Associate Professor
Dr. Abu Sadat Md. Sayem received the BSc degree (First class Honours with first merit position) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh in 2011, the MSc degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh in 2015 and the PhD degree (with the Vice-Chancellor's Commendation for Academic Excellence) in Electronic Engineering from Macquarie University, Australia in 2021.
Dr. Abu Sadat Md. Sayem is currently working as an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering since 2015. Before that, he worked as an assistant professor and lecturer in the same department. His current research interests include wearable antennas, flexible antennas, transparent antennas, reconfigurable antennas, antennas for biomedical applications, and metamaterials for antenna beam steering. Dr. Sayem is a reputed international researcher in the field of wearable antennas. He has experience working with both academia and industry. Dr. Sayem regularly reviews papers for top-class journals of antennas and microwave engineering, including IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, and IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation. Dr. Sayem worked as a session chair and member of the reviewers' panel in top-class international conferences, e.g. International Workshop on Antenna Technology, 2022; Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, 2021 and International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, 2021. Dr. Sayem has extensive experience in antenna design for wearable applications, high-power applications, and beam steering.
Dr. Sayem is a recipient of several prestigious awards and scholarships, including the Vice-Chancellor's Commendation on PhD thesis, the Commonwealth Government-funded International Research Training Program Scholarship to support the Ph.D. in Australia, the Prime Minister Gold Medal from Bangladesh, and the University Gold Medal from Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh.
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology
School of Engineering
Macquarie University, Australia
School of Electrical and Data Engineering
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
School of Electrical and Data Engineering
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
School of Electrical and Data Engineering
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology
Macquarie University, Australia
Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh
Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh
| SL | Authors | Title | Publisher Details | Publication Year | Type |
| 1 | A. S. M. Sayem et al | Advancements, Challenges, and Prospects of Water-Filled Antennas | IEEE Access | 2023 | Journal |
| 2 | [2]. M. R. Aktar, M. S. Anower, M. Z. I. Sarkar, A. S. M. Sayem, M. R. Islam, A. I. Akash, M. R. A. Rume, G. Moloudian and A. Lalbakhsh | Energy-Efficient Hybrid Powered Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) for 5G | IEEE Access | 2023 | Journal |
| 3 | A. S. M. Sayem, A. Lalbakhsh, K. P. Esselle, J. L. Buckley, B. O’Flynn and R. B. V. B. Simorangkir | Flexible Transparent Antennas: Advancements, Challenges, and Prospects | IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation | 2022 | Journal |
| 4 | A. S. M. Sayem, R. B. V. B. Simorangkir, K. P. Esselle and J. L. Buckley | A Conformal and Transparent Frequency Reconfigurable Water Antenna | 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, 27 March 2022 - 01 April 2022, Madrid, Spain. | 2022 | Conference |
| 5 | M. A. ISLAM, A. K. PAUL, B. HOSSAIN, A. K. SARKAR, M. M. RAHMAN, A. S. M. SAYEM, R. B. V. B. SIMORANGKIR, M. A. SHOBUG, J. L. BUCKLEY, K. CHAKRABARTI and A. LALBAKHSH | Design and Analysis of GO Coated High Sensitive Tunable SPR Sensor for OATR Spectroscopic Biosensing Applications | IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 103496-103508 | 2022 | Journal |
| 6 | A. S. M. Sayem, R. B. V. B. Simorangkir, K. P. Esselle, Ali Lalbaksh, D. R. Gawade, B. O’Flynn, and J.L. Buckley | Flexible and Transparent Circularly Polarized Patch Antenna for Reliable Unobtrusive Wearable Wireless Communications | Sensors | 2022 | Journal |
| 7 | A. S. M. Sayem, Roy B. V. B. Simorangkir, K. P. Esselle, D. Thalakotuna, and A. Lalbakhsh | An Electronically-Tunable, Flexible and Transparent Antenna with Unidirectional Radiation Pattern | IEEE Access | 2021 | Journal |
| 8 | A. Lalbakhsh, G. Mohamadpour, S. Roshani, M. Ami, S. Roshani, A. S. M. Sayem, M. Alibakhshikenari, and S. Koziel | Design of a compact planar transmission line for miniaturized rat-race coupler with harmonics suppression | IEEE Access | 2021 | Journal |
| 9 | R. M. Hashmi, B. Mohamadzade, and A. S. M. Sayem | Flexible and conformal antennas for wireless communication and sensing applications | The Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing | 2021 | Book Chapter |
| 10 | K. P. Esselle, M. U. Afzal, K. Singh, D. Thalakotuna, F. Ahmed and A. S. M. Sayem | Applications of Near-Field Meta-Steering Antenna Systems | 2021 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements & Applications (CAMA), 15-7 November 2021, Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France. | 2021 | Conference |
| 11 | A. S. M. Sayem, R. B. V. B. Simorangkir, K. P. Esselle, and R. M. Hashmi | Performance Improvement of a Water-Based Transparent and Flexible Unidirectional Antenna | 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2021), 22-26 March 2021, Düsseldorf, Germany. | 2021 | Conference |
| 12 | A. S. M. Sayem and K. P. Esselle | A Robust, Flexible and Frequency Reconfigurable Antenna with Flexible Superstrate and Substrate | International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP 2021), 19-22 October 2021, Taipei, Taiwan. | 2021 | Conference |
| 13 | A. S. M. Sayem and K. P. Esselle | Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies for the Development of Flexible and Transparent Antennas | Asia Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC 2021), 28 November-1 December 2021, Brisbane, Australia. | 2021 | Conference |
| 14 | A. S. M. Sayem, D. Le, R. B. V. B. Simorangkir, T. Bjorninen, K. P. Esselle, R. M. Hashmi, and M. Zhadobov | Optically Transparent Flexible Robust Circularly Polarized Antenna for UHF RFID Tags | IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters | 2020 | Journal |
| 15 | A. S. M. Sayem, K. P. Esselle, and R. M. Hashmi | Increasing the Transparency of Compact Flexible Antennas Using Defected Ground Structure for Unobtrusive Wearable Technologies | IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation | 2020 | Journal |
| 16 | A. S. M. Sayem, R. B. V. B. Simorangkir, K. P. Esselle, R. M. Hashmi, and H. Liu | A Method to Develop Flexible Robust Optically Transparent Unidirectional Antennas Utilizing Pure Water, PDMS and Transparent Conductive Mesh | IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation | 2020 | Journal |
| 17 | A. S. M. Sayem, K. P. Esselle, R. M. Hashmi, and H. Liu | Experimental Studies of the Robustness of the Conductive-Mesh-Polymer Composite towards the Development of Conformal and Transparent Antennas | Smart Materials and Structures | 2020 | Journal |
| 18 | A. S. M. Sayem, K. P. Esselle, and R. M. Hashmi | Robustness Analysis of the Polymer Conductive-Mesh Composite for the Realization of Transparent and Flexible Wearable Antennas | 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2020), 15-20 March 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark. | 2020 | Conference |
| 19 | R. B. V. B. Simorangkir, D. Le, T. Bjórninen, A. S. M. Sayem, M. Zhadobov, and R. Sauleau | Washing Durability of PDMS-Conductive Fabric Composite: Realizing Washable UHF RFID Tags | IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters | 2019 | Journal |
| 20 | A. S. M. Sayem, R. B. V. B. Simorangkir, K. P. Esselle, and R. M. Hashmi | Development of Robust Transparent Conformal Antennas Based on Conductive Mesh-Polymer Composite for Unobtrusive Wearable Applications | IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation | 2019 | Journal |
| 21 | A. S. M. Sayem, R. B. V. B. Simorangkir, K. P. Esselle, and R. M. Hashmi | Feasibility Study of PDMS Embedded Transparent Conductive Fabric for the Realization of Transparent Flexible Antennas | 13th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2019), 31 March-5 April 2019, Krakow, Poland. | 2019 | Conference |
| 22 | A. S. M. Sayem and K. P. Esselle | A Unique, Compact, Lightweight, Flexible and Unobtrusive Antenna for the Applications in Wireless Body Area Networks | 13th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS 2019), 16-18 December 2019, Gold Coast, Australia. | 2019 | Conference |
| 23 | R. B. V. B. Simorangkir, S. Feng, A. S. M. Sayem, K. P. Esselle, and Y. Yang | PDMS-Embedded Conductive Fabric: A Simple Solution for Fabricating PDMS-Based Wearable Antennas with Robust Performance | 12th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT 2018), 26-28 March 2018, Sydney, Australia. | 2018 | Conference |
| 24 | A. S. M. Sayem, S. M. Abbas, R. M. Hashmi, and K. P. Esselle | Feasibility of a Single Port Flexible Antenna Array for Energy Harvesting from Ambient Sources | The IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP 2018), 04-07 July 2018, Sydney, Australia. | 2018 | Conference |
| 25 | M. M. Rana, A. S. M. Sayem, and M. A. Motin | Structured Non-orthogonal ADI-FDTD for EM Scattering from Curved Conducting Bodies | AEU- International Journal of Electronics and Communications | 2016 | Journal |
| 26 | A. S. M. Sayem and M. S. Anower | A Statistical Approach of Node Estimation in Under Water Wireless Sensor Network | Journal of Electrical Engineering | 2016 | Journal |
| 27 | A. S. M. Sayem and M. S. Anower | Counting the Number of Nodes in Ocean Wireless Communication Network | Journal of Electrical Engineering | 2016 | Journal |
| 28 | A. S. M. Sayem and M. S. Anower | A Cross-Correlation Based Node Estimation Technique in Underwater Wireless Communication Network | 1st International Conference on Electrical & Electronic Engineering, 4-6 November 2015, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. | 2015 | Conference |
| 29 | M. S. Anower, S. A. H. Chowdhury, J-E-Giti, A. S. M. Sayem, and M.I. Haque | Underwater Network Size Estimation Using Cross-Correlation: Selection of Estimation Parameter | 9th International Forum on Strategic Technology | 2014 | Conference |
| 30 | M. S. Anower, M. A. Motin, A. S. M. Sayem, and S. A. H. Chowdhury | A Node Estimation Technique in Underwater Wireless Sensor Network | 2nd International Conference on Informatics, Electronics and Vision, 17 - 18 May 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh. | 2013 | Conference |
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