Publications (some available in pdf format)

 

 

PhD Thesis

 

Fernando J. S. Moreira, '' Design and Rigorous Analysis of Generalized Axially-Symmetric Dual-Reflector Antennas,'' (2.7MB), Ph.D. Thesis, Dept. Electrical Engineering--Electrophysics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, August 1997.

 

Guest Editor

 

Fernando J. S. Moreira and Renato C. Mesquita, Foreword Special Issue: Selected Papers from MOMAG 2006, Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics and Electromagnetic Applications, vol. 6, no. 1, p. 82, June 2007.

Hugo E. Hernandez-Figueroa, Paulo H. P. Carvalho, Aldario C. Bordonalli, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, Mini-Special Issue on the 1999 SBMO/IEEE International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC'99) , IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 50, no. 1, January 2002.

 

Book Chapter

 

F. L. Teixeira, F. J. S. Moreira, and O. M. Pereira-Filho, ‘Electromagnetic Wave Propagation’, (invited) in: C. T. Rodenbeck (ed.), Encyclopedia of RF and Microwave Engineering, 2nd edition, Wiley, New York, 2024.

F. L. Teixeira, F. J. S. Moreira, and O. M. Pereira-Filho, ‘Electromagnetic Wave Propagation’, (invited) in: K. Chang (ed.), Encyclopedia of RF and Microwave Engineering, vol. 2, pp. 1280-1295, Wiley, New York, 2005.

 

Journal Papers

 

Tiago V. L. Amorim, Elson J. Silva, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Fernando L. Teixeira, “Modular DGTD Implementation for Doubly Dispersive Media with Curvilinear Elements,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 24, n. 10, pp. 3644—3648, Oct. 2025.

Tiago V. L. Amorim, Elson J. Silva, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Fernando L. Teixeira, “Modular Discontinuous Galerkin Time-Domain for General Dispersive Media with Vector Fitting,” IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques, vol. 10, pp. 179—186, Feb. 2025.

Glaucio L. Ramos, Nuno R. Leonor, Luiz A. R. da Silva Mello, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Cássio G. Rego, Sandro T. M. Gonçalves, and Rafael F. S. Caldeirinha, “Polarimetric Vegetation Propagation Measurements on a Brazilian University Campus Scenario,” IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 181498—181508, Nov. 2024.

Pedro A. B. Leão, Tcharles V. B. Faria, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Non-Uniform Phase Synthesis for Cosecant-Squared Radiation Patterns,” Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics and Electromagnetic Applications, vol. 23, no. 3, e2024284768, Sept. 2024.

Pedro A. B. Leão, Tcharles V. B. Faria, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Amplitude and Phase Synthesis at Cylindrical Apertures of Omnidirectional Dual-Reflector Antennas for Uniform Coverage,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 2673—2677, Sept. 2024.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Klaus-Jürgen Bathe, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Renato C. Mesquita, "Overlapping Finite Elements for the Navier-Stokes Equations," Computers and Structures, vol. 299, Article ID 107343, Aug. 2024.

Aline R. Assis, José R. Bergmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Three-dimensional single-shell dielectric lens design using complex coordinates and local axis-displaced confocal quadrics,” IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, vol. 17, no. 7, pp 547—557, 2023.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Klaus-Jürgen Bathe, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Renato C. Mesquita, “Acoustic scattering in nonhomogeneous media and the problem of discontinuous gradients: Analysis and inf-sup stability in the method of finite spheres,” International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, vol. 122, no. 13, pp. 3141—3170, July 2021.

Camila A. Diniz, Leonardo A. Costa, Odilon M. C. Pereira-Filho, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Fringing field correction for spherical-rectangular microstrip antennas,” AEÜ - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, vol. 127, Article ID 153447, Dec. 2020.

Tcharles V. B. Faria and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “New technique for shaping axisymmetric dual-reflector antennas using conic sections to control aperture illumination,” IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 1310—1315, Oct. 2020.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Klaus-Jürgen Bathe, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Renato C. Mesquita, “The Method of Finite Spheres in Acoustic Wave Propagation Through Nonhomogeneous Media: Inf-Sup Stability Conditions,” Vietnam Journal of Mechanics, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 209—237, 2020.

Aline R. Assis, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and José R. Bergmann, “GO Synthesis of Offset Dual Reflector Antennas Using Local Axis-Displaced Confocal Quadrics,” Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics and Electromagnetic Applications, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 177—190, June 2020.

Rafael A. Penchel, Sandro R. Zang, José R. Bergmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Design of Wideband Omnidirectional Dual-Reflector Antennas in mm-Waves,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 906—910, May 2019.

Rafaela N. B. Carvalho, Tcharles V. B. Faria, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Cássio G. Rego, “GO Aperture and Radiated Fields of Classical Omnidirectional Axis-Displaced Dual-Reflector Antennas,” AEÜ - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, vol. 99, pp. 40—47, Feb. 2019.

Úrsula C. Resende, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Márcio M. Afonso, and Eduardo H. R. Coppoli, “New Formulations for the Hybrid MeshlessMoM Method Applied to 2D Scattering Problems,” International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields, vol. 32, no. 1, e2479, Jan./Feb. 2019.

Diego Tami, Cássio G. Rego, Dinael Guevara, Andrés Navarro, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Jordi Giménez, and Hernan G. Triana, "Analysis of Heuristic Uniform Theory of Diffraction Coefficients for Electromagnetic Scattering Prediction," International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, vol. 2018, Article ID 3029152, 11 pages, 2018.

Rafael A. Penchel, Sandro R. Zang, José R. Bergmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "GO Shaping of Omnidirectional Dual-Reflector Antennas with Arbitrary Main-Beam Direction in Elevation Plane by Connecting Conic Sections," International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, vol. 2018, Article ID 1409716, 9 pages, 2018.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Klaus-Jürgen Bathe, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Renato C. Mesquita, "Meshfree Analysis of Electromagnetic Wave Scattering from Conducting Targets: Formulation and Computations," Computers and Structures, vol. 184, pp. 3652, May 2017.

Rafael A. Penchel, José R. Bergmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Shaping Single Offset Reflector Antennas Using Local Axis-Displaced Confocal Quadrics," International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, vol. 2016, Article ID 4715681, 9 pages, 2016.

Úrsula C. Resende, Fernando J. S. Moreira, José R. Bergmann, and Sandro T. M. Gonçalves, "Evaluation of Electromagnetic Scattering by Conducting Bodies of Revolution with Discontinuous Currents," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 52, no. 3, Article 7200804, Mar. 2016.

Leonardo A. Costa, Odilon M. C. Pereira Filho, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Quasi-Trapezoidal Microstrip Spherical Patches and Arrays," IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 53—60, Jan. 2016.

Ramon D. Soares, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Renato C. Mesquita, David A. Lowther, and Naisses Z. Lima, "A Modified Meshless Local Petrov–Galerkin Applied to Electromagnetic Axisymmetric Problems," IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 50, no. 2, Article 7012604, Feb. 2014.

Rafael A. Penchel, José R. Bergmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Main-reflector shaping of omnidirectional dual reflectors using local conic sections,'' IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 61, no. 8, pp. 4379—4383, Aug. 2013.

Úrsula C. Resende, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Odilon M. C. Pereira Filho, “Numerical study of singularity extraction in MoM integrals for scattering from bodies of revolution,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 2543—2548, Nov. 2012.

José R. Bergmann and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Omnidirectional dual-reflector antenna with GO shaped main reflector for pattern control in the elevation plane: OADC case,” International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, vol. 2012, Article ID 326925, 6 pages, 2012.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “The meshless local Petrov-Galerkin method in two-dimensional electromagnetic wave analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 1957—1968, April 2012.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Calculating the band structure of photonic crystals through the Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method and periodic shape functions,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 551—554, Feb. 2012.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) methods in quantum mechanics,” The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (COMPEL), vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 1763—1776, Dec. 2011.

Ramon D. Soares, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Axisymmetric electromagnetic resonant cavity solution by a meshless local Petrov-Galerkin method," ACES Journal, vol. 26, no. 10, pp. 792—799, Oct. 2011.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “A meshless local Petrov-Galerkin method for three-dimensional scalar problems,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 1214—1217, May 2011.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and José R. Bergmann, "Shaping axis-symmetric dual-reflector antennas by combining conic sections,'' IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 1042—1046, March 2011.

Úrsula C. Resende, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Odilon M. C. Pereira Filho, “EMFIE and MEFIE formulations for the analysis of scattering from dielectric and composite bodies of revolution,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 398—402, Feb. 2011.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “An integral meshless-based approach in electromagnetic scattering,” The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (COMPEL), vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 1464—1473, 2010.

Daniela N. Schettino, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Cássio G. Rego, “Heuristic UTD coefficients for electromagnetic scattering by lossy conducting wedges,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 52, no. 12, pp. 2657—2662, Dec. 2010.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “2-D scattering integral field equation solution through an IMLS meshless-based approach,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 46, no. 8, pp. 2783—2786, Aug. 2010.

Cássio G. Rego, Sandro T. M. Gonçalves, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “High-frequency asymptotic formulation for prompt response of parabolic reflector antennas,” AEÜ - International Journal of Electronics and Communications, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 36—46, Jan. 2010.

José R. Bergmann and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Omnidirectional ADE antenna with GO shaped main reflector for arbitrary far-field pattern in the elevation plane,” IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 1028—1035, Oct. 2009.

José R. Bergmann and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Bandwidth behavior of omnidirectional dual-reflector antennas synthesized for uniform coverage,” Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics, and Electromagnetic Applications, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. S1—S8, June 2009.

Úrsula C. Resende, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Odilon M. C. Pereira Filho, “Efficient Evaluation of Singular Integral Equations in Moment Method Analysis of Bodies of Revolution,” Journal of Microwaves and Optoelectronics, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 373—391, Dec. 2007.

Úrsula C. Resende, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Odilon M. C. Pereira Filho, and João A. Vasconcelos, “Optimal Number of Basis Functions in the MoM Solutions for Bodies of Revolution,” Journal of Microwaves and Optoelectronics, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 220—235, June 2007.

Daniela N. Schettino, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Cássio G. Rego, “Efficient Ray Tracing for Radio Channel Characterization of Urban Scenarios,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 1305—1308, April 2007.

Daniela N. Schettino, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Kleber L. Borges, and Cássio G. Rego, “Novel Heuristic UTD Coefficients for the Characterization of Radio Channels,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 1301—1304, April 2007.

Fernando J. S. Moreira, Aluizio Prata, Jr., and José R. Bergmann, "GO Shaping of Omnidirectional Dual-Reflector Antennas for a Prescribed Equi-Phase Aperture Field Distribution,'' IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 99—106, Jan. 2007.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and José R. Bergmann, "Axis-Displaced Dual-Reflector Antennas for Omnidirectional Coverage with Arbitrary Main-Beam Direction in the Elevation Plane,'' IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 2854—2861, Oct. 2006.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and José R. Bergmann, "Classical Axis-Displaced Dual-Reflector Antennas for Omnidirectional Coverage,'' IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 53, no. 9, pp. 2799—2808, Sept. 2005.

José R. Bergmann and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Simple Design Equations for Omnidirectional Axis-Displaced Dual-Reflector Antennas,'' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 159—163, April 2005.

José R. Bergmann and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "An Omni Directional ADE Reflector Antenna,'' Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 250—254, Feb. 2004.

Aluizio Prata, Jr., Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Luis R. Amaro, "Compact High-Efficiency Displaced-Axis Axially Symmetric High-Gain Antenna for Spacecraft Communications,'' JPL's Interplanetary Network Directorate (IND) Technology and Science News, no. 17, pp. 9—14, May 2003.

Ricardo M. Ramos, Rodney R. Saldanha, Ricardo H. Takahashi, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "The Real-Biased Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm and its Application to the Design of Wire Antennas,'' IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 1329—1332, May 2003.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and Aluizio Prata, Jr., "Generalized Classical Axially Symmetric Dual-Reflector Antennas,'' IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 547—554, April 2001.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and Aluizio Prata, Jr., ''Vector-Diffraction Analysis of Finite Perfectly Conducting Gratings with Arbitrary Profiles," Journal of Microwaves and Optoelectronics, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. 1—13, Dec. 1999.

Cássio G. Rego, Flávio J. V. Hasselmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Time-Domain Analysis of a Reflector Antenna Illuminated by a Gaussian Pulse," Journal of Microwaves and Optoelectronics, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 20—28, Sep. 1999.

Fernando J. S. Moreira, Aluizio Prata, Jr., and Michael A. Thorburn, "Minimization of the Plane-Wave Scattering Contribution of an Inverted-Y Strut Tripod to the Noise Temperature of Reflector Antennas,'' IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 492—499, April 1996.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and Aluizio Prata, Jr., "A Self-Checking Predictor-Corrector Algorithm for Efficient Evaluation of Reflector Antennas Radiation Integrals,'' IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 246—254, Feb. 1994.

Fernando J. S. Moreira e José R. Bergmann, "Análise Assintótica do Acoplamento Mútuo entre Aberturas Retangulares,'' Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Telecomunicações, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 33—52, Dez. 1993.

Fernando J. S. Moreira, Rosane R. Freire, and Carlos M. Chaves, "Scaling Law for the Noise-Reduced Diffusion-Limited Aggregation,'' Physical Review A, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 2225—2228, Aug. 15, 1989.

 

International Conference Papers

 

Helvécio de Almeida Jr. and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Synthesis of Circular Apertures with Blockage,” 2nd IEEE Latin American Conference on Antennas & Propagation (LACAP 2026), Natal, RN, Brazil, Feb. 2026.

Tiago V. L. Amorim, Elson J. Silva, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Fernando L. Teixeira, “A Plug-and-Play DGTD Implementation for General Dispersive Media,” 2024 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Firenze, Italia, July 2024.

Pedro A. B. Leão, Tcharles V. B. Faria, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Non-Uniform Phase Synthesis for Cosecant-Squared Radiation Patterns,” 2023 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 2023), Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 2023.

Helvécio de Almeida Jr. and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Design of Dual-Reflector Antennas Shaped for ISOFLUX Radiation Patterns,” 2021 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 2021), Brazil, Oct. 2021.

Tcharles V. B. Faria and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “A New Technique for Shaping Axis-Symmetric Dual-Reflector Antennas Using Conic Section,” 2019 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 2019), Aveiro, Portugal, Nov. 2019.

Adriano Z. F. Marques and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Shaping Circularly Symmetric ADC Antennas by Combining Conic Sections for Amplitude and Phase Control at the Aperture,” 2019 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 2019), Aveiro, Portugal, Nov. 2019.

Ruã L. Barbosa and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Propagation Prediction Based on Time Domain Electric Field Integral Equation for Smoothly Irregular Terrains,” 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018), London, U.K., April 2018.

Rafaela N. B. Carvalho, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Cássio G. Rego,Time-Domain Analysis of Classical Omnidirectional Axis-Displaced Dual-Reflector Antennas,” 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018), London, U.K., April 2018.

João P. S. Dias, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Glaucio L. Ramos, "Compact Microstrip UHF-RFID Tag Antenna on Metamaterial Loaded with Complementary Split-Ring Resonators," 2017 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 2017), Águas de Lindoia, SP, Brazil, Aug. 2017.

Stefânia S. Faria, Cássio G. Rego, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Integral Operators Formulation for Transient Radiation from Parabolic Antennas Using Modified Raised Cosine Feeder," 2017 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium (ACES 2017), Firenze, Italia, April 2017.

Rafael A. Penchel, Sandro R. Zang, José R. Bergmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Omnidirectional Dual-Reflector Antennas for High Directivity over Wideband in Millimeter Waves," 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2017), Paris, France, pp. 2104—2108, April 2017.

Úrsula C. Resende, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Márcio M. Afonso, and Eduardo H. R. Coppoli, "Combined Formulation for Meshless-MoM Hybrid Method Applied to 2D Electromagnetic Scattering," 17th Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC 2016), Miami, USA, Nov. 2016.

Tcharles V. B. Faria and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Main Reflector Synthesis of Omnidirectional Reflector Antennas Using Elliptical Sections," 2015 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 2015), Porto de Galinhas, PE, Brazil, Nov. 2015.

Alexandre A. Rocha, Cássio G. Rego, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Use of Complex Source Beam-Moment Method for Solving Scattering Problems from Terrain Profiles," 2015 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 2015), Porto de Galinhas, PE, Brazil, Nov. 2015.

Diego Tami, Cássio G. Rego, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Dinael Guevara, and Andrés Navarro, "Heuristic UTD Coefficients for Radiowave Coverage Prediction in a Urban Scenario," 2015 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 2015), Porto de Galinhas, PE, Brazil, Nov. 2015.

Úrsula C. Resende, C. K. Rosa, Arnaldo G. Avidago, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Márcio M. Afonso, "A New Meshless-MoM Hybrid Method Applied to Analysis of 2D Electromagnetic Scattering," XVII International Symposium on Electromagnetic Fields in Mechatronics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering (ISEF 2015), Valencia, Spain, Sept. 2015.

Diego Tami, Cássio G. Rego, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Dinael Guevara, and Andrés Navarro, "Heuristic UTD Coefficients Applied for the Channel Characterization in an Andean Scenario," 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 2015.

Úrsula C. Resende, Fernando J. S. Moreira, José R. Bergmann, and Sandro T. M. Gonçalves, “Evaluation of Electromagnetic Scattering by Conducting Bodies of Revolution with Discontinuous Currents,” 20th International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields (COMPUMAG 2015), Montreal, Canada, July 2015.

Diego Tami, Cássio G. Rego, Dinael Guevara, Andrés Navarro, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Narcís Cardona, and Jordi Giménez, "Comparison of Heuristic UTD Coefficients in an Outdoor Scenario," 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2015), Lisboa, Portugal, April 2015.

Rafael A. Penchel, José R. Bergmann e Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Geometrical Synthesis of Offset Reflector Antennas Using Local Axis-Displaced Quadric Surfaces," 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2015), Lisboa, Portugal, April 2015.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Klaus-Jürgen Bathe, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “The Inf-Sup Condition in Meshfree Analyses of Electromagnetism,” 16th Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC 2014), Annecy, France, May 2014.

Rafael A. Penchel, Sandro R. Zang, José R. Bergmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Use of Parabolic Sections to Shape the Main Reflector of Omnidirectional Dual-Reflector Antennas," 2013 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA 2013), Torino, Italy, pp. 1382—1385, September 2013.

Ramon D. Soares, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Renato C. Mesquita, David A. Lowther, and Naisses Z. Lima, "A Modified Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin applied to Electromagnetic Axisymmetric Problems," 19th International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields (COMPUMAG 2013), Budapest, Hungary, June 2013.

Ramon D. Soares, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Analysis of Monopole Antenna Over a Ground Plane by a Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method," 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2012), Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 1072—1076, March 2012.

Rafael A. Penchel, Sandro R. Zang, José R. Bergmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Synthesis and Rigorous Analysis of Omnidirectional ADE Antenna with Shaped Main Reflector Described by Local Conic Sections," 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2012), Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 3110—3114, March 2012.

Rafael A. Penchel, Sandro R. Zang, José R. Bergmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Synthesis and Rigorous Analysis of Omnidirectional Dual-Reflector Antennas with Shaped Main Reflector Described by Local Conic Sections," 7th Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC 2011), Loughborough, U.K., November 2011.

Rafael A. Penchel, José R. Bergmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Omnidirectional ADE Antennas with Shaped Main Reflector Described by Local Conic Sections Sequentially Concatenated," 2011 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 2011), Natal, RN, Brazil, pp. 412—415, October 2011.

Ramon D. Soares, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Electromagnetic Axisymmetric Analysis of Monopole Antenna Over a Perfectly Electric Ground Plane by a Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method," 2011 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 2011), Natal, RN, Brazil, pp. 395—399, October 2011.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Calculating the Band Structure of Photonic Crystals through the Meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) Method and Periodic Shape Function,” 18th International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields (COMPUMAG 2011), Sydney, Australia, July 2011.

Rafael A. Penchel, José R. Bergmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “An Omnidirectional Dual-Reflector Antenna with a Shaped Main Reflector Described by Local Conic Sections,” 5th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2011), Rome, Italy, pp. 1221—1224, April 2011.

Ramon D. Soares, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Axisymmetric Electromagnetic Resonant Cavities Solution by a meshless Local Petrov-Galerkin Method,” 8th International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics (CEM 2011), Wroclaw, Poland, pp. 176—177, April 2011.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Meshless Local Petrov Galerkin (MLPG) Methods in Quantum Mechanics,” 14th International IGTE Symposium on Numerical Field Calculation in Electrical Engineering (IGTE’10), Graz, Austria, Sept. 2010. Emerald COMPEL award to a young researcher for the best paper presented at IGTE'10.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “A Meshless Local Boundary Integral Equation Method for Three Dimensional Scalar Problems,” 14th Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC 2010), Chicago, USA, May 2010.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and José R. Bergmann, “Omnidirectional Dual-Reflector Shaping by Concatenating Conic Sections,” 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2010), Barcelona, Spain, April 2010.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “2D Scattering Integral Field Equation Solution through a IMLS Meshless-Based Approach” 17th International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields (COMPUMAG 2009), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil, pp. 350—351, November 2009.

Úrsula C. Resende and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Numerical Convergence of Method of Moments in the Analysis of Bodies of Revolution” 17th International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields (COMPUMAG 2009), Florianópolis, SC, Brazil, pp. 817—818, November 2009.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “The Unimoment Method and a Meshless Local Boundary Integral Equation (LBIE) Approach in 2D Electromagnetic Wave Scattering,” 2009 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 09), Belém, PA, Brazil, pp. 514—518, November 2009.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “2D Scattering Analysis through Meshless Methods: A Comparison Between Two Different Shape Function Schemes,” 2009 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 09), Belém, PA, Brazil, pp. 368—372, November 2009.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and José R. Bergmann, “Shaping Axis-Symmetric Dual-Reflector Antennas by Consecutively Concatenating Conic Sections,” 2009 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 09), Belém, PA, Brazil, pp. 359—362, November 2009.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “A Local Boundary Integral Equation (LBIE) Method in 2D Electromagnetic Wave Scattering, and a Meshless Discretization Approach,” 2009 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 09), Belém, PA, Brazil, pp. 133—137, November 2009.

Úrsula C. Resende, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and José R. Bergmann, “Analysis of Omnidirectional Antennas with Radome Operating in LMDS Band for Signals of Digital TV,” 2009 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 09), Belém, PA, Brazil, pp. 83—86, November 2009.

Williams L. Nicomedes, Renato C. Mesquita, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Electromagnetic Scattering Problem Solving by an Integral Meshless-Based Approach,” 8th International Symposium on Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF 2009), Mondovi, Italy, 2009.

Sandro R. Zang, José R. Bergmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Omnidirectional Dual-reflector Antenna with a GO Shaped Main Reflector for an Arbitrary Far-Field Pattern in the Elevation Plane,” 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2009), Berlin, Germany, pp. 3047—3050, March 2009.

Úrsula C. Resende, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Odilon M. C. Pereira Filho, “Analysis of Omnidirectional Dual-Reflector Antennas with Radomes,” 2007 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 07), Salvador, BA, Brazil, pp. 70—74, October 2007.

Daniela N. Schettino, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Cássio G. Rego, “Novel UTD Coefficients for Lossy Conducting Wedges,” 2007 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 07), Salvador, BA, Brazil, pp. 270—274, October 2007.

Úrsula C. Resende, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Odilon M. C. Pereira Filho, and João A. Vasconcelos, “EMFIE and MEFIE Formulations for Numerical Solution of Single and Composite Bodies of Revolution,” 16th International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields (COMPUMAG 2007), Aachen, Germany, June 2007.

Úrsula C. Resende, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Odilon M. C. Pereira Filho, and João A. Vasconcelos, “Optimal Number of Basis Functions in MoM Analysis of Bodies of Revolution,” 16th International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields (COMPUMAG 2007), Aachen, Germany, June 2007.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and José R. Bergmann, “GO Aperture Field of Omnidirectional Axis-Displaced Dual-Reflector Antennas,” 2007 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Honolulu, HI, USA, pp. 5167—5170, June 2007.

Leonardo A. Costa, Odilon M. C. Pereira Filho, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, “Input Impedance of Rectangular Microstrip Antennas on Spherical Bodies Using MoM and Attachment Modes,” 2006 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Albuquerque, NM, USA, pp. 3947—3950, June 2006.

Daniela N. Schettino, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Cássio G. Rego, “Efficient Ray Tracing for Radio Channel Characterization of Urban Scenarios,” 12th Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC 2006), Miami, FL, USA, p. 267, May 2006.

Daniela N. Schettino, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Cássio G. Rego, “Heuristic TD-UTD Coefficients for the Transient Analysis of Diffraction by Lossy Conducting Wedges,” 12th Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC 2006), Miami, FL, USA, p. 272, May 2006.

Daniela N. Schettino, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Kleber L. Borges, and Cássio G. Rego, “Novel Heuristic UTD Coefficients for the Characterization of Radio Channels,” 12th Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC 2006), Miami, FL, USA, p. 274, May 2006.

Úrsula C. Resende, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Odilon M. C. Pereira Filho, João A. Vasconcelos, and Daniela N. Schettino, “Efficient Evaluation of Singular Integrals in Moment Methods Applied to Solve Scattering Problems from Bodies of Revolution,” 12th Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC 2006), Miami, FL, USA, p. 210, May 2006.

Úrsula C. Resende, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Odilon M. C. Pereira Filho, João A. Vasconcelos, and Daniela N. Schettino, “Comparison of Different Integral Equations in Moment Methods Applied to Solve Scattering Problems from Bodies of Revolution,” 12th Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC 2006), Miami, FL, USA, p. 204, May 2006.

Fernando J. S. Moreira, Aluizio Prata, Jr., and José R. Bergmann, "GO Shaping of Omnidirectional Dual-Reflector Antennas for Maximum Gain," 2005 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 05), Brasília, DF, Brazil, pp. 665—668, July 2005.

Sérgio A. A. de Castro and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Convergence Analysis of Integral Equations for Characterization of RF Channels," 2005 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 05), Brasília, DF, Brazil, pp. 267—270, July 2005.

Leonardo A. Costa, Odilon M. C. Pereira-Filho, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Analysis of Spherical-Rectangular Microstrip Antennas," 2005 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 05), Brasília, DF, Brazil, pp. 279—282, July 2005.

Marco A. S. Mayrink, Fernando J. S. Moreira, Cassio G. Rego, Mateus Burian, Paulo H. P. Carvalho, Antonio J. M. Soares, and Elmo V. Melo, "Improving the Treatment of Mixed-Terrain Paths of the Recommendation ITU-R P.1546 for the Path-Loss Prediction of Short UHF Links," 2005 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 05), Brasília, DF, Brazil, pp. 396—399, July 2005.

A. J. M. Soares, C. G. Rego, E. V. Melo, F. J. S. Moreira, G. W. O. Costa, J. P. D. M. Pinto, M. A. S. Mayrink, N. Pasquali, P. H. P. Carvalho, and W. K. Guimarães, "Signal Sampling Method for Power Measurements in Mobile UHF Environments," 2005 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 05), Brasília, DF, Brazil, pp. 407—410, July 2005.

A. J. M. Soares, C. G. Rego, E. V. Melo, F. J. S. Moreira, G. W. O. Costa, J. P. D. M. Pinto, M. A. S. Mayrink, N. Pasquali, P. H. P. Carvalho, and W. K. Guimarães, "Measurements of a CW Signal in Brazil and Comparison with Prediction using ITU-R P.1546-1," 2005 IEEE/ACES International Conference on Wireless Communications and Applied Computational Electromagnetics, Hawaii, USA, pp. 824—827, April 2005.

Rodrigo B. V. Teperino and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "A TD-MFIE for a Vertically-Polarized Pulse Propagation over Irregular Terrains,'' 2003 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 03), Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brazil, pp. 199—204, Sep. 2003.

José R. Bergmann and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "ADE Omnidirectional Dual Reflector Antennas,'' 2003 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 03), Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brazil, pp. 387—390, Sep. 2003.

Aluizio Prata, Jr., Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Luis R. Amaro, "Displaced-Axis-Ellipse Reflector Antenna for Spacecraft Communications,'' 2003 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 03), Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brazil, pp. 391—395, Sep. 2003.

Kleber L. Borges and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Wideband Channel Propagation Prediction in Urban Using TD-UTD,'' 2003 International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC 03), Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brazil, pp. 731—736, Sep. 2003.

Daniela N. Schettino, Daniel H. D. Carvalho and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "An Efficient Algorithm for Radiowave Coverage Prediction in Urban Microcells," IEEE International Telecommunications Symposium (ITS2002), Natal, RN, Brazil, Sep. 2002.

Cássio G. Rego, Flávio J. V. Hasselmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira, "Equivalent Edge Currents for the Time Domain Analysis of Reflector Antennas," 2002 IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium Digest, San Antonio, Texas, USA, vol. 4, pp. 152—155, June 2002.

R. R. Saldanha, R. Ramos, F. J. S. Moreira, and R. H. C. Takahashi, "The Real-Biased Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm and its Application to the Design of Wire Antennas," 10th Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation, Perugia, Italy, June 2002.

Fernando J. S. Moreira; "MFIE-Based Propagation Prediction," 2001 SBMO / IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC'01), Belém, Pará, Brazil, pp. 195—198, Aug. 2001 .

Daniela N. Schettino and Fernando J. S. Moreira; "A Ray-Tracing Algorithm Based on a Double-Tree Image Theory," 2001 SBMO / IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC'01), Belém, Pará, Brazil, pp. 199—202, Aug. 2001.

Fernando J. S. Moreira; "A MFIE-Based Prediction for UHF Vertically-Polarized Wave Propagation over Irregular Terrains," 2001 IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium Digest, Boston, Massachussetts, USA, vol. 1, pp. 456—459, July 2001.

Fernando J. S. Moreira; "First-Order Aberrations on Generalized Classical Axially-Symmetric Dual-Reflector Antennas," 2000 IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium Digest, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, pp. 826—829, July 2000 .

Cássio G. Rego, Flávio J. V. Hasselmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira; "A Comparison between Asymptotic Time-Domain Analysis of Reflector Antennas," 12th COMPUMAG Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields, Sapporo, Japan, pp. 152—153, Oct. 1999 .

Cássio G. Rego, Flávio J. V. Hasselmann, and Fernando J. S. Moreira; "Time-Domain Analysis of a Reflector Antenna Illuminated by a Gaussian Pulse," 1999 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S, AP-S, and LEOS International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC'99), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 483—486, Aug. 1999 .

Fernando J. S. Moreira; "Efficiency Degradation Caused by an Axial Feed Defocusing in Generalized Classical Axially-Symmetric Dual-Reflector Antennas," 1999 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S, AP-S, and LEOS International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC'99), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 478—482, Aug. 1999.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and Aluizio Prata, Jr.; "Maximum-Efficiency Generalized Classical Axially-Symmetric Dual-Reflector Antennas," 10th International Symposium on Antennas (JINA'98), Nice, France, pp. 594—597, Nov. 1998.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and Aluizio Prata, Jr.; "Design of Axially-Symmetric Cassegrain and Gregorian Configurations with Reduced Spillovers,'' 1998 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium Digest, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, pp. 820—823, June 1998.

Aluizio Prata, Jr., Fernando J. S. Moreira, Michael A. Thorburn, T. D. King, C. Stelzried, and S. J. Keihm; "Measurement of the Noise Associated with the Subreflector Supporting Struts of a 34-Meter Cassegrain Antenna Retrofitted with a Low-Backscattering Strut,'' National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, USA, p. 205, Jan. 1998.

Aluizio Prata, Jr., Fernando J. S. Moreira, Michael A. Thorburn, T. D. King, C. Stelzried, and S. J. Keihm; "Measurement of the Noise Improvement of a 34-Meter Cassegrain Antenna Retrofitted with a Low-Backscattering Strut,'' 1997 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium Digest, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1659—1662, July 1997.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and Aluizio Prata, Jr.; "Generalized Classical Axially-Symmetric Dual-Reflector Antennas,'' 1997 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium Digest, Montreal, Canada, pp. 1402—1405, July 1997 .

Fernando J. S. Moreira, Aluizio Prata, Jr., and Michael A. Thorburn; "Reducing the Contribution of Inverted-Y Supporting Tripods to the Noise Temperature of Radio Telescopes,'' National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, USA, p. 84, Jan. 1996.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and Aluizio Prata, Jr.; "Optimizing Integrated-Optics Polarizers for Maximum Polarization Isolation," Proceedings of the 1995 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, pp. 75—80, July 1995.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and Aluizio Prata, Jr.; "Grating-Type Polarizers Using Small Number of Rectangular Grooves Optimized for Maximum Isolation," 1995 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium Digest, Newport Beach, California, USA, pp. 1558—1561, June 1995.

Fernando J. S. Moreira, Aluizio Prata, Jr., and Michael A. Thorburn; "Strut Cross Sections for Minimizing Noise Temperature in Reflector Antennas," 1994 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium Digest, Seattle, Washington, USA, pp. 2046—2049, June 1994.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and José R. Bergmann; "Asymptotic Approximations for the Mutual Coupling in Finite Arrays of Rectangular Waveguides,'' Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Antennas and Propagation (ICAP), Edinburgh, UK, pp. 776—779, Mar. 1993.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and Aluizio Prata, Jr.; "A General Quadrature Formula for Efficient Evaluation of Radiation Integrals,'' Proceedings of the 1993 SBMO International Microwave Conference, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, pp. 499—504, Aug. 1993.

José R. Bergmann, Fernando L. Teixeira, and Fernando J. S. Moreira; "Diffraction Synthesis of Reflector Antennas: an Efficient Approach for the Optimization Procedure,'' 1993 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium Digest, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, pp. 266—269, June 1993.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and Aluizio Prata, Jr.; "A Predictor-Corrector Algorithm for the Numerical Evaluation of Reflector Antenna Radiation Integrals,'' 1993 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium Digest, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, pp. 250—253, June 1993 .

Fernando L. Teixeira, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and José R. Bergmann; "An Efficient Approach for the Synthesis of Shaped Reflector,'' Proceedings of the 1991 SBMO International Microwave Conference, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, pp. 189—194, July 1991.

 

Technical Reports

 

Fernando J. S. Moreira and Aluizio Prata, Jr.; "Rigorous Computation of the Electromagnetic Scattering of Axially-Symmetric Antennas (Preliminary Report),'' Dept. Electrical Engineering--Electrophysics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, November 1999.

Aluizio Prata, Jr. and Fernando J. S. Moreira; "P-COM 38 GHz Dual-Reflector Antenna (Improved Design),'' P-COM, Inc., Campbell, CA, USA, April 1997.

Fernando J. S. Moreira, Seung-Ho Lee, and Aluizio Prata, Jr.; "Rigorous Analysis of Circularly-Symmetric Dual-Reflector Antenna Systems,'' Dept. Electrical Engineering - Electrophysics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, February 1997.

Fernando J. S. Moreira; "Manual for the Code MODEROD.FOR (Analysis of a Lossless Dielectric Rod),'' Waveband Corporation, Torrance, CA, USA, February 1997.

Fernando J. S. Moreira; "Preliminary Analysis and Design Method for a Linear Dipole Array Excited by a Dielectric Rod,'' Waveband Corporation, Torrance, CA, USA, December 1996.

Seung-Ho Lee, Fernando J. S. Moreira, and Aluizio Prata, Jr.; "Shaping of Circularly-Symmetric Dual-Reflector Antennas for a Prescribed Equi-Phase Aperture Field Distribution,'' Dept. Electrical Engineering - Electrophysics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, October 1996.

Fernando J. S. Moreira and Aluizio Prata, Jr.; "Optimum Strut Cross Sections for Reflector Antenna Applications,'' Technical Report 9960-575, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA, November 1995.