Mário António Patrício Carreira Vala

Mário Vala

Academic position:	PhD Student
Joining date:	01-01-2018
Roles in IT:	PhD Student
Thematic Line:	Wireless Technologies
Group:	Antennas and Propagation – Lr

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Address: IT Branch – Leiria
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Scientific Achievements

Thesis Information

Radiowave propagation in wildfires, DEEC/IST - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, PhD Student, Mário António Patrício Carreira Vala, Supervisor: Rafael Caldeirinha, Co-supervisor: C. A. Fernandes, fev-2018 - set-2023

Publications

1Papers in Journals

J. R. Reis, M. Vala, Rafael Caldeirinha, Review paper on Transmitarray Antennas, IEEE Access, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 94171 - 94188, December, 2019,
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16Papers in Conferences

T.O. Oliveira, M. Vala, S. Faria, J. R. Reis, N. Leonor, Rafael Caldeirinha, A study on small sensor node antenna performance camouflaged under grassland fire, International Federation for Information Processing IFIP International Internet of Things Conference IFIP IOT, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Vol., pp. -, November, 2021,
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S. Faria, M. Vala, N. Leonor, J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, Rafael Caldeirinha, Electromagnetic study of complex permittivity on a medium-scale flat terrain fire scenario, Simposium Nacional de la Unión Científica Internacional de Radio, Vigo, Spain, Vol., pp. -, September, 2021,
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J. R. Reis, T.O. Oliveira, M. Vala, Rafael Caldeirinha, High Performance Antennas for Early Fire Detection Wireless Sensor Networks at 2.4 GHz, IEEE IEEE IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications APWC2021 APWC2021, Hawai, United States, Vol., pp. -, August, 2021,
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S. Faria, M. Vala, P. Coimbra, J.F. Felício, N. Leonor, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, Rafael Caldeirinha, Analytical Studies of Refractive Index Variation in Pine Needles Media under Wildfire Conditions, The European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCAP, Düsseldorf, Germany, Vol., pp. -, March, 2021,
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T.O. Oliveira, J. R. Reis, M. Vala, Rafael Caldeirinha, High-Gain Wideband Parasitic Microstrip Antenna for 5G and IoT at 26 GHz, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Leiria, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, February, 2021,
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M. Vala, J. R. Reis, Rafael Caldeirinha, On the Practical Limitations of Scalable Electronic 2D Beamsteering Using Metamaterials at Micro and Millimetre-wave Frequencies, Telecoms Conference ConfTELE, Leiria, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, February, 2021,
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S. Faria, M. Vala, P. Coimbra, N. Leonor, J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, Rafael Caldeirinha, Radiowave Propagation Modelling of Dual Wildfire Front Spreading over Hilly Terrain at 700 MHz, Telecoms Conference ConfTELE, Leiria, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, February, 2021,
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P. Coimbra, S. Faria, M. Vala, J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, N. Leonor, Rafael Caldeirinha, C. Salema, Experimental Setup for Radio Characterization of Fire at Microwave Frequencies, Telecoms Conference ConfTELE, Leiria, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, February, 2021,
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S. Faria, M. Vala, P. Coimbra, J.F. Felício, N. Leonor, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, Rafael Caldeirinha, Comparative Study of Computational Electromagnetics Applied to Radiowave Propagation in Wildfires, URSI International Union of Radio Science General Assembly & Scientific Symposium URSI GASS, Rome, Italy, Vol., pp. -, September, 2020,
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J. R. Reis, M. Vala, T. Fernandes, Rafael Caldeirinha, Metamaterial-inspired Flat-Antenna Design for 5G Small-cell Base-Stations Operating at 3.6 GHz, 12th IEEE/IET International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing CSNDSP, Porto, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, July, 2020,
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Rafael Caldeirinha, J. R. Reis, M. Vala, A novel dual-polarised transmitarray form beamsteering at 28 GHz, IET IET Antennas and Propagation Conference IET APC, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Vol., pp. -, November, 2019 | BibTex
Rafael Caldeirinha, J. R. Reis, M. Vala, On the Practical Limitations of Electronic Beamsteering using Metamaterials at 28 GHz, IEEE IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications APWC2019, Granada, Spain, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2019,
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J. R. Reis, M. Vala, Rafael Caldeirinha, Novel Electronically Reconfigurable Transmitarray for 2D Beamsteering: Emerging Applications, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, June, 2019,
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M. Vala, J. R. Reis, Rafael Caldeirinha, A 28 GHz Fully 2D Electronic Beamsteering Transmitarray for 5G and future RADAR applications, Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conf. – LAPC, Loughborough, United Kingdom, Vol., pp. -, November, 2018,
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M. Vala, A. Sardo, J. R. Reis, Rafael Caldeirinha, Electronic Reconfigurable Beam-redirecting Metasurfaces for Outdoor-indoor Radio Coverage Enhancement at 5.2 GHz, IEEE International Symp. on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Commun - PIMRC, Bologne, Italy, Vol. 0, pp. 0 - 0, September, 2018,
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Rafael Caldeirinha, J. R. Reis, M. Vala, A. Sardo, A. Hammoudeh, Nigel Copner Copner, Electronically Reconfigurable Active Metamaterials for 2D Beamsteering, Encuentro Ibérico de Electromagnetismo Computacional - EIEC, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, May, 2018 | BibTex

Patents

1Patents

A Novel Dual-Polarised Transmitarray for Beamsteering at 28 GHz, PT115901, Pending, 08-11-2019, Portugal,
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Projects

Currently running projects3

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
MARES	Satellite-based microwave remote sensing for marine litter mapping	ESA-ESTEC	04-10-2021	31-03-2023
Propagation5G	Study and optimisation of propagation models for 5G	FCT/CAPES	01-04-2019	31-05-2022
RESCuE-TOOL	Radio coverage for emergency communication systems to operate under critical wildfire environments TOOL	FCT	01-01-2019	28-02-2022

Other Scientific Achievements

2Awards

M. Vala, J. R. Reis, Rafael Caldeirinha, On the Practical Limitations of SCalable Electronic 2D Beamsteering Using Metamaterials at MIcro and Millimetre-wave Frequencies, ConfTELE 2021 Top 10% Best Paper Award. Seven papers (10%) were nominated for consideration for this award by the Reviewers and the Technical Program Committee., 01-02-2021
S. Faria, M. Vala, P. Coimbra, N. Leonor, J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, C. Salema, Rafael Caldeirinha, Radiowave Propagation Modelling of Dual Wildfire Front Spreading Over Hilly Terrain at 700 MHz, ConfTELE 2021 Top 10% Best Paper Award. Seven papers (10%) were nominated for consideration for this award by the Reviewers and the Technical Program Committee., 01-02-2021

1Prototypes

J. R. Reis, M. Vala, Rafael Caldeirinha, Metamaterial-inspired flat bemasteering antenna for 5G

IT Member Profile

Mário Vala

Scientific Achievements

Currently running projects3