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Dr. Mahesh A

Associate Professor

Educational Qualification

B.E (Electronics and Communication),

M.Tech.(Communication Systems)

PhD

Experience

Teaching: 16 years

Industry : Nil

Area of Interest

Electromagnetics, Antennas, Wireless Communication and Software Defined Radio

Email ID

mahesha@rvce.edu.in

 

Date of Joining at RVCE : 07th July 2008

Subjects Handled: Analog Communication, Digital Communication, Fields and Waves, Communication channels and Microwave devices, Antennas and Propagation, Antenna theory and Design, Basics of Electronics, Analog Microelectronic circuits, Communication Systems-1 and Communication Systems-2.

No. of Projects guided to UG Students : 30

No. of Projects guided to PG Students : 20

Publication Details

IEEE Transaction

1. Ashutosh Kedar, Pratap Vangol, A Mahesh, “Hybridization of Bayesian Compressive Sensing and Array Dilation Technique for Synthesis of Linear Isophoric Sparse Antenna Arrays”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Volume: 71, Issue: 5, May 2023.

Journals:

  1. Anu K S, K A Vishnumurthy, Mahesh A, Suresh B S, Natarajan K, "Effect of Carbon Fibre Reinforcement on The Mechanical and Electromagnetic Shielding Properties of The Fe 3 O 4 -Carbonaceous/Epoxy Composites", Journal of Polymers for Advanced Technologies, Wiley Online, June 2023

  2. Anu K S, K A Vishnumurthy, Mahesh A, Suresh B S, Natarajan K, “Fabrication and comparison of mechanical and EMI shielding properties of various fibre reinforced multi-layered epoxy composites”, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, Elsevier, 17th Sept 2022. 

  3. Aravind Anant Bhat, Mahesh A, “Design of Elliptical Microstrip Patch Array Antenna for X-band Application”, International Journal of Emerging Trends & Technology in Computer Science (IJETTCS), Volume 11, Issue 4, July-August 2022. 

  4. Shruthi M, Mahesh A, “Design of High Gain B-Sandwiched Radome”, International Journal of Emerging Trends & Technology in Computer Science (IJETTCS), Volume 11, Issue 4, July-August 2022.

  5. Pratap Vangol, Rahul Chikkodi, Mahesh A, “Design of Corner Truncated Patch Antenna for ISM Band”, International Journal of Emerging Trends & Technology in Computer Science (IJETTCS), Volume 11, Issue 4, July-August 2022.

  6. Rahul Chikkodi, Mahesh Birari, Mahesh A, Vidya Honguntikar, “Coverage and Throughput Analysis of 3GPP NR Propagation Models using MATLAB”, International Journal of Emerging Trends & Technology in Computer Science (IJETTCS), Volume 11, Issue 4, July-August 2022.

  7. Rohini G, Mahesh A, “Design and Simulation of Metamaterial based Circularly Polarized Antenna Array”, Journal of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology ISSN: 1007-6735 Volume 23, Issue 8, Page-437, August - 2021.

  8. Soujanya N, Mahesh A, “Design and Analysis of Non-Uniformly Spaced Dipole Array Antenna, Journal of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology”, ISSN: 1007-6735, Volume 23, Issue 8, Page-383, August - 2021.

  9. Mahesh A, Ravishankar S, “Analysis of Shaped Dielectric Lens Antennas using Hybrid method”, International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication, Volume 4, Issue 4, pp 14-16, April 2016.

  10. Mahesh A, Ravishankar S, “Analysis of Spherical Dielectric Lens using Spherical Modal Expansion”, International Journal of Science Technology & Engineering, Volume 2, Issue 10, April 2016.

  11. Sachin K M, Mahesh A, “Effect of Substrate parameters on Mutual Coupling between Microstrip Antennas", International Journal Of Advanced Research In Computer And Communication Engineering, Volume 3, Issue 7,Pp7449-7452, July 2014.

  12. “Design of Quad-band Antenna for Wireless Communications”, Ramesh Kumar Shukla , Mahesh A," International Journal Of Advanced Research In Computer And Communication Engineering, Volume 3, Issue 7, pp7600-7603, July 2014.

  13. FSS Radomes For Antenna RCS Reduction, Chandrika Sudhendra, Madhu A R, Mahesh A, A C Radhakrishna Pillai, International Journal of Advances in Engineering & Technology,Vol. 6, Issue 4, pp. 1464-1473 Sept. 2013.

  14. Mahesh A, Ravishankar S, “Analysis of Shaped Dielectric Lens Antennas using Hybrid method”, International Journal on Recent and Innovation Trends in Computing and Communication, Volume 4, Issue 4, pp 14-16, April 2016.
  15. Mahesh A, Ravishankar S, “Analysis of Spherical Dielectric Lens using Spherical Modal Expansion”, International Journal of Science Technology & Engineering, Volume 2, Issue 10,  April 2016.

  16. “Effect of Substrate parameters on Mutual Coupling between Microstrip Antennas", Sachin K M, Mahesh A, International Journal Of Advanced Research In Computer And Communication Engineering, Volume 3, Issue 7,Pp7449-7452, July 2014.

  17. “Design of Quad-band Antenna for Wireless Communications”, Ramesh Kumar Shukla , Mahesh A," International Journal Of Advanced Research In Computer And Communication Engineering, Volume 3, Issue 7, pp7600-7603, July 2014.

  18. FSS Radomes For Antenna RCS Reduction, Chandrika Sudhendra, Madhu A R, Mahesh A, A C Radhakrishna Pillai, International Journal of Advances in Engineering & Technology,Vol. 6, Issue 4, pp. 1464-1473 Sept. 2013.

International Conferences:

  1. Arun Patil, Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao, Mahesh A, Keerthipriya Sathish, “A
    wideband single polarization antenna for precision cosmology in S-band”, Wireless, Antenna & Microwave Symposium, 29 Feb - 03 March 2024, RIT, Visakhapatnam, India

  2. Dheeraj G, Sateesh S. Badadal, Mahesh Appajappa, Debdeep Sarkar, “Generation of High-Gain Steered Beam using Dipole Antenna Loaded on Anomalous Reflector with Near-field Correction”, Wireless, Antenna & Microwave Symposium, 29 Feb - 03 March 2024, RIT, Visakhapatnam, India

  3. Raghunandan, Mahesh A, Mahesh Babu, “Wireless Communication System Design Using Labview and Software Defined Radio”, 7 th International Conference on Computation System and Information Technology for Sustainable Solutions (CSITSS), 2-4 Nov 2023, RV College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

  4. Pratap P Vangol, Mahesh A, Jogesh Das, Debdeep Sarkar, “Design of an S-Band Transmit-Mode Active Integrated Antenna for Low Power IoT Application”, IEEE Microwave, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Dec 12-16, 2022, (Accepted)

  5. Ashish K Adiga, Mahesh A, Jogesh Das, Debdeep Sarkar, “CSRR and Stub Loaded Miniaturised Tri-Band Patch Antenna for 5G Base Station Application”, IEEE Microwave, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Dec 12-16, 2022, (Accepted)

  6. Aravind, Rahul Chickodi, Mahesh A, Ashutosh Kedar, “High Gain,Wide Band and Wide Scanning Substrate Integrated Waveguide based U-Slot Phased Array Antenna in X-band”, IEEE Microwave, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Dec 12-16, 2022, (Accepted)

  7. Shruthi, Aravind, Mahesh A, Ashutosh Kedar, “A Comparative Study of Dielectric Lenses for Wide Scanning Performance”, IEEE Microwave, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), Dec 12-16, 2022, (Accepted)

  8. Shushrutha K S, Mahesh A, Ashish Adiga, “Hybrid Method to Compute EM-Fields of Multi Gradient Flat Lens-Array Antenna”, International Symposium on Wireless Antennas and Microwave Symposium, (WAMS), 5-8 June 2022, NIT Raurkela, India

  9. Mahesh A, Ashish Adiga, Abhishek, Yashwanth, Rohini G, “Gain Enhancement of 4x4 mm-Wave Patch Array with Dielectric Shells and Metamaterial Lens: A Comparative Study”, International Symposium on Wireless Antennas and Microwave Symposium, (WAMS), 5-8 June 2022, NIT Raurkela, India

  10. Ashutosh Kedar, Pratap Vangol, Rahul Chikkodi, Mahesh A, “Preliminary Investigations on Hybridization of Bayesian Compressive Sensing and Array Dilation Technique”, IEEE Indian Conference on Antennas and Propagation (InCAP-21), Jaipur, India, 13-16th Dec 2021. 

  11. Rahul Chikkodi, Pratap Vangol, Dr.Mahesh A, Dr.Ashutosh Kedar, Wide-Scan and Wideband Antenna Array Design for Phased Array applications in X-band, IEEE Mysore Sub Section Flagship International Conference, 24th & 25th October 2021.

  12. Mahesh A, Neha V Jetgonda, “Analysis of Dielectric Lens-Shell Antennas using Hybrid Method”, International Conference on Smart Generation Computing, Communication and Networking (SMARTGEN), Pune, Oct 29-30, 2021.

  13. Mahesh A, Sandhya, Keerthana, “Design of Conformal Multiband Antenna and its Gain Enhancement using Metamaterial Lens”, 5th IEEE international Women in Engineering (WIE) Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bangalore,
    India, Nov 2019

  14. Mahesh A, Shushrutha K S, Ramesh Kumar Shukla “Design of Multi-Band Antennas for Wireless Communication Applications” 6th biennial IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference AEMC December 2017, Aurangabad, India

  15. Ravishankar S, Shushrutha K S, Mahesh A, “A Hybrid Method of Analysis for Shaped Dielectric Lenses Compared with Measurement Results” 2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC), Dec. 2017, Ahmedabad, India

  16. Ravishankar S, Mahesh A, “A Hybrid Method of Analysis of Shaped Dielectric Lens Antennas", 2015 IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and URSI CNC/USNC Joint Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 19-25, 2015.

  17. Manjunath G, Mahesh A, Rukmini T S ,Design of Dielectric Lens Fed Circular Patch Antenna for Wireless Communication Application, IEEE-ISM, Bangalore, Dec2012

  18. Manjunath, T S Rukmini,Mahesh A, Ravishankar S, Design of Hemispherical And Spherical Lens Antennas For Smart Antenna Applications, International Conference on Microwaves, Antenna, Propagation & Remote Sensing, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, DEC 2011.

  19. Ravishankar Sankaranarayanan, Mahesh Appajappa, Rukmini T S, Arjun Ravishankar, “Spherical Modal Analysis of a Patch Array Dielectric Lens Antenna”, 4 th  European IEEE conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP2010), Barcelona, Spain, April 2010.

  20. Mahesh A, Ravishankar S, Rukmini T S, Thakur S K, “Collimation properties of Microstrip Patch Fed Dielectric Lens Antenna for Broad Band Mobile Communication”, IEEE-International Conference on Future Computer and Communication, Malaysia, April 2009.

  21. Ravishankar S, Mahesh A, “A Hybrid Method of Analysis of Shaped Dielectric Lens Antennas", 2015 IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and URSI CNC/USNC Joint Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 19-25, 2015.

  22. Manjunath G, Mahesh A, Rukmini T S ,Design of Dielectric Lens Fed Circular Patch Antenna for Wireless Communication Application, IEEE-ISM, Bangalore, Dec2012

  23. Manjunath, T S Rukmini,Mahesh A, Ravishankar S, Design of Hemispherical And Spherical Lens Antennas For Smart Antenna Applications, International Conference on Microwaves, Antenna, Propagation & Remote Sensing, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, DEC 2011.

  24. Ravishankar Sankaranarayanan, Mahesh Appajappa, Rukmini T S, Arjun Ravishankar, “Spherical Modal Analysis of a Patch Array Dielectric Lens Antenna”, 4th European IEEE conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP2010), Barcelona, Spain, April 2010.

  25. Mahesh A, Ravishankar S, Rukmini T S, Thakur S K, “Collimation properties of Microstrip Patch Fed Dielectric Lens Antenna for Broad Band Mobile Communication”, IEEE-International Conference on Future Computer and Communication, Malaysia, April 2009.

  26. Mahesh A, Ravishankar S, Rukmini T S, Thakur S K , “The Gain Enhancement of Microstrip Array Antenna with dielectric lens - A Comparative Study”, IEEE International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics, Hyatt Regency Kolkata, India. December 2009.

  27. Naveen Kasim, Shankar D, Mahesh A, Rukmini T S, “Gain Enhancement of Microstrip Patch Antenna with Concave Dielectric Lens for wireless Broadband Communication”, International Conference on ‘Radio Science’, ICMARS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, Dec2009.

  28. Mahesh A, Sangeetha, Rukmini T S, “Design, fabrication and testing of 1*4 array of rectangular patch antennas”, 4th International Conference on Radio Science, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, February 2008.

International Symposium:

  1. Ravishankar S, Mahesh A, “A Hybrid Method of Analysis of Shaped Dielectric Lens Antennas", 2015 IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and URSI CNC/USNC Joint Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 19-25, 2015.

  2. Ravishankar Sankaranarayanan, Mahesh Appajappa, Rukmini T S, S K Thakur, Modal Analysis of Dielectric Lens based Patch ArrayAntenna for Vehicular Applications, 9th International Symposium on  Antennas Propagation and EM Theory (ISAPE), China, DEC-2010.

  3. Mahesh A, Ravishankar S, Rukmini T S, Christopher S, “Design 2x2 Microstrip Patch Array Antenna Embedded in Hemispherical dielectric lens of Air born Mobile Communication”, International Radar symposium India -09, Bangalore, Dec2009.

  4. Mahesh A, Shushrutha K S, Ravishankar S, Rukmini T S, “Spherical Modal Analysis of Shaped Dielectric Lens Excited by Microstrip Patch Antenna for surface Communication of underwater vehicles”, IEEE-International Symposium on Microwaves, IETE Bangalore, December 2008.

Funded Projects:

Sl. No. Title Investigators Funding Agency Amount(Lakhs) Status
1 A shaped sandwich lens for
enhanced directive gain,
with squint compensation
in steered beam Antennas.		 Dr. S Ravishankar (PI)
Dr. A Mahesh (Co-PI)
Dr. K. S Shushrutha (Co-PI)		 CSIR-NAL 19 Sanctioned in 2023
2 Scan Enhancement
Technique for Phased
Array Antennas		 Dr. A Mahesh (PI)
Dr. K. S Shushrutha (Co-PI)
Dr. S Ravishankar (Co-PI)		 LRDE 25 Sanctioned in 2023
3 Development of compact
C-Band Dual Shaped
Graded Index Lens-Array
Antenna		 Dr. S Ravishankar (PI)
Dr. A Mahesh (Co-PI)
Dr. K. S Shushrutha (Co-PI)		 AICTE/RPS

 

13

Completed in 2023
4 Simulation Studies to
Understand the Properties
of Pure Skies
Omnidirectional Antenna		 Dr. Mahesh A, Dr. K. S
Shushrutha, Dr. M
Uttarakumari		 Devic Earth
Pvt. Ltd,
Bangalore		 0.95 Completed in 2022
5 Simulation Studies and
Design to Understand the
Properties of
Omnidirectional
Biconical Antenna		 Dr. Mahesh A, Dr. K. S
Shushrutha, Dr. K S Geetha		 INMERC INDIA Bengaluru 3.54 Completed in 2022
6 Design of lens based array
antenna for airborne
applications		 Dr. S Ravishankar (PI)
Dr. T S Rukmini		 CABS-DRDO 20 Worked on the project and completed in 2014
7 Design and Development
of Lens Based Smart
antenna array		 Dr. S Ravishankar (PI)
Dr. T S Rukmini		 NRB 40 Worked in the project and completed in 2012
8 Design and
Implementation of an
Incinerator for a Rural
High School and Village
Community Center" (22-
HAC-130)		 Dr. Mahesh A (PI) IEEE-HAC/SIGHT 3.7 Sanctioned in 2023 qnd ongoing
9 DoY Lab and Computer
facility establishment at rural school		 Dr. Mahesh A (PI) IEEE- AP-S
COPE		 2.27 Completed in 2022

 

Consultancy Project Details:

Consultancy projects executed for SLN Technologies, Robert Bosch, Wavcom Technology, NAL, Signal Chip, Namorama Technologies etc worth more than 25 Lakhs Rupees.
The projects include:
1. “Measurements of High gain Horn Antennas”, Wavcom Technology, Dr. K S Shushrutha,
Dr. Mahesh A, August-2021
2. “Real time measurement of EM signals from Mobile Base Stations” Robert Bosch Pvt.
Ltd. Dr. M Uttarakumari, Dr. K S Shushrutha, Dr. Mahesh A, Mr. B H Raghunandhan, July
2021,
3. “Analysis and Independent testing of Flexible PCB Antennas” SLN Technologies, Dr.
Geetha.K.S, Dr. K S Shushrutha, Dr. Mahesh A, Mr. B H Raghunandhan, June 2020.
4. “Independent testing and validation for LiveSafe products”, Namorama Technologies Pvt Ltd. Dr. Geetha.K.S, Dr. K S Shushrutha, Dr. Mahesh A, Mr. B H Raghunandhan, Dec 2019

Patents:
1. S Ravishankar, K S Shushrutha, Mahesh "Method and System to Estimate Angle
of Arrival for a Smart Array Antenna" Patent application No: 201741011400 Date
of filing: 19.07.2017 (Granted- March, 2024)
2. Mahesh A, Aditya Joshi , Kavyanjali K, Sourish G, Uby H, Sanitary Pad
Dispenser Device and System, Application Number 202441006681, Filing Date:
01-02-2024 (Published-2024)

Awards:

1. Received IEEE AP-S Outstanding Chapter Award 2023, Worldwide from IEEE
AP-S Society
2. Received IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Chapter Award 2023, Worldwide from IEEE
MTT-S Society
3. Received IEEE Outstanding Medium Student Branch Counselor Award for the
year 2022 during IEEE AGM 2023
4. Best Teacher Award -2021, Awarded by IEEE Bangalore Section for organizing
various events for the benefit of students.

Technical Talks Delivered:

  1. “National Symposium- Antenna Simulation using HFSS”, 23-02-2024, MCE, Hassan.

  2. “Exploring the path to 6G: Unleashing the potential beyond 5G”, ATAL FDP, 06-
    Feb-2024, NIE, Mysore

  3. “5 th Generation Mobile Networks”, ATAL FDP, 10 th November , 2023, Jain
    University, Bangalore.

  4. “Research and Its Importance”, 27 th July 2023, Skill Lab for UG students of ISE
    Department, RVCE, Bangalore

  5. “Advanced Communication using USRP and Labview” on 25 th Sept 2023, ATME
    College of Engineering, Mysore.

  6. Advanced Wireless Communication: 5G Technologies", 22 nd to 24 th June 2023
    organized by Dept. Of ECE, DBIT, Bangalore.

  7. “5G/6G Technologies for Wireless Systems”, on 28 th March 2023, ATME College of
    Engineering, Mysore.

  8. “Applications of Transforms in Engineering" organized by Centre for Computational
    Mathematics, Department Of Mathematics, RV College of Engineering for “RVCE
    FACULTY & RESEARCH SCHOLARS” from 10th-14th October 2022.

  9. “Electronics for non-Electronics Engineers”, organized by Bharat Electronics Ltd,
    Center for Learning and Development, Bangalore during May 17 th to 19 th , 2022

  10. ‘Embedded and Communication System Applications” for Technical staff in the
    Department of ECE at SJBIT during 11-4-2022 to 13-4-2022.

  11. “Advanced Digital Communication”, organized by Bharat Electronics Ltd, Center for
    Learning and Development, Bangalore during May 26-28, 2022.

  12. Course on “RF Fundamentals”, organized by Bharat Electronics Ltd, Center for
    Learning and Development, Bangalore during Aug 18-19, 2022

  13. Course on “Advanced Digital Communication”, organized by Bharat Electronics Ltd,
    Center for Learning and Development, Bangalore during 29-30 Nov, 2021

  14. Speaker of Faculty Enhancement programme on “Analog Micro Electronics” at VTU PG center Mysore under TEQIP-1.3- 1 Full day, Aug 2018

  15. Guest Lecture on “Computational Electromagnetics & Smart Antenna Systems” at Faculty from Various Engineering Programs of Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering, Shivamogga under Share & Mentor Margadarshan Scheme on 20.12.2018

  16. Delivered a technical talk on microwave devices and components and lab sessions for technical staff of various engineering colleges during 21st -22nd July 2016 in the workshop titled “A Practical Approach for Communication Systems and Microwave Devices”, RVCE, Bangalore.

  17. Expert talk on “Mutual coupling reduction in microstrip array antennas” for M.Tech Students March-1, 2016.

  18. Delivered a technical talk on antenna applications for military applications for officers in Border Security Force Training school, Yelahanka, Bangalore in Dec 2014.

   Training Programms conducted and Organized:

  1. IEEE Webinar on “Challenges in mmWave antenna system design for mobile
    handsets”, by Dr. Kun Zhao, Antenna Technology Researcher, Sony R&D Center
    Lund, Sweden, 17 th Sept 2022.

  2. IEEE Webinar on “Evolution of Antennas in 5G Systems”, Dr. Deepu V Nair, Senior
    Technical Manager, Cambium Networks, Bangalore, 17 th May 2022.

  3. IEEE Webinar on “B5G/6G Beamformers Resetting Connectivity Performance”,
    Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi, Assistant Professor, Queen's University Belfast,
    United Kingdom, 04 th May 2022

  4. IEEE Webinar on “Overview of Cellular RF Systems”, Pramod Srinivas Bhat, RF
    Antenna Engineer at Rogers Corporation, San Diego, California, United States, 21 st
    Feb 2022

  5. Webinar on “Installed Antenna Performances and Radio Frequency Interference” on 20th February 2021

  6. Webinar titled “Antenna Modeling & Simulation using FEKO and IEEE Authorship” during 22nd – 27th February 2021

  7. Expert Lecture on “Fundamentals of EMI-EMC, Their Effects and Solutions” by Dr. D C Pande, DRDO Distinguished Fellow at LRDE on 1st March 2021

  8. IEEE MTT-S Sponsored Distinguished Lecture titled “Silicon-based Millimeter-Wave Phased Arrays for 5G: Fundamentals to Future Trends” on 15th March 2021

  9. IEEE AP-S Distinguished Lecture on “Exotic Wave-Matter Interactions in Metamaterials Based on Broken Symmetries” on 16th April 2021. 

  10. ONLINE WORKSHOP on “Microwave and Antenna Applications in 5G”, focused on all the aspects (Antennas, circuits, systems, measurements) of Microwave and Antenna Applications in 5G during 8th to 13th December 2020.

 

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