Antti Räisänen

Antti Räisänen

Antti Räisänen
Aalto University    FINLAND

Antti V. Räisänen was born in Pielavesi, Finland in 1950. He received the DSc (Tech.) degree in EE from the TKK Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University), Finland, in 1981. In 1989, he became a Professor Chair of Radio Engineering with TKK. He has been a Visiting Scientist and Professor with the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1978–1979, 1980, 1981), Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (1983), University of California at Berkeley (1984–1985), Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California Institute of Technology (1992–1993), and the Paris Observatory and University of Paris 6 (2001–2002).

He currently supervises research in millimeter-wave components, antennas, receivers, microwave measurements, etc. with the Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Department of Radio Science and Engineering and Millimetre Wave Laboratory of Finland—ESA External Laboratory (MilliLab). The Centre of Smart Radios and Wireless Research (SMARAD), which he leads at Aalto University, obtained the national status of Center of Excellence (CoE) in Research for 2002–2007 and 2008–2013. He is currently Head of the Department of Radio Science and Engineering. He is Fellow of IEEE since 1994 and Fellow of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA) since 2008.

Research stay at UC3M: DEPARTMENT OF SIGNAL AND COMMUNICATIONS THEORY

Project: The idea of the project is to intensify the cooperation between Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and Aalto University in the field of THz techniques. We aim at combining in a synergetic manner the expertise of the Department Signal and Communications Theory of UC3M and the Department of Radio Science and Engineering of Aalto University in the fields of THz antennas and antenna emitters (photomixers). We believe that it is possible to improve considerably the radiated power of these antenna emitters by integrating them with dielectric rod waveguide antennas in order to focus the generated THz power into the right direction.

Stay period: SEP 2013 – MAR 2014