Stefano Moscato, PhD
CAREER
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Actual position
Period: from September 2022 to nowdays
Position: Responsible for R&D 1337 Lab
Company, location: SIAE MICROELETTRONICA – Cologno Monzese (MI), Italy
Specific task:
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Developing innovative planar and non-planar passive devices up to D-band;
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Developing high-power RF line-ups for O-RAN applications;
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Responsible for European fundend projects and activities.
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Previous working experience
Period: from May 1st, 2017 to August 2022
Position: Microwave and mm-wave passive designer
Company, location: SIAE MICROELETTRONICA – Cologno Monzese (MI), Italy
Specific task:
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Design of waveguide and planar passive components for E-band (71-86 GHz) frequency band;
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Exploiting additive 3D printing manufacturing technique for microwave and mm-wave application;
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Feasibility study on new topologies for a high gain E-band steerable antenna for point-to-point communication.
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Period: from November 1st, 2015 to April 30th, 2017.
Position: Hardware and RF engineer
Company, location: Azcom Technology – Rozzano, Italy
Specific task:
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Design of RF transmission and receiver chains for small cells and base station oriented towards the LTE standards;
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Testing and validation of RF transceivers and analog front end boards for 3GPP standards.
Background skills
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Design, realization and testing of microwave and mm-wave passive devices adopting both waveguide and planar technologies;
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EM characterization of standard and non-standard materials;
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Microwave passive devices based on the 3D printing technology;
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Development of a manufacturing technique for paper-based RF and microwave components;
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Preliminary design of mm-wave ultra-wideband imaging radar for breast cancer detection;
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Design and testing of graphene-based microwave attenuators in cooperation with the Italian INFN.
EDUCATION
University career
Period: from November 2012 to October 2015
University: University of Pavia – Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering.
Affiliation: Microwave laboratory
Degree course: PhD in Electronics, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
Graduation date: January 12th, 2016
Thesis title: Substrate integrated waveguide components for the Internet of Things: novel structures, materials, and manufacturing techniques. Download the PhD thesis in .pdf format [ENG].
Abroad experience
Period: from December 2014 to April 2015
University: guest researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA, USA
Affiliation and advisor: Adaptive Techniques in Hybrid Electromagnetic Numerical Applications (ATHENA) laboratory – Prof. Manos M. Tentzeris
Research purposes: exploiting the 3D printing technology for microwave and mm-wave passive devices. Narrowband and wideband EM characterization of commercial available materials for 3D printers.
Degree courses
Period: from October 2010 to September 2012
University: University of Pavia
Degree course: Master degree in electronic engineering – microelectronic curriculum
Thesis title: Quasi-optical aberration analysis for Sardinia Radio Telescope
Graduation date and mark: September 20th, 2012 - 110/110
Research purposes: Analysis of the beam aberration phenomenon for the Sardinia Radio Telescope, a 64 m Gregorian antenna.
Period: from October 2007 to September 2010
University: University of Pavia
Degree course: Bachelor degree in electronic and telecommunication engineering
Thesis title: Design and implementation of multilayer dichroic mirrors
Graduation date and mark: December 15th, 2010 - 101/110.
Research purposes: Design, realization and validation of a low-cost double layer dichroic mirror for satellite communication purpose.