Electronic Engineering Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Prof GAO, Shichang 高式昌

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PhD (Shanghai), FIEEE, Editor-in-Chief of IEEE AWPL
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Research Interests:

Intelligent antennas, phased arrays and MIMO;
Spacecraft antennas;
RF, microwave and millimeter-wave circuits;
Miniaturized synthetic aperture radars (mini-SAR) and passive radars for remote sensing

 

 

Resume of Career

Steven Gao is a Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and an Honorary Professor at the University of Kent, UK. He received PhD in Microwave Engineering from Shanghai University, China, in 1999. From 1993 to 1996, he was with China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation, China. He worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at National University of Singapore, Singapore (Oct. 1999-May 2001), Research Fellow at Birmingham University, UK (May 2001-May 2002), Senior Lecturer (May 2002-July 2006) and then Reader (July 2006-Sep. 2007) at Northumbria University, UK, Senior Lecturer and Head of Space Antennas and RF Systems Group at Surrey Space Center, University of Surrey, UK (Sep. 2007-Dec. 2012), and Professor and Chair of RF and Microwave Engineering at University of Kent, UK (Jan. 2013-July 2022). He also served as the Head of Communications Research Group at the University of Kent (Jan. 2020-July 2022). Since Sep. 2022, he has been with the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Prof. Gao was a Visiting Scientist at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Zurich, Switzerland in 2003, a Visiting Scientist at University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), USA, in 2005, and JSPS Visiting Fellow at Microwave Remote Sensing Lab, Chiba University, Japan in 2013.

Prof. Gao is the Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL website: http://awpl.ee.cuhk.edu.hk). He is a Fellow of IEEE, Fellow of IET and Fellow of Royal Aeronautical Society, UK. He was the UK’s representative in European Association of Antennas and Propagation (2021-2022) and a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE (2014-2016). He was Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (2015-2021). He co-authored over 500 papers and 3 books.

Current Research Interests

  • Intelligent antennas, phased arrays and MIMO;
  • Spacecraft antennas;
  • RF, microwave and millimeter-wave circuits;
  • Miniaturized synthetic aperture radars (mini-SAR) and passive radars for remote sensing

Taught Courses

  • Antennas and Propagation
  • Microwave Engineering

Professional Service

  • Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, March 2023-
  • Associate Editor of IEEE Transaction on Antennas and Propagation, 2015-2021
  • General Co-Chair, 2021 UK-Europe-China International Workshop on Millimeter-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT), Sept 13-15, 2021, Lancaster, UK
  • Lead Guest Editor, Proceedings of the IEEE, Special Issue on Small Satellites, March 2018 issue
  • Lead Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Special Issue on “Low-Cost Wide-Angle Beam-Scanning Antennas”, Sep. 2022
  • Lead Guest Editor, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Special Issue on “Antennas for Satellite communications”, April 2015 issue
  • Associate Editor, Radio Science, 2013-2022;
  • Special Issue Editor, Electronics Letters, 2022;
  • Associate Editor, Electronics Letters, 2018-2022;
  • Panel member of Award Committee, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, 2019-2021;
  • Regional Delegate (UK, Ireland, Gibraltar, Malta) to European Association of Antenna and Propagation (EurAAP), 2021-2022;

Journal Publications (Recent 3 Years)

  1. C. Gu, S. Gao, V. Fusco, R. Xu, G. Gibson, B. Sanz and X.X. Yang, A D-Band 3D-Printed Antenna, IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, Sept. 2020, pp. 433-442
  2. Q. Yang, S. Gao, Q. Luo, L. Wen, Y. Ban, X.X. Yang, X. Ren and J. Wu, Dual-polarized crossed slot array antenna designed on a single laminate for millimeter-wave applications, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 68, No. 5, May 2020, pp. 4120-4125
  3. Y. Cai, K. Li, W. Li and S. Gao, Dual-Band Circularly Polarized Transmitarray with Single Linearly Polarized Feed, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, June 2020, pp. 5015-5020
  4. Q. Yang, S. Gao, Q. Luo, L. Wen, Y. Ban, X.X. Yang, X. Ren and J. Wu, Millimeter-wave Dual Polarized Differentially-fed 2D Multi-beam Patch Antenna Array, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Oct. 2020, pp. 7007-7016
  5. L. Wen, S. Gao, et al., Wideband Dual Circularly Polarized Antenna for Intelligent Transport Systems, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, May 2020, pp. 5193-5202
  6. C. Xu, ZP. Wang, S. Gao and et al., A  Polarization-Reconfigurable Wideband High-Gain  Antenna Using Liquid Metal Tuning, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, August 2020, pp. 5835-5841
  7. L. Wen, S. Gao, Q. Yang, Y. Yin, J. Wu and X. Ren, A Wideband Series-Fed Circularly Polarized Differential Antenna by Using Crossed Open Slot-Pairs, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 68, No. 4, April 2020, pp. 2565-2575
  8. W. Hu, TX. Feng, S. Gao, L. Wen, Q. Luo, YZ Yin, Y. Liu and X.X. Yang, Wideband Circularly Polarized Antenna Using Single-Arm Coupled Asymmetric Dipoles, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, July 2020, pp. 5104-5113
  9. L. Wen and S. Gao, Compact and Wideband Crossed Dipole Antenna Using Coupling Stub for Circular Polarization, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, 2021, accepted
  10. J. Qian, S. Gao, et al., A Novel Filtering Antenna Using Transversal Coupling Topology, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2022, early access
  11. W. Hu, S. Gao, et al., Low-Cost Wide-Angle Beam-Scanning Transmitarray Using Lens-Loaded Patch Elements: A Proof-of-Concept Study, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2022, early access
  12. J. Zhang, W. Liu, S. Gao, C. Gu and Q. Luo, Robust Multi-Beam Multiplexing Design Based on a Hybrid Beamforming Structure with Nearly Equal Magnitude Analogue Coefficients, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 71, No. 5, May 2022, pp. 5564-5569
  13. Q.S. Zhang, X. Shi and S. Gao, A Low-Profile Beam-Steering Reflectarray with Integrated Leaky-Wave Feed and 2-Bit Phase Resolution for Ka-band SatCom, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, March 2022, pp. 1884-1894
  14. R. Xu, Z. Shen and S. Gao, Compact-Size Ultra-Wideband Circularly Polarized Antenna with Stable Gain and Radiation Pattern, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, 2021, accepted
  15. R. Xu, J. Liu, K. Wei and S. Gao, Dual-Band Circularly Polarized Antenna with Two Pairs of Crossed-Dipoles for RFID Reader, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, 2021, accepted
  16. Z. Zhao, Z.P. Wang, J. Kelly and S. Gao, Balanced Feed Low Cross-Polarization Quad-Ridged Horn Antenna With Center Cross Fusiform Loaded, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Sep. 2021, pp. 6004-6009
  17. T. Lou, X.X. Yang and S. Gao, Dual-Polarized Nonreciprocal Spatial Amplification Active Metasurface IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Sep. 2021, pp. 1789-1793
  18. W. Hu, S. Gao, Wideband Circularly Polarized Microstrip Patch Antenna With Multimode Resonance, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, April 2021, pp. 533-537
  19. X.X. Yang and S. Gao, Broadband Dual-Polarized Endfire Array With Compact Magneto-Electric Planar Yagi Antenna for mm-Wave Terminals, IEEE Access, March 2021, pp. 52708 - 52717
  20. Z. Duan, H. Xu, S. Gao and GY Wen, A Circularly Polarized Omnidirectional Antenna for Wireless Capsule Endoscope System, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, April 2021, pp. 1896 - 1907
  21. I. Bakaimi, X. He, S. Guerin, N. Z. I. Hashim, Q. Luo, I. M. Reaney, S. Gao, B. E. Hayden, and C. H. K. de Groot, Combinatorial synthesis and screening of (Ba,Sr)(Ti,Mn)O3 thin films for optimization of tunable co-planar waveguides, J. Mater. Chem. C, vol. 6, pp. 6222–6228, 2018.
  22. X. Liu, W. Hu and S. Gao, A Wideband Triple-Mode Differentially Fed Microstrip Patch Antenna, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, July 2021, pp. 1160-1164
  23. W. Hu and S. Gao, A Wideband Metal-Only Transmitarray With Two-layer Configuration, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, July 2021, pp. 1347-1351
  24. L. Wen, S. Gao, Q. Luo, B. Sanz, X. Ren and J. Wu, Wideband Differentially Fed Dual-Polarized Antenna by Using Three-Strip Transmission Lines, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, July 2021, pp. 4172-4177
  25. J. Sumantyo, K. Ito, S. Gao, et al., Airborne Circularly Polarized Synthetic Aperture Radar, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Jan. 2021, pp. 1676-1692
  26. X. Qin, XX Yang and S. Gao, A compact rectifier design method for utilizing harmonics, Applied Science, Feb. 2021, accepted
  27. S.Y. Wang, G.Y. Wen and S. Gao, Polarization-Insensitive Cross-Polarization Converter, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Feb. 2021, accepted
  28. Y. Wang, X.X. Yang and S. Gao, Study on Millimeter-Wave SIW Rectenna and Arrays with High Conversion Efficiency, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Sep. 2021, pp. 5503-5511
  29. C. Santosa, J. Sumantyo, S. Gao and K. Ito, Broadband Circularly Polarized Microstrip Array Antenna with Curved-Truncation and Circle-Slotted Parasitic, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Sep. 2021, pp. 5524-5533
  30. R. Xu, S. Gao, J.Y. Li, W. Hu, XX Yang and J. Sumantyo, Analysis and Design of Ultrawideband Circularly Polarized Antenna and Array, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Dec. 2020, pp. 7842-7853
  31. C. Mao, XY Zhang, Y Wang and S Gao, Filtering Antennas: Design Methods and Recent Development, IEEE Microwave Magazine, accepted in Dec. 2020
  32. Z. Yin, X.X. Yang and S. Gao, Miniaturized Ultrawideband Half-Mode Vivaldi Antenna Based on Mirror Image Theory, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, April 2020, pp. 695-699
  33. L. Wen, S. Gao, Q. Luo, W. Hu and B. Sanz, Design of a Broadband Circularly Polarized Antenna by Using Axial Ratio Contour, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Dec. 2020, pp. 2487-2491
  34. L. Wen, S. Gao, Q. Luo, W. Hu and B. Sanz, Design of a Wideband Dual-Feed Circularly Polarized Antenna for Different Axial Ratio Requirements, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Jan. 2021, pp. 88-92
  35. J. Zhang, W. Liu, S. Gao, C. Gu and Q. Luo, Multi-Beam Multiplexing Design for Arbitrary Directions Based on the Interleaved Subarray Architecture, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Oct. 2020, pp. 11220-11232
  36. B. Sanz and S. Gao, 3D Printing of Millimetre Wave and Low-Terahertz Frequency Selective Surfaces using Aerosol Jet Technology, IEEE Access, accepted in Sep. 2020
  37. F. Yu, X.X. Yang and S. Gao, Polarization-Insensitive
    Metasurface for Harvesting Electromagnetic Energy with High Efficiency and
    Frequency Stability over Wide Range of Incidence Angles, Applied Sciences, accepted in Nov. 2020
  38. Z.P. Wang and S. Gao, Low Scattering Plane Wave Generator Design Using a Novel Non-coplanar Structure for Near-Field Over-the-air Testing, IEEE Access Vol. 8, 2020, pp. 211348 - 211357
  39. Z.P. Wang and S. Gao, Robust Plane Wave Generator Design in Small Anechoic Chamber Setup Using Parameterized Field Method, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, 2020, pp. 187052 - 187059
  40. Q. Yang, S. Gao, Q. Luo, L. Wen, Y. Ban, X.X. Yang, X. Ren and J. Wu, A Dual-Polarized Planar Antenna Array Differentially-Fed by Orthomode Transducer, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, May 2021, pp. 2637-2647
  41. A. Alobied, X.X. Yang and S. Gao, Compact 2X2 MIMO Antenna with Low Mutual Coupling Based on Half Mode Substrate Integrated Waveguide, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, May 2020, pp. 2975-2980
  42. Q. Yang, S. Gao, Q. Luo, L. Wen, Y. Ban, X.X. Yang, X. Ren and J. Wu, A Cavity-Backed Slot-Coupled Patch Antenna Array With Dual Slant Polarization for Millimeter-Wave Base Station Applications, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, March 2020, 1404-1413
  43. R. Xu and S. Gao, A Reconfigurable Dual-Band Dual-Circularly Polarized Antenna for Vehicle Global Navigation Satellite System Application, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Oct. 2020, pp. 11857-11867
  44. L. Zhang and S. Gao, A Single-Turn Stacked Spiral Antenna With Ultrawide Bandwidth and Compact Size, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, March 2021, pp. 1740-1745
  45. L. Zhang and S. Gao, Quad-Polarization Reconfigurable Antenna With Suppressed Cross Polarization Based on Characteristic Mode Theory, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Feb. 2021, pp. 636-647
  46. L. Zhang, K. Wu, Y. He and S. Gao, Wideband High-Efficiency Circularly Polarized SIW-Fed S-Dipole Array for Millimeter-Wave Applications, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 68, No. 3, Mar. 2020, pp. 2422-2427
  47. H. Qiu, X.X. Yang, Y. Yu and S. Gao, Compact Beam Scanning Flat Array Based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 68, No. 2, Feb. 2020, pp. 882-890
  48. Q. Yang, S. Gao, et al., A Low Complexity 16X16 Butler Matrix Design Using Eight-Port Hybrids, IEEE Access, Vol. 7, Dec. 2019, pp. 177864 - 177873
  49. W. Hu, L. Qian, S. Gao, Y. Liu, W. Wang, Dual-Band Ten-Element MIMO Array Based on Dual-Mode IFAs for 5G Terminal Applications, IEEE Access, Vol. 7, Dec. 2019, pp. 178476 - 178485
  50. R. Xu, S. Gao, B. Sanz, et al., A Review of Broadband Low-Cost and High-Gain Low-Terahertz Antennas for Wireless Communications Applications, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, April 2020, pp. 57615-57630
  51. J. Wang, YG Zhou and S. Gao, An Efficiency-Improved Tightly Coupled Dipole Reflectarray Antenna Using Variant-Coupling-Capacitance Method, IEEE Access, Vol. 8, April 2020, pp. 37314-37321
  52. E. Arnieri, L. Boccia, G. Amendola, S. Glisic, C. Mao, S. Gao, T. Rommel, P. Penkala, M. Krstic, U. Yodprasit, A. Ho, O. Schrap and M. Younis, An Integrated Radar Tile for Digital Beamforming X-/Ka-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Instruments, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 67, No. 3, 2019, pp. 1197-1206
  53. G. Zhu, J. Du, X.X. Yang and S. Gao, Dual-Polarized Communication Rectenna Array for Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transmission, IEEE Access, Vol. 7, Dec. 2019, pp. 141978 - 141986
  54. W. Hu, L. Qian, S. Gao, Y. Liu, W. Wang, Dual-Band Eight-Element MIMO Array Using Multi-Slot Decoupling Technique for 5G Terminals, IEEE Access, Vol. 7, Oct. 2019, pp. 153910 - 153920
  55. L. Wen, S. Gao, Q. Luo, Q. Yang, W. Hu, YZ Yin, X. Ren and J. Wu, A Wideband Differentially Driven Dual-Polarized Antenna by Using Integrated Six-Port Power Divider, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 67, No. 12, Dec. 2019, pp. 7252-7260
  56. H. Xu, H. Zhou, S. Gao, H. Wang and Y. Cheng, A Highly Integrated MIMO Antenna Unit: Differential/Common Mode Design, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 67, No. 11, Nov. 2019, pp. 6724 - 6734
  57. W. He, L. Zhang, Y. He, S. Wong, C. Mao, P. Chu, L. Ge and S. Gao , An Ultra-Wideband Circularly Polarized Asymmetric- S Antenna With Enhanced Bandwidth and Beamwidth Performance, IEEE Access, Dec. 2019, pp. 134895 - 134902
  58. L. Wen, S. Gao, Q. Luo, Q. Yang, W. Hu, YZ Yin, X. Ren and J. Wu, A Wideband Differentially Fed Dual-Polarized Antenna With Wideband Harmonic Suppression, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 67, No. 9, September 2019, pp. 6176-6181
  59. L. Wen, S. Gao, Q. Luo, Q. Yang, W. Hu, YZ Yin, X. Ren and J. Wu, A Compact Wideband Dual-Polarized Antenna With Enhanced Upper Out-of-Band Suppression, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 67, No. 8, August 2019, pp. 5194-5202
  60. W. Hu, X. Liu, S. Gao, L. Wen, Q. Luo, YZ Yin and Y. Liu, A Compact Wideband Folded Dipole Antenna With Multi-Resonant Modes, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vo. 67, No. 11, Nov. 2019, pp. 6789 - 6799
  61. Q. Luo, S. Gao, M. Sobhy, X.X. Yang, Z.Q. Chen, Y.L. Geng and J. Sri Sumantyo, A Hybrid Design Method for Thin Panel Transmitarray Antennas, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 67, No. 10, Oct. 2019, pp. 6473 - 6483
  62. Y. Dong, S. Gao, S. Dong and G. Wei, Filtering antennas for energy harvesting in wearable systems, International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields, July 2019, pp. 1-12
  63. Z. Qiao, Z.P. Wang and S. Gao, A Compact Minimally Invasive Antenna for OTA testing, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, July, 2019, pp. 1381-1385
  64. N. Zhu, X.X. Yang, T. Lou and S. Gao, Broadband Polarization-Reconfigurable Slot antenna and Array with Compact Feed Network, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, June 2019, pp. 1293-1297
  65. C. Mao, Z. Jiang, D.H. Werner, S. Gao and W. Hong, Compact Self-Duplexing Dual-Band Dual-Sense Circularly-Polarized Array Antenna with Closely-Spaced Operating Frequencies, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, July, 2019, pp. 4617-4625
  66. L. Kang, J. Zhou, H. Li, SF Zheng and S. Gao, A Mode-Reconfigurable Orbital Angular Momentum Antenna with Simplified Feeding Scheme, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, July, 2019, pp. 4866-4871
  67. L. Li, X.X. Yang. G. Zhu and S. Gao, Compact High Efficiency Circularly Polarized Rectenna based on Artificial Magnetic Conductor, International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, May 2019, early access
  68. T. Lou, X.X. Yang, H. Qiu, Z. Yin and S. Gao, Compact Dual-Polarized Continuous Transverse Stub Array with Two-Dimension Beam Scanning, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, May, 2019, pp. 3000-3010
  69. W. Wang, Z. Zheng, X. Fang, H. Zhang, M. Jin, J. Lu, Q. Luo and S. Gao, A Waveguide Slot Filtering Antenna With an Embedded Metamaterial Structure, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, May 2019, pp. 2953-2960
  70. Q. Luo, S. Gao, W. Li, M. Soby, B. Hayden, I.M. Reaney and X.X. Yang, Multibeam Dual-Circularly Polarized Reflectarray for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 68, No. 4, April 2019, pp. 3574-3585
  71. L. Wen, S. Gao, Q. Luo, Q. Yang, W. Hu and YZ Yin, A Low-Cost Differentially Driven Dual-Polarized Patch Antenna by Using Open Loop Resonators, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, April 2019, pp. 2745 - 2750
  72. C. Hu, Q. Zeng, S. Gao, A Robust Technique without Additional Computational Cost in Evolutionary Antenna Optimization, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, April 2019, pp. 2252-2259
  73. E. Arnieri, L. Boccia, C. Mao and S. Gao, An Integrated Radar Tile for Digital Beam Forming X/Ka Band Synthetic Aperture Radar Instruments, IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 67, No. 3, March 2019, pp. 1197-1206
  74. T. Lou, X.X. Yang, H. Qiu, Z. Yin and S. Gao, Low-Cost Electrical Beam-Scanning Leaky-Wave Antenna Based on Bent Corrugated Substrate Integrated Waveguide, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Feb. 2019, pp. 353 - 357
  75. Y. Cai, W.T. Li, K. Li, S. Gao, Y. Yin, W. Hu and L. Zhao, A Novel Ultra-Wideband Transmitarray Design Using Tightly Coupled Dipole Elements, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 67, No. 1, Jan. 2019, pp. 242 - 250
  76. C. Mao, M. Khaily and S. Gao, Planar Sub-Millimeter-Wave Array Antenna with Enhanced Gain and Reduced Sidelobes for 5G Broadcast Applications, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 67, No. 1, Jan. 2019, pp. 160 - 168
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