Mário António Patrício Carreira Vala

Mário Vala

Academic position:	PhD Student
Joining date:	01-01-2018
Roles in IT:	PhD Student
Scientific Area:	Wireless Communications
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, 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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8Papers in Conferences

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

Rafael Caldeirinha, J. R. Reis, M. Vala, A Novel Dual-Polarised Transmitarray for Beamsteering at 28 GHz, 115901, November, 2019, (status pending), Ownership: Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria,
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Projects

Currently running projects2

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
Propagation5G	Study and optimisation of propagation models for 5G	FCT/CAPES	01-04-2019	31-12-2020
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

1Prototypes

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

IT Member Profile

Mário Vala

Scientific Achievements

Currently running projects2