Anthony Grbic

Anthony Grbic received the B.A.Sc. M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. levels in electrical engineering inside the College of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, in 1998, 2000, and 2005, correspondingly. Inside The month from the month of the month of january 2006, he increased to end up part of the Department of Electrical Engineering and understanding Technology, College of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he’s presently an affiliate marketer Professor. His research interests include engineered electromagnetic structures (metamaterials, metasurfaces, electromagnetic band-gap materials, frequency selective surfaces), plasmonics, antennas, microwave circuits, wireless power transmission systems, and analytical electromagnetics/optics.

Dr. Grbic received an AFOSR Youthful Investigator Award with an NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award in 2008. Inside The month from the month of the month of january 2010, he was awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. This Year, he received a great Youthful Engineer Award inside the IEEE Microwave Theory and methods Society, a Henry Russel Award inside the College of Michigan, along with a Booker Fellowship within the u . s . states . States National Committee within the Worldwide Union of Radio Science (USNC/URSI). This Year, he was the inaugural people finding the Ernest and Bettine Kuh Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award within the Department of Electrical and understanding Technology, College of Michigan. Anthony Grbic offered as Technical Program Co-Chair for the 2012 IEEE Worldwide Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting. He’s presently Vice Chair of AP-S Technical Activities, Trident Chapter, IEEE Southeastern Michigan section. He was an affiliate marketer Editor for IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters.

Current People

Dr. Younes Ra’di received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. levels in electrical engineering inside the College of Tabriz, Iran, this past year and 2011, correspondingly, and D.Sc. degree (with finest honors) in radio science inside the Aalto college, Finland, in 2015. Since February. 2016, he’s labored as being a postdoctoral research fellow within the research group. He’s been the writer or co-author of 21 journal papers and 19 conference papers. He’s the person receiving Honorable Mention inside the 2015 IEEE AP-S student paper competition, second Prize inside the Student Paper Competition- Metamaterials Congress 2015, Nokia Foundation Award 2014 and 2015, and HPY Research Foundation Award 2013. His research interests include electromagnetics, metamaterials, plasmonics, nonreciprocity, parity-time symmetry, bianisotropic media, optimal materials for strong interactions with electromagnetic waves, and functional metasurfaces.

Faris Al Solamy received the B.Sc. degree in electrical and computer engineering from King Abdulaziz College, KSA, this year. From February. 2013 to August 2015, he labored just as one antenna engineer at KACST (King Abdulaziz Capital of scotland- Science). Because period, he’s spent almost all his over time Nigeria, to operate on collaborative project between KACST and CSIR. His tasks incorporated the perception of a big checking position antenna for radar applications. In August 2015, the study group as being a graduate student.

Nikolaos Chiotellis received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering inside the National Technical College of Athens, A vacation to a vacation in a holiday in greece, this year, along with the M.Sc. degree in applied electromagnetics and RF circuits inside the College of Michigan in 2016. Since Sept. 2013, he’s labored toward the Ph.D. degree. He’s been the writerOrcompany-author of three journal papers and three conference papers. He’ll be a finalist inside the 2015 IEEE AP-S student paper competition. His research interests include electromagnetics, metamaterials, metasurfaces, non-diffracting waves and electrically small antennas for RF circuits.
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Amanda Couch received a b – – -.Utes. in electrical engineering from Texas AM College in 2014. In September 2014, she increased to end up part of the study group as being a Ph.D. student. She is a 2014 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP) awardee and part of the Texas AM team that won to start with inside the 2013 IEEE AP-S Student Design Competition. Her research interests include metamaterials, tunable metasurfaces, RF microsystems, and millimeter wave antennas.

Jason D. Heebl received the BS degree in Electrical Engineering inside the College of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in 2007. He’ll be an american Air Pressure Lieutenant from 2007 to 2011 within the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Pressure Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB (WPAFB), Dayton, OH. In those times, he completed his MS in Electrical Engineering inside the College of Dayton, Dayton, OH. From 2011 to 2013, he labored within the Space and Missiles Systems Center, La AFB (LAAFB), El Segundo, CA, where he separated inside the military as being a US Air Pressure Captain. He increased to end up part of the study group in Sept. 2013, where he’s presently working towards his PhD in Electrical Engineering. He’s presently studying Bessel beam generation and applications at RF frequencies. Mr. Heebl’s research interests include wireless power transfer, metamaterials, antenna design, and optimization methods. Mr. Heebl was awarded the united states . states Air Pressure Achievement Medal for his service as being a Lieutenant at WPAFB in Feb 2012. He was awarded the united states . states Air Pressure Commendation Medal for his become a Captain at LAAFB in June 2013. Mr. Heebl received the Rackham Merit Fellowship Engineering Award in 2013 inside the College of Michigan. He received the nation’s Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) in 2014 inside the Dod (DoD).

John O. Raeker received the B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering inside the College of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2014. From 2014 to 2016 he’s been employed just as one electrical engineer within the Tactical Electronic Warfare Division within the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. where he attacked research in developing Rf heating systems for advanced radar countermeasures and utilizing metasurfaces to reshape sun sun rays patterns of existing antennas. He’s charge author on a single journal publication, three conference publications, the other patent application. He’s the person receiving NRL’s Alan Berman Research Publication Award along with an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Mohammadamin Ranjbar received his B.Sc. levels in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Sharif College of Technology, Tehran in 2015. He increased to end up part of the study group in September 2015. Amin’ s research interests include metamaterials, plasmonics, dielectric metasurfaces, furthermore to optical trapping and micromanipulation using metasurfaces. Amin is presently focusing on generating tractor beams using metasurfaces.

Frank Salas was created and elevated in Boise Condition Broncos. He lately graduated Summa Cum Laude inside the College of Boise Condition Broncos together with his Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering. At the outset of his undergraduate studies, Frank interned for RH Systems, where he labored on circuit design. He later labored inside the center for Hi-tech Materials as being a lab assistant helping with research on III-V semi-conductors. He’s received multiple scholarships such as the National Science Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship inside the College of Boise Condition Broncos. He’s a person locating the Rackham Merit Fellowship inside the College of Michigan. His research interests include antenna design, RF/Microwave circuits, metamaterials, and optics. Frank can also be considering contacting at-risk youth.

Luke Szymanski received the B. Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) inside the College of Texas at Dallas in 2015. Throughout his time at UT Dallas, he labored with Dr. Kenneth O within the Plastic Microwave Integrated Circuits (SiMICS) group, and held several internships at RFMD and Qorvo with applications and magnificence groups. In 2016, he increased to end up part of the study group as being a Ph.D. student. His research interests include electromagnetics, metamaterials, and plasmonics.

John B. Tierney received a b – – -.Utes. degree in electrical engineering from Kansas Condition College this year along with a M.S.E. degree in electrical engineering inside the College of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 2014. He’s presently going after a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering. His research interests include wireless power transfer, metamaterials, leaky-wave antennas, tensor impedance surfaces, and analytical electromagnetics. He’s secretary within the IEEE Southeastern Michigan Trident chapter.

Zhanni Wu received her B.S. Degree in school of understanding Science Engineering, Southeast College, Nanjing China, in 2015. She’d been utilized in the issue Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast College since 2013. She increased to end up part of the study group as being a graduate student in September 2015. Zhanni creates tunable metasurface devices.

Colin Yule is unquestionably an undergraduate Engineering Physics major and Music minor inside the College of Michigan who’ll graduate in 2017. He started utilized in the study group in May 2016. Colin is researching the manipulation of optical waves with spatial light modulators. Formerly, he labored just as one intern testing 3D printers at MakerGear. He’s a James B. Angell Scholar, across the Dean’s List, along with a people receiving College Honors every semester at Michigan. He’s also received the William J. Branstrom Newcomer Prize along with the Engineering Scholarship of Recognition. After graduation, Colin offers to attend graduate school both in Applied Physics or Electrical Engineering.

Visitors

Dr. Mauro Ettorre received a Laurea degree “summa cum laude” in Electrical Engineering along with a Ph.D. in Electromagnetics inside the College of Siena, Italia, in 2004 and 2008, correspondingly. A part of his Ph.D. work was created inside the Defence, Safety and security Institute within the Netherlands Organization for Applied Research (TNO), Holland, where he later labored just as one Antenna Investigator. From 2008 to 2010, Dr. Ettorre is a Postdoctoral Fellow inside the Institut d’Electronique et de Tlcommunications de Rennes (IETR), Universit de Rennes 1, France. Since October 2010, he’s an analysis Investigator inside the French National Center for Research (CNRS), inside the IETR.

In 2015, he was an requested professor at Tokyo, japan, japan, japan Institute of Technology, Japan. This Year and 2016, he’ll be a Visiting Research Investigator within the Radiation Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and understanding Technology, College of Michigan, USA. Dr. Ettorre’s research interests would be the analysis and magnificence of leaky-wave antennas, millimeter-wave antennas, non-diffractive radiation, near-field focusing techniques, and wireless power transfer systems. Dr. Ettorre received the Youthful Antenna Engineer Prize inside the 2008 European Space Agency Antenna Workshop within the Netherlands, this years French Secretary of condition for Research award for innovative project in lots of natural sciences in Brittany, the 2012 Beginning Grant Award within glasgow- Rennes, France along with the Youthful Investigator Grant inside the French National Research Agency in 2014.

Francesco Foglia Manzillo received the B.Sc. (cum laude) and M.Sc. (cum laude) levels in electronic engineering inside the College of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italia, this year and 2012, correspondingly. He completed his Master’s thesis project within the Electronic Research Laboratory, Delft College of Technology, Delft, Holland. It had been in cooperation with NXP Semiconductors, Eindhoven, Holland, where he was an intern from April to December 2012. He’s presently going after his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering inside the College of Rennes 1, Rennes, France. In April 2016, he increased to end up part of the study group as being a visiting Ph.D student. His research interests would be the analysis and magnificence of wideband arrays, multibeam antennas, metasurface-based polarizers, record modeling, along with the integration of millimeter-wave systems.

Josip Loncar received the B.Sc. from Faculty of Electrical Engineering, J.J. Strossmayer College Osijek, Croatia this year, along with the M.Sc. from Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, College of Zagreb, Croatia in 2013. Transporting out annually in industry as being a hardware RD engineer, he decided to pursue his Ph.D. within the Department of Wireless Communication, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, College of Zagreb in 2014, where he functions just like a research and teaching assistant. In June 2015, he increased to end up part of the study group as being a visiting Ph.D. student. He received the Rector’s Award from College of Zagreb in 2013. His areas of interest include high frequency electronics getting a focus on the soundness analysis of lumped and distributed systems with non-Promote elements, and active electromagnetic structures.

Administrative Staff

Jennifer Feneley
Radiation Laboratory Administrative Assistant
Dept. of Electrical Engineering and understanding Technology
College of Michigan
Phone: (734) 764-0500
Fax: (734) 764-2106
Email: jfeneley@umich.edu

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