João Manuel de Almeida Monteiro Felício

João Felício

Academic position:	Researcher
Joining date:	01-09-2014
Roles in IT:	Researcher
Scientific Area:	Wireless Communications
Group:	Antennas and Propagation – Lx

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Address: IT – Lisboa
Instituto Superior Técnico - Torre Norte - Piso 10
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Tel: +351 21 841 84 54
Fax: +351 21 841 84 72

https://www.orcid.org/0000-0003-3439-5947

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Scientific Achievements

Degrees

PhD, Instituto Superior Técnico, 21-11-2018
MSc, Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-01-2014
Licenciatura, Instituto Superior Técnico, 01-01-2012

Affiliations

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 01-01-2015, Member
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, 01-01-2015, Member

Expertise Topics

Ultrawideband antennas
Medical microwave imaging
Complex permittivity measurement
Antennas for biomedical applications
Additive manufacturing techniques

Academic Activities

Publications

5Papers in Journals

M. Savazzi, S. Abedi, N. Ištuk, N. Joachimowicz, H. Roussel, E. Porter, M. O’Halloran, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, J.F. Felício, R. Conceição, Development of an Anthropomorphic Phantom of the Axillary Region for Microwave Imaging Assessment, Sensors, Vol. 20, No. 17, pp. 4968 - 4968, September, 2020,
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J.F. Felício, J. Bioucas-Dias, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Microwave Breast Imaging using a Dry Setup, IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 167 - 180, January, 2020,
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J.F. Felício, J. Bioucas-Dias, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Antenna Design and Near-field Characterization for Medical Microwave Imaging Applications, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 67, No. 7, pp. 4811 - 4824, July, 2019,
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J.F. Felício, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Dual-Band Skin-Adhesive Repeater Antenna for Continuous Body Signals Monitoring, IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 25 - 32, March, 2018,
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J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, Wideband Implantable Antenna for Body-Area High Data Rate Impulse Radio Communication, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 64, No. 5, pp. 1932 - 1940, May, 2016,
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25Papers in Conferences

J.F. Felício, C. Rebocho, D. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Multistatic Dry Imaging Setup for Breast Cancer Screening using Microwaves, IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Montreal, Canada, Vol., pp. 1 -, July, 2020 | Full text (PDF 210 KBs) | BibTex
D. Godinho, J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, R. Conceição, Study of the Refraction Effects in Microwave Breast Imaging Using a Dry Setup, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Montreal, Canada, Vol. -, pp. 1 - 4, July, 2020,
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S. Faria, N. Leonor, C. A. Fernandes, J.F. Felício, C. Salema, Rafael Caldeirinha, Radiowave Propagation Modelling in the Presence of Wildfires: Initial Results, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Copenhagen, Denmark, Vol., pp. -, March, 2020,
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D. Godinho, J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, R. Conceição, Extracting Dielectric Properties for MRI-based Phantoms for Axillary Microwave Imaging Device, The European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCAP, Copenhagen, Denmark, Vol. -, pp. 1 - 4, March, 2020,
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J.F. Felício, J. Bioucas-Dias, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Antenna Phase Center and Angular Dispersion Estimation Using Planar Acquisition Setup Applied to Microwave Breast Imaging, The European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCAP, Copenhagen, Denmark, Vol. -, pp. 1 - 5, March, 2020,
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M. Savazzi, E. Porter, M. O’Halloran, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, J.F. Felício, R. Conceição, Development of a Transmission-Based Open-Ended Coaxial-Probe Suitable for Axillary Lymph Node Dielectric Measurements, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Copenhagen, Denmark, Vol., pp. -, March, 2020,
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S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, J.F. Felício, A.A. Almeida, N. Fonseca, P. Naseri, C. A. Fernandes, Dual Band Dual-Circulary Polarized Transmit-array Antenna for SoTM Ground Terminals at Ka-band, International Workshop on Antenna Technology - IWAT, Bucareste, Romania, Vol., pp. -, February, 2020,
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S.A. Matos, J. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, J.F. Felício, A.A. Almeida, N. Fonseca, MODULAR DESIGN OF A DUAL-BAND DUAL-CIRCULARLYPOLARIZED ANTENNA TO FEED A KA-BAND TRANSMIT-ARRAY FOR SOTM GROUND TERMINALS, ESA-ESTEC 40th ESA Antenna workshop, Noordwijk, Netherlands, Vol., pp. -, October, 2019,
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D. Godinho, J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, R. Conceição, Feasibility study of focal lens for multistatic microwave breast imaging, International Conf. on Appl. Electromagnetics and Communications - ICECOM, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Vol., pp. 1 - 5, September, 2019,
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J.F. Felício, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Microwave Breast Imaging using Dry Setup, Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing MEDICON, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol., pp. 1 - 8, September, 2019 | BibTex
J.F. Felício, S.A. Matos, J.R. Costa, A.A. Almeida, C. A. Fernandes, Wrist-Worn RFID Antenna Printed on Additive Manufactured Flexible Substrate, IEEE International Symp. on Antennas and Propagation - IEEE AP-S/USNC-URSI, Atlanta, United States, Vol., pp. -, July, 2019,
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J.F. Felício, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Exploratory Study of In-body Communication between Wearable Device and Multiple Implants and QPSK Digital Signal Transmission in Time-Domain, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Krakow, Poland, Vol., pp. 1 - 5, March, 2019,
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J.F. Felício, J. Bioucas-Dias, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Development of an Automation-Compatible Breast Cancer Imaging System using Microwaves, IEEE Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering ENBENG, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, February, 2019,
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D. Godinho, J.F. Felício, N. Silva, M. Orvalho, C. A. Fernandes, R. Conceição, Development of Axillary Region Models based on MRI Segmented Data to Aid Breast Cancer Staging, Conference on Biomedical Applications of Electromagnetic Fields EMF-Med, Split, Croatia, Vol., pp. -, September, 2018,
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J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, Webcam-based Distance and Surface Estimation System for Microwave Imaging, IEEE International Symp. on Antennas and Propagation - IEEE AP-S/USNC-URSI, Boston, United States, Vol., pp. 1 - 2, July, 2018,
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J.F. Felício, J. Bioucas-Dias, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Artifact removal based on SVD for microwave breast imaging, Encuentro Ibérico de Electromagnetismo Computacional - EIEC, Coimbra, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, May, 2018,
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J.F. Felício, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Experimental Validation of Medical Microwave Imaging for Breast Cancer Screening, UTAustin | Portugal Workshop on Modeling and Simulations of Cardiovascular Diseases and Cancer MSCDC, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, November, 2017,
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J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, Miniaturized Implantable Patch Antenna for Near- Field Communication at ISM Band, IEEE International Symp. on Antennas and Propagation - IEEE AP-S/USNC-URSI, San Diego, United States, Vol. -, pp. 1 - 2, July, 2017,
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J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, Link Budget Study and Realization of Time-Domain Measurement Setup for Implantable Antennas, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Paris, France, Vol. -, pp. 1 - 5, March, 2017,
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J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, Complex Permittivity and Anisotropy Measurement of 3D-Printed PLA at Microwaves and Millimeter-waves, International Conf. on Appl. Electromagnetics and Communications - ICECOM, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Vol. -, pp. 1 - 6, September, 2016,
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J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, Comparing Liquid Homogeneous and Multilayer Phantoms for Human Body Implantable Antennas, IEEE International Symp. on Antennas and Propagation - IEEE AP-S/USNC-URSI, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Vol. -, pp. - - -, June, 2016,
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J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, Low-Profile Wideband Stick-on Antenna for Body-Area Communication, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Davos, Switzerland, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2016,
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J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, Microwave Imaging for Target Detection in Body Phantom Using the Kirchoff Migration Algorithm, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2015,
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J.F. Felício, C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, UWB Body-Implantable Antenna for Short Range Communication, European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2015,
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J.F. Felício, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Antena Implantável de Banda Ultra-Larga para Transmissão e Armazenamento de Dados Médicos, Congresso do Comité Português da URSI, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol., pp. -, November, 2014 | BibTex

Projects

Currently running projects4

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
ADAM_3D	Additive Antenna Manufacturing	FCT	01-06-2018	01-06-2021
COST CA17115	European network for advancing Electromagnetic hyperthermic medical technologies	ESF/COST	04-09-2019	03-09-2022
EMERALD	ElectroMagnetic imaging for a novel genERation of medicAL Devices	EU/H2020	16-05-2018	31-07-2021
RESCuE-TOOL	Radio coverage for emergency communication systems to operate under critical wildfire environments TOOL	FCT	01-01-2019	28-02-2022

Closed Projects4

Acronym	Name	Funding Agency	Start date	Ending date
COST TD1301	Development of a European-based Collaborative Network to Accelerate Technological, Clinical and Commercialisation Progress in the Area of Medical Microwave Imaging	ESF/COST	01-11-2013	01-11-2017
KALens 2	Compact Lens-Based Mechanically Steered Ka-Band user Terminal Antenna - Extension	ESA-ESTEC	01-01-2019	01-01-2020
mm-SatCom	Millimeter Wave Antennas for Next-Generation Satellite Mass Services	FCT/PTDC	01-07-2013	01-01-2016
MWI-MedScan	Microwave medical imaging	IT	01-09-2014	01-08-2019

Other Scientific Achievements

5Awards

J.F. Felício, Fraunhofer Challenge 2019, 3rd place Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge within the PhD category, 01-10-2019
J.F. Felício, Finalist (2nd place), Best Portuguese PhD Thesis competition in Biomedical Engineering, 01-09-2019
J.F. Felício, Comité Português da ANACOM-URSI, 1st place ANACOM-URSI Portugal Award 2017, 01-12-2017
J.F. Felício, Comité Português da URSI, 1st place Best Student Poster Award, 01-12-2015
J.F. Felício, Fraunhofer Challenge 2015, 3rd place Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge within the MSc category, 01-10-2015

Other Contributions

1Conference Committees

International Symp. on Medical Information and Communication Technology - ISMICT, Technical Programme Committee, 2016

8Refereeing Journals

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
2015, 1 review(s);
Electronics Letters
2016, 1 review(s);
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
2016, 1 review(s);
International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering
2017, 2 review(s);
URSI Radio Science Bulletin
2018, 1 review(s);
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters
2020, 2 review(s);
engineering reports
2020, 1 review(s);
IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF, and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology
2018, 1 review(s);

3Refereeing Conferences

European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP
2018, 1 review(s); 2017, 1 review(s); 2015, 1 review(s);
International Conference on Biological Information and Biomedical Engineering IBIBE
2018, 1 review(s);
The 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
2020, 1 review(s);

IT Member Profile

João Felício

Scientific Achievements

Currently running projects4

Closed Projects4