Problem or Industrial Need
Conventional material-health assessment can require contact, disassembly or laboratory processing that limits continuous industrial monitoring.
Engineering or Scientific Solution
A portable non-contact microwave sensing architecture that links passive RF structures, instrumentation, controlled positioning and computational analysis.
Sebastian's Technical Contribution
Designed, simulated, fabricated, integrated and validated the complete sensing architecture from electromagnetic structure to processed measurement.
Methods and Tools Used
- Microstrip patch antennas and C-shaped chipless resonators
- Vector network analysis and S-parameter acquisition
- Electromechanical positioning and repeatability testing
- Python-based processing and electromagnetic interpretation
Prototype, Simulation and Experimental Evidence
Integrated instrument
Portable sensing prototype combining RF, motion, acquisition and software subsystems.
Laboratory validation
Simulation, fabrication, calibration, repeatability testing and material-response experiments.
Peer-reviewed research
The platform is supported by the connected PhD publication and validation programme.
Measurable Result or Published Finding
integrated portable platform
Patent-pending characterization system connecting physics, instrumentation and scientific software.
connected peer-reviewed papers
Experimental and computational findings spanning RF sensing, materials and multiphysics.
Diagrams and Publications
Material change becomes a measurable RF response, a computational interpretation and an engineering decision.
A Free Space Microwave Characterization of CNT-Epoxy Based Nanocomposites Using Two Patch Antennas
Patch-antenna and VNA characterization of nanocomposite electromagnetic response across antenna field regions.
A Contactless Characterization of CNT/Epoxy Nanocomposites Behavior under Acid Exposure
Wireless measurements and multiscale modelling connected acid diffusion with electrical, porosity and RF-response changes.
A Literature Review of Non-Contact Tools and Methods in Structural Health Monitoring
Comparative research across vision, radar, laser, wireless, embedded and hybrid non-contact SHM methods.
Analysis of Acid Diffusion Effects on Physical Properties of Polymer Composites: A Combined Study of Mechanical and Electrical Characterization
Mechanical and electromagnetic characterization linked material degradation with wireless-SHM potential.
Role, Team Attribution, Institution and Project Context
Doctoral Researcher and system developer; Northumbria University, 2020-2024.