Expert Details
RF and Microwave Engineering for the Aerospace and Defence Sector

ID: 732464
United Kingdom
He is also an expert in the design of multi-band metamaterial-based devices. He has designed microwave circuits using most types of planar transmission-lines including microstrip, coplanar waveguide, stripline, air-suspended stripline, substrate integrated waveguide, etc. depending on the specifications and the application.
Expert has 6 years of experience in space hardware development. He has worked through and understands the full develoment cycle of microwave devices and subsystems for space platforms from design de-risking activities, through PDR, CDR,MRR and TRR. He is very experienced in the required documentation needed for space hardware and wrote Test Specifications, Requirements Verification Procedures, and performed various analyses such as FMECA, Reliability Worst Case and Thermal Analysis.
He is an expert in the design of high-power waveguide components. He produced designs for defense and space applications ranging from C-Band to Ka-Band. These designs include cross-guide, broadside and hybrid couplers, E and H-Plane Tees, Low and High Power load terminations, in-line and orthogonal waveguide-to-coaxial transitions, optimized bends.Moreover, he designed high-power (ferrite-based) circulators and isolators at C-Band and X-Band.
Expert has 13 years of RF/ microwave sub-system design. He developed receivers, upconverters, STALO's for radar and radiometer systems, broadband telemetry transmitters and receivers for UAV's ans sounding rockets as well as subsystems for electronic warfare equipment. He has the expertise to take top-level system requirements and translate them into subsystem and block-level requirements for detailed design and development.
He has worked through and understands the full develoment cycle of microwave devices and subsystems for aerospace and defence platforms from design de-risking activities, through PDR, CDR,MRR and TRR. Expert is very experienced in the required documentation needed for high-reliability hardware and wrote Test Specifications, Requirements Verification Procedures, and performed various analyses such as FMECA, Reliability, Worst Case and Thermal Analysis.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 2015 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Electrical Engineering/ Microwave Metamaterials | Institution: University of Cyprus |
Year: 2005 | Degree: Master | Subject: Electrical Engineering/ Microwaves and Radar | Institution: New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering |
Year: 2001 | Degree: BSc | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: Pensylvania State University |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2015 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Principal Microwave Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Performed RF subsystem budget analyses and created Technical BudgetReports and Test Specifications for a major space-based SAR radar circulator/ combiner subassembly. Verified the subsystem’s performance of lower-level RF components through full-wave EM simulations in CST Design Studio. Designed an X-Band ground-based satellite receiver comprising of a waveguide-input LNA, Bandpass filter, mixer and IF amplifier stages. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2013 to 2015 | Employer: MESL Microwave Ltd | Title: Principal Microwave Engineer | Department: Microwave Engineering |
Responsibilities:He is responsible for the design and development of passive and active microwave components and subsystems for space and defence platforms. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2007 to 2013 | Employer: University of Cyprus | Title: Lead RF/ Microwave Engineering Research Fellow | Department: Electrical Engineering |
Responsibilities:Expert stewarded the research and development of novel RF/ Microwave devices utilizing metamaterial technologies. He led the Microwave laboratory of the department; he also developed radar subsystems within European Defense Agency projects. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2001 to 2006 | Employer: ARTEMIS, Inc | Title: RF Design Engineer | Department: Microwave Engineering |
Responsibilities:Expert designed and developed passive and active microwave components and subsystems for space and defense platforms. |
Government Experience
Years | Agency | Role | Description |
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Years: 2009 to 2012 | Agency: European Defence Agency | Role: University of Cyprus Team Leader | Description: Developed RF subsystems for novel radar developments |
Years: 2008 to 2011 | Agency: Cyprus/ Research Promotion Foundation | Role: Research Fellow | Description: Developed microwave multiband metamaterial technologies |
International Experience
Years | Country / Region | Summary |
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Years: 1997 to 2006 | Country / Region: United States/ Pennsylvania and New York | Summary: Lived in the United Stated for 9 years for sudies and work |
Years: 1997 to 2006 | Country / Region: Cyprus | Summary: Lived in Cyprus for 7 years for work |
Years: 1997 to 2006 | Country / Region: United Kingdom, Scotland | Summary: Lived in the United Kingdom for 2 years for work |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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Member of IEEE, 8 years |
Licenses / Certifications |
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IPC-610 certified trainer |
Professional Appointments |
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Regular reviewer for IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters. |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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Expert has published papers in well-respected journals and conferences, such as Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, European Microwave Conference, International Radr Symposium. |
Language Skills
Language | Proficiency |
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English | Fluent, Bi-lingual |
Greek | Fluent, Bi-lingual |
French | Basic proficiency |
Fields of Expertise
microwave engineering, microwave electronic equipment, microwave ferrite electronic component, microwave amplifier, passive microwave circuit, microwave filter, microwave circuit, pin diode, space hardware development, outer space experiment metering instrument design, aerospace electronic component failure analysis, waveguide, microwave waveguide, waveguide attenuator, waveguide component, microwave cavity, waveguide critical dimension, superheterodyne receiver, MILSTAR satellite network, electronic signal receiver, transmitter, radio transmitter, radio-frequency mixer, radio-frequency detection, radio frequency modulator