Rafael Pous

A research professor since 1993 and entrepreneur since 1994.

He has taught at the University of California at Berkeley (2 years), the Technical University of Catalonia in Barcelona (16 years), and is currently a Full Professor of the Engineering Department of Pompeu Fabra University. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on electromagnetics, numerical methods, applied superconductivity, antennas, radar, electronics, and the Internet of Things. He is currently teaching courses in basic electronics, antenna theory and design, and the Internet of Things.

His research interests have spanned the fields of numerical methods in electromagnetism, superconductivity applied to radio frequency circuits, fractal antennas, and the Internet of Things. His current research focus, as the head of the Ubiquitous Computing Application lab, is on the Internet of Things applied to the retail industry.

As a 3-time technology entrepreneur he co-founded The Information Highway Group in 1994, dedicated to building the early infrastructures of e-learning, e-banking and e-commerce, then Aida Centre in 2004, dedicated to industrial applications of RFID technology, and in 2008 Keonn Technologies (now a part of the Novanta Group), building Internet of Things solutions for the retail sector.