Dr Nila Nilavalan
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Summary
Dr. R. Nilavalan obtained the B.Sc. Eng. in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (First Class) from University of Peradeniya, SriLanka in 1995 and his PhD in Near-field microwave imaging from University of Bristol, UK in 2001. From 1999 to 2005 he was a researcher at Centre for Communications Research (CCR), Bristol University working in the field of Radio Frequency Engineering.
He was member of the European commission, Network of Excellence on Antennas from 2002 - 2005. He joined Brunel University London in September 2005 as a lecturer in wireless communications.
Professional Memberships and Services
- Senior member of the IEEE
- Member of the IET
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Qualifications
PhD in radio frequency engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, Mar. 2001
BSc.Eng. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, SriLanka, Oct. 1995
PGCert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Brunel University London, Oct. 2007
Responsibility
Director for Teaching and Learning (Dept. of EEE)
Recognised Programme Developer in CEDPS
Member of university education committee
Exam board chair for Dept. of Civil Engineering
Newest selected publications
Eappen, G., Shankar, T. and Nilavalan, R. (2021) 'Advanced squirrel algorithm-trained neural network for efficient spectrum sensing in cognitive radio-based air traffic control application'. IET Communications, 15 (10). pp. 1326 - 1351. ISSN: 1751-8628
Qiu, S., Allan, R., Nilavalan, R., Ivey, J., Butterfield, S. and Li, M. (2021) 'Performance analysis of a fail-safe wireless communication architecture for IoT based fire alarm control panels'. SN Applied Sciences, 3 (3). ISSN: 2523-3963 Open Access Link
Radhi, AH., Nilavalan, R., Wang, Y., Eltokhy, AA. and Al-Raweshidy, H. (2018) 'Mutual Coupling Reduction with a novel Fractal Electromagnetic Band Gap Structure'. IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, 13 (2). pp. 134 - 141. ISSN: 1751-8725 Open Access Link
Anhar, A., Nilavalan, R. and Ujang, F. (2018) 'A Survey on Medium Access Control (MAC) for Clustering Wireless Sensor Network'.2nd International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics 2018. Batam, Indonesi. 1 - 17 January. IEEE. pp. 125 - 129. ISSN: 2155-6822 Open Access Link
Radhi, AH., Nilavalan, R., Wang, Y., Al-Raweshidy, HS., Eltokhy, AA. and Ab Aziz, N. (2018) 'Mutual coupling reduction with a wideband planar decoupling structure for UWB–MIMO antennas'. International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, 18 (10). pp. 1143 - 1154. ISSN: 1759-0787 Open Access Link