Dr. Karthik Kakaraparty is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Electrical,
Computer, and Cybersecurity Engineering at Florida Polytechnic University. While earning
his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Dallas, Kakaraparty’s
research focused on designing highly compact, high-gain, ultra-wideband millimeter-wave
antennas for drone-to-drone wireless communication applications. He also explored
reverse electrowetting energy harvesting technologies during his doctoral studies.
He earned an M.S. in electrical engineering from The University of North Texas, maintaining
a perfect 4.0 GPA, and a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication engineering
from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University in Bangalore, India.
Prior to joining Florida Poly, Kakaraparty worked as a postdoctoral research associate
at Baylor University, focusing on wireless power transfer and SAR analysis for brain
chip implants. He also served as an RF antenna developer at Ericsson, where he contributed
to the design, prototyping, and testing of base station antennas for 5G wireless communication
applications.
While at the University of North Texas, he served as a graduate teaching fellow and
graduate teaching assistant, teaching ABET-accredited courses, mentoring and instructing
both graduate and undergraduate students, and leading hands-on RF laboratory sessions.
Kakaraparty is a proactive leader, having petitioned for and founded the IEEE AP-S
and MTT-S joint chapter at UT Dallas, where he served as founding chapter chair. He
is also an active contributor to the field, reviewing prestigious journals such as
IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory
and Techniques, and IEEE Sensors Journal. Kakaraparty brings extensive expertise in
electromagnetic simulation, RF measurements, and wireless sensing applications. His
work emphasizes innovative and highly compact antenna technologies for communication
and sensing systems. He remains actively engaged in teaching, research and advancing
antenna and wireless communication technologies.
2023 Early Career Award, Ph.D. Candidate category, IEEE Antenna Propagation and USNC-URSI
Commission-K
2023 Honorable Mention Award, IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems (DCAS) Conference
2023 Outstanding PhD Candidate Award, University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas)
2022 IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society Membership and Benefits Committee Travel
Grant for Ph.D. Students
2022 Honorable Mention Award – Student Research Competition, Texas Symposium on Wireless
and Microwave Circuits and Systems (TWMCS)
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Dallas, 2024
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of North Texas, 2021
B.S. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University,
2019
RF Microwave Engineering
Antennas
Energy Harvesting
RADAR
CMOS Circuits
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Member, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S)
Member, IEEE Microwave Theory and Technology Society (MTT-S)
Associate Member, United States National Committee for the International Union of
Radio Science (USNC-URSI) Commission-K
Karthik Kakaraparty, Edgard Munoz Coreas, and Ifana Mahbub, "The Future of mm-Wave
Wireless Communication Systems for Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles in the Era of Artificial
Intelligence and Quantum Computing," MetroCon 2021 Conference Proceedings, Hurst, TX, USA, 2021, pp. 1–8, doi: 10.1109/MetroCon54219.2021.9666048.
Karthik Kakaraparty and Ifana Mahbub, "The Design and SAR Analysis of Wearable UWB
Antenna for Radiative Near-Field Wireless Power Transfer," 2022 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC), 2022, pp. 141–143, doi: 10.1109/IMBioC52515.2022.9790243.
Karthik Kakaraparty and Ifana Mahbub, "A 23.7 to 29.9 GHz Tunable Fully Differential
Voltage Controlled Oscillator Designed in 180nm CMOS Process," 2023 IEEE 16th Dallas Circuits and Systems Conference (DCAS), 2023, pp. 1–3, doi: 10.1109/DCAS57389.2023.10130248.
Karthik Kakaraparty, Sunanda Roy, and Ifana Mahbub, "High-Gain, Broadband Radial Elliptical-Slot
Array Antenna with Side-Lobe Mitigation for Low-Cost Satellite Communication Systems,"
2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio
Science Meeting (USNC-URSI), 2023, pp. 527–528, doi: 10.1109/USNC-URSI52151.2023.10237445.
Karthik Kakaraparty and Ifana Mahbub, "Gain-Enhanced Ultra Broadband Millimeter-Wave
Reflectarray Design with Varied Square Minkowski Units for CubeSat Space Applications,"
2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio
Science Meeting (USNC-URSI), Florence, Italy, 2024.
Karthik Kakaraparty and Ifana Mahbub, "Smart-Watch Integrated Flexible Strap Antenna
for Enhanced WiFi and Bluetooth Connectivity Applications," 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio
Science Meeting (USNC-URSI), Florence, Italy, 2024.
Karthik Kakaraparty and Ifana Mahbub, "High-Gain Broadband Dual-Polarized Base Station
Antenna with Integrated Balun Structures for Ground-to-Aerial (G2A) Applications,"
2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio
Science Meeting (USNC-URSI), Florence, Italy, 2024.
Karthik Kakaraparty and Ifana Mahbub, "Highly Compact and Cost-Efficient Metal-Coated
UWB 3D Vivaldi Radial Array for RADAR Applications," 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology (PAST), USA, 2024.
Karthik Kakaraparty and Ifana Mahbub, "A High-Gain, Compact Wearable UWB Antenna for
Wireless Power Transfer Applications," 2024 IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, doi: 10.1109/OJAP.2024.3520069.
Karthik Kakaraparty, Erik A. Pineda, Baylee Schumacher, Russell C. Reid, and Ifana
Mahbub, "Advanced Bias-Free Energy Harvesting Based on High-Dielectric Flexible Electrodes
With Reverse Electrowetting-on-Dielectric," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 9480–9488, April 1, 2024, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2023.3345841.
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