Eduardo Jorge da Costa Brás Lima

Eduardo Lima

Former IT academic position:	Researcher
Joining/Leaving IT dates:	02-01-2004 / 30-04-2015
Roles held in IT:	PhD Student
Former IT thematic line:	Wireless Technologies
Group:	Antennas and Propagation – Lx

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

MSc, Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-01-2008
Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 22-12-2003

Expertise Topics

Dielectric lens antennas
Software developer (Visual Basic, C++, Fortran, Matlab)

Publications

1Books Chapters

C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, Dielectric Lens Antennas, Chapter in, Handbook of Antenna Technologies, Zhi Ning Chen, Springer, Singapore, 2016 | Full text (PDF 1 MB)

13Papers in Journals

P. Naseri, S.A. Matos, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Efficient Evaluation of Gradient Transmit-Arrays through an Equivalent Dispersive Dielectric Description, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 67, No. 9, pp. 5997 - 6007, September, 2019,
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E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Multiple-beam Focal-plane Dual-band Fabry-Perot Cavity Antenna with Reduced Beam-degradation, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 67, No. 7, pp. 4348 - 4356, July, 2019,
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S.A. Matos, E.B. Lima, J. S. Silva, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, JM Mosig, High Gain Dual-Band Beam-Steering Transmit Array for Satcom Terminals at Ka-Band, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 65, No. 7, pp. 3528 - 3539, July, 2017,
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E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Wideband and High-Selectivity Dual-Band Filter for Ka-Band Satellite Antennas, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 16, No. -, pp. 1627 - 1630, June, 2017,
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A. Bisognin, A. C. Cihangir, C. Luxey, G. Jacquemod, R. Pilard, F. Gianesello, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, C. J. Panagamuwa, W. G. Whittow, Ball Grid Array-Module with Integrated Shaped Lens for WiGig Applications in Eyewear Devices, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 64, No. 3, pp. 872 - 882, March, 2016,
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E.B. Lima, S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Circular Polarization Wide-angle Beam Steering at Ka-band by In-plane Translation of a Plate Lens Antenna, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 63, No. 12, pp. 5443 - 5455, December, 2015,
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A. Bisognin, D. Titz, F. Ferrero, G. Jacquemod, R. Pilard, F. Gianesello, D. Gloria, D. Lugara, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, C. Luxey, Non-collimating MmW Polyethylene lens mitigating dual-source offset from a Tx/Rx WiGig module, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 63, No. 12, pp. 5908 - 5913, December, 2015,
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J. S. Silva, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, JM Mosig, Tx-Rx lens-based satellite-on-the-move Ka-band antenna, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 14, No. -, pp. 1408 - 1411, March, 2015,
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C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, M. G. Silveirinha, Review of 20 years of Research on Microwave and Millimeter-wave Lenses at “Instituto de Telecomunicações”, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 250 - 268, February, 2015,
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J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. R. Medeiros, C. A. Fernandes, Evaluation of a New Wideband Slot Array for MIMO Performance Enhancement in Indoor WLANs, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 59, No. 4, pp. 1200 - 1206, April, 2011,
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C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, Broadband Integrated Lens for Illuminating Reflector Antenna with Constant Aperture Efficiency, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 52, No. 12, pp. 3805 - 3813, December, 2010,
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C. R. Medeiros, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Wideband Slot Antenna for WLAN Access Points, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 9, No. s/n, pp. 79 - 82, March, 2010,
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J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, Compact Beam-Steerable Lens Antenna for 60GHz Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 57, No. 10 pt. 1, pp. 2926 - 2933, October, 2009,
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41Papers in Conferences

S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, P. Naseri, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Equivalent Dielectric Description of Transmit-arrays as an efficient and accurate method of analysis, The European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCAP, Online, Denmark, March, 2020,
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S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, P. Naseri, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Full-wave evaluation of a 40 dBi Transmit-array for Ka-band SoTM, URSI Spain National Conf. - URSI Spain, Seville, Spain, September, 2019,
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S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, P. Naseri, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Efficient Full-Wave Method For Analysing TransmitArrays Through an Equivalent Dielectric Description, IEEE International Symp. on Antennas and Propagation - IEEE AP-S/USNC-URSI, Atlanta, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2019,
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S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, P. Naseri, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Wide-angle mechanical scanning Transmit-arrays for satellite Ka-band user terminals, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Boston, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2018,
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S.A. Matos, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Experimental evaluation of a high gain dual-band beam steerable transmit-array, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, London, United Kingdom, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2018,
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S.A. Matos, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Generic Formulation for Transmit-Array Dual-Band Unit-Cell Design, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Paris, France, Vol. -, pp. - - -, March, 2017,
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S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Prototype of a compact mechanically steered Ka-band antenna for satellite on-the-move, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2016,
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S.A. Matos, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Design of a 40 dBi Planar Bifocal Lens for Mechanical Beam Steering At Ka-Band, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Davos, Switzerland, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2016,
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A. Bisognin, A. C. Cihangir, C. Luxey, G. Jacquemod, R. Pilard, F. Gianesello, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, et. al., Design and Measurement of Integrated Antenna with a Plastic Lens for 60 GHz Wi-Gig Applications, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2015,
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A. Bisognin, F. Ferrero, D. Titz, G. Jacquemod, R. Pilard, J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, C. Luxey, et. al., Performance Evaluation of a 120 GHz 3D-Printed Plastic Elliptical Lens Antenna-System, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2015,
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E.B. Lima, S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Evaluation of the Phase Discretization Effect in Transmitarrays Formed by Sub-Wavelength Patches, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2015,
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A. Bisognin, D. Titz, F. Ferrero, G. Jacquemod, R. Pilard, J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, C. Luxey, et. al., Conception d’Antennes in-Package en Bandes Millimétriques pour des Applications WiGig et Backhaul, Journées Nationales Microondes - JNM, Bordeaux, France, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2015,
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A. Bisognin, A. C. Cihangir, C. Luxey, G. Jacquemod, R. Pilard, F. Gianesello, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, et. al., Module Organique Antennaire avec Lentille Plastique Intégrée pour Lunettes Connecttées WiGig, Journées Nationales Microondes - JNM, Bordeaux, France, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2015,
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A. Bisognin, D. Titz, C. Luxey, G. Jacquemod, R. Pilard, F. Gianesello, D. Gloria, J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, Millimeter-wave antenna-in-package solutions for WiGig and backhaul applications, International Workshop on Antenna Technology - IWAT, Seoul, Korea, South, Vol. 1, pp. 52 - 55, March, 2015,
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A. Bisognin, D. Titz, C. Luxey, G. Jacquemod, R. Pilard, F. Ferrero, D. Lugara, J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, A 120 GHz 3D-Printed Plastic Elliptical Lens Antenna with an IPD Patch Antenna Source, IEEE International Conf. on Ultra-Wideband - ICUWB, Paris, France, September, 2014,
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Catarina C. Cruz, S.A. Matos, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Focal-plane multi-beam dual-band dielectric lens for Ka-band, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Memphis, United States, Vol., pp. -- - --, July, 2014 | Full text (PDF 81 KBs) | BibTex
E.B. Lima, S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Ka-band Beam Steering Antenna Using In-plane Lens Translation, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Memphis, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2014 | Full text (PDF 89 KBs) | BibTex
J. S. Silva, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, JM Mosig, Design and Analysis of a Ka-Band Coaxial-to-Quad-Ridged Circular Waveguide Transition, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Hague, Netherlands, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2014,
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E.B. Lima, S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, FSS Design for Dual-band and Low Profile Fabry Pérot Antenna at Ka-band, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Hague, Netherlands, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2014,
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E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Metamateriais Aplicados a Antenas em Comunicações por Satélite na banda-Ka, URSI Seminar of the Portuguese Committee, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 2013,
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Catarina C. Cruz, S.A. Matos, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Evaluation of a compressed hyperhemispherical lens as a focal plane feed for Ka satellite applications, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Orlando, United States, Vol. -, pp. -- - --, July, 2013 | Full text (PDF 140 KBs) | BibTex
J. S. Silva, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Ground Terminal Antenna for Ka-Band Satellite Communications, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Gothenburg, Sweden, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2013,
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J. S. Silva, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Antenas compactas baseadas em lentes com feixe orientável para terminais de Terra na banda-Ka, URSI Seminar of the Portuguese Committee, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, November, 2012,
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J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. R. Medeiros, C. A. Fernandes, Impact of a New Wideband Slot Array on MIMO Indoor System Performance, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Spokane, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 2208 - 2211, July, 2011,
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J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, Optimized Design of a Double-Shell Integrated Lens Antenna, ESA Worshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Application, Espoo, Finland, May, 2011,
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C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, Tapered Waveguide Feed for Integrated Dielectric Lens Antenna Performance Evaluation, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2011,
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J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. R. Medeiros, C. A. Fernandes, 2×2 Dual Linear Polarization Wideband Slot Array, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Rome, Italy, Vol. -, pp. 355 - 358, April, 2011,
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C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, Double-shell Modified Extended Hemispherical Lens Feed for Reflectors in Scanning, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Rome, Italy, Vol. -, pp. 3850 - 3854, April, 2011,
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C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, Broadband Integrated Dielectric Lens Antenna with Frequency, International Conf. on Appl. Electromagnetics and Communications - ICECOM, Dubovnik, Croatia, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2010,
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E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Broadband Reflector Fed by Integrated Lens Antenna with Frequency Constant Directivity, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Toronto, Canada, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2010,
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J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, Antenna Phase Center Determination from Amplitude Measurements using a Focusing Lens, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Toronto, Canada, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, July, 2010,
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J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. R. Medeiros, T. Radil, RCM Martins, P. M. Ramos, C. A. Fernandes, Development of an Indoor Wireless Personal Area Network Based on Mechanically Steered Millimeter-Wave Lens Antenna, IEEE International Instrumentation and Technology Conf. - I2MTC, Austin, United States, Vol. 1, pp. 1202 - 1206, May, 2010,
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C. R. Medeiros, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Evaluation of a Wideband Crossed Exponentially Tapered Slot Printed Antenna with Cavity Back for Wireless Access Points, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Barcelona, Spain, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2010,
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C. A. Fernandes, RCM Martins, T. Radil, P. M. Ramos, E.B. Lima, C. R. Medeiros, J.R. Costa, Low-cost mechanically steered millimeter-wave lens antenna system for indoor LANs, International Workshop on Antenna Technology - IWAT, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. NA, pp. NA - NA, March, 2010,
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C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, M. G. Silveirinha, E.B. Lima, ILASH - Integrated Dielectric Lenses for mm- and sub-mm Wave Imaging, Encontro Nacional de Astronomia e Astrofísica - ENAA, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2009,
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E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Optimization of Mechanically Beam-steerable Lens Antenna Profile for 60GHz, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Charleston, United States, June, 2009,
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E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Design of Double Material Integrated Scanning Lens Antennas, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Charleston, United States, June, 2009,
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E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Mechanical Beam-Steerable Elliptical Dome Lens, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Berlin, Germany, Vol., pp. 1814 - 1818, March, 2009,
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E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, M. G. Silveirinha, C. A. Fernandes, ILASH - Software Tool for the Design of Integrated Lens Antennas, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., San Diego, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2008,
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J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, M. G. Silveirinha, M. Vorst, Design of an Integrated Lens Feed for an Imaging Reflector System using the ILASH Software Tool, ESA Antenna Workshop on Antennas for Earth Observation, Science, Telecommunication and Navigation Space Missions, Noordwijk, Netherlands, Vol. 1, pp. 378 - 381, May, 2008,
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J.R. Costa, M. G. Silveirinha, C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, J. Tiago, ILASH – Design and Analysis tool for Double-Shell Axial-Symmetric Integrated Lens Antennas, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Tomar, Portugal, Vol. 1, pp. -, April, 2005,
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Patents

1Patents

J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, Antena compacta com orientação mecânica do feixe de radiação, para seguimento de terminais móveis em comunicações sem fios, PT104108, National, Granted, 24-06-2008, Portugal,
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Projects

Closed Projects12

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
ILASH	Integrated Lens Antenna Shaping	ESA-ESTEC	01-09-2003	01-09-2007
KALens	Compact Lens-Based Mechanically Steered Ka-Band user Terminal Antenna	ESA-ESTEC	01-11-2013	01-10-2018
LENTILLES	Benchmarking of Integrated Lens Antenna Design and Manufacturig	FCT/PESSOA	01-01-2006	01-12-2009
META-ID	Spatially confined RFID detection with a metamaterial grid	IT/LA	01-06-2011	01-12-2012
Metex	Metamaterial with extreme permittivity	IT/LA	01-12-2008	01-05-2010
mm-SatCom	Millimeter Wave Antennas for Next-Generation Satellite Mass Services	FCT/PTDC	01-07-2013	01-01-2016
NEWFOCUS	New Fromtiers im mm/sub-mm waves integrated dielectric focusing systems	ESF/PESC	01-06-2010	01-06-2015
Nonlocal	Non-local Metamaterials and Applications	FCT/PTDC	01-01-2010	01-12-2012
RFID-Local	Advanced Antennas for Radio Frequency Identification and Localization	FCT/PTDC	01-01-2010	01-12-2012
RFID-Shelf	RFID Smart Surfaces	IT/LA, CreativeSystems, Vicaima	01-12-2006	01-03-2011
VISTA	COST IC1102 - Versatile, Integrated and Signal-aware Technologies for Antennas	ESF/COST	01-12-2011	01-12-2015
Wi-mm	Millimetre-wave wireless indoor link with automatic tracking antenna	IT/LA	01-10-2008	01-10-2010

Other Scientific Achievements

1Awards

J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, CST University Publication Award 2010, The CST University Publication Award is an annual grant to university institutes and researchers for their work in the application of 3D EM field simulation., 01-12-2010

3Miscellaneous

J.R. Costa, S.A. Matos, E.B. Lima, P. Naseri, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, Transmit array ground terminals for satellite communications, Invited Talks, Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, 01-11-2018
J.R. Costa, S.A. Matos, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, N. Fonseca, High Gain Beam Steering Transmit-array for Satcom Terminals at Ka Band, Invited Talks, CNES CCT & GDR Ondes "Séminaire Reflect-Array & Transmit-Array", 01-09-2016 | Link
J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, C. R. Medeiros, A. Zaric, Catarina C. Cruz, Indoor identification and localization via radio frequency, Invited Talks, 9th edition of ConfTele Conference on Telecommunicationson via radio frequency, 01-05-2013

Other Contributions

1Conference Committees

European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Technical Programme Committee, 2015

1Refereeing Journals

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
2015, 2 review(s); 2014, 8 review(s); 2013, 9 review(s); 2012, 10 review(s);

1Refereeing Conferences

IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC
2013, 1 review(s);

IT Former Collaborator

Eduardo Lima

Scientific Achievements

Closed Projects12