Special Session - Metamaterials, FSS, and HIS for Improvements to RFID Performance and Privacy
Abstract- This special session focuses on enhancing RFID performance and privacy through the application of metamaterials, frequency selective surfaces (FSS), high impedance surfaces (HIS) and other periodic structures. The focus is on exploring metamaterial technology to enhance security (for example, using FSS screens to reject unwanted spatial signals) and to enhance performance (for example, by beamforming or gain enhancement using metamaterials and HIS).
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Presenter: Christopher “Kitt” W. Peterson
Short Bio- Dr. Christopher W Peterson (Member, IEEE) received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2015, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2018 and 2020. He joined Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in 2020 where he is currently a Senior Research Engineer in the Electromagnetics Division of the Advanced Concepts Laboratory. His research at GTRI focuses on enhancing control of RF radiation using active electromagnetic structures such as tunable, reconfigurable, non-reciprocal, or non-Foster metamaterials.
Short Bio– Dr. Joshua S. Roper (Member, IEEE) received two B.S. degrees in electrical engineering and physics from Georgia Southern University, in 2016, and both a master’s degree and Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, in 2017 and 2023 respectively. He was an RF/Antenna Engineer with the Viasat Antenna Systems Technology Group, Viasat, Inc., Atlanta, GA, USA from 2018 to 2023. At Viasat, his design experience encompassed many accepts of reflectors and waveguide components. He then transitioned to Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) in June 2023 where he is currently a Senior Research Engineer (SRE) in the Antenna Theory and Design Branch (ATD) for the Advanced Concepts Laboratory. At GTRI his research and design experience has focused on UWB antenna/phased array element design and stripline UWB microwave components.
