Aida Vera

Graduate Research Assistant

Contact Information

Mailing address:
Technology Square Research Building
85 Fifth Street NW, Suite 547
Atlanta, GA 30308
Phone: (404) 385-6408
Email: avera3@gatech.edu

Background

Aida received her B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico (Suma Cum Laude) in June 2006.  She started pursuing graduate studies at Georgia-Tech in spring 2007, and joined the MiRCTech group in fall 2007.

Research Interests

• Design and optimization of Reconfigurable Antennas at High Frequencies
• RF MEMS

Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant (08/07-present) - Georgia Institute of Technology
• Summer Intern (06/08 - 08/08) – Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, Maryland)
  • RCS Modeling
• Summer Intern (06/07 - 08/07) – Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, Maryland)
  • Systems Engineering efforts in Department of Air and Missile Defense
• Graduate Teaching Assistant (Spring 2007) – Georgia Institute of Technology
• Fall Intern (09/06 - 12/06) – Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, Maryland)
  • Systems Engineering efforts in Department of Air and Missile Defense
• Undergraduate Research Assistant (Spring 2006) - Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere at the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (Puerto Rico)
• • Designed a wireless link for Radar data acquisition
  • Radio propagation analysis for the study of terrain profiles

Publications

1. Vera Lopez, A., Bhattacharya, S., Donado Morcillo, C., Papapolymerou, J., Choudhury, D., Horn, A., "Novel Low Loss Thin Film Materials For Wireless 60 GHz Applications", Accepted for publication in Proc 60th Electronic Components and Technology Conference, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2010.
2. 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.