Alumni

Theodore Prince PH. D.

Thesis Title: Millimeter-Wave Lens and Reflector Antennas for Broadband Applications. 2024
Employed by D.O.D.
 
 

Dong-Chan Son PH. D.

Thesis Title: Wideband, Highly Directional Antennas with Fixed and Steerable Patterns. 2024
Employed by Apple.
 
 

Songyi Yen PH. D.

Thesis Title: Unconventional Arrays for HF and Other Applications. 2023
Employed by CU Boulder.
 

Gaeron Friedrichs PH.D.

Thesis Title: Machine Learning Enhanced Antenna Systems. 2023
Employed by D.O.D.
 
 

Jake Cazden PH.D.

Thesis Title: Antenna Systems for Wideband Direction Finding and Spectrum Sensing. 2022
Employed by Custom Microwave Inc.
 

Ljubodrag Boskovic MS

Thesis Title: Design of Passive Millimeter-Wave Coaxial Components for Additive Manufacturing. 2022
Employed by CU Boulder.
 

Conrad Andrews PH.D.

Thesis Title: Wide Bandwidth and High EIRP Antennas and Arrays. 2021
Employed by Lockheed Martin.
 
 

Carlos Mulero Hernandez PH.D.

Thesis Title: Lens Based High Directivity Simultaneous Transmit and Receive System. 2021
Employed by ANSYS.
 

Aman Samaiyar PH.D.

Thesis Title:  Planar Array Apertures for In-Band Full-Duplex Systems. 2021
Employed by ANSYS.
 

Prathap Prasannakumar PH.D.

Thesis Title: Wideband Bi-static and Monostatic STAR Antenna Systems. 2019
Employed by META.
 
 

Elie Tianang PH.D.

Thesis Title: Simultaneous Transmit and Receive (STAR) Antennas for Geo-Satellites and Shared-Antenna Platforms. 2019
Employed by Aerospacelab.
 

Maxim Ignatenko 

Post-Doc Research Field: HF Antennas, Phased Arrays. 2019
Employed by Custom Microwave Inc.
 

Sara Manafi PH.D.

Thesis Title: Wideband Passive Components for High-Power MillimeterWave Applications. 2018
Employed by JPL.
 
 

Riley Pack PH.D.

Thesis Title: Wideband Dual-Polarized Digital Direction of Arrival Sensors. 2018
Employed by CACI.
 
 
 

Muhannad AlTarifi 

Post-Doc Research Field: W-band Components for Decoy Applications. 2018
Muhannad is currently on tenure track position in Jordan.
 
 

Ehab Etellisi PH.D.

Thesis Title: Wideband Monostatic Co-Channel Simultaneous Transmit and Receive (C-STAR) Antenna and Array Systems. 2018
Employed by Blue Canyon Technologies.
 

Bradley Allen MS

Thesis Title: Isolation Enhancement for Cylindrical Structure Millimeter-Wave Repeaters. 2018
Employed by Lockheed Martin.
 
 
 

Saurabh Sanghai PH.D.

Thesis Title: Low-Profile, High-Power and Wideband Antennas for Diverse Military Platforms. 2018
Employed by Trackonomy.
 

Milica Notaros BS

Graduate Research Assistant at MIT.
 
 

David Garrido PH .D.

Thesis Title: Low-Profile Multiband and Flush-Mountable Wideband Antennas for HF/VHF and K/Ka Band Applications. 2016
Employed by Apple Inc.
 

Jaegeun Ha PH.D.

Thesis Title: High Power Wideband Antennas for Electronic Warfare Systems. 2016
Employed by Nokia Bell Labs.
 
 

Brian Simakauskas MS

Thesis Title: Phase Center Stabilization in a Horn Antenna and its Application in a Luneburg Lens Feed Array. 2015
Employed by MIT Lincoln Labs.
 
 

Timothy Samson MS

Thesis Title: Characterization of Alternative Mounting of Vehicular Antenna Systems Near Real Grounds. 2015
Employed by Lockheed Martin.

Nathan Jastram PH.D.

Thesis Title: Passive Front-Ends for Wideband Millimeter Wave Electronic Warfare. 2014
Employed by Lockheed Martin.
 

Rohit Sammeta PH.D.

Thesis Title: Low-Profile Antennas for Wideband Transmit Applications in HF/UHF Bands. 2014
Employed by Amazon.
 
 

Mohamed Ali Elmansouri PH.D.

Thesis Title: Joint Time/Frequency Analysis and Design of Spiral Antennas and Arrays for UWB Applications. 2013
Employed by L3Harris.
 

Joseph Mruk PH.D.

Thesis Title: Wideband Monolithically Integrated Front-End Subsystems and Components. 2011
Employed by MITRE.
 
 

Hongyu Zhou PH.D.

Thesis Title: Wideband Microwave, Millimeterwave, and Light-Wave Antennas. 2011
Employed by META.
 
 

Matthew Radway PH.D.

Thesis Title: Mode Theory of Multi-Armed Spiral Antennas and Its Application to Electronic Warfare Antennas. 2011
Employed by Northrop Grumman.

Neil Kefauver PH.D.

Thesis Title: Multi-Polarized Spiral Antennas for RF Sensing. 2011
Employed by Lockheed Martin.
 

Kichul Kim PH.D.

Thesis Title: Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes and Nanowires and Their Application. 2010
Employed by Agency for Defense Development, Korea.
 
 

James McDonald PH.D.

Thesis Title: UWB Dipole-like Antennas and Arrays, University of Colorado, 2010.
Employed by First RF Corp.
 
 

Yuya Saito PH.D.

Thesis Title: Analysis and Design of Monolithic Coaxial Lines for Minimum Coupling and Integration in Various Passive Devices and Networks, University of Colorado, 2008.
Employed by ITT, Japan.
 

Arian Lalezari MS

Thesis Title: Exploitation of Body Interaction Effects for the Enhancement of a Body-Borne Radio Geolocation System, University of Colorado, 2008.
Employed by First RF Corp.

Lars Grimsrud MS

Thesis Title: Low-Loss L-band Fixed Beam Circular Array, University of Colorado, 2008.
Employed by First RF Corp.
 

Milan Lukic PH.D.

Thesis Title: Modeling and Design of Microfabricated Rectangular Coaxial Lines and Antennas, University of Colorado, 2007.
Employed by Google.
 

Michael Buck PH.D.

Thesis Title: Multifunctional, Multipolarized Spiral and Sinuous Antennas, University of Colorado, 2007.
Employed by Ball Aerospace.
 
 

Keneth Vanhille PH.D.

Thesis Title: Design and Characterization of Microfabricated Three-Dimensional Millimeter-Wave Components, University of Colorado, April 2007. (Thesis co-advisor. Principal Advisor was Prof. Zoya Popovic). 2007
Employed by Sandia National Laboratories.

Yongjae Lee PH.D.

Thesis Title: Design of RF Circuits with Embedded Multi-Physics Models of MEMS Devices, University of Colorado, 2006.
Employed by Cobham.
 

Nathan Stutzke MS

Thesis Title: Slot Spiral Antennas for Single and Multimode Applications, University of Colorado, 2005.
Employed by Ball Aerospace.