Research Areas
Our group has worked in many diverse areas within electromagnetics, antennas, and microwave engineering. Below are listed some brief descriptions of areas in which we made pioneering contributions. We also have presented exciting and comprehensive presentations at many IEEE sponsored conferences including the International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and International Microwave Symposium (IMS). Below is a video presentation by Prof. Rahmat-Samii at a recent IMS conference highlighting our work in the areas of electromagnetics.
Antennas for Wireless Communications
- Antennas for Cognitive and Software-Defined Radios
- Low-profile antennas for implantable medical devices inside a human body
- Impulse radiated antennas (IRA)
- Novel antenna designs for personal communications
Satellite and Ground Antennas
- Ultra scanning geostationary radar antennas
- Stacked patch microstrip array antennas for remote sensing applications
- Direct broadcast satellite (DBS) antennas
- Antennas for high power microwave (HPM) applications
Antenna Measurement Techniques
- Near-field technique for antenna measurement and characterization
- Analysis and development of antennas for compact range applications
- Bi-polar planar near-field antenna measurement technique
- Spherical near-field measurement technique
Numerical and Optimization Techniques
- RCS reduction of canonical targets
- Analysis of canonical eccentric structures
- Characterizations of dyadic Green's functions singularities
- Comprehensive diffraction synthesis and PO/PTD/GTD analysis techniques for multi reflector shaped antennas
Periodic and Electromagnetic Band Gap Structures
- Mutual coupling reduction of microstrip antennas with EBG
- Fractal FSS's
- Enhanced performance patch antennas on high permittivity substrate using EBG
- Frequency selective surfaces (FSS)