RUM2021 RUM2021-EuroMed Electromagnetics Studio Suite CustomerPresentation ​​​​​​​MVG ​​​​​​​@LS 

During our EuroMED RUM in June 2021, we were proud to announce Lucia Scialacqua from MVG as one of our speakers. Her presentation was titled "Efficient Antenna Radome Design by Combined Measurement and Numerical Simulations Approach". 

During her presentation, Lucia talked about how antenna radome is an indispensable component for the installation of antennas in many applications. Radomes are generally designed for minimum impact on the antenna performance but often the radome can be used as an integral part of the antenna design. For this reason, each radome should be designed specifically for the antenna using an accurate full-wave model. Unfortunately, the antenna model is not always available, as the antenna is often supplied by third parties and thus protected by intellectual property rights. Recent publications show that highly accurate computational antenna models can be derived from measurements as the Huygens box, compatible with most commercial numerical tools. Hence, the designer has a complete numerical model of the antenna and radome reducing the risk of expensive reworking of the radome at a later stage. This paper will show the efficiency of this technique by design, manufacturing, and testing of a radome for a commercial antenna. 

Lucia Scialacqua received her BSc and MSc degrees in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Siena, Siena, Italy in 2006 and developed her master thesis on “Design of Reference Probes for Near-Field Antenna Measurements” at the Denmark Technical University (DTU) in Lyngby in the same year. In 2007 she joined MVG (formerly SATIMO) as Antenna Engineer.

Initially, working at MVG as an Antenna Engineer and then as a Project Manager for different projects involving antenna testing and antenna measurement post-processing, Lucia works now as Scientific SW Department Engineer, with the technical responsibility for the MVG software INSIGHT for antenna measurement post-processing.

Lucia authored and co-authored more than 80 journal and conference papers on antenna design and measurements, 2 whitepapers, and contributed to one book. She was the speaker for 8 webinars on measurement Antenna post-processing with particular attention to the equivalent current technique.