Educational Background

M.S., Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2005.

B.E., Electrical Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 2001.

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Awards & Honors

University of California, Los Angeles Fellowship, 2003.

MTT-S Undergraduate/Pregraduate Scholarship, 2003.

Third Place, IEEE Region 1 Paper Contest, 2001.

The Society of American Military Engineers Scholarship, 2001.

Bausch & Lomb Award, 1997.

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Professional Experience

Graduate Student Researcher, Microwave Electronics Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, 2003 - Present.

Firewall/UNIX Administrator, Barclays Capital, New York, 2002 - 2003.

Network Engineer, Barclays Capital, New York, 2000 - 2002.

System Administrator, Allee King Rosen & Fleming, Inc., New York, 1999 - 2000.

Research Assistant, Department of Electronic Engineering, King’s College, London, U.K., 1999.

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Research Interests

Left-Handed Metamaterials for Microwave Engineering Applications.

Leaky-Wave Antennas.

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Selected Publications

A. Lai, K.M.K.H. Leong, and T. Itoh, “Infinite wavelength resonant antennas with monopolar radiation patterns based on periodic structures,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag., vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 868-876, Mar. 2007. (Download)

A. Lai, K.M.K.H. Leong, and T. Itoh, “Leaky-wave steering in a two-dimensional metamaterial structure using wave interaction excitation,” IEEE-MTT Int'l Symp., San Francisco, CA, Jun. 2006. (Download)

A. Lai, K.M.K.H. Leong, and T. Itoh, “Dual-mode compact microstrip antenna based on fundamental backward wave,” Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, Suzhou, China, Dec. 2005. (Download)

K.M.K.H. Leong, A. Lai, and T. Itoh, “Application of a series coupler based on infinite wavelength phenomena,” Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, Suzhou,
China, Dec. 2005. (Download)

A. Lai, W.Y. Wu, K.M.K.H. Leong, T. Itoh, and C. Caloz, “Quasi-optical manipulations of microwaves using metamaterial interfaces,” IEEE AP-S/URSI Int. Symp., Washington D.C., Jul. 2005. (Download)

A. Lai, K.M.K.H. Leong, and T. Itoh, “A novel N-port series divider using infinite wavelength phenomena,” IEEE-MTT Int'l Symp.,Long Beach, CA, Jun. 2005. (Download)

A. Lai, C. Caloz, and T. Itoh, “Composite right/left-handed transmission line metamaterials,” IEEE Microwave Magazine, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 34-50, Sep. 2004. (Download)

C. Caloz, A. Lai, and T. Itoh, “Wave interactions in a LH mushroom structure,” IEEE AP-S USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Monterey, CA, Jun. 2004. (Download)

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