Congratulations to our PhD student Weiguang Song on winning second prize in the EuMW 2026 Tom Brazil Award Essay competition. His work, titled ‘Toward Sustainable Multi-Beam Satellite Communications through Dynamic Load-Aware Microwave Power Amplifier Design’, supervised by Dr. Haijun Fan and Prof. George Goussetis, explores power amplifier design based on the active reflection coefficient (ARC) […]
Author: Yuan Ding
Retrodirective Technology Assisted Wireless Power Transfer and Backscatter Data Transmission
Funder: HWU – Renishaw Strategic AlliancePI: Dr Yuan DingPeriod: 1st Jan. 2025 ~ 30th Jun. 2028Funding: £37k Research Scope: This project will focus on the development of retrodirective radio technology to enable simultaneous high-efficiency wireless power transfer (WPT) and reliable wireless data link via backscattering in complex factory machinery wireless environments, i.e., rich, strong and dynamic wireless multi-paths due to surrounding […]
Congratulations to Our Early-stage Entrepreneurs
We are delighted that two early-stage ventures stemming from our group have been awarded support through the Heriot-Watt Enterprise Fund in partnership with Converge, with each project receiving £1,000 to help bring their innovations closer to market. The fund provides students and researchers with early stage backing to test ideas, build prototypes, and accelerate development. […]
Best Student Paper Award (2nd Place) in IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT), 2026
Congratulations to our PhD student Weiguang Song, and all co-authors, to win the best student paper award (2nd place) in IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT) 2026. The paper titled ‘Active Reflection Coefficient Distribution Study of Satellite Multi-Beam Antenna Array’, authored by Weiguang Song, Jiayu Hou, Yuan Ding, George Goussetis, Symon Podilchak, Haijun Fan, […]
Prof. Paul Febvre’s Visit
It has been a great pleasure to host Prof. Paul Febvre at Heriot-Watt University. Prof. Febvre delivered the annual Christmas lecture of the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences titled: Satellite Communications – A 50 Year Perspective. Following the lecture, Prof. Febvre visited the newly established satellite ground station facility where its capabilities were demonstrated […]
Prof. George Goussetis named as IEEE Fellow
George Goussetis has been elected to IEEE Fellow effective 1 January 2026, for contributions to the modelling and applications of electromagnetic metasurfaces for space applications.
Dr. Spyridon Daskalakis has been elected as the Associate Vice President of Conferences for the IEEE Council on RFID
Dr. Spyridon Daskalakis has been elected as the Associate Vice President of Conferences for the IEEE Council on RFID (CRFID). The IEEE CRFID brings together researchers, practitioners, and industry leaders working on radio frequency identification technologies and their applications across communications, sensing, and automation. In this new role, Dr. Daskalakis will support the coordination and development […]
Best Paper Award
It is our honour that our paper ‘Flat-top directional modulation synthesis using arrays of constant excitation amplitude’ has been selected for the Best Paper Award in the 2025 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Intelligent Science (ECIS 2025), which was held in Yueyang, China, from May 23rd to 25th, 2025. G. Huang, Zhihao […]
Our PhD Student Jiayu Hou Receives EuMA Internship Award 2025
Our PhD student Miss Jiayu Hou has received the European Microwave Association (EuMA) Internship Award 2025. She will be awarded €4,500 to spend at least 3-month in Maynooth University in Ireland, conducting collaborative research with Dr. John Dooley on digital linearisation algorithms and implementations for large active antenna arrays. Big congratulation to Miss Jiayu Hou […]
Impact Maximisation Funding Secured from EPSRC Federated Telecoms Hub 6G Research Partnership Funds
The Impact Maximisation Funding (£31k @100% FEC for Heriot-Watt University from the EPSRC funded Federated Telecoms Hub 6G Research Partnership Funds) has now been granted. This is the continuation of a joint project between University of Liverpool, Heriot-Watt University, and Queen’s University of Belfast. Heriot-Watt University PI: Dr Yuan Ding.