Debabrata Kumar Karmokar

Dr Debabrata Kumar Karmokar

Program Director

UniSA STEM

Teaching Enterprise

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

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Debabrata Karmokar received B.Sc. degree in electrical & electronic engineering (EEE) from Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), Bangladesh and PhD degree in Electronic Engineering from Macquarie University, Australia.
In 2007, he joined at KUET as a Lecturer where he was promoted to Assistant Professor, and also served as an Assistant Director of Students’ Welfare of the university. Between 2012 and 2015, he was a Casual Academic, a Research Assistant, and also a Secretary of the IEEE Student Branch, at Macquarie University. From 2016 to 2019 he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Global Big Data Technologies Centre (GBDTC), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia. Before joining the University of South Australia in 2020, he was a Lecturer with the School of Engineering, Macquarie University, Australia.
Dr Karmokar is a recipient of several awards including a Young Scientist Award from Venus International Foundation in 2018, and URSI Young Scientist Award in 2019. He is serving as a reviewer for several journals of IEEE, IET, Wiley, MDPI, Hindawi, Taylor & Francis, Springer and Elsevier etc.
He is a Senior Member of IEEE and an Associate Editor for the IEEE Access.

Beam Scanning Antenna, Reconfigurable Antennas, Leaky-Wave Antennas, Millimeter-Wave Antennas, Metamaterial-Based Antennas, Microwave Filters, MMIC, Multiband and Broadband Printed Antennas

Year Citation
2025 Sabrin, S., Hong, S. -H., Karmokar, D. K., Habibullah, H., Fitridge, R., Short, R. D., & Szili, E. J. (2025). Healing wounds with plasma-activated hydrogel therapy. Trends in Biotechnology, 43(2), 278-289.
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2024 Sabrin, S., Hong, S. H., Sushil Kumar, K. C., Oh, J. S., Derrick-Roberts, A. L. K., Karmokar, D. K., . . . Szili, E. J. (2024). Electrochemically Enhanced Antimicrobial Action of Plasma-Activated Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Hydrogel Dressings. Advanced Functional Materials, 34(21), 2314345-1-2314345-15.
DOI Scopus23 WoS22
2023 Morshed, K. M., Karmokar, D. K., & Esselle, K. P. (2023). Antennas for licensed shared access in 5G communications with LTE mid- and high-band coverage. Sensors, 23(4, article no. 2095), 1-19.
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2023 Chen, S. L., Song, L. Z., Karmokar, D. K., Jones, B., & Guo, Y. J. (2023). Wideband fixed-beam single-piece leaky-wave antenna with controlled dispersion slope. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 71(11), 8429-8440.
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2023 Sabrin, S., Karmokar, D. K., Karmakar, N. C., Hong, S. H., Habibullah, H., & Szili, E. J. (2023). Opportunities of electronic and optical sensors in autonomous medical plasma technologies. ACS Sensors, 8(3), 974-993.
DOI Scopus18 Europe PMC5
2023 Morshed, K. M., Karmokar, D. K., Esselle, K. P., & Matekovits, L. (2023). Beam-switching antennas for 5G millimeter-wave wireless terminals. Sensors, 23(14, article no. 6285), 1-21.
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2022 Ahmad, I., Boukhedimi, I., Nguyen, K., Kodithuwakkuge, J., & Ramamurthy, B. (2022). On the performance of hybrid beamforming for massive-mimo low earth orbit satellite systems. IET Conference Proceedings, 2022(29), 186-191.
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2021 Shahid, I., Thalakotuna, D., Karmokar, D. K., Mahon, S. J., & Heimlich, M. (2021). Periodic structures for reconfigurable filter design: a comprehensive review. IEEE Microwave Magazine, 22(11), 38-51.
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2021 Shahid, I., Thalakotuna, D. N., Karmokar, D. K., Mahon, S. J., & Heimlich, M. (2021). A compact reconfigurable 1-D periodic structure in GaAs MMIC with stopband switching, dual-band operation and tuning capabilities. IEEE Access, 9, 142084-142094.
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2021 Jiang, H., Xu, K., Zhang, Q., Yang, Y., Karmokar, D. K., Chen, S., . . . Peng, L. (2021). Backward-to-forward wide-angle fast beam-scanning leaky-wave antenna with consistent gain. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 69(5), 2987-2992.
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2020 Karmokar, D. K., Chen, S. L., Thalakotuna, D., Qin, P. Y., Bird, T. S., & Guo, Y. J. (2020). Continuous backward-to-forward scanning 1-D slot-array leaky-wave antenna with improved gain. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 19(1), 89-93.
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2020 Chen, S. L., Karmokar, D. K., Qin, P. Y., Ziolkowski, R. W., & Guo, Y. J. (2020). Polarization-reconfigurable leaky-wave antenna with continuous beam scanning through broadside. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 68(1), 121-133.
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2020 Karmokar, D. K., Guo, Y. J., Chen, S. L., & Bird, T. S. (2020). Composite right/left-handed leaky-wave antennas for wide-angle beam scanning with flexibly chosen frequency range. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 68(1), 100-110.
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2020 Karmokar, D. K., & Chen, S. L. (2020). Slot antenna miniaturization by loading dumbbell-shaped slots and strips, square-shaped loops, and shorting vias. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 62(6), 2307-2310.
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2020 Shahid, I., Thalakotuna, D. N., Karmokar, D. K., & Heimlich, M. (2020). Asymmetric transversal patch loaded microstrip line based 1-D periodic structure with flexible selection of stopband resonance. AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, 114(153010), 1-6.
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2020 Shahid, I., Thalakotuna, D. N., Karmokar, D. K., & Heimlich, M. (2020). Bandstop filter synthesis scheme for reactively loaded microstrip line based 1-D periodic structures. IEEE Access, 8, 155492-155505.
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2019 Karmokar, D. K., Chen, S. L., Bird, T. S., & Guo, Y. J. (2019). Single-layer multi-via loaded CRLH leaky-wave antennas for wide-angle beam scanning with consistent gain. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 18(2), 313-317.
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2019 Chen, S. L., Karmokar, D. K., Li, Z., Qin, P. Y., Ziolkowski, R. W., & Guo, Y. J. (2019). Circular-polarized substrate-integrated-waveguide leaky-wave antenna with wide-angle and consistent-gain continuous beam scanning. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 67(7), 4418-4428.
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2019 Chen, S. L., Karmokar, D. K., Li, Z., Qin, P. Y., Ziolkowski, R. W., & Guo, Y. J. (2019). Continuous beam scanning at a fixed frequency with a composite right-/left-handed leaky-wave antenna operating over a wide frequency band. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 67(12), 7272-7284.
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2018 Karmokar, D. K., Guo, Y. J., Qin, P. Y., Chen, S. L., & Bird, T. S. (2018). Substrate integrated waveguide-based periodic backward-to-forward scanning leaky-wave antenna with low cross-polarization. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 66(8, article no. 8357818), 3846-3856.
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2017 Karmokar, D. K., Guo, Y. J., Qin, P. Y., Esselle, K. P., & Bird, T. S. (2017). Forward and backward beam-scanning tri-band leaky-wave antenna. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 16(7883920), 1891-1894.
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2017 Morshed, K. M., Karmokar, D. K., & Esselle, K. P. (2017). Low profile single-layer U-slot loaded shorted-patch antenna for wireless communications. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 59(9), 2224-2226.
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2016 Karmokar, D. K., Esselle, K. P., & Hay, S. G. (2016). Fixed-frequency beam steering of microstrip leaky-wave antennas using binary switches. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 64(6), 2146-2154.
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2016 Karmokar, D. K., Esselle, K. P., & Bird, T. S. (2016). Wideband microstrip leaky-wave antennas with two symmetrical side beams for simultaneous dual-beam scanning. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION, 64(4), 1262-1269.
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2015 Karmokar, D. K., Esselle, K. P., & Bird, T. S. (2015). An array of half-width microstrip leaky-wave antennas radiating on boresight. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 14, 112-114.
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2015 Karmokar, D. K., & Esselle, K. P. (2015). Periodic U-slot-loaded dual-band half-width microstrip leaky-wave antennas for forward and backward beam scanning. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 63(12), 5372-5381.
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2012 Talukder, A. A., Karmokar, D. K., Morshed, K. M., & Mollah, M. N. (2012). Low profile inverted-F-L antenna for 5.5 GHz WiMAX applications. ACEEE International Journal on Communications, 3(1), 15-19.
2012 Ahmed, A. N. R., Karmokar, D. K., & Himel, A. R. (2012). Broadband tiny triple inverted - F antenna for 5 GHz WLAN and bluetooth applications. ACEEE International Journal on Communications, 3(1), 25-29.
2010 Morshed, K. M., Karmokar, D. K., & Talukder, M. (2010). Numerical and experimental analysis of impedance matched inverted-L and stair inverted-L antenna for 5 GHz WLAN operation. Journal of Communications, 5(8), 612-619.
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2010 Karmokar, D. K., Morshed, K. M., Numan Al Mobin, A. M., & Kabir, A. N. M. E. (2010). High gain multiband loaded inverted-F antennas for mobile WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and WLAN operation. International Journal of Engineering, 4(3), 219-232.
2009 Karmokar, D. K., & Morshed, K. M. (2009). Analysis of inverted-F and loaded inverted-F antennas for 2.4 GHz ISM band applications. Journal of Electrical Engineering, 36(2), 4-9.

Year Citation
2024 Karmokar, D. K., Thalakotuna, D. N., & Esselle, K. P. (2024). Continuous scanning leaky-wave antenna using partially radiating substrate integrated waveguide. In 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNCURSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI) Proceedings (pp. 1013-1014). US: IEEE.
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2024 Anand, R., Karmokar, D. K., & Sarkar, A. (2024). Fixed-frequency beam-scanning microstrip leaky-wave antenna for Ku-band applications. In ISAP 2024 - International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (pp. 1-2). US: IEEE.
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2024 Karmokar, D. K. (2024). Millimeter-wave wide angle beam scanning composite right/left-handed leaky- wave antenna. In IEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference, Proceedings/TENCON (pp. 1406-1409). US: IEEE.
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2024 Karmokar, D. K., Anand, R., & Sarkar, A. (2024). Forward and backward to forward beam scanning bow-tie slot loaded SIW leaky-wave antenna. In 2024 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference, MAPCON 2024 (pp. 1-4). United States: IEEE.
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2023 Boukhedimi, I., Chan, T., Ahmad, I., Nguyen, K., Karmokar, D., Ramamurthy, B., & Kodithuwakkuge, J. (2023). Angle of Arrival Estimation in Multi-User Massive MIMO LEO Satellite Networks. In IEEE International Conference on Communications Vol. 2023-May (pp. 6287-6293). US: IEEE.
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2022 Karmokar, D. K. (2022). Beam scanning one-dimensional leaky-wave antenna. In IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications, CAMA Vol. 2022-December (pp. 1-3). US: IEEE.
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2021 Karmokar, D. K., Thalakotuna, D. N. P., Matekovits, L., & Esselle, K. P. (2021). One dimensional leaky-wave antennas with continuous scan of radiating beam. In 2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2021 (pp. 101-103). US: IEEE.
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2021 Thalakotuna, D. N. P., Karmokar, D. K., Hu, Z., Esselle, K. P., & Matekovits, L. (2021). Improving cross-band isolation in multi-band antennas. In 2021 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2021 (pp. 68). US: IEEE.
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2021 Karmokar, D. K., & Thalakotuna, D. N. P. (2021). Continuous scan of radiation beam from a half-width microstrip leaky-wave antenna at a fixed operating frequency. In 2021 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications, CAMA 2021 (pp. 169-171). US: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
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2020 Shahid, I., Thalakotuna, D., Karmokar, D. K., & Heimlich, M. (2020). Reactively loaded microstrip line based 1-D periodic structure with all-pass, low pass and stopband filter characteristics. In 2020 4th Australian Microwave Symposium, AMS 2020 (pp. 1-2). US: IEEE.
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2019 Karmokar, D. K., Chen, S. L., Qin, P. Y., & Guo, Y. J. (2019). Open-stopband suppression and cross-polarization reduction of a substrate integrated waveguide leaky-wave antenna. In URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference, AP-RASC 2019 (pp. 1-4). US: IEEE.
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2019 Chen, S. L., Karmokar, D. K., Ziolkowski, R. W., & Guo, Y. J. (2019). Wide-angle wideband frequency-independent beam-scanning leaky wave antenna. In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2019 (pp. 554-557). US: IEEE.
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2019 Karmokar, D. K., Bird, T. S., Guo, Y. J., & Esselle, K. P. (2019). A binary-switch controlled periodic half-width leaky-wave antenna for fixed frequency beam steering near the endfire region. In 2019 PhotonIcs & Electromagnetics Research Symposium - Spring (PIERS-Spring) Vol. 2019-June (pp. 1799-1803). US: IEEE.
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2018 Karmokar, D. K., & Guo, Y. J. (2018). Continuous backward-to-forward beam-scanning conformal leaky-wave antenna. In Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP (pp. 72-73). US: IEEE.
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2018 Karmokar, D. K., Chen, S. L., & Guo, Y. J. (2018). Novel continuous beam scanning leaky-wave antennas using 1-D mushroom structure. In 2018 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, ISAP. US: IEEE.
2017 Karmokar, D. K., & Guo, Y. J. (2017). Planar leaky-wave antennas for low-cost radar. In 2017 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, APWC (pp. 112-115). US: IEEE.
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2017 Morshed, K. M., Karmokar, D. K., & Esselle, K. P. (2017). Highly efficient leaky-wave antenna array for 28-GHz millimeter-wave terminals. In 2017 IEEE 85th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring) (pp. 1-4). US: IEEE.
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2016 Karmokar, D. K., & Esselle, K. P. (2016). Simple composite right/left-handed leaky-wave antennas for continuous beam scanning from backward to forward direction. In URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference, URSI AP-RASC 2016 (pp. 174-176). US: IEEE.
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2016 Karmokar, D. K., Guo, Y. J., Qin, P. Y., Esselle, K. P., & Bird, T. S. (2016). A dual-band half-width microstrip leaky-wave antenna for beam scanning in the forward and backward directions. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA 2016 (pp. 816-819). US: IEEE.
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2016 Karmokar, D. K., Esselle, K. P., & Heimlich, M. (2016). A microstrip leaky-wave antenna loaded with digitally controlled interdigital capacitors for fixed-frequency beam scanning. In Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2015 (pp. 276-277). US: IEEE.
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2016 Karmokar, D. K., & Esselle, K. P. (2016). Antennas with digitally steerable beams for modern wireless communication systems. In IEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference, Proceedings/TENCON (pp. 1-5). US: IEEE.
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2016 Karmokar, D. K., & Esselle, K. P. (2016). A composite right/left-handed leaky-wave antenna with gap capacitors for backward to forward beam scanning. In 2015 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements & Applications (CAMA) Proceeding (pp. 1-3). US: IEEE.
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2016 Karmokar, D. K., Esselle, K. P., Bird, T. S., & Hay, S. G. (2016). Conical beaming using simple arrays of uniform half-width microstrip leaky-wave antennas. In 2015 IEEE 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation, APCAP 2015 (pp. 90-91). US: IEEE.
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2016 Karmokar, D. K., Morshed, K. M., Hossain, M. S., & Mollah, M. N. (2016). A high-gain slot-loaded microstrip patch antenna fed by a half-width microstrip line for 5.5 and 5.8 GHz Wi-Fi/WiMAX applications. In 2nd International Conference on Electrical Information and Communication Technologies, EICT 2015 (pp. 359-363). US: IEEE.
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2016 Sabrin, S., Morshed, K. M., Rahman, M. M., & Karmokar, D. K. (2016). A compact, wide-beam, high gain antenna for wearable medical body-area network devices. In 2015 IEEE International WIE Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, WIECON-ECE (pp. 267-270). US: IEEE.
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2015 Karmokar, D. K., Esselle, K. P., Hay, S. G., Bird, T. S., & Heimlich, M. (2015). A simple single-feed array of uniform half-width microstrip leaky-wave antennas for boresight radiation. In 2015 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, ISAP 2015 (pp. 1-3). US: IEEE.
2014 Karmokar, D. K., Esselle, K. P., & Hay, S. G. (2014). A microstrip leaky-wave antenna with two symmetrical beams towards sides for fixed-frequency dual-beam scanning. In Proceedings - ANTEM 2014: 2014 16th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (pp. 1-2). US: IEEE.
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2014 Karmokar, D. K., Esselle, K. P., & Hay, S. G. (2014). Shifting the fixed-frequency beam scanning range of a leaky-wave antenna by slot loading. In 2014 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications, APWC 2014 (pp. 640-643). US: IEEE.
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2014 Karmokar, D. K., Esselle, K. P., & Hay, S. G. (2014). Four-branch microstrip leaky-wave antenna array for radiation towards broadside. In 2014 International Workshop on Antenna Technology: Small Antennas, Novel EM Structures and Materials, and Applications, iWAT 2014 (pp. 96-99). US: IEEE.
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2014 Karmokar, D. K., & Esselle, K. P. (2014). Fixed-frequency leaky-wave antenna for simultaneous forward and backward scanning. In IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest) (pp. 1794-1795). US: IEEE.
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2013 Karmokar, D. K., Thalakotuna, D. N. P., Esselle, K. P., Matekovits, L., & Heimlich, M. (2013). Reconfigurable half-width microstrip leaky-wave antenna for fixed-frequency beam scanning. In European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2013 (pp. 1314-1317). US: IEEE.
2013 Karmokar, D. K., Thalakotuna, D. N. P., Esselle, K. P., Heimlich, M., & Matekovits, L. (2013). Fixed-frequency beam steering from a stub-Loaded microstrip leaky-wave antenna. In International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, EMTS 2013 - Proceedings (pp. 436-439). US: IEEE.
2013 Thalakotuna, D. N. P., Karmokar, D. K., Esselle, K., Heimlich, M., & Matekovits, L. (2013). Modelling PIN diode switches in reconfigurable leaky-wave antenna design. In IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest) (pp. 1064-1065). US: IEEE.
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2013 Karmokar, D. K., Thalakotuna, D. N. P., Esselle, K. P., & Heimlich, M. (2013). Controlling the beam scanning limits of a microstrip leaky-wave antenna. In IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest) (pp. 1330-1331). US: IEEE.
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2013 Karmokar, D. K., Esselle, K. P., Thalakotuna, D. N. P., Heimlich, M., & Matekovits, L. (2013). A leaky-wave antenna for beam steering in forward and backward directions. In IEEE 2013 Tencon - Spring Conference Proceedings (pp. 47-50). US: IEEE.
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2012 Khanam, F., Mitra, S. R., Hossain, M. S., & Karmokar, D. K. (2012). Multiband low profile modified inverted-FL strip antenna for 5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN and 5.5 GHz WiMAX applications in laptop computer. In Proceeding of the 15th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, ICCIT 2012 (pp. 598-603). US: IEEE.
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2011 Karmokar, D. K., Hossain, M. S., & Mollah, M. N. (2011). Low-profile impedance matched wideband double inverted-f antenna for WiMAX/Wi-Fi operations in a laptop computer. In 2011 International Conference on Devices and Communications, ICDeCom 2011 - Proceedings (pp. 1-5). US: IEEE.
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2011 Morshed, K. M., Karmokar, D. K., & Rahman, M. M. (2011). Dual band two elements inverted-L antenna for 2.3 GHz mobile WiMAX and 5.5 GHz Wi-Fi operations. In 14th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, ICCIT 2011 (pp. 223-228). US: IEEE.
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2010 Karmokar, D. K., Morshed, K. M., Hossain, M. S., & Mollah, M. N. (2010). Wideband low profile double inverted-F antenna for 5.2/5.8 GHz WLAN and 5.5 GHz WiMAX applications. In International Conference on Advances in Electrical and Electronics (AEE 2010) (pp. 155-159). US: Curran Associates.
2009 Morshed, K. M., Karmokar, D., & Numan Al Mobin, A. M. (2009). Numerical analysis of impedance matched inverted-L antennas for Wi-Fi operations. In ICCIT 2009 - Proceedings of 2009 12th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (pp. 691-696). US: IEEE.
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2009 Morshed, K. M., Karmokar, D. K., & Hossen, M. (2009). Numerical analysis of inverted-L antennas for Wi-Fi operation. In Proceedings12th International Symposium on Microwave and Optical Technology (pp. 466-469). India: IEEE.
2009 Morshed, K. M., Karmokar, D. K., & Hossen, M. (2009). Numerical analysis of dual band inverted-L antenna for Wi-Fi and mobile WiMAX operation. In Proceedings 12th International Symposium on Microwave and Optical Technology (pp. 470-473). India: IEEE.

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Courses I teach

  • EEET 2018 Analogue Devices and Circuits (2025)
  • EEET 3047 Advanced Digital and RF Systems (2025)
  • EEET 2018 Analogue Devices and Circuits (2024)
  • EEET 3047 Advanced Digital and RF Systems (2024)
  • ENGG 4009 Engineering Honours Project A (2024)

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2024 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Md Joherul Alam

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