Robin Augustine
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Electrical Engineering; Solid-State Electronics
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 72 34
- Mobile phone:
- +46 76 397 87 38
- E-mail:
- robin.augustine@angstrom.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ångströmlaboratoriet, Lägerhyddsvägen 1
75237 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Box 65
751 03 UPPSALA
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Short presentation
Associate Professor in Medical Engineering, head of the MMG group at the FTE Div. PI of VR project Osteodiagnosis 2017, SSF LifeSec (Co-PI) and R&D lead of Eurostars SenseBurn 2018. WPL of H2020 RIA SINTEC 2019. PI of Vinnova project Bone Mineral Density Analysis System (BDAS) and Swedish PI Eurostars project, COMFORT. Coordinator of H2020 FET OPEN project B-CRATOS. MMG is focused on developing biomedical microwave sensors.
Academic Merits: Docent in Engineering Science
Keywords
- biomedical analysis systems
- bionics
- burn depth analysis
- electrophysiology
- fat-ibc
- intra-ban
- medical engineering
- microwave imaging
- microwave sensors
- neuroscience
- orthopedics
- phantoms
- robotics
Biography
Dr. Augustine graduated in Electronics Science from Mahatma Gandhi University, India in 2003. He received Master’s degree in Electronics from Cochin University of Science and Technology India in 2005. Received Doctoral degree in Electronics and Optic Systems from Univerisité Paris Est Marne La Vallée, France in July 2009. His thesis topic was “Electromagnetic modelling of human tissues and its application on the interaction between antenna and human body in the BAN context”. He was the recipient of UGCRFSMS fellowship for meritorious students from Indian government and EGIDE Eiffel grant for excellence from French research ministry in 2006 and 2008 respectively. He is author or co-author of more than 140 publications including journals and conferences. He received Best Paper Award at 2013 European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP, Gothenburg, Sweden. His current research field includes designing of wearable antennas, BMD Sensors, Dielectric characterization, Bioelectromagnetics, Non-invasive Diagnostics, biological effects of millimetre waves, RF backscattering, NDEs and RF in MRI with emphasis on in-vitro studies. He has received Carl Trygger and Olle Engqvist Fundings for Post-Docs. He is Project co-ordinator for Indo-Swedish Vinnova project BDAS and for Swedish part of the bilateral (The Netherlands and Sweden) Horizon 2020 Eurostars project COMFORT. In February 2016 he became Docent (Associate Professor) at UU. Recipient of Vetenskapsrådet (VR) project grant 2017 for his project on A Novel Modality for Osteodiagnosis. He was also part of Vinnova project on the development of Skin cancer diagnostic tool based on micromachined interface for high-resolution THz spectroscopy (MTSSC). He is Co-PI of the EU project SINTEC , SSF framework grant LifeSec and Vinnova grant 'connect my body', 2018. He is the research lead on the Eurostars porject SenseBurn 2018, www.senseburn.com.
Dr. Augustine is the head of the Microwaves in Medical Engineering Group (MMG) consisting of 13 members. MMG has 5 researchers, 4 PhD students, 2 research engineers and 2 interns.
Personal Merits
Docent in Engineering Science with Specialization in Microwave Technology
Research
Publications
Recent publications
- Biphasic lithium iron oxide nanocomposites for enhancement in electromagnetic interference shielding properties (2025)
- Improving burn diagnosis in medical image retrieval from grafting burn samples using B-coefficients and the CLAHE algorithm (2025)
- Brain Hemorrhage Detection Using Antenna System Integrated With Imaging Algorithm (2024)
- An Electromagnetic Metasurface for Impedance Matching in Microwave Biomedical Applications (2024)
- BliMSR (2024)
All publications
Articles
- Biphasic lithium iron oxide nanocomposites for enhancement in electromagnetic interference shielding properties (2025)
- Improving burn diagnosis in medical image retrieval from grafting burn samples using B-coefficients and the CLAHE algorithm (2025)
- Design and Investigation on Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna Emitting a Pulse-Like Waveform for Imaging Close-Range Objects (2024)
- Microwave Vertebrae Strength Probe Development (2024)
- 92 Mb/s Fat-Intrabody Communication (Fat-IBC) With Low-Cost WLAN Hardware (2024)
- Hybrid Foams based on Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Cellulose Nanocrystals for Anisotropic Electromagnetic Shielding and Heat Transport (2024)
- Metamaterial integrated highly efficient wireless power transfer system for implantable medical devices (2024)
- Rotation insensitive implantable wireless power transfer system for medical devices using metamaterial-polarization converter (2024)
- Microwave Antenna-Assisted Machine Learning (2024)
- Enhancing Medical Image Reclamation for Chest Samples Using B-Coefficients, DT-CWT and EPS Algorithm (2023)
- Machine Learning Powered Microwave Device for Local Body Composition Assessment (2023)
- Transmission-Based Vertebrae Strength Probe Development (2023)
- Realization of a Portable Semi-Shielded Chamber for Evaluation of Fat-Intrabody Communication (2023)
- Dielectric Characterization and Statistical Analysis of Ex-Vivo Burnt Human Skin Samples for Microwave Sensor Development (2023)
- A review of electromagnetic sensing for healthcare applications (2023)
- A novel SAR reduction technique for implantable antenna using conformal absorber metasurface (2022)
- Open-Ended Transmission Coaxial Probes for Sarcopenia Assessment (2022)
- Preliminary Analysis of Burn Degree Using Non-invasive Microwave Spiral Resonator Sensor for Clinical Applications (2022)
- Fat-IntraBody Communication at 5.8 GHz (2021)
- QRS dispersion detected in ARVC patients and healthy gene carriers using 252-leads body surface mapping (2021)
- Dual MIMO Antenna System for 5G Mobile Phones, 5.2 GHz WLAN, 5.5 GHz WiMAX and 5.8/6 GHz WiFi Applications (2021)
- MAS (2021)
- Design of Metamaterial Based Efficient Wireless Power Transfer System Utilizing Antenna Topology for Wearable Devices (2021)
- Toward environmentally friendly direct reduced iron production (2021)
- Gain-enhancement technique for wearable patch antenna using grounded metamaterial (2020)
- Implantable antenna gain enhancement using liquid metal-based reflector (2020)
- QRS dispersion using 252-leads Body Surface Mapping (BSM) – an explorative study of a novel diagnostic tool for Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) (2020)
- The repolarization pattern of ARVC patients, healthy gene carriers and controls as analyzed with a 252-leads Body Surface Mapping Vest (2020)
- Head-compliant microstrip split ring resonator for non-invasive healing monitoring after craniosynostosis-based surgery (2020)
- Microwave-assisted self-reduction of EAF dust-biochar composite briquettes for production of direct reduced iron (2020)
- Assessment of Blood Vessel Effect on Fat-Intrabody Communication Using Numerical and Ex-Vivo Models at 2.45 GHZ (2019)
- NDECOAX (2019)
- From ferronickel slag to value-added refractory materials (2019)
- Analysis of Thickness Variation in Biological Tissues using Microwave Sensors for Health Monitoring Applications (2019)
- Characterization of the Fat Channel for Intra-Body Communication at R-Band Frequencies (2018)
- A UWB sensor based on resistively-loaded dipole antenna for skull healing on cranial surgery phantom models (2018)
- An Efficient Method for Computing the Interaction of Open Ended Circular Waveguide with a Layered Media (2018)
- Achieving ultra-high electromagnetic wave absorption by anchoring Co0.33Ni0.33Mn0.33Fe2O4 nanoparticles on graphene sheets using microwave-assisted polyol method (2018)
- Real-time visual biofeedback during weight bearing improves therapy compliance in patients following lower extremity fractures (2018)
- COMplex Fracture Orthopedic Rehabilitation (COMFORT) - Real-time visual biofeedback on weight bearing versus standard training methods in the treatment of proximal femur fractures in the elderly (2018)
- Split-Ring Resonator Sensor Penetration Depth Assessment Using In Vivo Microwave Reflectivity and Ultrasound Measurements for Lower Extremity Trauma Rehabilitation (2018)
- Data Packet Transmission through Fat Tissue for Wireless Intra-Body Networks (2017)
- Intra-body microwave communication through adipose tissue (2017)
- Microwave reflectivity analysis of bone mineral density using ultra wide band antenna (2017)
- Technical Aspects and Validation of a New Biofeedback System for Measuring Lower Limb Loading in the Dynamic Situation (2017)
- Interview (2016)
- A preliminary study on monitoring the progression of osteoporosis using UWB radar technique in distal femur model (2016)
- Topology Optimization of Wideband Directive Antennas (2015)
- Topology Optimization of Planar Antennas for Wideband Near-Field Coupling (2015)
- Experimental procedure for determination of the dielectric properties of biological samples in the 2-50 GHz range (2014)
- Relative permittivity measurements of Et-OH and Mt-OH mixtures for calibration standards in 1-15 GHz range (2014)
- Millimeter wave silicon micromachined waveguide probe as an aid for skin diagnosis - results of measurements on phantom material with varied water content (2014)
- Noninvasive Osseointegration Analysis of Skull Implants With Proximity Coupled Split Ring Resonator Antenna (2014)
- Near-field dosimetry for the millimeter-wave exposure of human cells in vitro (2012)
- Human skin permittivity models for the millimeter-wave range (2011)
- Polymeric ferrite sheets for SAR reduction of wearable antennas (2010)
- Enhanced EMI shielding efficiency using carbon, graphite, and polyaniline blends (2010)
- Biocompatibility study of hydroxy apatite and chitosan composites for applications at microwave frequencies (2010)
- Polymeric ferrite sheats for SAR reduction of Wearable ANtennas (2010)
- Biocompatibility study of beta tricalcium phosphate bioceramics and chitosan biopolymer and their use as phantoms for medical imaging applications (2009)
- Arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea) is an edible starch, commercially available as powder, prepared from the roots of the plant family Marantaceae. Arrowroot is well known for its medicinal effects and use as chief ingredient in infant cookies. Arrowroot in film form is prepared and its microwave absorption characteristics, permittivity, loss factor, conductivity, skin depth, and heating coefficient are analyzed. The results are quite promising and can be concluded that arrowroot in film form is a potential candidate for several applications in medical field, when compared with well studied chitosan film (2009)
- Biocompatibility study of hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite for medical applications at microwave frequencies (2008)
- Fat-intrabody communication at 5.8 GHz including impacts of dynamics body movements
- Setup to Perform Ex Vivo Coaxial Transmission Bone Measurements in a Simulated In Vivo Environment
- Machine Learning Algorithm to Extract Properties of ATE Phantoms from Microwave Measurements
- Evaluation of Microwave Sensor for Bone Healing Monitoring after Craniosynostosis Surgery
Books
Conferences
- Brain Hemorrhage Detection Using Antenna System Integrated With Imaging Algorithm (2024)
- An Electromagnetic Metasurface for Impedance Matching in Microwave Biomedical Applications (2024)
- BliMSR (2024)
- Security and Privacy for Fat Intra-Body Communication (2024)
- Compact Antenna Solutions for Data Transmission Using Fat-Intrabody Communication (Fat-IBC) (2024)
- Mobility Matters at Nanoscale (2024)
- Implications of Nanodevice Mobility on Terahertz Communication Links in the Human Vessels (2024)
- Development of Tissue Emulatory Models/Phantoms of Lungs at Microwave Frequency for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (2024)
- Handheld, Microwave Transmission-Based Probe (2024)
- SINTEC Comparative Body-Centric Communication Study (2024)
- An Efficient Wireless Power Transfer System Using Transmission and Reflection Characteristics of Metamaterial (2024)
- A Compact Wideband Biocompatible Circularly Polarized Implantable Flexible Antenna for Biomedical Applications (2024)
- Intrabody Communication Through Fat Tissue for Brain-Machine Interface Applications (2023)
- Compact Optimized Antenna Solution for Radiation Coupling Improvement in the Subcutaneous Fat Layer (2023)
- Vertebrae Transmission Probe Testing - Preliminary Bone Measurements (2023)
- Hip Implant Micromotion monitoring using microwave-photonic hybrid device (2023)
- Signal Leakage in Fat Tissue-Based In-Body Communication (2023)
- RFID Tags as Passive Temperature Sensors (2023)
- Phantom-based evaluation of a planar microwave sensor for non-invasive intracranial pressure monitoring (2023)
- Wireless Power Transfer System Design Using Zero-Index Metamaterial for Implantable Medical Devices (2023)
- Poster (2023)
- End-to-End Transmission of Physiological Data from Implanted Devices to a Cloud-Enabled Aggregator Using Fat Intra-Body Communication in a Live Porcine Model (2022)
- Study of the electrical parameters drift due to mechanical stress in coupled conductors path on flexible polymeric substrate (2022)
- Muscle Analyzer System (2022)
- Muscle Analyzer System (2022)
- Dataset: Enabling Offline Tuning of Fat Channel Communication (2021)
- Miniaturized CPW-fed bowtie slot antenna for wearable biomedical applications (2020)
- Antenna Based RF Techniques for Intrabody Communication (2020)
- Pathloss Calculation for Fat-Intra Body Communication Using Poynting Vector Theory (2020)
- Time Reversal Microwave Imaging of Realistic Numerical Head Phantom for Bone Flap Healing Follow-up (2020)
- Privacy-preserving continuous tumour relapse monitoring using in-body radio signals (2020)
- Non-Invasive Transmission Based Tumor Detection Using Anthropomorphic Breast Phantom at 2.45 GHz (2020)
- Reflectometry Enhancement by Saline Injection in Microwave-based Skin Burn Injury Diagnosis (2020)
- A Low Profile Button Antenna with Back Radiation Reduced By FSS (2020)
- Low Profile Implantable Antenna for Fat Intra-Body Communication (2020)
- Neural Network Approach for Dielectric Characterization of Tissues in Microwave Frequencies using Coplanar Waveguide Transmission (2020)
- Clustering of Dielectric and Colour Profiles of an Ex-vivo Burnt Human Skin Sample (2020)
- Design of constant width branch line directional coupler for the microwave sensing application (2020)
- A New Focused Hyperthermia is Based on Space-Frequency DORT (2020)
- Wireless Power Transfer System Design in Reactive Near-Field for Implantable Devices (2020)
- Towards Secure Backscatter-based In-Body Sensor Networks (2020)
- Jamming to Support Privacy-preserving Continuous Tumour Relapse Monitoring Using In-body Radio Signals (2020)
- Preparation of Metallized Pellets from Blast Furnace Dust and Electric Arc Furnace Dust Based on Microwave Impedance Matching (2020)
- Innovations in Biomedicine (2019)
- Electromagnetic Time-Reversal Technique for Monitoring Skull Healing Stages (2019)
- Imaging of Defect Responses on Cranial Vault Phantom Model utilizing Curved Array Measurement (2019)
- A novel Non-Invasive Microwave Technique for monitoring Salinity in Water (2019)
- Quasi- Open-Ended Coaxial Dielectric Probe Array for Skin Burn Characterization (2019)
- Improved Sensor for Non-invasive Assessment of Burn Injury Depth Using Microwave Reflectometry (2019)
- Tumor Sensing Privacy in In-Body Networks (2019)
- LifeSec - Don’t Hack my Body (2019)
- Thermodynamic Analysis of Carbothermic Reduction of Electric Arc Furnace Dust (2019)
- Impact of Blood Vessels on Data Packet Transmission Through the Fat Channel (2018)
- Effects of Blood Vessels on Fat Channel Microwave Communication (2018)
- Effect of thickness inhomogeneity in fat tissue on in-body microwave propagation (2018)
- Leaky Wave Antenna at 300 GHz in KTH’s Micromachined Waveguide Technology (2018)
- Preliminary Study (2018)
- Monitoring of Healing Progression of Cranial Vault using One-dimensional Pulsed Radar Technique (2018)
- New Approach for Clinical Data Analysis of Microwave Sensor Based Bone Healing Monitoring System in Craniosynostosis Treated Pediatric Patients (2018)
- Innovative Measurement Of Rehabilitation Progress In Elderly With A Hip Fracture (2018)
- Initial In-Vitro Trial for Intra-Cranial Pressure Monitoring Using Subdermal Proximity-Coupled Split-Ring Resonator (2018)
- Theranostic Instrument based on the Combination of Low and High Frequency EM-bio interaction for Bone Defects Analysis and Healing (2018)
- A Four-Layer Phantom for Testing In-Vitro Microwave-Based Sensing Approach in Intra-Cranial Pressure Monitoring (2018)
- Human fat tissue (2017)
- Reliability of the fat tissue channel for intra-body microwave communication (2017)
- Investigation of Skull Defect using Resistive Dipole Antenna on Cranial Surgery Phantom Model (2017)
- Monitoring of the Skull Healing within Layered Head Model Based on Transmission Line Theory (2017)
- Design of Open Ended Circular Waveguide for Non-Invasive Monitoring of Cranial Healing in Pediatric Craniosynostosis (2017)
- Microwave Sensors for New Approach in Monitoring Hip Fracture Healing (2017)
- Transverse Electromagnetic cell for Biological cell exposure studies Sujith (2016)
- SRR Antenna for Biomedical Application (2016)
- COmplex Fracture Orthopedic RehabiliTation – COMFORT (2016)
- Phantom models for human hip and thigh (2016)
- A Preliminary Study on Skin Burn Degree Analysis Based on Coupling Effect between Burn Area and Micro Strip Ring Resonator (2016)
- Monitoring weight bearing in an ambulant setting: the SensiStep (2016)
- A Non-invasive Skin Burn Degree Analysis Using Microwaves (2015)
- Microwave head phantoms for post-craniotomy and BMP based implant (2015)
- Application of UWB Radar Techniques for Imaging cranial vaults (2015)
- Microwave antenna for analysis of mineralization in cranial vaults (2015)
- Bone Mineral Density Analysis using Ultra Wideband Microwave Measurements (2015)
- Relative permittivity measurements of EtOH and MtOH mixtures for calibration standards in 1-5 GHz range (2014)
- Microwave Phantoms For Craniotomy Follow-Up Probe Development (2014)
- Gain enhancement and radiation pattern reconfiguration for microstrip planar Yagi-Uda antenna (2014)
- Osseointegration analysis of skull implants using microstrip fed split ring resonator antenna (2014)
- Geometrical and Dimensional Dependance of Skull Implants on Oseointegration Analysis Using Microwave Probe (2014)
- Research on wireless sensors networks for electro-magnetically and physically hostile environments (2014)
- Dielectric characterization of osteosarcoma cells in the 2-50 GHz range for microwave hyperthermia (2013)
- Wide Band On-Chip Slot Antenna with Back-Side Etched Trench for W-band Sensing Applications (2013)
- A micromachined millimeter-wave sensor for skin-cancer diagnosis (2013)
- Micromachined near-field millimeter-wave medical sensor for skin cancer diagnosis (2013)
- Complex dielectric permittivity measurements of human skin and biological solution in2-67GHz range (2012)
- Complex dielectric permittivity measurements of human skin and biological solution in 2-67GHz range (2012)
- High-resolution microwave skin cancer diagnostic tool based on micromachined interface (2012)
- Permittivity Spectra of Biological Solutions in the Millimeter-Wave Range at Room andHuman Body Temperatures (2011)
- From human skin permittivity measurements up to 65 GHz to development of skinequivalentphantoms for body-centric applications (2011)
- Développement d’un modèle humain dans la bande millimétrique pour les applications (2011)
- SAR reduction of wearable antennas using polymeric ferrite sheets (2010)
- BAN Antenna Design Using Ferrite Polymer Composite (2009)
- Chitosan Biopolymer for Microwave Tomography Applications (2008)
- Polyaniline Based Materials for Efficient EMI Shielding (2008)
- Biocompatibility study of biphasic-chitosan-soyameal composite Bioceramic Implants and their use as Phantoms for Medical Imaging. Applications (2008)
- Microwave Absorption Measurements of Calcium Hydroxyapatite (2006)
- Microwave studies on Beta Tricalcium Phosphate Bioceramics for medical application (2006)
- Wide Band Impedance matching For Transducers (2005)
- Dielectric Studies of Calcium Hydroxyapatite at Microwave Frequency (2005)