
Professor Nila Nilavalan
Professor / Head of Department - EEE
Abutarboush, HF., Nilavalan, R., Peter, T. and Cheung, SW. (2011) 'Multiband inverted-f antenna with independent bands for small and slim cellular mobile handsets'. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 59 (7). pp. 2636 - 2645. ISSN: 0018-926X
Spasos, M., Nilavalan, R., Tsiakmakis, K., Charalampidis, N. and Cheung, SW. (2011) 'Optimization of a 12.5 GHz microstrip antenna array using Taguchi's method'. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2011. pp. 1 - 9. ISSN: 1687-5869
Peter, T., Sun, YY., Yuk, TI., Abutarboush, HF., Nilavalan, R. and Cheung, SW. (2011) 'Miniature transparent UWB antenna with tunable notch for green wireless applications'.2011 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT),. Hong Kong. 7 - 9 March. IEEE. pp. 259 - 262.
Parthipan, T., Mudge, P., Nilavalan, R. and Balachandran, W. (2011) 'Design and analysis of an ultrasonic NDT instrumentation through system modelling'. International Journal of Modern Engineering, 12 (1). pp. 88 - 97.
Peter, T., Nilavalan, R., AbuTarboush, HF. and Cheung, SW. (2010) 'A non-thermal soldering technique to improve polymer based antenna performance'.40th European Microwave Conference. Paris, France. 26 - 30 September. EuMC2010. pp. 1476 - 1479. ISSN: 2325-0305
Abdollahi, SR., Al-Raweshidy, HS., Mehdi Fakhraie, S. and Nilavalan, R. (2010) 'Digital radio over fibre for future broadband wireless access network solution'.6th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Communications. Valencia, Spain. 20 - 25 September. IEEE. pp. 504 - 508.
AbuTarboush, HF., Nilavalan, R. and Peter, T. (2010) 'PIFA based reconfigurable multiband antenna for wireless applications'.International Conference in Electromagnetic in Advanced Application. Sydney, Australia,. 20 - 24 September. IEEE. pp. 232 - 235.
Peter, T., Nilavalan, R., Abutarboush, HF. and Cheung, SW. (2010) 'A novel technique and soldering method to improve performance of transparent polymer antennas'. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 9. pp. 918 - 921. ISSN: 1536-1225
Di Bari, R., Bard, M., Arrinda, A., Ditto, P., Araniti, G., Cosmas, J., et al. (2010) 'Measurement campaign on transmit delay diversity for mobile DVB-T/H systems'. IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, 56 (3). pp. 369 - 378. ISSN: 0018-9316
Abdollahi, SR., Al-Raweshidy, HS., Fakhraie,, SMB., Nilavalan, R. and Kamarei, M. (2010) 'Full duplex 60 GHz millimeter wave transmission over multi-mode fiber'.2nd International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks. Jeju Island, South Korea. 16 - 18 June. IEEE. pp. 222 - 226.
Spasos, M., Charalampidis, N., Tsiakmakis, K. and Nilavalan, R. (2010) 'Analysis and design of an all metal in line series ohmic RF MEMS switch for microwave applications'.2010 Symposium on Design Test Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS (DTIP). Seville, Spain. 5 - 7 May. IEEE. pp. 27 - 32.
AbuTarboush, HF., Nilavalan, R., Budimir, D. and Al-Raweshidy, HS. (2010) 'Double U-slots patch antenna for tri-band wireless systems'. International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, 20 (3). pp. 279 - 285. ISSN: 1096-4290
Abutarboush, HF., Nilavalan, R., Nasr, KM., Al-Raweshidy, HS. and Budimir, D. (2010) 'A reconfigurable H-shape antenna for wireless applications'.4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2010. Barcelona, Spain. 12 - 16 April. IEEE.
Abutarboush, HF., Nilavalan, R., Nasr, KM., Al-Raweshidy, HS. and Budimir, D. (2010) 'Widely tunable multiband reconfigurable patch antenna for wireless applications'.4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2010. Barcelona, Spain. 12 - 16 April. IEEE. pp. 1 - 3.
AbuTarboush, HF., Budimir, D., Nilavalan, R. and Al-Raweshidy, HS. (2009) 'Wide-band planar inverted-F antenna for cognitive radio'.39th European Microwave Conference (EuMC 2009). Rome, Italy. 29 - 1 October. IEEE. pp. 1504 - 1507.
AbuTarboush, HF., Nilavalan, R., Al-Raweshidy, HS. and Budimir, D. (2009) 'Design of planar inverted-F antennas (PIFA) for multiband wireless applications'.International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA 2009). Torino, Italy. 14 - 18 September. IEEE. pp. 78 - 81.
Hadjinicolaou, MG., Nilavalan, R., Itagaki, T., Voskarides, SC., Pattichis, CS. and Schizas, AN. (2009) 'Emergency TeleOrthoPaedics m-health system for wireless communication links'. IET Communications, 3 (8). pp. 1284 - 1296. ISSN: 1751-8628
AbuTarboush, HF., Nilavalan, R., Budimir, D. and Al-Raweshidy, HS. (2009) 'Compact planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) for WiMAX application'.IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium /USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting. N Charleston, SC. 1 - 5 June. IEEE. pp. 932 - 935. ISSN: 1522-3965
Di Bari, R., Bard, M., Arrinda, A., Ditto, P., Cosmas, J., Loo, KK. and et al. (2009) 'Rooftop and indoor reception with transmit diversity applied to DVB-T Networks: a long term measurement campaign'.IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting (BMSB '09). Bilbao, Spain. 13 - 15 May. IEEE. pp. 180 - 185. ISSN: 2155-5044
AbuTarboush, HF., Al-Raweshidy, HS. and Nilavalan, R. (2009) 'Bandwidth enhancement for patch antenna using PBG slot structure for 5, 6 and 9 GHz applications'.10th Annual IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference. Clearwater, FL. 20 - 21 April. IEEE. pp. 146 - 146.
AbuTarboush, HF., Al-Raweshidy, HS. and Nilavalan, R. (2009) 'Multi-band antenna for different wireless applications'.IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT 2009). Santa Monica, CA. 2 - 4 March. IEEE. pp. 1 - 4.
AbuTarboush, HF., Al-Raweshidy, HS. and Nilavalan, R. (2009) 'Bandwidth enhancement for microstrip patch antenna using stacked patch and slot'.IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT 2009). Santa Monica, CA. 2 - 4 March. IEEE. pp. 37 - 40.
Spasos, M., Charalampidis, N., Mallios, N., Kampitaki, D., Tsiakmakis, K., Tsivos Soel, P. and et al. (2009) 'On the design of an Ohmic RF MEMS switch for reconfigurable microstrip antenna applications'. WSEAS Transactions On Communications, 8 (1). pp. 153 - 161. ISSN: 1109-2742
Spasos, M., Charalampidis, N., Mallios, N., Kampitaki, D., Tsiakmakis, K., Soel, PT. and et al. (2008) 'An ohmic RF MEMS switch for reconfigurable microstrip array antennas built on PCB'.7th WSEAS International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Electronics, Control and Signal Processing (CSECS'08). Puerto de la Cruz, Spain. 15 - 17 December. WORLD SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING ACAD AND SOC. pp. 98 - 103.
AbuTarboush, HF., Al-Raweshidy, HS. and Nilavalan, R. (2008) 'Compact double U-Slots Patch Antenna for Mobile WiMAX Applications'.International Symposium on Antenna and Propagation (ISAP'08). Taipei, Taiwan. 27 - 30 October. IEEE.
AbuTarboush, HF., Al-Raweshidy, HS. and Nilavalan, R. (2008) 'Triple band double U-slots patch antenna for WiMAX mobile applications'.14th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC 2008). Akihabara, Japan. 14 - 16 October. IEEE. pp. 140 - 142.
Gravalos, A., Hadjinicolaou, M., Ni, Q. and Nilavalan, R. (2008) 'Spatial data stream multiplexing scheme for high-throughput WLANs'. IET Communications, 2 (9). pp. 1177 - 1185. ISSN: 1751-8628
Di Bari, R., Bard, M., Cosmas, J., Nilavalan, R., Loo, KK., Shirazi, H. and et al. (2008) 'Field trials and test results of portable DVB-T systems with transmit delay diversity'.12th IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics. Vilamoura, Portugal. 14 - 16 April. IEEE. pp. 90 - 93. ISSN: 2158-3994
Di Bari, R., Bard, M., Cosmas, J., Nilavalan, R., Loo, KK., Shirazi, H. and et al. (2008) 'Measurement results of transmit delay diversity for DVB-T networks'.IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting. Las Vegas, NV. 31 - 2 April. IEEE. pp. 266 - 272. ISSN: 2155-5044
Bari, RD., Bard, M., Cosmas, J., Nilavalan, R., Loo, KK., Shirazi, H. and et al. (2008) 'Field Trials and Test Results for Transmit Delay Diversity Applied to DVB-T/H Network'.2008 IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting. Las Vegas, USA. In proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting.
Di Bari, R., Cosmas,, J., Nilavalan, R., Loo, KK. and Bard, M. (2008) 'Evaluation of diversity gains for DVB-T systems'.2008 Electronic and Networked Media (NEM) Summit Towards Future Media Internet,. Saint-Malo, France. Eurescom GmbH.
Craddock, IJ., Preece, A., Nilavalan, R., Leendertz, J., Benjamin, R. and Wilson, FJ. (2008) 'Methods and apparatus for measuring the internal structure of an object'. EU & Japan.
Di Bari, R., Bard, M., Zhang, Y., Nasr, KM., Cosmas, J., Loo, KK., et al. (2008) 'Laboratory measurement campaign of DVB-T signal with transmit delay diversity'. IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, 54 (3, Part 2). pp. 532 - 541. ISSN: 0018-9316
Nilavalan, R. and Craddock, IJ. (2008) 'Interpolation/averaging in nonorthogonal FDTD algorithm'. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 50 (4). pp. 846 - 851. ISSN: 0895-2477
Nilavalan, R., Craddock, IJ. and Hadjinicolaou, MG. (2007) 'Metal boundary modeling for non-orthogonal FDTD'.5th European Workshop on Conformal Antennas. University of Bristol, UK. 10 - 11 September.
Shirazi, H., Di Bari, R., Cosmas, J., Nilavalan, R., Zhang, Y., Loo, J. and et al. (2007) 'Test-bed development and measurement plan for evaluating transmit diversity in DVB networks'.16th IST Mobile and Wireless Communications Summit. Budapest, Hungary. IEEE. pp. 933 - 937.
Di Bari, R., Shirazi, H., Nasr, KM., Cosmas, J., Loo, KK., Nilavalan, R., et al. (2007) 'Measurements, processing functions and laboratory test-bed experiments for evaluating diversity in broadcast network'.IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting. Orlando, USA. 28 - 29 March. IEEE.
Nilavalan, R., Craddock, IJ., Preece, A., Leendertz, J. and Benjamin, R. (2007) 'Wideband microstrip patch antenna design for breast cancer tumour detection'. IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, 1 (2). pp. 277 - 281. ISSN: 1751-8725
Craddock, IJ., Preece, A., Leendertz, J., Klemm, M., Nilavalan, R. and Benjamin, R. (2006) 'Development of a hemi-spherical wideband antenna array for breast cancer imaging'.European Conference on Antennas and Propagation. Nice, France. 6 - 10 November. European Space Agency - Special Publication, ESA SP. pp. 1 - 5. ISSN: 0379-6566
Craddock, IJ., Nilavalan, R., Leendertz, J., Preece, A. and Benjamin, R. (2006) 'Experimental Investigation of Breast Cancer Detection using a Fully-populated Array of Antennas and Real Aperture Synthetically Organised Radar'.17th International Zurich Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility. Zurich, Switzerland. in Proceedings of the 17th International Zurich Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility.
Lenler-Eriksen, H-R., Meincke, P., Sarri, A., Chatelee, V., Nair, B., Craddock, IJ., et al. (2005) 'Joint ACE ground penetrating radar antenna test facility at the Technical University of Denmark'.Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium. Washington, DC. 3 - 8 July. IEEE. pp. 109 - 112. ISSN: 1522-3965
Nilavalan, R., Craddock, IJ., Leendertz, J., Preece, A. and Benjamin, R. (2005) 'A wideband planar antenna for in-body imaging'.Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium. Washington, DC. 3 - 8 July. IEEE. pp. 848 - 851. ISSN: 1522-3965
Craddock, IJ., Nilavalan, R., Leendertz, J., Preece, A. and Benjamin, R. (2005) 'Experimental investigation of real aperture synthetically organised radar for breast cancer detection'.Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium. Washington, DC. 3 - 8 July. IEEE. pp. 179 - 182. ISSN: 1522-3965
Nilavalan, R., Leendertz, J., Craddock, IJ., Benjamin, R. and Preece, A. (2005) 'Breast tumour detection using a flat 16 element array'.16th International Zurich Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility-Topical Meeting on Biomedical EMC. Zurich, Switzerland. 13 - 18 February. EMC Zurich. pp. 81 - 84.
Nilavalan, R., Craddock, IJ. and Railton, CJ. (2004) 'Modelling metallic discontinuities with the non-orthogonal finite difference time domain method'. IEE Proceedings on Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, 151 (5). pp. 425 - 429. ISSN: 1350-2417
Nilavalan, R., Leendertz, J., Craddock, IJ., Preece, A. and Benjamin, R. (2004) 'Numerical analysis of microwave detection of breast tumours using synthetic focussing techniques'.IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium. Monterey, CA. IEEE. pp. 2440 - 2443.
Nilavalan, R., Craddock, IJ., Preece, A., Leendertz, J. and Benjamin, R. (2004) 'Breast cancer tumour detection using microwave radar techniques'.URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory. Pisa, Italy. 23 - 27 May. Committees of URSI EMT Symposium. pp. 117 - 119.
Nilavalan, R., Gbedemah, A., Craddock, IJ., Li, X. and Hagness, SC. (2003) 'Numerical investigation of breast tumour detection using multi-static radar'. Electronics Letters, 39 (25). pp. 1787 - 1789. ISSN: 0013-5194
Nilavalan, R., Craddock, IJ., Preece, A., Leendertz, J. and Benjamin, R. (2003) 'Microwave detection of breast tumours'.6th International Congress of the European Bioelectromagnetics Association. Budapest, Hungary. 13 - 15 November. European Bioelectromagnetics Association. pp. 119 - 119.
Benjamin, R., Craddock, IJ., McCutcheon, E. and Nilavalan, R. (2002) 'Synthetic focusing into the ground and into buildings, using real aperture radar'.Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2002). Cambridge, USA. The Electromagnetics Academy.
Craddock, IJ. and Nilavalan, R. (2002) 'Dispersion in non-orthogonal FDTD meshes'.Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium. Cambridge, USA. 1 - 5 July. The Electromagnetics Academy.