-2864,
Jun.
2017.
| DOI: | 10.1109/TAP.2017.2691467 |
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
A. Al-Bassam,
S. Otto and
C. Caloz,
"Role of symmetries in periodic leaky-wave antennas, with emphasis on the double-asymmetry case"
in 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP),
Lisbon (Portugal),
Apr.
2015,
pp. 1-2.
2014
S. Otto,
Z. Chen,
A. Al-Bassam,
A. Rennings,
K. Solbach and
C. Caloz,
"Circular Polarization of Periodic Leaky-Wave Antennas With Axial Asymmetry: Theoretical Proof and Experimental Demonstration",
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation,
vol. 62,
no. 4,
pp. 1817-1829,
Apr.
2014.
| DOI: | 10.1109/TAP.2013.2297169 |
S. Otto,
A. Al-Bassam,
A. Rennings,
K. Solbach and
C. Caloz,
"Transversal Asymmetry in Periodic Leaky-Wave Antennas for Bloch Impedance and Radiation Efficiency Equalization Through Broadside",
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation,
vol. 62,
no. 10,
pp. 5037-5054,
Oct.
2014.
| DOI: | 10.1109/TAP.2014.2343621 |
A. Al-Bassam,
M. A. Salem and
C. Caloz,
"Vortex beam generation using circular leaky-wave antenna"
in IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS),
Memphis (USA),
Jul.
2014,
pp. 1792-1793.
2013
A. Al-Bassam,
S. Otto and
A. Rennings,
"An Energy-Based Circuit Parameter Extraction Method for Periodic Antenna Structures using HFSS"
in ANSYS High-Frequency Simulation Conference,
Munich (Germany),
Feb.
2013,
pp. 1-4.
2012
A. Al-Bassam,
S. Otto,
Z. Chen,
A. Rennings and
K. Solbach,
"A capacitively-coupled series-fed patch leaky-wave antenna and optimization concepts for efficient broadside radiation"
in German Microwave Conference (GeMiC),
Ilmenau (Germany),
Mar.
2012,
pp. 1-4.
A. Rennings,
B. Zhou,
A. Al-Bassam,
Z. Chen,
S. Otto,
K. Solbach and
D. Erni,
"MetaBeam: A high-gain pencil-beam array antenna based on corporately fed CRLH meta-lines for the 24 GHz ISM band"
in German Microwave Conference (GeMiC),
Ilmenau (Germany),
Mar.
2012,
pp. 1-4.
S. Otto,
A. Al-Bassam,
Z. Chen,
A. Rennings,
K. Solbach and
C. Caloz,
"Q-balancing in periodic leaky-wave antennas to mitigate broadside radiation issues"
in German Microwave Conference (GeMiC),
Ilmenau (Germany),
Mar.
2012,
pp. 1-4.
Teaching
| Exercises, Laboratories, Projects |
|---|
| Communications Engineering Laboratory |
| RF Laboratory |