Line Maria Christina van Nieuwstadt - Sukamto
3904 Penberton Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
734-214-2392
2455 Hayward St., 1111 SRB
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
734-615-2252
linevn@umich.edu
WORK EXPERIENCE
University of Michigan, Space Physics Research Lab, Ann Arbor, MI
Senior Engineer/Adjunct Lecturer (on educational leave)
February 1999 - present
Initial system design for Correlated Noise Calibration Source system for radiometers
Assistant lecturer for Spacecraft System Design graduate course (Fall 2002/2003), assistant in ENG450 Senior
Multidisciplinary Design course (Winter 2004)
Design, fabricate and test of 1.4GHz STAR (Synthetically Thinned Array Radiometer) radiometer RF front end
Project manager for student satellite project for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Libertel B.V., Maastricht, The Netherlands
January 1998 - September 1998
Technical Staff
Development of new business areas and implementation studies of new technologies into a wireless phone network
operator’s infrastructure
TNO-FEL, The Hague, The Netherlands
Engineer in Radar Group
Designed MMIC (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits) for radar applications
January 1997 - November 1997
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
January 1990 – July 1997
Member of Technical Staff
Projects:
• Designed a MMIC-based L-band receiver for radar application
• Designed microwave test circuits as part of a high frequency FDTD modeling research project
• Telecommunications subsystem team leader for the Mars Pathfinder MicroRover project, responsible for the
UHF communication link between Lander spacecraft and Sojourner rover during Martian surface operations
• Designed, fabricated, assembled and tested a 20GHz active receive array for the Advanced
Telecommunications Technology Satellite (ACTS) Mobile Terminal
• Technical program co-chairperson for the Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Space & Ground
Applications held at JPL in April 1992
• Designed, fabricated, assembled and tested a 31GHz MMIC water vapor radiometer
• Designed and tested a 22GHz MMIC Phase Shifter
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Summer Intern
Initial design effort on the 31GHz MMIC Water Vapor Radiometer
Summer 1989
Watkins-Johnson Company, Palo Alto, CA
Research and Development Engineer
Designed and developed FET amplifiers and GaAs MMIC linearized attenuator
July 1987 - July 1988
Hewlett-Packard, Network Measurement Division, Santa Rosa, CA
Summer 1986
Research and Development Engineer Aide
Designed and implemented a linear regulator, performed RF amplifier initial development
Hewlett-Packard, Microwave Technology Division, Santa Rosa, CA
Summer 1985
Summer Intern
Provided support to the Silicon Fabrication Laboratory, in deposition and diffusion areas
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
EDUCATION
IEEE
Eta Kappa Nu
University of Michigan
PhD in Electrical Engineering
expected graduation April 2010
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Master of Engineering, Electrical Engineering
May 1989
Master of Engineering Project: Planar Gunn Diode Array
California State Polytechnic, Pomona, California
Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering
June 1987
Senior Project: Automated Laser Diode Test System (sponsored by JPL)
SKILLS
• Software: Agilent’s simulation tools (ADS), AutoCAD, Office software (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Circuit assembly: MMIC handling/assembly, wire-bonding
• Languages: fluent in English and Indonesian, working knowledge of Dutch
HONORS
• NASA Harriett Jenkins Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program September 2005-August 2008
• Patent Number 5,218,357: "Miniature Modular Microwave End-To-End Receiver" 1993.
• President's Fund research award from California Institute of Technology and NASA, 1993, research title: "Novel BeamScanning and Pulse Generating Methods using Nonlinear Oscillator Array Dynamics"
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
• M. Moghaddam, Y. Rahmat-Samii, P. Partridge, L. van Nieuwstadt, J. Vitaz, M. Haynes, J. Huang, V. Cable, “Dual Polarized
UHF/VHF Honeycomb Stacked-Patch Feed Array for a Large-Aperture Space-borne Radar Antenna,” Aerospace Conference,
IEEE, 3-10 March 200, pp. 1 – 10.
• L. van Nieuwstadt, R. De Roo, et.al., “A Compact Direct Detection Receiver for L-band STAR Radiometry,” IEEE Microwave
Theory & Techniques Symposium, June 2003.
• H. Pham, R. De Roo, A. W. England, L. van Nieuwstadt, J. Glettler, “A C-and radiometer based on STAR-Light receivers:
Design approach, implementation and performance evaluation,” in Proceedings, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote
Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2003), Toulouse, France, 21-25 July 2003.
• A.W. England, H. Pham, R. De Roo, L. van Nieuwstadt, L. Yam, “Performance of STAR-Light Receivers During CLPX,”
IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2003), Toulouse, France, 21-25 July 2003.
• L. van Nieuwstadt, S. Stride, S. Asmar, “Microrover Flight Experiment (MFEX) Telecom Subsystem,” 1997 International
Conference on Mobile Planetary Robots & Rover Roundup, January 29 - February 1, 1997, Santa Monica, CA.
• A. Tulintseff, K.A. Lee, L.M. Sukamto, W. Chew, "An Active K-Band Receive Slot Array for Mobile Satellite
Communications," Progress in Electromagnetic Symposium, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, July 1994.
• D. Antsos, R. Crist, L. Sukamto, "A Novel Wilkinson Power Divider with Predictable Performance at K and Ka-Band," IEEE
Microwave Theory & Techniques Symposium, San Diego, CA, May 1994, vol.2, pp. 907-910.
• A. Tulintseff, R. Crist, A. Densmore, and L. Sukamto "An Active K/Ka-Band Antenna Array for the NASA ACTS Mobile
Terminal,"IMSC 93, Third International Mobile Satellite Conference & Exhibition, Pasadena, CA, June 16-18, 1993.
• Proceedings of the Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Space and Ground Applications Symposium JPL Publication 9211, Narayan Mysoor and Lin Sukamto, editors, Pasadena, CA, April 28-29, 1992.
• R. Crist, L.M. Sukamto, "MMIC Phase Shifter Designs at C-Band and K-Band for NASA Applications," Proceedings of the
Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Space and Ground Applications Symposium JPL Publication 92-11, Narayan Mysoor
and Lin Sukamto, ditors, Pasadena, CA, April 28-29, 1992.
• L. Sukamto, M.A. Janssen, G.S. Parks, "Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Water Vapor Radiometer," Specialists
Meeting on Remote Sensing and Microwave Radiometry, Boulder, CO, January 1992.
• L.M. Sukamto, T.W. Cooley, M.A. Janssen, G.S. Parks, "Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit Water Vapor Radiometer,"
NASA Technology 2001 Conference Publication 3136, Vol.2, San Jose, CA, December 1991.
• T.W. Cooley, A.L. Riley, R. Crist, L. Sukamto, "Ka-Band MMIC Array Feed Development For Deep Space Applications,"
SPIE's International Symposium and Exhibition on Optical Engineering and Photonics, Orlando, FL, April 1991.