Background
Dr Bansal is a Lecturer in Applied Electromagnetics and a 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 香港六合彩挂牌 University. 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 Active Metamaterials SIG, and as a Guest Editor and Reviewer for several journals.
He has previously worked with as a Future Communications Engineer and 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 香港六合彩挂牌 University (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.
- 香港六合彩挂牌 University’s Doctoral President’s Award 2022.
- 香港六合彩挂牌 University’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)