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Milestones

Patents filed, papers presented, grants secured and awards won along the way from research to venture.

  1. July 2026

    Best Student Technical Paper Award, IEEE MTT-S NEMO 2026

    Award

    Presented three papers at the IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization, covering our Locally Resonant Metamaterial and coaxial SIR filter topologies, with one recognized as Best Technical Paper.

  2. February 2026

    IEEE International Microwave Filter Workshop, Hong Kong

    Conference

    Presented our coaxial Stepped-Impedance Resonator and Locally Resonant Metamaterial filter work at IMFW 2026.

  3. 2026

    SPADEX: second EPFL Enable grant secured

    Grant

    Follow-on funding from EPFL's Enable program to extend the SPADE technology base.

  4. 2026

    2nd and 3rd PCT patent applications filed

    IP

    Filed with EPFL's Technology Transfer Office, extending patent coverage across the SIR and Locally Resonant Metamaterial filter platform.

  5. 2025

    Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC 2025), Jeju Island

    Conference

    Presented our work to the international microwave engineering community at APMC 2025 in South Korea.

  6. 2025

    1st PCT patent application filed

    IP

    Filed with EPFL's Technology Transfer Office, covering the tunable, multi-band Locally Resonant Metamaterial topology.

  7. 2025

    SPADE: EPFL Enable grant secured

    Grant

    First Enable grant supporting development of the SPADE RF filter and diplexer technology.

  8. 2024

    1st place, student antenna competition, JNM 2024

    Award

    Won the GNSS antenna design competition at the Journées Nationales des Microondes, earning an invited paper for the International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies.

Publications

Peer-reviewed research

TitleVenueYear
High-Power Ku-Band Narrowband Subwavelength Locally Resonant Metamaterial Filter for Space ApplicationsIEEE MTT-S NEMO 20262026
Modularity of Locally Resonant Metamaterial Topologies for Electrical Performance, Multipactor Threshold, and Time-Domain BehaviorIEEE MTT-S NEMO 2026 (Best Technical Paper Award)2026
Design and Multipactor Analysis of an X-Band Quarter-Wavelength Two-Section Coaxial Stepped-Impedance Resonator Filter for High-Power ApplicationsIEEE MTT-S NEMO 20262026
Compact Tunable (Generic) Sub-λ Meta-Filter for X/Ku Band: Control and Reconfigurability of Central Frequency, Bandwidth and OrderIEEE International Microwave Filter Workshop (IMFW 2026)2026
A Compact Tunable Meta-Filter for X/Ku Band Power ApplicationsAsia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC 2025)2025
Miniature antenna for GNSS satellite constellation receptionInternational Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies2025
Short-End Half-Wavelength Four-Sections Coaxial Stepped Impedance Resonators for Tx Space Bandpass FilterIEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS 2024)2024
Application of spread-spectrum techniques to a time-modulated metasurface illuminated by non-harmonic signalsEuropean Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2023)2023
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