Jean Paul Santos

Quick Facts
Place of Origin:
Mesquite, NV, USA
Degree Goal:
PhD – 2015
Current Degree:
B.S. in Electrical Engineering
Career Goal:
Research position in industry
Biography
Jean Paul Santos is pursuing a Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Yahya Rahmat-Samii in the Antenna Research, Analysis, and Measurements (ARAM) laboratory. He graduated with honors and as a Summa Cum Laude with his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah in 2013. He is currently sponsored by the Department of Defense SMART Fellowship program aimed at recruiting young engineers to perform research at DoD laboratories.
Research Interests
His research interests include antenna measurements, textile antennas, biomedical, and military applications of antennas.
Journal Papers
- J.M. Kovitz , J. P. Santos , Y. Rahmat-Samii, N.F. Chamberlain and R.E. Hodges, "Enhancing Communications for Future Mars Rovers: Using high-performance circularly polarized patch subarrays for a dual-band direct-to-Earth link," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 50-61, August 2017.
Conference Papers
- J.P.Santos, Y.Rahmat-Samii, N.F.Chamberlain and R.E.Hodges, "Single feed circularly polarized half E-shaped array: A compact assembly for dual-band Direct-to-Earth communications in Mars rovers," in Proceedings of the IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society International Symposium, pp. 1694 - 1695, July 2015.
- J.M.Kovitz, J.P.Santos and Y.Rahmat-Samii, "The CP Half E-shaped patch: Evolving from linear polarization to compact single feed circularly polarized antennas," in Proceedings of the IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society International Symposium, pp. 1918 - 1919, July 2015.
