Dr Ing Adrian Muscat

Senior Lecturer
Dept of Communications and Computer Engineering
Faculty of Information and Communications Technology
University of Malta

Contact Details:
email: adrian.muscat@um.edu.mt
Office Tel: (+356) 2340 2162
Dept Tel: (+356) 2340 2511

Software tools

My research interests lie at the intersection of Computer Modelling and Simulation, Qualitative Physics and Reasoning, and Optimisation. I am interested in implementing these techniques on embedded devices for real-time applications as well as on software systems such as Computer Aided Engineering tools.

Publications

  1. C. De Raffaele, C. J. Debono and A. Muscat, “Modelling Electromagnetic Signal Levels Falling on Aircraft from Satellite Communication Systems”, 2011 IEEE Aerospace Conference Digest, Big Sky, Montana, March 5 - 12, 2011.
  2. A. Muscat and J. A. Zammit, “A Coupled Random Search-Shape Grammar Algorithm for the Control of Reconfigurable Pixel Microstrip Antennas”, International Journal On Advances in Systems and Measurements, Vol. 3, no.3&4, 2010.
  3. A. Muscat, “A Shape Grammar with Feedback Generative Model for the Design of Compact Microstrip Antennas”, International Journal On Advances in Systems and Measurements, Vol. 3, no.1&2, July 2010.
  4. C. De Raffaele, C.J. Debono, A. Muscat, "Small Aircraft Cockpit Electromagnetic Interference Due to UMTS Signal Propagation, Proc. of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Wireless Information Technology and Systems, September 2010.
  5. C. De Raffaele, C. J. Debono, A. Muscat, “Modelling Electromagnetic Interference Generated by a WLAN System Onboard Commercial Aircraft”, Proc. of the 15th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2010), ISBN: 978-1-4244-5794-6, pp. 699-704, April 2010.
  6. A. Muscat, “A Shape-Function Grammar Approach For The Synthesis And Modeling Of Pixel-Microstrip Antennas”, International Conference on Advanced Computation, October 2009 , (Received best paper award)
  7. A. Muscat and J. A. Zammit, “An Efficient Algorithm for the Control of Reconfigurable Pixel Microstrip Antennas”, International Conference on Advances in Circuits, Electronics and Micro-electronics, October 2009. (Received best paper award)
  8. L. Spiteri, C.J. Debono, A. Muscat, "A Frequency Notched Planar Antenna for UWB Applications," Proc. of the Int. Symp. on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP 2008), ISBN: 978- 986-84787-0-1, pp. 437 - 440, October 2008.
  9. A. Muscat and J. A. Zammit, “Reconfigurable Antenna Structure For A Wideband Cognitive Radio”, Seminar on Cognitive Radio and Software Defined Radios, IET, London, September 2008
  10. J. A. Zammit and A. Muscat, “Tunable Microstrip Antenna Using Switchable Patches”, Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC-2008, Loughborough, April 2008.
  11. J. A. Zammit and A. Muscat,”A Small Tunable Antenna Using Multiple Shorting Posts and Varactor Diodes”,International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing, ISCCSP-2008, Malta, March 2008
  12. E. Debono, A. Muscat, C.J. Debono, "Dual Frequency 2.4 GHz T-Shaped and 5.2 GHz LShaped Monopole Antenna for WLAN Applications," Proc. of the 16th Int. Conf. on Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications (MIKON 2006), ISBN 83-906662-8-6, 2006.
  13. L. Spiteri, C.J. Debono, A. Muscat, "A Planar Antenna for UWB Applications," Proc. of the 16th Int. Conf. on Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications (MIKON 2006), ISBN 83-906662-8-6, 2006.
  14. A. Muscat, C.J. Debono, E.V. Depasquale, "A Polarisation Diversity PCB Antenna for WLAN Applications," Proc. of the Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, pp. 185 - 188, 2005.
  15. A. Muscat, C. G. Parini, “A Novel Cost Function for Heuristic-Based Design of Compact Antennas”, CEM 2004, Stratford Upon Avon, April 2004.
  16. E.V. Depasquale, A. Muscat, C.J. Debono, "Simulations of the Diversity Performance of a Diversity Antenna," Proc. of the 5th IEE Int. Conf. on Computation in Electromagnetics, pp. 127 - 128, 2004.
  17. K. Farrugia, C.J. Debono, A. Muscat, "Detection and Classification of Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation Episodes using Continuous Wavelet Tranforms," Proc. of the IEE 2nd Int. Conf. on Advances in Biomedical Signal and Information Processing, pp. 66 - 69, 2004
  18. A. Muscat, C. G. Parini, “A Hybrid Coupled Dual-Band Quad L-Antenna”, JINA 2002, Nice.
  19. A. Portelli, A. Muscat, J. Muscat, “Tunable Patch Antennas for integration in a mobile phone: simulation and measurement”, JINA 2002, Nice.
  20. A. Muscat and C. G. Parini, “Novel Compact Handset Antenna Design”, Eleventh International Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Manchester, UK, 17th-20th April 2001.
  21. A. Muscat and C. G. Parini, “Design of Novel Microstrip Antenna Structures Using Knowledge Intensive CAD”, AP2000 Millennium Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland, 9-14 April, 2000. (Received European Space Agency Outreach Grant Award)
  22. A.Muscat and C. G. Parini, “Improved CAD for the design of Novel Microstrip Antenna Structures”, 1999 High Frequency Postgraduate student Colloquium, University of Leeds, 17th September 1999.
  23. A. Muscat, C. G. Parini and A. D. Olver, “Synthesis of Patch Antenna Elements Using Various Optimisation Routines”, 26th URSI General Assembly, Toronto, Canada, 13-21 August, 1999, pp.56.
  24. A. Muscat and C. G. Parini, “Mutual Coupling in Aperture Fed Patch Antennas : Theory and Experiment”, IEE Conference on Antennas and Propagation, University of York, UK, 31st March-1st April 1999, pp.359-362.
  25. A. Muscat and C. G. Parini, “The Modelling of Arbitrary Shaped Microstrip Patch Antennas Using FDTD”, Queen Mary and Westfield Symposium in Electromagnetics, London. June 1998.