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IEEE AP-S Young Professionals Webinar Series

IEEE AP-S Young Professionals is pleased to announce Webinar Series by AP-S YP Ambassadors.

2025 Webinar Series

YP Webinar Series Coordinators:

Dr. Cristina Yepes, TNO

Dr. Gaurangi Gupta, NASA JPL

May 21, 2025
08:00 PM - 9:00 PM (California, USA) ⁄ 07:00 AM – 8:00AM (+1 day) (UAE)

Moderator: Dr. Gaurangi Gupta

Papa Ousmane Leye

Papa Ousmane Leye

Talk: Understanding Radar Cross Section: From Scattering Fundamentals to Advanced Measurement and Processing

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June 4, 2025
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM (California, USA) ⁄ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (+1 day) (China)

Moderator: Dr. Gaurangi Gupta

Ziheng Zhou

Ziheng Zhou

Talk: Waveguide-emulated index-near-zero media for antenna applications

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June 11, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Netherlands) ⁄ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (France)

Moderator: Dr. Cristina Yepes

Srinivas Nagaraja

Srinivas Nagaraja

Talk: Mechanical Antennas: The New Frontier in Low Frequency Antenna Design

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June 18, 2025
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM (California, USA) ⁄ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (+1 day) (China)

Moderator: Dr. Gaurangi Gupta

Min Li

Min Li

Talk: Design Methods for High Performance Passive and Active Microwave Antennas and Circuits

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July 2, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Netherlands) ⁄ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Spain)

Moderator: Dr. Cristina Yepes

Daniel Headland

Daniel Headland

Talk: Optics and Antenna Theory Converge at Huygens’ Principle of Diffraction

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July 16, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Netherlands) ⁄ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Netherlands

Moderator: Dr. Cristina Yepes

Hamidreza Taghvaee

Hamidreza Taghvaee

Talk: Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for 5G Coverage Enhancement

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July 30, 2025
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (California, USA) ⁄ 12:00 PM -01:00 PM (Waterloo, Canada)

Moderator: Dr. Gaurangi Gupta

Hajar Abedifirouzjaei

Hajar Abedifirouzjaei

Talk: AI-Powered Radar Systems for Enhancing Care in Long-Term Facilities

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September 3, 2025
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (California, USA) ⁄ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Sweden)

Moderator: Dr. Gaurangi Gupta

Sen Liu

Sen Liu

Talk: Indoor Radio Wave Propagation Modelling Meets Machine Learning

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September 17, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Netherlands) ⁄ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Denmark)

Moderator: Dr. Cristina Yepes

Rocio Rodriguez Cano

Rocio Rodriguez Cano

Talk: Broadband Dielectric Characterization of Silicate Materials and How to Design Low Loss Glasses

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October 1, 2025
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM (California, USA) ⁄ 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (+1 day) (Queensland, Australia)

Moderator: Dr. Gaurangi Gupta

Kamel Sultan

Kamel Sultan

Talk: Electromagnetic Knee Imaging for Clinical Diagnosis and Monitoring

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October 15, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Netherlands) ⁄ 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (UK)

Moderator: Dr. Cristina Yepes

Muhammad Zubair

Muhammad Zubair

Talk: Metasurfaces for Next-Gen Applications: A Platform for Communication, Sensing, Imaging, and Sustainable Energy Innovations

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October 29, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Netherlands) ⁄ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (Denmark)

Moderator: Dr. Cristina Yepes

Peng Mei

Peng Mei

Talk: Microwave Low-RCS Antennas Based on Electromagnetic Absorbers

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2024 Webinar Series

YP Webinar Series Coordinators:

Dr. Cristina Yepes, TNO

Dr. Gaurangi Gupta, NASA JPL

March 14, 2024
09:00 AM – 10:00 AM (California, USA) ⁄ 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (Sweden)

Moderator: Dr. Gaurangi Gupta

Xuesong Cai

Xuesong Cai

Talk: Dynamic Millimeter-Wave Channel Characterization: Design, Implementation and Measurements

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April 10, 2024
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM (California, USA)
April 11, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Sydney, Australia)

Moderator: Dr. Gaurangi Gupta

Can Ding

Can Ding

Talk: Managing Interference in Antenna Collocation: Innovative Strategies for Enhanced Communication Performance

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May 29, 2024
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Netherlands) ⁄ 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Singapore)

Moderator: Dr. Cristina Yepes

Yujie Zhang

Yujie Zhang

Talk: Reconfigurable Intelligent Electromagnetics: From Antenna to Surface Design

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June 19, 2024
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Netherlands) ⁄ 09:00 AM – 10:00 AM (UK)

Moderator: Dr. Cristina Yepes

Shanpu Shen

Shanpu Shen

Talk: Multiport Rectenna Design for Ambient RF Energy Harvesting

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July 3, 2024
09:00 AM – 10:00 AM (California, USA) ⁄ 11:00 AM – 12:00 noon (US Central Time Zone)

Moderator: Dr. Gaurangi Gupta

Hai-Han Sun

Hai-Han Sun

Talk: Diving into the Subsurface: Unveiling Hidden Worlds through Ground-Penetrating Radar

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August 28, 2024
08:00 PM – 9:00 PM (California, USA) ⁄ 09:30 AM – 10:30 AM (Indian Standard Time)

Moderator: Dr. Gaurangi Gupta

Amit Kumar Singh

Amit Kumar Singh

Talk: Metamaterial inspired high gain multibeam millimeter wave antennas

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September 18, 2024
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Netherlands) ⁄ 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM (Dalian, China)

Moderator: Dr. Cristina Yepes

Lei Guo

Lei Guo

Talk: RF Power Harvesting for Batteryless Wireless Sensing

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October 16, 2024
06:00 PM – 07:00 PM (Netherlands) ⁄ 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM (UK)

Moderator: Dr. Cristina Yepes

Maria Garcia-Fernandez

Maria Garcia-Fernandez

Talk: UAV-mounted GPR-SAR systems: a key technology for detecting buried explosive threats

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November 6, 2024
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM (California, USA) ⁄ 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Sydney, Australia)

Moderator: Dr. Gaurangi Gupta

Li-Zhao Song

Li-Zhao Song

Talk: Advanced Conformal Transmitarray Antennas for 5G and Beyond Wireless Communications

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December 4, 2024
06:00 PM – 07:00 PM (Netherlands) ⁄ 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM (UK)

Moderator: Dr. Cristina Yepes

Guillermo Álvarez-Narciandi

Guillermo Álvarez-Narciandi

Talk: Handheld systems for radar imaging and antenna diagnosis and characterization

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2023 Webinar Series

YP Webinar Series Coordinators:

Prof. Ashwin Iyer, University of Alberta

Dr. Cristina Yepes, Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)

Group A webinars (3:00pm-4:00pm UTC-7)
April 25, 2023
Chaoyun Song

Chaoyun Song

«Advanced Antennas and Radio Frequency Engineering for Self-Sustaining Flexible and Stretchable Electronics»

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June 13, 2023
Saptarishi Mukherjee

Saptarishi Mukherjee

Adam Narbudowicz

Adam Narbudowicz

Lecture 1: Securing IoT: Antennas as Padlocks, Propagation as a Key Dr. Adam Narbudowicz, Trinity College Dublin & Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

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Lecture 2: Electromagnetic Nondestructive Evaluation: Breaking the Diffraction Limits Dr. Saptarishi Mukherjee, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

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October 17, 2023
Gaurangi Gupta

Gaurangi Gupta

Sumitra Dey

Sumitra Dey

Lecture 1: Innovative Antennas for Satellite Telecom, Radar Systems and Radio Telescope Dr. Gaurangi Gupta, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA

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Lecture 2: Plasmonic Nanoantenna Optimization for Enhanced Nanosensing: Leveraging Characteristic Mode Analysis Dr. Sumitra Dey, Amazon Lab126, Device and Connectivity Group, USA

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Group B webinars (3:00pm-4:00pm UTC+8)
May 24, 2023
Hui Li

Hui Li

Gangil Byun

Gangil Byun

Lecture 1: Theory of Characteristic Mode and its Application in Antenna Design Dr. Hui Li, Dalian University of Technology

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Lecture 2: Recent Advances in Display-Integrated Millimeter Wave Antennas Dr. Gangil Byun, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

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September 13, 2023
Hasan Abbas

Hasan Abbas

Wei Fan

Wei Fan

Lecture 1: Super-Resolution Imaging Using Plasmonics Beyond Optical Frequencies, Dr. Hasan Abbas, James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow

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Lecture 2: Radio Chanel Sounding, Modelling and Emulation for 5G and Beyond Systems, Dr. Wei Fan, Aalborg University

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