RA Position Application 2021

The Transforming Antennas Center (TAC) at Florida International University (FIU) announces Research Assistantship openings for Ph.D. students. Prof. Georgakopoulos, Director of TAC, is looking for highly motivated and self-driven students with a strong background in antennas, RF systems and/or electromagnetics that would like to pursue a Ph.D. degree in cutting edge research areas related to: (a) antennas, (b) origami antennas, (c) reconfigurable antennas, (d) antennas for space applications, (e) antenna arrays, (f) beamforming networks, (g) MIMO systems, (h) electromagnetic surfaces, (I) antennas and microwave components for 5G/6G applications, (j) machine learning methods on electromagnetics. The Ph.D. students will perform their research activities at the Transforming Antenna Center (TAC), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States. TAC is a Research Center that is devoted to world-class research in foldable, deployable, reconfigurable, and multifunctional electromagnetic systems.

Required Education Level

Engineering: Master’s degree or equivalent (e.g., 5-year undergraduate degree); or Physics: Master’s degree or equivalent.

Skills/Qualifications:

•The candidate must have completed a master’s degree in electrical engineering, physics, or applied mathematics, or a 5-year undergraduate degree.
•Strong background in electromagnetics, microwave engineering (e.g., design of microwave components design, such as filters, couplers, power dividers, etc.) and antennas (e.g., design of microstrip antennas and arrays).
•Experience with one or more electromagnetic simulation software (e.g., HFSS, CST, FEKO, ADS).
•Good knowledge of one or more programming languages for scientific computation (e.g., C, CPP, MATLAB, Python).
•The candidate should be fluent in English, hard-working, passionate about research, and should work well both independently and collaboratively.
•Interested students should forward their resume and a letter of interest as soon as possible to Prof. Georgakopoulos at georgako@fiu.edu and use subject “RA Position Application 2021”.

Interested students should forward their resume and a personal statement addressing items 1-5 above as soon as possible to Prof. Georgakopoulos at georgako@fiu.edu and use subject “RA Position Application 2021“.

Selected students will be provided with research assistantships that will support them financially
and cover their tuition.
The announcement will remain open until positions are filled.

Stavros Georgakopoulos
Professor
Director of TAC
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Florida International University
10555 W. Flagler Street,
Miami, FL 33174
Phone: (305) 348-1262
FAX: (305) 348-3707
Email: georgako@fiu.edu