Two lecturers from the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, UGM Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Ayodya Tenggara and Dr. Rachmawan Budiarto, conducted a working visit to Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) on Mar. 25, 2024.
This visit was to attend a research workshop titled “QMUL AERG—UGM NEEP Research Workshop,” where future research collaboration plans between UGM and QMUL were discussed.
The event, held at the Robin Brook Centre (RBC), QMUL, was attended by participants from the UGM delegation and several lecturers and PhD students from QMUL.
The workshop was divided into four sessions, each featuring several speakers with different presentation topics. The event commenced with opening remarks from Dr. Saejune Park, representing QMUL, and Dr. Ayodya Tenggara, representing UGM, before proceeding to Session 1 presentations.
Session 1 began with a presentation by Dr. Saejune Park, representing Professor Akram Alomainy of QMUL and also the head of the AERG (Antennas and Electromagnetics Research Group), on the topic “Antennas & EM Research and Innovation from Body-centric Wearable Technologies to AI-based Microwave and Materials Engineering.”
This was followed by a presentation by Dr. Rachmawan Budiarto on “A Comprehensive Approach to Develop the Sustainable Energy System in Indonesia.” Subsequently, Ms. Mojan Omidvar, a PhD student from QMUL, presented on “Accelerated Discovery of Ferroelectric Materials for Microwave Technologies.”
The session one presentation concluded with Dr. Ayodya Tenggara’s presentation on “The Development of Innovative Approaches for Bio-Sensing by Optical and THz Metamaterials.”
Moving on to Session 2, presentations began with a talk by Dr. Riccardo Degl’Innocenti, an academic from QMUL, on “Graphene Integrated Devices for THz Beam Modulation and Detection.”
This was followed by a presentation from Mr. Toshan Wickramanayake, a PhD student from QMUL, on “Physics-based Battery Models: The Potential and the Challenges.” The following presentation was by Dr. Changjae Oh (QMUL) on “Vision-based Robot Perception and Action,” followed by Mr. Muhammad Qamar (PhD student QMUL) with a presentation on “Multi-scale EM-based Wireless Capsule Endoscopy.”
Dr. Saejune Park concluded Session 2 with a presentation on “Free-space and On-chip THz Metamaterial: Biosensing and Other Applications.”
In Session 3, Dr. Kamyar Mehran presented on “Research Activities with Real-time Control and Systems Laboratory” to kickstart the session. This was followed by Dr. Jin Zhang’s (QMUL) presentation on “Microwave Enabling Nuclear Fusion for Cleaner Future: Applications of High Power Micro/mm Waves in Nuclear Fusion Power Generation.”
Dr. Young-Ok Cha (QMUL PDRA) followed with a presentation on “Antennas and Electromagnetics Research via Natural Language Processing.” Next, Dr. James Kelly (QMUL) spoke on “Reconfigurable High-Frequency Electronics.” Session 3 concluded with Mr. Abdullah Shawier’s (PhD student QMUL) presentation on “A Digital Twin Approach for Loss Minimisation of the Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generators.”
Session 4 started with a presentation by Ms. Kexin Li (PhD student QMUL) on “Reconfigurable Impedance Matching Circuit,” followed by Dr. Elif Dogu (QMUL PDRA) presenting on “Smart sensors for a wearable-free and contactless virtual ward at home.”
As the event concluded, Session 4 also included closing remarks from Dr. Saejune Park and Dr. Rachmawan Budiarto. The workshop concluded with a dinner agenda with Dr. Saejune Park, Dr. Ayodya Tenggara, Dr. Rachmawan Budiarto, and two doctoral students, Mr. Jerry Liu and Mr. Rashel Kabir.
Previously, Dr. Saejune Park from QMUL also visited UGM on Mar. 13, 2024, to deliver a public lecture and workshop at the UGM Faculty of Engineering. During that visit, Dr. Saejune Park welcomed the collaboration plans offered by UGM.
This reciprocal visit by UGM lecturers to QMUL was intended to share knowledge and ideas and build potential further collaboration between the two institutions.
Source: UGM Directorate of Partnerships and Global Relations