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Ph.D 2012-2017

Broadband high gain hybrid EBG structure based on dielectric resonator antenna for millimeter-wave applications: design and implementation.

Laval University, Electrical and Computer engineering Dept., Québec City, Canada Master’s Degree 2009

Design and simulation of satellite localization systems: GPS and GALILEO. University of Mohammed the First, Electronic and Communication Dept., Oujda, Morocco B. S. Electronic 2006

University of Mohammed the First, Faculty of Science, Oujda, Morocco WWoorrkk EExxppeerriieennccee

Internship: Adaptive Algorithms for 5G 2017–Present (6 months) Télébec Mobility Research Laboratory in Underground Communications (LRTCS-UQAT) Design and implementation of adaptive beamforming algorithms for fifth generation (5G) wireless networks

The design is implemented on Xilinx FPGA board.

Cell Phone & Tablet Repair Technician 2015 –2017 (2 years) Plan B Telecom, Val d’Or, Québec

Doing complicated repairs like reworking on smart mobile phone motherboards to software upgrades.

Custmer service and sales

Answering phones

Internship: Antenna designer 2012- 2017 (5 years)

Télébec Mobility Research Laboratory in Underground Communications (LRTCS-UQAT) Design of microwave and millimeter wave Antennas

Typical projects:

Use of Ansoft,HFSS,CST Microwave studio and ADS softwares

Implementing theories using matlab

Design of a circular polarization cross DRA antenna for broadband communication

Design of a new broadband and high gain stacked pyramid Dielectric Resonator Antenna (DRA) with a superstrate

Design of a high gain cross DRA antenna array

Design of a high gain cross DRA antenna array with a superstrate at millimeter-Wave

Realization of a broadband 60 GHz double negative metamaterial high gain antenna

Realization of circular polarization High Gain Cross DRA antenna with a FSS superstrate

Designed of a 60 GHz polarization reconfigurable DRA Antenna Internship: FPGA Implementation of OFDM 2010-2011 (1.5 years) Electronic Communications Laboratory (LEC), Rabat, Morocco Typical projects:

Design and implement a base band OFDM transmitter on Altera FPGA hardware

Modules are designed using Verilog HDL and C.

Internship: Master’s Graduation Project, 2009 (6 months) Department Of Telecommunications, El Aroui Airport (NDR), Morocco Typical projects:

Design and simulation of navigation systems based on radar and locators.

Design and simulation of satellite localization systems: GPS and GALILEO.

Development of a GPS monitor as an aid to navigation, using the Visual Basic. TTeecchhnniiccaall kknnoowwlleeddggee aanndd CCoommppuutteerr SSkkiillllss

Mobile radio Engineering cellular, GSM, GPRS, UMTS, WCDMA and LTE

Multiple Access MC-CDMA, OFDM/OFDMA, MIMO

Space Telecom Satellite Communication, GPS

Simulation Techniques LabVIEW, Orcad–Pspice, ADS, CST, HFSS

Hardware Microcontroller 8051, FPGA.

ANRITSU MS4640B (Vector Network Analyzer 70 kHz to 70 GHz) Agilent N5251A (Millimeter-Wave Network Analyzers 10 MHz to 110 GHz) Agilent E8363B network analyzer (PNA: 10 MHz to 40MHz) E4448A PSA Spectrum Analyzer (3 Hz - 50 GHz),

Network Protocols TCP/IP, ICMP, ARP/RARP, DHCP, SNMP, FTP, others

LAN Media: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Token Ring Network Analyzers: Ethereal, Packetyzer, Etherpeek and others

WAN Fibre Optic, Frame Relay, ATM, MPLS, ISDN, xDSL

Operating Systems Windows XP/7, Windows server 2003/2008, Linux Debian/Ubuntu

Programming Matlab, C, C++, VHDL, Verilog, 8051 assembly language programming, Visual Basic. SScchhoollaarrsshhiipp

Scholarship recipient (Based on academic performance) 2012-2017 By Télébec Mobility Research Laboratory in Underground Communications ( LRTCS-UQAT) PPuubblliiccaattiioonnss

[1] T.Elkarkraoui, G.Y. Delisle, N. Hakem, “ 60 GHz Polarization Reconfigurable DRA Antenna’’ Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation,,Vol.4, pp.176-189, Dec 2016.

[2] T.Elkarkraoui, N. Hakem, G.Y. Delisle, N. Hakem, Y. Coulibaly, “A Novel Design Approach for A 60 GHz Circularly Polarized EBG Antenna” Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 69, 37-51, 2016.

[3] T.Elkarkraoui, G.Y. Delisle, N. Hakem, Y. Coulibaly, “Hybrid Broadband 60- GHz Double Negative Metamaterial High Gain Antenna” Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, Vol. 58, 143-155, 2015.

[4] T.Elkarkraoui, G.Y. Delisle, N. Hakem, Y. Coulibaly, “DRA Antenna with a Superstrate at Millimeter-Wave” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Jul. 19-25, 2015.

[5] T.Elkarkraoui, G.Y. Delisle, N. Hakem, Y. Coulibaly, “High Gain Cross DRA antenna array for underground communications” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Memphis, TN, USA, Jul. 6–12, 2014.

[6] T.Elkarkraoui, G.Y. Delisle, N. Hakem, Y. Coulibaly, “Circular Polarisation XDRA for Broadband Underground Communications,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation(AP/S), Orlando, FL, USA, Jul. 7- 13, 2013 .

[7] T.Elkarkraoui, G.Y. Delisle, N. Hakem, Y. Coulibaly, “New Hybrid Design for a Broadband High Gain 60- GHz Dielectric Resonator Antenna “, 7 th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP'2013), Gothenburg, Suède, 8-12 Avril, 2013,pp.2379-2382.

[8] T.Elkarkraoui, G.Y. Delisle, N. Hakem, “Adaptive Beamforming Antenna for 5G Networks using LMS Algorithm’’ under submission

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Flexible and adaptable to change

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Dr Gilles Y. Delisle, Emeritus professor, Laval University

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Dr Nadir Hakem, Professor, School of Engineering, UQAT

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Dr Mourad Nedil, Professor, School of Engineering, UQAT

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