Alpha Bah

Dr. Alpha Bah is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), School of Electrical and Data Engineering, where he has been employed since 2019. He holds appointments as Senior Research Fellow (March 2022-present), Post Doctoral Research Fellow (December 2019-February 2022), and Research Associate (February-December 2019). He is also a member of the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Global Big Data Technologies Centre (GBDTC), and the School of Electrical and Data Engineering at UTS.

Dr. Bah completed his PhD at UTS in 2019, following an MEng from Queensland University of Technology in 2013. His academic journey represents a transition from 17 years of industry experience in telecommunications (1998-2015) at companies including Optus, Telstra, Xstrata, and Thiess, where he gained extensive hands-on experience in network design, installation, and project management.

His research focuses on advanced antenna technologies, particularly wideband antenna arrays, metamaterial-enhanced antennas, and RF subsystems. Dr. Bah is recognized as a pioneer in wideband antenna arrays in Australia and a worldwide expert in this field. His work spans theoretical design, fabrication, and extensive measurement of RF subsystems and antennas in both near and far fields, with expertise in electromagnetic simulation software including Ansys HFSS, CST, and ADS.

Analysis of Dr. Bah's publication record reveals a consistent focus on enabling wideband operation and wide-angle scanning capabilities in antenna arrays. His research demonstrates innovative approaches to metasurface applications, impedance matching, and feed network design across multiple frequency bands. The publications show a progression from fundamental balun and feed network designs to sophisticated array implementations with exceptional scanning capabilities and bandwidth performance.

• Multifunction Aperture (MFA) Program funding in collaboration with DSTG
• Australian Postgraduate Award
• CSIRO flagship top up scholarship
• Space Environment Research Centre industry scholarship
• Reconfigurable Ultrawideband Tightly Coupled Arrays grant
• CSIRO post graduate top up scholarship

Dr. Bah serves as Lead Engineer and Chief Investigator for a highly sensitive multiparty defense project involving 5 universities, 4 industry partners, and the Commonwealth of Australia, which has secured over $3 million in funding for UTS. He is available for Masters/PhD student supervision, collaborative projects, industry projects, advisory committee membership, teaching provision, and career advice. His language capabilities include English (full professional proficiency) and Fulah (full professional proficiency), along with Creoles and pidgins English based.