Aakash Bansal

PhD

Pronouns: He/him
  • Lecturer in Applied Electromagnetics
  • Royal Academy of Engineering UK Intelligence Community Research Fellow

Background

Dr Bansal is a Lecturer in Applied Electromagnetics and a Royal Academy of Engineering UK Intelligence Community Research Fellow with the Wireless Communications Research Group. He is a multi-award-winning early career researcher with a PhD in Electronics, Electrical and Systems Engineering awarded in 2022 by º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ. He has successfully completed several industrial consultation projects in the past and actively works with industry on real-life challenges. He currently serves as a Co-Lead for UK Metamaterials Network+ Active Metamaterials SIG, and as a Guest Editor and Reviewer for several journals. 

He has previously worked with Satellite Applications Catapult as a Future Communications Engineer and CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute India as a Research Assistant. He has an extensive experience in RF design, reconfigurable antennas, metamaterials & metasurfaces, leaky-waves, RF lenses, fabrication and measurements. 

 

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Electronics, Electrical and Systems Engineering from º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ (2019 – 2022)
  • Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from GGSIP University, India (2013 – 2017)

Awards

  • Most Cited Paper in 2023 from Wiley Electronic Letters.
  • Royal Academy of Engineering UK IC Fellowship 2023.
  • º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s Doctoral President’s Award 2022.
  • º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ’s Sir Robert Martin University Prize 2020.
  • Electronics Weekly BrightSparks Award Class of 2020.
  • Young Engineer Award 2019 by CSIR – CEERI.
  • Exemplary Performance Award 2017 from GGSIP University.
  • IEEE Computer Society Richard E. Merwin Scholarship Award 2016.
  • MIT Global Startup Workshop Fellow 2016.
  • IEEE India Council Outstanding Volunteer Award 2016.

Research interests

Dr Bansal has specialist expertise in reconfigurable antennas, metasurfaces, satellite antennas, lens antennas and 3D-printed RF devices. 

  • Reconfigurable antennas 
  • Metamaterials & metasurfaces
  • Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
  • Satellite antennas
  • Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) networks
  • Electromagnetics for Cyber Physical Systems
  • Orbital Angular Momentum
  • Leaky Wave Antennas
  • 3D-printed RF Devices 

Grants and contracts

  • Jan 2024 – Dec 2025: Small Platform Antennas for CubeSats (SPACE) funded by Royal Academy of Engineering (£250,000) 
  • Aug 2024 – Mar 2026: Researcher in Residence funded by EPSRC via Innovation Launchpad Network+ (£49,500)