Direction (Principal Investigator) of Research Projects
Francisco Medina has been the principal investigator of a number of projects and other research grants.
National and Regional projects (PI).
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Project title: Guías coplanares: espectro continuo y estructuras
periódicas. (
Coplanar waveguides: continuous spectrum and periodic structures).
Funding institution: Spanish Foreign Affaires Ministry, Spanish
Agency of
International Cooperation, project A/6365/06 with Morocco Institutions.
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla and Université Abdelmalek Essaadi
(Tetouan, Morocco).
Dates: 01/01/2007 to 12/31/2007.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena (M. Boussouis is
the Morocco partner).
Number of involved researchers: 4 + 3.
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Project title: Diseño de filtros de microondas y de antenas
basadas en estructuras
periódicas. (Design of microwave filters and antennas based on periodic structures).
Funding institution: Regional Ministry of Innovation, Science
and Business (Junta de
Andalucía), Project of Excellence n. TIC-253.
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 03/01/2006 to 03/01/2009.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 7.
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Project title: Guiado, radiación y filtrado de señales de
microondas con tecnología
plana. (Guiding, radiation and filtering of microwave signals with planar technology).
Funding institution: Spanish Ministry of Science and Education,
CICYT, projec n. TEC2004-03214.
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 12/13/2004 to 12/13/2007.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 9.
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Project title: Numerically Efficient Modeling of the Scattering
Phenomena for Strip
Structures.
Funding institution: North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Expert
Visit Grant, PDD(CP)-(PST.EV 980004).
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla, National
Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine (Dr. Sergey Vorobyov).
Dates: 11/10/2003 to 12/09/2003.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 3.
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Project title: Advanced Simulation of Perfect and Imperfect
Disk Printed Antennas.
Funding institution: North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Expert
Visit,
PST.EV.978814.
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla, Institute of
Radiophysics of Kharkov (Ukraine) (Prof. Dr. Alexander Nosich).
Dates: 11/14/2002 to 12/14/2002.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 3.
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Project title: Líneas de transmisión, circuitos pasivos,
estructuras periódicas y
estructuras radiantes en tecnología plana. (Transmission lines, passive circuits, periodic
structures and radiating structures in planar
technology).
Funding institution: Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology,
CICYT, project n. TIC2001-3163.
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 12/28/2001 to 12/27/2004.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 11.
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Project title: Estructuras planas para circuitos de microondas.
(Planar
structures for microwave circuits).
Funding institution: Spanish Foreign Affaires Ministry, Spanish
Agency of International Cooperation
"Complementary Action" AC/20.
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla, Université
Abdelmalek Essaadi (Tetouan, Morocco).
Dates: 01/01/2000 to 12/31/2000.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 5.
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Project title: Dispositivos pasivos y antenas en tecnología plana para la banda de
microondas. ( Passive devices and antennas in planar technology for the microwave band).
Funding institution: Spanish Ministry of Science and Education, CICYT project n.
TIC98-04630.
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 12/01/1998 to 11/30/2001.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 12.
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Other Grants (Principal Investigator).
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Grant: Sistema laser de prototipado de circuitos y otras microestructuras.
( Laser prototyping system for circuits and other microstructures).
Funding institution: Ministry of Science and Innovation and European Union Feder Funds. Plan Nacional de
de Infraestructuras Científico-Tecnológicas, project n. UNSE08-1E-013.
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 2010 to 2011.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 15.
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Grant: Ayuda Consolidación de Grupos: Grupo de Microondas.
(Grant for research groups support: Microwaves Group).
Funding institution: Regional Ministry of Science and Education
(Junta de Andalucía).
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 2010 to 2011.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 15.
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Grant: Ayuda Consolidación de Grupos: Grupo de Microondas.
(Grant for research groups support: Microwaves Group).
Funding institution: Regional Ministry of Science and Education
(Junta de Andalucía).
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 2009 to 2010.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 15.
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Grant: Renovación de la Red Española de Metamateriales (REME).
(Renovation of the Spanish Network for
Metamaterials (REME)).
Funding institution: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation,
project TEC2007-30325-E.
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla and several
other Spanish Universities.
Dates: 2008 to 2009.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 7.
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Grant: Organización del VI Encuentro Ibérico de Electromagnetismo Computacional. (Organization of the VI
Iberian Meeting on Computational Electromagnetism).
Funding institution: Spanish Consejería de Innovación, Ciencia y Empresa, Junta de Andalucía.
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 2008.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 1.
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Grant: VI Encuentro Ibérico de Electromagnetismo Computacional.(VI Iberian Meeting on Computational
Electromagnetism).
Funding institution: Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation,
project TEC2007-30792-E.
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: March 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 6.
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Grant: Ayuda Consolidación de Grupos: Grupo de Microondas.
(Grant for research groups support: Microwaves Group).
Funding institution: Regional Ministry of Science and Education
(Junta de Andalucía).
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 2008 to 2009.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 15.
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Grant: Ayuda Consolidación de Grupos: Grupo de Microondas.
(Grant for research groups support: Microwaves Group).
Funding institution: Regional Ministry of Science and Education
(Junta de Andalucía).
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 2007 to 2008.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 15.
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Grant: Ayuda Consolidación de Grupos: Grupo de Microondas.
(Grant for research
groups support: Microwaves Group).
Funding institution: Regional Ministry of Science and Education
(Junta de Andalucía).
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 2006 to 2007.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 15.
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Grant: Ayuda Consolidación de Grupos: Grupo de Microondas.
(Grant for research
groups support: Microwaves Group).
Funding institution: Regional Ministry of Science and Education
(Junta de Andalucía).
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 2005 to 2006.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 15.
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Grant: Ayuda Consolidación de Grupos: Grupo de Microondas.
(Grant for research
groups support: Microwaves Group).
Funding institution: Regional Ministry of Science and Education
(Junta de Andalucía).
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 2004 to 2005.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 14.
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Grant: Ayuda Consolidación de Grupos: Grupo de Microondas.
(Grant for research
groups support: Microwaves Group).
Funding institution: Regional Ministry of Science and Education
(Junta de Andalucía).
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 2003 to 2004.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 14.
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Grant: Ayuda Consolidación de Grupos: Grupo de Microondas.
(Grant for research
groups support: Microwaves Group).
Funding institution: Regional Ministry of Science and Education
(Junta de Andalucía).
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 2002.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 12.
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Grant: Ayuda Consolidación de Grupos: Grupo de Microondas. (Grant for research
groups support: Microwaves Group).
Funding institution: Regional Ministry of Science and Education (Junta de Andalucía).
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 2000 to 2001.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 12.
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Contracts with private companies/administrations (PI).
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Contract title: Medida de atenuadores de microondas en tecnología SMD. ( Measurement of SMD attenuators).
Contract type: Art. 68/83 LOU (CP: 0169, CGT: 0107).
Company/Administration: Tecnológica, Ingeniería, Calidad y Ensayos.
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: November, 2008.
Main researcher: Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 2.
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Contract title: Efficient full-wave analysis of boxed coupled microstrips embedded in a layered medium.
Contract type: Development of software (Art. 11/45 LRU).
Company/Administration: Watkins & Johnson (Microwave Division), Palo Alto
(CA), USA.
Participating institutions: Universidad de Sevilla.
Dates: 10/01/1994 to 04/30/1995.
Main researcher: Manuel Horno Montijano and Francisco Medina Mena.
Number of involved researchers: 4.
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