Karu Esselle
Department of Engineering
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Karu Esselle is the Director of Postgraduate Research in the Division of ICS, and the Director of the Centre for Electromagnetic and Antenna Engineering (CELANE). He is a member of ICS Division Executive. Since 2002, Karu was involved with research grants and contracts worth over three million dollars, and his research team members attracted further grants worth about a million dollars. Karu has co-authored over 150 papers, including five invited book chapters, and has given many invited lectures around the world. Karu serves as a research grant assessor to several organizations including the Australian Research Council, Hong-Kong University Grants Commission and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (Dutch research council). He led the establishment of AusAMF, a national collaborative antenna testing facility funded by the Australian Research Council, and he is currently directing this facility as the Chair of the Board of Management. His industry experience includes full-time employment as a Faculty Hire Design Expert by the Hewlett Packard Laboratory, Palo Alto, USA, and several consultancies for local and international companies including Cisco Systems (USA) and Locata Corporation.
Research Interest
His recent awards include the 2004 Macquarie University Inaugural Innovation Award for best invention disclose. Karu has also served in technical program committees or international committees for many international conferences including IEEE AP-S Int. Symp., IEEE Vehicular Technology Int. Symp., EUROEM, APMC, PIERS, AMEREM, IASTED ARP, AusWireless and DSPCS. He is the former Chair of the IEEE New South Wales MTT/AP Joint Chapter from 1999 to 2002. At present he is the Chair of the Educational Activities Committee of the IEEE NSW Section, and a member of the IEEE NSW Executive Committee. Karu initiated the formation of the IEEE Student Brach at Macquarie University and he serves as the Branch Counselor at present. Karu collaborates with several prestigious research groups in the world. You can view Karu's and his team's research activities on the Centre for Electromagnetic and Antenna Engineering (CELANE) website.
Publications
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Weily AR, Esselle KP, Sanders BC, Bird TS. Highâ€gain 1D EBG resonator antenna. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. 2005 Oct 20;47(2):107-14.
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Ge Y, Esselle KP, Bird TS. E-shaped patch antennas for high-speed wireless networks. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 2004 Dec;52(12):3213-9.
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Weily AR, Horvath L, Esselle KP, Sanders BC, Bird TS. A planar resonator antenna based on a woodpile EBG material. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 2005 Jan;53(1):216-23.
