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    Dr. Hing Kan - B.Eng(Hon), PhD, RMIT, SMIEEE

Biography

Hing Kan was born in the Garden Island of Fiji called Taveuni. He received his B. Eng (Hons) in Communication Engineering and PhD degree at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia in 1999 and 2002 respectively. Dr. Kan received the Departmental Scholarship (2000 - 2001), the Academic Excellence Scholarship (2001) and the IEEE Travel Award from the MTT/AP Society of the IEEE Victorian Section (2001). He joined Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore in Dec. 2001 where he performed research on electrically small antennas as a Research Scientist and Project Leader. In Nov. 2002, he returned home and joined the Department of Engineering as a Senior Lecturer until August 2007. During his tenure in Fiji, he has been an Assistant to the Head of School from 2004 - 2005. He has been instrumental in negotiating with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and is the Fiji counterpart for the planned Japan-Pacific ICT Center of Excellence to be built at the University of the South Pacific, Laucala Campus. He was also appointed as a Chief Examiner with the Ministry of Education in Fiji from 2005 - 2006. In this role, he prepared and finalized the national exam, namely, the Fiji School Leaving Certificate and Fiji Seventh Form examination in Computer Studies. During Feb - May 2006, he was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Queensland in Australia for his sabbatical with Professor Marek Bialkowski. In July, 2006, he was appointed the Research Group Leader for the Faculty Communication and Networking Research Group. He is now embarking into Industry as an Antenna Research and Design Engineer from August, 2007, in Melbourne, Australia. In August 2008, he was elevated to Senior Member of IEEE.

Contact Details

Address:    School of Engineering & Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, The University of the South Pacific, GPO Box 1168, Suva, FIJI

Email:    hingkan@ieee.org (click here)

Phone:     +(679)    323 2843

Fax:        +(679)    323 1538

Qualifications

RMIT University

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - 2002

• Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Communication Engineering - 1999

• Certification in Science/Engineering - 1994 (Foundation Studies)

Experiences

Aug. 2007 - current

    Research and Design Engineer

    RF Industries,46 Corporate Boulevard, Bayswater Business Park, Bayswater, 3153, Victoria, Australia.

Nov. 2002 - Aug. 2007

    Senior Lecturer

    Department of Engineering, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, FIJI

Dec. 2001 - 2002

    Research Scientist

    Temasek Laboratories, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Mar. 1999 - 2001

    Tutor, Laboratory Demonstrator and Supervisor (Undergraduate)

    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

Teaching & Administration

Teaching

Undergraduate

• EN221 - Electrical Engineering Science

• EN224 - Digital Circuit Design

• EN321 - Process Control and Instrumentation

• EN322 - Digital Control Systems

• EN300 - Engineering Projects

Postgraduate

• EN422 - Microwave Wireless Circuit Design

• EN425 - Wireless Communications

Administrative Roles

University

Post Restructure
• University Scholarship Committee, faculty representative (2006 - 2007 )

Pre restructure

• Assistant to Head of School (2004 - 2005)
• Acting Head of School when required (2004 - 2005)
• Prizes and Medals Committee (2004)
• Open Day Committee (2004 - 2005)
• Graduation Day Committee (2004 - 2005)
• Staff Policy Committee (2004)
• USP Evaluation Team for JICA Project (2005)
• Appointments Committee (2005)
• Working Group for University Course Structure (2005)

School

• Member, Head of Department Committee (2004 - 2005)
• Member, Postgraduate Committee (2004 - 2005)
• Member, School Research Committee (2004 - present)
• Technical Support Group - Chair (2004)
• Computer Advisory Group - Chair (2003 - 2005)
• Conference Leave Approval (2004 - 2005)
• Seminar Co-ordinator (2004)
• Social Activity - Chair (2004)
• School Teaching Evaluation Committee (2004 - 2005)
• Institute of Applied Science Advisory Committee (2005)

Department

• SPAS Research Committee - Department representative (2003)
• Acting Head of Department when required (2003 - 2005)
• Webmaster (2005)

Research

Research Interest

Microstrip Antennas

• Circular Polarisation
• Directive antennas
• Bandwidth Enhancement
• Size Reduction Techniques
• Multiple-frequency
• Ultra wideband (UWB) antennas

Microwave Components

• Couplers
• Filters

Applications

• Mobile Handsets
• Global Positioning System
• ICT related technologies

Reviewer and Session Chair

• IEEE Transaction Antennas and Propagations (2003 - present)
• IEE Electronic Letters (2003 - present)
• IEE Proc. Microwave, Antennas and Propagation
• TENCON 2006, Hong Kong - Session Chair
• 2008 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, Hong Kong
• Assessor for South Africa's National Research Foundation (2006)
• Associate Editor, South Pacific Journal of Natural Science (2005 - 2007)

Publications

Book Chapters

1. R. Waterhouse, H. K. Kan, D. M. Kokotoff, S. D. Targonski, J. T. Rowley and D. Pavlickovski, "Small Microstrip Patch Antennas", Microstrip Patch Antennas: A Designer's Guide, Kluwer Academic Publishers, January 2003.
2. R. Waterhouse, W. S. T. Rowe, S. D. Targonski, L. Mali, H. K. Kan, D. Novak, A. Nirmalathas and C. Lim, "Microstrip Patch Arrays", Microstrip Patch Antennas: A Designer's Guide, Kluwer Academic Publishers, January 2003.
3. H. K. Kan, R. B. Waterhouse, D. Pavlickovski and A. Y. J. Lee, "Small Patch-based Antennas", Printed Antennas for Wireless Communications, John Wiley & Sons, January 2008
4. A. M. Abbosh, M. E. Bialkowski and H. K. Kan, "Tapered Slot Antennas", Printed Antennas for Wireless Communications, John Wiley & Sons, January 2008.

International Refereed Journal Articles

(all searchable through Science Citation Index)

1. H. K. Kan and R. B. Waterhouse, "Size reduction technique for shorted patches," IEE Electronic Letters, Vol. 35, (12), pp. 948-949, June 1999.(UK)
2. H. K. Kan and R. B. Waterhouse, "A small printed wraparound antenna," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 24, (2), pp.133-135, January 2000. (US)
3. H. Kan and R. B. Waterhouse, "Small circularly polarised printed antenna," IEE Electronic Letters, Vol. 36, (5), pp 393-394, March 2000. (UK)
4. H. K. Kan and R. B. Waterhouse, "Small square dual spiral printed antennas," IEE Electronic Letters, Vol. 37, (8), pp. 478-479, April 2001. (UK)
5. H. K. Kan and R. B. Waterhouse, " Small printed wing antenna suitable for wireless handset terminals," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 30, (4), pp. 226-229, August 20, 2001. (US)
6. H. K. Kan and R. B. Waterhouse, "Shorted spiral-like printed antennas," IEEE Transactions Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 50, (3), pp. 396-397, March 2002. (US)
7. H. K. Kan and R. B. Waterhouse, "A small CP printed antenna using 120 degrees sequential rotation," IEEE Transactions Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 50, (3), pp. 398-399, March 2002. (US)
8. H. K. Kan and D. Pavlickovski, "Small dual C-slot printed antenna," IEE Electronic Letters, Vol. 39, (7), pp. 593-594, April 2003. (UK)
9. H. K. Kan, D. Pavlickovski and R. B. Waterhouse, "Small dual L-shaped printed antenna," IEE Electronic Letters, Vol. 39, (23), pp. 1632-1633, Nov. 2003.(UK)
10. H. K. Kan, R. B. Waterhouse and D. Pavlickovski, "Compact dual concentric rings printed antennas," IEE Proc. Microwave, Antennas and Propagation, 141, (1), pp. 37-42, Feb. 2004. (UK)
11. H. K. Kan, D. Pavlickovski and R. B. Waterhouse, "A compact dual interleaved printed antenna," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 43 (6), pp. 501-504, 20 Dec. 2004. (US)
12. H. K. Kan, R. B. Waterhouse and D. Pavlickovski, "Small perforated shorted patch antenna," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 45 (4), pp. 319-321, 20 May 2005. (US)
13. H. K. Kan, R. B. Waterhouse, A. Y. J. Lee and D. Pavlickovski, "Dual-resonance spiral-like shorted patch antenna," IEE Electronic Letters, 41 (10), pp. 577-578, May 2005.(UK)
14. H. K. Kan, R. B. Waterhouse, A. Y. J. Lee and D. Pavlickovski, "Dual-frequency stacked shorted patch antenna," IEE Electronic Letters, 41 (11), pp. 3-4, May 2005.(UK)
15. H. K. Kan, R. B. Waterhouse, A. Y. J. Lee and D. Pavlickovski, "A single feed shorted patch antenna with low cross-polarized fields," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 48 (5), pp. 984-986, May 2006.(US)
16. H. K. Kan, D. Pavlickovski, R. B. Waterhouse and W. S. T. Rowe, "Small dual-frequency shorted patch antenna," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 48 (6), pp. 1225-1227, June 2006. (US)
17. J. Lal, H. K. Kan and W. S. T. Rowe, "Dual frequency F-shaped shorted patch antenna," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 48 (9), pp. 1811-1812, September 2006. (US)
18. M. E. Bialkowski, A. M. Abbosh, H. K. Kan and W. C. Khor "Designing of compact components for an ultra wideband microwave imaging system," International Journal on Microwave and Optical Technology, vol. 1 (1), pp. 82-89, June 2006. (US) *invited paper*
19. A. M. Abbosh, H. K. Kan and M. E. Bialkowski, "A compact UWB planar tapered slot antenna for use in a microwave imaging system," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 48 (11), pp. 2212-2216, November 2006. (US)
20. A. M. Abbosh, H. K. Kan and M. E. Bialkowski, "Design of compact directive ultra wideband antipodal antenna," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 48 (12), pp. 2448-2450, December 2006. (US)
21. H. K. Kan, R. B. Waterhouse, A. M. Abbosh and M. E. Bialkowski, "Simple broadband planar CPW-fed Quasi-Yagi antenna," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 6, pp. 18-20, 2007. (US)
22. H. K. Kan and R. B. Waterhouse, "Low cross polarised patch antenna with single feed," IET Electronic Letters, Vol. 43, (5), pp. 9-10, March, 2007.(UK)
23. K. L. Chung and H. K. Kan, "A stacked quasi-elliptical patch array with circular polarisation," IET Electronic Letters, Vol. 43, (10), pp. 555-556, May, 2007.(UK)
24. H. K. Kan, A. M. Abbosh, R. B. Waterhouse and M. E. Bialkowski, "Compact broadband coplanar waveguide-fed curved quasi-Yagi antenna," IET Proc. Microwave, Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 1, (3), pp. 572-574, June 2007. (UK)
25. H. K. Kan, W. S. T. Rowe and A. M. Abbosh, "A compact coplanar waveguide fed ultra wideband antenna," IET Electronic Letters, Vol. 43, (12), pp. 654-656, June, 2007.(UK)
26. H. K. Kan and R. B. Waterhouse, "A simple dual band circularly polarized printed antenna," submitted to IEEE Trans. Antenna and Propagation, March, 2007.(US)

Refereed Conference Publications

1. H. K. Kan and R. B. Waterhouse, "A small printed antenna suitable for wireless communication handsets," Proc. 2000 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference, pp. 723-726, Sydney, December 2000
2. H. K. Kan and R. B. Waterhouse, "Investigation of shorted spiral printed antennas for mobile handsets," Proc. APMC 2001, Vol. 1/3, pp. 103-106, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
3. H. K. Kan, R. B. Waterhouse and D. Pavlickovski, "Small circularly polarized dual concentric ring printed antenna," Proc. APMC 2003, Vol. 3/3, pp. 1908-1911, Seoul, South Korea.
4. H. K. Kan and D. Pavlickovski, "Dual C-slot printed antenna for wireless applications," Proc. 4th International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, pp. 12-15, August, 2004, Beijing, China.
5. H. K. Kan, D. Pavlickovski and R. B.Waterhouse, "Small dual L-shaped printed antenna with low cross-polarized fields," Proc. 4th International Conference on Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, pp. 78-81, August, 2004, Beijing, China.
6. R. B. Waterhouse, H. K. Kan, A. Y. J. Lee and D. Pavlickovski, “Variations of shorted patch antenna,? 2005 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting , Washington, DC, USA.
7. H. K. Kan, R. B. Waterhouse, A. Y. J. Lee and D. Pavlickovski, “Investigation of small dual-frequency spiral-like printed antenna for mobile communication,?2005 Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and EMC Technologies for Wireless Communications , Beijing, China.
8. J. Lal and H. K. Kan, "Cross-shaped shorted patch antenna," 2005 Proc. Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, vol. 3, pp. 1-4, December 2005, Suzhou, China
9. M. E. Bialkowski, A. M. Abbosh and H. K. Kan, "Design of compact components for ultra wide band communication front ends," accepted to European Network of Excellence in Wireless Communications NEWCOM and the Australian ARC Communications Research Network ACoRN Joint Workshop, Vienna, Austria, Sept. 2006
10. H. K. Kan, R. B. Waterhouse, A. M. Abbosh, M. E. Bialkowski and K. L. Chung, "A simple broadband planar quasi-Yagi antenna," TENCON 2006, Hong Kong, SAR, Nov. 2006
11. J. Lal, H. K. Kan, W. S. T. Rowe and K. L. Chung, "F-shaped shorted patch antenna with dual-frequency characteristics," TENCON 2006, Hong Kong, SAR, Nov. 2006

Thesis

1. R. Clarke, H. Kan, O. Tan, A. Tajawanno and B. Kwok, Antennas for Collision Avoidance Radar. B. Eng Thesis, Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering, RMIT University, October 1998.
2. H. K. Kan, Small printed antennas for wireless communication handset terminals. PhD Thesis, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, November 2001.

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