Kamran Entesari

Kamran Entesari is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, holding the Texas Instruments Engineering Professorship. His research focuses on RF/microwave/mm-wave integrated circuits, integrated RF photonics, and biochemical sensing systems. He leads projects in silicon photonics, millimeter-wave communication, and dielectric spectroscopy.

Education:

• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2005)
• M.S., Electrical Engineering, Tehran Polytechnic University (1999)
• B.S., Sharif University of Technology (1995)

Research Interests:

• RFIC and mm-wave systems for 5G and beyond
• Photonic-integrated circuits for next-gen communication
• Biomedical sensing via microwave dielectric spectroscopy
• Low-power, high-linearity transceiver architectures

His work bridges silicon photonics with traditional RF systems to enable high-speed, low-power solutions.

Recent Research Trends: Recent publications emphasize hybrid CMOS-silicon photonics for mm-wave front-ends, full-duplex transceivers, and ultra-wideband sensing systems. Key innovations include reconfigurable photonic filters, beamforming networks, and interferometric sensors.

Awards:

• IEEE Fellow (2025)
• Qualcomm Faculty Award (2017, 2018)
• NSF CAREER Award (2011)
• Outstanding Faculty Award (2012)

Grants & Labs: Leads the SpecEES Initiative for energy-efficient mm-wave platforms. Collaborates with Texas Instruments on silicon photonics integration. His lab develops prototypes ranging from chip-scale sensors to phased array systems.

Facility Affiliations: Based in the Wisenbaker Engineering Building (WEB 315C), part of Texas A&M's College of Engineering. Active in the Department's photonics and RFIC research clusters.