Faculty

Karl F. Warnick
Brian D. Jeffs

Research Emphases

The Brigham Young University Center for Smart Antenna Systems conducts research in the following areas:

• Multiantenna systems modeling and design optimization
• Phased array antennas for radio astronomy and satcom
• Phased array feeds for large reflectors
• Multichannel analog and software defined transceivers
• Adaptive beamforming and array calibration
• Array signal processing algorithms
• Real time digital signal processing
• Radio frequency interference mitigation

Open Positions

PhD positions possible for Fall 2011 (contact janalyn@ee.byu.edu for application information)
Postdoctoral Fellowship (Fall 2009)

Projects

Ku band transmit/receive phased array antennas for DBS and VSAT (Linear Signal, LLC)
Radio Astronomy Systems
Pattern reconfigurable antennas for 2.4 GHz band (Rayspan, Inc.)
Short range low frequency multichannel broadband wireless link (Freelinc, Inc.)
Arecibo AO40 Phased Array Feed Feasibility Study (NAIC)
800 MHz dual-dipole feed for Arecibo
Integrated active L-band phased array feed element/LNA (U. Calgary)

Meetings and Workshops

May 25-27, 2011	2011 Workshop on Phased Array Feeds for the Square Kilometre Array (PAFSKA2011) , Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA
May 3-6, 2010	International Workshop on Phased Array Antenna Systems for Radio Astronomy, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA

Facilities

Graduate Student Offices (484 Clyde Building)
Microwave Systems Laboratory (505 Clyde Building)

Funding Agencies and Commercial Partners

Freelinc, Inc.
Linear Signal, LLC
National Science Foundation (NSF)
National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC, Cornell Univ.)
Arecibo Telescope (Puerto Rico)
Rayspan, Inc.

CSAS gratefully acknowledges Remcom, Inc.'s generous donation of 10 seats of the electromagnetic modeling software XFdtd.

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