Mirjana Bogosanovic

Ph.D Candidate

Phone: +64 9 921 9999 Ext. 8681

Mobile: +64 21 611 907

Personal Details

Mirjana Bogosanovic has Masters of Engineering degree from The University of Auckland, New Zealand and BSc degree in Electronic Engineering from Zagreb, Croatia. From 1996 to 2007 she was with a New Zealand Crown Research Institute, Industrial Research Limited (Auckland, New Zealand), working as a Research Scientist in the Microwave Devices section of the Imaging and Detecting Team. Mirjana has published eight conference and five journal papers, holds two patents and has authored a number technical reports. She is a member of IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society and IEEE Antennas and Propagations Society.
Mirjana’s main interest is development of microwave sensors and sensing techniques for nondestructive measurements of material properties.

Research Objectives

“Microwave Sensing for Non Destructive Evaluation of Orthotropic Materials with Application in Wood Industry”
study is concerned with measurement and analysis of microwave propagation through a heterogeneous, orthotropic material. The interaction of the electromagnetic wave with the sample under test is enhanced through the use of a quasi-optical free space propagation system and passive resonant scattering structures. Wood is a particularly important example of an orthotropic material and its characteristics, such as moisture content, density, grain angle and natural defects, are good candidates for microwave non destructive evaluation. The outcome of this study has a significant practical importance that would be of great benefit to the wood industry and will contribute to the development of a microwave non-contact, non-destructive wood properties testing device.

Journal Papers

M.Bogosanovic, A. Al-Anbuky, G. Emms, “Overview and comparison of microwave non-contact wood measurement techniques”, June 2009, submitted to Journal of Wood Science, Springer Japan.
M. Bogosanovic, A. G. Williamson, “Microstrip antenna array with a beam focused in the near field zone for application in non-contact microwave industrial inspection” IEEE Transaction on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 56, No.6, December 2007, pp 2186-2195.
M. Bogosanovic, A. G. Williamson , “Antenna Array With Beam Focused in Near – field Zone”, Electronics Letters, Volume 39, Number 9, 1st May 2003, pp 704 – 705.
M. Bogosanovich, “Microstrip patch sensor for measurement of the permittivity of homogeneous dielectric materials”, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 49(5) October 2000.
K. P. Thakur, K. J. Cresswell, M. Bogosanovich, W. S. Holmes, “Non-interactive and distributive property of dielectrics in mixture”, Electronics Letters. 35(14) 8th July 1999.
K. P. Thakur, K. J. Cresswell, M. Bogosanovich, W. S. Holmes, “Modelling the permittivity of liquid mixtures”, Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy. 34(3) 1999.

Conference Papers

M. Bogosanovic, A. Al-Anbuky, G. Emms, “Microwave measurement of wood in principal directions”, accepted for presentation at 2009 IEEE Sensors Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand
M. Bogosanovic, A. Al-Anbuky, G. Emms, “Metal plate lens in a focused beam system for microwave material testing”, Proceedings of 2008 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference APMC, 16-20 Dec. 2008, Hong Kong, pp 1 – 4
M. Bogosanovic, “Microstrip Antennas as Sensors for Microwave Non Destructive Testing”, Proceedings of 2004 New Zealand National Conference on Non Destructive Testing, Palmerston North, June 2004.
M. Bogosanovich, A. G. Williamson, K. P. Thakur, W.S. Holmes, K. J. Cresswell, “A comparison of the systems for non-contact and non-destructive natural product inspection”, 5th International Conference on Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with Water and Moist Substances (ISEMA), Society for Electromagnetic Aquametry, Rotorua, New Zealand, March 2003
M. Bogosanovich, “Microstrip patch antenna sensor for permittivity measurements of homogenous dielectric materials”, Proceedings of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Conference, IEEE IMTC 99, Venice, Italy, 1999.
M. Bogosanovich, “Microstrip Patch Antenna Sensor for the Measurement of Complex Permittivity of Homogeneous Dielectric Materials”, International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Thessaloniki, Greece, May 1998.
Mirjana Bogosanovic, “Array Feed Network”, ETAN XXXIII Yugoslav Conference, Ohrid, Macedonia, 1991.
Mirjana Jungic (married Bogosanovic), Tatjana Kolonic, “ Yagi Uda Antenna Array”, ETAN, XXXII Yugoslav conference, Zagreb 1990.
Mirjana Jungic (married Bogosanovic), Tatjana Kolonic, “ Yagi Uda Antenna Array”, ETAN, XXXII Yugoslav conference, Zagreb 1990.

Patents

M. Bogosanovic, Antenna array, New Zealand Patent Application No. 521823, PCT/NZ03/00223
W.S. Holmes, M. Bogosanovich, K. P. Thakur, Method and Apparatus for the Measurement of Properties of Objects using Microwave Signals, New Zealand Patent Application No. 518612, PCT/NZ03/00070

Presentations

16.4.2008 The First Wireless Sensor Network Group Workshop, AUT, Auckland
23.4.2008 AUT School Seminar, Auckland
5.6.2008 Progress Report Presentation, The New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion), Rotorua
15.9.2008 The Second Wireless Sensor Network Group Workshop, AUT, Auckland
7.10.2008 Progress Report Presentation, The New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion), Rotorua
19.5.2009 Progress Report Presentation, The New Zealand Forest Research Institute (Scion), Rotorua
24.6.2009 SeNSe Group Workshop, AUT, Auckland
6.8.2009 AUT School Seminar, Auckland