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Author Bio:
Alessandra Costanzo is Associate Professor at the University of Bologna since 2001. Her research interests are very widely distributed in the field of nonlinear design of RF/microwave front-ends providing highly innovative solutions in ubiquitous energy autonomous micro-systems. She exploited systems based on microwave interference for precise and non-invasive structural monitoring; she implemented multi-band rectennas, specialized for wearable applications, exploiting RF harvesting from ambient. She has authored more than 150 scientific publications on peer reviewed international journals and conferences, and holds three international patents. She has been partner of several EU projects and founder member of the COST IC1301, where she chairs WG1: "far-field wireless power transfer". She is IEEE Senior member.
Nuno Borges Carvalho is a Full Professor and a Senior Research Scientist with the Institute of Telecommunications, University of Aveiro and an IEEE Fellow. He coauthored Intermodulation in Microwave and Wireless Circuits (Artech House, 2003), Microwave and Wireless Measurement Techniques (Cambridge University Press, 2013) and White Space Communication Technologies (Cambridge University Press, 2014). He has been a reviewer and author of over 200 papers in magazines and conferences. He is Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Microwave Magazine, and Cambridge Wireless Power Transfer Journal. He is the co-inventor of four patents. His main research interests include software-defined radio front-ends, wireless power transmission, nonlinear distortion analysis in microwave/wireless circuits and systems, and measurement of nonlinear phenomena. He has recently been involved in the design of dedicated radios and systems for newly emerging wireless technologies. He is the chair of the COST Action IC1301.
Alexandru Takacs was born in Simleu Silvaniei, Romania in March 1975. He received his Engineer Diploma in Electronic Engineering from the Military Technical Academy, Bucharest, Romania in 1999, his Master (2000) and Ph.D. degrees (2004) in Microwave and Optical Communications from National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, France. From 2004 to 2007 Dr., Takacs was Lecturer at Military Technical Academy of Bucharest and Associate Researcher at Microtechnology Institute of Bucharest. He held a Postdoctoral position at CNRS-LAAS, Toulouse from 2008–2010. During 2011 he worked as R&D RF engineer at Continental Automotive SAS France charged with antenna design and automotive electromagnetic simulation. Since 2012, he has been an Associate Professor at the University of Toulouse. His research interests include: design of microwave and RF circuits, energy harvesting and wireless power transfer, MEMS circuits and systems, small antenna design, electromagnetic simulation techniques, and optimization methods. He has authored or co-authored one book, 1 book chapter, and 15 papers in refereed journals and over 70 communications in International Symposium Proceedings
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Corresponding author:
N. B. Carvalho Email: nbcarvalho@ua.pt
