dr. simone angela winkler

Ø  Ph.D. degree in microwave engineering

Ø  M.Eng. (Dipl.-Ing.) degree in mechatronics

Ø  à Very broadband in-depth engineering knowledge

Ø  Numerous awards, scholarships/grants, and distinctions

Ø  Experience in research, teaching, and industrial internships

Ø  Knowledge of 7 languages, many international collaborations

Ø  Volunteering and chairing for various professional organizations

 

Key Qualifications
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Education

Doctoral Studies

École Polytechnique Montréal, QC, Canada, 2010

Electrical Engineering, Prof. Ke Wu

Ph.D. thesis:

“Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Based On Subharmonic Self-Oscillating Mixing”

Master & Bachelor Studies

Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, 2005

Mechatronics, Prof. Andreas Stelzer

Graduation with distinction as the overall 5th female graduate and 1st female graduate below minimum study period

Bachelor thesis:

“Analysis and control of an FSCW radar system for the code identification of Surface Acoustic Wave Tags”

Master thesis:

“High-speed DDS controlled radar system for the identification of Surface Acoustic Wave Tags during translational motion”

Secondary School

Bundesrealgymnasium Zell am See, Austria, 2000

Graduation with distinction (highest grade)

"A discussion about Einstein’s original paper 'Zur Elektrodynamik bewegter Körper, 1905.'"

 

Experience

Research Projects

2011

Post-Doctoral Fellow at McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Department of Electrical Engineering, Prof. Milica Popovich/Prof. Mark Coates

-        Management of research group for Microwave Breast Cancer Detection

-        Research on High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

 

2008-2010

Management of a research group at École Polytechnique Montreal - NSERC grant:

“Low-Cost Integrated Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technique for Advanced Wireless Sensing and Security Applications”

 

 

2005-2010

High-Order Self-Oscillating Mixers and Low-Cost Receiver Design Techniques, École Polytechnique, Montreal, Canada

 

 

2005

Industrial Research project for LCM GmbH (Linz center of competence in Mechatronics) and Pöttinger Maschinenfabrik GmbH: “Acoustic ground sensing for agricultural machinery”

 

 

2003-2005

Radar Technology (FMCW) and Signal Processing, Institute of Communications and Information Engineering, University of Linz, Austria

 

Inter-national Collabo-rations

2009

Research visit with Dr. Stephen Maas at Nonlintec Inc., Long Beach, CA, USA

“Modern Subharmonic Self-Oscillating Mixer Design”

2009

University of Pavia, Italy

“Broadband and Compact Ridge Substrate Integrated Waveguides”

2008

Southeast University, Nanjing, China (Prof. Wei Hong, State Key Laboratory of mm-Waves):

“Polarization Rotating Frequency Selective Surfaces Based on SIW Technology”

2004

International studies at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Prof. Dale Carnegie / Department of Physics and Electronic Engineering

Industrial Experience

2003

DICE / Infineon, Linz, Austria:

-        GSM/UMTS ICs

2002

Cartinthian Tech Research AG, Villach, Austria:

-        Wafer handling robot automation

2001

Mechatronik systemtechnik GmbH. – dept. Aerospace, Villach, Austria:

-        Microsatellite Design

-        Micro Pyrotechnic Initiators for aerospatial actuators

-        3D Scanner for the auditory canal

1996-2000

Winkler-Bau GmbH., Zell am See, Austria: Internships in construction company

Teaching Experience

Teaching assistant at Université du Québec à Montréal (2011)

Supervision of approx. 10 bachelor, master, and PhD students in engineering (2005-2011)

Private scientific teaching in various languages

Other

Freelance photography | eyeCatchLight Photography

Webdesign and graphic design for various projects and companies

 

Awards and Scholarships

Awards and Dis-tinctions

2009

IEEE MTT-S Graduate Fellowship Award, IMS Symposium 2009, Boston, USA

2006

Best paper award at the IEEE CCECE 2006, Ottawa

GIT Award (Austrian Electrotechnical Association) for outstanding master thesis

Tech2b award: 2nd prize for master thesis with high industrial impact

Hedy-Lamarr award: Young talents award in telecommunications

2005

Graduation from the University of Linz with distinction below minimum time

Erwin-Wenzel Award for outstanding master thesis

2004

University Linz: Excellent university grades

2000

Graduation from Secondary School with distinction

1997-1999

Physics Olympiade Austria: Rank 1, 3, and 5 (National)

Scholar-ships

2007

FQRNT: first rank in the province of Québec for PhD fellowship

2006

DOC fellowship: Austrian Academy of Science for PhD students with outstanding qualification

 

2005

University Linz: Scholarship for research activity in Canada

Upper Austria: Scholarship for research activity in Canada

City of Linz: Scholarship for research activity in Canada

 

2005-2010

Various travel grants from the Austrian Research Society

Student travel grant from the European Microwave Association

 

2004

University Linz: Scholarship for International Studies in New Zealand

Upper Austria: Scholarship for International Studies in New Zealand

 

Affiliations

Organi-zations

IEEE

Chair of IEEE Montreal – Women in Engineering section (2011)

Member of MTT, AP, EMB, and WIE societies

Active work for the IEEE Women in Engineering Chapter Montreal (2008)

 

CREER

Vice president of Student Committee for CREER Quebec (2008-2009)

 

European Societies

Member of the European Microwave Association

Member of the Austrian Academy of Science

Member of the Austrian Electrotechnical Association (OeVE)

 

 

Active work for FIT-Frauen in die Technik – women into engineering (2001-2005)

Management for OeH-Erstsemestrigentutorium – support for first year students (2002-2004)

Conference Committees

2011-2012

Steering Committee member for the International Microwave Symposium 2012 in Montreal

2009

Student co-chair of CREER symposium 2009

2005-2010

Voluntary work for various scientific international conferences (e.g. MTT-IMS)

Editorial Boards

Reviewer for Artech House Publishers

Reviewer for IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Publications

Reviewer for Elsevier Microelectronics Journal

Reviewer for PIERS

 

Skills

Languages

Fluent: German, English, French, Italian

Intermediate: Spanish

Basic: Chinese (Mandarin), Swedish

Microwaves

Nonlinear Circuit Design (Mixers, Oscillators, Self-Oscillating Mixers, Device modeling)

Radar Technology

Radiometry and Passive Imaging Techniques

Frequency Selective Surfaces

Substrate Integrated Waveguide Technology

Biomedical Imaging, MRI

Engineering (Other Domains)

Ultrasonics and Acoustics

Robotics, Mechanical engineering & mechanics, aerospace

Fluid dynamics and aerodynamics

Automatic control engineering

Computer Science

C/C++, Java, Visual C/C++/Basic, VHDL/VHDL-AMS, HTML/PHP/MySQL

Experience with Linux

Scientific Software

Mathematic Software (Matlab, Mathematica, Maple)

RF Design Software (ADS, CST, Microwave Office, HFSS, Sonnet, SemCAD, IC-CAP, IE3D, Designer…)

Measurement and Automation programming (LabView, GPIB, etc.)

Mechanic Finite Element Simulation (Ansys,…)

Circuit simulation (PSpice, Orcad,…) & PCB design (Protel, Cadence)

CAD design (ProEngineer, SolidWorks, SolidEdge, AutoCad)

CFD simulation of fluid dynamics

Other

Interests

Graphic design, Webdesign, Image editing, Musical editing

Photography, Arts, Music, Traveling, Languages, Sports

 

 

Publications

Journal Papers

     [1]     Z. Zhang, S. A. Winkler, E. Djoumessi, K. Wu, “Millimeter-Wave Transceiver Architectures,” Microwave Magazine, in preparation.

     [2]     L. Chiu, S. A. Winkler, “A Second Harmonic Self-Oscillating Mixer Incorporating a Resonant Cell Structure,” IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, in preparation.

     [3]     S. A. Winkler, K. Wu, “A Novel Hybrid Analysis Approach for Subharmonic Self-Oscillating Mixers Combining Volterra Series and Conversion Matrix Methods,” International Journal on RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, in preparation.

     [4]     L. Chiu, S. A. Winkler, Q. Xue, C. H. Chan, K. Wu, “A High-Performance Class-F Third-Harmonic Self-Oscillating Mixer Based on a Non-Linear Optimization Technique,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Component Letters, submitted.

     [5]     M. Bozzi, S. A. Winkler, K. Wu, “Broadband and Compact Ridge Substrate Integrated Waveguides,” IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, vol. 4, Iss. 11, Nov. 2010, pp. 1965-1973.

     [6]     S. A. Winkler, W. Hong, M. Bozzi, K. Wu, “Polarization Rotating Frequency Selective Surfaces Based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide Technology,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 58, Iss. 4, Apr. 2010, pp. 1202-1213.

     [7]     S. A. Winkler, K. Wu, “Ultra-High-Order Self-Oscillating Mixers based on a Multiple-Element Technique,” Electronics Letters, vol. 45, Iss. 25, Dec. 2009, pp. 1329-1331.

     [8]     S. A. Winkler, K. Wu, A. Stelzer, “Integrated Receiver Based on a High- Order Subharmonic Self-Oscillating Mixer,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Special Issue on the European Microwave Conference, vol. 54, Jun. 2007, pp. 1398-1404.

     [9]     S. A. Winkler, K. Wu, A. Stelzer, “Design of a Novel Balanced High-Order Subharmonic Self-Oscillating Mixer,” Electronics Letters, vol. 42, Iss. 24, Nov. 2006, pp. 1405-1406.

  [10]     S. A. Winkler, K. Wu, A. Stelzer, “Self-oscillating mixing technique and its application to low-cost receiver architectures – Technique de mélange auto-oscillant et application pour les architectures de récepteurs à faibles coûts,” IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, vol. 31, Iss. 4, Fal 2006, pp. 181-184.[1]

Conference Papers

     [1]     S. A. Winkler, W. Hong, M. Bozzi, K. Wu, “A Novel Polarization Rotating Frequency Selective Surface Based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide,” Invited talk for the Focused Session on Substrate Integrated Waveguide Technology, Proc. 39th European Microwave Conference 2009, Rome, Italy, pp. 260-263.

     [2]     M. Bozzi, S. A. Winkler, K. Wu, “Novel Compact and Broadband Interconnects based on Ridge Substrate Integrated Waveguide,” Proc. 2009 IEEE International Microwave Symposium, Boston, MA, USA, June 2009, pp. 121-124.

     [3]     X.-B. Zeng, S. A. Winkler, K. Wu, Y. Ye, T.-J. Liu, J.-M. He, “Measurement and Modeling of LNA Based on Load-Pull System,” 2009 National Conference on Microwave and Millimeter-Waves (NCMMW), Xi’an, China, May 2009, pp. 1157-1159.

     [4]     S. A. Winkler, L. Han, K. Wu, A. Stelzer, “A Novel Multiple-Element Phased High-Order Subharmonic Self-Oscillating Mixer for Millimeter-Wave Receivers,” Proc. 38th European Microwave Conference 2008, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 2008, pp. 163-166.

     [5]     L. Han, K. Wu, S. Winkler, “Singly Balanced Mixer Using Substrate Integrated Waveguide Magic-T Structure,” Proc. 38th European Microwave Conference 2008, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 2008, pp. 9-12.

     [6]     S. A. Winkler, L. Han, K. Wu, A. Stelzer, “A Novel Technique for Millimeter-Wave Receivers Using Multiple-Element High-Order Subharmonic Self-Oscillating Mixers,” 2008 Global Symposium on Millimeter-Waves, Nanjing, China, Apr. 2008, pp. 104-107.

     [7]     S. A. Winkler, K. Wu, A. Stelzer, “A Novel Hybrid Analysis Approach for Subharmonic Self-Oscillating Mixers Combining Volterra Series and Conversion Matrix Methods,” Proc. 37th European Microwave Conference 2007, Munich, Germany, Oct. 2007, pp. 1413-1416.

     [8]     S. A. Winkler, K. Wu, A. Stelzer, “A Study on Frequency Scalability for Integrated Imaging Radiometer Receivers Based on Subharmonic Self-Oscillating Mixers,” Proc. International Symposium on Signals, Systems, and Electronics (ISSSE) 2007,  Montréal, Québec, Canada, Aug. 2007, pp. 239-242.

     [9]     S. A. Winkler, K. Wu, A. Stelzer, “A Novel Balanced Third and Fourth Harmonic Self-Oscillating Mixer with High Conversion Gain,” Proc. 36th European Microwave Conference, Manchester, UK, Sep. 2006, pp.1663-1666.

   [10]     S. A. Winkler, K. Wu, A. Stelzer, “A Novel Performance-Prediction Model of Subharmonic Self-Oscillating Mixers,” 12th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM) and Canadian Radio Sciences (URSI/CNC), Montréal, Canada, July 16-19, 2006, pp. 129-132.

   [11]     S. A. Winkler, K. Wu, A. Stelzer, “Self-Oscillating Mixing Technique and its Application to Low-Cost Receiver Architectures,” IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering CCECE 2006, Ottawa, Canada, May 7-10, 2006, pp. 248-251.[2]

Seminaries and Invited talks

    [1]      S. A. Winkler, W. Hong, M. Bozzi, K. Wu, “A Novel Polarization Rotating Frequency Selective Surface Based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide,” Invited talk for the Focused Session on Substrate Integrated Waveguide Technology, Proc. 39th European Microwave Conference 2009, Rome, Italy, pp. 260-263.

    [2]     S. A. Winkler, “Modern Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Systems”, Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain, Jan 14, 2009.

Other Contri-butions

    [3]     S. A. Winkler, “Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Based On Subharmonic Self-Oscillating Mixing”, Ph.D. thesis at the Poly-Grames Research Center, École Polytechnique Montréal, QC, Canada, 2011.

    [4]     S. A. Winkler, M. Montagna, “PAST – Passive Adaptive Imaging System for Transportation,” 1st Student Challenge, European Microwave Week 2008, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 27-31, 2008.

    [5]     S. A. Winkler, K. Wu, A. Stelzer, “Research and Development of Innovative Millimeter-Wave Imaging Systems,” Austrian Academy of Science, Vienna, Austria, March 31 - April 1, 2006.[3]

    [6]     S. Winkler, “High-Speed DDS-controlled radar system for the identification of Surface Acoustic Wave Tags during translational motion”, master thesis at the Institute for Communications and Information Engineering, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria, March 2005.[4]

    [7]     S. Winkler, “Auswertung und Ansteuerung eines FSCW-Radars zur Codeidentifikation von SAW-Tags”, bachelor thesis at the Institute for Communications and Information Engineering, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria, May 2004.

    [8]     S. Winkler, “Spezielle Relativitätstheorie: Eine Auseinandersetzung mit Einsteins Originalarbeit, 1905”, scholarly thesis for the final secondary school exams, Bundesrealgymnasium Zell am See, Austria, February 2000.

 


[1]      Invited Journal Paper for the IEEE Canadian Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nov. 2006

[2]      Best Paper Award at the IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ottawa, May 7-10, 2006, among 600 papers

[3]      Scholarship (2005) of the Austrian Academy of Science for PhD. students in scientific domains with outstanding qualification

[4]      GIT-Förderpreis 2005 of the ÖVE (Österreichischer Verband für Elektrotechnik – Austrian Electrotechnical Association, Society for Information technology) for an outstanding diploma thesis,

        Tech2b-award 2005: 2nd prize for the development of an outstanding diploma thesis with high industrial importance,

        Erwin-Wenzl-Preis 2005 for the development of an outstanding diploma thesis, selected among 191 attendants,

        Hedy-Lamarr Award 2006: Young talent award in communications, distributed by the Austrian minister Rauch-Kallath and mobilkom austria