Ph.D. Candidate • RF & Microwave Engineering • Antennas • Intelligent Sensing

Designing, measuring, and automating RF & microwave systems.

I am Abhijit Shinde, a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina A&T State University (graduating December 2027). I design tunable RF filters and antenna arrays, simulate them in HFSS, CST, and ADS, and validate them on the bench with VNA measurements and custom automated test software.

Seeking a Summer 2027 RF / microwave engineering internship

Abhijit V. Shinde
research.focus = [
  "YIG tunable filters",
  "Antenna arrays",
  "Microwave imaging",
  "Automated VNA measurement",
  "ML-driven sensing"
]

Engineering research with system-level thinking.

My research connects electromagnetic simulation, hardware design, and measurement. I build RF and microwave devices, verify them on a calibrated VNA, and write the software that automates the experiments, from magnetic-field sweeps to S-parameter acquisition. I also apply machine learning to sensing problems in biomedical imaging and UAV systems.

01

Communications Systems

Wireless communications, communication networks, cognitive radio, spectrum management, and next-generation communication technologies.

02

RF & Microwave Engineering

RF circuits, microwave filters, antennas, electromagnetic simulation, microwave imaging, and YIG-based devices.

03

Artificial Intelligence & Signal Processing

Machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, biomedical imaging, pattern recognition, and data analytics.

04

Autonomous & UAV Systems

Autonomous aerial platforms, intelligent sensing, remote sensing, robotics, and GPS-denied navigation.

Research & Engineering Portfolio

A brief selection of projects across communications, RF and microwave engineering, AI, UAV systems, and optimization. Detailed project descriptions are available on the dedicated projects page.

New • RF Instrumentation

Automated Electromagnet & VNA Measurement System

Desktop application (Python, PySide6, PyVISA) that controls a GPIB power supply and a Keysight PNA-X VNA, runs calibrated magnetic-field sweeps, and records S11/S21/S12/S22 with a built-in safety layer.

New • RF Instrumentation

Automated Microwave Scanning Platform

LiteVNA 64, Arduino, and MATLAB scanner for repeatable S-parameter data collection and simulation-to-measurement comparison.

RF & Microwave

Planar YIG Tunable Microwave Bandpass Filter

Magnetically tunable microwave filter using YIG resonators for frequency-agile RF front ends. Presented at IEEE AP-S/URSI 2026.

RF + AI Healthcare

CNN-Based Microwave Imaging for Intracranial Hemorrhage Detection

Deep-learning-driven microwave imaging using Vivaldi antenna arrays and CNN models for non-invasive detection.

Communications

Dynamic Spectrum Management for Cognitive Radio Networks

Intelligent spectrum allocation and channel selection project for adaptive wireless communication systems.

AI & Data Analytics

Wildfire Analytics & Prediction

Machine learning analysis of 1.88M U.S. wildfire records to identify spatial and temporal risk patterns.

UAV Systems

NIST First Responder UAV Mapping System

Autonomous UAV system for GPS-denied mapping, search-and-rescue, and first-responder applications.

Optimization

NASA Urban Air Mobility Conflict Avoidance

Optimization-based scheduling framework for conflict-free autonomous urban air mobility operations.

View Detailed Projects →

Selected Publications

2026

Planar YIG Tunable Microwave Bandpass Filter

IEEE AP-S/URSI 2026

2016

Blood Spatter Trajectory Analysis for Spatter Source Reconstruction Using Image Processing

2016 Conference on Advances in Signal Processing (CASP)

2018

Overlapping Character Recognition for Handwritten Text Using Discriminant Hidden Semi-Markov Model

Intelligent Computing and Information and Communication

2018

Analysis of Multiple Features and Classifier Techniques Combination for Image Pattern Recognition

Intelligent Computing and Information and Communication

2018

An Image Processing Approach to Blood Spatter Source Reconstruction

Intelligent Computing and Information and Communication

2018

Overlapping Character Segmentation for Handwritten Text Using Hybrid Vertical Projection-Reverse Reservoir

Intelligent Computing and Information and Communication

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Ansys HFSS CST Studio Keysight ADS XFdtd VNA Calibration S-Parameters RF Filter Design Antenna Design MATLAB Python PyVISA / SCPI Deep Learning

Let's Connect

I am looking for a Summer 2027 internship in RF and microwave engineering, antenna design, or RF test and measurement. I am also open to research collaborations.

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