Fractal Antennas - Fractal Team

Carles Puente Baliarda was born in Badalona, Spain, in 1968. He received the Ingeniero degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, in 1992, the M.S. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) in 1994, and the Ph.D. degree from the UPC in 1997. In 1992 he joined the Electro Optic Systems Laboratory (EOSL) at the UIUC. He worked there in laser velocimetry and lidar techniques. Since 1994 he has been Assistant Professor at the Department of Signal Theory and Communications (TSC) of the UPC. His current research interests are fractal shape-antennas, lidar, laser systems and optical communications.	Jordi Romeu Robert was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1962. He received the Ingeniero and Doctor Ingeniero degrees in Telecommunication Engineering, both from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain in 1986 and 1991, respectively. In 1985 he joined the Electromagetic and Photonic Enginnering Group`of the Signal Theory and Communications Department there. Currently he is Associate Professor at UPC, where he is engaged in research in antenna near field measurments, antenna dignostics and antenna design.
Carmen Borja Borau was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1972. She received the Ingeniero degree in telecommunications engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, in 1997. Since 1997, she has been Scholarship at the department of signal Theory and Communications (TSC) of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, while she is working toward the Ph.D. degree. Her research interests are fractal and microstrip antennas.	Mònica Navarro Rodero was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1973. She obtained her Ingeniero degree in Telecommunications Engineering in 1997, from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain. In 1997 she joined the Department of Signal Theory and Communications at the UPC as a post-graduate student where she has been granted with a scholarship. Her main research interests are multiband fractal antennas.
Jaume Anguera Pros was born in Vinaròs, Spain, in 1972. He received the Technical Ingeniero degree in Electronic Systems and Ingeniero degree in Electronic Engineering, both from the Ramon LLull University (URL), Barcelona, Spain in 1994 and 1997. He received the Ingeniero degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain in 1998. In 1998 he joined the Electromagetic and Photonic Enginnering Group of the Signal Theory and Communications Department as a doctorate student. His current research interests are fractal and wideband microstrip antennas.	*Jordi Soler Castany* was born in Mataró, Spain, in 1975. He received the Technical Ingeniero and Ingeniero degrees in Telecommunication Engineering, both from the Politechnic University of Catalonia (UPC),Barcelona, Spain, in 1996 and 1999, respectively. In 1996 he joined the Electromagnetics and Photonics Engineering Group (EEF) of the Signal Theory Communications Department (TSC) at UPC to collaborate in a project related to laser remote sensing (LIDAR). From 1997 to 1999 he worked in the TSC department as a radiofrecuency laboratory technician, where he was mainly engaged in near and far field antenna measurements. In 1999 he joined the fractal team and he began the doctorate programme. His current research interests are multiband fractal antennas.
*Rafael Pous Andrés* was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1964. He obtained his Ingeniero degree in Telecommunications Engineering and his Licenciado degree in Computer Science from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona) in 1988. He received his M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1989, and his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1992. He was awarded the Fulbright scholarship and the Schlumberger fellowship during his studies. In 1993 he joined the Telecommunications Engineering faculty of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, where he is currently employed. His research interests are in the area of computational electromagnetics and applied superconductivity.	*Jordi Berenguer Sau* was born in Manresa, Spain, in 1959. He received the Ingeniero and Doctor Ingeniero degrees inTelecommunication Engineering, both from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain, in 1984 and 1988, respectively. In 1988 he joined the company Mier Comunicaciones, S.A. as head of the RF laboratory working in the design of frequency synthesizers for TV transponders, and opening a new activity on the design of MMIC components. In 1992 he joined the Electromagetic and Photonic Enginnering Group of the Signal Theory and Communications as Associated Professor. His main research activities are with the design of RF and microwave circuitry, and in the developpment of RDS circuits and applications in broadcast.
Angel Cardama Aznar was born in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, on May 13, 1944. He obtained the Ingeniero de Telecomunicación degree from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in 1968, and the Sc.M. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Brown University, Providence, RI, in 1970 and 1973, respectively. In 1972 he joined the faculty of the Telecommunication Engineering School at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, where he holds the position of Professor. His research interests range from the development of analytical and numerical techniques in electromagnetics to the design of microwave imaging systems and radar and communication antennas.	Francesc Rocadenbosch Burillo was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1967. He received the Telecommunications Engineer degree from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, in 1991 and the Ph.D. degree in 1996. During 1991-92 he joined the Engineering School of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, where he collaborated with the Center of Applied Microelectronics (CMA). He mainly worked in the fields of high frequency systems and telephony. In 1993 he joined the Electromagnetic and Photonic Enginneering Group of the Dep. of Signal Theory and Communications at the UPC in Barcelona, where he has been deeply involved in the fields of laser remote sensing (LIDAR), optical communications, digitally microcontrolled systems, analog electronics and RF systems. He is now Associate Professor and his current research interests are with the areas of fractal antennas, LIDAR, laser radar applications and optical communications as well.
Juan M. Rius was born in 1963 in Barcelona, Spain. He received the "Ingeniero de Telecomunicacion" degree in 1987 and the "Doctor Ingeniero" degree in 1991, both from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) at Barcelona. In 1985 he joined the Electromagnetic and Photonic Engineering group at UPC, where holds a position equivalent to Associate Professor since 1992. From 1985 to 1988 he worked on the development of a new algorithm for microwave tomography in cylindrical geometry systems. Since 1989 he has been engaged in the research for new and efficient methods for numerical computation of electromagnetic scattering and radiation. He is the developer of the Graphical Electromagnetic Computation (GRECO) approach, and the Integral Equation formulation of the Measured Equation of Invariance (IE-MEI).	Sebastián Blanch Boris was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1961. He received the Ingeniero and Doctor Ingeniero degrees in Telecommunication Engineering, both from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain in 1989 and 1996, respectively.In 1989 he joined the Electromagetic and Photonic Enginnering Group`of the Signal Theory and Communications Department there. Currently he is Associate Professor at UPC, where he is engaged in research in antenna near field measurments, antenna dignosis and antenna design.
J.M. O'Callaghan Castellà was born in Tortosa, spain, in 1963. He received the Ingeniero degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, in 1987, and the M.S and Ph.D degrees from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1989. He was an intern at Honeywell's Systems Research Center from July to December 1989. In 1993 he joined the faculty at UPC where he has been teaching courses on radar and high frequency devices and systems. His research interest include microwave devices and systems, high frequency transistor characterization, and superconducting devices.	Quique Martinez Ortigosa was born in Hospitalet, Spain, in 1976. He received the Technical Ingeniero degree in Communications Systems from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, in 1999. In 1998 he started to work at LGAI´s anechoic chambers doing EMC tests. He worked at the EEF departament designing RF synthesizers during 1998. In 1999 he joined the Electromagetic and Photonic Enginnering Group of the Signal Theory and Communications Department. Nowadays he is the technician of The UPC´s anechoic chamber doing antenna pattern measurements. He is also studying to obtain the Ingeniero degree in Telecomunications degree in the UPC.
Carlos Prieto Burgos was born in Sant Boi, Spain, in 1977. He received the Technical Ingeniero degree in Communications Systems from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, in 1998. In 1998 he joined the Electromagetic and Photonic Enginnering Group of the Signal Theory and Communications Department where, currently, he is engaged in support works for the Fractal antennas research. He is also studying to obtain the Ingeniero degree in Telecomunications degree in the UPC.

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