List of completed STSM Missions

STSM November 2019 – September 2020

Due to the pandemic, only one STSM could take place in the period until September 2020:

Dr. Francisco Javier Rivero Campos, Politecnico di Torino, visiting Prof. Guido Valerio (Sorbonne Université), 01/02/2020 to 29/02/2020
Title: “Computation of Periodic Green’s Functions in Higher-Symmetric Materials Using Method of Moments”.
Results of the STSM have been submitted as a conference paper to the SyMat convened session organized at EuCAP 2021 and were presented there.

STSM October 2020 – October 2021

Four STSM took place in the period between October 2020 and October 2021.

1. Dr. Mauro Ettorre (CNRS, France) visited Profs. Zvonimir Sipus and Marko Bosiljevac (University of Zagreb), 18/10/2020 to 23/10/2020.
Title: “Future communications with higher-symmetric engineered artificial materials”. The visit was aimed at starting a new collaboration for the analysis and design of wideband wide scan LP-CP polarizers over conformal surfaces using higher-symmetry concepts. Results of the STSM will be presented at SyMat scientific meeting planned in 2022.

2. Prof. Francisco Mesa (University of Seville, Spain) visited Prof. Oscar Quevedo-Teruel (KTH, Sweden), 3/05/2021 to 13/06/2021.
Title: “Use of higher symmetries in advanced communication systems”. The visit was aimed at the extension of the Multi-Modal Transfer-Matrix Method (MMTMM) to obtain the dispersion diagrams of 3-D periodic structures, possibly allowing for inhomogeneities of the input/output ports of the unit cells. Results of the STSM will be presented at SyMat scientific meeting planned in 2022.

3. Dr. Walter Fuscaldo (CNR, Italy) visited Dr. Mauro Ettorre (CNRS, France), 15/06/2021 to 04/07/2021.
Title: “Millimeter-wave generation of localized beams through higher-symmetric metasurfaces”. The visit was aimed at the use of glide-symmetric metasurfaces in 1-D radially periodic leaky-wave antennas at mm-waves and to explore applications of self-healing Bessel beams. Results of the STSM will be presented at SyMat scientific meeting planned in 2022.

4. Mr. Dayan Pérez Quintana (CNR, Italy) visited Prof. Oscar Quevedo-Teruel (KTH, Sweden), 01/09/2021 to 01/10/2021.
Title: “Design of antennas and metasurfaces using Glide Symmetry and Gap Waveguide technology”. The visit was aimed at the use of glide-symmetric metasurfaces for the feeding of geodesic lenses. Results of the STSM will be presented at SyMat scientific meeting planned in 2022.

STSM November 2021 – October 2022

5 STSM took place in the period between November 2021 and October 2022

1. Prof. Adam Narbudowicz (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary) visited Dr. Mauro Ettorre (CNRS, France), 14/02/2022 to 19/02/2022.
Title: “Higher-symmetries for PHY-layer security in near-field communication”.

2. Mr. Davide Comite (Sapienza University, Italy) visited Prof. Guido Valerio (Sorbonne University, France), 23/06/2022 to 07/07/2022.
Title: “Planar-lens leaky-wave antenna in glide technology”.

3. Ms. Iram Nadeem (University of Siena, Italy) visited Prof. Eva Rajo-Iglesias (University Carlos III de Madrid, Spain), 21/04/2022 to 31/08/2022.
Title: “Parity Time-reversal duality (PTD) symmetric Gap-Waveguide type transmission lines”.

4. Mr. Jose Rico (University of Oviedo, Spain) visited Prof. Oscar Quevedo Teruel (KTH, Sweden), 01/04/2022 to 30/06/2022.
Title: “Design of lens antennas using higher symmetries (Glide Symmetry) combined with Additive Manufacturing”.

5. Mr. Miguel Angel Balmaseda Marquez (University Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) visited Prof. Guido Valerio (Sorbonne University, France), 29/05/2022 to 04/06/2022.
Title: “Mode-matching technique for circuit model extraction in higher-symmetric all-metal 3D structures”.

STSM November 2022 – October 2023

9 STSM took place in the period between November 2022 and October 2023 (fourth Grant Period).

1. Mr. Asif Bilal (University of Cyprus Cyprus) visited Dr. Atsushi Kanno (The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan), 12/01/2023 to 1/3/2023.
Title: “Experimental Study on the Photonically Enabled Reconfigurable MSF Antenna and Exploring Higher Symmetric MSF for 5G Applications”.

2. Mr. Christos Monochristou (University of Rennes, France) visited Prof. Mauro Ettorre (Michigan State University, France), 16/07/2023 to 29/09/2023.
Title: “Analysis and synthesis of sparse connected arrays with glide-symmetric metasurfaces as superstrates for ultra-wideband operation”.

3. Prof. Davide Comite (Sapienza University, Italy) visited Prof. Guido Valerio (Sorbonne University, France), 27/11/2022 to 01/12/2022.
Title: “Leaky-wave antennas in glide technology”.

4. Mr. Federico Giusti (University of Siena, Italy) visited Prof. Oscar Quevedo-Teruel (KTH, Sweden), 01/09/2023 to 30/09/2023.
Title: “Higher symmetries applied to spatially modulated metasurfaces”.

5. Mr. José-Manuel Poyanco (University Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) visited Prof. Zvonimir Sipus (University of Zagreb, Croatia), 08/01/2023 to 10/02/2023.
Title: “Higher symmetries in coaxial-type holey unit cell”.

6. Mr. Martin Petek (Polytechnic of Turin, Italy) visited Prof. Oscar Quevedo-Teruel (KTH, Sweden), 07/01/2023 to 09/09/2023.
Title: “Investigation and the application of hexagonal lattice unit cells with glide symmetry”. The visit was aimed to develop a Multi-Modal Transfer Matrix Method for hexagonal lattice structures and use it to study the properties of glide symmetries in hexagonal lattices. The results of the research visit were published in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation entitled “Numerical Modelling of Higher-Symmetric Periodic Structures with Hexagonal Lattice.”

7. Mr. Miguel Poveda-García (Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom) visited Prof. Francisco Mesa (University of Seville, Spain), 19/06/2023 to 30/06/2023.
Title: “Ray-tracing techniques for development of planar horn leaky-wave feeder based on SIW and GGW with glide-symmetric EBG structure”.

8. Ms. Pilar Castillo Tapia (KTH, Sweden) visited Dr. Maria Carolina Vigano (Viasat, Switzerland), 05/06/2023 to 01/09/2023.
Title: “Glide-symmetric metadome for satellite communications”.

9. Mr. Samuel Travnicek (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czechia) visited Prof. Guido Valerio (Sorbonne University, France), 26/06/2023 to 28/07/2023.
Title: “Reconfiguration of a holey metasurface with a variable impedance surface”

STSM November 2023 – May 2024

9 STSM took place in the period between November 2023 and May 2024 (fifth Grant Period).

1. Dr. Árpád László Makara (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary) visited Dr. Hervé Legay (Thales Alenia Space, France), 21/01/2024 to 10/02/2024.
Title: “AI for Space Antenna Optimization Project”.

2. Mr. Dubravko Tomic (University of Zagreb, Croatia) visited Prof. Francisco Mesa (University of Seville, Spain), 22/01/2024 to 02/02/2024.
Title: “Extension of rigorous coupled wave analysis for structures with glide-symmetry”.

3. Mr. Jesús Gerardo Guerrero Félix (University of Granada, Spain) visited Dr. Sá Ferreira André (Aveiro Institute of Materials, CICECO-Centre for Research in Ceramics and Composite Materials, Portugal), 08/01/2024 to 31/03/2024. Title: “Self-assembled photonic coatings via soft colloidal lithography to enhance the efficiency of luminescent solar concentrators”.

4. Mr. Mingzheng Chen (KTH, Sweden) visited Prof. Francisco Mesa (University of Seville, Spain), 04/01/2024 to 31/03/2024.
Title: “Mikaelian Lens Antenna Based on a Glide-Symmetric Dielectric Structure”.

5. Mr. Nelson Castro Salas (University Carlos III de Madrid, Spain) visited Prof. Enrica Martini (University of Siena, Italy), 15/01/2024 to 03/02/2024.
Title: “mm-wave components based on PTD symmetry using gap waveguide technology”.

6. Mr. Panagiotis Petroutsos (University of Patras, Greece) visited Prof. Oscar Quevedo-Teruel (KTH, Sweden), 12/02/2024 to 23/02/2024.
Title: “Ridge Gap Waveguide Implementation with a 3D Glide Symmetric Holey Metasurface for Slotted Antenna Array Feeding”.

7. Prof. Roberta Palmeri (Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy) visited Prof. Guido Valerio (Sorbonne University, France), 04/02/2024 to 18/02/2024.
Title: “Development of innovative methodologies for metasurfaces design for biomedical imaging and sensing applications”.

8. Mr. Salvador Moreno Rodríguez (KTH, Sweden) visited Prof. Sérgio Matos (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal), 22/01/2024 to 22/02/2024.
Title: “Design of a Dual-Band Antenna Feeder using Higher Symmetries and Orthogonal Polarization”.

9. Prof. Zvonimir SIPUS (University of Zagreb, Croatia) visited Prof. Anja Skrivervik École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland), 26/06/2023 to 28/07/2023.
Title: “Design of metasurface clothing for wireless on-body systems”.

One Virtual Mission took place:

Mr. Semih Dogu (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey) visited Prof. Guido Valerio (Sorbonne University, France), 15/05/2023 to 15/07/2023. Title: “Corrosion Sensing in Train Wheels using Millimeter Waves”.