Jan. 10: IEEE AP-MTT Chapter Presents “Synthesizing Antennas and Substrates using Nanomaterials”
Speaker: Prof. Yiannis C. Vardaxoglou, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
Date: 3:00-4:00PM, Monday January 10th, 2011
Place: ElectroScience Laboratory, 1320 Kinnear Rd, Columbus, OH 43212
Title: Synthesizing Antennas and Substrates using Nanomaterials
Abstract:
With the advent of metamaterials we have experienced a number of fascinating concepts, some of which have begun to find uses in practical applications. The periodic nature of metamaterials combined with attempts to homogenise them has opened up a whole new way of looking at restructuring electromagnetic materials. We do however need to develop a better understanding on how we could synthesize these structures with their manufacturing considered at the outset of the design cycle. One could envisage producing a recipe for synthetic materials and antennas manufactured from nanoscale particles. This talk will highlight some of the ongoing research on synthetic materials at Loughborough and show some indicative simulations of the said structures.
Short Bio:
Prof. Yiannis C. Vardaxoglou received the BSc degree in Mathematics (Mathematical Physics) in 1981 from the University of Kent at Canterbury and then at the same institution he researched towards a PhD, which he received in 1985. He joined Loughborough University of Technology in 1988 as a Lecturer, was promoted to Senior Lecturer in January 1992 and in 1998 he was awarded a personal chair. He is now the Head of the Electronic and Electrical Engineering Department at Loughborough University. He established the Wireless Communications Research (WiCR) group at Loughborough University and heads the Centre for Mobile Communications Research. He has pioneered research, design and development of frequency selective surfaces (FSS) for communication systems, Metamaterials and low SAR antennas for mobile telephony and has commercially exploited a number of his innovations. He has served as a consultant to various industries, holds 3 patents and is the Technical Director of Antrum Ltd (a University spinout company). He has attracted research funding from industry and has been awarded 16 EPSRC research grants. He has published over 160 refereed journals and conference proceeding papers and has written a book on FSS. He is currently the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the IET’s Antennas and Propagation Professional Network in the UK and he chairs the IEEE’s distinguish lecturer program of the Antennas and Propagation Society.
