Raoul Ouedraogo

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7/6/2010

The paper "Effect of Curvature on the Performance of a Cylindrically-Conformal Cavity-Backed E-patch Antenna" has been submitted for publication in the IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters.

7/03/2011

I am chairing a session on electrically small antennas at the IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting currently held in Spokane Washington.

3/01/2011

All five papers have been accepted for presentation at the IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting to be held July 3-8, 2011 .

1/11/2011

Visited MIT Lincoln Laboratory, excellent place with very smart people and cool projects

1/03/2011

I am in Atlanta for the NSF CMMI Research and Innovation Conference.

12/18/2010

The paper "Waveguide Filter Design Using Optimized Pixelated Inserts" has been submitted for publication in the IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters.

12/13/2010

The paper "A Reconfigurable Microstrip Leaky-wave Antenna with a Broadly Steerable Beam" has been accepted for publication in the journal: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation .

11/29/2010

Passed my comprehensive exam.

11/17/2010

Officially a US citizen

11/12/2010

I was awarded a student participation grant for the 2011 NSF CMMI Research and Innovation Conference

08/09/2010

Preparing for the AIAA conference that will be held in Texas, (September 2010).

07/14/2010

I won third place at the IEEE Antennas and Propagation best student paper competition, held in Toronto, Canada.

07/11/2010

I am in Toronto, Canada, for the IEEE APS/URSI international Symposium.

06/28/2010

The paper entitle " A Self-Tuning Electromagnetic Shutter" has been accepted for publication in the journal: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.

02/10/2010

The paper "In Situ Optimization of Metamaterial-Inspired Loop Antennas" has been accepted for publication in the journal: IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters.

Patents

  1. 1-Reconfigurable Leaky Wave Antenna (US 8836594 B2 - Granted 2014)
  2. 2-Miniature Ultra-Wideband Multi-Functional Antenna with Frequency and Polarization Agility (Application No. 62/050286 - filed 2014)

Invited Talks

  1. 1- Metamaterial at RF, IEEE Life Members Affinity Group Meeting (To be held March 25, 2015).
  2. 2- MEMS Development at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Material Research Society (MRS) 2013 Fall Meetings & Exhibits (Dec 3, 2013, Boston).
  3. 3- Topology Optimization of Metamaterials and Applications to Ultra-Compact Antennas and Reconfigurable Filters, IEEE APS - Boston Chapter (Dec 5, 2011).

Invited Review Articles

  1. 1- E. J. Rothwell and R. O. Ouedraogo, "Antenna miniaturization: definitions, concepts, and a review with emphasis on metamaterials," Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 28, no. 17, pages 2089-2123, 2014.

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

  1. 1- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, A. R. Diaz, S. Y. Chen, A. Temme, and K. Fuchi, "In situ optimization of metamaterial-inspired loop antennas", IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 9, pages 75-78, 2010.
  2. 2- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, S. Y. Chen, and B. J. Greetis, "An automatically tunable cavity resonator system", IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 58, no. 4, pages 894-902, 2010.
  3. 3- L. Greetis, E. J. Rothwell, R. O. Ouedraogo, and B. J. Greetis, "Self structuring patch antenna", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation , vol. 52, no. 1, pages 114-123, 2010.
  4. 4- K. Fuchi, A. R. Diaz, E. J. Rothwell, R. O. Ouedraogo, and A. Temme, "Topology optimization of periodic layouts of dielectric materials", Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, vol. 42, pages 483-493, 2010.
  5. 5- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, S. Y. Chen, A. Temme, "A self-tuning electromagnetic shutter," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 59, no. 2, pages 513-519, 2011.
  6. 6- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, B. J. Greetis, "A reconfigurable microstrip leaky-wave antenna with a broadly steerable beam", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 59, no. 8, pages 3080-3083, 2011.
  7. 7- C. Gardner, E. J. Rothwell, L. C. Kempel, J. Hejase, R. O. Ouedraogo, S. W. Schnieder, "Effect of curvature on the performance of a cylindrically-conformal cavity-backed E-patch antenna", Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society, vol. 26(11), pages 930-936, 2011.
  8. 8- S. Chen, Y. Chan, H. Li, E. J. Rothwell, R. O. Ouedraogo, and S. Y. Chen, "A self-structuring electromagnetic scatterer", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol.60, no.4, pages 1931-1941, 2012.
  9. 9- K. Fuchi, A. R. Diaz, E. J. Rothwell, R. O. Ouedraogo, J. Tang, "An origami tunable metamaterial", Journal of Applied Physics , vol. 111, no. 8, pages 084905-084905-7, 2012.
  10. 10- K. Fuchi, J. Tang, B. Crowgey, A. R. Diaz, E. J. Rothwell, R. O. Ouedraogo, "Origami tunable frequency selective surfaces", IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 11, pages 473-475, 2012.
  11. 11- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, A. R. Diaz, K. Fuchi, A. Temme, "Miniaturization of patch antennas using a metamaterial-inspired technique", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 60, no. 5, pages 2175-2182, 2012.
  12. 12- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, A. R. Diaz, K. Fuchi, "Waveguide filter design using optimized pixelated inserts", Microwave and Optical Technology Letters vol. 55, no. 1, pages 141-143, 2013.
  13. 13- P. Sharma, R. O. Ouedraogo, B. Perry, D Aubin, T. Levy, D. Souza, J. Kitchens, J. Peabody, "Miniature radar for mobile devices", IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing, pages 1-8, 2013.
  14. 14- J. Tang, R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, Al. R. Diaz, K. Fuchi , "A continuously tunable miniaturized patch antenna", IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 13, pages 1080-1083, 2014.
  15. 15- R. O. Ouedraogo, J. Tang, K. Fuchi, E. J. Rothwell, A. R. Diaz, and P. Chahal, "A Tunable Dual- Band Miniaturized Monopole Antenna for Compact Wireless Devices", IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 13, pages 1247-1250, 2014.
  16. 16- E. J. Rothwell and R. O. Ouedraogo, "Antenna miniaturization: definitions, concepts, and a review with emphasis on metamaterials", Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 28, no. 17, pages 2089-2123, 2014.

 

Peer Reviewed Conference Publications

  1. 1- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, "A self tuning cavity resonator", IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Symposium, APS 2008, pages 1-4.
  2. 2- S. Y. Chen, R. O. Ouedraogo, A. Temme, A. R. Diaz, and E. J. Rothwell, "MNG-Metamaterial-Based Efficient Small Loop Antenna", IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Symposium, APS 2009 pages 1-4.
  3. 3- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, "Metamaterial Inspired Patch Antenna Miniaturization Technique", IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Symposium, APS 2010 pages 1-4.
  4. 4- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, A. R. Diaz, K. Fuchi, A Temme, "Optimization of Metamaterial Structuresfor Integrated Antenna Application", AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis Optimization Conference, 2010.

 

Conference Presentations

  1. 1- R. O. Ouedraogo and E. J. Rothwell, "A Self-Tuning Cavity Resonator", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 5-11, 2008.
  2. 2- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, and B. Greetis, "A Self-Tuning Electromagnetic Shutter", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 5-11, 2008.
  3. 3- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, S. Y. Chen, A. Temme, "Experimental Validation of the Shielding Effectiveness of Self Tuning Electromagnetic Shutters", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, Charleston, SC, June 1-5, 2009 .
  4. 4- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, S. Y. Chen, B. J. Greetis, "Performance Analysis of Self Tuning Cavity Resonators", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, Charleston, SC, June 1-5, 2009.
  5. 5- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, S. Y. Chen, and A. R. Diaz, "In-Place Optimization of Metamaterial-Inspired Structures Applied to Antennas", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, Charleston, SC, June 1-5, 2009.
  6. 6- E. J. Rothwell, C. H. Lee, G. J. Brian, R. O. Ouedraogo, S. Y. Chen, "A Self-Structuring 2-Port Network", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, Charleston, SC, June 1-5, 2009.
  7. 7- S-Y. Chen, R. O. Ouedraogo, B. Greetis, E. J. Rothwell, "A Reconfigurable Electromagnetic Scatterer", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, Charleston, SC, June 1-5, 2009.
  8. 8- S. Y. Chen, R. O. Ouedraogo, A. Teamme, A. R. Diaz, and E.J. Rothwell, "MNG-Metamaterial-Based Efficient Small Loop Antenna", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, Charleston, SC, June, (2009).
  9. 9- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, A Temme, A. R. Diaz, and K. Fuchi, "In Situ Optimization of Antennas Loaded with Resonant Structures for Wireless Communication", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting,Toronto, Canada, July 11-17, (2010).
  10. 10- R. O. Ouedraogo, A. Temme, E. J. Rothwell, A. R. Diaz, and K. Fuchi, "In Situ Optimization of Broadband Metamaterial-Based Waveguide Filters", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting,Toronto, Canada, (2010).
  11. 11- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, "Metamaterial Inspired Patch Antenna Miniaturization Technique", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting,Toronto, Canada, (2010).
  12. 12- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, S. Y. Chen, "Reconfigurable Attenuating Surface", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting,Toronto, Canada, (2010).
  13. 13- B. Greetis, R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, "Self Structuring Leaky Wave Antennas", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting,Toronto, Canada, (2010).
  14. 14- B. Crowgey, R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, L. Kempel, S. Balasubramaniam, "Measurement of the Electromagnetic Properties of Biaxial Anisotropic Materials using a Waveguide Technique", Inverse Problems Symposium (IPS), East Lansing, Mi, (2010).
  15. 15- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, A. R. Diaz, K. Fuchi, A Temme, "Optimization of Metamaterial Structuresfor Integrated Antenna Application", AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis Optimization Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, (2010).
  16. 16- R. O. Ouedraogo, "Metamaterials for the design of integrated antennass", Michigan AGEP/KCP Fall symposium, East Lansing, Mi, October 2010.
  17. 17- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, "Miniaturization of antennas for reduced carbon footprint of mobile devices", NSF CMMI Research and Innovation Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, January 2011.
  18. 18- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, A. R. Diaz, P. Chahal, and K. Fuchi, "Design and optimization of metamaterial inspired on-chip antennas for wireless applications", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, Spokane, Washington, 2011, (Accepted)
  19. 19- R. O. Ouedraogo, E. J. Rothwell, A. R. Diaz, and K. Fuchi, "Widely tunable metamaterial structures based on spirals", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, Spokane, Washington, 2011, (Accepted)
  20. 20- K. A. Oladimeji, J. Tang, R. O. Ouedraogo, and E. J. Rothwell,"A half width microstrip leaky-wave antenna with an adjustable main beam", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, Spokane, Washington, 2011, (Accepted)
  21. 21- J. Tang, R. O. Ouedraogo, and E. J. Rothwell,"A tunable metamaterial-inspired miniaturized patch antenna", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, Spokane, Washington, 2011, (Accepted)
  22. 22- B. Crowgey, E. J. Rothwell, B. Shanker, L. Kempel, and R. O. Ouedraogo,"Error Analysis of a Waveguide Verification Standard Used in the Characterization of Materials", IEEE AP-S International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting, Spokane, Washington, 2011, (Accepted)