2026-2027 Master Thesis Subjects in the Electromagnetics Group

We are delighted to present you with this academic year's list of master theses offered by the Electromagnetics Group. For further information, please feel free to visit Plato.

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140 GHz (D-Band) antenna system for heterogeneous integration technologies to enable the next generation of wireless 6G

Promotors: Hendrik Rogier, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz, Francesco Filice

2D Optical Phased Arrays for Beam Steering Based On 3D Photonic Integrated Circuits

Promotors: Sam Lemey, Bart Kuyken
Supervisors: Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz, Reinier Broucke, Hendrik Rogier

6G Antenna Design for Mobile Phones

Promotors: Hendrik Rogier, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz, Arne Hemerijckx

Accurate Breast Models for Medical Imaging

Promotors: Kristof Cools, Ann Franchois

Addtivie Manufacturing of a Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) for On-Body Deployment

Promotors: Sam Lemey, Hendrik Rogier
Supervisors: Arne Hemerijckx, Laurens De Rijck, Arno Moerman

Advanced Leaky-Wave Antenna Design for Automotive Radars at 77 GHz

Promotors: Hendrik Rogier, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz

An active antenna array for 5G mm-Wave applications employing angular filtering to achieve large scan angles

Promotors: Hendrik Rogier, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz

Antennas and sub-THz components for 5G and Beyond

Promotors: Hendrik Rogier, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Olivier Caytan, Samuel Rimbaut, Sofie Lenders, Arno Moerman

Beyond 5G: Holographic Beamforming with Fiber-Wireless Antenna Systems

Promotors: Sam Lemey, Hendrik Rogier
Supervisors: Arno Moerman, Olivier Caytan

Beyond Ranging: Phase-Aware UWB Sensing for Fine-Grained Motion Estimation

Promotors: Eli De Poorter, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Srikar Chaganti

Challenges in wideband beamforming for mmWave/THz massive MIMO systems

Promotors: Heidi Steendam, Hendrik Rogier

Conformal antenna design using new thermoformed-PCB techniques

Promotors: Jo Verhaevert, Frederick Bossuyt
Supervisors: Sam Lemey, Arne Hemerijckx, Isaak Neuville

Conformal Antenna Design with 3D and Silver Ink Printing

Promotors: Jo Verhaevert, Hendrik Rogier
Supervisors: Arne Hemerijckx

Coupled Oscillator Based Active Antenna Array with Phase-Shifterless Beam-Scanning Capabilities

Promotors: Sam Lemey, Hendrik Rogier
Supervisors: Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz, Giovanni Mangraviti

Coupling circuit elements to full-wave boundary element methods for the design of sustainable antenna systems

Promotors: Kristof Cools, Hendrik Rogier
Supervisors: Ann Franchois

Design and Fabrication of a High-Speed Lithium Niobate Mach-Zehnder Modulator

Promotors: Bart Kuyken, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Arno Moerman, Patrick Nenezic

Design and Optimization of a Reconfigurable Filter for 6G Applications

Promotors: Sam Lemey, Hendrik Rogier
Supervisors: Sander Troch, Arno Moerman, Joryan Sennesael

Design and Optimization of an Integrated Filtenna for Satellite Communication (SATCOM) Applications

Promotors: Sam Lemey, Hendrik Rogier
Supervisors: Sander Troch, Arno Moerman

Design of a multiband analog-over-fiber wireless front end

Promotors: Sam Lemey, Hendrik Rogier
Supervisors: Arno Moerman, Olivier Caytan, Arno Moerman, Sofie Lenders

Design of compact ridge air‑filled substrate integrated waveguide (RAFSIW) components for 6G beam‑steering antenna systems on a multilayer PCB platform

Promotors: Hendrik Rogier, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Arno Moerman, Sofie Lenders

Design of Novel Dielectric Resonator Antenna Topologies for Demanding 6G Applications

Promotors: Sam Lemey, Hendrik Rogier
Supervisors: Laurens De Rijck, Arno Moerman

Development of an optoelectronic transducer for antenna characterization

Promotors: Hendrik Rogier, Bart Kuyken
Supervisors: Arno Moerman, Olivier Caytan, Patrick Van Torre, Sam Lemey

Domain Decoupling in Wave Modelling

Promotors: Kristof Cools, Hendrik Rogier

GPU Acceleration of the Fast Multi-pole Algorithm in the Modelling of Electromagnetic Interactions

Promotors: Kristof Cools, Hendrik Rogier

Heuristic Heatsink Array Antenna Design for 6G

Promotors: Hendrik Rogier, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz

Large-Scale Millimeter-Wave Opto-Electronic Active Multi-Antenna System

Promotors: Sam Lemey, Hendrik Rogier
Supervisors: , Olivier Caytan, Kristof Cools, Arno Moerman, Sofie Lenders

Large-Scale Millimeter-Wave Opto-Electronic Active Multi-Antenna System

Promotors: Sam Lemey, Hendrik Rogier
Supervisors: , Olivier Caytan, Kristof Cools, Arno Moerman, Sofie Lenders

mmWave Photonic Antenna Array for 5G and beyond

Promotors: Bart Kuyken, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Olivier Caytan, Arno Moerman, Hendrik Rogier, Margot Niels

Modelling of Invisibility Cloaks

Promotors: Kristof Cools, Hendrik Rogier
Supervisors: Paul Olyslager

Monopulse Wideband SIW Based Array Antenna for Tracking Applications

Promotors: Hendrik Rogier, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz

Multibeam Antenna Technologies for 6G Base Stations

Promotors: Hendrik Rogier, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz, Arne Hemerijckx

Phased Antenna Array for the Next-Generation Avionic Satellite Communications

Promotors: Hendrik Rogier, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz

Polarization-reconfigurable antenna for racing drones

Promotors: Jo Verhaevert, Hendrik Rogier
Supervisors: Arne Hemerijckx

Pose Without Cameras: Full-Body Reconstruction Using Wearable UWB and IMUs

Promotors: Eli De Poorter, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Srikar Chaganti

Power efficient near-field focusing for upcoming 6G MIMO networks

Promotors: Hendrik Rogier, Ann Franchois
Supervisors: Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz

Reliable Low‑Power Wireless Connectivity for Emergency Situations: Architecture and Experimental Validation

Promotors: Jo Verhaevert
Supervisors: Isaak Neuville

Underwater Communication and Sensing for Drone Swarms

Promotors: Jo Verhaevert, Eli De Poorter
Supervisors: Matthias de Schepper, Isaak Neuville

Use of NURBS and Splines in Electromagnetic Modelling

Promotors: Kristof Cools, Hendrik Rogier

Wideband feed for scanning small lens-phased array at submillimeter wavelengths (beyond 100 GHz)

Promotors: Hendrik Rogier, Sam Lemey
Supervisors: Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz

Wireless Communication via Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Promotors: Hendrik Rogier, Heidi Steendam
Supervisors: Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz, Sam Lemey