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Radio Technologies for Broadband MM-Wave Satellite Communication Systems

Professor George Goussetis Biography

2097-135x180Professor George Goussetis received the Diploma degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in 1998, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Westminster, London, UK, in 2002. In 2002 he also graduated B.Sc. in physics (first class) from University College London (UCL), UK.

In 1998, he joined the Space Engineering, Rome, Italy, as RF Engineer and in 1999 the Wireless Communications Research Group, University of Westminster, UK, as a Research Assistant. Between 2002 and 2006 he was a Senior Research Fellow at Loughborough University, UK. He was a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) with Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK between 2006 and 2009 and a Reader (Associate Professor) with Queen’s University Belfast, UK, between 2009 and 2012. In 2013 he joined Heriot-Watt as a Reader. He has authored or co-authored over 150 peer-reviewed papers three book chapters and two patents.

Dr. Goussetis has held a research fellowship from the Onassis foundation in 2001, a research fellowship from the UK Royal Academy of Engineering between 2006-2011 and a European Marie-Curie experienced researcher fellowship in 2011-12. In 2010 he was visiting Professor in UPCT, Spain. He is the co-recipient of the 2011 European Space Agency young engineer of the year prize, the 2011 EuCAP best student paper prize and the 2012 EuCAP best antenna theory paper prize.

Research interests

His research interests include the modelling and design of microwave filters, frequency-selective surfaces and periodic structures, leaky wave antennas, microwave sensing and curing as well numerical techniques for electromagnetics. For more information please refer to the personal webpage: link here

Roles & Responsibilities

Associate Editor of IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society.

External evaluation panel, Department of Automation, Technological Educational Institute Piraeus, Greece, June 2013.External evaluation panel, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Technological Educational Institute Patras, Greece, October 2013