{"675270":{"#nid":"675270","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Al Jamal Wins Best Paper Award at 2024 IEEE International Microwave Symposium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Ph.D. candidate Hani Al Jamal won first-place in the Student Paper Competition (Best Paper Award) at the 2024 \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ims-ieee.org\/\u0022\u003EIEEE International Microwave Symposium\u003C\/a\u003E (IMS), held June 17-20 in Washington, DC.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis prestigious award recognizes top technical papers at the conference. His paper was selected out of the 306 total submissions eligible for this award this year.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis paper, \u201cBeyond Planar: An Additively Manufactured, Origami-Inspired Shape-Changing, and RFIC-Based Phased Array for Near-Limitless Radiation Pattern Reconfigurability in 5G\/mm-Wave Applications,\u201d was co-authored by fellow ECE Ph.D. candidates Chenhao Hu and Nathan Wille, and ECE Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/emmanouil-m-tentzeris\u0022\u003EManos Tentzeris\u003C\/a\u003E, in collaboration with George Mason University Electrical and Computer Engineering professor Kai Zeng.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAl Jamal and his team successfully demonstrated the first-ever additively manufactured, origami-inspired, shape-changing phased array at mm-wave frequencies, showcasing near-limitless reconfigurability. This work represents a significant leap, opening impactful opportunities for the advancement of massive MIMO and beyond-5G communication.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAn origami-inspired, shape-changing phased array combines this traditional antenna function with the ability to electronically control the direction of the signal and mechanically change its shape through folding structures inspired by origami. This makes the antenna highly adaptable.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAl Jamal has been enrolled in the ECE Ph.D. program since 2022, and is a member of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/athena.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EATHENA Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, where he is advised by\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/emmanouil-m-tentzeris\u0022\u003E Tentzeris\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe received his bachelor\u2019s degree in electrical and computer engineering from the American University of Beirut with high distinction.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis research interests include the use of additive manufacturing techniques in designing highly integrated, heterogeneous, and conformal\/flexible RF systems encompassing RF front-end circuits, antennas, and packaging up to mm-wave frequencies. He is also keen on advocating engineering education to high school and undergraduate students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough his research, Al Jamal aspires to design and build communication devices and RF electronics that draw inspiration from origami and art, leading to enhanced functionality and physical flexibility to seamlessly integrate with human-centered devices, thereby enabling more efficient and integrated communication networks for digital awareness.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAl Jamal\u2019s research on origami-inspired phased array antennas represents a quantum leap in antenna reconfigurability at mm-wave frequencies and a paradigm shift in massive MIMO applications and beyond-5G communication.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Al Jamal\u2019s research on origami-inspired phased array antennas represents a quantum leap in antenna reconfigurability at mm-wave frequencies and a paradigm shift in massive MIMO applications and beyond-5G communication."}],"uid":"36558","created_gmt":"2024-06-28 15:16:20","changed_gmt":"2024-07-01 15:43:51","author":"zwiniecki3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-06-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-06-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674269":{"id":"674269","type":"image","title":"Hani Best Paper.jpg","body":null,"created":"1719587795","gmt_created":"2024-06-28 15:16:35","changed":"1719587795","gmt_changed":"2024-06-28 15:16:35","alt":"Hani Al Jamal","file":{"fid":"257764","name":"Hani Best Paper.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/28\/Hani%20Best%20Paper.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/28\/Hani%20Best%20Paper.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1158007,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/06\/28\/Hani%20Best%20Paper.jpg?itok=0coLfY8U"}}},"media_ids":["674269"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"69381","name":"best paper"},{"id":"1187","name":"IEEE"},{"id":"171699","name":"International Microwave Symposium"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EZachary Winiecki\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["zwiniecki3@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}