Ana Catarina Caniço Cruz

Ana Cruz

Former IT academic position:	Researcher
Joining/Leaving IT dates:	01-09-2011 / 01-12-2018
Roles held in IT:	PhD Student
Former IT thematic line:	Wireless Technologies
Group:	Antennas and Propagation – Lx

Scientific Achievements

Degrees

MSc, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 01-01-2011
Licenciatura, ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, 01-01-2009

Expertise Topics

antennas for localization and identification systems: RFID, UWB
Lens antennas

Publications

4Papers in Journals

Catarina C. Cruz, C. A. Fernandes, S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, Synthesis of Shaped Beam Radiation Patterns at mm-Waves Using Transmit-arrays, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 66, No. 8, pp. 4017 - 4024, August, 2018,
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Catarina C. Cruz, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, S.A. Matos, Focal-Plane Multibeam Dual-Band Dielectric Lens for Ka-Band, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 432 - 436, January, 2017,
| Abstract | Full text (PDF 309 KBs) | BibTex
A. Zaric, Catarina C. Cruz, A. M. Matos, M.R. Silva, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, RFID-based Smart Blood Stock System, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 54 - 65, April, 2015,
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Catarina C. Cruz, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Hybrid UHF/UWB Antenna for Passive Indoor Identification and Localization Systems, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 354 - 361, January, 2013,
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6Papers in Conferences

Catarina C. Cruz, C. A. Fernandes, S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, Phase-only Shaped Beam Transmit-Array, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Boston, United States, July, 2018,
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A. Zaric, Catarina C. Cruz, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Pseudo Localization Principle for RFID-Based Smart Blood Stock System, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2015,
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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
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
A. Zaric, Catarina C. Cruz, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, Feasibility Study of Suitcase Identification and Imaging Using a UWB Tag, IEEE International Conf. on RFID-Technology and Applications, Nice, France, Vol. 1, pp. 335 - 338, November, 2012,
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Catarina C. Cruz, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Design of a Passive Tag for Indoor Localization, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Prague, Czech Republic, Vol. -, pp. 1 - 5, March, 2012,
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Projects

Closed Projects5

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
ADAM_3D	Additive Antenna Manufacturing	FCT	01-06-2018	01-06-2021
KALens	Compact Lens-Based Mechanically Steered Ka-Band user Terminal Antenna	ESA-ESTEC	01-11-2013	01-10-2018
mm-SatCom	Millimeter Wave Antennas for Next-Generation Satellite Mass Services	FCT/PTDC	01-07-2013	01-01-2016
RFID-Local	Advanced Antennas for Radio Frequency Identification and Localization	FCT/PTDC	01-01-2010	01-12-2012
VISTA	COST IC1102 - Versatile, Integrated and Signal-aware Technologies for Antennas	ESF/COST	01-12-2011	01-12-2015

Other Scientific Achievements

2Awards

A. Zaric, Catarina C. Cruz, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, First Prize in 2014 IEEE AP-S Student Design Contest, International student competition organized by IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society in which 2-5 student teams propose, design and build antennas and a communication system for a specific application scenario., 01-07-2014
Catarina C. Cruz, Prémio de Investigação URSI Portugal 2011, "Antena híbrida UHF/UWB para Sistema RFID Passivo de Identificação e Localização em Ambientes Interiores.", 01-11-2011

1Miscellaneous

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

IT Alumni Profile

Ana Cruz

Scientific Achievements

Closed Projects5