Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves Research
Electromagnetics, RF and microwaves enable the technologies that transmit information, power wireless systems and monitor our environment. Our faculty design advanced circuits, antennas, radar and electromagnetic structures that enable everything from wireless communications and satellite systems to medical imaging, remote sensing and wireless power transfer. Their research drives discovery while delivering impact on telecommunications, environmental monitoring, health care, national security, next-generation wireless systems and quantum technologies.
Our faculty and students are engaged in a range of research projects, which are supported by government agencies and industry sponsors.
- Office of Naval Research
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Naval Research Laboratory
- National Reconnaissance Office
- Maxentric Technologies
- BoldRF
- Lockheed Martin
- Qorvo
- HRL Laboratories
- Teledyne Technologies
- Infleqtion
- Lam Research
- Northrop Grumman
- LumenAstra
- WIN Semiconductors
- Draper Institute.
Area Strengths
Design of analog and RF circuits, power amplifiers, multifunction transceivers and front-end systems spanning microwave through millimeter-wave frequencies.
Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) design using GaN and GaAs for high-power, high-efficiency and high-frequency applications.
Antennas, antenna arrays, active and passive phased arrays and applied electromagnetics for next-generation sensing and communications.
Periodic EM structures, nonlinear circuits and antennas, metamaterials and metasurfaces for wave control, beam steering and multifunction devices.
Environmental radar, passive and active remote sensing, inverse theory and digital signal processing for atmospheric and sensing applications.
Advanced RF front-end architectures enabling higher spectral efficiency and performance.
Numerical EM modeling, simulation, and signal integrity analysis for high-speed, high-frequency electronic systems.
Medical and industrial microwave systems, wireless power transfer, additive manufacturing for RF/EM devices and quantum RF engineering.