Matthew Lewry, former Director of Engineering for Microwave Systems at CommScope, delivered an amazing talk on RF Design for CNC Manufacture, at Heriot-Watt University on 19th February 2025. Matt is a veteran industrialist with over 20 years of experience in successfully taking RF product designs from concept through to cost effective mass production, and walked […]
News and Achievements
New UK technology consortium to develop Mobility and Autonomy Market User Terminal – MAMUT
Check out news on UK technology consortium led by Excelerate Technology Group, Heriot-Watt University, Satraka Ltd, and JET Connectivity, backed by the UK Space Agency, to develop Mobility and Autonomy Market User Terminal (MAMUT) — a multi-orbit, multi-beam satellite antenna that will provide users with seamless, high-speed connectivity anywhere in the world. In this project […]
Seminar to Welcome New Faculty Members
Our recently joined faculty members Dr Spyridon N. Daskalakis and Dr Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki had given a seminar to discuss their expertise and research heritage.
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 […]
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 […]
Welcome to Register the Proceedings of the IEEE 2023 Best Paper Award Winner Webinar (6th Aug. 2024)
As the winner of the Proceedings of the IEEE 2023 Best Paper Award Winner, we will be holding a webinar to discuss and share our view on ‘Advances in wirelessly powered backscatter communications: From antenna/RF circuitry design to printed flexible electronics’. The winner IEEE Proceeding article can be find as below, Chaoyun Song, Yuan Ding, […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]