Vipin Velayudhan

•BGA / LGA / IC Packaging: Design, and Co-design focusing on RF/mmW Applications, Automotive, Power, Imaging, etc. •Design of Launcher on Package 77GHz: Automotive radar – BGA packaging •5 Patents: 2 patents filed for Launcher on Package 77GHz and 1 patent on going 1 patent filed on reduction of EMI for imaging applications 1 patent filed on 3D connector.

•RF and Millimetre-Wave characterizations & co-design •Design and implementation of RF-mmW test benches & methods

•Soft-faults detection in cables: Developed and implemented of “Chaos Time Domain Reflectometry” as a part of Project PILIM funded by the European Union. •Managed and trained 1 Ph.D. student and 1 intern.

•Designed and fabricated RF-mmW passive devices up to 300 GHz. •Developed Half-Thru De-embedding and Thru-Load De-embedding methods for RF-mmW device characterization up to 300 GHz. •Organized symposia, seminars, and conferences.

•Microwave sensors/ compact planar antennas/ metamaterial resonators: design for non-destructive testing in collaboration with General Electric, JFWTC, India.

•Developed microwave sensors for multiphase flow metering and other non-destructive testing applications. •Corrosion detection in oil and gas pipelines: designing & testing of Microwave Time domain reflectometry (TDR) •1 US Patent US9863893 B2 and 1 International scientific communication

Airborne antennas: Design and validation

•Wireless Power Transfer: Sub-sea applications & Electric vehicle charging. •Electromagnetic resonators-based system for Wireless Power Transfer: working frequency of <100 MHz and up to 250W was built and tested