Dr Mahmoud Wagih

  • UK IC Research Fellow and Proleptic Lecturer (Autonomous Systems & Connectivity)

telephone: 0141 330 3601
email: Mahmoud.Wagih@glasgow.ac.uk

70 University Avenue, room 103. Mail: Rankine Building, Oakfield Avenue, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, G12 8LT

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7806-4333

Biography

My interests are in applied Antenna and RF/EM Engineering. In research, I address electronic sustainability challenges through the combination of "RF-enabled" technologies and materials. I am also passionate about RF engineering education and research communication, for attracting more students to bridge the skills gap in the RF industry

Mahmoud received his EEE BEng (First Class Hons.) in September 2018, and his award-winning PhD in Rectenna Design (submitted in 26 months) in April 2021, from the University of Southampton.

Dr. Wagih joined the University of Glasgow in June 2022, where he holds an Intelligence Community Research Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Engineering on the topic of RF-enabled energy harvesting, and is currently a UK IC Fellow and Proleptic Lecturer (Assitant Professor). He is also a Visiting Fellow in the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton. He has been PI/Co-I on research projects worth over £370k, published over 80 journal and conference papers in leading IEEE and high-impact venues, and has delivered several invited talks at top research groups, consortia, and labs in both academia and industry.

In 2017-2021, he was an undergraduate and postgraduate Research Assistant, at the University of Southampton (UK and Malaysia) on industrial collaborations and research projects (Intel; EPSRC Platform Grant), a Researcher Co-Investigator on Safeguard a £49.9k EPSRC-SPRINT project, and has worked on consultancy projects (ECS Partners Ltd.). He was an EU H2020-EnABLES funded PhD student from 2018 to 2020. He was a Hardware Verification Engineering Intern, in 2018, and a Research Intern, in 2020, at Arm Ltd., UK. He was appointed as a post-doctoral research fellow, in 2021, and promoted to senior research fellow later in the same year, at the University of Southampton.

Awards and Honours
  1. Best PhD in Antennas and Propagation [in Europe] "Per-Simon Kildal Award", European Association on Antennas and Propagation (EurAAP), for a PhD awarded in 2020 and 2021, presented at the flagship European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP).
  2. Winner of the IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation Video Contest, 2022, for the best video based on a published IEEE OJAP article (out of >110 papers accepted/published in 2021).
  3. International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Young Scientist Award, 2022. Awarded at the URSI Atlantic / Asia-Pacific Radio Science Meeting for the work on Phase-Accurate Analytical Modelling of Single-Wire Transmission Lines.
  4. Best Poster Presentation (2nd Place) at the eFutures Electronics for Sustainable Societies conference, 2022, for "Green RF-Enabled Sustainable Electronics".
  5. Best Paper Award (1st Place), at PowerMEMS 2021 international conference. Received for the paper "Textile-Based Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting and Storage using Ultra-Compact Rectennas with High Effective-to-Physical Area Ratio".
  6. Young Engineer of the Year Finalist, TechWorks, 2021, the award publicly celebrates and promotes the efforts of young professionals at the early stages of their careers. 
  7. Dean's Award, Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences 2021, recognizing an Early Career Researcher who has demonstrated excellent performance and an exceptional contribution beyond expectations.
  8. Doctoral College Best of Faculty Research Award, selected from all the School Award winners and finalists across the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences (FEPS: >1,000 PhD students). Received for "Establishing a track record in a new field of research through an exceptional number of high-quality publications from a PhD"
  9. Doctoral College Research Award, School Winner for Electronics and Computer Science, 2021 Festival of Doctoral Research.
  10. IEEE Microwave Week 2020 3MT® Best Presentation (2nd Prize): selected from 24 finalists from worldwide top institutions for the presentation "Collecting Radio Rain". Featured in the IEEE Microwave Magazine and several workshop invitations.
  11. Best Student Paper Award at the IEEE MTT-S Wireless Power Transfer Conference, Wireless Power Week 2019, London, U.K. for the paper "Millimeter-Wave Textile Antenna for On-Body RF Energy Harvesting in Future 5G Networks"; from >100 WPTC2019 papers.
  12. Best Oral Paper Award at PowerMEMS 2019, Krakow, Poland, for the paper "Position-Independent Wearable 6.78 MHz Near-Field Radiative Wireless Power Transfer using Electrically-Small Embroidered Textile Coils", sponsored by MDPI Energies.
  13. Selected for the IEEE MTT-S Project Connect 2019: bringing an exceptional group of undergraduate and first-year graduate students to the International Microwave Symposium.
  14. University of Southampton 3MT®: Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences Runner Up, SEMS Group first place winner.
  15. Andy Cranny Memorial Prize (2017/18), for the Best Undergraduate Project from 300 projects for the Project: "Flexible Wireless Sensor Node for Foot-Plantar Pressure Sensing".
Professional Roles

Dr. Wagih holds multiple external roles including:

  1. Senior Member of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Member of the IET, and Member of the IEEE,
  2. Elected as an Affiliate Member for two IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Technical Committees (TC-25 and TC-26): Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Conversion Committee, and RFID, Wireless Sensors and IoT Committee, 
  3. A member of the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) technical committee on Wireless Power. 
  4. A member of the inaugural IEEE UK and Ireland Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Committee.
  5. TPC member and reviewer for several conferences including the flagship IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS) and IEEE Antennas & Propagation Symposium (APS), Wireless Power Week, and others.
  6. A reviewer for EPSRC grants and over 17 Journals including multiple IEEE Antennas & Propagation and Microwave Theory & Techniques Letters, Journals, and Transactions, the IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Systems Journal, Sensors & Actuators A: Physical, and multiple MDPI titles. 

Research interests

My interests are in "Green" RF-enabled electronics broadly covering:

  • RF Energy Harvesting and wireless power transfer (WPT):
    • Rectenna development from sub-1 GHz to mmWave bands for low-power, long-range applications.
    • Near-field high-power resonant WPT including novel range-improvement mechanisms
    • Experimental Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer (SWIPT) and practical signal design for WPT.
    • Fully-integrated (CMOS) and discrete (COTS) circuit-antenna co-design
  • Body-centric antennas and propagation.
  • Energy Harvesting Systems: 
    • circuits & systems to interface with and extract uW-level power for sustainable and pervasive electronic devices.
    • Low-power communication, e.g. passive backscattering.
  • Additively manufactured electronics: interested in the co-design of electronic circuits and their packaging and manufacturing methods to realize high-performance devices while minimizing the overheads of the electronics manufacturing industry.
  • Green and sustainable electronics: identifying novel applications of green (biodegradable, biocompatible, and low-carbon footprint) materials in the electronics industry, focusing on the realization of near-zero-footprint wireless systems. 
More information on our (under development) homepage: www.greenelectronicslab.org

Publications

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2023

Pecunia, V. et al. (2023) Roadmap on energy harvesting materials. Journal of Physics: Materials, (doi: 10.1088/2515-7639/acc550) (Early Online Publication)

Rahmani, H. et al. (2023) Next-generation IoT devices: sustainable eco-friendly manufacturing, energy harvesting, and wireless connectivity. IEEE Journal of Microwaves, 3(1), pp. 237-255. (doi: 10.1109/JMW.2022.3228683)

Wagih, M. et al. (2023) Microwave-enabled wearables: Underpinning technologies, integration platforms, and next-generation roadmap. IEEE Journal of Microwaves, 3(1), pp. 193-226. (doi: 10.1109/JMW.2022.3223254)

Ullah, I., Wagih, M. , Komolafe, A. and Beeby, S. P. (2023) Effect of bandage materials on epidermal antenna. Engineering Proceedings, 30(1), 12. (doi: 10.3390/engproc2023030012)

2022

Beeby, S., Arumugam, S., Hillier, N., Li, Y., Shi, J., Sun, Y., Wagih, M. and Yong, S. (2022) Power supply sources for smart textiles. In: McCann, J. and Bryson, D. (eds.) Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology. Series: The textile institute book series. Elsevier: Oxford. ISBN 9780128195260

Wagih, M. , Khan, M. R., Bhardwaj, S. and Vital, D. (2022) Towards Wearable Wireless Power Harvesting using Clothing-Integrated Beamforming Structures. In: 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, 10-15 Jul 2022, pp. 1032-1033. ISBN 9781665496582 (doi: 10.1109/AP-S/USNC-URSI47032.2022.9887178)

Wagih, M. and Beeby, S. (2022) Thin flexible RF energy harvesting rectenna surface with a large effective aperture for sub µW/cm2 powering of wireless sensor nodes. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 70(9), pp. 4328-4338. (doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2022.3192532)

Wagih, M. , Komolafe, A., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2022) 1 μW-3.75 W Dual-mode Near/far-field Wearable Wireless Power Transfer Using a Hybrid Rectenna. In: IEEE Wireless Power Week (WPW 2022), Bordeaux, France, 05-08 Jul 2022, ISBN 9781665484459 (doi: 10.1109/WPW54272.2022.9853859)

Wagih, M. , Weddell, A. and Beeby, S. (2022) Battery-free wireless light-sensing tag based on a long-range dual-port dual-polarized RFID platform. Sensors, 22(13), 4782. (doi: 10.3390/s22134782)

Wagih, M. , Komolafe, A., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2022) Broadband compact substrate-independent textile wearable antenna for simultaneous near- and far-field wireless power transmission. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 3, pp. 398-411. (doi: 10.1109/OJAP.2022.3167089)

Wagih, M. , Hilton, G. S., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2022) Millimeter-wave power transmission for compact and large-area wearable IoT devices based on a higher order mode wearable antenna. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 9(7), pp. 5229-5239. (doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3107594)

Paosangthong, W., Torah, R., Beeby, S. and Wagih, M. (2022) Textile-based triboelectric nanogenerator with alternating positive and negative freestanding woven structure for harvesting sliding energy in all directions. Nano Energy, 92, 106739. (doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106739)

Wagih, M. (2022) Broadband low-loss on-body UHF to millimeter-wave surface wave links using flexible textile single wire transmission lines. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 3, pp. 101-111. (doi: 10.1109/OJAP.2021.3136654)

Wagih, M. , Komolafe, A. and Hillier, N. (2022) Screen-printable flexible textile-based ultra-broadband millimeter-wave DC-blocking transmission lines based on microstrip-embedded printed capacitors. IEEE Journal of Microwaves, 2(1), pp. 162-173. (doi: 10.1109/JMW.2021.3126927)

Paosangthong, W., Wagih, M. , Torah, R. and Beeby, S. (2022) Textile manufacturing compatible triboelectric nanogenerator with alternating positive and negative woven structure. Engineering Proceedings, 15(1), 19. (doi: 10.3390/engproc2022015019)

Ullah, I., Wagih, M. and Beeby, S. P. (2022) Design of textile antenna for moisture sensing. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Challenges, Opportunities, Innovations and Applications in Electronic Textiles, Manchester, UK, 03-04 Nov 2021, (doi: 10.3390/engproc2022015011)

Wagih, M. , Hilton, G. S., Weddell, A. and Beeby, S. (2022) 5G-enabled e-textiles Based on a low-profile millimeter-wave textile antenna. Engineering Proceedings, 15(1), 13. (doi: 10.3390/engproc2022015013)

Wagih, M. , Malik, O., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2022) E-textile Breathing Sensor Using Fully Textile Wearable Antennas. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Challenges, Opportunities, Innovations and Applications in Electronic Textiles, Manchester, UK, 03-04 Nov 2021, (doi: 10.3390/engproc2022015009)

Wagih, M. and Shi, J. (2022) Towards the optimal antenna-based wireless sensing strategy: an ice sensing case study. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 3, pp. 687-699. (doi: 10.1109/OJAP.2022.3182770)

2021

Wagih, M. , Hillier, N., Weddell, A. and Beeby, S. (2021) Textile-based Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting and Storage using Ultra-Compact Rectennas with High Effective-to-Physical Area Ratio. In: 2021 IEEE 20th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS), Exeter, United Kingdom, 06-08 Dec 2021, pp. 32-35. ISBN 9781665422185 (doi: 10.1109/PowerMEMS54003.2021.9658367)

Wagih, M. and Moody, T. (2021) Open-Source Low-Cost Antenna Measurement Setup for Rapid Echoic Measurements. In: 2021 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements & Applications (CAMA), Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France, 15-17 Nov 2021, pp. 98-101. ISBN 9781728196978 (doi: 10.1109/CAMA49227.2021.9703629)

Wagih, M. , Hilton, G. S., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2021) Dual-band dual-mode textile antenna/rectenna for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT). IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 69(10), pp. 6322-6332. (doi: 10.1109/TAP.2021.3070230)

Wagih, M. and Shi, J. (2021) Wireless ice detection and monitoring using flexible UHF RFID tags. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(17), pp. 18715-18724. (doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3087326)

Wagih, M. (2021) An Investigation of Meshed Printed Monopoles for Optically-Transparent Antennas. In: XXXIV General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (GASS) of the International Union of Radio Science (Union Radio Scientifique Internationale-URSI) (URSI GASS 2021), Rome, Italy, 28 August - 4 September 2021,

Komolafe, A. et al. (2021) E-textile technology review–from materials to application. IEEE Access, 9, pp. 97152-97179. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3094303)

Shi, J. and Wagih, M. (2021) Flexible Direct-Write Printed RF Sensor for RF Ice Sensing. In: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), 20-23 Jun 2021, ISBN 9781728191737 (doi: 10.1109/FLEPS51544.2021.9469841)

Wagih, M. , Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2021) Omnidirectional dual-polarized low-profile textile rectenna with over 50% efficiency for sub-μW/cm2 wearable power harvesting. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 69(5), pp. 2522-2536. (doi: 10.1109/TAP.2020.3030992)

Wagih, M. , Hillier, N., Yong, S., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2021) RF-powered wearable energy harvesting and storage module based on e-textile coplanar waveguide rectenna and supercapacitor. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2, pp. 302-314. (doi: 10.1109/OJAP.2021.3059501)

Wagih, M. , Hilton, G. S., Weddell, A. and Beeby, S. (2021) 2.4 GHz Wearable Textile Antenna/Rectenna for Simultaneous Information and Power Transfer. In: 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2021), Dusseldorf, Germany, 22-26 March 2021, ISBN 9788831299022 (doi: 10.23919/EuCAP51087.2021.9411499)

Wagih, M. , Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2021) Analyzing and Maximizing the Power Harvesting Efficiency of a Textile Rectenna Through Reflector-Based Shielding. In: 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2021), Dusseldorf, Germany, 22-26 March 2021, ISBN 9788831299022 (doi: 10.23919/EuCAP51087.2021.9411484)

Wagih, M. (2021) Comments on “A passive and wireless sensor based on RFID antenna for detecting mechanical deformation”. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2, p. 870. (doi: 10.1109/OJAP.2021.3099244)

Wagih, M. , Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2021) Powering E-Textiles Using a Single Thread Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting Rectenna. In: 3rd International Conference on the Challenges, Opportunities, Innovations and Applications in Electronic Textiles (E-Textiles 2021), 3–4 November 2020, (doi: 10.3390/proceedings2021068016)

2020

Wagih, M. , Hilton, G. S., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2020) Broadband millimeter-wave textile-based flexible rectenna for wearable energy harvesting. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 68(11), pp. 4960-4972. (doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2020.3018735)

Wagih, M. , Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2020) Rectennas for radio-frequency energy harvesting and wireless power transfer: a review of antenna design [antenna applications corner]. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 62(5), pp. 95-107. (doi: 10.1109/MAP.2020.3012872)

Wagih, M. , Hillier, N., Yong, S., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2020) Wearable E-Textile Wireless RF Power Supply Based on a Textile Supercapacitor and a Flexible Rectenna Filament. In: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), Manchester, UK, 16-19 Aug 2020, ISBN 9781728152783 (doi: 10.1109/FLEPS49123.2020.9239429)

Wagih, M. , Komolafe, A. and Zaghari, B. (2020) Wearable Wireless Power Transfer Using Direct-Write Dispenser Printed Flexible Coils. In: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), Manchester, UK, 16-19 Aug 2020, ISBN 9781728152783 (doi: 10.1109/FLEPS49123.2020.9239595)

Wagih, M. , Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2020) High-Efficiency Sub-1 GHz Flexible Compact Rectenna based on Parametric Antenna-Rectifier Co-Design. In: 2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), 04-06 Aug 2020, pp. 1066-1069. ISBN 9781728168159 (doi: 10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223796)

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Articles

Pecunia, V. et al. (2023) Roadmap on energy harvesting materials. Journal of Physics: Materials, (doi: 10.1088/2515-7639/acc550) (Early Online Publication)

Rahmani, H. et al. (2023) Next-generation IoT devices: sustainable eco-friendly manufacturing, energy harvesting, and wireless connectivity. IEEE Journal of Microwaves, 3(1), pp. 237-255. (doi: 10.1109/JMW.2022.3228683)

Wagih, M. et al. (2023) Microwave-enabled wearables: Underpinning technologies, integration platforms, and next-generation roadmap. IEEE Journal of Microwaves, 3(1), pp. 193-226. (doi: 10.1109/JMW.2022.3223254)

Ullah, I., Wagih, M. , Komolafe, A. and Beeby, S. P. (2023) Effect of bandage materials on epidermal antenna. Engineering Proceedings, 30(1), 12. (doi: 10.3390/engproc2023030012)

Wagih, M. and Beeby, S. (2022) Thin flexible RF energy harvesting rectenna surface with a large effective aperture for sub µW/cm2 powering of wireless sensor nodes. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 70(9), pp. 4328-4338. (doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2022.3192532)

Wagih, M. , Weddell, A. and Beeby, S. (2022) Battery-free wireless light-sensing tag based on a long-range dual-port dual-polarized RFID platform. Sensors, 22(13), 4782. (doi: 10.3390/s22134782)

Wagih, M. , Komolafe, A., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2022) Broadband compact substrate-independent textile wearable antenna for simultaneous near- and far-field wireless power transmission. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 3, pp. 398-411. (doi: 10.1109/OJAP.2022.3167089)

Wagih, M. , Hilton, G. S., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2022) Millimeter-wave power transmission for compact and large-area wearable IoT devices based on a higher order mode wearable antenna. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 9(7), pp. 5229-5239. (doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3107594)

Paosangthong, W., Torah, R., Beeby, S. and Wagih, M. (2022) Textile-based triboelectric nanogenerator with alternating positive and negative freestanding woven structure for harvesting sliding energy in all directions. Nano Energy, 92, 106739. (doi: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2021.106739)

Wagih, M. (2022) Broadband low-loss on-body UHF to millimeter-wave surface wave links using flexible textile single wire transmission lines. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 3, pp. 101-111. (doi: 10.1109/OJAP.2021.3136654)

Wagih, M. , Komolafe, A. and Hillier, N. (2022) Screen-printable flexible textile-based ultra-broadband millimeter-wave DC-blocking transmission lines based on microstrip-embedded printed capacitors. IEEE Journal of Microwaves, 2(1), pp. 162-173. (doi: 10.1109/JMW.2021.3126927)

Paosangthong, W., Wagih, M. , Torah, R. and Beeby, S. (2022) Textile manufacturing compatible triboelectric nanogenerator with alternating positive and negative woven structure. Engineering Proceedings, 15(1), 19. (doi: 10.3390/engproc2022015019)

Wagih, M. , Hilton, G. S., Weddell, A. and Beeby, S. (2022) 5G-enabled e-textiles Based on a low-profile millimeter-wave textile antenna. Engineering Proceedings, 15(1), 13. (doi: 10.3390/engproc2022015013)

Wagih, M. and Shi, J. (2022) Towards the optimal antenna-based wireless sensing strategy: an ice sensing case study. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 3, pp. 687-699. (doi: 10.1109/OJAP.2022.3182770)

Wagih, M. , Hilton, G. S., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2021) Dual-band dual-mode textile antenna/rectenna for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT). IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 69(10), pp. 6322-6332. (doi: 10.1109/TAP.2021.3070230)

Wagih, M. and Shi, J. (2021) Wireless ice detection and monitoring using flexible UHF RFID tags. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(17), pp. 18715-18724. (doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3087326)

Komolafe, A. et al. (2021) E-textile technology review–from materials to application. IEEE Access, 9, pp. 97152-97179. (doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3094303)

Wagih, M. , Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2021) Omnidirectional dual-polarized low-profile textile rectenna with over 50% efficiency for sub-μW/cm2 wearable power harvesting. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 69(5), pp. 2522-2536. (doi: 10.1109/TAP.2020.3030992)

Wagih, M. , Hillier, N., Yong, S., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2021) RF-powered wearable energy harvesting and storage module based on e-textile coplanar waveguide rectenna and supercapacitor. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2, pp. 302-314. (doi: 10.1109/OJAP.2021.3059501)

Wagih, M. (2021) Comments on “A passive and wireless sensor based on RFID antenna for detecting mechanical deformation”. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2, p. 870. (doi: 10.1109/OJAP.2021.3099244)

Wagih, M. , Hilton, G. S., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2020) Broadband millimeter-wave textile-based flexible rectenna for wearable energy harvesting. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 68(11), pp. 4960-4972. (doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2020.3018735)

Wagih, M. , Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2020) Rectennas for radio-frequency energy harvesting and wireless power transfer: a review of antenna design [antenna applications corner]. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 62(5), pp. 95-107. (doi: 10.1109/MAP.2020.3012872)

Book Sections

Beeby, S., Arumugam, S., Hillier, N., Li, Y., Shi, J., Sun, Y., Wagih, M. and Yong, S. (2022) Power supply sources for smart textiles. In: McCann, J. and Bryson, D. (eds.) Smart Clothes and Wearable Technology. Series: The textile institute book series. Elsevier: Oxford. ISBN 9780128195260

Conference Proceedings

Wagih, M. , Khan, M. R., Bhardwaj, S. and Vital, D. (2022) Towards Wearable Wireless Power Harvesting using Clothing-Integrated Beamforming Structures. In: 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, 10-15 Jul 2022, pp. 1032-1033. ISBN 9781665496582 (doi: 10.1109/AP-S/USNC-URSI47032.2022.9887178)

Wagih, M. , Komolafe, A., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2022) 1 μW-3.75 W Dual-mode Near/far-field Wearable Wireless Power Transfer Using a Hybrid Rectenna. In: IEEE Wireless Power Week (WPW 2022), Bordeaux, France, 05-08 Jul 2022, ISBN 9781665484459 (doi: 10.1109/WPW54272.2022.9853859)

Ullah, I., Wagih, M. and Beeby, S. P. (2022) Design of textile antenna for moisture sensing. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Challenges, Opportunities, Innovations and Applications in Electronic Textiles, Manchester, UK, 03-04 Nov 2021, (doi: 10.3390/engproc2022015011)

Wagih, M. , Malik, O., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2022) E-textile Breathing Sensor Using Fully Textile Wearable Antennas. In: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Challenges, Opportunities, Innovations and Applications in Electronic Textiles, Manchester, UK, 03-04 Nov 2021, (doi: 10.3390/engproc2022015009)

Wagih, M. , Hillier, N., Weddell, A. and Beeby, S. (2021) Textile-based Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting and Storage using Ultra-Compact Rectennas with High Effective-to-Physical Area Ratio. In: 2021 IEEE 20th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications (PowerMEMS), Exeter, United Kingdom, 06-08 Dec 2021, pp. 32-35. ISBN 9781665422185 (doi: 10.1109/PowerMEMS54003.2021.9658367)

Wagih, M. and Moody, T. (2021) Open-Source Low-Cost Antenna Measurement Setup for Rapid Echoic Measurements. In: 2021 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements & Applications (CAMA), Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France, 15-17 Nov 2021, pp. 98-101. ISBN 9781728196978 (doi: 10.1109/CAMA49227.2021.9703629)

Wagih, M. (2021) An Investigation of Meshed Printed Monopoles for Optically-Transparent Antennas. In: XXXIV General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (GASS) of the International Union of Radio Science (Union Radio Scientifique Internationale-URSI) (URSI GASS 2021), Rome, Italy, 28 August - 4 September 2021,

Shi, J. and Wagih, M. (2021) Flexible Direct-Write Printed RF Sensor for RF Ice Sensing. In: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), 20-23 Jun 2021, ISBN 9781728191737 (doi: 10.1109/FLEPS51544.2021.9469841)

Wagih, M. , Hilton, G. S., Weddell, A. and Beeby, S. (2021) 2.4 GHz Wearable Textile Antenna/Rectenna for Simultaneous Information and Power Transfer. In: 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2021), Dusseldorf, Germany, 22-26 March 2021, ISBN 9788831299022 (doi: 10.23919/EuCAP51087.2021.9411499)

Wagih, M. , Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2021) Analyzing and Maximizing the Power Harvesting Efficiency of a Textile Rectenna Through Reflector-Based Shielding. In: 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2021), Dusseldorf, Germany, 22-26 March 2021, ISBN 9788831299022 (doi: 10.23919/EuCAP51087.2021.9411484)

Wagih, M. , Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2021) Powering E-Textiles Using a Single Thread Radio Frequency Energy Harvesting Rectenna. In: 3rd International Conference on the Challenges, Opportunities, Innovations and Applications in Electronic Textiles (E-Textiles 2021), 3–4 November 2020, (doi: 10.3390/proceedings2021068016)

Wagih, M. , Hillier, N., Yong, S., Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2020) Wearable E-Textile Wireless RF Power Supply Based on a Textile Supercapacitor and a Flexible Rectenna Filament. In: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), Manchester, UK, 16-19 Aug 2020, ISBN 9781728152783 (doi: 10.1109/FLEPS49123.2020.9239429)

Wagih, M. , Komolafe, A. and Zaghari, B. (2020) Wearable Wireless Power Transfer Using Direct-Write Dispenser Printed Flexible Coils. In: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems (FLEPS), Manchester, UK, 16-19 Aug 2020, ISBN 9781728152783 (doi: 10.1109/FLEPS49123.2020.9239595)

Wagih, M. , Weddell, A. S. and Beeby, S. (2020) High-Efficiency Sub-1 GHz Flexible Compact Rectenna based on Parametric Antenna-Rectifier Co-Design. In: 2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), 04-06 Aug 2020, pp. 1066-1069. ISBN 9781728168159 (doi: 10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223796)

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Grants

  • PI: "Environmentally-Driven Electromagnetic Co-Sensing" CoSE Rewards for Excellence, UofG College of Science & Engineering (£10k, 2023)
  • PI: "Radio Frequency-Enabled Multi-Source Energy Harvesting in Inaccessible Locations" UK Intelligence Community Research Fellowship, Royal Academy of Engineering | Government Office for Science. (£249k FEC, 2021-2023)
  • "6G Power Amplifiers for Wireless Power Transfer" James Watt School of Engineering ECR Small Equipment Fund (£10k)
Past grants:
  • PI: "Green RF-Enabled On-Demand Sensing", Flexible Innovation Fund (FIF) project funded under EPSRC Platform Grant EP/P010164/1 (£77k, 2021) 
  • Researcher Co-I: "Safe-guard", a SPRINT-UK industry collaboration with MAFIC Ltd. (£49k, 2020-2021)

Supervision

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Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

  • 2022: "Per-Simon Kildal Award" Best PhD in Antennas and Propagation [awarded at a European Institution in 2020 and 2021] (European Association on Antennas and Propagation (EurAAP))
  • 2022: Winner of the IEEE OJAP Video Contest, 2022, for the best video based on a published IEEE OJAP article (IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation)
  • 2022: Young Scientist Award (International Union of Radio Science (URSI))
  • 2022: Best Poster Award (2nd place) (eFutures Electronics for Sustainable Futures Conference)
  • 2021: Best Paper Award (1st Place) (PowerMEMS 2021 international conference)
  • 2021: Young Engineer of the Year Finalist (UK TechWorks)
  • 2021: Best of Faculty Research Award (University of Southampton Doctoral College)
  • 2021: School Winner for Electronics and Computer Science (University of Southampton Doctoral College)
  • 2021: Dean's Award, Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences 2021, recognizing an Early Career Researcher who has demonstrated excellent performance and an exceptional contribution beyond expectations (University of Southampton)
  • 2020: IEEE Microwave Week 2020 3MT® Best Presentation (2nd Prize): selected from 24 finalists from worldwide top institutions for the presentation "Collecting Radio Rain". Featured in the IEEE Microwave Magazine and several workshop invitations. (IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society)
  • 2019: Best Student Paper Award (IEEE MTT-S Wireless Power Transfer Conference)
  • 2019: Best Oral Paper Award (PowerMEMS 2019 International Conference)
  • 2019: Selected for the IEEE MTT-S Project Connect 2019: bringing an exceptional group of undergraduate and first-year graduate students to the International Microwave Symposium. (IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society)
  • 2019: 3MT®: Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences Runner Up, SEMS Group first place winner (University of Southampton)
  • 2018: Andy Cranny Memorial Prize (for the Best Undergraduate Project from 300 projects) (School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton)

Research fellowships

  • UK Intelligence Community Research Fellowship - 2021: Royal Academy of Engineers

Grant committees & research advisory boards

  • 2022: EPSRC, Member of the EPSRC Peer Review College
  • 2023: UKRI, UKRI Talent Peer Review College (PRC)

Professional & learned societies

  • 2021: Senior Member, International Union of Radio Science (URSI)
  • 2021: Member, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Technical Committee-26: RFID, Wireless Sensors and IoT Committee
  • 2021: Affiliate Member, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Technical Committee-25: Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Conversion Committee
  • 2022: Member, IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS)
  • 2022: Member, IEEE UK and Ireland Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Committee
  • 2019: Member (MIET), IET

Selected international presentations

  • 2023: 1st IEEE International Microwaves and Antennas Symposium (IMAS) in Africa:, Invited Technical Lecture "MHz to mm-Wave Wireless Power Transmission and Harvesting in Electromagnetically Harsh Environments using Large-Area Electronics" (Cairo, Egypt)
  • 2022: IoT Keynote, IEEE Real Time Communication Conference "Sustainable Next-Geneneration IoT: RF-Enabled Sensing, Powering, and Communication"" (Illinois, Chicago, USA)
  • 2022: Invited Talk, Exeter Microwave Metamaterials Meeting "RF Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power, Where to (Not) Use a Metamaterial?" (Exeter, UK)
  • 2022: IEEE SENSORS invited speaker, "Wireless Ice Sensing using RFID" (Dallas, Texas, USA)

Research datasets

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2022

Wagih, M. (2022) Data supporting “Thin Flexible RF Energy Harvesting Rectenna Surface with a Large Effective Aperture for Sub- µW/cm2 Powering of Wireless Sensor Nodes”. [Data Collection]

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Green electronic technologies, power delivery, RF sensing, Communication, and Materials: photographs showing antennas, sensors, and microscropic images of new electronic materials

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