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1 Curriculum Vitae Said A. Abushamleh Department of Physics and Astronomy/ Engineering foundation program University of Nebraska at Kearney th Ave. Kearney, NE USA Office: (308) Fax: (308) World Wide Web: Education (Systems Engineering/ Telecommunications Engineering), University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Dissertation: Miniaturized Wideband Planar Soft Surfaces for Mutual Coupling Reduction between Antenna Elements. M.S. (Wireless Communications), Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Dissertation: Verification of Impedance Relations for Antennas using experiment and theory. B.S. (Electrical and Computer Engineering, honors), Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan, Dissertation: Reducing mobile phone antenna size and improving performance using high impedance surface (PBG-type) and slotted ground plane. Professional Experience 2016-present: University of Nebraska at Kearney. o Department of Physics and Engineering: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering : University of Oklahoma at Norman. o School of Meteorology: Postdoctoral Research Associate : University of Arkansas at Little Rock. o The Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology: Research/Teaching Assistant and candidate : Lund University, Lund, Sweden. o Department of Electrical and Information Technology: Research Assistant. 2007: Applied Science University, Amman, Jordan. o Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Teaching Assistant and Laboratory Supervisor Engineer during the Spring and Summer semesters of : Royal Scientific Society, Amman, Jordan. o Department of Electronic Services and Training Center: Student Trainee (Internship) during the Summer of 2006 as a requirement for my B.S. degree. Page 1 of 7

2 Awards and Honors University of Arkansas at Little Rock. o Department of Systems Engineering: Graduate Assistantship, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. o 3 rd place in Student Research and Creative Works Expo, 2013 and This university level award recognizes excellent research achievement and strong presentation skills in the annual research Expo competed by students from all disciplines. The 2014 Student Research and Creative Works Expo award winner, third place: Miniaturized Thin Soft Surface Structure Using Metallic Strips with Ledge Edges for Antenna Applications, Said Abushamleh and Ayman Abbosh. The 2013 Student Research and Creative Works Expo award winner, third place: Flexible Yagi-Uda Antenna for Wearable Electronic Devices, Ayman Abbosh and Said Abushamleh. Master of Science scholarship: Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Lot 3. This scholarship was granted from the European Commission s new initiative in bridging gaps between EU and Jordan, Hashemite University fees waiver award for academic excellence, Al-Ettihad School Scholarships for outstanding students (High School Scholarship), Funding Research Grant proposals submitted (Funded): Developing and Testing of Low-cost 3D Printed Prostheses to Restore and Improve Function of Children with Congenital or Traumatic Below Elbow Amputations, $150,000, University of Nebraska Collaboration Initiative Seed Grant, (co-pi; lead PI J. M. Zuniga). Grant proposals submitted: Enhancing Food Precision through Networked Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Early Warning Systems for Environmental Impact, $150,000, University of Nebraska - System, (co-pi; lead PI N. Bickford). Building a better tomorrow for Haiti and the United States, $20,000, University of Nebraska - System, (co-pi; lead PI N. Bickford). Page 2 of 7

3 Equipment A New Generation of Advanced Circuit Board Plotters, $21,000, Nebraska Research Initiative, , (lead PI; co-pis D. Dutta, K. Trantham). Vector Network Analyzer from Rohde & Schwarz, $60,840, Start-up fund from the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Advising All students graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. B.S. thesis advisees Mona Khanfriboor, Theophile R. Twishime, and Vedaste Mutambuka: Coupling Reduction Using EBG Metasurfaces, Abdullah Abunasrah, Ibrahim Elsaidi, and Eric Sullivan: EMI Reduction using Metamaterials, Christina Dunlap, Noor Alqadhi, and Andrew Rayburn: PIFA Antenna Design for Smart Phones to Improve Indoor Coverage at the EIT *, * EIT (Donaghey College of Engineering and Information Technology at UALR). Publications Refereed journal publications 1) Isaac A., Al-Rizzo H., Yahya S., Al-Wahhamy A., Abushamleh S., and Khaleel H., On the Isolation of Two Closely-Spaced Planar Monopole Antennas Using Novel Printed- Circuit Decoupling Structures, submitted to: IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation, (July 21, 2017). 2) Al Shamaileh K., Dib N., and Abushamleh S., A Dual-Band 1:10 Wilkinson Power Divider Based on Multi-T-Section Characterization of High-Impedance Transmission Lines, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, Vol. 27, Issue: 10, 1-3, ) Almalkawi M. J., Shamaileh K. A., Abushamleh S. A., and Al-Rizzo H. M., A New Class of Compact Linear Printed Antennas, Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 57, 61-69, ) Abushamleh S. A., Al-Rizzo H. M., Kishk A. A., Abbosh A. I., and Khaleel H. R., Miniaturized Thin Soft Surface Structure Using Metallic Strips with Ledge Edges for Antenna Applications, Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, Vol. 57, , ) Khaleel H. R., Al-Rizzo H. M., Abbosh A. I., and Abushamleh S. A., High Impedance Surfaces For Flexible and Conformal Wireless Systems, American Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 7 (2): , Page 3 of 7

4 6) Almalkawi M. J., Shamaileh K. A., and Abushamleh S. A., Non-uniform PCB Traces with Prescribed Frequency Bands for Improved Crosstalk Immunity, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Vol. 28, , Issue 3, ) Shamaileh K. A., Almalkawi M. J., Devabhaktuni V. K., Dib N. I., and Abushamleh S. A., Realization of multi-band 3-dB branch-line couplers using Fourier-based transmission line profiles, Electromagnetics, 34(2), ) Khaleel H. R., Al-Rizzo H. M., Abbosh A. I., and Abushamleh S. A., A Novel µ- Negative Metamaterial with Enhanced Rejection Bandwidth, American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 6 (2): , Papers in proceedings of refereed conferences 1) Isaac A. A., Al-Rizzo H. M., Abushamleh S. A., and Khaleel H. R., Isolation Enhancement Between Two Vertical Monopole Antennas Using Two Printed Strips, 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Accepted/presented, July 9-14, 2017, San Diego, California, USA. 2) Isaac A. A., Al-Rizzo H. M., Hammoodi A. I., Abushamleh S. A., and Khaleel H. R., Coupling reduction of two planar monopole antennas for modern wireless applications, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Pages: , July 19-24, 2015, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 3) Isaac A. A., Al-Rizzo H. M., Hammoodi A. I., Abushamleh S. A., and Khaleel H. R., Isolation enhancement of two planar monopole antennas for MIMO wireless applications, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Pages: , July 19-24, 2015, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 4) Isaac A. A., Al-Rizzo H. M., Hammoodi A. I., Abushamleh S. A., and Khaleel H. R., Isolation enhancement of two closely spaced planar monopole antennas for industrial, scientific, and medical applications, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Pages: , July 19-24, 2015, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 5) Abbosh A. I., Khaleel H. R., Al-Rizzo H. M., Abushamleh S. A., and Bihnam A. N., Flexible CPW-IFA Antenna Array with Reduced Mutual Coupling, 2014 IEEE Science Meeting, Pages: , July 6-11, 2014, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. 6) Abbosh A. I., Khaleel H. R., Al-Rizzo H. M., Abushamleh S. A., and Bihnam A. N., Flexible CPW-IFA Antenna for Wearable Electronic Devices, 2014 IEEE Science Meeting, Pages: , July 6-11, 2014, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. 7) Almalkawi M. J., Shamaileh K. A., Abushamleh S. A., Choukiker Y., and Devabhaktuni V. K., Effect of PCB Traces with Continuous Impedance Perturbation on Crosstalk Page 4 of 7

5 Immunity, IEEE International Microwave and RF Conference IMARC2013, Pages: 1-4, Dec. 2013, New Delhi, India. 8) Abushamleh S. A., Al-Rizzo H. M., Kishk A. A., and Abbosh A. I., Mutual Coupling Reduction Between Two Patch Antennas Using A New Miniaturized Soft Surface Structure, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Pages: , July 7-12, 2013, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. 9) Abushamleh S. A., Al-Rizzo H. M., Kishk A. A., and Khaleel H. R., Miniaturized Thin Soft Surface Structure Using Metallic Strips with Ledge Edges, 2013 IEEE Science Meeting, Pages: , July 7-12, 2013, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. 10) Abushamleh S. A., Al-Rizzo H. M., Kishk A. A., and Abbosh A. I., Dual Band Planar Soft Surfaces using Interleaved Ledges, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Pages: , July 7-12, 2013, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. 11) Khaleel H. R., Al-Rizzo H. M., Abbosh A. I., and Abushamleh S. A., Printed Yagi-Uda Array for MIMO Systems, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Pages: , July 7-12, 2013, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. 12) Khaleel H. R., Al-Rizzo H. M., Abbosh A. I., and Abushamleh S. A., Ultra Thin Printed Monopole Based UWB Antenna with Extended 2.45 GHz ISM Band Operability, 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Pages: 71 71, July 7-12, 2013, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. 13) Abbosh A. I., Babiceanu R., Al-Rizzo H. M., Khaleel H. R., and Abushamleh S. A., Flexible Yagi-Uda Antenna for Wearable Electronic Devices, 2013 IEEE Science Meeting, Pages: , July 7-12, 2013, Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA. 14) Abushamleh S. A., Al-Rizzo H. M., Kishk A. A., and Khaleel H. R., Enhancement of the Strips Electromagnetic Soft Surfaces Using Ledge Edges, 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Pages: 1-2, July 8-14, 2012, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 15) Khaleel H. R., Al-Rizzo H. M., Rucker D., and Abushamleh S. A., A Low Profile AMC for Flexible and Conformal Applications, 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Pages: 1-2, July 8-14, 2012, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Invited Presentations 2017: University of Nebraska Lincoln. Research Interests Antenna theory, antenna design, microstrip antennas, microstrip filters, electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structures, electromagnetic planar soft surfaces, defected ground structures and their application to mutual coupling reduction in microstrip antennas. Page 5 of 7

6 Teaching Interests Electrical circuits, electromagnetic, microwave engineering, antenna theory and design, electromagnetic metamaterials, numerical analysis, matlab, signal processing, analog and digital communication, probability theory and random signals. Courses Taught : Electrical Circuits, Electromagnetic : Electrical Circuits, Introduction to Engineering : Teaching assistant in the Department of Systems Engineering - University of Arkansas at Little Rock. 1) Probability Theory and Random Signals (undergraduate course). 2) Antenna Theory for Wireless Systems (undergraduate course). 3) Digital and Analog Communication (undergraduate course). 4) Signals and Systems (undergraduate course). 5) Advanced Antennas for Wireless Systems (graduate course). 6) Electromagnetic Metamaterials (graduate course). 7) Computational Engineering (MATLAB) (undergraduate course). Primary instructor for this course. Service Departmental-Level Service University of Nebraska at Kearney Engineering Planning Committee (EPiC), 2016-present. University-Level Service University of Nebraska at Kearney Blue and Gold Welcome (BGW) committee that helps guide first-year students through their first week on campus, 2016, University Student Conduct/Appeal Board committee, 2017-present. Skills CST Microwave Studio, HFSS, MATLAB, Microsoft Office, Optimization, Signal Processing, AutoCAD, COMSOL, Research, Simulation, Numerical Analysis, Teaching, Windows, Visio. Professional Affiliations Member of the Jordan Engineers Association (JEA), 2007-present. Member of IEEE, Membership Number: , 2010-present. Reviewer of Electronics Letters. Reviewer of American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Reviewer of International Journal of Antennas and Propagation. Page 6 of 7

7 Reviewer of Mosharaka for Research and Studies conferences. References Dr. Hussain Al-Rizzo Professor Phone: (501) Address: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Department of Systems Engineering, 2801 South University Ave., Little Rock, AR Dr. Seshadri Mohan Professor Phone: (501) Address: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Department of Systems Engineering, 2801 South University Ave., Little Rock, AR Dr. Alexandru Biris Professor Phone: (501) Address: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Department of Systems Engineering, 2801 South University Ave., Little Rock, AR Dr. Nidhal Bouaynaya Assistant Professor Phone: (856) Address: Rowan University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., 201 Mullica Hill Road, Office: 136 Rowan Hall, Glassboro, New Jersey Page 7 of 7