Research Interests
I am willing to tutor mentor students in the following areas.
Areas I am actively involved in:
- Planar Antenna Design
- Microwave Circuitry
- Ultrasonic Mapping
- Instrument Design
- Artificial Intelligence for Circuit Synthesis
Professional Interests
I am an I.T. graduate specializing in Communications and Computer Engineering, graduated in 2000 and further graduating with a P.hD. in 2014. Both my thesis were on antenna modelling and design . My doctoral thesis was on the rapid analysis of pixel patch antennas, the title being ‘ A Planar Circuit Model for the analysis of Pixel Antennas‘. My graduate thesis was on ‘Switched beam antenna design, Theory and Experiment‘, My areas of specialization are :
- Antenna Design
- Radio Engineering
- Analog and Digital hardware design (from Transistor to FPGA)
- Microcontrollers and embedded systems
- Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
- Telephony
My work experience includes
- Lecturing at MCAST and the University of Malta
- Curriculum Design and Development
- Electronics in automotive technology, especially the area of Electromagnetic Compatibility
- LAN’s
- WAN over ADSL
- Design and Maintenance of community radio stations
- Design, Construction and Maintenance of Outside Broadcast units for radio stations
Apart from my professional work I maintain a pro-am electronics workshop at home which is fully prepared to test equipment up to 200MHz. Why do I describe myself as a pro-am? I do not have the resources to invest in a fully fledged laboratory but I believe that electronics constructors can build semi-professional equipment that is very good for circuit design and testing.