Hakan P. Partal

Dr. Hakan P. Partal is a technical staff member in the RF Technology Group at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. His fields of interests include the design, simulation, development, and testing of novel RF/microwave and antenna systems. He is currently researching antenna arrays, beamforming networks, and other RF devices and systems for radar, direction finding, radiometry, and RF bioeffects applications.

Partal has contributed in many areas from academia to industry throughout his career spanning more than 20 years. Prior to joining Lincoln Laboratory, Partal was with Raytheon Technologies, where he designed beamforming networks for phased arrays and led tasks for capacity assessment, trade study, and co-site analysis of a short/midrange air defense launcher system. Previously, Partal worked at TTM Technologies (formerly Anaren Microwave) as a senior RF/microwave engineer. In this role, he contributed to both the commercial wireless and the aerospace and defense departments on design, simulation, development, and testing of several RF devices and subassemblies for cellular and defense radar applications.

From 2009 to 2019, Partal was partly affiliated with Syracuse University in New York and with Yildiz Technical University (YTU) in Istanbul, where he taught electromagnetics, microwaves, and communications classes and supervised graduate theses. Furthermore, he conducted several industrial research and development projects as a principal investigator, leading a team of incubators developing 4G/5G RF passive modules, smart wireless powering systems, and smart grid communication subsystems in the Technology Development Zone on the YTU campus. He also volunteered as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) MTT/AP/EMC Syracuse Chapter Chair, helping to coordinate IEEE conferences, workshops, and seminars. He is a senior member of the IEEE and has co-authored more than 50 research papers and presentations in scientific journals and conferences. He has served as a reviewer for the IEEE MTT, ACES, and PIERS societies.

Partal received a 2000–2001 fellowship award from Syracuse University and a 1998–2000 graduate research award from the Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (a NYSTAR-designated New York State Center for Advanced Technology) during his graduate studies at Syracuse University. 

Partal received a BS degree from YTU, and MS and PhD degrees from Syracuse University, all in electrical engineering.