Payal Sircar (Majumdar), PhD, is a patent technical specialist in the Houston office with extensive experience in drafting and prosecuting domestic and international patent applications in electrical, electronics, computer and mechanical engineering.

Her technical experience spans 5G/6G telecommunications, artificial intelligence and machine learning, software, medical devices, and oil and gas technologies. She brings more than 20 years of research and education experience, along with strong analytical, mathematical and technical writing skills.

Payal has worked with clients on patent preparation and prosecution throughout her career. Her research background includes RF and microwave electronics, metamaterials, frequency selective surfaces, transmission lines and antenna design. Her post-doctoral research resulted in multiple patents involving wireless LAN antennas, broadband radomes and microwave radomes.

Payal earned a PhD in Microwave Electronics from the University of Delhi, where her doctoral research focused on analytical modeling of single and multilayer planar transmission lines. She also holds a master’s degree in electronics and communication from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya and a bachelor’s degree in applied science in electronics from the University of Delhi.

  • Assisted with prosecuting foreign and domestic patents and drafted patent applications in the field of electrical and electronics engineering, 5G/6G telecom, computer engineering, mechanical engineering, and artificial intelligence/machine learning.
  • Drafted and reviewed patents in the field of electrical and electronics engineering and artificial intelligence/machine learning for Fortune 500 client.
  • Designed MTM-based absorption materials with periodic/non-periodic arrays of electric or magnetic resonant/non-resonant structures.
  • Developed structures to exhibit simultaneously low loss and broad bandwidth characteristics.
  • Developed multilayer structures of polymeric and chiral materials along with printed periodic metallic patterns on the surface of each layer.
  • Analyzed the effect of combination of highly absorbing polymeric materials and MTMs on absorptivity, bandwidth and electromagnetic response.
  • Developed transmission line (TL) theory for designs.
  • Deduced equivalent circuit model for designs.
  • Developed generalized multivariable curve-fitted expressions for determination of equivalent circuit in developed designs.

University of Delhi, South Campus, PhD, 2013

Microwave Electronics

Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, MS, 2006

Department of Electronics Communication Engineering

University of Delhi, BS, 2004

Electronics

  • Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • Member of the Microwave Theory and Technology Society (IEEE MTT-S) and the U.S. Antennas and Propagation Society  (AP-S)
  • Member of the U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Radio Science (USNC-URSI) in commissions A, B, and F
  • Member of the USRI Women in Radio Science
  • Member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
  • Member of Machine Intelligence Research Labs (MIR Labs)
  • Reviewer of Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Science Publishing Group
  • Reviewer of COMPEL International Journal, Emerald Publishing Group
  • Reviewer of International Conference IEEE APS/URSI

  • Appointed as a Secretary in IEEE Houston Section EXCOM for 2022-2026.
  • Received Early Career Scientist issued by USNC-URSI / NAS (August 2017) towards presenting research work at the 32nd URSI GASS 2017, Montreal, Canada.
  • Awarded Foreign expert certificate (April 2012 – April 2015) in P.R. China by State Administration of Foreign Experts affairs, People’s Republic of China.