Dr. Walid Dyab received the PhD degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2014 from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA. From 2015 till 2018 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Poly-Grames Research Center, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. In 2019, Dr. Walid joined the College of Engineering at PSU as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communications and Networks Engineering. In 2021, Dr. Walid established the Electromagnetics Research Group ( to conduct research in applied electromagnetic theory. His research interests include satellite and wireless communications, antennas, wave propagation, radars and software-defined radio. Dr. Walid is a licensed Radio Amateur in KSA with call sign 7Z1EF.
EDUCATION
PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, USA, 2014.
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Signal Processing, Computer Engineering
Design and Optimization of a Low-Cost 5-m Radio Telescope at Princess Nourah University (PNU), Saudi Arabia Yazan M. Allawi, Eman M. Moneer, Modar Shbat, Walid M. Dyab, Mosab J. Banisalman, et al. Radio Science, 2025 This paper presents the design and optimization of a low‐cost, 5‐m radio telescope developed at Princess Nourah University (PNU), focusing on the 1,420 MHz spectral line of neutral hydrogen (HI) for studying the structure and dynamics of the Milky Way galaxy. The design process integrates key principles of radio telescope engineering, including the optimization of the parabolic dish's geometry, reflectivity, and feed horn design and positioning. Key design outcomes include achieving a sensitivity of and an angular resolution of 2.94° providing our telescope with the ability to detect faint cosmic signals. Additionally, the focal length was optimized at 1.75 m with conical feed horn of circular aperture radius of 81.7 mm providing a directivity of 6.47 dB and an aperture efficiency of 51% achieving semi‐optimal illumination for the designed reflector to minimize the signal loss. The resulting telescope gain of approximately 35 dB supports clear signal capture within the required frequency range. These performance metrics were verified through both simulations and experimental observations, confirming the high performance of our proposed radio telescope design. The advantages of this design include its affordability, replicability, and suitability for educational and research purposes, making it an accessible tool for radio astronomy studies in developing regions. The proposed radio telescope offers a cost‐effective solution for institutions seeking to engage in astronomical research and develop hands‐on learning experiences in antenna design and signal processing.
Field-Conformal Septa in Circular Waveguides Walid M. Dyab, Mourad S. Ibrahim, Ahmed A. Sakr IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society AP S International Symposium Digest, 2024 This paper introduces an innovative approach to waveguide polarizer design, utilizing field-conformal septa. The septa can be either dielectric or conducting, to enhance polarization control, and depending on the required application. The key enabler of this design approach is the advent of high-precision 3D printing technology, allowing for the accurate fabrication of complex, field-conformal shapes tailored to specific waveguide requirements. A detailed analysis based full-wave simulations is presented. This paper demonstrate the potential of field-conformal septa to significantly facilitate the design and improve the performance of waveguide polarizers.
Maximizing the Gap Height in Gap-Waveguides with Helical Wires Operating at the Vicinity of Resonance Walid M. Dyab, Mourad S. Ibrahim, Ahmed A. Sakr, Ke Wu IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2023 Gap-waveguides made of bed-of-nails are revisited with special interest given to the maximum practically achievable gap height. In the cases where the gap height is to be maximized, it is important to have excitation techniques that are also conforming to the same gap height. To achieve this, various forms of gap-waveguides are investigated. The most suitable form is found to be the groove-gap-waveguide with top/bottom excitation. This type is called here separated-gap-waveguide (SGW). The maximum theoretical gap height between the top surface of the nails and the cover plate is a quarter wavelength. However, this is achieved at the expense of usable bandwidth. A practical experiment is presented to validate this feature. To increase this theoretical limit, the SGW made of bed-of-helical wires (springs) is investigated. In this case, the frequency bandgap is found to be in the vicinity of the first resonance of the helical wires. The benefits of using bed-of-springs instead of bed-of-nails are exposed in this article. The theoretical analysis needed to justify the use of the springs despite their difficult implementation is discussed. The benefits include minimizing the height of the bed structure itself while adding the saved height to the gap height. Furthermore, the use of bed-of-springs allows the frequency of operation to be much lower compared to the use of bed-of-nails. A comparison between the two structures is presented based on experimental results.
Lateral and Rotational Misalignment Tolerance in Separated Gap Waveguides made of Periodic Bed-of-Nails Mourad Ibrahim, Walid Dyab, Ahmed Sakr, Ke Wu 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation Eucap 2023, 2023 Various forms of misalignment in separated gap waveguides made of periodic bed-of-nails are investigated numerically. Separated gap waveguides which are suitable for wireless power transfer applications are considered in this analysis. Two equivalent problems using perfect magnetic conductor boundaries are derived from the original problem with the periodic structure. The two equivalent problems are validated using simulation and prototype measurements. The equivalent problems are then solved with a parametric sweep to investigate the effect of lateral and rotational misalignment on this type of waveguides. The numerical results are plotted and compared to investigate the tolerance of gap waveguides in terms of power transfer efficiency.
The Resonant Electrical Length of Helical Antennas Placed between Metallic Parallel Plates 2022 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation Eucap 2022, 2022
Common-Strip Coupler Mode-Matched Interface for mmW and THz Chip-to-Chip Waveguides Ahmed A. Sakr, Walid Dyab, Ke Wu 2020 50th European Microwave Conference Eumc 2020, 2021 A mode-matched transition is proposed for millimeter wave and terahertz signal communication between integrated circuits and dielectric waveguide links. An on-chip transmission line is proposed to efficiently extract/deliver electromagnetic signals from/to chip-to-chip interconnects. The transition is based on two back-to-back microstrip transmission lines (on- and off-chip) sharing a common-strip. Thus, the proposed transition is called common-strip coupler (CSC) interface. The off-chip microstrip is constructed by a dielectric substrate that is flipped and stacked over the chip. The CSC couples the entire signal from the on-chip microstrip line to the off-chip line. The coupled signal could be entirely transmitted to a nonradiative dielectric waveguide link without the need for a matching section. This is due to mode matching; that is the field distribution of the dominant mode of an NRD waveguide is naturally matched to the quasi-TEM mode of the microstrip transmission line. The theoretical concept of the proposed transition at 300 GHz is explained and supported with design procedure and full-wave simulation results.
Ridge Gap Waveguide Enabled Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicle Applications Walid M. G. Dyab, Mourad S. Ibrahim, Ahmed A. Sakr, Ke Wu 2020 50th European Microwave Conference Eumc 2020, 2021 A technique for wireless power transfer based on a ridge gap waveguide structure is proposed. This technique is named as "Contact-Less Transmission-Line Wireless Power Transfer, CLTL-WPT". The idea is stemmed from the fact that the ridge gap waveguides are low loss transmission lines which consist of a base and a cover which are not in ohmic contact, thus allowing for an air gap in between. The theoretical efficiency of the proposed wireless power transfer is well compared to the conventional methods. The proposed technique is presented in the context of a high-power wireless charger for electric vehicle applications. An analytical design procedure of the ridge gap waveguide with respect to such an application is shown in details. The presentation is supported with full wave simulations. The main challenges and limitations are addressed.
Electrically small antennas design challenges M. N. Abdallah, W. Dyab, T. K. Sarkar, M. Salazar-Palma IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society AP S International Symposium Digest, 2015
What is time reversal and what it cannot do? Walid G. Dyab, Tapan K. Sarkar, Magdalena Salazar-Palma 2014 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications Cama 2014, 2014
Schelkunoff integrals for vertical dipoles Walid M. Dyab, Tapan K. Sarkar, Magdalena Salazar-Palma IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society AP S International Symposium Digest, 2013
Dynamic electromagnetic macro modeling of environment to deal with propagation in cellular wireless communication: Theory and experiment 2013 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory Emts 2013 Proceedings, 2013
Time reversal compared to inverse filtering Walid M. Dyab, Tapan K. Sarkar, Magdalena Salazar-Palma IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society AP S International Symposium Digest, 2012
An Educational Radio Telescope Optimized for Hydrogen Line Astronomy: Its implementation in academic institutes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.[Education Corner] WM Dyab, MS Ibrahim, YM Allawi, MS Darwish, T Alrefay, PB Alfaisal IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine 67 (6), 72-95 , 2025 2025
2025 Index IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine Vol. 67 HT Abbas, Q Abbasi, T Abboud, H Abedi, S Adrian, PB Alfaisal, YM Allawi, ... IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine 67 (6) , 2025 2025
Tri-Polarization Measurement on the Downlink in Indoor Wireless Environment WM Dyab, MS Ibrahim, AA Sakr, K Wu 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North … , 2025 2025
Design and optimization of a low-cost 5-m radio telescope at princess Nourah university (PNU), Saudi Arabia YM Allawi, EM Moneer, M Shbat, WM Dyab, MJ Banisalman, NM Alwadai Radio Science 60 (2), 1-17 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Contactless transmission line for wireless power transfer D Walid, A Sakr, M IBRAHIM, I HUSSAIN, K Wu US Patent 12,184,085 , 2024 2024 Citations: 2
Enhancing Sustainable Energy Solutions MS Ibrahim, W Dyab Proceedings of the ICSDI 2024 Volume 3: Proceedings of the 2nd International … , 2024 2024
Field-Conformal Septa in Circular Waveguides WM Dyab, MS Ibrahim, AA Sakr 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNC … , 2024 2024
Enhancing Sustainable Energy Solutions with Wireless Power Transfer in the Era of Electric Mobility MS Ibrahim, W Dyab Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainability: Developments … , 2024 2024
Lateral and Rotational Misalignment Tolerance in Separated Gap Waveguides made of Periodic Bed-of-Nails M Ibrahim, W Dyab, A Sakr, K Wu 2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 1-4 , 2023 2023
Maximizing the gap height in gap-waveguides with helical wires operating at the vicinity of resonance WM Dyab, MS Ibrahim, AA Sakr, K Wu IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 71 (4), 1467-1480 , 2022 2022 Citations: 6
The resonant electrical length of helical antennas placed between metallic parallel plates WMG Dyab, MS Ibrahim, AA Sakr, K Wu 2022 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 1-3 , 2022 2022 Citations: 6
Common-Strip Coupler Mode-Matched Interface for mmW and THz Chip-to-Chip Waveguides AA Sakr, W Dyab, K Wu 2020 50th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), 248-251 , 2021 2021 Citations: 1
Ridge gap waveguide enabled wireless power transfer for electric vehicle applications WMG Dyab, MS Ibrahim, AA Sakr, K Wu 2020 50th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), 852-855 , 2021 2021 Citations: 8
Theoretical Modal Analysis of Square Waveguides filled with Effectively Skew Uniaxial Media W Dyab, A Sakr, K Wu 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North … , 2020 2020
Variational analysis of a dually polarized waveguide skew loaded by dielectric slab WM Dyab, AA Sakr, MS Ibrahim, K Wu IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters 30 (8), 737-740 , 2020 2020 Citations: 6
Polarization selective coupler AA Sakr, WMG Dyab, K Wu US Patent 10,670,810 , 2020 2020 Citations: 24
Latency Performance Evaluation of RF Front-End Transceiver Architecture I Hussain, W Dyab, AA Sakr, K Wu 2019 49th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), 750-753 , 2019 2019 Citations: 2
Dually-polarized Butler matrix for base stations with polarization diversity WM Dyab, AA Sakr, K Wu IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques 66 (12), 5543-5553 , 2018 2018 Citations: 34
Modelling EM-Coupling on a Massively Composite Aircraft Barrel JP Parmantier, I Junqua, S Bertuol, T Volpert, WQP Berry, YA Barka, ... AMEREM 2018 , 2018 2018 Citations: 1
Arbitrarily polarized antennas based on periodic media with tilted axis of periodicity W Dyab, AA Sakr, K Wu 2018 18th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied … , 2018 2018 Citations: 3
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Surface Plasmons-Polaritons, Surface Waves, and Zenneck Waves: Clarification of the terms and a description of the concepts and their evolution TK Sarkar, MN Abdallah, M Salazar-Palma, WM Dyab IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine 59 (3), 77-93 , 2017 2017 Citations: 71
Electromagnetic macro modeling of propagation in mobile wireless communication: Theory and experiment TK Sarkar, W Dyab, MN Abdallah, M Salazar-Palma, M Prasad, SW Ting, ... IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine 54 (6), 17-43 , 2012 2012 Citations: 60
A critical look at the principles of electromagnetic time reversal and its consequences WMG Dyab, TK Sarkar, A García-Lampérez, M Salazar-Palma, ... IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine 55 (5), 28-62 , 2013 2013 Citations: 44
Dually-polarized Butler matrix for base stations with polarization diversity WM Dyab, AA Sakr, K Wu IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques 66 (12), 5543-5553 , 2018 2018 Citations: 34
Physics of propagation in a cellular wireless communication environment TK Sarkar, W Dyab, MN Abdallah, M Salazar-Palma, M Prasad, S Barbin, ... URSI Radio Science Bulletin 2012 (343), 5-21 , 2012 2012 Citations: 32
A physics-based Green's function for analysis of vertical electric dipole radiation over an imperfect ground plane WM Dyab, TK Sarkar, M Salazar-Palma IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation 61 (8), 4148-4157 , 2013 2013 Citations: 30
A dually polarized six-port junction based on polarization-selective coupling for polarization-inclusive remote sensing AA Sakr, WM Dyab, K Wu IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 66 (8), 3817-3827 , 2018 2018 Citations: 28
Further validation of an electromagnetic macro model for analysis of propagation path loss in cellular networks using measured driving-test data MN Abdallah, W Dyab, TK Sarkar, M Prasad, CS Misra, A Lamparez, ... IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine 56 (4), 108-129 , 2014 2014 Citations: 27
Application of the Schelkunoff formulation to the Sommerfeld problem of a vertical electric dipole radiating over an imperfect ground TK Sarkar, WM Dyab, MN Abdallah, M Salazar-Palma, M Prasad, SW Ting IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation 62 (8), 4162-4170 , 2014 2014 Citations: 26
Polarization selective coupler AA Sakr, WMG Dyab, K Wu US Patent 10,670,810 , 2020 2020 Citations: 24
Design methodologies of compact orthomode transducers based on mechanism of polarization selectivity AA Sakr, W Dyab, K Wu IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 66 (3), 1279-1290 , 2018 2018 Citations: 24
Theory of polarization-selective coupling and its application to design of planar orthomode transducers AA Sakr, WM Dyab, K Wu IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 66 (2), 749-762 , 2017 2017 Citations: 22
Green’s function using Schelkunoff integrals for horizontal electric dipoles over an imperfect ground plane WMG Dyab, TK Sarkar, MN Abdallah, M Salazar-Palma IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 64 (4), 1342-1355 , 2016 2016 Citations: 12
Interpretation of complex frequencies in propagation problems W Dyab, C Caloz, S Otto 2015 International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP), 1-4 , 2015 2015 Citations: 9
Reply to “Comments onA Physics-Based Green's Function for Analysis of Vertical Electric Dipole Radiation Over an Imperfect Ground Plane'” $$ WM Dyab, TK Sarkar, M Salazar-Palma IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation 62 (9), 4910-4913 , 2014 2014 Citations: 9
On the relation between surface plasmons and sommerfeld's surface electromagnetic waves WMG Dyab, MN Abdallah, TK Sarkar, M Salazar-Palma 2013 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 1-4 , 2013 2013 Citations: 9
Ridge gap waveguide enabled wireless power transfer for electric vehicle applications WMG Dyab, MS Ibrahim, AA Sakr, K Wu 2020 50th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), 852-855 , 2021 2021 Citations: 8
Modeling effective anisotropy of substrate integrated dielectric waveguides for polarization diversity AA Sakr, W Dyab, K Wu IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 66 (6), 2953-2966 , 2018 2018 Citations: 8
Image theory based miniaturization of nonradiative dielectric coupler for millimeter wave integrated circuits AA Sakr, W Dyab, K Wu 2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), 463-465 , 2017 2017 Citations: 8
Characterization of substrate integrated non radiative dielectric slab waveguide for cross-polarized mm-wave components W Dyab, AA Sakr, K Wu 2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), 1798-1800 , 2017 2017 Citations: 8