Prof. Kishk’s research group

Current research group members:

Christinah Shahbazian (Ph.D. Student )

Expected Graduation Date: 2023

Research Topics: orbital angular momentum Antenna

Oludayo Sokunbi (Ph.D. Student )

Expected Graduation Date: 2025

Research Topics: 

Zhiyong Dong (Ph.D. Student )

(Co-supervised with Prof. John Zhang)

Expected Graduation Date: 2024

Research Topics: 

Saeed A. Haydhah (Ph.D. Student )

(Co-supervised with Prof. John Zhang)

Expected Graduation Date: 2024

Research Topics: 

Mostafa Shady (M.sc Student )

Expected Graduation Date: 2022

Research Topics: 

Mehek Mou (M.sc Student )

Expected Graduation Date: 2022

Research Topics:  Low-cost Printed antennas for millimeter wave antennas

Past research group members:

Postdoctoral Fellows (PDF) (17):

  • Javad Pourahmadazar, “Intrinsic Permittivity Control in the Homogeneous Framework for Beam focusing Lens Devices Implementations at the millimeter-wave band,” June 1, 2020-May 2022.
  • Arash Valizade Shahmirzadi, Spiral waves and orbital angular momentum (OAM) antennas, July 2019-July 2020.
  • Fahad Farooqui, “Microwave sensors, May 2018-December 2019.
  • Sajjad Taravati, Time and space modulation, December 2017-October 2018.
  • Mohamad Mustafa Tahseen, Reconfigurable reflectarray, May 2018-November 2018.
  • Abdolmehdi Dadgarpour, millimeter-wave antennas with metalenses, January 2016-December 2016, Galtronics.
  • Milad Sharifi, September 2016-November 2016, Apollo Microwaves Ltd.
  • Mohammed Moharram, October 2015-January 31st, 2018.
  • Abdulhady Mahmoud, October 2013-2015, Assistant Professor, Banha University, Egypt.
  • Hossein Attia, August 2014-2015, Assistant Professor, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals.
  • Mohammed Al Sharkawy, May 2013-April 2014, Bombardier, Montreal, Canada.
  • Aliriza Foroozesh, September 2013-November 2013, Hardware Engineer, Staff, Samsung.
  • Dr. Abas Sabouni, November 2011-August. 2013. Now, Assistant Professor, Wilkes University.
  • Dr. Ricky Chair, May 2003-August 2006, Prof. Kai-Fong Lee (Co-PI)
  • Dr. Ahmed M Attiya, August 2004-August 2005, Egyptian National Research Institution.
  • Dr. Islam Eshrah, August 2005-August 2006, Associate Professor, Cairo University, Egypt.
  • Dr. Steven, May 2007-August 2008, Prof. Kai-Fong Lee (Co-PI)

PhD Students and Dissertations Directed by Dr. Kishk:

  • Syed Muhammad Sifat, “Ferrite with High Magnetization and Duplex Antenna System for Front-end Communication”, 2023.
  • Shahin Sheikh, “Noise shaping for antenna beamforming”, 2022.
  • Nadeem Ashraf, “Subarray-Based Multibeam Antenna Frontend for Millimeter-Wave Hybrid Beamforming,” Co-supervised with Prof. Sebak. January 2021
  • Abdelmoniem Hassan,” High Gain Antenna Array Design for 5G & MIMO Antenna Systems using Printed Microstrip Ridge Gap Waveguide,” Concordia University, 9-2016:10-2020.
  • Jie Xu, “ Design and Investigation of InGaAs/InP One-Sided Junction Photodiodes,”Co-supervised with Prof. John Zhang, Concordia University, July 22, 2020.
  • Mohammed Seif, Design of Tunable Beamforming network Using Metallic Ridge Gap Waveguide Technology,” Concordia University, November 2019.
  • Kejia Ding , “Innovative Butler Matrix Concepts based on Novel Components for 2-D Beamforming,” Concordia University, December  2019.
  • Mohamed Ahmed Nasr Mohamed Saif, “Design of Tunable Beamforming Networks Using Metallic Ridge Gap Waveguide” Concordia University, November  2019.
  • Yazan Al-Alam, “Low-Cost High Gain Millimeter Wave Planar Antennas,” Concordia University, August 2019.
  • Mohamed Abdelaziz Mohamed Abdelaal,” DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF MICROWAVE DEVICES BASED ON GAP WAVEGUIDE TECHNOLOGY, “Concordia University (December 2018).
  • Jing Zhang, “Dielectric Filled Printed Gap Waveguide for Millimeter-Wave Applications,” Co-Supervised with Prof. John Zhang (Sept. 6, 2017).
  • Nima Bayat-Maku,” New Integrated Waveguides Concept and Development of Substrate Integrated Antennas with Controlled Boundary Conditions,” Concordia University. (Sept. 7, 2017).
  • Mohamad Mustafa Tahseen,” Analysis and Design of Reflectarray Antennas for Bandwidth Enhancement, Feed Matching, and Portability,” Concordia University, June 1st, 2017.
  • Milad Sharifi,” Microwave RF Filters Based on Defected Bed of Nails Structure and Printed Ridge Gap Waveguide,” Concordia University. Defended August 1st, 2016 (Apollo Microwaves Ltd.)
  • Shoukry Shams, “Analysis and Design of Microwave Devices based on Ridge Gap Waveguide Technology,” Concordia University. Defended on July 13th, 2016. (Scientific Microwave Corporation).Won the doctoral prize in Engineering and Computer Science (The most deserving graduate of the doctoral program Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University)
  • Mohammed Moharram,” INVESTIGATION AND DESIGN OF DIFFERENT ANTENNAS IN SOLAR CELLS’ ENVIRONMENTS WITH THEIR NEEDED TOOLS,” Concordia University, September 2015. Won the doctoral prize in Engineering and Computer Science (The most deserving graduate of the doctoral program Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University)
  • Said Abushamleh (Co-Supervisor), “MINIATURIZED WIDEBAND PLANAR SOFT SURFACES FOR MUTUAL COUPLING REDUCTION IN ANTENNA ARRAYS,” University of Arkansas, November 2014.
  • A.M. AbdelHady (Co-Supervisor),” Different Realization of Dielectric Resonator Reflectarray Using Full Wave Analysis,” Menofia University, May 2013. (Assistant Professor, Banha University, Egypt)
  • Shaya Karimkashi,” Characteristics of Different Focusing Antennas in the Near Field Region,” University of Mississippi, May 2011. Research Scientist, Advanced Radar Research Center Adj. Assistant Professor, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Oklahoma.
  • Kenny S. Ryu,” Ultra-Wide Band Dielectric Resonator Antennas for Communication and Microwave Imaging,” University of Mississippi, August 2010. Senior Research Engineer, LG Electronics, South Korea.
  • Laila K. Hady Salman (Woman),” Multi-Functional Use of Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator for Microwave Circuits and Antenna Designs,” University of Mississippi, December 2009. Senior Technical Services Specialist at Ansys Inc.
  • Wei Huang (Woman),” Radio Frequency Antennas for Medical Applications,” University of Mississippi, August 2009. Staff RF Antenna Engineer at Huawei USA Device
  • Xuan Hui Wu,” MIMO Radar for Direction Estimation and Related Topics on Microwave, Antennas, and Circuits,” University of Mississippi, May 2009. Assistant Professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
  • Asem Al-Zoubi, “Dielectric Resonator Antennas Fed by Dielectric Image Guide,” UNIVERSITY of MISSISSIPPI, December 2008. Assistant Prof. at Yarmouk University, Jordan
  • Said Mikki, “Theoretical Physics Approach to Selected Problems in Engineering Electromagnetics: Low-Dimensional Nanostructures and Evolutionary Optimization, University of Mississippi, December 2008, Assistant Professor, College: Tagliatela College of Engineering, Dept: Electrical & Computer Engineering & Computer Science.
  • Yizhe Zhang (Woman),” Dielectric Resonator Antenna Arrays with Hard Horn for Wideband Spatial Power Combining.” University of Mississippi, May 2007. Principal Member of Technical Staff at AT&T Mobility
  • Guiping Zheng, “COMPLEX PERIODIC STRUCTURES: FDTD MODELING AND APPLICATIONS,” University of Mississippi, December 2007, Application Engineer at ANSYS, Inc.
  • Islam Eshrah, “Waveguide and Metaguide Excitation of Dielectric Resonator Antenna Arrays Using Slots and Probes,” University of Mississippi, December 2005. Assistant Professor at Cairo University, EGYPT.
  • Joon Shin (Co-Director), “Modeling of Arbitrary Composite Objects with Applications to Dielectric Resonator Antennas,” University of Mississippi, August 2001.
  • Mohammed Rajeek Abdoul-Gaffoor,” Simple and Efficient Full Wave Analysis of Electromagnetic Coupling in Multilayer Printed Circuit Board Layouts, University of Mississippi, December 2000, Motorola.
  • Jing-Yang Chen,” Full Wave Analysis of a Dielectric Resonator Embedded in a Uniaxial Multilayered Medium Coupled to a Microstrip Circuit,” University of Mississippi, August 1996. Principal Engineer at Motorola
  • A. Movahedi (Co-Director),” Electromagnetic radiation and scattering by a dielectric loaded conducting body coupled to an arbitrary wire,” University of Mississippi, December 1995.
  • Greg Junker,” Analysis of dielectric resonator antennas excited by a coaxial probe or narrow slot aperture,” University of Mississippi, August 1994.
  • Weiping Zheng (Co-director),” Wire antennas above and protruding through an air/lossy medium interface,” University of Mississippi, May 1994.

Master Students and Thesis Directed by Dr. Kishk:

  • Turfa Sarah Amin, “Millimeter-wave Contactless Waveguide Joints and Compact OMT Based on Gap Waveguide Technology, December 2020.
  • Riddhi Gosai, (Female), “Printed Dually Polarized Gap Waveguide and Horn Antenna based on Hard and Soft Surfaces,” August 2020.
  • Mohammadreza Rahimi,” Millimeter-wave Substrate Integrated Printed Ridge Gap Waveguide Leaky-Wave Antenna for WiGig Applications,” April 2018.
  • Taomia Tasnuba Pramiti (woman),” Geometry Perturbation of Dielectric Resonator for a Single Band Multifunction Device for MIMO Applications,” December 2017.
  • Emmanuel Amponsa, “DESIGN OF RING RESONATOR AS AN OPTICAL FILTER FOR DWDM APPLICATIONS,” Master of Engineering Project, August 2017.
  • Amr Hamdy,” Electronically Steerable Parasitic Array (ESPAR) Using Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA),” Master of Engineering Project. August 2015.
  • Saritha Muguti (Female), “SIW Feeding Network for Dielectric Antennas,” University of Mississippi, August 2011.
  • Shyuk-Jun Seo,” ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF A WIDEBAND DUAL-POLARIZED ANTENNA BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF HUYGENS’ SOURCE Wideband Dually Polarized Antenna,” University of Mississippi, December 2010, Engineer at LG Electronics, South Korea.
  • UBAID MAHMOOD KHAN, DUAL POLARIZED DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNAS, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, October 2010.
  • M. Milutinovic, DUAL POLARIZED DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNAS, Lund University, Sweden, October 2010.
  • ALI IMRAN SANDHU (co-directed),” Design of an Orthomode Transducer in Gap Waveguide Technology,” Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, September 2010.
  • Swapna Male (Woman),” Wideband Transition with Microstrip and CPW and Directional Coupler with Microstrip and CPW,” University of Mississippi, May 2010. Design Engineer at TriQuint, USA.
  • Suresh Kumar Yada,” ANALYSIS OF PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS AND COMPACT DIGITAL PHASE SHIFTER,” May 2008. A Design Engineer at Itron, USA.
  • Sowjanya Kolli (Woman),” Design, Analysis, and Optimization of Planar Resonant Metamaterials using Split Ring Resonators,” University of Mississippi, May 2008. RF Design Engineer at Harada Industry of America, USA.
  • Adarsh Karan Jaiswal,” Design of Wideband Low Noise Balanced Compact Wideband Quadrature Hybrids,” University of Mississippi, December 2007, Design Engineer at Skyworks, USA.
  • Rohit Sammeta,” Substrate Integrated Waveguide Slot Array Antenna and its Numerical Analysis, “December 2006. Applications Engineer at EMSS USA and now Research, Assistant at the University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Wei Huang (Woman),” Green’s function analysis of overlapping regions, “August 2005, Senior Antenna Engineer at Nextivity Inc., USA.
  • Manish A. Hiranandani,” Beamforming Networks,” December 2005. Systems Engineer at Intel, USA.
  • Venugopal Chennupati, Analysis and Design of Coplanar Waveguide Fed Unidirectional Slot Antenna with Wide Radiating Apertures, “University of Mississippi, December 2004, Senior Consultant at Cephalon, USA.
  • Sasikanth Devulapalli, Numerical Analysis of Fresnel Zone Plate Antennas,” University of Mississippi, August 2004.
  • Victor Klymko,” Dyadic Green’s functions of circular waveguides with application to excitation and scattering problems,” University of Mississippi, August 2004. Teaching / Research Assistant at the University of Mississippi.
  • Taninder Singh,” ANTENNA MODELING BY INFINITESIMAL DIPOLES USING GENETIC ALGORITHMS,” University of Mississippi, May 2004. Board Program Manager at Intel Corporation.
  • Swee H. Ong,” Analysis and Design of Small Dielectric Resonator Antennas for Mobile Personal Communications,” the University of Mississippi, August 2003.
  • Androw E. Simon, “Implementation of the Asymptotic Boundary Conditions on FDTD,” the University of Mississippi, August 2003.
  • Xu Zuo,” Analysis of finite size array of dipoles and narrow slots with mutual coupling,” University of Mississippi, August 2002.
  • Jin Yu,” Wavelet Applications in Method of Moments,” the University of Mississippi, December 2001.
  • Yan Yin (Female),” Analysis of conical dielectric resonator antennas,” University of Mississippi, May 2001
  • Xiao Zhang,” Numerical Analysis of Different Configurations of Stacked Dielectric Resonator Antennas Excited by a Coaxial Probe,” University of Mississippi, December 2000
  • K. R. Engala,” Analysis of Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Cavity Loaded with Metallic Strips and Coupled to a Rectangular Current Loop,” University of Mississippi, May 2000.
  • Andrei Goumilevski,” Analysis of Stripline and waveguide discontinuities as 2D-problem using Finite Difference Time Domain Method,” University of Mississippi, December 1998.
  • Fang Chen (Co-Director),” Resonant frequency and Q-factor computation for multi-region dielectric resonators,” University of Mississippi, May 1996
  • Guanqun Zhou,” Analysis of hemispherical dielectric antenna using Dyadic Green’s function, “University of Mississippi, December 1993
  • Weidon Zhang,” Analysis of the eccentric annular microstrip antenna excited by a coaxial probe using the cavity model,” University of Mississippi, December 1993
  • Jun Yan (Co-Director),” Finite-difference applications in electromagnetic scattering using impedance and absorbing boundary conditions,” University of Mississippi, December 1992
  • F. Alonso Monferrer,” Green’s functions analysis of planar circuits in a two-layer grounded medium,” University of Mississippi,  June 1991.
  • L. Ramuraji (Woman),” Study of different antenna array configurations of finite microstrip arrays,” University of Mississippi, August 1991
  • W. Huang (Co-Director),” Analysis of a thick monopole antenna loaded with dielectric material,” University of Mississippi, August 1991
  • S. Shu (Co-Director),” Computation of cutoff wave numbers for partially filled waveguides of arbitrary cross-section with impedance surfaces,” University of Mississippi, December 1991
  • M. R. Zunoubi,” Systematic study of dielectric disc antennas above grounded dielectric substrate,” University of Mississippi, December 1991
  • B. Ke,” Analysis of circular and annular microstrip antenna printed on a spherical surface,” University of Mississippi, December 1990
  • R. Parrikar,” Scattering from non-concentric dielectric cylinders,” University of Mississippi, August 1990

Visiting Scholars: (7)

  • Maryam Hasheminas is a Ph.D. student from Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Tehran, Iran. January 2022-May 2022.
  • Carlos Sannches-Cabello, Ph.D. Student from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid Spain. Septeber-December 2021
  • Afef Oueslate is a Ph.D. student from the National Engineering School of Cartage, Tunisia, University, September-December 2021.
  • Xiaohua Tan, Ph.D. Student from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China. October 2019.
  • Massinissa Belazzoug, Ph.D. Student from Microwave for Telecommunications’ at the University BORDJ BOU ARRERIDJ, ALGERIA, wok on “Compact DRA for MIMO Applications,” December 2017-February 2018.
  • Yiying Wang, Ph.D. Student from Electronic Science and Technology, China,” Wearable Antennas,” Sept. 2014-February 2016.
  • Tomás Bernabeu Jiménez, Ph.D. Student in Telecommunications, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Instituto de Telecomunicaciones y Aplicaciones Multimedia (ITEAM), Spain, “Characteristic Modes,” October 2014-December 2014.

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Last Updated: 22nd February, 2024