Yelzhas Zhaksylyk
Ph.D. Fellow, Electronic and RF engineer
Borre, Norway
June 10, 1993
email:-skype: elzhas.zhaksylyk
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Education
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Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, UK
MSc. in Smart System Integration
2015 - 2017
– MSc. Thesis: Dual circularly polarized antenna and retro-directive array technologies for
Automotive Collision Avoidance RADAR.
– Graduated with Distinction.
Kazakh-British Technical University
Almaty, Kazakhstan
BSc. in Engineering
2011 - 2015
– BSc. thesis: Control system of gas turbine and generator.
– Extracurricular: Intelligent Technologies for failsafe control of autonomous robotic systems.
– Graduated with Honors (GPA 3.61/4.0).
Work Experience and Research
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Research in Wireless Power Transfer (WPT)
PhD Researcher at University of South-Eastern Norway
– Investigation of different methods of Inductive WPT.
– Research on Impedance Matching Networks for WPT.
– Development of own compensation circuitry.
– Study on coil structures, designing PCB, etc.
Borre, Norway
Sept. 2017 - current
Heriot-Watt University
Laboratory works in Cleanroom
– Photo-lithography: deposition, etching , developing techniques.
– Measurement equipment for micro-nano structures.
Edinburgh, UK
Sept. 2015 - May 2016
USKO Logistics International
IT specialist
– Development, test, and monitoring of the new database system.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
March 2015 - July 2015
Karachaganak Petroleum Operating B.V.
Trainee
– Installation and maintenance of field instruments.
Aksai, Kazakhstan
Jan. 2015 - Feb. 2015
Zeinet & SSE
Almaty, Kazakhstan
PLC programmer
May 2014 - June 2014
– Programming Siemens and Allen-Bradley PLCs for use in oil and gas field.
Publications
• Analysis of Fundamental Differences between Capacitive and Inductive Impedance Matching for
Inductive Wireless Power Transfer, Yelzhas Zhaksylyk, Einar Halvorsen, Ulrik Hanke, Mehdi
Azadmehr, Electronics, 9(3), 476, 2020.
• Design of a Switchable Driving Coil for Magnetic Resonance Wireless Power Transfer, Yelzhas
Zhaksylyk, Ulrik Hanke, Mehdi Azadmehr - 2019 IEEE PELS Workshop on Emerging Technologies,
UK, 2019.
• Dual-Polarized Aperture-Coupled Patch Antennas with Application to Retrodirective and
Monopulse Arrays, Le Bihan P, Re PD, Comite D, Kuznetcov M, Podilchak SK, Tucker C, Maccoll
K, Zhaksylyk Y, Garca-Vigueras M, Sellathurai M, Goussetis G, IEEE Access, 2019 Dec 23.
• Comparative Analysis of Inductive and Capacitive Feeding of Magnetic Resonance Wireless Power
Transfer, Yelzhas Zhaksylyk, Mehdi Azadmehr - 2018 IEEE PELS Workshop on Emerging
Technologies, Canada, 2018.
• Dual-circularly polarized patch antenna using simple isolation techniques and its array application,
Paul Le Bihan, Yelzhas Zhaksylyk, Pascual David Hilario Re, Symon K. Podilchak, Mara
Garca-Vigueras, and George Goussetis. EuCAP 2018.
Skills
• Software
– Expert: MATLAB (+Simulink), Comsol Multiphysics, ANSYS, LabView, Spice simulators,
Altium Designer, Keysight ADS.
– Intermediate: ModelSim, Verilog, Cadence Design Systems, Siemens Family: Step7, WinCC,
RSLogix, CodeSys, AutoCAD.
• Equipment proficiency
– Expert: Network Analyzer (Calibration tools), Osciloscope, LCR meter, RF & Microwave
amplifiers, different probes, PCB development tools.
• Programming Languages
– Expert: Python, C++ and other C-based languages for MicroC, Arduino.
– Intermediate: Assembler, Pascal, VHDL.
• Language
– Native: Kazakh.
– Fluent: English and Russian.
• Personal characteristics
– Persistent, hardworking and sociable.
