Conference Programme (18th ASA 2024)

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DAY 1: Wednesday 14 February

TIMESESSION
9:30Registration and Morning tea
10:25Introduce AMTA node and special session
Peiyuan Qin
10:30AMTA Morning Session
Chair - Withawat Withayachumnankul

AMTA Workshop Abstracts & Author Bios.
10:30Measuring The Station Beams Of The Low Frequency Radio Telescope Ska-Low
David Davidson, Curtin University
11:10NSI-MI Advanced Antenna Measurements Technologies
John Wen, NSI-MI
11:50Tuning and Adjustment of Bandpass Filters
Rob Shaw, CSIRO
12:30 Lunch
13:30 AMTA Afternoon Session
Chair - Shengjian (Jammy) Chen
13:30Multiple directions of arrival using CATR OTA measurements
Boris Tovirac, Rohde & Schwarz
14:10Terahertz antenna measurement techniques
Harrison Lees, University of Adelaide
14:50Axial Ratio measurements of Small Antennas and Feeds
John Ness, EM solutions
15:30Afternoon Tea
16:0018th ASA Symposium Opening
Stephanie Smith

16:10Session 1 - IEEE APS Young Professionals Special Session
Chair - Peiyuan Qin
16:10
Ultracompact Omnidirectional Circularly Polarized Antennas
Wei Lin Abstract
16:35Advanced Wide-Range Continuous Beamwidth Control in Dual-Polarized MM-Wave Antenna Arrays for 5G and beyond
Fanchao Zeng | * Can Ding | Y. Jay Guo Abstract
17:00Multi-beam Transmitarrays for 6G Applications
* Li-Zhao Song | Pei-Yuan Qin | Y. Jay Guo Abstract
17:25Chromatic Transmitarray for 3D Terahertz Imaging
* Xiaolong You | Rajour T. Ako | Sharath Sriram | Withawat Withayachumnankul Abstract
18:00Welcome Reception (2hrs)

DAY 2: Thursday 15 February

TIMESESSION
8:00Coffee
8:30Session 2 - Additive Manufacturing for Antennas
Chair - Yang Yang

8:303D Printed Metasurfaces using Conductive and Dielectric Multimaterial Additive Manufacturing
Yang Yang Abstract
8:50Low Profile 3-D Printable Structure for Aperture-type Antennas Performance Improvement
*Md Yeakub Ali | Ali Lalbakhsh Abstract
9:10All 3-D Printed Dielectric Lens Dual-beam Horn Antenna Based on Phase Control
*Tianhao Deng | King Yuk Chan | Rodica Ramer Abstract
9:30Additive Manufactured Waveguide Polarizer in 7.2 – 8.6 GHz
*Keyi Ma | John S. Kot | King Yuk Chan | Rodica Ramer Abstract
9:50Exploring 3d Printed Antenna Design Opportunities
David de Haaij Abstract
10:10Morning Tea
10:40Session 3 - Electromagnetic Materials and Modelling
Chair - Bahare Mohamadzade
10:40Titanium and Manganese Doped Barium Ferrite for Electromagnetic Wave Absorbing Materials
*Neil Street | Andrew Amiet Abstract
11:00A Low-Cost Solution Towards Recycle Unit Management
*Hafsa Anam | Syed Muzahir Abbas | Iain B. Collings | Subhas Mukhopadhyay Abstract
11:20Non-Invasive Microwave Reflectometry for Skin Cancer Detection: Simulation of A Multi-Layer Tissue Model
Shaghayegh Chamani Abstract
11:40Measurement of Dielectric Properties of Thin Materials for Radomes with Simple Waveguide Cavities
*Tayla Dahms | Douglas Hayman | Bahare Mohamadzade | Stephanie Smith Abstract
12:00Dual Capacitor-Based Chipless Rfid Sensory Array For Dielectric Constant Measurements
Likitha Lasantha Abstract
12:20Lunch
13:20Session 4 - Devices and Feeds
Chair - Li-Zhao Song
13:20A Simultaneous S/X/Ka Feed-System For F/D=0.45 Parabolic Reflectors
Christophe Granet Abstract
13:40Free-Space Sub-Terahertz Electro-Optic Detector
Chung Yin Tam Abstract
14:00Ultra Wideband and Phased Array Feeds for Radio Astronomy
Stephanie L Smith Abstract
14:20A Turnstile-Based X-band 3D-Printed Orthomode Transducer
Xin Wen Abstract
14:40Design of W-Band Ridge Waveguide to Slotline Transition for High-Tc Superconducting MMIC and Antenna Integration
He Zhu Abstract
15:00Session 5 - Poster Session plus afternoon tea
A Wideband Superconducting Filter with Harmonic Rejection for L Band Receivers
*Bahare Mohamadzade | Alex Dunning | Ken Smart | Jeganathan Kanapathippillai | Douglas B Hayman | Stephanie Smith Abstract
A Compact Shared-Aperture Dual-Band Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) with Suppression of Cross-Band Interference
Xingyu Cheng | *Can Ding | Richard W. Ziolkowski Abstract
Wireless Power Transfer: A Game Changing Technology in 21st Century
Taimoor Khan Abstract
Cost-Effective Broadband Metasurface Filter
Ali Lalbakhsh Abstract
A Wideband Magneto-Electric Dipole Antenna Based on Open SIC for Millimeter-Wave Applications
*Zhichao Sun | Yang Yang | Shaobin Liu Abstract
A High Gain Filtering Horn Antenna with Flexible Polarization Direction
Yaru Zhang Abstract
A Switchable X-Band Tracking Feed For Multi-Mission Applications: Military Satcom, Deep Space Network And Leo-Receive
*Christophe Granet | Robert A. Hoferer Abstract
A Compact 3D-Printed Broadband Coupler with Quadrature Phase for Beam-Forming Antennas
Yang Yang Abstract
A Dual-Polarized Four-Port In-Band Full-Duplex Antenna Array Based on A Novel Common-Mode and Differential-Mode Combination Method
Yue-Nian Chen Abstract
Challenges And Future Direction Of Chipless RFID Sensor Antennas In Strain Sensing Approach
*Shadhon Chandra Mohonta | Nemai Chandra Karmakar Abstract
Space Situational Awareness with CSIRO’s Radio Telescopes
*Ken Smart | Mars Buttfield-Addison | Douglas B Hayman | Andrew Hellicar | Shinji Horiuchi | Ryan Nosrati | Stephanie Smith Abstract
Thin Printed Coded Metasurface for Split Beam Generation in Arbitrary Direction
Maira I Nabeel | Muhammad U. Afzal | Dushmantha N. Thalakotuna | Karu P. Esselle Abstract
3D-Printed Multi-beam Flat Lens Antenna System
Maral Ansari Abstract
Leveraging Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Sustainable 6G Wireless Networks
Ilyas Saleem Abstract
A 4 × 4 2D Filtering Butler Matrix for mmWave Beamforming Network
*Weiyu He | Jianxing Li | Yang Yang Abstract
X-band Phased Array for Ground Station Terminals
Yani Theoharis Abstract
16:30Session 6 - Radar Applications
Chair - Konstanty Bialkowski

16:30Antenna Deformation Effects In The Design Of A Nanosat SAR Sensor
Simone Mencarelli Abstract
16:50Small-Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar Systems Design Considerations
Oliver Kim Abstract
17:10Low Cost Doppler Radar For Stormwater Velocity Profiling
*David Thiel | Hugo Espinosa | Thomas Fickenscher Abstract
17:30Passive Radar - A Low-cost Testbed System
Konstanty Bialkowski Abstract
18:00Conference Dinner (3hrs)

DAY 3: Friday 16 February

TIMESESSION
8:00AMCoffee
8:30Session 7- Millimetre Wave Antennas, Metasurfaces and Applications
Chair - Xiaolong You

8:30Visualized Evaluation Criteria and Fast Semi-Analytical Method for Optimizing Frequency-Selective Surface Based Structures
Xiaojing Lv Abstract
8:50A 3D Printed Terahertz Metamaterial Transmitarray for Beam-Steering Applications
Jiexin Lai Abstract
9:10Millimetre Wave Coverage Improvement Using Convex Passive Reflectors In Indoor Environments
*Priya Qualtrough-Mittal | Michael Neve | Andrew Austin Abstract
9:30Scanning Range Enhancement of a U-Slot Microstrip Array over a Wide Frequency Range
*Sina Hasibi Taheri | Ali Lalbakhsh Abstract
9:50A Near-Field Enhancer for Electromagnetic Band Gap Resonator Antennas
*Mohammad Nasrat Zaqumi | Ali Lalbakhsh Abstract
10:10Morning Tea
10:40Session 8 - Aperture and Array Antennas
Chair - Maral Ansari
10:40Compact Multibeam Antenna Array Based on Generalized Joined Coupler Matrix Using Stripline Structure
Yang Xu Abstract
11:00Some Properties of Antenna Arrays of Closely Packed Elements
Trevor S. Bird Abstract
11:20Element Power Balancing in Leaky-Wave Patch Arrays
Christopher Blute Abstract
11:40Novel Techniques For Mutual Coupling Characterisation In Low-Frequency Radio Astronomy Aperture Arrays
*Maria Kovaleva | Daniel Ung | David Davidson Abstract
12:00Analysis, Design, and Measurement of Continuous Frequency-Scanning Polarization-Rotating Antenna
*Shu-Lin Chen | Ming Li | Jay Guo Abstract
12:20Lunch
13:20Session 9 - Dielectric, Leaky and Wire Antennas
Chair - Stanley Chen

13:20Efficient 2D Ray-Tracing Model for Dielectric Lenses Combined with Arrays
*Maria Pubill Font | Can Ding | Prof. Jay Guo Abstract
13:40All-dielectric taper rod antenna with non-uniformly distributed sub-wavelength gratings
Miantong Sun Abstract
14:00Horizontal Dipoles, Intrinsic Cross-Polarisation Ratio And Ska-Low
David Davidson Abstract
14:20Leaky-Wave Antenna Featuring 360° Coverage And Low Cross-Polarization
*Yunhao Fu | King Yuk Chan | Rodica Ramer Abstract
14:40Inverted Dielectric Rod Feed for Reflector Antennas
*Bryan Herrington | Sabin Karibasic | John Ness Abstract
15:00Student Prize Presentation and Closing Remarks
Stephanie Smith

15:20Conference Close