Arnaud Amadjikpe

Doctorate Alumnus

Contact Information

Email: gth892a@mail.gatech.edu

Background

Mr. AMADJIKPE received his Engineer degree in Electronics and Signal processing from the Polytechnic National Institute of Toulouse ENSEEIHT - France in 2006, and the MSECE degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2007. He is pursuing his PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering, which began in June 2007.

Research Interests

• Reconfigurable Filters design
• Reconfigurable Antenna design
• Microwave Components and Systems design
• RF MEMS
• Millimeter-wave antenna design, packaging and integration
  

Experience

• Research Assistant (02/07-present) - Georgia Institute of Technology
• Summer Intern (05/06 - 11/06) - Purple Labs S.A. (France)
  
  • Developed a complete WLAN solution for GSM, UMTS and GPRS mobile phones.
  • Designed an 802.11b/g radio Front End topology at the System level.
• Summer Intern (06/05-09/05) - CETP/CNRS (France)
  • Simulated electrical antennas for Ground Penetrating Radar applications.
  • Designed a new antenna prototype for the EXOMARS mission - ESA.
• Summer Intern (07/04-08/04) - ASECNA(Benin)
  • Maintained Instrument Landing Systems (Localizer, Glide Path) at the International Airport of Cotonou.

Publications

1. A.  Amadjikpe, D. Choudhury, G. E. Ponchak, and J. Papapolymerou, “Highly directive package-integrated dipole arrays for low-cost 60-GHz front end modules,” accepted to 2010 IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave. Symp. Dig., Anaheim, CA, May 2010.
2. A. Amadjikpe, D. Chung, S. Courreges, P. Eudeline, A. Ziaei, and J. Papapoplymerou, “A two-pole digitally tunable evanescent-mode waveguide narrowband filter with RF-MEMS switches,” submitted to IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation.
3. A. Amadjikpe, D. Choudhury, G. E. Ponchak, B. Pan, Y. Li, and J. Papapolymerou, “Proximity effects of plastic laptop covers on radiation characteristics of 60-GHz antennas,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol.8, pp. 763-766, July 2009.
4. A. Amadjikpe, D. Choudhury, G. E. Ponchak, and J. Papapolymerou, “High gain quasi-Yagi planar antenna evaluation in platform material environment for 60 GHz wireless applications,” 2009 IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave. Symp. Dig., pp. 385-388, Boston, MA, June 7-12, 2009.
5. A. Amadjikpe, D. Choudhury, G. E. Ponchak, and J. Papapolymerou, “A compact conformal end fire antenna for 60 GHz wireless applications,”2009 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symp., pp. 1-4,  Charleston, SC, June 1-5, 2009.
6. A. Amadjikpe and J. Papapolymerou, “A high-Q electronically tunable evanescent-mode double-ridged rectangular waveguide resonator,” 2008 IEEE MTT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig., pp. 1019-1022, June 2008.
7. A. Amadjikpe, A. Vera, D. Choudhury, and J. Papapolymerou, “Study of a 60 GHz rectangular patch antenna on a flexible LCP substrate for mobile applications,” 2008 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Symp., pp. 1-4,  San Diego, CA, July 5-11, 2008.

Last modified February 9, 2012.