Books/Book Chapters

Magdy F. Iskander, Wayne Kim, Jodie Bell, Nuri Celik, and Zhengqing Yun, “Antenna Arrays Technologies for Advanced Wireless Systems”, Modern Antenna Handbook, Constantine Balanis, Editor, chapter 25, John Wiley & Sons publication, July 2008.

Patents

Guest Editor, Special Issues of Journals

M. F. Iskander, M. Ando, M.A. Jensen, and R.G. Vaughan, Guest Co-editors, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Special Issue on Wireless Communications, Vol. 54, No.11, 2006.

Makoto Ando, and M. F. Iskander, Guest co-editors, IEICE Transactions on Electronics, Special issue on Wave Technologies for Wireless and Optical Communications, Vol. E87C, No 4, September 2004.

Journal Articles Published in 2009

Nuri Celik, M. F. Iskander, and Z. Zhang, “Implementation and Experimental Verification of a Smart-Antenna System with Modulation,” IEEE Antennas and wireless Propagation Letters, vol.9, pp. 236-239, 2009..

Z. Yun, M. F. Iskander, and S. Y. Lim, “Exploitation of geospatial Cyberspace resources for radio propagation prediction in urban areas,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, , accepted for publication, 2009.

H Zhong, Z. Zhang, W. Chen,, Z. Feng, and M. F. Iskander, “A Tri-polarization Antenna Fed by Proximity Coupling and Probe,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, accepted for publication, Jan.2009.

S. Lim and M. F. Iskander, “Design of a dual-band, compact Yagi antenna over an EBG ground plane,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 8, pp.88-91, 2009.

S.Y. Lim, Z.Q. Yun, J.M. Baker, N. Celik, H.S. Youn, and M.F. Iskander, “Propagation Modeling and Measurement for a Multifloor Stairwell,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol.8, pp. 583-586, 2009.

Journal Articles Published in 2008

J. M. Bell, and M. F. Iskander, “Effective Propagation Properties of an Enhanced Hybrid EBG/ferrite Ground Plane,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 7, pp. 74-77, 2008.

Z. Yun, S. Lim, and M. F. Iskander, “An Integrated Method of Ray tracing and Genetic Algorithm for Optimizing Coverage in Indoor Wireless Networks,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol.7, pp. 145-147, 2008.

J. M. Bell, and M. F. Iskander, “ Equivalent Circuit Model of an Ultra-wideband Hybrid EBG/Ferrite Structure,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol.7, pp.573-576, 2008.

Z. Zhang, W. Chen, Z. Feng, and M. F. Iskander,” Integrated dual-band Antenna System Design Incorporating Cell Phone Benzel,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol.7, pp.585-587, 2008.

N. Celik, and M. F. Iskander, “Genetic-Algorithm-Based Antenna Array Design for a 60 GHz Hybrid Smart Antenna System,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 7, pp.795-798, 2008.

H. Ryu, S. Lim, and J. Woo, “Design of an electrically small, folded monopole antenna using C-Shaped meander for active 433.92MHz RFID tag in metallic container application,” IEEE Electronics Letters, vol. 44, no.25, pp. 1445-1447, Dec. 2008.

S. Lim and M. F. Iskander, “Design of a dual-band, compact Yagi antenna over an EBG ground plane,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, accepted for publication, Dec. 2008.

Z. Yun, M F. Iskander, et al, “Sensitivity and resolution of using Magneto-telluric gradient method for detecting buried objects,” IEEE Electronics Letters, vol.44, pp-110-111, Jan. 2008.

J. M. Bell, and M. F. Iskander, “ Experimental Analysis of an Ultra-wideband Hybrid EBG/Ferrite Ground Plane ,” IEEE Trans. Instrumentation and Measurements, pp.1-4,5-11 July, 2008.
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Nuri Celik, Magdy F Iskander, Rudy Emrick, Steven Franson, and John Holmes, "Implementation and Experimental Verification of a Smart Antenna System Operating at 60 GHz Band,” IEEE Transactions Antennas and Propagation, vol. 56, No.9, pp. 2790-2800, 2008.

Z. Zhang, Jean-Christophe Lange, Kevin Li, Magdy F. Iskander, “Design of Ultra-wide Band Mobile Phone Stubby Antenna (824MHz-6GHz),” IEEE Transactions Antennas and Propagation, vol.56, no7, pp. 2101-2111, 2008.

Magdy F. Iskander, Wayne Kim, Jodie Bell, Nuri Celik, and Z. Yun, “Antenna Arrays Technologies for Advanced Wireless Systems”, Modern Antenna Handbook, Constantine Balanis, Editor, chapter 25, John Wiley & Sons publication, July 2008.

Nuri Celik, M. F. Iskander, and Z. Zhang, “Implementation and Experimental Verification of a Smart-Antenna System with Modulation,” IEEE Antennas and wireless Propagation Letters, accepted for publication, 2008.

Journal Articles Published in 2007

Z. Yun, and M. F. Iskander, “Time reversal with single antenna systems in indoor multipath environments,” Ultra-wideband, Short Pulse Electromagnetics, Edited by Carl Baum, Alexander P. Stone, and J Scott Tyo, Springer, pp.171-178, 2007.

S. Lim and H. Ling, “Design of an electrically small, pattern reconfigurable Yagi antenna,” IEEE Electronics Letters, vol. 43, no. 24, pp. 1326-1327, Nov. 2007.

S. Lim and H. Ling, “Printable Yagi antenna with closely spaced elements,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 2106-2109, Sept. 2007.

S. Lim and H. Ling, “Design of electrically small Yagi antenna,” IEEE Electronics Letters, vol. 43, no.5, pp. 3-4, Mar. 2007.

Z. Yun, M. F. Iskander, S. Y. Lim, D. He, and R. Martinez, “Radio wave propagation prediction based on 3D building structures extracted from 2D images,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 6, pp. 557-559, 2007.

C. Takahashi, Z. Yun, M. F. Iskander, G. Poilasne, V. Pathak, and J. Fabrega, “Propagation prediction and site planning software for wireless communication systems,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 52-60, April 2007.

W. Kim, M. Iskander, and C. Krowne, “Modified Green’s Function and Spectral Domain Approach for Analyzing Anisotropic and Multi-Dielectric Layers Coplanar Waveguide Ferroelectric Phase Shifters,” IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 55, no.2, part 2, pp. 402-409, Feb. 2007.

M. Jodie, M. F. Iskander, and J. J. Lee, “Ultra-wideband Hybrid EBG/Ferrite Ground Plane for Low Profile Array Antennas,” IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, vol.55, No.1, pp. 4-12, January 2007.

W.W.G. Hui, J. M. Bell, M. F. Iskander, and J. J. Lee, ”Low cost Microstrip Based Ferrite Phase Shifter Utilizing Circular Polarization,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol.6, pp.86-89, 2007

Z. Yun, M. F. Iskander, and J. S. Kobashigawa, “On the sensitivity and resolution of using magneto-telluric gradient method for detection of buried objects,” IEEE Electronics Letters, vol. 44, 2, pp.110-111, Jan. 17, 2008.

Papers Prior to 2007

N. Celik, W. Kim, M.F. Demirkol, M.F. Iskander, and R.Emrick, “Implementation and experimental verification of Hybrid-Smart Antenna Algorithm,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 5, pp. 280-283, 2006.

M. F. Iskander, Z. Yun, “Advances in propagation modeling of wireless communications environments and systems,” IEICE Trans. Electron., Invited, vol. E87-C, no. 9, pp. 1441-1448, Sept. 2004.

Z. Yun, M. F. Iskander, and Z. Zhang, “Complex-wall effect on propagation characteristics and MIMO capacities for an indoor wireless communication environment,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 914-922, April 2004.

Z. Zhang, M. F. Iskander, Z. Yun, and A. Host-Madsen, “Hybrid smart antenna system using directional elements – performance analysis in flat Rayleigh fading,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 51, no. 10, pp. 2926-2935, Oct. 2003.

Z. Yun, Z. Zhang, and M. F. Iskander, “A Ray-Tracing Method Based on Triangular Grid Approach and Application to Propagation Prediction in Urban Environments,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 750-758, May 2002.

Z. Zhang, R. Sorensen, Z. Yun, M. F. Iskander, and J. F. Harvey, “A Ray-Tracing approach for indoor/outdoor propagation through window structures,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 50, no. 5, pp. 742-748, March 2002.

M. F. Iskander and Z. Yun, “Propagation Prediction Models for Wireless Communication Systems,” IEEE Transaction on Microwave Theory and Techniques, The 50th Anniversary Special Issue, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 662-673, March 2002.

Z. Zhang, Z. Yun, and M. F. Iskander, “3D tetrahedron ray tracing algorithm,” Electronics Letters, vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 334-335, March 2001.

Z. Yun, M. F. Iskander, and Z. Zhang, “A fast ray tracing procedure using space division with uniform rectangular grid,” Electronics Letters, vol. 36, no. 10, pp. 895-897, May 2000.

Z. Zhang, Z. Yun, and M. F. Iskander, “A new ray tracing method for propagation models in wireless communications,” Electronics Letters, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 464-365.

 PhD Dissertations

Nuri Celik, "High Performance Hybrid Smart Antenna Array for Advanced Wireless               Communication Applications," 2009. Final Exam Flyer

Jodie Bell, "Development of Metamaterials for Wideband Antenna Applications," 2008. Final Exam Flyer

Wayne Kim, "High Performance Phased Array Antennas BAsed on the Ferroelectric and Continuous Transverse Stub Technologies," 2006. Final Exam Flyer

Master Theses

Minh Evans, "Ground-Penetrating RADAR Techniques for the Detection and Discrimination of Unexploded Ordnance in the Iron-Rich Volcanic Soil of Hawaii," 2009.

Jason K. Johnson, " Numerical Study on RF Drying of Complex Honeycomb Ceramic Structures using Advanced Finite-Difference Time-Domain Techniques," 2009.

Chad Takahashi, "Propagation Modeling and Site-Planning Software for Wireless Communications,"2005.

Jodie Bell, "Low-Profile , Wide-band Antennas for Wireless Communications," 2004.