Dr Geoffrey Hilton
B.Sc.(Leeds), Ph.D.(Bristol)
Current positions
Senior Lecturer in Electrical & Electronic Engineering
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
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Research interests
Geoff’s research interests include antenna element, array and system design for a variety of communications and radar applications, and he is a reviewer for IET publications and EPSRC grant proposals in these areas. He has been the principal investigator or supervised projects involving Ground Penetrating Radar (QinetiQ); performance evaluation of antennas used in mobile radio (Ofcom and Mobile VCE); antenna array design/analysis (Airspan, Kyocera, ProVision, QinetiQ and Toshiba); tuneable elements (Hewlett Packard, QinetiQ and Samsung), and vehicle-mounted antennas (BAR/Honda). The latter involved the design of a low profile antenna, which was employed on their F1 racing cars from 2004 until they withdrew from F1 racing.
Antenna element and array design - electrically small elements, active elements & integrated antennas
Antenna pattern analysis for antenna performance evaluation in real environments – this includes propagation analysis and the interaction of the antenna with its local environment
Antenna and microwave circuit modelling – using commercial packages and in-house FDTD software
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
SWAN (Secure Wireless Agile Networks) EPSRC Prosperity Partnership
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/02/2020 to 31/01/2025
SPHERE (EPSRC IRC)
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Description
This project aims to develop a platform of sensors to be deployed in people's homes to monitor the health and wellbeingManaging organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/10/2013 to 31/03/2019
SPHERE (EPSRC IRC)
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Principal Investigator
Description
SPHERE : An EPSRC Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration (IRC).
This project aims to develop a platform of sensors to be deployed in people's homes to monitor the health and wellbeing
SPHERE is…Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/10/2013 to 30/09/2018
Thesis supervisions
Real aperture synthetically organised radar
Supervisors
Practical investigation of Butler matrix application for beamforming with circular antenna arrays
Supervisors
Enhanced Radio Propagation Modelling for Future Wireless Networks
Supervisors
Practical Millimetre wave Material Characterisation
Supervisors
Low Cost Millimetre Wave Over-the-Air Testing Method For 5G and Beyond
Supervisors
Miniaturisation and Efficiency in Compact and Electrically Small Tuneable UHF Antennas
Supervisors
Modelling and performance optimisation of micro-Doppler effects in millimetre wave vehicular applications for 5G and beyond communications
Supervisors
Analysis and Modelling of Massive MIMO Mobile Channels with Beam Selection
Supervisors
Mitigation of antenna mutual coupling for load pull reduction in MIMO and phased arrays
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
09/05/2025Massive MIMO Systems with Uniform Planar Arrays: Antenna Selection and Directivity Trade-Off
A Methodology for Determining the Level and Nature of Scattering from Measurements of Material Samples in RF Propagation Modeling: System Calibration at 3.5GHz
RF Measurements of Reflective Structures
Robust Deployable Reflectors for Antennas on Cubesats
A RF Propagation Modelling Methodology for Determining the Level and Nature of Scattering from Measurements
Related people
Professor Robert Piechocki
Professor of Wireless Systems
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Professor Ian Craddock
Head of School
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Professor Mark Beach
Professor of Radio Systems Engineering
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Dr Timothy Pelham
Research Fellow
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
Dr Khalid Al Mallak
Teaching Technologist
Engineering Faculty Office