John L. Volakis

Introduction

Professor John L. Volakis is the Dean at the College of Engineering and Computing at Florida International University (FIU) and adjunct professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Ohio State University. He is an IEEE and ACES Fellow. Prior to his appointment at FIU, he was the Roy and Lois Chope Chair in Engineering at Ohio State and the Director of the Ohio State Univ. ElectroScience Laboratory for 14 years (2003-2017).

Professor Volakis received his B.E. from Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH in 1978 and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Ohio State University in 1979 and 1982 respectively. Prof. Volakis has more than 30 years of experience in sensors and sensing, novel metamaterial antennas, RF materials for high performance hardware, UWB beamforming arrays and RF systems integration.

Research Areas

Prof. Volakis’ research activities cover the following areas:

  • Wireless Communication and Propagation
  • Antennas and Arrays
  • RF Materials and Packaging
  • RF Matching and Tunable Circuits
  • RFIDs
  • Medical Sensing
  • Millimeter Waves & TeraHertz
  • Computational Electromagnetics
  • Electromagnetic Compatability and Interference
  • Scattering and Diffraction

For more information on his research activities, please click on one of the “Research” links above.

Publications

He has published nearly 400 refereed journal articles and almost 700 conference papers. He has co-authored 8 books and nearly 30 book chapters. In 2004 he was listed among the top 250 most referenced scientists in Computer Science and Engineering by ISI. For a complete list of his publications, please visit his “Publications” page.

Group

In his career that span more than 30 years, Professor Volakis has mentored nearly 90 Ph.D. students and postdocs, more than 30 of whom received best paper awards at conferences and 19 of them have moved on to become faculty members at various academic institutions. For a list of his current group members please visit “Group” page.

Select Awards and Professional Activities

Below is only a select list of his awards and professional activities. For a complete, please visit “Professional Activities” page.

2016                    George Sinclair Award
2015-2017      Chair USNC/URSI Comission B
2014                    IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Distinguished Award
2012-2014     Vice Chair, USNC/URSI Commission B
2011                    IEEE Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Award
2004        President, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society

ElectroScience Laboratory

ElectroScience Laboratory, is housed in two buildings, one of which is a newly constructed, built in 2010-2011, 40,000 ft2 wireless communication and radio frequency research facility.

ElectroScience Laboratory is housed in two buildings, one of which is a 40,000 ft2 wireless communication and radio frequency research facility, built in 2010-2011.

The 20,000 ft2 original facility, built in 1955, that currently houses many of our experimental facilities including the largest academic chamber of size 60’x40’x20’, the finest compact range in the world.

The 20,000 ft2 original facility, built in 1955, currently houses many of our experimental facilities including the largest academic chamber of size 60’x40’x20’, the finest compact range in the world.