Professor and Director of TAC and RFcom Lab

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Arizona State University, 2001
  • M.S. Electrical Engineering Arizona State University, 1998
  • B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece, 1996

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Wireless power transfer
  • Novel Antennas
  • Wearable antennas and body-centric wireless communications
  • Reconfigurable, tunable, broadband, and miniaturized antennas
  • On-chip antennas
  • Antenna mutual coupling analysis
  • RFID
  • Computational and applied electromagnetics
  • RF analysis and design
  • High frequency (HF) antennas
  • Thin-film circuits
  • Passive microwave devices

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Jan. 2002 to July 2007    Principal Engineer, SV Microwave/Amphenol Research & Development Department

Dr. Georgakopoulos was responsible for design and development of:

  • Novel passive and active RF/microwave components, such as, interconnects, power dividers, phase shifters, mixers, and vector modulators
  • High performance and reliability components for interfaces, such as, SMA, type-N, TNC, 7 mm, 3.5 mm, 2.92 mm, 2.4 mm and 1.85 mm
  • Thin-film high frequency circuits operating up to 70 GHz
  • Precision calibration standards
  • High power microwave components
  • High-reliability surface-mount chips for airborne and space applications
  • Complex microwave test fixtures for measuring various components, such as, surface mount chips, and leaded devices

BOOKS

1. S. V. Georgakopoulos, Xueli Liu and Shun Yao, “Origami Antennas”, in Antenna Engineering Handbook, 5th Edition (Ed: J. Volakis), McGraw-Hill Education, 2018.

2. M. M. Tentzeris, R. Vyas, Wei Wei, Y. Kawahara, Li Yang, S. V. Georgakopoulos, V. Lakafosis, S. Kim, Hoseon Lee, Taoran Le, S. Mukala and A. Traille, “Powering Issues in Biomedical Telemetry”, Handbook of Biomedical Telemetry (Ed: K. S. Nikita), Wiley-IEEE Press, 2014.

3. C. A. Balanis, C. D. Katsibas and S. V. Georgakopoulos, “Wireless Mobile Antennas and Cosite Interference in Communication Systems,” pp. 231-240, in Applied Computational Electromagnetics: State of the Art and Future Trends (Eds: N. K. Uzunoglu, K. S. Ninita and D. I. Kaklamani), Springer, 2000.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers

1. X. Liu, C. L. Zekios and S. V. Georgakopoulos, “Analysis of a Packable and Tunable Origami Multi-Radii Helical Antenna,” in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 13003-13014, 2019.

2. D. Liu and S. Georgakopoulos, “Cylindrical Misalignment Insensitive Wireless Power Transfer Systems,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 33, no. 11, pp. 9331-9343, Nov. 2018.

3. S. Yao and S. V. Georgakopoulos, “Origami Segmented Helical Antenna With Switchable Sense of Polarization,” in IEEE Access, vol. 6, pp. 4528-4536, 2018.

4. X. Liu, S. V. Georgakopoulos, and S. Rao, “A Design of an Origami Reconfigurable QHA with a Foldable Reflector,” in IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 78-105, Aug. 2017

5. S. Yao, X. Liu, and S. V. Georgakopoulos, “Morphing Origami Conical Spiral Antenna Based on the Nojima Wrap,” in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 2222-2232, May 2017.

6. D. Liu, H. Hu, and S. V. Georgakopoulos, “Misalignment Sensitivity of Strongly Coupled Wireless Power Transfer Systems,” in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 5509-5519, July 2017.

7. H. Hu and S. Georgakopoulos, “Multiband and Broadband Wireless Power Transfer Systems Using the Conformal Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonance Method,” in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 64, no. 5, pp. 3595-3607, May 2017.

8. J. S. Gibson, X. Liu, and S. V. Georgakopoulos, J. J. Wie, T. H. Ware and T. J. White, “Reconfigurable Antennas Based on Self-Morphing Liquid Crystalline Elastomers,” in IEEE Access, vol. 4, pp. 2340-2348, 2016.

9. X. Liu, S. Yao, B. S. Cook, M. M. Tentzeris, and S. V. Georgakopoulos, “An Origami Reconfigurable Axial-Mode Bifilar Helical Antenna,” in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 63, no. 12, pp. 5897-5903, Dec. 2015.

10. O. Jonah, A. Merwaday, S. V. Georgakopoulos, and M. M. Tentzeris, “Spiral Resonators for Optimally Efficient Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonant Systems,” Wireless Power Transfer Journal, Cambridge Press, Mar., 2014

PROFESSIONAL HONORS, PRIZES, FELLOWSHIPS

University

Aug. 2000 – May 2001DeMund Memorial Scholarship (ASU)
Aug. 1998 – Dec. 2001Regents’ Graduate Academic Scholarship (ASU)
Sept. 1991 – Aug. 1996Scholarship of academic excellence from University of Patrasand the government of Greece

National

May 20132nd Best Paper Award at the IEEE Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC) 2013
Nov. 2012Honorary Chapter Member, National Academy of Inventors
Oct. 2011IEEE Senior Member
June 2005Certificate of Outstanding Contribution to the Success of IEEE 55th Electronic Components and Technology Conference, Lake Buena Vista, FL, May 31 to June 3, 2005

CONTACT INFORMATION

Email: georgako@fiu.edu
Phone: (305) 348-1262
 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Engineering Center, EC 2965
Florida International University
10555 W. Flagler Street, Miami, FL 33174
 

Website: Transforming Antennas Center (TAC) and RFcom Lab

Courses Taught

http://it2/images/bullet.gif EEL 4461C Antennas and EEL 5467 Antennas for Wireless Communication Systems

http://it2/images/bullet.gif EEL 4421 Introduction to RF Circuits and EEL 5426 RF Circuit Design

http://it2/images/bullet.gifCommunication Systems, EEL 3514

http://it2/images/bullet.gifDigital Communication Systems I, EEL 5500

http://it2/images/bullet.gifDigital Communication Systems II, EEL 5501

http://it2/images/bullet.gifWireless Communication with Multimedia Applications, TCN 5155

http://it2/images/bullet.gifDigital Communications by Satellite, EEL 6509

http://it2/images/bullet.gifCommunication Systems Lab, EEL 3514L—This is a hardware laboratory that is remotely accessible from the web. Therefore, students can conduct the experiments from any location and they do not need to be physically present in the lab. Each student will conduct one experiment/week and submit a lab report by e-mail.

SPONSORS

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICE

Memberships:

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society

IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society

IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society

IEEE Communications Society

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society

Grant Reviewerships:

National Science Foundation

Manuscript Reviewerships:

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility

Professional Activities:

Jan. 23-24, 2014Chair and Organizer of the 2014 Workshop on Origami Design for Integration of Self-Assembling Systems for Engineering Innovation (ODISSEI).The ODISSEI program is funded by the National Science Foundation’s Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI).
Sept. 2013 – March 2014Session Organizer for Wireless Powering and Harvesting for the 2014 The Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Conference
Aug. 2013 – PresentAssociate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
July 2013Session Chair for two sessions on Wireless Power Transfer and one session on RFID Sensors and Systems at the 2013 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting
Jan. 2013 – PresentMember of the Editorial Board for the new International Journal on Wireless Power Transmission Technology  by Cambridge University Press
Sept. 2012 – March 2013Session Organizer for Wireless Powering and Harvesting for the 2013 The Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Conference
Sept. 2012 – March 2013Technical Program Committee member of the 2013 The Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Conference
Oct. 2011 – April 2012Technical Program Committee member of the 13th IEEE Wireless and Microwave Technology Conference (WAMICON)
April 2011Session Chair at 2011 IEEE RFID Conference
Sept. 2010 – April 2011Technical Program Committee member of 2011 IEEE RFID International Conference
June 2009Session Chair at 2009 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting

Outreach Activities:

Dr. Georgakopoulos led an outreach program funded by the Motorola Foundation. Through this program, Dr. Georgakopoulos developed materials related to engineering fields and careers (such as, a booklet, powerpoint presentations and an educational placemat) for elementary school students. Also, Dr. Georgakopoulos partnered with three elementary schools in South Florida: Sweetwater Elementary, Charles R. Hadley Elementary, and E.W.F. Stirrup Elementary. He regularly visited these schools for a year and presented the materials to the students in order to inspire them to follow engineering careers. Also, through this Motorola Foundation grant Dr. Georgakopoulos supported the activities of the Motorola Foundation Engineering Expo 2010 that attracted 1,200 K-12 school students to the FIU Engineering campus to expose them to science and engineering and ignite their interest for STEM careers. This program impacted a total of 1,700 K-12 students.

Professional Certifications:

  1. Training in Design for Six Sigma, DFSS (Training by Six Sigma QUALTEC, October 2004)
  2. Training in Project Management (Course offered by the Business School at Florida Atlantic University, February 2007)