Sukomal Dey

Sukomal Dey received Ph.D. degree from the Centre for Applied Research in Electronics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, in July 2015. From August 2015 to July 2016, he was a Project Scientist with Industrial Research and Development Centre, IIT Delhi, and also worked on a collaborative research project supported by Synergy Microwave Corp., Paterson, NJ, USA. From August 2016 to June 2018, he was with Radio Frequency Microsystem Lab, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, as a Post-doctorate Research Fellow. Dr. Dey served as an Assistant Professor from June, 2018 to June 2023, and since June 2023, he has been an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Kerala, India. For his M.Tech. dissertation (one year), he was with Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani, India, in 2009. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 research papers, three state-of-the art books, three book chapters, 6 granted patents (3 US and 3 Indian) and filed 11 patents. His research interests include electromagnetic metamaterial structures, frequency selective surfaces, microwave imaging, and microwave-integrated circuits, including antennas and RFMEMS.

Dr. Dey was the recipient of the Postgraduate Student Award from the Institute of Smart Structure and System, Bangalore, India, in 2012, Best Industry Relevant Ph.D. Thesis Award from the Foundation for Innovation in Technology Transfer, IIT Delhi, in 2016, Distinction in Doctoral Research – 2016 from IIT Delhi, Postdoctoral Fellow Scholarships from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, in 2016 and 2017, respectively, Early Career Research Award from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India, in 2019, Smt. Ranjana Pal Memorial Award (2021) from the Institution of Electronics and Communication Engineers, ‘Technology Translation Award – 2023’ from the SERB, India and several best paper awards with his students from national and international IEEE conferences. His students received IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Fellowship in 2022 and 2023, respectively. He has been inducted in the technical program committee 4 and 6 of the IEEE MTT Society. Dr. Dey is Senior member of IEEE and current Chairman of the IEEE-APs society, Kerala chapter. Dr. Dey is a Fellow of IETE, India and Associate editor of IETE-Journal of Research, Taylor and Francis.