Background
Dr Bansal is a Lecturer in Applied Electromagnetics and a with the Wireless Communications Research Group. He is a multi-award-winning early career researcher with a PhD in Electronics, Electrical and Systems Engineering awarded in 2022 by 91制片厂. He has successfully completed several industrial consultation projects in the past and actively works with industry on real-life challenges. He currently serves as a Co-Lead for Active Metamaterials SIG, and as a Guest Editor and Reviewer for several journals.
He has previously worked with as a Future Communications Engineer and as a Research Assistant. He has an extensive experience in RF design, reconfigurable antennas, metamaterials & metasurfaces, leaky-waves, RF lenses, fabrication and measurements.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy in Electronics, Electrical and Systems Engineering from 91制片厂 (2019 – 2022)
- Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from GGSIP University, India (2013 – 2017)
Awards
- Most Cited Paper in 2023 from Wiley Electronic Letters.
- Royal Academy of Engineering UK IC Fellowship 2023.
- 91制片厂’s Doctoral President’s Award 2022.
- 91制片厂’s Sir Robert Martin University Prize 2020.
- Electronics Weekly BrightSparks Award Class of 2020.
- Young Engineer Award 2019 by CSIR – CEERI.
- Exemplary Performance Award 2017 from GGSIP University.
- IEEE Computer Society Richard E. Merwin Scholarship Award 2016.
- MIT Global Startup Workshop Fellow 2016.
- IEEE India Council Outstanding Volunteer Award 2016.
Research interests
Dr Bansal has specialist expertise in reconfigurable antennas, metasurfaces, satellite antennas, lens antennas and 3D-printed RF devices.
- Reconfigurable antennas
- Metamaterials & metasurfaces
- Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
- Satellite antennas
- Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) networks
- Electromagnetics for Cyber Physical Systems
- Orbital Angular Momentum
- Leaky Wave Antennas
- 3D-printed RF Devices
Grants and contracts
- Jan 2024 – Dec 2025: Small Platform Antennas for CubeSats (SPACE) funded by Royal Academy of Engineering (£250,000)
- Aug 2024 – Mar 2026: Researcher in Residence funded by EPSRC via Innovation Launchpad Network+ (£49,500)