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Major Achievements

Achievements 2003-2007
Representative topics of research were:

- Antenna modeling, design and optimization from UHF to mm-waves;
- RF, microwave and mm-wave circuits and devices for wireless systems, including monolithic integrated circuits;
- Radio systems design and optimization;
- Electromagnetics of complex media and metamaterials;
- Radio channel propagation modeling;
- Signal processing for wireless systems and applications;
- Radio network planning and radio resource management;

Main indicators:

- Number of publications
. Books: 3
. Book chapters: 10
. Journal papers: 110
. Conference papers: 597
. Patents: 4

- Most cited publications:
. Number of publication with >15 cites: 16 (average 36.5 cites, max 96 cites)
. Number of publications with >4 cites/year: 17 (average 8.5 cites/year, max: 16 cites/year)

- Concluded theses
. PhD theses: 21
. MSc/TFC dissertations: 166

- Conference organization
. IST Mobile & Wireless Communications Summit 2003, Aveiro
. Integrated Nonlinear Microwave and Millimeter-wave Circuits 2006, Aveiro
. Mobileman Workshop 2007, Lisbon

- Projects in the reported period:
. Total number of projects: 83
. Total funding from projects: 5.5 MEuro
. Funding of inter-collaboration projects: 1.01 MEuro
. Largest funding in single project: ITEM/MONIT projects (L.M.Correia, 1.2 MEuro)

- Awards:
. Elevation to IEEE Fellow: Prof. José Carlos Pedro
. Number of best papers in international conferences (including Best Student paper award): 8
. Young Engineer Innovation Prizes: 2

- Impact on Society:
. Participation in Summer Schools for College students (Ciência Viva Program),
. Public Awareness initiative on EM radiation (www.lx.it.pt/monit) sponsored by local mobile operators (Projects ITEM/MONIT)
. Collaboration/services involving local companies/institutions: OGMA, OPTIMUS, ARTELECOM, ISQ, BRISA, CreativeSYstems, Portuguese Navy



Date: 01-11-2008

 
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