Research Group


PhD students


  • Indranil Nayak (with M. Kumar)
  • Qiping Zhou
  • Haitham H. Saleh
  • Furkan Sik (with B. Shanker)

Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Associates


  • Julio L. Nicolini
  • Tiago V. Amorim

 


Former group members

 

PhD advisees (with latest known position)


  1. Shumin Wang, Improved-Accuracy Algorithms for Time-Domain Finite Methods in Electromagnetics, 2003 (co-advised by R. Lee). Program Director at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering at NIH.
  2. Yik-Kiong Hue, Analysis of Electromagnetic Well-Logging Tools, 2006. Senior Lead Scientist at BlueHalo LLC.
  3. Bo He, Compatible Discretizations for Maxwell Equations, 2006. Lead Research and Development Engineer at ANSYS Inc.
  4. Qussai M. Marashdeh, Advances in Electrical Capacitance Tomography, 2006. President and CEO at Tech4Imaging LLC.
  5. Mehmet E. Yavuz, Time-Reversal-Based Signal Processing Techniques for Ultrawideband Electromagnetic Sensing in Random Media, 2007. Senior Research Scientist at Facebook Reality Labs.
  6. Burkay Donderici, Time-Domain Solvers for Complex-Media Electrodynamics and Plasma Physics, 2008. Engineering Manager of Deep Learning Optimization at GM/Cruise LLC.
  7. Kyung-Young Jung, Full-Wave Modeling and Analysis of Dispersion-Engineered Materials and Plasmon Waveguides, 2008 (co-advised by R. Reano). Full Professor at Hanyang University, South Korea.
  8. Hwa-Ok Lee, Numerical Modeling of Electromagnetic Well-Logging Sensors, 2010, Senior Research Engineer at the Semiconductor R&D Center. Samsung Electronics, South Korea.
  9. Joonshik Kim, Finite-Element Time-Domain Techniques for Maxwell’s Equations based on Differential Forms, 2010, Senior R&D Engineer at ANSYS Inc.
  10. Victor Lopez-Castellanos, Ultrawideband Time-Domain Radar for Time Reversal Imaging Applications, 2011 (co-advised by R. Rojas). Senior R&D Engineer at Keysight Technologies.
  11. Michael S. Gilbert, A Small-Perturbation Automatic-Differentiation (SPAD) Method for Evaluating Uncertainty in Computational Electromagnetics, 2012. Project Engineer and Manager at the Air Force Research Laboratory.
  12. Hayrettin OdabasiNovel Metamaterial Blueprints and Elements for Electromagnetic Applications, 2013. Associate Professor at Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey.
  13. Ahmed E. Fouda, Electromagnetic Time-reversal Imaging and Tracking Techniques for Inverse Scattering and Wireless Communications, 2013. Scientific Advisor and Project Lead at Halliburton Energy Services.
  14. Haksu Moon, Robust Algorithms for Electromagnetic Field Computation with Conduction Currents and Kinetic Charge-Transport Models, 2015. Senior Scientist at Intel Corp.
  15. Kamalesh K. Sainath, Robust Numerical Electromagnetic Eigenfunction Expansion Algorithms, 2016Senior Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories.
  16. Aruna S. Ravi, Plasmonic Resonances for Spectroscopy Applications using 3D Finite-Difference Time-Domain Models (co-advised by J. Coe), 2017. Senior Systems Engineer at Lam Research.
  17. Zeeshan Zeeshan, Progress in Adaptive Electrical Capacitance Tomography, 2017. Senior System Engineer at Kymeta Corp.
  18. Carlos A. Viteri-Mera, Beamforming Techniques for Frequency-Selective and Millimeter-Wave Indoor Broadcast Channels, April 2018. Assistant Professor at University of Narino, Colombia.
  19. Cagdas Gunes, New Imaging Approaches for Process Tomography Based on Capacitive Sensors, July 2018. Software Engineer at Apple Inc.
  20. Dong-Yeop Na, Electromagnetic Particle-In-Cell Algorithms on Unstructured Meshes for Kinetic Plasma Simulations, November 2018. Assistant Professor at POSTECH, South Korea.
  21. Rafiul K. Rasel, Toward Imaging of Multiphase Flows using Electrical Capacitance Tomography, 2019. Postdoctoral Research Associate at The Ohio State University.
  22. Shah M. H. Chowdhury, Electrical Capacitance Volume Tomography (ECVT) Based Imaging and Velocimetry for Two-phase Flow Measurements, 2021. Postdoctoral Research Associate at Tech4Imaging LLC.
  23. Daniel Ospina-Acero, Sensor Reconfigurability Through Uncertainty Reduction in Adaptive Electrical Volume Tomography, 2021. Postdoctoral Research Associate at The Ohio State University.
  24. Julio L. Nicolini, Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Model Order Reduction in Computational Electromagnetics, 2023. Postdoctoral Research Associate at The Ohio State University.

External PhD advisees


  1. Marcela S. Novo, Numerical Analysis of Electromagnetic Sensors for Oilfield Exploration Using Finite Volume Methods [in Portuguese], 2007 (co-advised by L. C. Silva, degree awarded by Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
  2. Maiquel S. Canabarro, Application of the Numerical Mode Matching Technique with Multiple-Knot B-Splines to the Analysis of Oilfield Well-Logging Tools [in Portuguese], 2016 (co-advised by J. R. Bergmann, degree awarded by Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
  3. Carlos I. P. Rueda, A New Computational Approach to Solve Convolutional Integral Equations: The Method of Sampling for One Dimension, 2017 (co-advised by R. B. Miller, degree awarded by Universidad de los Andes, Colombia).
  4. Guilherme S. Rosa, Pseudo-Analytical Modeling for Electromagnetic Well-Logging Tools in Complex Geophysical Formations, 2017 (co-advised by J. R. Bergmann, degree awarded by Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).
  5. Johnes R. Goncalves, Semi-Analytical Methods for the Electromagnetic Propagation Analysis of Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Waveguides of Arbitrary Cross-Section by Using Cylindrical Harmonics, 2022 (co-advised by G. S. Rosa, degree awarded by Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

MS advisees


  1. Neelakantam Venkatarayalu, Finite-Difference Time-Domain Simulations to Characterize Dielectric Horn Antennas, 2002 (co-advised by R. Lee).
  2. Yik-Kiong Hue, Numerical Simulation of Electromagnetic Well-logging Problems, 2003
  3. Qussai Marashdeh, Sensitivity Matrix Calculation for Electrical Capacitance Tomography of Flow Systems, 2003.
  4. Burkay Donderici, FDTD Algorithms with Novel Subgridding and Alternating-Direction-Implicit Schemes, 2004.
  5. Dennis Hausyah, MIMO Antenna Systems (non-thesis), 2004.
  6. Hwa-Ok Lee, Cylindrical FDTD Analysis of LWD Tools through Anisotropic Dipping Layered Earth Media, 2005.
  7. Dennis Wang, Antennas for RFID (non-thesis), 2005.
  8. Kim Naeyeon, Numerical Simulation of Electromagnetic MWD Tools in Axisymmetric Invasion Zones (non-thesis), 2005.
  9. Ju-Ling Eng, Higher Order Finite-Difference Time-Domain Methods, 2006.
  10. Chenxin Su, Unconditionally Stable FDTD Methods (non-thesis), 2012.
  11. Viswajit Natarajan, Design and Testing of a Validation Platform for a Smartphone (non-thesis), 2013.
  12. Kamalesh Sainath (non-thesis), 2014.
  13. Li Zhang, FDTD Algorithm for Plasmonic Nanoparticles with Spatial Dispersion, 2016.
  14. Aaron S. Butterfield, Using Synthetic Cognits and the Combined Cumulative Squared deviation as Tools to Quantify the Performance of Cognitive Radar Algorithms, 2016 (co-advised by G. Smith).
  15. Wentao Bao, A Simulation and Optimization Study of Spherical Perfectly Matched Layers, 2017.
  16. Timothy H. Kindervatter, Survey of Ionospheric Propagation Effects and Modeling Techniques for Mitigation of GPS Error, 2018.
  17. Indranil Nayak (non-thesis), 2021.
  18. Ian W. Schwind, A Survey of Selected Hard-Field and Soft-Field Electrical Tomography Techniques, 2023.

Visiting Scholars and Postdocs


  1. Akil Narayan, visiting PhD student, 2005.
  2. Marcela S. Novo, visiting PhD student, 2005-2006.
  3. Xinyu Hou, visiting faculty, 2007-2008.
  4. Kyung-Young Jung, postdoctoral research associate, 2008-2009.
  5. Guo-Sheng Liu, visiting PhD student, 2008-2010.
  6. Maiquel S. Canabarro, visiting PhD student, 2011-2012.
  7. Qi Liu, visiting PhD student, 2012.
  8. Luis M. D. Angulo, visiting PhD student, 2013.
  9. Carlos I. P. Rueda, visiting PhD student, 2014-2015.
  10. Guanglong Xing, visiting faculty, 2014-2015.
  11. Mehmet M. Taygur, visiting PhD student, 2015.
  12. Jong-Eon Park, postdoctoral research associate, 2013-2015.
  13. Guilherme S. Rosa, visiting PhD student, 2015-2016.
  14. Vinicius R. N. Santos, postdoctoral research associate, 2015-2016.
  15. Xuelong Du, visiting PhD student, 2015-2016.
  16. Fei Deng, visiting faculty, 2016.
  17. Zhengkai Wang, visiting faculty, 2017-2018.
  18. Arne Van Londersele, visiting PhD student, 2017 (co-hosted by R. Lee).
  19. Xin Duan, visiting PhD student, 2017-2018.
  20. Xing-Hua Wang, visiting faculty, 2018-2019.
  21. Rafiul K. Rasel, postdoctoral research associate, 2019-2022.
  22. Vinicius M. Pepino, visiting PhD student, 2020-2021.
  23. Shah M. H. Chowdhury, postdoctoral research associate, 2021-2023.
  24. Glauco Fontgalland, visiting faculty, 2022-2023.
  25. Antonio J. Martin Valverde, visiting PhD student, 2023.
  26. Raul O. Ribeiro, visiting PhD student, 2023-2024.