Associate Professor

 

 

 

DATE                         May, 2008

 

PERSONAL DATA

Name:                           Abdel Fattah Ahmed Sheta

Nationality                    Egyptian

Business Address:   

                                       King Saud University

                                       Electrical Engineering Department,

                                       P.O. Box 800, Riyadh 11421, Saudi Arabia

                                       Telephone (966-1) 467 6796

                                       E-mail: asheta@ksu.edu.sa

Home Address:          Al-wrood – Riyadh – Saudi Arabia

 

 

EDUCATION

  {Alexandria University - Egypt}

     Year       Degree      Faculty             Field

    1985          B.Sc.         Engineering       Electrical and Electro physics Engineering

 

     {Cairo University -  Egypt}

     Year       Degree      Faculty             Field

    1991          M.Sc.          Engineering       Electronics and Communication Engineering

 

  {University de Bretagne Occidental - France}

    Year      Degree      Faculty             Field

    1996       Ph.D.        Engineering       Electronics Engineering

 

 

CURRENT POSITION

  Associate Professor, Electric Engineering Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

 

POSITIONS HELD

  KING SAUD UNIVERSITY, RIYADH, SUDI ARABIA

 Electric Engineering Department

Associate Professor (2004‑present)

Assistant Professor (2001 – 2003)  

 

Cairo University (FayoumBranch)  

    Department of Electrical Engineering

    Assistance Professor (1998‑2001)

 

National Telecommunication Institute, cairo, Egypt

 

  Assistant Professor (1996 - 1998)

   Assistance Lecturer and Phd Student from 1992 to 1996 in France

   Msc student and instructor from 1987 to 1991.

 

 

 

TEACHING

 

Taught over 15 undergraduate and graduate courses at King Saud University, Cairo University – Fayoum Branch- Egypt, National Telecommunication Institute – Egypt.  Undergraduate courses included Electromagnetics I and II, Signals and Systems, Circuits and Communications Labs, Microwave Engineering, Electronic Circuits, Digital Electronics, Satellite Communications, Microwave Electronics.  

 

Undergraduate Courses Taught at King Saud University:

 

EE203: Electromagnetics I

EE204: Electromagnetics II

EE301: Signals and Systems

EE203: Electromagnetics I

EE429: Elective Course in Communications and Systems (Microwave Engineering)

EE205: Circuits Laboratory

EE324: Communications Laboratory

EE498: Graduation Project I

EE499: Graduation Project II

 

 

Graduate Courses Taught at King Saud University:

 

EE521: Electromagnetic Fields

EE599: Project II

 

Undergraduate Courses Taught at Cairo University (Fayoum Branch):

 

Electronic Circuits

Digital Electronics

Satellite Communications

 

Undergraduate Courses Taught at Tanta University:

 

Microwave Electronic

Electromagnetics

 

 

Short Courses

 

Participated in the Organization and teaching of the following short courses held at the college of Engineering – King Saud University:

 

1. Microwave Engineering 

 

2. Principles of Radar Engineering

 

Participated in the Organization and teaching of the following short courses held at the National Telecommunication Institute – Cairo – Egypt :

 

1. Microwave Engineering 

 

2. Microwave Measurements

 

3. Microwave Line of Sight

 

4. Satellite Communication

 

5. Optical Communication

 

6. Mobile Communication

 

 

PUBLICATIONS (Summary)

     - Refereed Journal Papers (15)

     - Conference Papers (16)

     - University (Research Funded) Project Final Reports (4)

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers

 

1. A.F Sheta, “A Small Size Dual-Mode Patch Filter,” Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics (JAEM) 2008.

 

2. A. F. Sheta, and M. Alkanhal, Compact Dual-Band Tunable Microstrip Antenna for GSM/DCS-1800 Applications,” IET Microwave Antenna and Propagation, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 274-280,  2008.

 

3. A. F. Sheta and Samir F. Mahmoud, “A widely tunable compact patch antenna,” IEEE Antennas and wireless propagation letters, Vol. 7, pp. 40-42, 2008.

 

4. M. Alkanhal and A. F. Sheta, “A Novel Dual-Band Reconfigurable Square-Ring Microstrip Antenna,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research, PIER 70, 337-349, 2007.

 

5. S. F. Mahmoud, and A. F. Sheta, “Cavity Mode Analysis for a Rectangular Patch with a Shorting Pin,” Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Vol. 20, No. 14, 2013-2025, 2006.

 

6. A. F. Sheta, H. Boghdady, A. Mohra, and S. F. Mahmoud, ‘‘A Novel dual-band small size microstrip antenna,” Applied Computational Electromagnetic Society Journal, vol. 21, No. 2, 135-142, July 2006.

 

7. A. F. Sheta, N. Dib, and A. Mohra, “Investigation of new non-degenerate dual-mode microstrip patch filter,”  IEE Proc. Microw. Antennas Prop., vol. 153, No. 1, pp 89-95, February 2006.

 

8. A. Mohra, A. F. Sheta, and S. F. Mahmoud, ‘‘A New Compact 3 dB 0^o/180^o Microstrip Coupler Configurations,” Applied Computational Electromagnetic Society Journal, vol. 19, No. 2, 108-112, 2004.

 

 

9. Ashraf Mohra, Abdel Fattah Sheta, and Samir F. Mahmoud, ‘‘New Small Size 3 dB 0^o/180^o Microstrip Coupler Configurations,” Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Vol. 17, No. 5, 707-718, 2003.

 

10. A. F., Sheta, A. Mohra, and S. F. Mahmoud,‘‘Multi-band Operation of compact H-shaped microstrip patch antenna,” Microwave Opt. Technol. Lett., vol 35, No 5, pp. 363-367, December, 2002.

 

 

11. A. F. Sheta, A. Mohra, S. F. Mahmoud,‘‘A new class of miniature quadrature couplers for MIC and MMICs Applications,” Microwave Opt. Technol. Lett., vol 34, No 3, pp.15-219, August 2002.

 

12. Abdel Fattah Sheta,‘‘A Novel H-Shaped Patch Antenna,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp 62-66, 5 April, 2001.

 

 

13. Khalifa Hettak, Nihad Dib, A Sheta, Maged A Omar, Gilles Y. Delisle and S. Toutain, ‘‘New miniature broad-band CPW-to-slotline transition,” IEEE Transaction on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 48, No 1, pp 138-145, January 2000.

 

14. K. Hettak, A. Omar, N. Dib, A. Sheta, G. Delisle, and S. Toutain,‘‘ Experimental and theoretical characterization of miniature coplanar waveguide shunt stubs patterned on the center conductor,”  International Journal of Electronics, Vol. 68, No. 9, pp. 1123-1134 September 1999.

 

 

15. Khalifa Hettak, Nihad Dib, Abdel-Fattah Sheta and S. Toutain,‘‘Aclass of novel uniplanar series resonators and their implementation in original applications,” IEEE Transaction on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 46, No 9, pp. 1270-1275,  September 1998.

 

Conference Papers

 

1.                  Mohammed Al Mutairi,  Abdel Fattah Sheta, and Majeed AlKanhal, “A Novel Reconfigurable Dual-Mode Microstrip Meander Loop Filter,” Accepted in European Microwave Week  (EuMA),  18-20 Oct., Amsterdam 2008.

 

2.                  A. F. Sheta, “Narrow band compact non-degenerate dual-mode microstrip filter,” 25th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC, 2008). ), Tanta University, Energy,  March 2008. 

 

3.                  Abdel Fattah Sheta, Majeed AlKanhal and Mohammed Al Mutairi, “Compact Reconfigurable Dual- Mode Microstrip Square Ring Filte,” 25th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC, 2008). ), Tanta University, Energy,  March 2008.

 

4.                   A. F. Sheta, A. Mohra, and S. F. Mahmoud, “Modified Compact H-Shaped Microstrip Antenna for Tuning Multi-Band Operation,” 25th National Radio Science Conference (NRSC, 2008). ), Tanta University, Energy,  March 2008.

 

5.                  M. Massoud, A. F. Sheta, “A Compact Micro-strip Low Pass Filter For Modern wireless Application,” Seventh Saudi Engineering Conference, Riyadh , Nov. 26-28, 2007.

 

6.                  A.F Sheta, “A Small Size Dual-Mode Patch Filter,” The13th International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, September 9 -12, 2007, East Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A. 2007.

 

7.                  A.F Sheta and M. Alkanhal, “Compact tunable dual-band microstrip antenna for GSM/DCS-1800 applications,” IIU/IEEE Proc. of International Conference on Computer & Communication Engineering, Malaysia, 9-11 May 2006.

 

8.                  A. F. Sheta, “Investigation of new small size microstrip antenna with inductive loading,” IEEE Mediterranean Microwave Symposium, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2003. (Egypt)

 

9.                  A. Mohra, A. F. Sheta, and S. F. Mahmoud, ‘‘Analysis and design of small size short-circuited microstrip T-shaped antenna,” 20^th National Radio Science Conferenc, Egypt, 2003.

 

10.              A.F. Sheta, A. Peden, J.Ph. Coupez, S. Toutain, J.M. Nebus, J.P. Villotte, ‘‘Amplification de Puissance en bande L sur Substrat à haute permittivité diélectrique,” 10emes JNM, France 4C3, pp. 404-405, 1997.

 

11.              [4] A.F. Sheta, JP. Coupez, C. Person et S. Toutain, ‘‘Miniature microstrip stepped impedance resonator bandpass filters and diplexers for mobile communications,” IEEE MTT-S, 1996.

 

12.              A.F. Sheta, K. Hettak, JP. Coupez, C. Person, S. Toutain et J.P. Blot ‘‘A new semi-lumped microwave filter structure,”  IEEE MTT-S 1995.

 

13.              A.F. Sheta, JP. Coupez, C. Person et S. Toutain. ‘‘Etude prospective de structures de filtrage intégrées pour les communications mobiles,” 9émes Journées Nationales Microondes CNAM Paris, 1995.

 

 

14.              C. Person, J.Ph. Coupez, A.F. Sheta, ‘‘Compensation des différences de vitesse de phase de structures microruban par une approche de type multicouches,”  9émes Journées Nationales Microondes CNAM paris, 1995.

 

15.              K. Hettak, J.P. Coupez, A.F. Sheta, T. Le Gouguec et S. Toutain. ‘‘Practical design of uniplanar broadband subsystems application to a wideband hybrid magic tee,”  IEEE MTT-S, 1994.

 

16.              C. Person, A.F. Sheta, J.Ph. Coupez et S. Toutain, ‘‘Design of high performance band-pass filters by using multi-layer thick-filmTechnology,” 24th European Microwave Conference, Cannes, France, 1994.