Hussein Attia Email & Phone Number

Dhahran, Sa

Dhahran, Eastern, Saudi Arabia

• Director, Applied Electromagnetics Laboratory• Affiliate, Center for Communication Systems and Sensing• Principal Investigator (PI) on several funded research projects• Leading a research group researching Applied Electromagnetism, and Biomedical Engineering• Coordinator of the Electromagnetics Research Group (2018-2021)• Member, The Program Assessment Committee (ABET accreditation)• Author of 100+ journal and conference papers• Research Collaboration with - University of Waterloo, Canada - INRS, Montreal, Canada - Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. - Georgia Tech (Georgia Institute of Technology). - Zewail City of Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt. - National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan.

Saudia Arabia

Montreal, Canada Area

- Implemented and measured DRA antenna array with wideband circular polazrization covering the whole X-band (8-12 GHz)

Montreal, Canada Area

- Designed and developed wide-band and high-gain antennas for WLAN application (WI-FI 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz)- Designed and developed 60 GHz planar antenna integrated with Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSS) for beam steering applications

Montreal, Canada Area

- Designed and developed millimeter-wave antenna arrays (i.e., 60 GHz band) with reduced grating lobes for next generation products.- Designed Slot Antenna Array With Small Separation And Low Mutual Coupling using Ridge Gap Waveguide technology at 60 GHz

Zagazig, Egypt

- Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the area of Electromagnetics, Microwave Engineering and Antenna Theory.- Supervised three Master's Students performing research in multiband antennas for cellphones, antennas’ Coupling reduction, and Radar cross-section (RCS) reduction.- Supervised two fourth year’s graduation projects.

Waterloo, On, Canada

- Designed and constructed planar antennas for Multiple-Input, and Multiple-Output MIMO operations - Designed and built antenna solutions for UMTS and WiFi bands- Developed techniques for reducing Electromagnetic Interference and enhancing the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMI & EMC)- Designed and built high-gain multi-band patch antennas- Designed reconfigurable antennas and RF systems

Waterloo, On, Canada

Journal Papers:1- Hussein Attia, L. Yousefi, and O. M. Ramahi, "High Gain Patch Antennas Loaded with High Characteristic Impedance Superstrates," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2011.2- Hussein Attia, L. Yousefi and O. M. Ramahi, "Analytical Model for Calculating the Radiation Field of Microstrip Antennas with Artificial Magnetic Superstrates: Theory and Experiment," IEEE Transaction on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 1438-1445, May 2011.3- Hussein Attia, L. Yousefi, M. M. Bait-Suwailam, M. Said Boybay and O. M. Ramahi, "Enhanced-Gain Microstrip Antenna using Engineered Magnetic Superstrates," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 8, pp. 1198-1201, 2009.

Waterloo, On, Canada

• Delivered lectures/tutorials for two courses:i. Electromagnetism (2nd year course) ii. Electromagnetic Waves(4th year course)• Demonstrated the use of RF equipments (Vector Network Analyzer,Vector Signal Analyzer, Anechoic Chambers, Digital Oscilloscope, and Milling Machines for PCBs)• Trained the teaching assistants in the use of specialized software (ADS, HFSS, COMSOL Multiphysics, and SONNET)

Zagazig, Egypt

Conducted reteach and experimental work on: Wideband Microstrip AntennasTaught courses: Electronic devices, Microwave Engineering, Antenna Theory, and Measurement Deceives

Phd, Microwave Engineering

Activities and Societies: Published 21 journal and conference papers

M.A.Sc, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Thesis: Wideband Microstrip Antenna

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Electronics And Communications Engineering, Excellent, Ranked 1St In The Cumulative Graduation Class