Some of the world’s leading antenna and propagation researchers visited the University of Glasgow on Wednesday 20 March to learn more about the groundbreaking research underway at the James Watt School of Engineering.

More than 70 guests from over 30 organisations took time out from the European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), which is underway at the Scottish Exhibition Centre, to make their way to campus for a guided tour of the University’s facilities.

Attendees from the EuCAP conference gather at the University of Glasgow's James Watt School of Engineering

The visitors were shown around some of the University’s leading-edge test capabilities at the Centre for Advanced Electronics (CAE) and the Communications, Sensing and Imaging Hub.

They also had the chance to learn more about projects including the Millimetre-wave and Terahertz On-chip Circuit Test Cluster for 6G Communications and Beyond (TiC6G), the Scotland 5G Centre testbed and other projects funded by UKRI and DSIT including WiQC, EPIQC, CHEDDAR, ONSIDE and SCONDA.

Attendees from the EuCAP conference gather at the University of Glasgow's James Watt School of Engineering

The visit was led by CAE’s management team - Professor Chong Li, Dr Mahmoud Wagih, Dr Masood Ur Rehman and Professor Qammer H. Abbasi.

Professor Li said: “I and my colleagues were pleased to welcome our guests onto our Gilmorehill campus to showcase some of the groundbreaking research projects we’re leading in the field of antennas and propagation.

“It’s fantastic that one of the world’s leading conferences in this area of research is right here on our doorstep in Glasgow, with more than 1000 attendees, and we’re making the most of the opportunities it presents."

Professor Muhammad Imran, head of the University’s Communications, Sensing and Imaging Hub, said: “More than a dozen of our students are volunteering at the conference to help it run smoothly, and 19 are presenting papers on their research. It’s a great opportunity for researchers and students to network and discuss with their peers from around the world.”

The visit was funded by the EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account through the ‘Showcase of the 6G test capabilities at the University of Glasgow’ (SOUL) project.

First published: 21 March 2024

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