Associate Professorhttps://ahduni.edu.in/academics/schools-centres/school-of-engineering-and-applied-science/people-1/sanket-s-patel/(Research in Antenna, RF, Microwave, Circuits, Sensors, Applied Physics, Material Characterization, Metamaterials, Frequency selective surfaces, Microwave Absorbers made of composites, Applied AI/ML, Real-time Video Analytics, Image Processing)

- Continuous technology evolution and aligning it with the company’s core expertise- Provide vision, inspire, influence and guide others to participate in a common effort- Identifying industry problems and developing concepts which can potentially meet the solutions- Taking actions based on feasibility studies for such solutions- Technology guidance and support- Product research and development: time-cost-resources analysis- Developing product use cases- Defining and implementing the organizational structure- Leading various departments: technical, purchase, sales, service and support, marketing, finance- Negotiating with suppliers and contractors- Establishing new partnerships- website: https://sensegoodinstruments.com/- OEM developer of technologically advanced the world’s most affordable color spectrophotometers, colorimeters, color consistency and color difference analyzers, whiteness and yellowness testers, and Agtron analyzers.- Patented Technology- Can measure color attributes of a sample in any form: solid, liquid, powder, or paste

R&D in new electronics technology areasTechnology planning, BEL, Ministry of Defence, Government of India

- Aim is to provide robust and competitive electronics systems/subsystems by engaging and enhancing the disruptive technologies to serve space, army, navy, air force, telecom, and other commercial industries.- Dr Patel holds a PhD in RF and Microwave electronic circuits. The company focuses on the development of emebdded systems, sensor based systems, RF and Microwave ciruits and subsystems right from sub-GHz to microwaves and beyond for the applications in satellite, aerospace, military, radar, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV drones), telecom, and toward industry X.0.Website: https://sensegoodinstruments.com/space-defence-electronics.php

Variety of roles handled in various positions:- Managing and directing team leads for channelizing their efforts by providing detailed technical expertise toward technology integration and product development- Updating product development progress further- Brainstorming sessions with management for new products identification and development- Product feasibility studies and time-cost estimations- Product feedbacks, improvements in prototype; considering user experience and ease of production- Engaging research and development of new electronic products and improving existing products- Customer interactions and identifying their needs- Developing product specifications, identifying or determining the required technology- Resource management- Recruit technically professional and efficient candidates- Actively engaging and coordinating the processes; right from the conceptualizing technology/product to the target marketing and deploymentAchievements:- Led 4 teams of highly qualified and skilled members- Developed/upgraded 10+ technology products/ electronic instruments- Completely upgraded the technology of an existing products. That lifted the market reputation and user satisfaction by reducing measurement errors and field complaints dramatically.- Responsible for commercially successful products: 4,000+ instruments units/year- Engineered 7 more instruments in the same product category to complete the product segment.- Introduced new products in another product segment which enabled this company to do business tie up with a company in Switzerland.- These new series of products now have global market presence in total of around 80 countries. These are commercially successful products: 50,000+ selling units/year

Courses: Basic Electronics, Electromagnetics, Wireless systems, Microwave transistor circuits, Embedded systems- Pedagogy - Project based learning - Motivating and managing the team of Bachelor and Master teaching assistants (team of ~10)- Maintaining test and measurement instruments and related facility- Helping junior students/researchers with instrument operating (Vector network analyzer-VNA, Spectrum analyzer, VSWR meters, oscilloscopes, microwave test bench, antenna trainer kits, etc) and software procedures (Matlab, Agilent/Keysight ADS, HFSS, etc)- Designing circuits, new lab experiments, tutorials and related documentation- Determining required specifications for new equipment acquisitions- Guiding students for grad level electronics projects- Coordinating and performing examination duties- Motivating and engaging students to Electronics Hobby Club at DA-IICT. DA- IICT (https://www.daiict.ac.in/) is a premier university run by Reliance, India

- Worked at Microwave Sensors Receiver Division (MSRD), Microwave Sensors Trans-receiver Group (MSTG), Space Application Centre (SAC), ISRO- Successfully completed the design, development and testing of Receiver front-end microwave subsystem circuits for scatterometer of OCEANSAT-3 satellite- Designed microwave circuits: LNA, Mixer, VCO, filter, etc- Performed electromagnetic simulations in Agilent/ Keysight ADS considering tradeoffs and design specifications- Simulated results matched well with the measured results of fabricated circuits- 13.5GHz Ku band Low Noise Amplifiers with low noise figure- Low phase noise Ku band voltage controlled oscillators- Ku band passive mixer with multistage IF filterOther roles:- Engaging with circuits fabrication department in developing circuits from provided gerbers- Working with mechanical department for machining metal shields and fabricating housing/packaging for microwave circuits- Performing test measurements and preparing documentation- Developing test setups

- Developed project based courses for BTech students- Developed a RF/microwave laboratory for BTech final year students - Identifying experiments, equipments with required specifications and equipment acquisitions- Guiding and training assistants to maintain the test and measurement instruments and related facility- Motivating and managing the team of Bachelor and Master teaching assistants- Guiding students for grad level electronics projects- Designing circuits, new lab experiments, tutorials and related documentation- Coordinating and performing examination duties