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Corbett Rowell
Doctor of Science, Rohde & Schwarz, Munich, Germany
Web of Science: Author-ID AAG-9328-2020, h-index (13), Publications (35), Citations (2862)
SCOPUS: Author-ID 7006596703, h-index (13), Publications (44), Citations (3658)
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-4191
Corbett Rowell is a Senior Development Expert in OTA and antenna measurement solutions at Rohde & Schwarz. Prior to joining Rohde & Schwarz, Corbett was an electrical engineering professor in Kazakhstan and an adjunct professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for two years; an R&D director at China Mobile Beijing, responsible for development of massive MIMO systems for 4.5G and 5G FR1; an R&D director at the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute for almost a decade, where he focused on advanced RF systems; and an entrepreneur who founded two successful startups. At Rohde & Schwarz, he was Inventor of the Year in 2018 and developed three new CATR systems for 5G FR2.
Published Organizations
Rohde & Schwarz GmbH; Co KG Hong Kong University of Science; Technology Army Engineering University of PLA Nazarbayev University; China Mobile Hong Kong Applied Science; Technology Research Institute Company Limited (ASTRI) Appl Sci; Technol Res Inst University of Hong Kong Appl Sci; Technol Res Inst Sci Pk Allgon Mobile Commun AB
Disciplines
Telecommunications, Engineering, Electromagnetism
Skills and expertise
Antennas, Antenna Design, Antennas and Propagation, Microwave Engineering, Antenna EngineeringRF Engineering, Electromagnetic Engineering, RF Propagation, CST, MIMO, Microwave Communication, RF Technologies, Computational Electromagnetics
Summary of Qualifications
Passionate about antenna technology and have worldwide recognition in the antenna field with over 18 years of practical experience in high-tech research from the miniaturised mobile phone antennas, base-stations, to MRI RF coil arrays, NFC wireless payment, wireless charging, and green RF. Featured on Hong Kong television and Chinese newspapers as antenna expert and one of the leading experts in 5G Communications, leading 5G workshops at IEEE MTT and LTE World conferences.
Previous position included working inside China Mobile Research Institute as the first Western Research Director (Level 10: top 0.1% of China Mobile) developing the world’s first TD-LTE test platform of Large Scale Antenna Arrays for eventual standardisation of China Mobile’s 5G proposals with antenna, RF system, digital, fiber, and C-RAN integration.
Currently a Full Professor at a new university in Central Asia with the responsibility of building a team of professors/students and top-notch research labs focused on wireless communications, with particular emphasis on 5G/6G, mmWave, M2M, Satellite, and Massive MIMO. Concurrently a Senior Advisor for external companies developing advanced technologies for 5G, LSAS, mmWave, and Massive MIMO applications.
Prof. Dr. Corbett Rowell holds a bachelor’s degree in physics (honors) from the University of California, a master’s degree in EEE from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a Ph.D. degree in EEE from Hong Kong University.
From 1996 to 2005, he worked extensively in the mobile antenna design industry, developing some of the first internal antennas for mobile phones working directly for antenna manufacturers and as CEO of the first internal antenna design companies in Asia. He served as a R&D director at the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute for almost a decade, where he focused on advanced RF systems.
In 2013, he joined China Mobile Research Institute as an R&D director responsible for the development of massive MIMO base-stations for 4.5G and 5G FR1. After China Mobile, he was an electrical engineering professor in Kazakhstan and an honorary adjunct professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for two years.
Since 2016, he has been working in Rohde & Schwarz (Germany) in different roles: as a project lead engineer developing 3GPP conformance over-the-air testing systems and as a R&D Director for the Mobile Network Testing hardware group, whose products include RF scanners, wideband down-convertors, and PC-based demodulation algorithms.
He has written over 40 papers in top journals and holds over 100 granted patents worldwide. His interests include a wide breadth of wireless technologies from massive MIMO, antenna design, phased arrays, cloud RAN, fiber backhaul, mobile network testing, and communications systems.
Professor Rowell was a recipient of the 2018 Fred Ellersick Award for best original paper in IEEE Communications Society for one of the papers proposing hybrid beamforming in millimeter wave base-stations (now part of 3GPP standards). He was awarded Inventor of the Year in Rohde & Schwarz in 2018.
Employment
Rohde & Schwarz: Munich, Germany
2016-03-21 to present | R&D Director (Mobile Network Testing)
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: New Territories, HK
2014 to 2016 | Adjunct Associate Professor (EEE)
China Mobile Research Institute: Beijing, Beijing, CN
2013 to 2014 | R&D Director (RF Systems & Antennas)
Applied Science and Technology Research Institute: Shatin, Hong Kong, CN
2005 to 2013 | R&D Director (RF Systems)
Education and qualifications
University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, Hong Kong, CN
2008 to 2013 | PhD (EEE)
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology: Kowloon, HK
1994 to 1996 | Masters (EEE)
University of California Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz, CA, US
1990 to 1994 | Bachelors (with Honours) (Physics)
Professional activities
IEEE: New York, NY, US
1994 to present | Senior Member
IEEE Communications Society: New York, NY, US
2018 | Fred Ellersick Prize for Best Original Paper