Master’s Thesis Defense: Advanced Antenna Design for LTE Communications

On Thursday, February 9, 2017, a master’s thesis defense was conducted for Qasim Mohammed Khalaf at 9:00 AM in the Dijla Hall. The thesis, titled Design and Performance Analysis of a Miniaturized Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) for LTE Applications with MIMO Capability, introduced an innovative antenna design.

The defense committee included:

1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Natiq Abdullah Ali (Chairman)
2. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atheer Alaa Sabri (Member)
3. Dr. Ali Jabbar Salem (Member)
4. Dr. Ali Uday Abdulnoor (Member)
5. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Imad Shihab Ahmed (Supervisor and Member)

The research proposed a miniaturized L-shaped DRA design optimized using Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) in MATLAB, combined with CST Studio Suite for electromagnetic analysis. A dual-antenna array was developed to enhance performance for LTE’s multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The thesis was accepted with minor revisions, and the student earned a grade of “Very Good.”