News and Achievements

Dr. Hervé Legay, leader in satellite communications and antenna technology, receives honorary doctorate degree

We are honoured that Dr. Hervé Legay has accepted an honorary doctorate degree from Heriot-Watt University. Dr Hervé Legay, a leading figure in antenna engineering and satellite communications, has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Engineering (DEng) degree from Heriot-Watt University during its Winter Graduation ceremonies. This honour acknowledges his significant contributions to satellite antenna […]


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Winners of EPS Postgraduate Research Day 2024

It has been a great day to showcase the excellent research that has been doing by the talented postgraduate students in our Microwave and Antenna Engineering Group. In particular, we congratulate Celin Mary (photo in the left) and Yishan Wang (photo in the middle) who are among the winners of 1st year PhD students in […]


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ISSS Seminar: Reflector Antennas for Radio Astronomy

Speaker: Prof. Antony Brown,Professor of Radiative Electromagnetics, Queen Mary University of London, UK | Professor Emeritus University of Manchester, UK Date & Time: 16th May 2024, 11 AM to 12 Noon (UK Time). Venue: Room EM2.33, Earl Mountbatten Building,School of Engineering and Physical Sciences,Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. Abstract: This talk discusses radio astronomy and the […]


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Successfully organised EuCAP 2024

Our Microwave and Antenna Engineering Group, with the support from EurAAP and other colleagues all over the world, has successfully organised the Flagship EuCAP 2024 in Glasgow. Thank everyone involved in preparing and running the conference.


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Proceedings of the IEEE 2023 Best Paper Award

The Proceedings of the IEEE best paper award recognizes the most outstanding review, survey, or tutorial paper published in the journal that is of broad significance and has potential long-term impact. We are honoured that our paper ‘Advances in Wirelessly Powered Backscatter Communications: From Antenna/RF Circuitry Design to Printed Flexible Electronics’ has been selected as […]


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ISSS & Microwave & MathWorks Workshop (Apr. 30th, 2024)

Topic: Satellite Communication System Modelling with MATLAB and Simulink (in-person seminar).Speakers: Nadia Shivarova (Senior Application Engineer at MathWorks), George Amarantidis (Customer Success Engineer at MathWorks)Date and Time: 30 April 2024, 09:30 AM to 2 PM (UK Time).Location: Room EM2.33, Earl Mountbatten Building, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. Time Title 09:30 […]


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ISSS & Microwave & IEEE Distinguished Lecture (Mar. 27th, 2024)

Talk: Many names, many advantages – from Trentini to beam steering of modern (Fabry-Perot) Resonant Cavity antennas Speaker: Distinguished Professor Karu Esselle, FRSN, FIEEE, FIEAust, University of Technology Sydney, AustraliaDate & Time: 27th March 2024, 2:30 PM to 4 PM (UK Time).Location: Room EM2.33, Earl Mountbatten Building, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, […]


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ISSS & Microwave Seminar (Prof. Mauro Ettorre)

Dr. Mauro EttorreProfessor,Fellow IEEE, Venue: CMT01 (MACS) in personTime: 12:00pm – 13:00pm on Tuesday 16th Jan. 2024 Talk Title:Radiating systems in the near and far field for next generation wireless links: key innovations and novel paradigms Abstract:In the near future, high-speed wireless networks will benefit from the massive amount of available bandwidth in the sub- […]


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