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  • Sundeep Kumar under supervisor Dr.Ashwani Sharma completed PhD
  • Shivam Bansal PhD scholar under supervisor Dr.Ashwani Sharma won the Best paper award in IEEE MAC 2025
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Ashwani Sharma

Associate Professor
316, JCB Block, IIT Ropar, Main Campus
ashwani.sharma@iitrpr.ac.in
91-1881-232206
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Introduction

Ashwani Sharma (Member, IEEE) received the master’s degree in technology and communication systems from ETSIT, Technical University of Madrid (UPM), Madrid, Spain, in 2013, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain, in 2015. He has been working as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, India, since July 2018. He was a Visiting Training Fellow at the University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K., from May 2014 to August 2014, and a Junior Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India, from 2010 to 2011. His research works have been published in various international journals and conferences such as IEEE TRANSACTIONS AND LETTERS, IET journals, and Wiley letters. His current research interests include exploiting field-forming techniques in antenna design for wireless power transmission, the IoT, and 5G/6G, and Drone antennas and communications, and AI/ML Assisted communications systems.

Research Highlights

43

Journal Publications

19

Conference Publications

7

Research Projects

1

Patents

0

Awards & Honours

Qualifications
  1. PhD University of Desuto Bilbao Spain 2015
  2. Masters ETSIT Technical University of Madrid UPM Spain 2013
  3. BTech The LNM Institute of Information Technology Jaipur India 2010
Research Interests
  • Antenna Engineering and Communication Systems
  • Wireless power and data transfer
  • RF Energy Harvesting
  • Antenna design for IoT and 5G/B5G
  • Near-field forming and its applications
  • Static and Dynamic Wireless Charging Solutions for Drones/Electric Vehicles
Brief Research Profile

Dr. Ashwani Sharma specializes primarily in Antenna and Microwave Engineering with a focus on Wireless power and data transfer, RF Energy Harvesting, Antenna design for IoT and 5G/B5G, Near-field forming and its applications, Static and Dynamic Wireless Charging Solutions for Drones/Electric Vehicles. Additionally, he has supervised several PhD, Master's, and undergraduate students.

  1. 1. S. Kumar, M. Kumar, A. Sharma and I. J. Garcia Zuazola, "Energizing an IoT Sensor Using Regenerative Opposite Fringing Fields From an Embedded Communicating Patch Antenna", IEEE Access, 12,  47951-47960, 2024
  2. 2. Vikas Kumar Malav; Ashwani Sharma, "Analytical Formulation of Rectenna System Performance and Fully Integrated Design for Polarization Insensitive Wireless Power Transmission", IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, ,  1 - 13, 2024
  3. 3. Manoj Kumar; Sundeep Kumar; Ashwani Sharma; Vikas Kumar Malav; Parul Rattanpal, "An Orthogonally Polarized Multibeam Rectenna System to Imitate Isotropic DC Pattern for Orientation-Insensitive Microwave Power Delivery", IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 14,  659 - 668, 2024
  4. 4. S. Jain, A. Bharadwaj, and A. Sharma, "Spatially Arranged Relay Coils to Improve the Misalignment Tolerance at an Enhanced Transfer Distance", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 72,  2171 - 2180, 2024
  5. 5. V. K. Srivastava and A. Sharma, "A Coil Rectenna Array Design to Harvest All H-field Components for Lateral Misalignment Tolerant Wireless Powering of Bio-medical Implant Devices", IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF, and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, ,  59 - 67, 2024
  6. 6. A. Bharadwaj, A. Sharma and C. C. Reddy, "Analytical Framework of S-Parameter-Based Efficiency for Secondary-Parallel Compensation WPT System to Authenticate Data Using VNA .", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 72,  1-10, 2023
  7. 7. A. Bharadwaj, A. Sharma and C. C. Reddy,, " A Switched Modular Multi-Coil Array Transmitter Pad With Coil Rectenna Sensors to Improve Lateral Misalignment Tolerance in Wireless Power Charging of Drone Systems ", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24,  2010-2023, 2023
  8. 8. M. Kumar, S. Kumar and A. Sharma, "An Analytical Framework of Multisector Rectenna Array Design for Angular Misalignment Tolerant RF Power Transfer Systems", IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 71,  1835-1847, 2023
  9. 9. M. Kumar, S. Kumar and A. Sharma, "A Planar Orbicular Rectenna Array System With 3-D Uniform Coverage for Wireless Powering of IoT Nodes", IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 71,  1366-1373, 2023
  10. 10. A. Bharadwaj, A. Sharma , C. C. Reddy, "Analytical Framework of S-Parameter-Based Efficiency for Secondary-Parallel Compensation WPT System to Authenticate Data Using VNA", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 72,  , 2023
  11. 11. M. Kumar, S. Kumar, A. S. Bhadauria and A. Sharma, "A Planar Integrated Rectenna Array With 3-D-Spherical DC Coverage for Orientation-Tolerant Wireless-Power-Transfer-Enabled IoT Sensor Nodes", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 71,  1285-1294, 2023
  12. 12. A. Bharadwaj, A. Sharma and C. R. Chandupatla, "A Switched Modular Multi-Coil Array Transmitter Pad With Coil Rectenna Sensors to Improve Lateral Misalignment Tolerance in Wireless Power Charging of Drone Systems", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24,  2010-2023, 2023
  13. 13. S. Agarwal, A. Sharma, IJ. Garcia Zuazola, and M. Kumar,, "A compact SWB MIMO antenna with 45° clock-wise square patch inclusions for polarization diversity applications", International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, ,  1-13, 2022
  14. 14. S. Agarwal, A. Sharma, IJ. Garcia Zuazola, and Whittow WG, "Three dimensional miniaturized super wideband antenna with filtering capabilities", Int J RF Microw Comput Aided Eng, ,  , 2022
  15. 15. A. Bharadwaj, A. Sharma and C. C. Reddy,, " An Unconventional Measurement Technique to Estimate Power Transfer Efficiency in Series–Series Resonant WPT System Using S-Parameters", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 71,  1-9, 2022
  16. 16. A. Bharadwaj, A. Sharma and C. C. Reddy, "A Multi-Turn Coil Antenna With Nonuniform Clustered Turns Optimized Using Q-Assisted MMSE Procedure to Enhance Misalignment Tolerance in WPT Systems doi: ", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 70,  5302-5311, 2022
  17. 17. A. Bharadwaj, V. K. Srivastava, A. Sharma and C. C. Reddy, "A Switchable Multicoil Antenna With Booster Coil to Improve Coverage in WPT Systems", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 70,  2490-2498, 2022
  18. 18. S. Kumar and A. Sharma, "Switched Beam Array Antenna Optimized for Microwave Powering of 3-D Distributed Nodes in Clustered Wireless Sensor Network", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 70,  11734-11742, 2022
  19. 19. S. Kumar, S. Jain and A. Sharma, "A BER-Conscious Synthesis of Switched-Beam Antenna to Maximize Reliable Coverage in WSN Applications", IEEE Sensors Journal, 22,  3785-3795, 2022
  20. 20. S. Kumar, A. Sharma, S. Kalra and M. Kumar, "Communication Quality-Conscious Synthesis of 3-D Coverage Using Switched Multibeam Multi-Sector Array Antenna for V2I Application", IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 71,  1631-1642, 2022
  21. 21. A. Bharadwaj, V. K. Srivastava, A. Sharma , C. C. Reddy, "A Tilted-Orthogonal Receiver Coil Antenna to Improve Misalignment Tolerance in WPT Systems", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 70,  , 2022
  22. 22. A. Bharadwaj, A. Sharma , C. C. Reddy, "An Unconventional Measurement Technique to Estimate Power Transfer Efficiency in Series?Series Resonant WPT System Using S-Parameters", IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 71,  , 2022
  23. 23. Bharadwaj, A. Sharma , C. C. Reddy, "\"A Multi-Turn Coil Antenna With Nonuniform Clustered Turns Optimized Using Q-Assisted MMSE Procedure to Enhance Misalignment Tolerance in WPT Systems", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 70,  , 2022
  24. 24. A. Bharadwaj, V. K. Srivastava, A. Sharma , C. C. Reddy, "A Switchable Multicoil Antenna With Booster Coil to Improve Coverage in WPT Systems,", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation,, 70,  , 2022
  25. 25. P. Kumar, S. Bhattacharyya, S. Darshi, A. Sharma, A. A. Almohammedi, V. Shepelev, S. Samar, "Drone Assisted Network Coded Cooperation With Energy Harvesting: Strengthening the Lifespan of the Wireless Networks", IEEE Access, 10,  43055-43070, 2022
  26. 26. A. Bharadwaj, A. Sharma and C. C. Reddy, "A Multi-turn Coil Antenna with Non-uniform Clustered Turns Optimized using Q-assisted MMSE Procedure to Enhance Misalignment Tolerance in WPT Systems", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 70,  5302-5311, 2022
  27. 27. V. K. Srivastava and A. Sharma, "A Planar Switching Integrated Quadrant Coil Antenna to Form Widespread Switched Polarized H-Field for Misalignment Resilient WPT System", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 70,  10294-10303, 2022
  28. 28. V. K. Srivastava and A. Sharma, "A Multicoil Array Transceiver Antenna Design for Touchless Hygienic Artificial Human Interfacing", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 70,  8911-8921, 2022
  29. 29. V. K. Srivastava and A. Sharma, "Switched Polarized H-Field Forming Using a Planar Switchable Double-Dumbbell Coil Antenna for Orientation-Oblivion Wireless Power Transfer", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 70,  4234-4242, 2022
  30. 30. V. K. Srivastava and A. Sharma, "A Planar Distributed Multicoil Antenna to Generate 3-D Ellipsoidally Polarized HField for Angular Misalignment Tolerant WPT System", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 70,  2969-2978, 2022
  31. 31. A. Bharadwaj, V. K. Srivastava, A. Sharma, and C. C. Reddy, "A Switchable Multi-Coil Antenna With Booster Coil to Improve Coverage in WPT Systems", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 70,  2490-2498, 2022
  32. 32. S. K. Gupta, S. Kumar and A. Sharma, "A Miniaturized Dual-Resonator-Based High-Capacity Chipless Radio Frequency Identification Tag Sensor", IEEE Sensors Letters, 6,  1-4, 2022
  33. 33. Ignacio J. Garcia Zuazola, Ashwani Sharma, Misha Filip, and William G. Whittow, "Antenna Using a Magnetic-Slab Located in the Principal Magnetic-Field Region Beneath the Patch", Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, 110,  229-241, 2021
  34. 34. M. Kumar, A. Sharma, IJ, Garcia Zuazola, "Bendable ultra-high frequency radio-frequency identification tag antenna for retail garments using nonuniform meandered lines", Wiley Engineering Reports, ,  1-11, 2021
  35. 35. V. K. Srivastava and A. Sharma, "Optimized 3-D Polarized H-Field Forming for Orientation-Insensitive Wireless Power Transfer Systems", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 69,  4999-5007, 2021
  36. 36. A. Sharma, I. G. Zuazola, R. Martínez, A. Perallos, and J. C. Batchelor, "Channel-based Antenna Synthesis for Improved In-vehicle UWB MB-OFDM Communications", IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 13,  1358-1367, 2019
  37. 37. A. Sharma, G. Singh, D. Bhatnagar, I.J. Garcia Zuazola, and A. Perallos, "Magnetic- field forming using planar multi-coil antenna to generate orthogonal H-field components", IEEE Transaction on Antennas Propagation, ,  2906 - 2915, 2017
  38. 38. I.J. Garcia Zuazola, L. Azpilicueta, A. Sharma, H.Landaluce, F.Falcone, I. Angulo, A.Perallos, J.M.H. Elmirghani, and J.C. Batchelor,, "Band-pass filter-like antenna validation in an ultra-wideband in-car wireless channel", IET Communications, 9,  532–540, 2015
  39. 39. A. Sharma, S. De, H. M. Gupta, and R. Gangopadhyay, "Multiple description transform coded transmission over OFDM broadcast channels", Physical Communication, 12,  79-92, 2014
  40. 40. A. Sharma, I.J. Garcia Zuazola, A. Gupta, A. Perallos, and J.C. Batchelor, "Non- uniformly distributed-turns coil antenna for enhanced H-field in HF RFID", IEEE Transaction on Antennas Propagation, 61,  4900–4907, 2013
  41. 41. I.J. Garcia Zuazola, A. Sharma, J.C. Batchelor, I. Angulo, A. Perallos, and J.M.H. Elmirghani, "Radio Frequency IDentification miniature interrogator antenna sprayed over an in-vehicle chassis", IET Microwave, Antennas & Propagation, 6,  1674–1680, 2012
  42. 42. S. De, A. Sharma, R. Jantti, and H. D. Cavdar, "Channel Adaptive Stop-and-Wait ARQ Protocols for Short-Range Wireless Links", IET Communications, 6,  2128 – 2137, 2012
  43. 43. A. Sharma and S. De, "Exploiting fading dynamics along with AMC for energy-efficient transmission over fading channels", IEEE Communication Letters, 15,  1218-1220, 2011

  • 1. Patent, "Dual-mode Antenna With Non-uniform Coil Array For Wireless Power Transmission And Method Thereof " ISBN: published by - Year: 2021 authors- M. Ananth Bharadwaj, Vivek Kumar Srivastava, Ashwani Sharma, C. C. Reddy

  • 1. IEEE Senior Member

S. No. Title Funding Agency Role Start Year - End Year Amount (In Lacs) Details
1 Development of Switched Multi-beam Antennas for Drone and Drone pad for High Communication Range with 3D Coverage Enhancement and Interference Avoidance ARDB, DRDO PI 2024 - 2026 26.700
2 A Triple-purpose Drone-pad System with Integrated Wireless charging and Localization along with High-Range Communication System for Completely Autonomous Drone Operations NMICPS TiHAN Foundation PI 2023 - 2025 16.000
3 Switched multibeam antenna design and Quality-aware synthesis process for wireless coverage enhancement in drone-assisted smart mobility application CRG, SERB-DST PI 2022 - 2025 32.000
4 Design and development of miniaturized cost-effective antennas for Internet of Things and 5G technology ECR, SERB-DST PI 2019 - 2022 50.000
5 IoT Enabled Mobility for Intelligent Transportation Based on 5G Technology ISIRD-I, IIT Ropar PI 2019 - 2022 100.000
6 Smart wireless charging platforms for mobile devices ISIRD-I, IIT Ropar PI 2018 - 2019 10.000
7 Title IIT ROPAR PI 2023 - 2024 51.000

S. No. Title Funding Agency Start Year - End Year Amount (In Lacs) Details

Code Title L-T-P-S-C Type Degree Year Semester

  • 1. Manoj Kumar
  • 2. Ananth Bharadwaj
  • 3. Vivek Kumar Srivastava

  • 1. Faculty Coordinator for M.Tech in SPCOM