Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Electronic Engineering at University of Kent in UK, 2013

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School of Engineering and Digital Arts, University of Kent is inviting application for Fully Funded PhD studentship in UK. International applicants are eligible for this studentship. This is a 3-year project, funded by the European Commission (EC) Space Programme, and the researcher is to work under the supervision of Professor Steven Gao and start on October 1, 2013. Studentship covers bursary for three years. Applicant must have a master degree in engineering or physics. Online application must be submitted by 20 August 2013.

Study Subject(s): The studentship is awarded in Millimeter-wave active phased arrays for GaN integrated transceiver for satellite communications.
Course Level: This studentship is for pursuing PhD at University of Kent in UK.
Scholarship Provider: European Commission (EC)
Scholarship can be taken at: UK

Eligibility:-Applications for this project are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide.
-Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship within the Broadband Wireless Communication Research Group in the School of Engineering and Digital Arts, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
-Funding is open to students worldwide. The ideal candidate has a Master degree in engineering or physics with experience in antenna designs, or electromagnetic or RF or microwave engineering. Working or research experience in antennas or RF or microwave engineering will be a plus.

Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries: International students are eligible for this PhD studentship.

Scholarship Description: This is a 3-year project funded by the European Commission (EC) Space Programme and the researcher is to work under the supervision of Professor Steven Gao. The PhD student is to start on October 1, 2013. A post-doctoral researcher will also be employed in this project, and work together with the PhD student. The University of Kent is well-known internationally, for research work in frequency-selective surfaces (FSS), antennas, RF/ microwave/ millimeter-wave technologies and wireless communications. The research is conducted as part of the EC project GANSAT in collaboration with leading academic and industrial partners across the Europe.

The aim of this project is to investigate the design, modeling and development of novel millimeter-wave antennas and active phased arrays for next-generation satellite communications and inter-satellite communications. Gallium nitride (GaN) technologies will be employed in the millimeter-wave front ends of transmitter and receivers, which will lead to significant reduction in size, mass and cost of transceivers due to high power density GaN devices. The project will investigate active phased arrays for space applications. Such an active phased array-integrated transceiver is expected to achieve significantly better performance at a smaller size and lower cost, compared to the state of the art. The University of Kent has excellent antenna and RF/microwave/millimeter-wave measurement facilities including various anechoic, near-field and plane-wave chambers, the largest of which operates between 400MHz and 110GHz with a totally new measurement system including a dedicated vector network analyzer.

The antennas laboratories also contain broadband network analyzers operating from 10MHz to 110GHz. It has a well-equipped mechanical workshop with newly installed computer controlled machinery, which is for the fabrication of antennas and RF/microwave circuits. In this project, the main roles of the PhD student will include: 1) the design, modeling, simulation and analysis of novel millimeter-wave antenna elements and active phased array antennas for satellite communications; 2). Antenna fabrication and testing; 3). Millimeter-wave circuit designs; 4). The student will give presentations to European partners and write technical reports and publications in international journals and conferences. The PhD student will be supported by a post-doctoral researcher at Kent and other academic and industrial partners across the Europe.

Number of award(s): Not Known

Duration of award(s): The studentship period is of three years.

What does it cover? Successful candidate will receive a bursary of £14,604 per annum for 3 years.

Selection Criteria: Not Known

Notification: Not Known

How to Apply:
Informal enquiries regarding this PhD opportunity can be addressed to Professor Steven Gao (s.gao-at-kent.ac.uk). Applications should be submitted by 20 August 2013.
-Application: Apply online at https://adm.kent.ac.uk/external/admissions/pg_application.php and select the following:
-Programme â€" PhD in Electronic Engineering
-School â€" School of Engineering and Digital Arts
-Research topicâ€"Millimeter-wave active phased arrays for GaN integrated transceivers for satellite communications

Scholarship Application Deadline: Applications should be submitted by 20 August 2013.

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