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Dirk Heberling

Prof. Dr.-Ing.

Dirk Heberling

Institute Director

Institute of High Frequency Technology
RWTH Aachen University
Melatener Straße 25
52074 Aachen
Germany
Room329, ground floor
Telephone+49 241 80-27932
Fax+49 241 80-22641
E-mailheberling@ihf.rwth-aachen.de

Career

2016 - now Institute director of Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques FHR
2008 - now Chair holder and institute director of the Institute of High Frequency Technology, RWTH Aachen University
2003 - 2008 Head of Information and Communication Systems department at IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort
1995 - 2003 Head of Antenna department at IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort after a restructuring in 1998 Head of Antennas and EMC department
1993 - 1994 Group leader Antenna Measurements at IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort
1987 - 1993 Research Assistant at Institute of High Frequency Technology, RWTH Aachen University

Education

1987 - 1993 PhD with distinction 1993 Topic: Conformal microstrip antennas
1981 - 1987 Studies of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University Specialization: Communications engineering

Boards and Committees

since 2016 DFG Review Board Member Subject No. 408-02 Communications and High Frequency Engineering, Communications Technology and Networks, Theoretical Electrical Engineering
since 2016 Member of the Board of Directors of AMTA (Antenna Measurement Techniques Association)
2002 – 2003, since 2014 Chairman of the ITG Expert Committee 7.1 "Antennas"
since 2012 German delegate and grant holder of the European antenna competence project COST IC1102
since 2012 Scientific Advisory Board of ZESS (Zentrum für Sensorsysteme, Siegen)
since 2010 Curator of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft for the FHR
since 2009 Co-organizer of the annual international antenna conference EuCAP
since 2008 Member of the Steering Committees EuCAP
since 1998 Chairman of the ITG Expert Committee 7.1 "Antennas"
since 1998 Contributor to the European antenna competence projects COST 260, COST 284, IC0603 and IC1102
2014 General Chair and Organizer of the German Microwave Conference GeMiC 2014, March 2014, Aachen, Germany
2009 Scientific Advisory Board of FGAN (Forschungsgesellschaft für angewandte Naturwissenschaften, Wachtberg-Werthhofen)
2002 - 2007 German delegate of the European antenna competence project COST 284
2003 Organisator der internationalen Antennenkonferenz INICA 2003, September 2003, Berlin
2002 - 2003 Co-initiator of the European Antenna Excellence Network ACE

Memberships

VDE
IEEE

Patents

DE 10 2004 026 133 A1 Sendeanordnung, Empfangsanordnung, Transceiver sowie Verfahren zum Betreiben einer Sendeanordnung 28.05.2004
US 2005/0277399 A1 Transmitting arrangement, receiving arrangement, transceiver and method for operation of a transmitting arrangement 27.05.2004

Publications

2014

U. Stolle, S. Tejero, T. Dallmann and D. Heberling, "Method for the Analysis of Bumpers as Dielectric Slab Waveguides in Automotive Radar Applications" in German Microwave Conference (GeMiC), Aachen (Germany), Mar. 2014, pp. 1-4.
R. Cornelius, T. Salmerón-Ruiz, F. Saccardi, L. Foged, D. Heberling and M. Sierra-Castañer, "A Comparison of Different Methods for Fast Single-Cut Near-to-Far-Field Transformation", IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 252-261, 2014. IEEE.
DOI:10.1109/MAP.2014.6837096
File:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6837096&isnumber=6837052
A. Narbudowicz, X. Bao, M. Ammann, H. Shakhtour and D. Heberling, "Circularly Polarized Antenna With Steerable Dipole-Like Radiation Pattern", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 519-526, 2014. IEEE.
DOI:Doi 10.1109/Tap.2013.2289323
File:http://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/237798
J. Slim, B. Abu Suheil, D. Hoelscher and D. Heberling, "Comparison of B+1 Field and Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) between Birdcage, Transverse Electromagnetic and Microstrip Coil for Ultra High Field MRI at 9.4 Tesla" in Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS), 2014.
T. Dallmann and D. Heberling, "Discrimination of Scattering Mechanisms via Polarimetric RCS Imaging", IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 56, no. 3, pp. 154-165, 2014. IEEE.
DOI:10.1109/MAP.2014.6867696
File:http://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/446440
H. Shakhtour, D. Heberling, K. Noujeim, F. Gerhardes and P. Knott, "Measurement of an Active Radar Module in a Compact Antenna Test Range", Microwave Journal, vol. 57, no. 10, pp. 64-74, 2014.
B. Weissler, P. Gebhardt, C. W. Lerche, J. Wehner, T. Solf, B. Goldschmidt, J. E. Mackewn, P. K. Marsden, F. Kießling, M. Perkuhn, D. Heberling and V. Schulz, "MR compatibility aspects of a silicon photomultiplier-based PET/RF insert with integrated digitisation", Physics in medicine and biology, vol. 59, no. 17, pp. 5119-5139, 2014. IOP Publ..
DOI:10.1088/0031-9155/59/17/5119
File:http://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/446313
T. Dallmann and D. Heberling, "Theoretical Investigation of the Effects of a Linear Phase Center Shift onto Antenna Impulse Responses", IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 13, pp. 1749-1752, 2014. IEEE.
DOI:10.1109/LAWP.2014.2352814
File:http://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/460507

2013

H. Shakhtour, R. Cornelius and D. Heberling, "Three Antenna Gain Determination Method in Compact Antenna Test Ranges" in Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough (UK), Nov. 2013, pp. 392-396.
DOI:10.1109/LAPC.2013.6711927
ISBN:978-1-4799-0091-6
File:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6711927&isnumber=6711835
M. Dirix and D. Heberling, "Enhanced Spherical Near-Field Imaging of the Quiet Zone by Combining Mode Rotation and the CLEAN Deconvolution Algorithm" in AMTA 35th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Columbus (USA), Oct. 2013, pp. 1-4.

Teaching

Lectures
Elektromagnetische Felder 2 (IK)
High Frequency Technology – Passive RF Components
High Frequency Technology – Antennas and Wave Propagation
Moderne Kommunikationstechnik – EMV für Mensch und Gerät