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We would like to offer our sincere thanks to the chapter coauthors for their valuable contributions, patience and timely support throughout the development of this book. We would also like to thank the Wiley team members especially, Brett Kurzman, Victoria Bradshaw, Sarah Lemore, Sukhwinder Singh and most importantly S. M. Amudhapriya for their immense help throughout the completion of this book.

Professor Satish K. Sharma will like to take this opportunity to thank his research collaborators, past and present graduate students, post‐doctoral fellows, visiting scholars, and undergraduate students at San Diego State University (SDSU) who have been the continuous source for his research growth. He thanks Dr. Jia‐Chi S. Chieh for agreeing to work on this book. He also thanks the funding agencies: National Science Foundation (NSF) for the prestigious CAREER award, the Office of Naval Research (ONR), the Naval Information Warfare Center‐Pacific (NIWC‐PAC), the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR)‐San Diego, and the SBIR/STTR Phase I and II research grants subcontracted through the local industries, which have helped him pursue his research work. Finally, he thanks his spouse Mamta Sharma (Author and Artist) and daughters Shiva Shree Sharma (Doctoral Student in Material Science Engineering at University of California, Riverside, California) and Shruti Shree Sharma (Undergraduate Student in Electrical Engineering at University of California, Irvine, California) who spared their valuable time to let him work on this book and offered their unconditional love and support as always. He also thanks his pet dog and cat Charlie Sharma and Razzle Sharma, respectively, for their unconditional love to him. Lastly, he is grateful to his parents (Mr. Rama Naresh Sharma and Mrs. Taravati Sharma), elders in his extended family, research advisors (Professors L. Shafai, the University of Manitoba and B. R. Vishvakarma, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University), teachers, colleagues, friends and the almighty God for bestowing continuous blessings on him.

Dr. Jia‐Chi S. Chieh is grateful to his research group at the Naval Information Warfare Center in San Diego for their tireless efforts in the development of low‐cost phased array antennas over the last decade. He is also grateful for the research collaboration opportunities he has had with Prof. Satish K. Sharma from San Diego State University (SDSU), as well as his mentorship and friendship over the years. He is thankful to his family for their love and support, and who have allowed him to complete this work including his wife Kristine, and his two daughters Joanna and Audrey. Lastly, he is grateful to his parents (Dr. Shih‐Huang Chieh and Mrs. Dolly Chieh), who taught him the importance of learning and to never stop.

Professor Satish K. Sharma, PhDJia‐Chi S. Chieh, PhD

1 February 2021

San Diego, CA, USA