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Dr. Rida Gadhafi
Assistant Professor
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Overview
Dr. Rida Gadhafi (S’10, M’13’, SM’20) received her PhD in Optics and Radio Frequency from Universit ́e Grenoble Alpes, France in 2013. She later held a postdoctoral position at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. Currently, she serves as an assistant professor at the College of Engineering and IT (CEIT) at the University of Dubai. Before joining the University of Dubai, she worked as a research scientist at Khalifa University, Masdar City Campus, Abu Dhabi, starting in March 2015. She led a university-funded project on lunar communication in collaboration with the Emirates Lunar Mission team at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center. Her primary research interests include RF communication, particularly lunar communication, the design of passive antennas and filters, chipless Radio Frequency Identification tags, and on-chip antennas. She is also involved in interdisciplinary research, focusing on areas like using AI to accelerate antenna or filter design and applying memristors in microwave filters. Dr. Rida has published several papers in international journals and conferences. In 2023, she was honored with the Teaching Excellence Award from the University of Dubai. Additionally, she received IEEE Best Student Paper Awards in 2011 and 2012 and was awarded the IEEE MTT-S Student Sponsorship from the International Microwave Symposium in Canada in 2012. She is a senior member of IEEE and currently serves as vice-chair of the IEEE MTT/AP/IMS UAE chapter.
Education
Education
- Doctorate in Optic and Radio Frequencies(OR), ED EEATS (Ecole Doctorale Electronique, Electrotechnique, Automatique et Traitement du Signal), Université Grenoble Alpes, France (2010-2013).
- Master of Science in Electronics from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Cochin, Kerala, India (2005-2007)
Teaching Interests
- Antennas and Propagation
- Electromagnetics
- Satellite Communication
Memberships
- Senior Member of IEEE
- Society of Engineers Membership
Research
Recent Publications
Scopus ID: 54407342600, ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9388-9053
- Rida Gadhafi; Abigail Copiaco; Yassine Himeur; Kiyan Afsari; Husameldin Mukhtar; Khalida Ghanem; Wathiq Mansoor, “Exploring the Potential of Deep-learning and Machine-learning in Dual-band Antenna Design”, IEEE Open Journal of the Computer Society,2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/OJCS.2024.3463190
- Rida Gadhafi, Elham Serria, Sara AlMaeeni, Husameldin Mukhtar , Raed Abd-Alhameed and Wathiq Mansoor, “Investigating the Impact of Lunar Rover Structure and Lunar Surface Characteristics on Antenna Performance”, Sensors 2024, 24(16), 5361;DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s24165361
- Elham Serria, Rida Gadhafi, Sara AlMaeeni, Husameldin Mukhtar, Abigail Copiaco ,Raed Abd-Alhameed , Frederic Lemieux and Wathiq Mansoor, “A Review of Lunar Communications and Antennas: Assessing Performance in the Context of Propagation and Radiation”, , Sensors 2023, 23(24), 9832, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s23249832
- Heba Abunahla, Rida Gadhafi, Baker Mohammad, Anas Alazzam, Mamady Kebe & Mihai Sanduleanu, “Integrated graphene oxide resistive element in tunable RF filters”, nature research, scientific reports, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70041-x, 10:13128, 2020.
- Mamady Kebe, Rida Gadhafi, Baker Mohammad Mihai Sanduleanu, Hani Saleh, Mahmoud Al-Qutayri, “Human Vital Signs Detection Methods and Potential Using Radars: A Review”, Sensors 2020, 20(5), 1454; https://doi.org/10.3390/s20051454,
- Rida Gadhafi, Dan Cracan, Ademola Akeem Mustapha and Mihai Sanduleanu, “T-Shaped I/O Feed Based Dierential Bandpass Filter withSymmetrical Transmission Zeros and High Common Mode Rejection Ratio”, Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 89, 141–149, 2020.
- Rida Gadhafi, Dan Cracan, Ademola Akeem Mustapha and Mihai Sanduleanu, “An H- shaped differential Fed Patch Antenna for a GAN Base station transmitter” Progress in Electromagnetic Research (PIER M), Vol. 80, 181–191, 2019.
- Rida Gadhafi, Dan Cracan, Ademola Akeem Mustapha and Mihai Sanduleanu, “A tuning fork shaped differential dipole antenna”, Progress in Electromagnetic Research Letters (PIER_L): 80, 47-52, 2018.
- Ademola Mustapha, Dan Cracan, Rida Gadhafi and Mihai Sanduleanu, “A V-Band Transceiver with Integrated Resonator and Receiver/Transmitter Antenna for Near Field IoT”, in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems, Vol.65, issue 10, pp.1300-1304,2018.
- Rida Gadhafi, and Mihai Sanduleanu, “A Modified Patch Antenna with Square Open Loop Resonator Slot for Improved Bandwidth Performance in WiFi applications”, Advances in Science Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTES): 2, No. 3, 1467-1471, 2017, pp.1467-1471.
- Abigail Copiaco; Rida Gadhafi; Husameldin Mukhtar; Wathiq Mansoor, “Advancing a Cascaded Machine Learning Approach for the Accurate Estimation of Antenna Parameter”, 2023 6th International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Security (ICSPIS), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 08-09 November 2023.
- Elham Serria, Rida Gadhafi, Sara AlMaeeni, Husameldin Mukhtar, Abigail Copiaco ,Raed Abd-Alhameed , Frederic Lemieux and Wathiq Mansoor, “Lunar Environment Evaluation of Sleeve Antenna”, 2023 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications (CAMA), Genoa, Italy, 15-17 November 2023.
- Rida Gadhafi, Elham Serria, Sara AlMaeeni, Husameldin Mukhtar, Abigail Copiaco ,Raed Abd-Alhameed , Frederic Lemieux and Wathiq Mansoor, “A Study on the Performance of Sleeve Dipole Antenna for Rashid Rover”, 2024 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 21-24 April 2024
- Shaymaa Abushawish, Aleena Lifiya, Hamd Khan, Mohammed Eshaq, Rida Gadhafi, Amjad Gawanmeh, Husameldin Mukhtar and Wathiq Mansoor, “A Low Cost, Efficient Electrical Power System Design for CubeSat” 10th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies (RAST 2023), June 7-9.
- Nadeen R. Rishani, Stephane Protat, Jean-Marc Laheurte and Rida Gadhafi, “Experimental Procedure for Accurate Performance Evaluation of RFID Tag Placed on Human Tissue”, 2023 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC), September 11-13.
- Boutheina Tlili, Muhamed Asim, and Rida Gadhafi,“Non Invasive Glucose Detection with Rectangular Dielectric Resonator”, 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting in Denver, during 10-15 July 2022.
- Sabina Abdul Hadi, Rida Gadhafi, Zayed Ahmad , Maryam Ahli, Ali Mohammed, Maher AlQassab, Wathiq Mansour, “Memristor Based Frequency Switching in Bandpass Filters”, 28th IEEE International Conference on Electronics Circuits and Systems(ICECS21), Dubai, 28Novembers-1st December 2021.
- Rida Gadhafi, Mahesh Kannath, Husameldin Mukhtar and Wathiq Mansoor, “An L-Strip Double-band and Triple-band Antenna for WiFi, WiMax and 5G Applications”, The 4th World Symposium on Communication Engineering(WCSE2021), Nov 25-28,2021.
- Rida Gadhafi, Dan Cracan, Ademola Akeem Mustapha and Mihai Sanduleanu “ An H-shaped differential Antenna for 5G/FR1 Applications, IEEE MTT-S Latin America Microwave Conference, December 12-14, 2018.
- Ademola Mustapha, Dan Cracan, Rida Gadhafi and Mihai Sanduleanu, “A V-Band Transceiver with Integrated Resonator and Receiver/Transmitter Antenna for Near-Field IoT”, International Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems (ISICAS), September 2018, Taormina, Italy (http://ims.unipv.it/ISICAS18/index.php)
- Rida Gadhafi, and Mihai Sanduleanu, “A Modified Square Patch Antenna with Improved Bandwidth Performance for WiFi applications”, 5th International Conference on Electronic Devices, Systems and Applications (ICEDSA-2016), December 4-6. Ras Al Khaimah, 2016.
- Badreyya A Shehhi, Rida Gadhafi, and Mihai Sanduleanu, “Ultra-Low-Power, Small Footprint, 120 GHz, CMOS Radio Transmitter with On-Chip Antenna for Internet of Things (IoT)”, 5th International Conference on Electronic Devices, Systems and Applications (ICEDSA-2016), December 4-6. Ras Al Khaimah, 2016.
- Rida Gadhafi, Ibrahim Elfadel and Mihai Sanduleanu, “Compact Microstrip Antennas for WiMAX/WLAN Applications”, Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (MMS-2016)”, November 14-16, AbuDhabi, UAE.
