Theses

MS Thesis: "Bistatic Scatter Radio for Increased-range Environmental Sensing." (Aug. 2013), under the supervision of Prof. Aggelos Bletsas.

Diploma Thesis: "Design and Implementation of Backscatter Links with Software Defined Radio for Wireless Sensor Network Applications." (Nov. 2011), under the supervision of Prof. Aggelos Bletsas.

Journal Publications

  1. J. Kimionis, M. Isakov, B.S. Koh, A. Georgiadis, and M.M. Tentzeris, "3D-printed Origami Packaging with Inkjet-printed Antennas for RF Harvesting Sensors," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), vol.63, no.12, Dec. 2015.
  2. J. Hester, S. Kim, J. Bito, T. Le, J. Kimionis, D. Revier, C. Saintsing, W. Su, B. Tehrani, A. Traille, B.S. Cook, and M.M. Tentzeris, "Additively Manufactured Nanotechnology and Origami-enabled Flexible Microwave Electronics," Proceedings of the IEEE, vol.103, no.4, pp.583-606, Apr. 2015.
  3. J. Kimionis, A. Georgiadis, A. Collado, and M.M. Tentzeris, "Enhancement of RF Tag Backscatter Efficiency with Low-power Reflection Amplifiers," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (TMTT), vol.62, no.12, pp.3562-3571, Dec. 2014
  4. E. Kampianakis, J. Kimionis, K. Tountas, C. Konstantopoulos, E. Koutroulis, and A. Bletsas, "Wireless Environmental Sensor Networking with Analog Scatter Radio & Timer Principles," IEEE Sensors Journal, vol.14, no.10, pp.3365-3376, Oct. 2014.
  5. J. Kimionis, A. Bletsas, and J.N. Sahalos, "Increased Range Bistatic Scatter Radio," IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM), vol.62, no. 3, pp. 1091-1104, Mar. 2014.
  6. A. Bletsas, A. Vlachaki, E. Kampianakis, J. Kimionis, G. Sklivanitis, K. Tountas, M. Asteris, and P. Markopoulos, "Building the Low-Cost Digital Garden as a Telecom Lab Exercise," IEEE Pervasive Computing, vol.12, no.1, pp.48–57, Jan. 2013.
  7. A. Bletsas, J. Kimionis, A.G. Dimitriou, and G.N. Karystinos, "Single-Antenna, Coherent Detection of Collided FM0 RFID Signals," IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM), vol.60, no.3, pp.756-766, Mar. 2012.

Conference Publications

  1. J. Kimionis and M.M. Tentzeris, "Pulse Shaping for Backscatter Radio," in IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 2016.
  2. J. Kimionis and M.M. Tentzeris, "Software-defined Reader for Multi-modal RFID Sensing," in IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 2016.
  3. R. Bahr, J. Hester, J. Kimionis, and M.M. Tentzeris, "A Review of Additive Manufacturing Techniques for Fabricating RF Sensors," in GOMACTech Conference, St. Louis, MO, March 2016.
  4. S.A. Nauroze, J. Kimionis, J. Bito, W. Su, J. Hester, K. Nate, B. Tehrani, and M.M. Tentzeris, "Additive Manufacturing Technologies for Near- and Far-field Energy Harvesting Applications," in \textsl{IEEE Radio Wireless Week (RWW) 2016}, Austin, TX, Jan.~2016.
  5. J. Kimionis, A. Georgiadis, M. Isakov, H.J. Qi, and M.M. Tentzeris, "Multi-direction RF Energy Harvesting with 3D Inkjet-printed Antennas," in IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Phoenix, AZ, USA, May 2015.

    6. Nominated for a Best Student Paper Award.

  6. R. Martinez, J. Kimionis, A. Georgiadis, A. Collado, M.M. Tentzeris, G. Goussetis, and J.L. Tornero, "Circularly Polarized Shorted Ring Slot Rectenna with a Mesh Design for Optimized Inkjet Printing on Paper Substrate,"" in 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Lisbon, Portugal, Apr. 2015.
  7. J. Kimionis and M.M. Tentzeris, "RF Tag Front-end Design for Uncompromised Communication and Harvesting," in IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technology and Applications (RFID-TA) 2014, Tampere, Finland, Sep. 2014.

    Received the First "Best Student Paper Award."

  8. J. Kimionis, A. Georgiadis, A. Collado, and M.M. Tentzeris, "Inkjet-printed Reflection Amplifier for Increased-range Backscatter Radio," in European Microwave Conference (EuMC) 2014, Rome, Italy, Oct. 2014.
  9. A. Traille, S. Kim, A. Coustou, H. Aubert, M.M. Tentzeris, J. Kimionis, A. Georgiadis, and A. Collado, "Novel Inkjet Printed Modules for Sensing, Radar and Energy Harvesting Applications," in European Microwave Conference (EuMC) 2014, Rome, Italy, Oct. 2014.
  10. J. Kimionis, S. Nikolaou, and M.M. Tentzeris, "Inkjet-printed UHF RFID Folded Dipole Antennas for Remote Sensing Applications," in IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APS) 2014, Memphis, TN, USA, Jul. 2014.
  11. J. Kimionis, A. Georgiadis, S. Kim, A. Collado, K. Niotaki, and M.M. Tentzeris, "An Enhanced-range Passive RFID Tag Using an Ambient Energy Powered Reflection Amplifier," in IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2014, Tampa Bay, FL, USA, Jun. 2014.
  12. J. Kimionis, A. Bletsas, and J.N. Sahalos, "Bistatic Backscatter Radio for Power-limited Sensor Networks," in IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (GLOBECOM), Atlanta, GA, USA, Dec. 2013.
  13. E. Kampianakis, J. Kimionis, K. Tountas, C. Konstantopoulos, E. Koutroulis, and A. Bletsas, "Backscatter Sensor Network for Extended Ranges and Low Cost with Frequency Modulators: Application on Wireless Humidity Sensing," in IEEE International Conference on Sensors 2013, Baltimore, MD, USA, Nov. 2013.

    Received a "Best paper distinction" and invitation for publication to the IEEE Sensors Journal.

  14. E. Kampianakis, J. Kimionis, K. Tountas, and A. Bletsas, "A Remotely Programmable Modular Testbed for Backscatter Sensor Network Research," in Fifth Workshop on Real-World Wireless Sensor Networks (REALWSN), Como Lake, Italy, Sep. 2013.
  15. J. Kimionis, A. Bletsas, and J.N. Sahalos, "Bistatic Backscatter Radio for Tag Read-Range Extension," in IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technology and Applications (RFID-TA) 2012, Nice, France, November 2012.
  16. A.G. Dimitriou, J. Kimionis, A. Bletsas, and J.N. Sahalos, "A Fading-Resistant Method for RFID-Antenna Structural Mode Measurement," in IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technology and Applications (RFID-TA) 2012, Nice, France, November 2012.
  17. J. Kimionis, A. Bletsas, and J.N. Sahalos, "Design and Implementation of RFID Systems with Software Defined Radio," in 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Prague, Czech Republic, March 2012.
  18. J. Kimionis, A. Bletsas, A.G. Dimitriou, and G.N. Karystinos, "Inventory Time Reduction in Gen2 with Single-Antenna Separation of FM0 RFID signals," in IEEE International Conference on RFID-Technology and Applications 2011, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, Sep. 2011.

    Received the Second "Best Student Paper Award."

  19. A. Bletsas, A. Vlachaki, E. Kampianakis, G. Sklivanitis, J. Kimionis, K. Tountas, M. Asteris and P. Markopoulos,"Towards precision agriculture: Building a soil wetness multi-hop WSN from first principles," invited paper, in Second International Workshop in Sensing Technologies in Architecture, Forestry and Environment (ECOSENSE) 2011, Belgrade, Serbia, Apr. 2011.

Talks/Presentations

  1. J. Kimionis, A. Bletsas and J.N. Sahalos, "Backscatter Sensor Networks with Commodity Software-Defined Radio," in COST IC1102 1st Technical Workshop, Naples, Italy, Apr. 2012.
  2. J. Kimionis, A. Bletsas, and J.N. Sahalos, "Demonstration of Backscatter Sensor Network with Commodity SDR Reader," invited talk, in European Microwave Week (EuMW) 2011, Manchester, UK, Oct. 2011.

Theses & Publications

Here you can find a list of my publications on Journals and Conferences, plus my Theses.