Decoding Signals

Dr. Venkat specialises in Applied Electromagnetics and RF Engineering. He teaches Radio Frequency related course under the SITLEARN programme. He has over 15 years of academic and industrial research experience in the different areas around applied electromagnetics. Prior to joining SIT, he was with ST Electronics, working on solutions for Satellite Communications and Sensors. He was with EADS (currently Airbus) involved in various projects such as effects of antenna siting, interference suppression in Instrument Landing Systems, Reconfigurable antennas to name a few. He has previously, served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore (NUS) where he used to teach a graduate-level course on Electromagnetic Compatibility. He is a senior member of the IEEE. He holds one patent granted by Singapore IPOS and has over 40 international journal and peer-reviewed conference publications. He has served as the reviewer for many international journals and chaired sessions in conferences related to applied electromagnetics. He has co-authored a chapter titled “Application of Multi-objective Optimization Algorithms in Electromagnetic Design Problems", in an edited book entitled “Real-World Multiobjective System Engineering”, published by Nova Science Publishers, NY, USA, Dec 2005. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the Anna University, India, a Master of Electrical Engineering from the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA and a Doctor of Philosophy from NUS, Singapore.

Mr. Heng Wee Boo is a specialist in Vector Network and Time Domain Analysis in Rohde & Schwarz. His experience in the test and measurement field of the aerospace and defence market makes him a knowledgeable consultant for various projects in the Asia Pacific region. As a qualified trainer at Rohde & Schwarz, he actively supports and conducts training for R&S products in the region. Mr. Heng graduated with a BEng (Hons) in Electronics Engineering from the University of South Australia and has been in the industry since 2001.

Mr. Lau Siow Shyong develops wireless communication equipment and avionics radio systems in the Research & Development (R&D) department of Rohde & Schwarz Asia. He has more than 20 years of RF and R&D experience in wireless communication devices. He has developed numerous wireless products, including the world’s first GSM/iDEN multiple mode cellular phone, cordless phone, pager and tracking systems. He has a vast experience in the integration of military wireless, laser, and indoor/outdoor tracking systems. He has spent a few years teaching RF and avionics radio systems at the Institute of Higher Learning (IHL) in Singapore. He has also participated as a guest speaker in technical seminars and has published a wireless communication paper for IEEE. Mr. Lau graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Mr. Kwon Jaeyoung specializes in 3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) RF pre-conformance and Bluetooth RF test development. He has led various mobile test solution development projects for network operators, where he developed and maintained mobile/network test solutions for operators, chipset and mobile manufacturers. He has more than 14 years of experience working with wireless communication test systems. He has extensive knowledge of the design and implementation of the automation test environment, and of mobile technologies including WCDMA, LTE/LTE-A, A-GPS and IMS/VoLTE. He has worked as an application and support engineer for more than 10 years, where he actively supported customers in mobile application device testing. He graduated with a Master’s degree in Engineering from Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea.

Mr. Kenneth Lai is currently a project lead for development projects and is a developer for R&S®ELEKTRA, an EMC test software that manages and controls devices for EMC tests. Prior to this role, he was a senior system engineer with more than 10 years of experience, and specialized in commissioning EMC test systems in Asia, mainly China, South Korea and Taiwan. He successfully introduced the first R&S hearing aid and heart pacer test system to medical certification labs in China. With his extensive experience, Kenneth actively provides extensive training to customers using the R&S®ELEKTRA EMC test software and shares his knowledge with fellow R&S test engineer colleagues in Singapore. Kenneth graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from the University of Glasgow.