About ESL

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The ElectroScience Laboratory (ESL) is the premier center focused on all aspects of electromagnetics and radio frequency (RF) systems. Established in 1942, it is one of the oldest and largest electromagnetics laboratories in the United States. ESL has consistently maintained a national and international preeminence in electromagnetics and RF systems. ESL faculty, research scientists and students are involved in all aspects of electromagnetic and RF technologies, including advancements in:

  • Antenna development and characterization
  • Biological electromagnetics
  • Cognitive radar, passive radar and radar cross-section
  • Digital analysis and design
  • Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
  • Integrated photonics
  • Interference suppression
  • Mixed-signal integrated circuits
  • Plasma and electro-energetic physics
  • Remote sensing using microwave radiometry
  • Radio-frequency identification (RFID) and sensing
  • Satellite and ultra-wide bandwidth communication
  • Terahertz imaging and millimeter wave communication
  • Trusted microelectronics

Our researchers are also pursuing a variety of emerging technologies, including:

  • Light-matter interaction
  • Micro-devices and reconfigurable systems
  • Multi-physics engineering
  • Nanotechnology and microsystems
  • Navigation and guidance
  • Quantum information sciences
  • Wearables and implants

ESL is a distinctive university center where world-class faculty and research scientists lead projects that provide state-of-the-art exploration and superior training for graduate and undergraduate students. ESL is a multidisciplinary research facility that collaborates with other laboratories across campus and industry partners worldwide.

In addition to our indoor anechoic chamber RF measurement facility, we have a complete complement of electromagnetic test facilities utilized by our team of researchers. We offer government and industry sponsors an environment for both fundamental and engineering system research to solve the most demanding real-world challenges.

ESL maintains world-class experimental facilities that have been refined over the years through its industry supported Compact Range Consortium, now expanded into the Consortium on Electromagnetics and RF (CERF). Among our current faculty and senior researchers are nine IEEE Fellows and we have had two past National Academy of Engineering members.

More than 100 graduate and undergraduate students conduct world-class research at ESL, and through the years, more than 1,000 PhD and master's students graduated from ESL and gone on to very successful careers in government, industry and academia.

ESL Contacts

Chris Ball
Interim Director
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Michelle Diefenbach
Assistant to the Director
Tel: (614) 292-6191
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