DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING www.ece.seas.gwu.edu ECE Distinguished Lecture Series

Dr. Kamal Sarabandi The Rufus S. Teesdale Professor of Engineering Director of the Radiation Laboratory The University of Michigan

Recent Research Trends in Applied Electromagnetics

Monday, December 2, 2019, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Location: SEH B1220

Abstract Electromagnetic theory is one of the greatest achievements of physics in the 19th century. Despite its long history of development, due to its fundamental nature and broad base, research in applied electromagnetics is still vital and going strong. In recent years electromagnetic has played a major role in wide range of disciplines, including communications, remote sensing of environment, defense, medicine, etc., with sig- nificant societal impact. To transform ideas into reality in many of these disciplines, the fundamental understanding of electromagnetic wave generation, propagation, and interaction with their environment over a wide spectrum is needed. The growth and vitality in EM research has been fueled by an increasing demand for anytime/anywhere information and data, security, and global monitoring of the environment, as well as significant advancements in other related science and engineering disciplines particularly in computers and materials. This lecture will pro- vide an overview of recent research trends in applied electromagnetics. In particular the examples of research applications that will be present- ed are drawn from Professor Sarabandi’s research activities. Biography

Kamal Sarabandi is currently Director of the Radiation Laboratory and the Rufus S. Teesdale endowed Professor of Engineering in the Depart- ment of and Computer Science, The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. His research areas of interest include micro- wave and millimeter-wave radar remote sensing, Meta-materials, electromagnetic wave propagation, and miniaturization. Over the past 30 years his research has been focused applied electromagnetics and has made significant contributions to science and technology of and millimeter-wave radar remote sensing, antennas, communication channel modeling, microwave sensors, and radar systems. He leads a large research group including two research scientists and 16 Ph.D. students and 2 postdoctoral fellows. He has graduated 51 Ph.D. and supervised numerous post-doctoral students. He has served as the Principal Investigator on many projects sponsored by the National Aero- nautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Army Research Office (ARO), Office of Naval Research (ONR), Army Research Laboratory (ARL), National Science Foundation (NSF), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and a large number of industries. He led the Center for Microelectronics and Sensors sponsored by the Army Research Laboratory under the Micro-Autonomous Sys- tems and Technology (MAST) Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA) program from 2008 to 2018. He is now leading a newly established cen- ter in Microwave Sensor Technology funded by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST).

He has published many book chapters and more than 290 papers in refereed journals on miniaturized and on-chip antennas, meta-materials, electromagnetic scattering, channel modeling, random media modeling, microwave measurement techniques, radar calibration, in- verse scattering problems, and microwave sensors. He has also had more than 690 papers and invited presentations in many national and inter- national conferences and symposia on similar subjects.