Anastasios Papathanasopoulos from Prof. Rahmat-Samii’s group was awarded the Future Investigator in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) research grant for the second consecutive year.
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Anastasios Papathanasopoulos was awarded the Future Investigator in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) research grant ($90,000 in total) for the second consecutive year for his work “Novel Metamaterial Inhomogeneous Lens Antennas for Next-Generation Spaceborne Wind Scatterometer Weather Radar Satellites”. Anastasios Papathanasopoulos is currently pursuing a Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Yahya Rahmat-Samii in the Antenna Research, Analysis, and Measurement Laboratory.