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ADVANCE PROGRAMME National Symposium on
ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION 29-31 December, 2008
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS Cochin University of Science and Technology
Kochi – 682 022 Co-sponsored by:
University Grants Commission All India Council of Technical Education
Department of Science & Technology (Govt. of India) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(Govt. of India)
Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment (Govt. of Kerala)
IEEE Student Branch, Cochin.
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APSYM at a Glance Inner front cover Chairman Welcomes you 3 Our Tribute to Great Pioneers 4 Organizing Committee 5 General Information 6 Advance Programme APSYM 2008 7 About the University 30 About Department of Electronics 33 Advance Registration Format 38 Hotel Tariffs at Cochin 39
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Chairman Welcomes You Dear friend, I cordially invite you to attend the Antennas and Propagation Symposium (APSYM 2008) which is the 11th one in the series started in 1988. Your presence and participation in APSYM 2008 will definitely be an event for us to remember for years to come. Over fifty papers are scheduled to be presented during APSYM 2008. In order to provide online access, the information about the advance program is also avail‐able in the website www.doe.cusat.edu/apsym. The APSYM 2008 Organising committee have planned an excellent technical programme with a number of invited talks by eminent scientists in the field. APSYM 2008 offers a great opportunity to reach out to knowledge, new resources and talent.
Chronology of APSYM's Sl. No.
Symposium Date of Symposium
Number of Papers
Number of Invited talks
1 APSYM-1988 Dec. 15- 17- 1988 42 2 2 APSYM-1990 Nov. 28-30- 1990 51 10 3 APSYM-1992 Dec. 29-31-1992 91 2 4 APSYM-1994 Nov.17-19-1994 75 6 5 APSYM-1996 Nov.01-02-1996 42 2 6 APSYM-1998 Dec.15-16-1998 57 1 7 APSYM-2000 Dec.06-08-2000 71 3 8 APSYM-2002 Dec.09-11-2002 84 10 9 APSYM-2004 Dec.21-23-2004 55 4
10 APSYM-2006 Dec.14-16-2006 64 16 11 APSYM-2008 Dec.29-12-2008 50 7 12 APSYM-2010 Dec.14-16-2010 Scheduled Proceedings of these earlier symposia are available with Organisers of APSYM 2008. Those who want to purchase copies may please contact them. Wishing you all a warm welcome once again and hoping very fruitful discussions in the sessions. I look forward to seeing youat APSYM
2008 in Cochin. Cochin November 28, 2008 Prof. K.G. Nair
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Our Tribute to Great Pioneers
JAMES CLERK MAXWELL
The founder of Electromagnetic theory of Radiation. His theoretical prediction of the existence of Electric and Magnetic
fields associated with wave propagation carrying energy of electromagnetic nature was a break through in the history of science. A new era of
electromagnetism was thus opened by this great scientist.
HEINRICH HERTZ Experimentally demonstrated the generation, propagation and detection of electromagnetic waves. Thus he gave a firm experimental support for the theoretical conclusions drawn by James Clerk
Maxwell.
JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSEThe First Indian Scientist who marked his footprints in the world of Electromagnetics. In fact, Bose generated millimeter waves using a circuit developed in his laboratory and used these waves for communication, much earlier than the western scientists. He also developed microwave antennas (horns) which are still considered to be ideal feeds
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ORGANISING COMMITTEE Chairman Prof. K.G. Nair
Emeritus Professor Director
Prof. K. Vasudevan
Publications
Prof. P.R.S.Pillai
Registration
Prof. K.T. Mathew
Technical Programme Prof. P. Mohanan Local Arrangements
Prof. C.K. Aanandan
Members
Dr. Tessamma Thomas Mrs. Nisha NassarMr. James Kurian Ms. Ann Mary AustinMrs. Supriya M.H Mr. Sreejith M. NairMrs. Deepthi Das Krishna Ms. Raji S. NairMrs Lekshmi K.J Mr. Sujith RamanMr. Cyriac M. Odakkal Mr. Sarin V.PMr. Nelson K.J Mr. Ashkar Ali PDr. Jaimon Yohannan Mr. Ullas KalappuraMs. Jitha B Mr. Sujith MathewMr. Deepu V Mrs. Prabha CMrs. Laila Das Mr. Mohan Kumar Mr. Gijo Augustine Mr. GopakumarMrs. Bybi P.C Mr. Manoj JosephMr. Gopi Krishanan Neelakantan P.CMr. Prajas John Anju P. MathewsMr. Anantha Krishnan V Lindo A.OMr. Adrine Antony Kedarnath ShenoyMr. Jaison Peter Binesh T
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Location: Cochin University of Science and Technology is located near the National Highway (NH 47) in between Ernakulam and Alwaye. The symposium venue is 10 kms from Alwaye railway station and 20 kms from Cochin International Airport. Participants arriving by train are requested to get down at Alwaye railway station.
Registration: The registration fee of Rs 5000/- (Rs 2500/- for delegates from academic institutions, Rs 1500/- for students) for the Symposium includes admission to all technical sessions and one copy of Proceedings. Non-authors may attend the symposium with a registration fee of Rs 2500/-. Limited number of proceedings of the symposium will be available at a cost of Rs 1000/-. Registration fee has to be paid along with the filled up proforma (attached along with this booklet) by a demand draft drawn in favour of DIRECTOR, APSYM, COCHIN-682 022, payable at any State Bank in Ernakulam. Cash payment at the registration desk is also possible, with prior information.
Accommodation: Participants are advised to book their own accommodation directly to the concerned hotels given in the last page. Kindly inform the organising committee, the details of your accommodation immediately after confirmation to the
Climate: Weather at Cochin is sunny and pleasant. Woolen clothes are not required.
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ADVANCE PROGRAMME APSYM 2008
December 29, Monday
8.30 A.M. : Registration
INAUGURATION
December 29, Monday (2.00 PM 3.45 PM)
RESEARCH SESSION I
MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS Chair: Dr. S.N. Joshi, CEERI, PILANI.
1. Experimental studies of circular microstrip radiator
backed by cylindrical cavity Manotosh Bishwas, Jawad Y. Sidhiqui and Debatosh Guha. Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Kolkata, Kolkata. mbiswas@iee.org, dguha@ieee.org, jawadsiddiqui@rediffmail.com
2. Dual polarized stub loaded compact microstrip antenna A Deshmukh and *K.P Ray IT Department,DJSCOE, Mumbai amitdeshmukh76@yahoo.com *RFMS, SAMEER, IIT Campus, Mumbai kpray@rediffmail.com
3. Analysis of half E-shaped patch for wide band applications J.A Ansari, S.K Dubey, Anurg Mishra and *B.R Viswakarma Dept. of Electronics and Communication, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, *Dept. of Electronics Engg., IT BHU, Varanasi. jaansari@yahoo.co.in
4. Broad band L-probe fed E-shaped microstrip antenna
10.00 AM : INAUGURATION 11.00 AM : KEYNOTE ADDRESS PROF. Tapen K Sarkar
Syracuse University New York
11.30 AM : INVITED TALK – 1 Prof. Magdalena Salazar Palma Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Spain 12.00 NOON : INVITED TALK – 2 Dr. William Scanlon Queen’s University Belfast Belfast 12.30 PM : INVITED TALK – 3
Dr. R.M.Jha, NAL,Bangalore
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Amit A. Deshmukh, *P.N Chine and **K.P Ray IT Dept.,D.J Sanghvi College of Engg., Vile Parle, Mumbai amitdeshmukh76@yahoo.com *ARDI, DRDO, Pashan, Pune pnchine@hotmail.com **RFMS, SAMEER, IIT Campus, Powai, India kpray@rediffmail.com
5. Design of a compact dual band microstrip antenna using genetic algorithm P. Mythili, S. Mridula and Binu Paul Division of Electronics, School of Engineering ,CUSAT, Cochin‐682022, mythili@cusat.ac.in
6. Analysis and design of compact dual band square patch antenna for wireless applications T. Shanmuganadhan and S. Raghavan Dept. of ECE, NIT, Thiruchirappally, Tamil Nadu, shanselvi@rediffmail.com , raghavan@nitt.edu
7. Ann solution of PDE for regular microstrip antennas Sridhar Pattnaik and R.K Mishra Dept of Electronic Science,Berhampur University,Berhampur Sridhar_pattanaik@yahoo.co.in
December 29, Monday (4.00 PM 5.30 PM)
RESEARCH SESSION II
MICROWAVE ANTENNAS Chair: Dr. R.M. Jha, NAL, Bangalore.
1. UAT analysis of the H-plane horn radiation pattern
Maifuz Ali and Subrata Sanyal Dept. of E& ECE, IIT, Kharagpur maifuzali@lycos.com , profssanyal@gmail.com
2. Moment method analysis of transverse wall rectangular slot radiator A. Jhansi Rani and P.V.D Somasekhar Rao* Asst. Prof. ECE Dept., V.R Sidhartha Eng. College, Vijayawada‐520 007 *Prof. ECE and Director, SIT School of Information , Technology, JNT University,Hyderabad. padmaja19_m@yahoo.co.in
3. Dielectric diagonal horn antenna V.N Tiwari and *T. Tiwari SMIT, Majitar, East Sikkim, *SAMEER, IIT Campus, Poiwai, Mumbai drvntiwari@rediffmail.com
4. Calibration of 320 element active phased array antenna unit Virendra Kumar, Ashutosh Kedar, K.S Beenamol, Sona O. Kundukulam, Subhankar Mondal and U.S Pandey Electronics and Radar Development Establishment, Banglore sonalitto@yahoo.com
5. Broad band blade dipole antenna for airborne platforms S.D Ahirwar,C. Sai Ram, T. Khumanthem and Aswini kumar Defence Electronics Research Laboratory, Hyderabad sdahirwar@rediffmail.com
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6. Dual port frequency reconfigurable radiator for active
antenna applications Madhur Deo Upadhyay, Abegaonkar and A.Basu Center for Applied Research in Electronics, IIT, Delhi mpjosh@care.iitd.ernet.in, madhur_deo@yahoo.com. ananjan_b@yahoo.com
7. On design and characterisation of a loop antenna for application in lunar radio detection Kalpana Roy Sinha, *Pranayee Datta and *Pranjal Borah Assam Engg. Institute, Guwahati, India kroysinha@yahoo.co.in *Dept. of Electronic Science, Guahati University, Guwahati Pranayee_d@yahoo.com
8. A Compact CPW fed antenna for ultra wideband applications Shameena V A, P. Mohanan, Aanandan C.K. and K. Vasudevan Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Applications, Dept. of Electronics, CUSAT, Cochin‐682022. shameenashine@gmail.com
December 30, Tuesday
(8.30 A.M 10.15 A.M) RESEARCH SESSION III
MICROWAVE DEVICES, MATERIALS etc. Chair: Dr. C.S. Sridhar, Principal, SBMS College, Bangalore
1. A new DGS based microstrip resonator with quasi-
elliptic filtering characteristics Tamosi Moyra, *Susanta Kumar Parui and *Santanu Das College of Engineering and Management, Kolaghat *Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, bengal Engineering and Science University,Shibpur, Howrah‐ 711 103
2. Design and development of SPST MEMS switches Usha Kiran K, Sripadaraja K, Mubassira Banu S.N and K.J Vinoy Microwave Laboratory,ECE Dept., IISC, Banglore USHAKIRANK123@GMAIL.COM arkapv@YAHOO.COM
3. Accurate modeling of the resonant frequency of square split ring resonator Chinmoy Saha,*Jawad Y. Siddiqui,*Debatosh Guha, and **Y.M.M Antar Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata chinmoy_rpe@yahoo.com *Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, Kolkata jysiddiqui@ieee.org **Royal Military College of Canada, Canada antar-y@rmc.ca
4. Design of double negative metamaterial using hexagonal omega structure Sudhakar Sahu, *R.K Mishra and **D.R Poddar Dept.of Electronics and Telecommunication Engg., KIIT University,Bhuvaneswar. sudhakarsahu@yahoo.co.uk *Electronic Science Dept., Berhampur University, Berhampur r.k.mishra@ieee.org
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** Dept. of Electronics and Telecommunication Engg., Jadavpur University,Kolkata drp_ju@yahoo.com
5. A novel scheme for UWB signal generation using MESFET Mithilesh Kumar, Ananjan Basu and Shiban K. Koul Center for Applied Research in Electronics, IIT, Delhi Shiban_koul@hotmail.com, mith_kr@yahoo.co.in ananjan_b@yahoo.com
6. Dual ring SRR frequency estimator Anju Pradeep, S. Mridula and P. Mohanan, Aanandan C.K. and K. Vasudevan Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Applications, Dept. of Electronics, CUSAT, Cochin‐682022. anjupradeep@cusat.ac.in
7. Compact wide band bandstop filter by using stepped impedance resonator Ajay Babu Guptanjali and Subrata Sanyal IIT, Kharagpur ajaymicrowave@gmail.com , ssanyal@ece.iitkgp.ernet.in
8. Finite element analysis of semecylindrical DIELECTRIC resonator based filter Jaimon Yohannan, K. Vasudevan and K.T Mathew Microwave Tomography and Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Electronics, CUSAT,Cochin‐682022. jaimon@cusat.ac.in
10.30A.M : INVITED TALK – 4
Prof. Nisha Gupta Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi
11.30A.M : INVITED TALK – 5 Prof. Debatosh Guha
Institute of Radiophysics & Electronics University Of Calcutta, Kolkata.
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December 30, Tuesday (12 Noon 1.00 P.M)
RESEARCH SESSION IV MICROWAVE PROPAGATION I
Chairs : Prof. T.K. Sarkar, Syracuse University, USA
1. Reduction of co-channel intrference in cellular systems Dr.M.C Chandra Mouly, DR. K. Sreenivasa Rao, Dr. D. Sreenivasa Rao, and L.Rangaiah* Dept. of ECE, TRR College of Engineering, ,Hyderabad‐502 319, India * JNTU College of Engineering, Hyderabad,500 072 rangaiahleluru@yahoo.com
2. A novel versatile modelling of power line channel Syed Samser Ali and *Amitabha Bhattacharya Dept of ECE, Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology and Management samserali@rediffmail.com *Dept. of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engg.,,IIT, Kharagpur amitabha@ece.iitkgp.ernet.in
3. Line,surface and volume integration using ANN techniques extendable to Electromagnetic poroblems Sridhar Pattnaik and R.K Mishra Dept of Electronic Science,,Berhampur University,,Bhampur Sridhar_pattanaik@yahoo.co.in
4. Dielectric relaxation measurement of FMD and PLG binary mixture using TDR and FDR techniques A.M.K Bhanarkar, *B.C.M Bhanarkar, C.R.R Mudholkar, D.S.R Sawant and **E.V.V Navarkhile DOE, Shivaji University,Kolhapur, *Kendriya Vidyalaya Cantonment Area, Aurangabad,** Dept. of Physics, Dr, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad mk_bhanarkar@rediffmail.com
5. New approach for space division multiple access receiver-the most sophisticated utilisation for smart antenna technology Md. Bakhar and *Vani R.M Dept. of E &CE, Gurunanak Dev Engg. College, Bidar, Karnataka mohammadbakhar@gmail.com *Dept. of applied Electronics, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga vanirm123@rediffmail.com
6. Ionospheric time delay statistics of GPS signals at low lattitude stations V. Satya Srinivasa, A.D Sarma and K. Ravichandra Research and Training Unit for Navigational electronics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India ad_sarma@yahoo.com
2.00 P.M. -2.30 P.M : INVITED TALK – 6 Dr. S.N Joshi CEERI, PILANI
2.30 P.M. -3.00 P.M : INVITED TALK – 7 Dr. K.J. Vinoy
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
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RESEARCH SESSION V (3.15 P.M. 4.15 P.M )
MICROWAVE PROPAGATION II Chair : Prof. G.S.N. Raju, Andhra University
1. Rate adaptive resource allocation for OFDM systems
M. Padmaja and *Dr. M.C Chandra Mouly Asst. Prof. ECE, V.R Sidhartha Eng. College, Vijayawada‐520 007. *ECE, EIE, Dean Engineering, TRR Engg. College, Hyderabad‐502 319 padmaja19_m@yahoo.co.in
2. Microwave Dielectric properties of CeO2 filled HDPE composites for microwave substrate applications P.S Anjana, *V. Deepu,*P.Mohanan and M.T Sebastian Materials and Minerals Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences and Technology (RRL), Trivadrum *Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Applications, Dept. of Electronics, CUSAT psanjanaa@yahoo.com mailadils@yahoo.com
3. Impairment aware dynamic light path provisioning/protection schme for Ip over WDM network P. Goswami, *S.K Ghosh and **D. Dutta Coputer and Informatics Centre, *School of IT, skg@iitkgp.ac.in **Dept. of E&EC Engg., IIT Kharagpur saswatikgp@gmail.com
4. PTFE/Ceramic flexible laminates for microwave substrate applications K.P Murali, S. Rajesh, K. Stamly Jacob, K.J Nijesh,*P.Mohanan and R. Ratheesh Microwave Materials Division, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C‐MET) ratheeshr@yahoo.com * Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Applications, Dept. of Electronics, CUSAT drmohan@ieee.org
December 31, Wednesday
(08.30 AM 10.30 AM) RESEARCH SESSION VI
ANTENNAS I Chair : Prof. Debatosh Guha, Institute of Radiophysics & Electronics
Kolkata 1. Intensive study on wave guide coupled patch antenna
Nandakumar M Shetti and *N.H Ayachit Dept. of EC, S.D.M College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad *B.V.B College of Engineering and Technology, Hubli nmshetti2003@yahoo.co.in
2. Enhanced gain transistor integrated active microstrip antenna
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Swetha Sreevastava and Anikhi Chowdhary Dept. of ECE, BIT, Mersa, Ranchi Shwetasri_76@rediffmail.com
3. 3.Cross patch antenna with an X-slot for polarisation switching Nisha Nassar, Sarin V.P, Deepu V, Sujith R, , C.K Aanandan, P. Mohanan and K. Vasudevan Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Antennas, Dept of Electronics ,CUSAT, Cochin‐22 vasudevankdr@gmail.com
4. Small dual-frequency asymmetric Π slot loaded rectangular microstrip antenna using vertically oriented rectangular strips Ravi M. Yadahalli, *Vani R.M, **P.V Hunagund Dept. of ECE,S.D.M college of Engg. And Technology, Dharwad ravimyadahalli@yahoo.com *USIC, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga ** Dept. of applied Electronics, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga prabhakarhunagund@gmail.com
5. Analysis of multilayer patch antenna with two Parasitic elements J.A Ansari, Prabhakar Singh, Nagendra P. Yadav and *B.R Viswakarma Dept of E & C, University of Allahabad, Allahabad jaansari@rediffmail.com *Dept. of Electronics Engg., IT BHU, Varanasi brvish@bhu.ac.in
6. A novel dual band frequency reconfigurable microstrip antenna Manoj Singh, Ananjan Basu and Shiban K. Koul Center for Applied Research in Electronics, IIT, Delhi Mscare_iit@yahoo.co.in anajan_b@yahoo.com, Shiban_koul@hotmail.com
7. An investigation of wide band microstripline fed half split culindrical dielectric resonator antenna C Gopakumar, Ullas G Kalappura, Jaimon Yohannan and K T Mathew Microwave tomography and materials research laboratory, Department of Electronics, CUSAT,Cochin‐22 ktm@cusat.ac.in
8. Compact uniplannar antenna for wide band applications Laila D, Sujith R, Deepu V, K. Vasudevan, C.K Aanandan and P. Mohanan Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Antennas, Dept of Electronics ,CUSAT, Cochin‐22 laila@cusat.ac.in
9. MoM analysis of broad wall slot coupled dielectric resonator antenna Abdulla .P, *Y.K Singh and* Ajay Chakrabarthy School of Engineering ,CUSAT abdulla@ece.iitkgp.ernet.in *Dept. of E& EC Engg., IIT, Kharagpur yatendra@ece.iitkgp.ernet.in
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December 31, Wednesday
RESEARCH SESSION VII (10.45A.M12.30 P.M)
ANTENNAS II Chair : Dr. K.J. Vinoy,IISc. Bangalore
1. Influence of permittivity contrast on the properties of microstrip patch antenna made of dual substrate Thomas Sebastian, Sherin Thomas, G. Subodh,*V. Deepu, *P.Mohanan and M.T Sebastian Materials and Minerals Division, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences and Technology (RRL), Trivadrum *Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Applications, Dept. of Electronics, CUSAT mailadils@yahoo.com
2. Compact CPW fed antenna for multiband applications Sujith Raman, Deepu V, K vasudevan, C.K Aanandan and P. Mohanan Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Antennas, Dept of Electronics ,CUSAT, Cochin‐22 drmohan@gmail.com
3. Simple printed antenna with reduced height for WLAN/WiMAX applications M.Sreenivasan and K. George Thomas Centre for Electromagnetics, C.I.T Campus, 2nd cross road, Taramani, Chennai‐600 113 Sreeni_vm@yahoo.com
4. Broad band microstrip antenna for wireless applications Sarin V.P, Nisha Nassar, Deepu V, , C.K Aanandan, P. Mohanan and K. Vasudevan Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Antennas , Dept of Electronics ,CUSAT, Cochin‐22 vasudevankdr@gmail.com
5. Effect of slot on ground plane for wide band operation M. Veereshappa, *R.B Konda,*S.K Santoor,*S.N Mulgi and *P.V Hunagund Dept. of Electronics, L.V..D College, Raichur‐584 101, Karnataka, India *Dept. of P.G studies and Research in Applied Electronics, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga‐585 106, Karnataka, India s.mulgi@rediffmail.com
6. A novel Penta-frequency microstrip Antenna Arindam Deb and *Bhaskar Gupta KIIT University, Bhuvaneswar‐751 024, India arindamdeb2008@rediffmail.com *Jadavpur University, Kolkata‐700 032 gupta_bh@yahoo.com
7. T- shaped monopole loaded with dielectric resonator antenna for wide band communications Saswati Ghosh and *Ajay Chakrabarthy Kalpana Chawla Space technology Cell, IIT, Kharagpur saswatikgp@gmail.com *Dept. of E& ECE ,IIT, Kharagpur bassein@ece.iitkgp.ernet.in
8. Analyical and numerical evaluation of characteristic impedance of non-planar fin-antenna.
Bavishna BalagopaL and Ragi S N air
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Dept.OfElectronics,Cochin University of Science And Technology, Cochin bavishna.balagopal@gmail.com
9. Wideband aperture coupled rectangular microstrip array antenna for radar applications R.B. Konda, S.K.Satnoor, M.Veereshappa, S.N Mulgi and P.V. Hunahund Department of P.G. studies and research in applied electronics, Gulberga university, Gulberga. rajendrakonda@reddif mail.com
December 31 Wednesday 12.30 PM
VALEDICTORY FUNCTION / PLENARY SESSION
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ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
The University of Cochin came into being on July 10, 1971 b y an ordinance which was replaced by the Cochin University Act 1971. By the Cochin University of Science and Technology Act, 1986, the University of Cochin was reorganized and converted into a full-fledged University of Science and Technology for the promotion of graduate and post-graduate studies and advanced research in applied science, technology, industry, commerce, management and social science etc.
The University is instituted with the following objectives:‐
• to prosecute and promote research in applied science, technology, industry, commerce, management and social science for the advancement of knowledge and for the betterment of society ; • to provide facilities and offer opportunities for graduate and post‐graduate education in applied science, technology, industry, commerce, management and social science by instruction, training, research, development and extension and by such other means as the university may deem fit ; • to devise and implement programs of education in applied science, technology, industry, commerce, management and social science that are relevant to the changing needs of society, in terms of breadth of diversity and depth of specialization; • to serve as a center for fostering co‐operation and exchanging of ideas between the academic and research community on the one hand and industry on the other; • to organize exchange programmes with other institutions of repute in India and abroad with a view to keeping abreast of the latest developments in relevant areas of teaching and research The University’s basic philosophy and goals find eloquent expression in its coat of arms emblazoning the motto “Tejasvi navadhitamastu”. In essence, it means, May learning illumine us both (the teacher and the taught). The raising sun together
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with the coconut palm represents the birth of a new center of learning in the land of Kerala. The book represents learning, the factory its application, and the transmission tower its dissemination. Together they express the basic concern of the Cochin University as a center of learning, that of fostering study and research in applied science, technology, industry, commerce, management and social science and the transference of such knowledge for the betterment of humanity. CUSAT became international in student admissions and faculty exchanges from 1996‐97. Furthermore, it is strengthening contacts and collaborative tie‐ups with international universities and institutions and is developing as a global center of generation of new knowledge in frontier areas of learning. The University has academic links and exchange programmes with several institutions in North America and Europe. The University is participating with the Netherlands Organization for International Co‐operation in Higher Education in areas such as applied economics, environment, photonics and polymer science and besides academic collaboration with some of the premier educational institutions in France and USA Exchange programmes are in force in a few departments like school of management studies, Department of Applied Economics etc. with academic institutions in a few countries in Europe and America. Recently, University Grants Commission has selected this university for “University with potential for excellence”. The academic structure comprises eight Faculties (Engineering, Environmental Studies, Humanities, Law, Marine Sciences, Science, Social Sciences and Technology), several Schools, Departments and Centers. A Sophisticated Test and Instrumentation Centre was established in 1996. There are Centres for Interdisciplinary Studies, Micro-processor Research, National Manpower information, Instrumentation, Rural Development & Appropriate Technology, Geotechnology, Ocean Electronics and Science in Society besides a Science Park. It has brought within its reach the resources of several well-established premier research institutions in the country by giving recognition to them. Specializations exist in Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Engineering, Hindi, Foreign
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Languages, Traditional as well as Modem branches of Law, Human Rights, Marine Geology and Geophysics, Chemical and Physical Oceanography, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Fishing Technology, Fish Processing and Packing Technology, Atmospheric Science, Applied Economics, Commerce, Business Management, Operations Research, Physics, Applied Chemistry, Computer Science, Information Technology, Instrumentation, Ship Building and Naval Architecture, Safety Engineering, Polymer Science, Rubber Technology, Engineering Statistics and Mathematics. The University has a 180 acre campus at Thrikkakara and a Lakeside Campus at Kochi. The atmosphere on the campus is vibrant and highly intellectual, and admission to various programmes strictly competitive. The establishment of a new campus with an Engineering College under the aegis of this university at Pulinkunnu, Kuttanad, Alappuzha is a new feather adorning the diadem of the university. This college offers B.Tech. courses in Information Technology, Computer Science, Electronics and Mechanical Engineering. CUSAT has a broad-based long-term International tie-up with Universities & Industries like
1. Kursk Technical University, Russia 2. Chosun University, Korea 3. Kochi University, Japan 4. Dutch Universities 5. University of Bergen /NERSC, Bergen / NERCI 6. Group Sup de co Montpellier France 7. UT-Battelle, State of Tennessee, USA 8. Polarizone Technologies, Malaysia 9. Indo-Canadian Programme (University of Manitoba, Canada.) . 10. University of Surrey, U.K.
The mission of the university is to make distinctive and eloquent contributions to the cause of higher education in science and technology. In keeping with the motto of the university: "Tejasvinavavadhithamastu", which conveys, "May learning illumine us both, the teacher and the taught", the atmosphere in the campus is vibrant and intellectual.
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ABOUT DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS THE UNIVERSITY OF COCHIN instituted the Department of Electronics in the year 1975. This is envisaged as a postgraduate Department with Master’s degree and Ph.D. programmes in frontier fields of electronics. The Department was inaugurated by Prof. M. G. K. Menon in 1975. Realising the growing needs of trained manpower in various fields of Electronics, the University decided to start teaching programmes in the Department, anticipating formal approval of the University Grants Commission, All India Council for Technical Education etc. in due course. Initially, an M.Tech. Course was started with student strength of 6. This course has a unique aspect in the sense that the students spend their last semester in industries and R & D organizations. Their project work during this period will be supervised by senior officers/scientists of these organizations as ‘external guides’. The progress made by these students in all these years is very encouraging and the interaction between the organizations and the Department is quite active. Subsequently the student strength was raised to 15, including 3 sponsored candidates. In 1983, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) extended financial support to the M.Tech. course. Special allocations of funds were granted for building, furniture, equipment, workshop, library, and other essential requirements. All students satisfying specific requirements including GATE score get Govt. of India’s scholarship of Rs.2500/‐ per month. In 1985, the student strength has been raised from 12 to 20 in the general category and 3 to 5 in the sponsored category. The doctoral programmes of the Department are mainly in the fields of Ocean Electronics, Microwave propagation and Antennas, Pattern recognition, Microprocessor applications, Signal Processing, Neural Networks etc. External agencies like the Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of India), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Atomic Energy Commission, Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and the State Government are supporting this Department through various research projects and Research Fellowships. The Department of Electronics has well‐equipped Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Antennas (CREMA), centre for Ocean
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Electronics (CENTOL), Electronics Instrumentation and Microprocessor Research Laboratories for carrying out research work at the M.Tech. and Ph.D. levels. An S‐band Radar System, Microwave Anechoic Chamber, HP 84108, 851OC Network Analyzers, Automatic turn‐tables, Sweep Oscillators, XY / t recorders, Logic Scopes, Microprocessor trainer kits, Mini and Microcomputers, Microprocessor Development systems, Alpha DEC Workstations, Spectrum Analyzers, Dynamic Signal Analyzer, Short Range Sonar, Impedance Analyzer, Signal Conditioners, Local Area Networks, Underwater Transducer Evaluation Facility etc. are some of the notable infrastructural facilities of the Department. Apart from this, four Centres for advanced research and training in areas like Electronic Instrumentation, Microprocessor Applications, Microwave and Ocean Electronics have been started, with the financial support from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Govt. of India). From 1990, the Department offers a M.Sc. degree course in Electronics Science. This course is sponsored by UGC and Department of Electronics (Govt. of India). In 1994, the Department was selected by UGC under the Special Assistance Programme at the Departmental Research Support level in the thrust area of Ocean Electronics with a financial assistance of Rs.70.75 lakhs for a period of 5 years. In 2000, UGC high level expert committee evaluated the progress of the department and upgraded the status of the Department to DSA level and sanctioned an amount of Rs.70.00 lakhs for a period of 5 years. In 1993, the Department was selected by UGC for the Departmental Research Support (DRS) in the field of Ocean Electronics, with a financial assistance of about 60.00 lakhs for five years. In 1998, an additional financial assistance was sanctioned for Rs. 33.00 lakhs under DRS scheme for a period of 5 years. In 2005, DST selected this Department for financial assistance under their FIST Programme. An amount of Rs. 59.00 lakhs was sancti0ned by DST for a period of 5 years. Sponsored projects are running in the Department for a total outlay of Rs.388.135 lakhs. The technical biasing of the University, spectacular growth of Electronics industries in Kerala and the location of the University in the industrial zone of the State are all favourable
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aspects for hope of substantial development of this Department. The qualifications and expertise of the faculty members of the Department are apt for conducting research in the active areas of electronics such as: • Antennas • Neural Networks • Digital Signal Processing • Instrumentation • Artificial Intelligence • Microprocessors • Microwave Propagation • Radar Cross Section Studies • Sonar Systems’ • Underwater Acoustics / Ocean Electronics Special Centres of Research and Training in the Department. With special assistance from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, four special Centres of Research and Training have been set up in the thrust areas of Technical Education. Centre for Research in Electromagnetics and Antennas (CREMA) A well established research and training Laboratory in Microwave Electronics and Antennas has also been set up in the Department with the financial assistance from Ministry of Human Resource Development, University Grants Commission, Department of Science and Technology and Department of Electronics (Govt. of India). The Laboratory is having a Microwave Anechoic Chamber for simulating free space environment for antenna and RCS measurements. The chamber can be converted into a rectangular or tapered one as per the requirements. The chamber has instrumentation set‐up attached to it with provision for fully automatic measurement based on HP 8510C Network Analyzer and STIC positioner and controller. The laboratory is equipped with most sophisticated instruments like HP 8510 C Network Analyzer, Agilent PNA E8362B, R & S PNA, Antristu Spectrum Alalyzer, PCB prototype machine and Simulation software’s like Ansoft HFSS, Zeland IE3D, Coventer etc.. This Laboratory in
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collaboration with Sophisticated Test and Instrumentation Centre )STIC) has indigenously developed a positioner and controller for automatic antenna and RCS studies. The Department has developed user‐friendly software for quick and precise antenna measurement and analysis. The major areas of research now being pursued are Microstrip Antennas and transmission lines, super conducting microwave transmission lines, integrated circuits and antennas, microwave horn antennas, reflector antennas, leaky wave antennas, dielectric resonator antennas, material characterization at microwave region, microwave non‐destructive testing etc. Cusat Centre for Ocean Electronics (CUCENTOL) A Centre for Research and Training in Ocean Electronics (CENTOL) has been set up in the Department with the financial assistance from Ministry of Human Resoruce Development, Govt. of India. An amount of Rs.32 lakhs was sanctioned by the Ministry in two instalments for the Centre. This Centre has a fully instrumented Underwater Transducer Evaluation Facility for conducting preliminary studies on the performance of Underwater Transducers. University Grants Commission had approved the establishment of the Centre during the VIII plan period with essential staff and infrastructure. Developments of innovative Transducers and Arrays for Underwater applications, Marine Data Logging Systems etc. are the major activities of this Centre. UGC has also supported the activities of this Centre under the DRS programme and extended a financial assistance of Rs.70.75 lakhs. Centre for Research in Microprocessor Applications (CRMA) This center was set up with the aid from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. A total grant of Rs.45 lakhs has been sanctioned for setting up this Centre. The Centre is equipped with Microcomputer systems, a large number of microprocessor system support cards including Memory Cards, Dynamic Memories, Battery Back up Cards, A / D & D / A cards, Relay Cards, Opto Coupler cards, Peripheral controller cards etc., stand alone VDU’s and three Microprocessor Development Systems : One is a 16‐bit system from Hewlett Packard and the other two are from Intel Corporation‐the 8 bit Personal Development System and the 16 bit stand alone development system. The Centre is equipped
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with multipurpose bus running throughout to accommodate most commonly used buses. Research work undertaken in this Centre is in the areas of Multiprocessors, Protocols for Multiprocessors, Speech Processing, Pattern Recognition, etc. Electronic Instrumentation Research Laboratory (EIRL) The EIRL was set up in 1983 with the aid from the Ministry of Education & Culture, Government of India. A Total grant of Rs.50 lakhs has been sanctioned for setting up this laboratory. The Laboratory is equipped with Sensors and Transducers, Signal Conditioners, Measuring and Display units, Microprocessor system support cards for A / D & D / A conversion, Data logging, Analog‐Hybrid Computer, Process Control Trainer System, Logic Analyzers, Scopes and General Purpose Measuring Instruments. Research work is being carried out in the areas of Electronic Instrumentation and Microprocessor Based Measurement and Control Systems. The EIRL also proposes to set up a Standards Laboratory. The Department conducts two biennial National Symposia in the areas of Antennas & Propagation and Ocean Electronics, effective from 1988. The technical biasing of the University, spectacular growth of electronics industries in Kerala and the location of the University in the industrial belt of the state are all favourable aspects for hope of substantial development of this Department. The other major research laboratories in this department are MICROWAVE TOMOGRAPHY AND MATERIAL RESEARCH LABORATORY(MTMR) The lab research is mainly focused in the field of microwave imaging including tomography and mammography, antennas and material characteristic study. The lab is equipped with Agilent E T NETWORK ANALYSER, Compaq SP0 workstation and Hind Hivac thin film deposition unit. Currently two major projects are progressing in the lab. The Department of Science
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& Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India is funding a project on Microwave and the Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO), MINISTER OF Defence, Government of India is funding a project on BEAM steering Antennas. The research concentrates on the study of the dielectric properties of materials such as ceramics, polymers, rubbers, biological crystals, biological liquids etc. The design and development of imaging systems for microwave tomography and mammography are actively progressing. The lab is one among the six groups working all over the world in this area. The project on beam steering antennas using specially made polymers has been intitiated with the collaboration of the Department of Polymer has been initiated with the collaboration of the Department of Polymer Science & Rubber Technology, CUSAT. AUDIO AND IMAGE RESEARCH LABORATORY (AIRL) AIRL focus research in the field of Computer Vision Applications of bio‐medical/real world images, and in the algorithm development for compression of speech, audio and biological signals. A variable frame length, variable bit rate predictive codec for compression of signals like speech and music was developed. This is found useful for long distance trans‐receival applications. Developed a predictive coding method based on PSWT technique for compression of signals like music and speech. Also the technique is proved useful for compression of bio‐medical signals like ECG which has found applications in telemedicine. Developed computer aided diagnosis schemes to analyze mammograms and to classify them as normal/abnormal. The abnormal ones are studies for detection of possible detects. The facial features, contours and skin texture of a person change based on his expressions. The features which remain unchanged for various expressions are identified and are used for person identification using neural networks. Works Are going on in the improvements of MPEG‐7 shape descriptors and also focus on the development of descriptors for bio‐medical images. A method based on mathematical morphology was developed for the automatic localization of vertebrae in spine x‐ray images. Working on vertebrae segmentation and indexing for telemedicine applications.
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REGISTRATION FEE I. Authors presenting papers
R&D Establishments Rs.5, 000 ‐ with proceedings and symposium articles Academic Institutions Rs.2, 500 ‐ ‐do‐
II. Students/Research Scholars Rs.1,500 ‐ ‐do‐
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NOTES
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The eleventh symposium on Antennas and propagation (APSYM 2008) at Cochin University of Science and Technology, is a biennial event started in 1988 to commemorate the centenary of Heinrich Hertz. APSYM, organized by Microwave Research Group of the Department of Electronics, is intended to expose young talents to exciting innovations in frontier fields of Antennas & Propagation and Microwave Electronics.
Chronology of APSYM's Sl. No.
Symposium Date of Symposium
Number of Papers
Number of Invited talks
1 APSYM-1988 Dec. 15- 17- 1988 42 2 2 APSYM-1990 Nov. 28-30- 1990 51 10 3 APSYM-1992 Dec. 29-31-1992 91 2 4 APSYM-1994 Nov.17-19-1994 75 6 5 APSYM-1996 Nov.01-02-1996 42 2 6 APSYM-1998 Dec.15-16-1998 57 1 7 APSYM-2000 Dec.06-08-2000 71 3 8 APSYM-2002 Dec.09-11-2002 84 10 9 APSYM-2004 Dec.21-23-2004 55 4
10 APSYM-2006 Dec.14-16-2006 64 16 11 APSYM-2008 Dec.29-12-2008 50 7 12 APSYM-2010 Dec.14-16-2010 Scheduled
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