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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

Pulications

2013

R. Wilke, M. Reiffenrath, K. Parow-Souchon and D. Heberling, "Custom designed Communication Module for DragSail-CubeSat" in 7th Pico- and Nano-Satellite Workshop on "Technologies for Small Satellite Research", 2013.
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.
A. Ajami, T. Akkara-Aketalin, H. Shakhtour and D. Heberling, "Experimental investigations of accuracy improvement and limitations of a free space measurement system including thin lenses" in 7th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Gothenburg (Sweden), Apr. 2013, pp. 4064-4067.
H. Shakhtour and D. Heberling, "Fiber-Reinforced Polymer based Patch Antenna for Automotive and Avionic Applications" in 35th ESA Antenna Workshop on Antenna and Free Space RF Measurements, Noordwijk (The Netherlands), Sep. 2013.
R. Wilke, S. Hamid, K. Schraml, R. Khunti and D. Heberling, "Multi-layer patch antenna array design for Ka-band satellite communication" in SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2013, pp. 1-4.
DOI:10.1109/IMOC.2013.6646446
File:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/6636286/6646401/06646446.pdf?tp=&arnumber=6646446&isnumber=6646401
H. Shakhtour, R. Cornelius and D. Heberling, "Scattering Suppression in a Combined Compact Range and Spherical Near-Field Measurement Facility" in AMTA 35th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Columbus (USA), Oct. 2013, pp. 366-371.
File:http://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/565012
H. Shakhtour, D. Heberling, A. Ajami, A. Al-Najjar and A. Bülow, "Spatially Isotropic SRR-based Unit Cell for Conformable Metamaterials" in 7th International congress in Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (Metamaterials), Bordeaux (France), Sep. 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, T. Dallmann and D. Heberling, "Tracking Changes in Spurious Reflections in an Anechoic Chamber by field probing for characterization of feed antenna pattern comparison" in 35th ESA Antenna Workshop on Antenna and Free Space RF Measurements, Noordwijk (The Netherlands), Sep. 2013.

2012

[German] T. Dallmann, J. Pamp and D. Heberling, "Radar-Reflektoreinrichtung und Schwimmvorrichtung mit Reflektoreinrichtung", Nov. 2012.

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