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Kamal Sarabandi is a prominent researcher whose work bridges wireless communications, antenna engineering, and autonomous robotic systems. His research spans low-frequency channel characterization, miniaturized and conformal antenna design, radar imaging, and ad hoc networking in challenging environments — areas of growing importance for robotics, emergency response, and the Internet of Things. Sarabandi has made significant contributions to understanding how the lower VHF band enables robust, low-power communications in complex indoor and urban settings, with his 2015 channel characterization study accumulating 46 citations and informing subsequent work on ad hoc networking paradigms for mobile agents in non-line-of-sight scenarios. His antenna innovations are particularly noteworthy: he pioneered lightweight, flexible antennas integrated with solar cell arrays for flapping-wing robotic platforms, and investigated near-field coupling techniques to enhance bandwidth in deeply miniaturized designs. His 2021 survey on small, low-frequency antennas synthesizes practical challenges and emerging design directions for the field. Beyond communications, Sarabandi has advanced subsurface radar imaging using robotic bistatic transceivers and synthetic aperture techniques, enabling high-resolution detection of buried targets. His compact 240 GHz beam-scanning radar further demonstrates a commitment to sensor miniaturization for autonomous platforms. Collectively, his work represents a cohesive vision of intelligent, wireless-enabled robotic systems operating in physically demanding real-world environments.