Rate My Professor Roy Simorangkir

Dr. Roy Simorangkir serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at Durham University. He obtained his B.S. degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia, in 2010. Subsequently, he earned an M.S. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Yonsei University, South Korea, in 2014, and a Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering from Macquarie University, Australia, in 2018. Following his doctoral studies, Dr. Simorangkir spent one year lecturing at the Institut Teknologi Harapan Bangsa. He then pursued postdoctoral research at Macquarie University's Reconfigurable Electronics and Antennas Research Group starting in late 2018. During 2018-2020, he also held the position of Associate Lecturer at Macquarie University International College and completed a one-year international postdoctoral role at the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes (IETR), University of Rennes 1, France. From 2020 to 2023, he advanced from Postdoctoral Researcher to Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Wireless Sensor Network group, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland.

Dr. Simorangkir's research focuses on developing unconventional antennas and sensors for next-generation wireless communication and sensing systems using innovative design methodologies, advanced manufacturing techniques, and novel materials. His multidisciplinary approach integrates electromagnetics, electronics, materials science, mechanics, and biology, encompassing material characterization and modeling, prototyping, and system integration. He is the contact for the project "Revolutionising Product Monitoring with Low-Power Battery-less Wireless Sensing," adapting battery-less systems for industrial IoT applications in collaboration with P&G. Notable publications include the book chapter "Advancements and artificial intelligence approaches in antennas for environmental sensing" (2022), "Antennas for wireless medical devices" (2018), and recent conference papers such as "300 GHz Stacked AFSIW LTCC Horn Array Antenna with Integrated Lenses for V2V" (2024, with Skalinski and Mabrouk), "A Battery-less Contact Lens Sensor Prototype with Enhanced Performance for Cattle Health Monitoring" (2024, with Kumar et al.), "Ultra-Miniaturized In-Band Full-Duplex Implantable Antenna for Wireless Capsule Endoscopy" (2024), and "Compact Implantable Antenna with Ultra-Wide bandwidth for Leadless Pacemaker" (2024). His work contributes to advancements in wearable, implantable, and transparent antennas for biomedical and IoT applications.