1. Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
Research in the Subject at Poly
Prof. Nirod K. Das

2. Research Areas in Electromagnetics and Applications
Antennas and Radiation
New material for advanced antenna applications: artificial materials, unidirectionally conducting substrates, anisotropic substrates. High efficiency, high polarization purity, high gain, wide-angle steerability.
Printed and integrated antennas and phased arrays, compact diversity antennas.
Microwave Circuits and Devices
Microwave circuits with advanced materials, non-radiative dielectric waveguides, waveguides for compact multilayer ICs, power leakage phenomena in multilayer circuits and suppression methods.
Circuits for millimeter, sub-millimeter wave, terahertz applications, multilayer ICs, multilayer large phased arrays.
Electromagnetic Theory and Computational Electromagnetics
“Smart-EM” analysis and computation. Numerical-analytical methods, hybrid techniques using suited methods for different parts for fast computation. EM modeling of artificial material environment.
Large system simulations, high frequency or large bandwidths, fast design optimization for complex systems, advanced materials and devices for next generation applications.

3. Application Areas
RF electronics (satellite, cell phones, wireless systems)
Radar systems
High-speed computer IC and packaging
Smart antennas for wireless systems

4. Graduate Courses and Research Options
EL-671, 672, EL-545,573, EL-675
Graduate Math courses on numerical methods, differential equations, complex variables
Independent Study for preparatory material
Experimental project for practical experience (EL970)
Master’s thesis for new work or substantive extension of past work .
PhD thesis for new work, larger in scope or significance