Rate My Professor Nemai Karmakar

Nemai Karmakar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering at Monash University. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1987 and 1989, an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1992, a Ph.D. in Information Technology and Electrical Engineering from the University of Queensland in 1999, a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching and Higher Education from Nanyang Technological University in 2001, and a Master of Higher Education from Griffith University in 2007. Early in his career, he served as a microwave design engineer at Mitec Ltd. in Brisbane from 1992 to 1995, contributing to the development of smart antennas for the Australian Optus Mobilesat system. He has taught senior-level courses in electronics, radar, microwave active and passive design, and antennas at Queensland University of Technology, Nanyang Technological University, and Monash University.

Karmakar's research specializations include fully printable chipless RFID tags and sensors for ubiquitous tagging and sensing, smart antennas for mobile satellite communications, wireless power transmission, microwave biomedical imaging and devices, and diagnostics of faulty power equipment. He has collaborated with industry partners on projects funded by the Australian Research Council, including developments in chipless RFID technology that could transform the barcode industry. His scholarly output encompasses eight edited or authored books, such as Handbook of Smart Antennas for RFID Systems and Chipless Radio Frequency Identification Reader Signal Processing, over 300 refereed journal, conference, and workshop publications, and 24 book chapters. He has nine patent applications in chipless RFID and sensors. As a Senior Member of the IEEE and a graduate member of Engineers Australia, Karmakar coordinates units like Advanced Electromagnetics and Wireless Communications at Monash University, advancing innovations in RFID readers, microwave passive design, and Internet of Things applications.