Peter F.M. Smulders

"My ambition is to contribute to a sustainable society with meaningful solutions that have a tangible possitive impact on the environment and people's health and well-being."

Peter Smulders is Associate Professor with the Electromagnetics group at the Department of Electrical Engineering. In addition to his lecturing duties, he has been doing research on high data rate wireless technology for more than 30 years. As such he addressed broadband WiFi and 5G New Radio technology including spectrum and regulation issues. He contributed to many national and international research projects in close cooperation with, amongst others, NXP, TNO, IMST, Catena, Bell Labs, Thales, KPN, Samsung and Philips. He also contributed to a large number of demo- and pilot systems. One example is an own-developed pilot system that demonstrated, for the first time, wireless HDMI operating in the newly defined 60 GHz band. His current activities are directed towards acquiring the knowledge required to address issues that exist in our society regarding new wireless technology such as 5G antennas and small cells in the preparation for the deployment of 5G technology in the Netherlands.

Peter Smulders is with the Electromagnetics Group of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology. His current position is Associate Professor of Wireless Networks. He is also chairman of the J.C. Maxwell Foundation. This foundation has the objective to stimulate education and research in the field of electromagnetics.