CURRICULUM VITAE


Ayhan Altintas


  1. PERSONAL DATA


    1. Birth date and place: March 29, 1958, Turkey.


    1. Address: Department of Electrical & Electronics Eng.,

Bilkent University,

Bilkent 06533, Ankara Turkey


    1. Phone: ++90-312-290-1489; ++90-312-290 2457


    1. Fax: ++90-312-266-4192


    1. E-mail: altintas@ee.bilkent.edu.tr ; a.altintas@ieee.org



  1. ACADEMIC DEGREES


    1. Ph.D. Electrical Eng. - Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 1986


    1. M.S. Electrical Eng. - Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey 1981


    1. B.S. Electrical Eng. - Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey 1979



  1. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY


    1. 06/05 – Present: Chair, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey


    1. 12/04 – Present: Director, Communication and Spectrum Management Research Center (ISYAM), Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey


    1. 12/94 – 12/04 Deputy Director, Communication and Spectrum Management Research Center (ISYAM), Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey


    1. 08/02 – 06/03 Visiting Scientist, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada


    1. 3/98 - 1/99 Visiting Professor, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany


    1. 2/96 - 9/98 Associate Provost, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey


    1. 1/96 - 2/96 Visiting Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Eng., Tokyo, Japan


    1. 2/96 – Present: Professor, Bilkent University, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ankara, Turkey


    1. 5/90 - 2/96 Associate Professor, Bilkent University, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ankara, Turkey


    1. 2/88 - 5/90 Assistant Professor, Bilkent University, Dept. of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ankara, Turkey


    1. 3/87 - 2/88 Post Doctoral Fellow, Australian National University, Optical Sciences Center, Canberra, Australia


    1. 3/86 - 2/87 Post Doctoral Researcher, Ohio State University, Dept. of Electrical Eng., Columbus, Ohio, USA


    1. 9/81 - 2/87 Graduate Research Associate, Ohio State University, Dept. of Electrical Eng., Columbus, Ohio, USA


    1. 12/79 - 7/81 Research Assistant, Middle East Technical University (METU), Dept. of Electrical Eng., Ankara, Turkey




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  1. TEACHING



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  1. GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION



  1. Celal Alp Tunc, {Ph.D.}, ``Antenna Analysis/Design and Propagation Channel Modelling for MIMO Wireless Communication Systems'', 9/2003 - 02/2009.


  1. Harun Bodur, {M.S.}, “Application and Improvement of SAGE Algorithm for Channel Parameter Estimation”, 9/2005-9/2008.


  1. Keziban Akkaya, {M.S.}, “Polarization Included Geometry Based Channel Modelling for MIMO Systems”, 9/2005-9/2008.


  1. Ender Öztürk, {M.S.}, “Comparison of Two Physical Optics Integration Approaches For Electromagnetic Scattering”, 9/2005-9/2008.


  1. Burak Alisan, “Efficient Computation of Surface Fields Exited on an Electrically Large Circular Cylinder with an Impedance Boundary Condition”, Co-Supervisor: Dr. Vakur Erturk, 9/2003 –07/2006.


  1. N. Aslıhan Albayrak, {M.S.}, “RCS Computations with PO/PTD for conducting and Impedance Objects Modelled as large Flat Plates”, 9/2002 – 7/2005.


  1. Baris Babaoglu, {M.S.}, ``Application of Biconjugate Gradient Stabilized Method with Spectral Acceleration for Propagation Over Terrain Profiles, '' Co-Supervisor: Dr. Vakur Erturk, 9/01 –10/03.


  1. K. Alper Ozturk, {M.S.}, ``Implementation of Physical Theory of Diffraction for Radar Cross Section Calculations'', 09/2000 – 06/02.


  1. Ozgur Yilmaz, {M.S.}, ``Propagation Simulation for Outdoor Wireless Communications in Urban Areas'', 9/99 – 06/02.


  1. Imad Abd-el Hafez, {M.S}, "Ultimate Intrinsic SNR in Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Optimizing the EM field Generated by Internal Coils", Co-Supervisor: Dr. Ergin Atalar, 9/97 - 6/2000.


  1. H. Karapinar, {M.S.}, "Radiation Fields of the Line Source in a Cylindrical Wire Gratings," Co-supervisor: Dr. Vladimir Yurchenko, 9/96 - 1/99.


  1. S. Ouardani, {M.S.}, "Radiation Fields of a Complex Source in 2-D Circular Radome With Metal Gratings," Co-supervisor: Dr. Vladimir Yurchenko, 10/95 - 8/97.


  1. E. Ofli, {M.S.}, "Analysis of Dielectric Waveguide Bends and Curved Coupler Structures Using Finite Difference Beam Propagation Method," 10/95 - 7/97.


  1. A.P. Tan, {M.S.}, "Optimization of Reflector Antenna Serrations Using Genetic Algorithm and Equivalent Edge Current Concepts," 10/95 - 7/97.


  1. T. Oguzer, {Ph.D.}, "Analysis of Cylindrical Reflector Antennas in the Presence of Circular Radomes by Complex Source - Dual Series Approach ", 10/91 - 11/96.


  1. A. Bircan, {M.S.}, "A Study of Line Source Fields Transmitted Thorough a 2D Circular Dielectric Radome or a Slab", 10/94 - 8/96.


  1. G. Onal, {M.S.}, "Computer Aided Analysis and Simulation of Complex Passive Integrated Optical Circuits", Co-supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Haldun Ozaktas, 10/91 - 6/93.


  1. D. Colak, {M.S.}, "Numerical Study of plane Wave Scattering from Cavity- Backed Apertures with Outer or Inner Material Coating", Co-supervisor: Dr. Alexander I. Nosich, 10/91 - 7/93.


  1. T. Oguzer, {M.S.}, "The Examination of New Equivalent Edge Currents in the Prediction of High Frequency Backscattering from Flat Plates ", 10/89 - 9/91.


  1. S. G. Tanyer, {M.S.}, "The Examination of the Effect of Polarization on the Radiation Losses of Bent Optical Fibers", 10/88 - 7/90.




  1. SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS



    1. Ph.D. Dissertation:

Electromagnetic Scattering from a Class of Open-ended Waveguide Discontinuities, March 1986. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. P.H. Pathak, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.


    1. Edited Book:

A. Altintas and G. Saplakoglu, Lightwave Technology and Communications, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, July 1992.


    1. Book Chapters:





    1. Articles in Refereed Journals:


      1. A. Yagbasan, C.A. Tunç, V.B. Erturk, A. Altintas and R. Mittra, “Characteristic Basis Function Method for Solving Electromagnetic Scattering Problems Over Rough Terrain Profiles,” Accepted for Publication in IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat.


      1. T. Oğuzer, A. Altintas and A.Nosich, “Integral Equation Analysis of an Arbitrary Profile and Varying-Resistivity Cylindrical Reflector Illuminated by an E-Polarized Complex-Source-Point Beam”, J. Op. Soc. Am. A., vol.26, No:7, pp. 1525-1532, July 2009.


      1. U. Olgun, C. A. Tunc, D. Aktas, V.B. Erturk and A. Altintas, “Particle Swarm Optimization of Dipole Arrays for Superior MIMO Capacity Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol.51, no.2, pp.333-337, February 2009.


      1. V. Yurchenko and A. Altintas, “Physical Optics Modeling of 2D Dielectric Lenses,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, vol.26, no.2, pp.305-312, February 2009.


      1. S.Karan, V.B. Ertürk and A. Altintas, “Closed-Form Green's Function Representations in Cylindrically Stratified Media For Method of Moments Applications” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. vol. 57, pp. 1158-1168, 2009.


      1. Celal Alp Tunc, Defne Aktas, Vakur B. Ertürk, and Ayhan Altintas “Capacity of Printed Dipole Arrays in MIMO Channel”, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Magazine, Vol.50, No.5, pp. 690-698, October 2008.


      1. A. Yagbasan, C.A. Tunç, V.B. Erturk, A. Altintas and R. Mittra, “Characteristic Basis Function Method for Scattering from Terrain Profiles,” ELEKTRIK, Turk. J. Elec. Engin., vol.16, no.1, pp.33-39, 2008.


      1. T. Oguzer, and A. Altintas, “Analysis of the non concentric reflector antenna-in-radome system by the iterative reflector antenna and radome interaction”, J. of EM Wave and Applications.(JEMWA). vol. 21, pp. 57-70 (2007).


      1. A.A. Nosich, Y.V. Gandel, T. Magath and A. Altintas, “Numerical analysis and synthesis of 2D quasi-optical reflectors and beam waveguides based on integral-equation approach with Nystrom’s discretization”, J. Opt. Soc. Am A, (JOSA-A), vol. 24, no.9, 2831-2836 (2007).


      1. B. Alisan, V.B. Erturk, and A. Altintas, “Efficient computation of non paraxial surface fields excited on an electrically large circular cylinder with an impedance boundary condition”, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation , vol. 54, pp. 2559-2567 (2006).


      1. T. Oguzer, and A. Altintas, “Analysis of the non concentric radome-enclosed cylindrical reflector antenna system, E-polarization case”, J. of EM Wave and Applications.(JEMWA). vol. 19, pp. 2093-2111 (2005).


      1. C.A. Tunc, A. Altintas, and V.B. Erturk, “Examination of existent propagation models over large inhomogeneous terrain profiles using fast integral equation solution”, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation , vol. 53, pp. 3080-3083 (2005).


      1. B. Babaoglu, A. Altintas and V.B. Erturk, “Spectrally accelerated BiConjugate gradient stabilized method for scattering from and propagation over electrically large inhomogeneous geometries”, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters. vol. 46, pp. 158-162 (2005).


      1. T. Oguzer, A.I. Nosich, and A. Altintas, “Analysis of an arbitrary conic section profile cylindrical reflector antenna, H-polarization case”, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation , Vol.52, No.11, pp.3156-3162, November 2004.


      1. A.V.Boriskin, A.I. Nosich, S.V. Boriskina, T.M. Benson , P. Sewell and A. Altintas, “Lens or Resonator? Electromagnetic Behaviour of and Extended Hemielliptic Lens for a Sub-Millimeter-Wave Receiver,”, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol.43, no.6, pp.515-518, December 20 2004.


      1. H. Celik, Y. Eryaman, A.Altintas, I.A. Abdel-Hafez, E. Atalar, “Evaluation of Internal MRI Coils using ultimate Intrinsic SNR”, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Vol.52, pp.640-649, 2004.


      1. T. Oguzer, A.I. Nosich, and A. Altintas, “E-Polarized beam scattering by an open cylindrical PEC strip having ‘Conical Section’ profile”, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol.31, no.6, pp.480-484, 2001.


      1. A. Altintas and P. Russer, "Time-Domain Equivalent Edge Currents For Transient Scattering" IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation ,Vol.49, No.4,pp.602-607, April 2001.


      1. S.S. Vinogradov, E.D. Vinogradova, A.I. Nosich, and A. Altintas "Analytical regularization based analysis of a spherical reflector symmetrically illuminated by an acoustic beam", Journal of Acoustical Society of America, Vol.107, no.6, pp.2999-3005, June 2000.


      1. S. Boriskina, A.I. Nosich, and A. Altintas, "Effect of Imperfect Flat Earth on the Vertically Polarized Radiation of Cylindrical Reflector Antenna" IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol.48, No.2, pp.285-292, February 2000.


      1. Altintas, S.Ouardani, and V.B. Yurchenko "Complex Source Radiation in a cylindrical Radome of Metal-Dielectric Grating" IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol.47, No.8, pp.1293-1300, August 1999.


      1. V.B. Yurchenko, A. Altintas, and A.I. Nosich "Numerical Optimization of a Cylindrical Reflector-in-Radome Antenna System" IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol.47, No.4, pp.668-673, April 1999.


      1. S. Koshikawa, D. Colak, A. Altintas, K. Kobayashi, and A.I. Nosich,"A Comparative Study of RCS Predictions of Canonical Rectangular and Circular Cavities with Double-Layer Material Coating," IEICE Trans. on Electronics, Vol.E80-C, No.11, pp.1457-1466, Nov. 1997.


      1. A.I. Nosich, V.B. Yurchenko, and A. Altintas, "Numerically Exact Analysis of a 2-D Variable-Resistivity Reflector Fed by a Complex-Point Source," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagation, Vol.45, No.11, pp.1592-1601, Nov. 1997.


      1. Altintas, O. Ocali , S. Topcu, S.G. Tanyer, and H. Koymen, "Computer Aided Frequency Planning for the Radio and TV Broadcasts," IEEE Trans. Broadcasting, Vol.42, No.2, pp.144-148, June 1996.


      1. T. Oguzer, A. Altintas, and A. I. Nosich, "Accurate simulation of reflector antennas using complex source-dual series approach", IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagation, Vol.43, No.8, pp.793-801, August 1995.


      1. D. Colak, A.I. Nosich and A. Altintas, "Radar Cross Section Study of Cylindrical Cavity-backed Apertures with Outer or Inner Material Coating: The Case of H-Polarization," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol.43, No.5, pp.440-447, May 1995.


      1. A. Altintas, O.M. Buyukdura and P.H. Pathak, "An extension of PTD concept for aperture radiation problems", Radio Science, Vol. 29, No.6, pp.1403-1407, Nov.-Dec. 1994.


      1. G. Onal, A. Altintas and H. Ozaktas, "Computer-aided analysis and simulation of complex passive integrated optical circuits of arbitrary rectilinear topology", Optical Engineering, Vol.33, No. 5, pp.1596-1603, May 1994.


      1. D. Colak, A.I. Nosich and A. Altintas, "Radar Cross Section Study of Cylindrical Cavity-backed Apertures with Outer or Inner Material Coating: The Case of E-Polarization", IEEE Trans. on Antennas and Propagation, Vol.41, No.11, pp.1551-1559, November 1993.


      1. A. Altintas and S.G. Tanyer, "An Examination of the Effect of Polarization on the Radiation Losses of Bent Optical Fibres", Optical and Quantum Electronics, Vol.25, No. 2, pp. 105-112, February 1993.


      1. T. Oguzer, A. Altintas and O.M. Buyukdura, "On the Elimination of Infinities in the PO Component of Equivalent Edge Currents", Wave Motion, Vol. 18, No.1, pp. 1-10, 1993.


      1. A. Altintas and J.D. Love, "Effective Cutoffs for Modes on Helical Fibers", Optical and Quantum Electronics, Vol.22, pp. 213-226, 1990.


      1. A. Altintas, "Archimedes' Principle as an Application of Divergence Theorem", IEEE Trans. on Education, Vol.33, No.2, pp. 222, May 1990.


      1. P.H. Pathak and A. Altintas, "An Efficient High-frequency Analysis of Modal Reflection and Transmission Coefficients for a Class of Waveguide Discontinuities", Radio Science, Vol.23, No.6, pp.1107-1119, November-December 1988.


      1. A. Ankiewicz, A. Altintas and A.W. Snyder, "Polarization Properties of Evanescent Couplers", Optics Letters, Vol.13, No.6, pp.524-526, June 1988.


      1. A.W. Snyder, A. Ankiewicz and A. Altintas, "Coupled Mode Theory Neglects Polarization Phenomena", Electronics Letters, Vol.24, No.11, pp.720-721, May 1988.


      1. A. Altintas, P.H. Pathak and M.C. Liang, "A Selective Modal Scheme for the Analysis of Coupling Into or Radiation From a Large Open-ended Waveguides". IEEE Trans. Antennas Prop., Vol.36, No.1, pp.84-96, January 1988.


      1. A.W. Snyder, A. Ankiewicz and A. Altintas, "Fundamental Error of Recent Coupled Mode Formulations", Electronics Letters, Vol.23, No.20, pp.1097-1098, Sept. 1987.


      1. K. Aydin, A. Altintas and A. Hizal, "Null-field Formulations of Dielectric Coated Antennas", Radio Science, Vol.18, No.6, pp.1225-1242, Nov-Dec. 1983.




    1. Conference Publications and Presentations


      1. K. Aydin, A. Altintas and A. Hizal, ``A Null Field Formulation For Dielectric Coated Antennas'', IEEE AP-S International Symposium, May 1983, Houston, TX, USA.


      1. P.H. Pathak and A. Altintas, ``An Extension of the UTD for Analyzing The Radiation Within Paraxial Regions by Sources on Convex Surfaces'', 1984 URSI Radio Science Meeting, June 1984, Boston, MA, USA.


      1. A. Altintas and P.H. Pathak, "An Efficient Approach For Analyzing EM Coupling Into Large Open-ended Waveguide Cavities", 1985 URSI Radio Science Meeting, June 1985, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.


      1. P.H. Pathak and A. Altintas, "Ray Analysis of Reflection from a Class of Waveguide Discontinuities", IEEE AP-S International Symposium, June 1985, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.


      1. A.W. Snyder, A. Ankiewicz and A. Altintas, "Fiber Couplers Based on Evanescent Fields", 12th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, Dec. 1987, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia.


      1. A. Altintas and J.D. Love, "Effective Cut-off of Higher-order Modes on Helical Fibres", 13th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, Dec. 1988, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.


      1. A. Altintas, ``Optik Fiberlerde Bükülme Sonucu Oluşan Kayıpların Anten Modeli Kullanılarak Hesaplanması'', ODTÜ EEMB 30. Yıl Sempozyumu, February 1989, Ankara, Turkey. (in Turkish)


      1. S.G. Tanyer and A. Altintas, ``Optik Fiberlerde Bükülme Kayıplarının Her İki Dik Polarizasyon için Eşdeğer Akım Yöntemi İle Analizi'', Elektrik Mühendisliği 3. Ulusal Kongresi, Sept. 1989, İstanbul, Turkey. (in Turkish)


      1. A. Altintas, "Analysis of Wave Propagation in Curved and Twisted Dielectric Optical Waveguides Using Volume Equivalent Currents", 1990 URSI Radio Science Meeting, May 1990, Dallas, TX, USA.


      1. A. Altintas, S.G. Tanyer and J.D. Love, "An Examination of The Effect of Polarization on the Radiation Losses of Bent Optical Fibers", 1990 Bilkent International Conference On New Trends In Communication, Control, and Signal Processing, July 1990, Ankara, Turkey.


      1. H. Yildiz, A. Altintas and C. Aykanat, `` Dipol Antenin Çeşitli Eşlenik Gradyan Yöntemleri ile Analizi ve Moment Yöntemi ile Karşılaştırılması'', 1991 Bilkent Üniversitesi Elektrik-Elektronik ve Bilgisayar Mühendisliği Konferansı, July 1991, Ankara, Turkey. (In Turkish).


      1. A. Altintas, "Elimination of Infinities in Equivalent Edge Current Method", MMET'91: International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory, September 1991, Alushta, Crimea, Ukraine.


      1. G. Önal, A. Altintas and H. Özaktas, ``A Study of Development of Design Rules for Photonic Chips'', 1992 Bilkent International Conference on Lightwave Technology and Communications, July 1992, Ankara, Turkey.


      1. T. Oguzer, A. Altintas and O.M. Buyukdura, ``On the Elimination of Infinities in the PO Component of Equivalent Edge Currents'', International Conference on Millimeter Wave and Far-Infrared Technology, August 1992, Beijing, China.


      1. A. Altintas,``Correction to the Edge Effects in the Aperture Integration'', ISAP'92: International Conference on Antennas and Propagation, September 1992, Sapporo, Japan.


      1. G. Saplakoglu, F. Erden and A. Altintas, ``Calculation of the Point Spread Function of an Imaging System Operating in Turbulent Atmosphere'', NATO-AGARD EPP Panel on Atmospheric Propagation Effects Through Natural and Man-made Obscurants for Visible to MM-Wave Radiation, May 1993, Palma De Mallorca, Spain.


      1. T. Oguzer, A.I. Nosich and A. Altintas, "Analysis of Circular Reflectors by Complex Source-Dual Series Approach", IEEE AP-S International Symposium, June 1993, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. pages 922-925.


      1. D. Colak, A.I. Nosich and A. Altintas, ``RCS Study of Cylindrical Cavity-backed Apertures With Outer or Inner Coating'', IEEE AP-S International Symposium, June 1993, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. pages 910-913.


      1. T. Oguzer, A.I. Nosich and A. Altintas, "Accurate Simulation of Reflector Antennas by Complex Source-Dual Series Approach", URSI XXIth General Assembly, Aug. 1993, Kyoto, Japan.


      1. G.Onal, A. Altintas and H.M. Ozaktas,``Optik Tümleşik Devrelerde Arabağlantılarla İlgili Tasarım Kurallarının Geliştirilmesi'', Elektrik Mühendisliği 5. Ulusal Kongresi, Sept. 1993, Trabzon, Turkey. (in Turkish).


      1. D. Colak, A.I. Nosich, and A. Altintas, `` Riemann-Hilbert Tekniğinin İki Boyutlu Yalıtkan Kaplı Kutu Resonatör Problemlerine Uygulanması'', Elektrik Mühendisliği 5. Ulusal Kongresi, Sept. 1993, Trabzon, Turkey. (in Turkish).


      1. D. Colak, A.I. Nosich, and A. Altintas, `` Suppressing RCS Resonances of a Cylindrical Cavity-backed Aperture by Outer or Inner Material Coating'', 3rd International Conference on Electromagnetics in Aerospace Applications, Sept. 1993, Torino, Italy.


      1. T. Oguzer, A.I. Nosich and A. Altintas, ``Accurate Simulation of Reflector Antennas by Complex Source-Dual Series Approach'', 3rd International Conference on Electromagnetics in Aerospace Applications, Sept. 1993, Torino, Italy.


      1. D. Colak, A.I. Nosich and A. Altintas, "The Dual-series based Approach to Solve the Problems of Cylindrical Cavity-backed Apertures with Outer of Inner Material Coating", URSI XXIVth General Assembly, Sept. 1993, Kyoto, Japan.


      1. G. Onal, A. Altintas and H.M. Ozaktas, ``Computer aided analysis, simulation and design of integrated optical circuits'', 1993 Optical Society of America Annual Meeting, 3-8 October, 1993, Toronto, Canada.


      1. A.I. Nosich, T. Oguzer and A. Altintas, `` Simulating Millimeter Reflector Antennas'', International Conference on Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves and Applications, January 10-14, 1994, San Diego, USA.


      1. A.I. Nosich, D. Colak and A. Altintas, ``H-wave Scattering from a circularly curved impedance strip'', Melecon'94, 7th Mediterrenean Electrotechnical Conference, April 12-14, 1994, Antalya, Turkey. pages 446-448.


      1. T. Oguzer, A. Altintas and A.I. Nosich, "Analysis of Radome Covered Circular Reflectors by Complex Source-Dual Series Approach", IEEE AP-S International Symposium, June 1994, Seattle, WA, USA. pages 70-73.


      1. T. Oguzer, A.I. Nosich and A. Altintas, ``Complex Source-Dual Series Approach for the Analysis of Reflector Antennas Covered by Concentric Dielectric Radomes'', PIERS'94, July 1994, Noordwijk, The Netherlads.


      1. A.Y. Svezhentsev, A.I. Nosich, A. Altintas, and T. Oguzer, "Simulation of Reflector Antenna Covered by a Circular Radome", ICAP'95 April 1995, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. pages 532-535.


      1. Altintas, A.I. Nosich, and V.B. Yurchenko, ``Modelling a Resistive-reflector Antenna by the Complex Source-Dual Series Approach: The 2-D Case of H-polarization'', IEEE AP-S International Symposium, June 1995, Newport Beach, CA, USA. pages 912-915.


      1. A. Altintas, A.I. Nosich, and T. Oguzer,"2D Modeling of Reflector Antenna Enclosed in a Nonconcentric Circular Radome", PIERS'96, July 1996, Innsbruck, Austria.

      1. Altintas, H. Koymen, S. Topcu, S.G. Tanyer, and O. Ocali, "Topography and Demography Based Spectrum Utilization in the VHF and UHF Terrestrial Broadcast Bands", URSI XXVth General Assembly, Aug. 1996, Lille, France.


      1. A. Altintas, A. Bircan, and V.B. Yurchenko,``Approximating Circular Radome by a Dielectric Slab in the Antenna Simulations'', NATO ARW on Microwave Physics and Technique, Sept. 1996, Sozopol, Bulgaria.


      1. A. Altintas, A.I. Nosich, V.B. Yurchenko, and A. Altintas, ``Numerically Exact Analysis of 2-D Variable-Resistivity Reflector Fed by a Complex Point Source'', JINA'96, Nov. 1996, Nice, France.


      1. A.Altintas, and E. Ofli, ``The Analysis of a Curved Coupler Structire Using Beam Propagation Method'', PIERS'97, January 1997, Hong Kong.


      1. A. Altintas, V.B. Yurchenko, and A.I. Nosich, "Smart Radome Improves Reflector Antenna Directivity," IEEE AP-S International Symposium, July 1997, Montreal, Canada.


      1. S.S. Vinogradov, E.D. Vinagradova, A.I. Nosich, and A. Altintas, ``Accurate Simulation of a Spherical Reflector Antenna by the Complex Point Source-Dual Series Approach,'' IEEE AP-S International Symposium, July 1997, Montreal, Canada.


      1. A.Altintas, V.B. Yurchenko, and A.I. Nosich, ``Accurate and Approximate Optimization of the Reflector-in-Radome Antenna System'', 6th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Microwave Technology, ISRAMT'97, August 1997, Beijing, China.


      1. A.I. Nosich, and A. Altintas, ``Exact Numerical Modelling of Reflector Antennas: Regularization Plus CSP Feed,'' URSI Commission B Electromagnetics Symposium, May 1998, Thessaloniki, Greece.


      1. A.Altintas, and A.P. Tan, ``The Application of Equivalent Edge Currents to the Near Field Analysis of Serrated Edge Parabolic Reflectors,'' URSI Commission B Electromagnetics Symposium, May 1998, Thessaloniki, Greece.


      1. Altintas, S. Ouardani, and V.B. Yurchenko,``Complex Source Radiation in a Circular Cylindrical Radome with Grating of Lossy Strips,'' International Conference on Microwave and Radar, MIKON'98, May 1998, Krakow, Poland, pages 299-303.


      1. Altintas, S. Ouardani, and V. Yurchenko, ``Radiation Fields of a Complex Source in a Circular Cylindrical Radome with Metal Grating,'' PIERS'98, July 1998, Nantes, France.


      1. V. Yurchenko, and A. Altintas,``Anti-shielding Effect of a Cylindrical Grid of Metal Wires,'' PIERS'98, July 1998, Nantes, France.


      1. Altintas, P.Russer, and S. Lindenmeier, ``Time-Domain Equivalent Edge Currents'' Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symp. (ACES'99), Monterey, CA, March 1999.


      1. A. Altintas, S. Lindenmeier and P. Russer, "Transient Scattering From Flat Plates Using Time-domain Equivalent Edge Currents", Int. Conf. on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA'99), Sept 1999, Torino, Italy.


      1. S. Topcu, H. Koymen, A. Altintas, I. Aksun, ''Propagation Prediction and Planning Tools for Digital and Analog Terrestrial Broadcasting and Land Mobile Services'', IEEE Broadcast Technology Society 50th Annual Broadcast Symposium, Sept.2000, Tysons Corner, Virginia, USA.


      1. A. Altintas, I. Aksun, H. Koymen, S. Topcu and V. Yuchenko, ``The Use of Propagation Prediction for Broadcast and Telecommunications Services'', Int. Workshop on Direct and Inverse Wave Scattering, pp.6.3-6.12, Sept. 25-29, 2000, Gebze, Turkey.


      1. A. Altintas, P. Russer, ``Time-Domain Equivalent Edge Currents for Scattering From Flat Plates'', Int. Workshop on Direct and Inverse Wave Scattering, pp.3.43-3.50, Sept.25-29, 2000, Gebze, Turkey.


      1. A. Altintas, M.I. Aksun, S. Topcu, H. Koymen, V. Yurchenko, E. Yetginer and O. Yilmaz, ``Comparison of Various Propagation Models on Real Terrain: Difficulties and Remedies'', 2000 URSI National Radio Science Meeting, pp. 41, July 16-21, 2000, Salt Lake City, Utah.


      1. A. Altintas, I. Aksun, O. Balta, H. Koymen, S. Topcu, V. Yurchenko, "GIS-Aided Propagation Prediction Study for Broadcast and Telecommunication Services'', 10 th Virginia Tech Symposium on Wireless Personal Communications, pp.329-340, June 14-16, 2000, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA


      1. T. Oguzer, A.I. Nosich, A. Altintas, "Radiation characteristics of a 2D parabolic cylindrical reflector antenna analyzed by the complex source - dual series approach", Proc. Int. Symp. Physics and Engineering of MM and Sub-MM Waves (MSMW-01), pp. 594-596, Kharkov, Ukraine, 2001.


      1. A.V. Boriskin, A.I. Nosich, A. Altintas, "Accurate technique for the 2D microwave dielectric-rod antenna simulation", Proc. Int. Symp. Physics and Engineering of MM and Sub-MM Waves (MSMW-01), pp. 664-666, Kharkov, Ukraine, 2001.


      1. A.V. Boriskin, A.I.Nosich, A. Altintas, "Simulating a wavelength-size 2-D lens with an accurate numerical method", Proc. Int. Conf. Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON-01), pp. 234-237, Krakow, Poland, June 2001. pages 234-237.


      1. S. Topcu, H. Köymen, A. Altintas, and I. Aksun, “A GIS Aided Frequency Planning Tool for Terrestrial Broadcasting and Land Mobile Services”, NATO Advanced Research Workshop on GIS For Emergency Preparedness and Health Risk Reduction, pp. 52-53, Budapest, Hungary, 22-25 April 2001.


      1. A.V. Boriskin, A.I. Nosich, and A. Altintas, “2D Model of an Arbitrary Shaped Dielectric Rod Antenna”, 2001 IEEE APS/URSI Symposium, pp.48, Boston, MA, USA July 8-13, 2001.


      1. A. Altintas, H. Köymen, S. Topçu, and E. Tin,”Milli Frekans Yönetim Sistemi”, İletişim Teknolojileri 1. Ulusal Sempozyumu, pp.51-56, METU, Ankara, 17-21 October 2001. (In Turkish)


      1. M. Severcan, Y. Tanık, Z. Ider, A. Altintas, C. Nakiboglu, and E. Afacan, “Radyo ve TV Yayıncılığı Düzenlemelerinde Katmanlı Yayın Modeli”, İletişim Teknolojileri 1. Ulusal Sempozyumu, pp.45-50, METU, Ankara, 17-21 October 2001. (In Turkish)


      1. C.Alp Tunc, A. Altintas, and Vakur B. Erturk "Ileri-geri yontemi ile tek boyutlu arazi kesitlerinde dalga yayilimi", URSI Turkiye 2002 Ulusal Kongresi, Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, 18-20 Eylul 2002, pp.323-326. (In Turkish)

      2. Baris Babaoglu, A. Altintas, and Vakur B. Erturk, "Bi-Eslenik gradyan metodu ile tek boyutlu arazi kesitlerinde dalga yayilimi, URSI Turkiye 2002 Ulusal Kongresi, Istanbul Teknik Univeritesi, 18-20 Eylul 2002, pp.318-322. (In Turkish)


      1. Oguzer, T., Nosich, A.I., Altintas, A.,Radiation characteristics of a 2D parabolic reflector antenna excited by the H-polarized complex source” 2002 International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory, 2002. MMET '02 , 10-13 Sept. 2002, Pages:586 – 588.


      1. B. Babaoglu, A.Altintas, V.B. Erturk, “An Analysis of the wave propagation and the scattering from terrain profiles using iterative techniques”, 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), Istanbul, Turkey, May 11-16, 2003.


      1. C.A. Tunc, A.Altintas, V.B. Erturk, “Propagation and coverage analysis over terrain profiles using the spectral acceleration forward-backward method”, 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), Istanbul, Turkey, May 11-16, 2003.


      1. B.Babaoglu, A.Altintas, V.B. Erturk, “Electromagnetic scattering analysis from the terrain profiles using Bi-conjugate gradient method”, 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 22-27, 2003.


      1. C.A. Tunc, A.Altintas, V.B. Erturk, “Propagation coverage analysis over terrain profiles comparing empirical solutions with exact solutions”, 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Columbus, Ohio, USA, June 22-27, 2003.


      1. O. Ferhanoglu, T.O. Tasci, A.M. El-Sharkawy, A.Altintas, E. Atalar, “Investigating RF heating in MRI using a safety index”, ISMRM: International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, May 15-21, 2004.


      1. B. Babaoglu, V.B. Ertürk and A.Altintas, “Spectrally accelerated biconjugate gradient method for propagation over large terrain profiles”, URSI Electromagnetic Symposium, Pisa, Italy, May 23-27, 2004.


      1. C.Alp Tunc, A. Altintas, and Vakur B. Erturk "Çok uzun arazi profillerinde yayınım için hızlı integral denklem çözümü: Ölçümlerle ve mevcut yayınım modelleriyle karşılaştırmalar", URSI Turkiye 2004 Ulusal Kongresi, Bilkent Universitesi, 8-10 Eylul 2004, pp.65-67. (In Turkish)


      1. Baris Babaoglu, A. Altintas, and Vakur B. Erturk, “Spektral hızlandırılmış Bi-Eşlenik gradyan stabilize metodu ile yayınım analizi”, URSI Turkiye 2004 Ulusal Kongresi, Bilkent Üniversitesi, 8-10 Eylul 2004, pp.68-70. (In Turkish)


      1. A. Altintas, and R.J.Paknys, “Indüksiyon teoremi ve eşdeğerlik teoremi ile ilşkisi”, URSI Turkiye 2004 Ulusal Kongresi, Bilkent Üniversitesi, 8-10 Eylul 2004, pp.149-151. (In Turkish)


      1. Y. Eryaman, H. Celik, A. Altintas, and E. Atalar, “Dahili bobinlerin en iyi içsel sinyal/gürültü oranı kullanılarak değerlendirilmesi”, URSI Turkiye 2004 Ulusal Kongresi, Bilkent Üniversitesi, 8-10 Eylul 2004, pp.224-228. (In Turkish)


      1. O. Ferhanoglu, A. Altintas, and E. Atalar, “Kalp pillerinin manyetik rezonans görüntüleme esnasında yarattığı sıcaklık artışı”, URSI Turkiye 2004 Ulusal Kongresi, Bilkent Üniversitesi, 8-10 Eylul 2004, pp.255-257. (In Turkish)


      1. A. Altintas, and A. Celik, “Fiziksel optik yöntemi ile radar kesit alani hesaplamalarında geniş düzlem plakalar ile modelleme”, URSI Turkiye 2004 Ulusal Kongresi, Bilkent Üniversitesi, 8-10 Eylul 2004, pp.403-405. (In Turkish)


      1. B. Babaoglu, C.A. Tunc, A. Altintas and V.B. Erturk, “Fast Integral Equation Techniques for Propagation Problems”, 10th International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory (MMET’2004), Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine, Sept. 14-17, 2004, pp. 553-555.


      1. A. Altintas and A. Celik, “Large Flat Plate Models in the Physical Optics Method for RCS Calculations”, 10th International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory (MMET’2004), Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine, Sept. 14-17, 2004, pp. 586-588.


      1. A. Altintas and A. Celik, “Radar Kesit Alanı; Yüksek Frekansta Fiziksel Optik Uygulaması”, Havacılıkta İleri Teknolojiler ve Uygulamaları (HİTEK), Hava Harp Okulu, 9-10 Aralık 2004, Istanbul. (In Turkish)


      1. Boriskin, A.V., Nosich, A.I., Boriskina, S.V., Sewell, P., Benson, T.M., Altintas, A., Resonance lens antenna analysis for mm-wave applications”, The Fifth International Kharkov Symposium on Physics and Engineering of Microwaves, Millimeter, and Submillimeter Waves, MSMW 04., Volume. 2, 21-26 June 2004 Pages: 632 – 634.


      1. V.B. Erturk, B. Alisan and A. Altintas, “Efficient computation of surface fields excited on an electrically large circular cylinder with an impedance boundary condition”, 28th General Assembly of International Union of Radio Science URSI, New Delhi, India, Oct. 23-29, 2005.


      1. Y. Eryaman, H. Celik, A. Altintas, and E. Atalar, “Novel Strip-Conductor Internal MRI Coils”, 2005 IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, pp. 124, Washington, DC. July 3-8, 2005.


      1. H. Celik, Y. Eryaman, A. Altintas, V.B. Erturk, and E. Atalar, “Microstrip based MR birdcage coil for 1.5 Tesla”, 2005 IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, pp. 123, Washington, DC. July 3-8, 2005.


      1. Celal Alp Tunc, Erdinc Irci, Onur Bakir, Defne Aktas, Vakur B. Ertürk, Ayhan Altintas, "Investigation of Planar and Conformal Printed Arrays for MIMO Performance Analysis", European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2006), 6 - 10 November 2006, Nice, France .


      1. S. Karan, V. B. Ertürk and A. Altintas, "Closed-form Green's functions in cylindrically stratified media for method of moments applications," European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2006), abstract pp. 138, (paper on CD, 6 pages), Nice, France, November 6-10, 2006.


      1. Keziban Akkaya, Celal Alp Tunc, Defne Aktas and Ayhan Altintas, "On the Number of Clusters in Channel Model", The 9th International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications (ISSSTA2006), August 28-31, 2006 Manaus-Amazon-Brazil.


      1. Celal Alp Tunc, Defne Aktas and Ayhan Altintas, "Performance Analysis of Uniform Circular Arrays with Mutual Coupling in MIMO Channels", 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, July 9-14, 2006, Albuquerque, NM, USA.


      1. S. Karan, V. B. Ertürk and A. Altintas, "Closed-form Green's functions in cylindrically stratified media for method of moments applications," 2006 IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science and AMEREM Meetings, vol. URSI, pp. 477, Albuquerque, NM, July 9-14, 2006.


      1. Celal Alp Tunc, Defne Aktas and Ayhan Altintas, "On Arrays of Dipole Antennas with Mutual Coupling in MIMO Wireless Channels", 15th IST Mobile & Wireless Communication Summit, June 4-8, 2006, Mykonos, Greece.


      1. Keziban Akkaya, Celal Alp Tunc, Defne Aktas, Ayhan Altintas, "On the Number of Clusters in Channel Model", Newcom Dept. 2 Meeting April 2-5, 2006 Sophia Antipolis, France.


      1. Celal Alp Tunc, Pekka Kyösti, Keziban Akkaya, Defne Aktas, Ayhan Altintas, "MIMO Channel Model Implementation with Mutual Coupling and Visibility Regions", Newcom Dept2 Meeting April 2-5, 2006 Sophia Antipolis, France.


      1. Ayhan Altintas and Satilmis Topcu, “Sayısal Televizyon Yayıncılığında Frekans Planlama,” Broadcast, Cable & Satellite Eurasia, a CeBit Event, November 23-26, 2006, Istanbul, Turkey (in Turkish).


      1. Ayhan Altintas and Satilmis Topcu, “Sayısal Televizyon Yayıncılığında Frekans Planlama,” Radyo ve Televizyon Üst Kurulu Sayısal TV Paneli May 6, 2006, Istanbul, Turkey (in Turkish).


      1. A. Altintas, V. B. Ertürk, C. A. Tunc, and S. Topcu, "Application of fast methods to large scale rough surface scattering and propagation problems," IVth International Workshop on Electromagnetic Wave Scattering, September 18-22, 2006, Gebze, Turkey, pp. 3-27--3-32 (invited talk)


      1. V. B. Ertürk, C. A. Tunc, S. Topcu, A. Altintas "Genis olcekli puruzlu yuzeylerden sacilim ve yayinim problemleri icin hizli yontemler ve uygulamalari," URSI (Uluslararasi Radyo Bilimleri Birligi) 3. Ulusal Kongresi 6-8 Eylul, Hacettepe Univ., Ankara, 2006, pp. 20 (invited talk)(in Turkish)


      1. C. A. Tunc, D. Aktas, and A. Altintas "MIMO Kablosuz haberleşme kanallarında ortak bağlaşımlı ince dipole anten dizileri”, URSI (Uluslararasi Radyo Bilimleri Birligi) 3. Ulusal Kongresi 6-8 Eylul, Hacettepe Univ., Ankara, 2006, pp. 82. (in Turkish)


      1. V.B. Yurchenko, and A. Altintas "Approximate wave modeling of a two-dimensional convex dielectric lens," URSI (Uluslararasi Radyo Bilimleri Birligi) 3. Ulusal Kongresi 6-8 Eylul, Hacettepe Univ., Ankara, 2006, pp. 106.


      1. C.A. Tunc, E. Irci, O. Bakir, D. Aktas, V.B. Erturk and A. Altintas, “A Model with electric fields for the inclusion of mutual coupling effects in the MIMO channel,” 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, June 10-15, 2007, Hawaii, USA.


      1. A. A. Nosich, Y.V. Gandel, T. Magath and A. Altintas, “Numerical diffraction synthesis of 2-D quasioptical power splitter,” 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, June 10-15, 2007, Hawaii, USA.


      1. M.V. Balaban, A. Altintas, "Application of Abel's integral transform to solving the electromagnetic wave diffraction by a thin disk," Abstracts Int. pp.3956-3959, Conf. Days on Diffraction (DoD-07), St. Petersburg, 2007, pp. 13-14.


      1. A. Yagbasan, V.B. Erturk, C.A. Tunc, A. Altintas and R. Mittra, “Application of characteristic basis function method for scattering from and propagation over terrain problems,” URSI EMTS 2007 Electromagnetic theory symposium, July 26-28, 2007, Ottawa, Canada.


      1. M.V. Balaban, A.I. Nosich, A. Altintas, T.M. Benson, "The method of analytical regularization in the electromagnetic wave scattering by thin disks". The Second European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2007), 11 - 16 November 2007, Edinburgh, UK.


      1. Ugur Olgun, Celal Alp Tunc, Defne Aktas, Vakur B. Ertürk and Ayhan Altintas, "Optimization of Linear Wire Antenna Arrays to Increase MIMO Capacity Using Swarm Intelligence", The Second European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2007), 11 - 16 November 2007, Edinburgh, UK.


      1. Harun Bodur, Celal Alp Tunc, Defne Aktas, Vakur B. Ertürk and Ayhan Altintas, "Particle Swarm Optimization for SAGE Maximization Step in Channel Parameter Estimation", The Second European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2007), 11 - 16 November 2007, Edinburgh, UK.


      1. Tunc C.A., Ertürk VB., Aktas D., Altintas A., "An Accurate Technique for Array Design and Characterization in MIMO Channel", The XXIX General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Chicago, Illinois, USA, August 07-16, 2008.


      1. Celal Alp Tunç, Defne Aktas, Vakur B. Ertürk, and Ayhan Altintas, Capacity of Printed Dipole Arrays in MIMO Channel", Vth International Workshop on Electromagnetic Wave Scattering, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey, October 22-25, 2008.


      1. Celal Alp Tunç, Vakur B. Ertürk, Defne Aktaş, Ayhan Altıntaş, "MIMO Kanalında Anten Dizilerinin Analiz ve Tasarımı için Doğru ve Verimli bir Teknik", URSI-Türkiye'2008 IV. Ulusal Kongresi, Ekim 2008, Akdeniz Üniversitesi, Antalya, Türkiye.


      1. Ayhan Altintas, "A Review of Some OSU High Frequency and Hybrid Inlet Scattering Work", IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, USA, July 5-12, 2008.


      1. Ayhan Altintas, “High Frequency Techniques and Applications in Electromagnetics”, Invited talk at the “II. Mühendislik ve Teknoloji Sempozyumu”, 30 Nisan-1 Mayıs 2009, Çankaya University, Ankara, Turkey.


      1. V.O. Byelobrov, T.M. Benson, P. Sewell, A. Altintas, A.I. Nosich, “Lasing modes of infinite periodic chain of quantum wires”, Proc. Int. Conf. Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON-09), Ponta Delgada, 2009, Tu.P.4.







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