Dr Nila Nilavalan
Reader / Head of Department - EEE
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
AL-Karawi, Y., Al-Raweshidy, H. and Nilavalan, R. (2024) 'Power Consumption Evaluation of Next Generation Open Radio Access Network'.IEEE 42nd International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE 2024). Las Vegas, USA. 1 - 8 January. IEEE. ISSN: 0747-668X
Xiang, H., Hu, S., Feng, Y. and Nilavalan, R. (2023) 'Compact Dual-band Microstrip-line Antenna for 5G Handphone'.2023 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC). Taipei, Taiwan. 5 - 8 December. 2023 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference Proceedings.Open Access Link
Aziz, NA. and Nilavalan, R. (2023) 'Patch antenna with omnidirectional radiation pattern'.International Conference on Smart Instrumentation, Measurement and Applications (ICSIMA 2023). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysi. 17
Eappen, G., Shankar, T., Nilavalan, R. and Rajesh, A. (2023) 'Mutated Beamforming for Cognitive Radio 5G Relay Network'. IEEE Systems Journal, 17 (3). pp. 3986 - 3992. ISSN: 1932-8184
Li, S., Hu, S. and Nilavalan, N. (2023) 'Deep Learning Based Sub-Nyquist Modulation Recognition'.12th International Conference on Information Communication and Applications. Qindao, China. 17 - 18 June. ACM. pp. 1 - 4.Open Access Link