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. […]
News and Achievements
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.
Welcome to Dr Carlos Iván del Valle Morales, new PDRA in the group
Dr Carlos Iván del Valle Morales received his B.Eng. and M.Eng. in Telecommunications Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering, ETSIT, UPM) in 2018 in Spain, and his Ph.D. (cum laude) in Electrical, Electronic and Automation Engineering in 2024 from Carlos III University of Madrid in Spain. He was […]
SPARE MSCA Doctoral Network now recruiting 13 Doctoral Candidates
We are delighted to announce the kickoff of the SPARE project. Supported under Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) and coordinated by Heriot-Watt University, SPARE is an Industrial Doctoral Network funding 13 Doctoral Candidates across Engineering, Law and Economics to seize emerging opportunities in Low Earth Orbit while addressing mounting challenges such as environmental strain […]
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 […]
Dr. Adrian Augustin of Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya, Spain, Delivered a Talk on Near Field XL-MIMO Communications
Dr. Augustin is a Senior Researcher among the Information and Signal Processing for Intelligent Communications (ISPIC) Research Unit, CTTC, Spain.
Prof. Özlem ÖZGÜN Delivered an IEEE AP-S Distinguished Lecturer (DL) on Computational Electromagnetics: From Basics to Mastery
Professor Özgün is a Full professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, and Vice Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Hacettepe University, Ankara, TURKEY