Professor PhD (Shanghai), FIEEE, Editor-in-Chief of IEEE AWPL |
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Research Interests: Intelligent antennas, phased arrays and MIMO; |
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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- J. Qian, S. Gao, et al., A Novel Filtering Antenna Using Transversal Coupling Topology, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2022, early access
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- W. Hu, S. Gao, Wideband Circularly Polarized Microstrip Patch Antenna With Multimode Resonance, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, April 2021, pp. 533-537
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- X. Qin, XX Yang and S. Gao, A compact rectifier design method for utilizing harmonics, Applied Science, Feb. 2021, accepted
- S.Y. Wang, G.Y. Wen and S. Gao, Polarization-Insensitive Cross-Polarization Converter, IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Feb. 2021, accepted
- 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
- 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
- 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
- C. Mao, XY Zhang, Y Wang and S Gao, Filtering Antennas: Design Methods and Recent Development, IEEE Microwave Magazine, accepted in Dec. 2020
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 - 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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