Academic position: | Coordinator Professor |
Joining date: | 01-01-1993 |
Roles in IT: | Senior Researcher |
Thematic Line: | Wireless Technologies |
Group: | Antennas and Propagation – Lr |
Rafael F. S. Caldeirinha (Fellow Member IET and Senior Member IEEE) was born in Leiria, Portugal, in 1974. He received the BEng (Hons) degree in Electronic and Communication Engineering from the University of Glamorgan, UK, in 1997. In 2001, he was awarded a Ph.D in Radiowave Propagation by the same University for his research work in vegetation studies at frequencies from 1 to 62.4 GHz. He is currently Head of the Antennas & Propagation (A&P-Lr) research group at Instituto de Telecomunicações, Leiria, Portugal, and Coordinator Professor in Mobile Communications at the School of Technology and Management (ESTG) of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (IPLeiria), Portugal.
His research interests include studies of radiowave propagation through vegetation media, radio channel sounding and modeling and frequency selective surfaces, for applications at microwave and millimetre wave frequencies.
Prof. Caldeirinha has authored or co-authored more than 200 papers in conferences and international journals and 4 contributions to ITU-R Study Group, which formed the basis of the ITU-R P.833-5 (2005) recommendation. He is Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation journal; Associate Editor of the IET on Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation journal; Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Communication Systems, IJCS (New York, Wiley); Program chair of WINSYS International Conference between 2006 and 2012; Appointed Officer for Awards and Recognitions of the IEEE Portugal section in 2014; Chair of the IEEE Portugal Joint Chapter on Antennas & Propagation - Electron Devices - Microwave Theory & Techniques since 2016; Regional Delegate of European Association for Antennas and Propagation (EurAAP) for Andorra, Portugal and Spain since March, 2017; Chair of the Scientific Committee F (Propagation and Remote Sensing) of the Portuguese International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Committee; and a Senior Member of URSI, Senior Member of IEEE and Fellow Member of IET.
Acronym | Name | Funding Agency | Start date | Ending date |
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MARES | Satellite-based microwave remote sensing for marine litter mapping | ESA-ESTEC | 04-10-2021 | 31-12-2023 |
SAFE-HOME | Projetos de I&D Industrial à Escala Europeia Nr. 072082 - Security-Aware Fog-based Efficient Home Monitoring for Elders | P2020 | 01-04-2021 | 30-06-2023 |
TERRAMETA | Terahertz Reconfigurable Metasurfaces for ultra-high rate wireless communications | EU/Horizon Europe | 01-01-2023 | 01-01-2026 |
Acronym | Name | Funding Agency | Start date | Ending date |
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5G MIMO TESTBED | MIMO Testbed for 5G mmWave Wireless Communications | IT/LA | 01-11-2017 | 07-11-2018 |
5G TESTBED | Hardware Testbed for 5G (mmWave) Wireless Communications based on FPGA Software Defined Radio | IT/LA | 01-02-2017 | 31-12-2018 |
ADCOD | Advanced Code and Receiver Designs for Transmission over Selective Radio Channels | FCT/PTDC | 01-03-2010 | 01-02-2013 |
BenchProM | Benchmarks for High-resolution Mobile Radiowave Propagation Models | IT/LA | 01-10-2014 | 01-09-2016 |
BUILFROMFOREST | High-performance wooden buildings | P2020 | 01-09-2017 | 31-12-2019 |
DVB-T Trials | DVB-T Trials | IT/LA | 01-05-2009 | 01-12-2009 |
e-Beaming | Electronically Reconfigurable FSS-inspired Transmitarray for Two Dimensional Beamsteering | IT/LA | 01-02-2017 | 01-12-2018 |
e-DRET | Enhancement of dRET input parameter extraction using deconvolution | IT/LA | 01-07-2009 | 01-06-2010 |
GRINFOREST | A generic radio channel model for propagation in inhomogeneous forests at 40 GHz | FCT/POSC | 01-07-2005 | 30-06-2008 |
HLS | Hybrid Log Shielding | FCT/COMPETE/FEDER | 01-09-2018 | 31-03-2022 |
MultiSound | Improvement of a multi-frequency swept-time delay cross-correlation channel sounder for propagation studies and SAR imagery | IT/LA | 01-10-2014 | 01-09-2016 |
OPTIMIZEDWOOD | Optimization of forest resources in construction | P2020 | 01-12-2016 | 01-12-2019 |
P3DTV | Performance Optimisation in 3D TV Broadcasting Services | IPLeiria | 01-11-2009 | 01-10-2011 |
Propagation5G | Study and optimisation of propagation models for 5G | FCT/CAPES | 01-04-2019 | 31-05-2022 |
PROVEG | Propagation Channel Modelling in Vegetation Media for Future Fixed and Mobile Radio Systems | British Council, CCISP | 01-04-2004 | 31-03-2005 |
RADAVANT | RADAVANT RAdar para Detection and Avoidance em Veículos Aéreos Não Tripulados | Radar for Detection and Avoidance in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | FEDER/PO CENTRO/SI-IDT, FEDER | 03-09-2018 | 31-08-2020 |
Radio through vegetation | A Generic Model of 1-60 GHz Radio Propagation through Vegetation- Final Report | UK Radiocommunications Agency | 01-12-2000 | 31-05-2002 |
Ray-BaM | Ray trace based model for micro- and millimeter-wave propagation through vegetation | IT/LA | 01-10-2014 | 01-10-2016 |
RESCuE-TOOL | Radio coverage for emergency communication systems to operate under critical wildfire environments TOOL | FCT | 31-12-2018 | 27-02-2023 |
RETIOT | Utilização de Tecnologias de Reflectometría no melhoramento do futuro Internet das Coisas e Sistemas Ciber-Físicos | P2020 | 09-01-2017 | 30-06-2021 |
RFWALL | RF transparency control of building wall structures in the Iberian context | IT/LA | 01-10-2014 | 01-09-2016 |
SGF | Sistema de Gestão de Frotas | PT Inovação | 01-12-2009 | 01-12-2010 |
STDCC-IF | Development of a swept-time delay cross-correlation channel sounder – IF Stage | IT/LA | 01-05-2009 | 01-04-2010 |
UDICMI | Ultra High Definition Image Communication for Medical Imaging | QREN | 01-01-2013 | 01-03-2015 |
WSN_EM | Wireless Sensor Network for Environmental Monitoring | FCT | 01-09-2018 | 31-08-2022 |