ANTEM Program – 2021 IEEE 19th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM)

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Plenary Speakers

Monday, August 9th | 08:30-09:30

Plenary Talk:

Reconfigurable Antennas with Compound Functionalities

Tuesday, August 10th | 14:00-15:00

Plenary Talk:

CubeSats and SmallSats: New Paradigms for Ingenious Antenna Developments

Wednesday, August 11th | 08:30-09:30

Plenary Talk:

Channel Sounding Measurement and Metrology

Monday, 9 August - 09:30 - 11:00

Session H1: Analytic and Numerical Methods / Scattering and Diffraction

Session Chairs:
9:30	Approximate Solution of Large Linear Algebraic Systems Using Differential Equations Ioan R. Ciric, University of Manitoba, Canada
9:45	Using Selected Rates of Residual Vector Decrease for Solving Iteratively Large Linear Systems Ioan R. Ciric, University of Manitoba, Canada
10:00	Alternate Minimizations for an Approximate Solution of General Systems of Linear Algebraic Equations Ioan R. Ciric, University of Manitoba, Canada
10:15	Bayesian Compressive Sensing for Rough Surface Reconstruction Ahmed Food, Halliburton Co., United States Fernando Teixeira, The Ohio State University, United States
10:30	Estimates of Monostatic Radar Cross Section of Chaff Particles Using the Sequential Loading Method Husam Osman, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada Joey Bray, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada

Monday, 9 August - 09:30 - 11:00

Session H2: Antenna Miniaturization and Integration

Session Chairs:
9:30	Capacitively Coupled Single-Layer Dual-Band Circularly Polarized GPS Ring Antennas Nolan Evans, University of Manitoba, Canada Yanxia Liu, University of Manitoba, Canada Lotfollah Shafai, University of Manitoba, Canada Dustin Isleifson, University of Manitoba, Canada
9:45	Parasitic-Based Electrically Small CLL Antenna Marwan Jadid, CEA, France Serge Bories, CEA, France Christophe Delaveaud, CEA, France Anthony Bellion, CNES, France
10:00	A Miniaturized Quasi-Yagi Antenna with Double Dog-bone Driver Goksel Turan, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey Hayrettin Odabasi, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey
10:15	A Miniaturized Dual-Band Circular Patch Antenna Excited in Broadside TM11 & TM12 Modes Saininad Naik, The University of Alabama at Huntsville, United States Maria Pour, The University of Alabama at Huntsville, United States
10:30	Aperture-Shared X/Ka-Band Cylindrical Open-Ended SIW Cavity Antenna Chun-Mei Liu, Polytechnique Montréal (University of Montréal) Ke Wu, Polytechnique Montréal (University of Montréal)
10:45	Development of Extra Low Mass Harmonic Radar Transponders Ramin Ala, University of New Brunswick, Canada Bruce Colpitts, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Monday, 9 August - 09:30 - 11:00

Session H3: Antenna Theory URSI Commission E: Electromagnetic Environment and Interference

Session Chairs:
9:30	Spectral Floquet Analysis Devoted to Meta-Surface Applied for 5G and Planned 6G Antenna Designs Bilel Hamdi, Sys'Com -ENIT Tunis, Belgium Taoufik Aguili, Sys'Com -ENIT Tunis, Tunisia
9:45	Truncated and Suspended Microstrip Patch Antennas Over an EBG Ground Plane Marjan Kashani, University of Manitoba, Canada Lotfollah Shafai, University of Manitoba, Canada Dustin Isleifson, University of Manitoba, Canada
10:00	A New Closed-Form Approach (Equation) for Accurately Predicting the Efficiency of Square Patch Planar Antennas Shakeeb Abdullah, Carleton University/National Research Council, Canada Joseph Hyland, Carleton University, Canada Wenyu Zhou, Carleton University, Canada Gaozhi (George) Xiao, National Research Council, Canada Rony Amaya, Carleton University, Canada
10:15	A Microstrip Patch Antenna Over an EBG Ground Plane and Covered with Partially Reflecting Surface Marjan Kashani, University of Manitoba, Canada Lotfollah Shafai, University of Manitoba, Canada Dustin Isleifson, University of Manitoba, Canada
10:30	Excessive Aperture Efficiency of Compact Antennas Demonstrated by Waveguides and Small Horns Yanxia Liu, University of Manitoba, Canada Lotfollah Shafai, University of Manitoba, Canada Dustin Isleifson, University of Manitoba, Canada
10:45	A Triangularly Packed Planar Array of Dual-polarized L-band Flat-wire Open Loop Antennas Yanxia Liu, University of Manitoba, Canada Dustin Isleifson, University of Manitoba, Canada Lotfollah Shafai, University of Manitoba, Canada

Monday, 9 August - 14:00 - 16:45

Session F1: Wearable and Wireless Sensor Antennas/Dielectric, Planar and Conformal Antennas/On-Chip/In-Package Antennas/Dielectric, Planar and Conformal Antennas

Session Chairs:
14:00	Flexible Dual-Band Slot Antenna for WLAN and WiMAX Applications Ali Hammoodi, Amphenol Inc, United States Ahmed Kashkool, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University Haider Raad, Xavier University, United States
14:15	Studying the Effect of Bending on Flexible Multiband Inverted-F Antenna for Wi-Fi/WiMAX Application Ahmed Kashkool, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Iraq Ali Hammoodi, Interconnect Amphenol Inc., United States Nasr Alkhafaji, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Iraq
14:30	Rectangular Dielectric Resonator Antenna using Barium Strontium Titanate Sol-Gel Adhesive Ruilin Lan, Queen's University, Canada Al Freundorfer, Queen's University, Canada Michael Sayer, Queen's University, Canada
14:45	Adjustable Input Impedance Dipole Melad Olaimat, University of Waterloo, Canada Tao Tang, Chengdu University of Information Technology, China Omar Ramahi, University of Waterloo, Canada
15:00	Circularly Polarized Antenna Based on Spoof Surface Plasmon Polaritons using Artificial Ground Plane Abhishek Maganbhai Sonagara, IIT Guwahati, India Rakhesh Singh Kshetrimayum, IIT Guwahati, India
15:15	X-Band Radar Antenna Gain Improvement Using Dielectric Lens and Metamaterial Superstrate Mohammad Omid Bagheri, University of Waterloo, Canada Hajar Abedifirouzjaei, University of Waterloo, Canada George Shaker, University of Waterloo, Canada
15:30	Towards the Shape Synthesis of Circularly-Polarized Dielectric Resonator Antennas Hamad Alroughani, Kuwait University, Kuwait Derek McNamara, University of Ottawa, Canada
15:45	High Gain Circularly Polarized 30 GHz Antenna using 3D Printing Technology Yazan Al-Alem, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada Syed Sifat, Concordia University, Canada Yahia Antar, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada Ahmed Kishk, Concordia University, Canada
16:00	High Gain Low-Cost 20 GHz Antenna Design Based on the Utilization of Diffracted Fields from Dielectric Edges Yazan Al-Alem, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada Syed Sifat, Concordia University, Canada Yahia Antar, Royal Military College of Canada, Canada Ahmed Kishk, Concordia University, Canada
16:15	Wideband Corporate Center-fed Antenna for 79GHz Automotive Radar Application Seyyed Hassan Mousavi, University of Waterloo, Canada Aref Pourzadi, University of Waterloo, Canada Mohammad-Reza Nezhad-Ahmadi, University of Waterloo, Canada Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, University of Waterloo, Canada

Monday, 9 August - 14:00 - 16:45

Session F2: EBG/Metamaterial Structures

Session Chairs:
14:00	Far-Field Synthesis from Complex Point Sources via Transformation Metamaterials Hayrettin Odabasi, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey Fernando Teixeira, The Ohio State University, United States
14:15	Backscattering Cancellation of Blocks of Anisotropic 2-Bit Meta-Coatings Andrey Semenikhin, Southern Federal University, Russia Diana Semenikhina, Southern Federal University, Russia Yury Yukhanov, Southern Federal University, Russia Pavel Blagovisnyy, Southern Federal University, Russia Igor Ilyin, Southern Federal University, Russia
14:30	3-bit Anisotropic Metasurfaces with a Rotation of Meta-particles for Wideband RCS Reduction Andrey Semenikhin, Southern Federal University, Russia Diana Semenikhina, Southern Federal University, Russia
14:45	Temperature Sensing Using Wireless Passive Contactless Air-Filled Substrate-Integrated Waveguide (CLAF-SIW) Amirmasoud Amirkabiri, University of Manitoba, Canada Dawn Idoko, University of Manitoba, Canada Gregory Bridges, University of Manitoba, Canada Behzad Kordi, University of Manitoba, Canada
15:00	A Circularly-Polarized Antenna for 5G Applications Fed by Printed Ridge-Gap Waveguide Zahra Mousavirazi, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Canada Tayeb A. Denidni, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Canada
15:15	Wideband and Low-Loss Magneto-Electric Dipole Antenna Fed by Printed Ridge-Gap Waveguide Technology Zahra Mousavirazi, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Canada Vahid Rafiei, Department of Antenna and Microwave, GraphenePI company, Istanbul, Turkey, Turkey Mohamed Mamdouh M. Ali, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Canada Tayeb A. Denidni, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Canada
15:30	Effect of Enclosure on Deep Brain Ablation Using Time-Reversing Metasurfaces Mohamad J. Hajiahmadi, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iran Reza Faraji-Dana, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iran
15:45	Broadband Single Layer Transmission Type Linear to Circular Polarization Converter with Higher Conversion Efficiency Soumik Dey, IIT Palakkad, India Sukomal Dey, IIT Palakkad, India
16:00	A Compact Uniplanar Electromagnetic Bandgap Structure with Wide Bandgap Soumik Dey, IIT Palakkad, India

Monday, 9 August - 14:00 - 16:45

Session F3: Organized Session - Advances in Remote Sensing and Applied Electromagnetic for Arctic Science Research

Session Chairs: Alexander S. Komarov and Dustin Isleifson
14:00	Experiments with estimation of sea ice concentration using a convolutional neural network and microwave data Katharine Andrea Scott, University of Waterloo, Canada Manveer Tamber, University of Waterloo, Canada
14:15	Sea Ice Concentration from the RADARSAT Constellation Mission for Numerical Sea Ice Prediction Alexander Komarov, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada Mark Buehner, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada
14:30	A framework for coupling thermodynamic and backscatter models toward the estimation of snow, sea ice, and brine volume on the Arctic Ocean M. Christopher Fuller, University of Calgary, Canada Dustin Isleifson, University of Manitoba, Canada David Barber, University of Manitoba, Canada John Yackel, University of Calgary, Canada
14:45	C-band Backscatter of Oil-polluted New Sea Ice in a Mesocosm Elvis Asihene, University of Manitoba, Canada Durell S. Desmond, University of Manitoba, Canada Amirbahador Mansoori, University of Manitoba, Canada Mark Christopher Fuller, University of Calgary, Canada Gary Stern, University of Manitoba, Canada David Barber, University of Manitoba, Canada Colin Gilmore, University of Manitoba, Canada Dustin Isleifson, University of Manitoba, Canada
15:00	Surface-based and Fully Polarimetric L-band Frequency Scatterometer System for Field Measurements of Sea Ice and Other Targets Randall Scharien, University of Victoria, Canada Torsten Geldsetzer, University of Calgary, Canada Jim Mead, ProSensing, Inc., United States Vishnu Nandan, University of Manitoba, Canada Mallik Mahmud, University of Calgary, Canada Aikaterini Tavri, University of Victoria, Canada
15:15	Open Source Visualization for Radar Altimetry Waveforms Jared Klemm, Colorado School of Mines, United States Matthew Siegfried, Colorado School of Mines, United States
15:30	Modeling Normalized Radar Cross-Section of Oil-contaminated Sea Ice with Small Perturbation Method Amirbahador Mansoori, University of Manitoba, Canada Durell Desmond, University of Manitoba, Canada Gary Stern, University of Manitoba, Canada Dustin Isleifson, University of Manitoba, Canada
15:45	On Method of Moments Modelling of Realistic Antennas Radiation For Remote Sensing of Sea Ice Shucheng Zheng, University of Manitoba, Canada Dustin Isleifson, University of Manitoba, Canada Vladimir Okhmatovski, University of Manitoba, Canada
16:00	TDR-Based Fault Detection in Grounding Electrodes Using a Rod Insertion Method A K M Monsurul Alam, University of Manitoba, Canada Miodrag Kandic, Manitoba Hydro, Canada Greg E Bridges, University of Manitoba, Canada
16:15	Volatility Modeling for Ocean Significant Wave Height Estimation Reza Shahidi, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Eric Gill, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Tuesday, 10 August - 8:30 - 11:15

Session F4: Organized Session - Inverse Problems in Electromagnetic

Session Chairs: Ian Jeffrey, Colin Gilmore, and Joe LoVetri
8:30	Combining the Born and Rytov Approximations in Quantitative Microwave Holography Daniel Tajik, McMaster University, Canada Romina Kazemivala, McMaster University, Canada Natalia Nikolova, McMaster University, Canada
8:45	A Preliminary Experiment for Microwave Thorax Imaging Based on One-Step Supervised Descent Method Haolin Zhang, Tsinghua University, China Tong Zhang, Tsinghua University, China Hongyu Zhou, Tsinghua University, China Maokun Li, Tsinghua University, China Fan Yang, Tsinghua University, China Shenheng Xu, Tsinghua University, China
9:00	A wavelet-based contrast source inversion method Yarui Zhang, CentraleSupélec, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, France Marc Lambert, CentraleSupélec, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, France Aurélia Fraysse, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CentraleSupélec, France Dominique Lesselier, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CentraleSupélec, France
9:15	AA Machine Learning Method for Characterization of Complex Grain-Air Interfaces in Grain Storage Bins Keeley Edwards, University of Manitoba, Canada Joe LoVetri, University of Manitoba, Canada Colin Gilmore, University of Manitoba, Canada Ian Jeffrey, University of Manitoba, Canada
9:30	Ferrite Loaded Shielded Half Loop Antenna for Electromagnetic Imaging inside Metallic Chambers Cena.T. Mohamadi, University of Manitoba, Canada Mohammad Asefi, AGCO, Canada Colin Gilmore, University of Manitoba, Canada
9:45	Scattered field data collection in multi-static/ multi-frequency radar imaging Maria Antonia Maisto, University of Campania, Italy Mehdi Masoodi, University of Campania, Italy Raffaele Solimene, University of Campania, Italy
10:00	A new hybrid YO-NIE model for nonlinear inverse scattering problems Martina T. Bevacqua, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy Tommaso Isernia, Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy
10:15	Tomographic Approach to Human Hydration Assessment: In Silico Proof-of-Concept Brendon Besler, University of Calgary, Canada Elise Fear, University of Calgary, Canada
10:30	Towards Calibration of Uncooperative Electromagnetic Imaging Systems using CycleGANs Maryam Karimi, University of Manitoba, Canada Keeley Edwards, University of Manitoba, Canada Colin Gilmore, University of Manitoba, Canada Ian Jeffrey, University of Manitoba, Canada
10:45	Phaseless Electromagnetic Inversion for Imaging, Characterization, and Design Puyan Mojabi, University of Manitoba, Canada Trevor Brown, University of Manitoba, Canada Chaitanya Narendra, University of Manitoba, Canada
11:00	Using Lossy Green’s Functions to Improve Back-Propagated Reconstructions of Material Interfaces inside Resonant Enclosures Amirreza Cheraghi, University of Manitoba, Canada Ian Jeffrey, University of Manitoba, Canada Colin Gilmore, University of Manitoba, Canada

Tuesday, 10 August - 8:30 - 11:15

Session F5: Phased Arrays, Reflect-Arrays and Lenses

Session Chairs:
8:30	Dual-beam DRA based array for 5G applications Khalida Khodja, University of M'hammed Bouguerra, Algeria Massinissa Belazzoug, University of Mohammed El Bachir Elibrahimi, Algeria Salim Atia, University of Mohammed El Bachir Elibrahimi, Algeria Idris Messaoudene, University of Mohammed El Bachir Elibrahimi, Algeria Tayeb Ahmed Denidni, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Canada
8:45	Dual Differential-Fed 2×2 Phased Array with Reconfigurable Polarization and Radiation Pattern Diversity Wenyu Zhou, Carleton University, Canada Nima Javanbakht, Carleton University, Canada Shakeeb Abdullah, Carleton University, Canada Jorden Labossiere, Carleton University, Canada Joseph Hyland, Carleton University, Canada Rony Amaya, Carleton University, Canada
9:00	A New Endfire Phased Array based on Vivaldi Antenna for 5G Applications Rachid Elmahraoui, University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco Rochdi Rais, University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco Taoufik Mourabit, University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Morocco
9:15	Dual-Polarized Coverage Synthesis Using Holographic 1-Bit Transmitarray Lamine Niguibzanga Asmarane Bamogho, Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada Jean-Jacques Laurin, Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada
9:30	Millimeter-Wave High Gain Scanning Antenna Array using Printed RGW Technology Mohamed Ali, Universite du Quebec, Canada Osama Haraz, Shaqra University, Saudi Arabia Abdelrazik Sebak, Concordia University, Canada Tayeb Denidni, Universite du Quebec, Canada
9:45	Performance Comparison of K-Band Sequentially Rotated Wideband Circularly Polarized Phased Arrays using Different Array Lattices Sanghamitro Das, San Diego State University, United States Satish Sharma, San Diego State University, United States
10:00	Design of Dual Circular Polarized Wideband Stacked Patch Flat Panel Phased Array Antenna using Ka-band 5G Silicon RFICs in Beamforming Network Rudraishwarya Banerjee, San Diego State University, United States Satish Sharma, San Diego State University, United States Sanghamitro Das, San Diego State University, United States
10:15	Grating Lobe Mitigation in Wide and Near Horizon Scanning Linear Arrays with One-Wavelength Element Spacing Zabed Iqbal, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States Maria Pour, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States
10:30	A Compact Beam-Steerable Integrated Reflectarray Antenna for LEO Applications Mohammad Faridani, University of Ottawa, Canada Gaozhi Xiao, National Research Council Canada, Canada Rony E. Amaya, Carleton University, Canada Mustapha C.E. Yagoub, University of Ottawa, Canada
10:45	Low-Profile Electronic Beam-Scanning Leaky-Wave Antenna Composed of Longitudinal Cells Nima Javanbakht, Carleton University, Canada Rony Amaya, Carleton University, Canada Barry Syrett, Carleton University, Canada Jafar Shaker, Communication Research Center, Canada
11:00	Beam Focusing by using Scattering From Drones Neil Ergarguin, University of Houston, United States David Jackson, University of Houston, United States Daniel Onofrei, University of Houston, United States Julien Leclerc, University of Houston, United States Aaron Becker, University of Houston, United States

Tuesday, 10 August - 8:30 - 11:15

Session F6: Microwave-to-THz Devices, Circuits and Imaging Applications URSI Commission J: Radio Astronomy/Terahertz and Optical Antennas/Automotive Radar and Imaging Systems / Guided Waves/ Intelligent Reconfigurable Antennas

Session Chairs:
8:30	Barium Strontium Titanate Overlay Capacitor Fabrication on Printed Circuit Board Bicheng Liu, Queen's University, Canada Michael Sayer, Queen's University, Canada Al Freundorfer, Queen's University, Canada Yahia Antar, Royal Military College, Canada
8:45	A Miniaturised Phase Shifter Design Based on Liquid Crystal Materials Tianfu Zhang, Beihang University, China Xuan Zhao, Beihang University, China Yan Zhang, Beihang University, China Wenhao Jiang, Beihang University, China
9:00	Multiband RF Front-End in LTCC for Avionic Systems S. Hassan Mousavi, École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, Canada Aref Pourzadi, École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, Canada Ammar Kouki, École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, Canada
9:15	Improvement of Phase Noise Characteristics of Reflective Type Push-Push Oscillator by Using Microstrip-Line Resonators Takayuki Tanaka, Saga University, Japan Suzu Kikutake, Saga University, Japan Ichihiko Toyoda, Saga University, Japan
9:30	Phase Shifting Trimmer With Small Precision Phase Change for Offsetting Process-Voltage- Temperature Tolerances Shakeeb Abdullah, Carleton University/National Research Council, Canada Gaozhi (George) Xiao, National Research Council, Canada Rony Amaya, Carleton University, Canada
9:45	UHF Wideband GaAs MMIC LNA Alireza Seyfollahi, National Research Council Canada, Canada Nianhua Jiang, National Research Council Canada, Canada Dominic Garcia, National Research Council Canada, Canada Jens Bornemann, University of Victoria, Canada
10:00	Chip-Scale THz System for Single-Shot Angular Localization Suresh Venkatesh, Princeton University, United States Hooman Saeidi, Princeton University, United States Xuyang Lu, Princeton University, United States Kaushik Sengupta, Princeton University, United States
10:15	3D Near-Field Millimeter-Wave Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging Shahrokh Hamidi, University of Waterloo, Canada Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, University of Waterloo, Canada
10:30	Single Channel mmWave FMCW Radar for 2D Target Localization Shahrokh Hamidi, University of Waterloo, Canada Safieddin Safavi-Naeini, University of Waterloo, Canada
10:45	Design of a SIW Variable Phase Shifter for Beamforming Antenna Systems Siwar Louati, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada Larbi Talbi, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada Khelifa Hettak, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada
11:00	Reconfigurable Multifunctional Terahertz Holographic Metasurface using CMOS Chip Tiling Suresh Venkatesh, Princeton University, United States Xuyang Lu, Princeton University, United States Hooman Saeidi, Princeton University, United States Kaushik Sengupta, Princeton University, United States

Tuesday, 10 August - 15:00 - 16:15

Session H7: Satellite Communications/Satellite/CubeSat Radio Communication Systems/Reflector Antennas URSI Commission J: Radio Astronomy

Session Chairs:
15:00	Bandwidth Improvement of Transparent Meshed Patch Antennas Using Stacking Technique Shirin Ramezanzadehyazdi, University of Manitoba, Canada Cyrus Shafai, University of Manitoba, Canada Dustin Isleifson, University of Manitoba, Canada Lot Shafai, University of Manitoba, Canada
15:15	Fabrication of an Embedded Multifunctional Structural Antenna for Spacecraft Applications Valorie Platero, University of Manitoba, Canada Shirin Ramezanzadehyazdi, University of Manitoba, Canada Cyrus Shafai, University of Manitoba, Canada Dustin Isleifson, University of Manitoba, Canada Philip Ferguson, University of Manitoba, Canada
15:30	Study of a SAR Mission Onboard a 12U CubeSat using the Reflectarray Technology Chloé Mireault-Lecourt, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada Émile Côté Pelletier, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada Jean-Jacques Laurin, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
15:45	Coupling Effects in Ka-band Reflector Antennas Su Yee Aye, National University of Singapore, Singapore Koen Mouthaan, National University of Singapore, Singapore Sigurd Huber, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany Gerhard Krieger, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
16:00	A Compact Axial-Ring Feed Horn and Vacuum Window Model for a Cryogenic Q-band Receiver Sara Salem Hesari, National Research Council Canada, Canada Douglas Henke, National Research Council Canada, Canada Bruce Veidt, National Research Council Canada, Canada Vladimir Reshetov, National Research Council Canada, Canada Lewis Knee, National Research Council Canada, Canada
16:15	Volatility Modeling for Ocean Significant Wave Height Estimation Reza Shahidi, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Eric Gill, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada

Tuesday, 10 August - 15:00 - 16:15

Session H8: UWB Antennas and Systems

Session Chairs:
15:00	Design of a UHF / UWB monopole antenna integrated in an RFID reader board Kawther Mekki, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia Omrane Necibi, Saudi Arabia Wissem El-May, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia Karima Rabaani, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia Ali Gharsallah, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
15:15	Frequency Scalability of Dual-polarized Flat-wire Open Loop Antennas Yanxia Liu, University of Manitoba, Canada Dustin Isleifson, University of Manitoba, Canada Lotfollah Shafai, University of Manitoba, Canada
15:30	Design of Short Backfire Antennas for Remote Sensing Applications Amirbahador Mansoori, University of Manitoba, Canada Dustin Isleifson, University of Manitoba, Canada
15:45	Wideband and High-Gain Slot Antenna Using Self-Scalable Current Distribution and Multi-Mode Resonance Amirhossein Askarian, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada Ke Wu, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada

Tuesday, 10 August - 15:00 - 16:15

Session H12: Propagation and Channel Modelling/Spectrum Management and Spectrum

Session Chairs:
15:00	mmWave Propagation Prediction using Hardware-Accelerated Monte Carlo Path Tracing Xavier Francoeur, Communications Research Centre Canada, Canada Yvo de Jong, Communications Research Centre Canada, Canada Cooper Jones, Communications Research Centre Canada, Canada Ken Gracie, Communications Research Centre Canada, Canada David Michelson, University of British Columbia, Canada
15:15	Risk And Reality: Responding to Public Perceptions of the Community Impacts of Wireless Base Stations Michael Marchesi, University of British Columbia, Canada David Michelson, University of British Columbia, Canada
15:30	The Role of National Spectrum Regulators in Wireless Sustainability Initiatives Arash Rizvi, University of British Columbia, Canada David Michelson, University of British Columbia, Canada
15:45	Optimization of HF Receiving Antenna with Horizontal Polarization based on ITU Noise Model Remy Lamey, THALES LAS FRANCE SAS, France Shambhu Nath Jha, THALES Belgium, Belgium Ines Adouani, AGC Glass Europe, Belgium Jean-Yves Bernier, THALES SIX GTS France, France Christophe Craeye, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
16:00	Frequency Domain Interpolation for Filtering the Undesired Coupling Effect in the NF Antenna Characterization Setup Mahdi Behdani, University of Alberta, Canada Rezvan Rafiee Alavi, University of Alberta, Canada Rashid Mirzavand, University of Alberta, Canada

Wednesday, 11 August - 09:30 - 11:00

Session H4: Biomedical Imaging and Sensing

Session Chairs:
9:30	A Quantitative Analysis of the Impact of Glass as a Phantom Shell Material in Breast Microwave Sensing Tyson Reimer, University of Manitoba, Canada Stephen Pistorius, University of Manitoba, Canada
9:45	Improvement of Body Areas Microwave Imaging Using Reflector Filter Antennas Farzad Tavakkol Hamedani, Semnan University, Iran Sima Aghsaghlu, Semnan University, Iran
10:00	Multilayer Planar Array of Active Antennas for UWB Breast Tissue Imaging Vartika Tyagi, McMaster University, Canada Nooshin Valizade Shahmirzadi, McMaster University, Canada Natalia Nikolova, McMaster University, Canada Chih-Hung Chen, McMaster University, Canada
10:15	Initial characterization of a portable breast microwave detection device Gabrielle Fontaine, University of Manitoba, Canada Stephen Pistorius, University of Manitoba, Canada
10:30	Data-adaptive filtering approach for microwave breast imaging: consistency of volunteer scans Katrin Smith, University of Calgary, Canada Brendon Besler, University of Calgary, Canada Elise Fear, University of Calgary, Canada
10:45	Overview of Nano-Sphere and Nano-Rod Geometries for Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensing Mariam Moussilli, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon Abdul Rahman El Falou, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon

Wednesday, 11 August - 09:30 - 11:00

Session H5: Frequency Selective Surfaces

Session Chairs:
9:30	High gain and Wideband Antenna using a synthesized PRS layer for Millimeter-Wave Applications Noureddine Melouki, Université du Québec, Canada Abdesselam Hocini, University of M'sila, Algeria Tayeb A. Denidni, Université du Québec, Canada Fatima Zahra Fegriche, University of M'sila, Algeria
9:45	Analysis of a New Design Technique for Millimeter-Wave Reconfigurable Reflective Surfaces Bilel Mnasri, University of Quebec in Outaouais, Canada Halim Boutayeb, University of Quebec in Outaouais, Canada Larbi Talbi, University of Quebec in Outaouais, Canada
10:00	Reconfigurable Dual-Band 28/38 GHz Frequency Selective Surface for 6G Applications Rabeia Alwahishi, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Canada Mohamed Ali, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Canada Ghada Elzwaw, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Canada Tayeb Denidni, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Canada
10:15	Gain Enhancement of Wideband Millimeter-Wave Circularly Polarized Antenna Based on FSS Superstrate Elham Baghernia, Concordia University, Canada Abdel-Razik Sebak, Concordia University, Canada
10:30	A Simple I-Shaped Wideband Linear-Linear and Linear-Circular Reflective Type Polarizer Mohammad Abdul Shukoor, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, India Sukomal Dey, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, India

Wednesday, 11 August - 09:30 - 11:00

Session H6: Organized Session - Tunable / Reconfigurable Antennas and Circuits

Session Chairs: Ying Wang and Muhammad Fahad Farooqui
9:30	Coupler Structure Optimization Using A Learning-transferred Modular Neural Network Guangyuan Pan, Linyi University, China Anlan Liu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Maoheng Leng, Southern University of Science and Technology, China Ming Yu, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
9:45	Compact Frequency Selective Surface Antenna for Grain Moisture Content Monitoring Nima Javanbakht, National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Canada George Xiao, National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Canada Rony Amaya, Carleton University, Canada Jatinder Sangha, AAFC Swift Current Research and Development Center, Canada Yuefeng Ruan, AAFC Swift Current Research and Development Center, Canada
10:00	Reconfigurable Coplanar Slotted SIW Antenna Array for Fixed Frequency Beam Scanning Applications Imane Serhsouh, University of Hassan II, Morocco Mohamed Himdi, University of Rennes I, France Lebbar Hassan, University of Hassan II, Morocco
10:15	A Novel Microstrip Line Based Leaky Wave Antenna using Capacitive Loading Noben Roy, Lakehead University, Canada Farhan Abdul Ghaffar, Lakehead University, Canada
10:30	Compact Design of Hybrid-Coupled Filter Module (HCFM) Using Inter-Resonator Couplings Yuan Sun, Ontario Tech University, Canada Mohammad Dawodi, Ontario Tech University, Canada Ying Wang, Ontario Tech University, Canada Ming Yu, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China

Wednesday, 11 August - 14:00 - 15:00

Session H9: Implant, Wearable and Wireless Sensor Antennas/Wearable and Wireless Sensor Antennas/Analytic and Numerical Methods/On-Chip/In-Package Antennas URSI Commission K: Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine

Session Chairs:
14:00	TX-to-RX Leakage Canceler for IoT RFID Applications Zahra Badamchi, Institut National de la Recherché Scientifique (INRS), Canada Tarek Djerafi, Institut National de la Recherché Scientifique (INRS), Canada
14:15	Screen-Printed Depolarizing Chipless RFID Tag Based on Asymmetric Configurations Ruiqi Wang, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia Zubair Akhter, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia Weiwei Li, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia Atif Shamim, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
14:30	Hertzian Magnetic Dipoles Model of a Quasi-isotropic radiation microstrip patch based Antenna-in- Package Maria Bermudez Arboleda, king abdullah university of science and technology, Saudi Arabia Kirill Klionovski, king abdullah university of science and technology, Saudi Arabia Su Zhen, king abdullah university of science and technology, Saudi Arabia Atif Shamim, king abdullah university of science and technology, Saudi Arabia
14:45	Utilizing the Ferromagnetic Battery of Capsule Endoscopes for Static Magnetic Localization Samuel Zeising, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany Kivanc Ararat, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany Angelika Thalmayer, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany Georg Fischer, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany Jens Kirchner, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany
15:00	A Printed Inductive-Capacitive Resonator based Passive RFID Tag Tianhang Wu, McGill University, Canada Sharmistha Bhadra, McGill University, Canada

Wednesday, 11 August - 14:00 - 15:00

Session H10: Wireless Power Transmission/Electromagnetic Energy Harvesting/Terahertz and Optical Antennas

Session Chairs:
14:00	3D Polarized Field-Forming for Mitigation of Angular Misalignment Problem in Microwave Power Transfer Systems Vivek Kumar Srivastava, IIT Ropar, India Sundeep Kumar, IIT Ropar, India Ashwani Sharma, IIT Ropar, India
14:15	A Performance Comparison of Three Topologies of Circular Loop Antennas Transmitting Systems Ferdaous Abderrazak, Universitat Polit`ecnica de Val`encia, Spain Eva Antonino-Daviu, Universitat Polit`ecnica de Val`encia, Spain Larbi Talbi, University of Quebec in Outaouais, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada Miguel Ferrando-Bataller, Universitat Polit`ecnica de Val`encia, Spain
14:30	Dynamic-Range Improvement of Energy Harvesting Circuit for Indoor Environment Applications Karrar Al Khanjar, Institut National de la Recherche Scient, Canada Tarek Djerafi, Institut National de la Recherche Scient, Canada
14:45	Novel Hybrid Plasmonic Nano-Antenna for Energy Harvesting Applications Osama Haraz, Assiut University, Egypt Mohamed Ali, Universite du Quebec, Canada Tayeb Denidni, Universite du Quebec, Canada

Session H11: Machine Learning

Session Chairs:
14:00	A Printed Inductive-Capacitive Resonator based Passive RFID Tag Tianhang Wu, McGill University, Canada Sharmistha Bhadra, McGill University, Canada
14:15	Artificial Neural Network for the First Filter Design Stage using the Reflected Group Delay Method Aravindh Reddy Chapala, University of Regina, Canada Tolulope Ogunleye, University of Regina, Canada Paul Laforge, University of Regina, Canada Abdul Bais, University of Regina, Canada
14:30	Passenger Monitoring Using AI-Powered Radar Hajar Abedifirouzjaei, University of Waterloo, Canada Clara Magnier, University of Waterloo, France George Shaker, University of Waterloo, Canada
14:45	Artificial Neural Network for the First Filter Design Stage using the Reflected Group Delay Method Aravindh Reddy Chapala, University of Regina, Canada Tolulope Ogunleye, University of Regina, Canada Paul Laforge, University of Regina, Canada Abdul Bais, University of Regina, Canada

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Christophe Fumeaux

Monday, August 9th | 08:30-09:30

Plenary Talk:

Yahya Rahmat-Samii

Tuesday, August 10th | 14:00-15:00

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Jeanne T. Quimby

Wednesday, August 11th | 08:30-09:30

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