Scattering/diffraction of EM waves, computational EM using FDTD, field visualiz./software devel. for EM education, RFID/sensor integrated FRID systems, and reflector/printed antennas & antenna array.
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Our labs are currently under development to provide the research group a student-built anechoic chamber for antenna aperture testing.
The ARC Group operates and maintains a variety of equipment within the group labs in support of meeting research tasks:
EM Simulation Software including:
Current Faculty
Co-Director
Multi-physics based modelling and measurement methodologies for high-power and high-frequency electronic devices, non-linear electrothermal transistor modelling efficient electromagnetic simulations, development of compact models for microwave power transistor and RFICs, calibration techniques for microwave measurements.
ContactCurrent PhD Electrical Engineering Candidates
Antenna design, SDR Applications, FDTD, and Channel Sounding.
Projects
Wideband antenna design and antenna array optimization.
Antenna design and metrology and channel sounding.
Projects
Current MS Electrical Engineering Students
Antenna Design
Current Undergraduate Researchers
Embedded Development, RFID Localization, and SDR.
Projects
Computational Electromagnetics and Electromagnetic Education via Field Visualizations and Software Programs.
Projects
Antenna Simulation and Design for RFID Localization.
Projects
Electromagnetics Education and SDR.
Projects
Computational Electromagnetics in FDTD Relating to Biomedical Applications and Implants, Brain-computer interfaces, Wireless Communications Optimization, and Antenna Design.
Projects
SDR, RFID, and Satellite Communication.
Projects
Advancing the Efficacy of Implantable Antennas in Medical Devices.
Antenna theory and design, SDR applications, microwave devices, and RF systems.
Past Members
Past Co-Director
Finite-difference time-domain theory, large-scale and multi-scale electromagnetics systems, and GPU computing.
ContactPast PhD Students
Multi-GPU/CPU FDTD and RFID localization.
Projects
Cylindrical FDTD for drilling applications.
ProjectsPast Masters Students
Computational electromagnetics in FDTD, antenna design, and numerical method analysis.
Projects
Dispersive material simulations.
Projects
5G antenna design.
Projects
Higher-order FDTD.
Projects
Antenna design and metrology and channel sounding.
Projects
Antenna design, SDR Applications, FDTD, and Channel Sounding.
Projects
Multi-GPU/CPU FDTD and RFID localization.
Projects
RFID Systems Integration and Antenna Measurements
Projects
Dispersive material simulations, FDTD analysis for 5G biomedical applications, and electromagnetic education.
Projects
Past Undergraduate Students
Chipless RFID, RFID localization and applications.
Projects
RFID Systems Integration and Antenna Measurements
Projects
FDTD time reversal.
Projects
Antenna design and metrology and channel sounding.
Projects
Computational electromagnetics in FDTD, antenna design, and numerical method analysis.
Projects
Dispersive material simulations, FDTD analysis for 5G biomedical applications, and electromagnetic education.
Projects
Dispersive material simulations.
ProjectsWhat we've done
While many members of the research team have studied disciplines other than electrical engineering we have common strengths in these areas.
We train these skills through our course work as well as through research projects.
Antenna Design
RFID Systems
Computational Electromagnetics
Software packages that our lab has created for download and use
See what our group has been doing
2023 | News
Dr. Atef Elsherbeni received the 2023 Antennas and Propagation Society 2023 Harrington-Mittra Award in Computational Electromagnetics. Award cited Dr. Elsherbeni’s contribution to computational electromagnetics with hardware acceleration techniques.
2023 | News
Congratulations to Matthew Dodd for his participation at the APS-UES 2023 meeting.
April 2023 | News
Congratulations to Nelson, Rachel, and Silje for their participation in the 2023 ACES Conference held in Monterey, CA.
April 2023 | News
Rachel Lumnitzer successfully earned her Masters degree. Congratulations!
April 2023 | News
Congratulations to Nelson and Silje for their ARDC Award
April 2023 | News
Congratulations to 5 of our research group members who presented at the 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium!
Kenny Hora
Charles Vath
Silje Ostrem
Trevor Wolf
Kobe Prior
August 2020 | News
Congratulations to 3 of our research group members who have succesfully defended their Thesis/Dissertation!
Abdullah Algarni - Ph.D. Dissertation
Yuhao Feng- Master's Thesis
Madison Le - Master's Thesis
June 2020 | News
Dr. Atef Elsherbeni has been selected as a distinguished lecturer of IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) for the period of 2020-2022.
April 2020 | News
Mines GRADS 2020 - Awards Ceremony (LIVE): GRADS awards announced by President Johnson, declaring two of the ARC group members category winners in Engineering and Modeling and Simulation. Winners include Madison Le (4:50) and Rachel Lumnitzer (6:01).
April 2020 | News
Madison Le’s GRADS long-form presentation "Sub-gridding errors in Standard and Hybrid Higher Order FDTD Simulations" places top in Modeling and Simulation category for $500 prize.
April 2020 | News
Rachel Lumnitzer's GRADS short-form presentation "One Dimensional FDTD in Dispersive Media for Biomedical Imaging Applications" places second in Engineering Category for $500 prize. Co-researchers include Allison Tanner.
March 2019 | News
Madison Le's paper “Error Analysis of Subgridding when Modeling Multiscale Structures using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method” won third place in the 2019 ACES student paper competition. A poster outlining the paper can be viewed in the hallway outside the EE department office BB310C.
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Office: Brown Building 314C
Email: aelsherb@mines.edu