Alumni

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Most of the following theses can be found in UH library.

  • Fangzhou Chen (Ph.D., 2019)
  • Ran Guo (Ph.D., 2019)
  • Xiaohe Ji (Ph.D., 2019)
  • Nicholas A Boggs (M.S., 2014)
    A Cylindrical Dielectric Surface-Wave Antenna
  • Cong Gao (Ph.D., 2012)
    Stochastic Methods and Their Applications in Statistical Electromagnetic Modeling
  • Yan Liu (Ph.D., 2012)
    Numerical and Experimental Study of MRI RF Effect on Various Medical Devices
  • Phuc (Adam) Huynh (Ph.D., 2011)
    Investigations of Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antennas with Improved Impedance and Radiation Performance
  • Ellen O’Connor (Ph.D., 2011)
    Endfire Radiation from Leaky-Wave Antennas
  • Sohini Sengupta (M.S., 2011)
    Analysis of a Linear Series-Fed Rectangular Microstrip Antenna Array
  • Ferhat Turker Celepcikay (Ph.D., 2010)
    Efficient Calculation of Layered-Medium Periodic Green’s Function
  • Lien Dang (Ph.D., 2010)
    Design and Analysis of a High Power Waveguide-Fed Reduced Lateral Wave Antenna
  • Varada Rajan Komanduri (Ph.D., 2010)
    Investigation of Reduced Surface Wave Microstrip antennas and 1D Leaky-Wave Antennas for Broadside Radiation
  • Shiji Pan (M.S., 2009)
    Investigation of Wireless Power Transfer
  • Weixin Dong (Ph.D., 2008)
    Phase and Group Delays for Circularly-Polarized GPS Microstrip Antennas
  • Anthony Lau (M.S., 2008)
    Investigation of Fields from Broadband over Power Line Communications
  • Vikram Shete (M.S., 2008)
    Miniaturization of Reduced Surface Wave Antennas
  • Osman Kanlioglu (Ph.D., 2007)
    Analysis and Design of Via Loaded Microstrip Antennas
  • Hao Xu (Ph.D., 2006)
    Analysis and Design of Broadband Reduced Surface Wave Antennas and Miniaturized Microstrip Antennas with Via Loading
  • Kathleen Akkerman (M.S., 2005)
    The Analysis and Control of Radiation from Conducting Structures Using Characteristic Modes
  • Christopher S. De Young (M.S., 2005)
    An Investigation of Wideband Dielectric Resonator Antennas
  • William L. Langston (Ph.D., 2005)
    Time-Domain Pulse Propagation on a Microstrip Transmission Line Excited by a Gap Voltage Source
  • Chatrpol Lertsirimit (Ph.D., 2005)
    Electromagnetic Coupling to a Device on a Printed Circuit Board
  • Akbar L. Ng (M.S., 2005)
    Design of a Multiband Low-Profile Antenna System for Public Safety
  • Siddharth S. Oroskar (M.S., 2005)
    Efficient Computation of Periodic Green’s Function in Layered Media Using the Ewald Method
  • Benjamin J. Fasenfest (M.S., 2004)
    Fast Computation for Large Arrays
  • Andrew G. Walsh (M.S., 2004)
    An Investigation of Stacked and Embedded Dielectric Resonator Antennas
  • Lorena Isela Basilio (Ph.D., 2003)
    New GPS Microstrip Patch Antennas Designed For Reduced Multipath Susceptibility
  • Ling Chen (Ph.D., 2003)
    Design and Analysis of Reduced Surface Wave Antennas and Arrays
  • Timothy Francis Kennedy (M.S., 2003)
    Modification and Control of Currents on an Electrically Long Monopole Antenna
  • Michael Amin Khayat (Ph.D., 2003)
    Numerical Modeling of Thin Materials in Electromagnetic Scattering Problems
  • Tianxia Zhao (Ph.D., 2003)
    Analysis and Design of 2-D Periodic Leaky Wave Antennas Using Metal Patches or Slots
  • Patrick Fink (Ph.D., 2002)
    Higher Order Modeling in the BEM and Hybrid BEM/FEM Formulations
  • Abbas Khajeh (M.S., 2001)
    Investigation of Microwave Sensors for Measuring the Complex Permittivity of Lossy Material Inside a Pipe
  • William L. Langston (M.S., 2001)
    Radiation from a Practical Source on a Covered Microstrip Line
  • Vickie B. Davis (Ph.D., 2000)
    Design and Characterization of Shorted-Annular-Ring Reduced-Surface-Wave Microstrip Antennas
  • Feinian Wang (M.S., 2000)
    High-Tc Superconducting RF Receiver Coils for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Small Animals
  • Michael Amin Khayat (M.S., 1999)
    The Mutual Coupling Between Shorted Annular Ring-Reduced Surface Wave Antennas
  • William L. Langston (B.S., 1999)
    Development of an Algorithm for the Acquisition and Analysis of High-Frequency Antenna Pattern Data (Honors Thesis)
  • Lorena Isela Basilio (M.S., 1998)
    Analysis and Design of a Capacitively-Tuned Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna
  • Dawei Li (Ph.D., 1998)
    Aperature-Coupled Microstrip Antenna Array Fed by a Dielectric Guide
  • Amit Radheyshyam Mehrotra (M.S., 1998)
    A General Reduced Surface-Wave Theorem and Its Application to an Annular Ring Microstrip Patch Antenna
  • Na Li (Ph.D., 1997)
    The Analysis and Design of High-Temperature Superconducting Leaky-Wave Antennas
  • Swati Majumder (Ph.D., 1997)
    Spectral Gaps and Radiation Characteristics of One-Dimensional Periodic Leaky-Wave Antennas
  • Kassem Ali Awada (Ph.D., 1996)
    Application of the Finite Element Method for Dipole Source Localization in a 2-D EEG Model
  • William J. Brown (Ph.D., 1996)
    Higher Order Modeling of Surface Integral Equations
  • Nathan J. Champagne II (Ph.D., 1996)
    A Three-Dimensional Method of Moments Formulation for Material Bodies in a Planar, Multi-Layered Medium
  • Timothy Eugene Harrington (M.S., 1996)
    Open Resonators for Anisotropic Superconductor and Dielectric Testing
  • Jarrett David Morrow (Ph.D., 1996)
    High-Temperature Superconducting Microstrip Patch Antennas and Arrays
  • Rickard P. Alfredeen (M.S., 1995)
    Two-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of a Magnetic Field Heater Using the Finite Element Method
  • David R. Jazdyk (M.S., 1995)
    Experimental Characterization of Microstrip Discontinuities
  • Frank J. Villegas (M.S., 1995)
    An Investigation of the Leakage Fields from Planar Semi-Infinite Transmission Lines
  • Kevin W. Ommodt (M.S., 1994)
    A Moment Method Solution for Layered Media with Efficient Sommerfeld Integral Evaluation
  • Jagannath Poosarla (M.S., 1994)
    A High Temperature Superconducting Leaky-Wave Antenna
  • David Nghiem (Ph.D., 1993)
    An Investigation of Dominant-Mode Leakage on Multiple-Layered Stripline and Microstrip Structures
  • Shuhua Jiang (M.S., 1992)
    Survey of Beaming Properties of an Extremely Large Phased Array on the Limb of the Moon
  • Brian David Pollard (B.S., 1992)
    Characterization of High Temperature Superconducting Thin Films With Dual Stripline Resonators (Honors Thesis)
  • Robert Milton Sharpe (Ph.D., 1992)
    Moment Method Analysis of Complex Structures Containing Cavity-Backed Apertures
  • Richard Loy Smith Jr. (M.S., 1992)
    Design and Experimental Characterization of a Coplanar Waveguide Fed High Temperature Superconducting Microstrip Patch Antenna
  • Richard Dale Bynum (M.S., 1991)
    Techniques for the Characterization of High Temperature Superconductors
  • Nathan J. Champagne II (M.S., 1991)
    Method of Moments Formulations for Thin Wire Antennas and Scatterers Using Piecewise Linear and Curved Wire Segments
  • Norma Weaver Montgomery (Ph.D., 1991)
    Periodic Structures in Stratified Media – A Mixed Potential Formulation
  • Pavan K. Potharazu (M.S., 1991)
    Leaky-Wave Propagation Characteristics of Strip-Grating and EMC Dipole Array
  • Joseph E. Wheeler III (Ph.D., 1991)
    Formulation and Investigation of Finite Integral Techniques for Computing Electromagnetic Fields in the Presence of Arbitrary Inhomogeneous Objects
  • Kassem Ali Awada (M.S., 1990)
    Analysis of Dielectric Gratings of Arbitrary Profiles
  • Qinglun Chen (Ph.D., 1990)
    Electromagnetic Modeling of Three-Dimensional Piecewise Homogeneous Material Bodies of Arbitrary Composition and Geometry
  • Chia-Min Cheng (M.S., 1990)
    Pre-processing and Matrix Assembly Subroutines for EMPACK: A Software Toolbox for Numerical Eletromagnetics
  • Shian-Uei Hwu (Ph.D., 1990)
    Electromagnetic Modeling of Conducting and Dielectric Coated Wire, Surface, and Junction Configurations
  • David Nghiem (M.S., 1990)
    A General Analysis of Multiple-Layer Striplines
  • Sujata Rawal (M.S., 1990)
    Calculation of Conductor Loss on a Stripline
  • Andrew W. C. Chu (M.S., 1989)
    The Radiation Pattern of a Monopole Antenna Mounted on a Cubical Conducting Box
  • Deborah Kessler Langan (M.S., 1989)
    Numerical Solution of Transverse Electric Scattering by Inhomogeneous Two-Dimensional Composite Dielectric and Metallic Bodies of Arbitrary Cross Section
  • Alan D. MacDonald (M.S., 1989)
    Microwave Characterization of High Tc Superconductors Using Planar Transmission Line Resonators
  • Steve E. Slawson (M.S., 1989)
    Development of Dual-Band Circularly Polarized Reactively Loaded Microstrip Antennas
  • Seshasai V. Yesantharao (M.S., 1989)
    EMPACK: A Software Toolbox of Potential Integrals for Computational Electromagnetics
  • Lieh Chang (M.S., 1988)
    A Study of the Vector Form of the “On Surface Radiation Condition” Method Applied to Electromagnetic Scattering Problems
  • Shih-Hao Chen (M.S., 1988)
    A Theoretical and Computational Study of the “On Surface Radiation Condition” Method in Scalar Scattering Problems
  • Heriberto Jose Delgado (M.S., 1988)
    Antenna Pattern Measurement Techniques for Infinite Ground Plane Simulation Through Edge Diffraction Elimination
  • Arturs Eriks Dinbergs (M.S., 1988)
    Analysis and Design of an Array of Electromagnetically Coupled Microstrip Dipoles
  • Antonio Ip (M.S., 1988)
    Radiation and Propagation of Cylindrical Leaky Waves on a Planar Dielectric Multi-Layer Structure
  • Roger A. Kranenburg (M.S., 1988)
    Planar Transmission Line Excitation of Dielectric Resonator Antennas
  • Sai Chong Kwok (M.S., 1988)
    Analysis and Design of a Traveling-Wave Array of Vertical Monopoles in a Substrate
  • Prakash Manghnani (M.S., 1988)
    Design and Analysis of an Array of Electromagnetically Coupled Microstrip Patches
  • Mohammed Ajaz Ali Khan (M.S., 1987)
    Study of Loaded Microstrip Antennas and Their Application to Arrays
  • Robert Milton Sharpe (M.S., 1987)
    Electromagnetic Scattering and Radiation by Discrete Bodies of Revolution
  • Shyamal Bhattacharya (M.S., 1986)
    A Study of the Admittance Characteristics of a Monopole Antenna Attached to a Conducting Box
  • Sompongse Toomsawasdi (Ph.D., 1986)
    Moment Method Analysis of a Microstrip Antenna Using a Patch-Edge Integral Equation
  • Esin Chang (M.S., 1985)
    An Experimental Study of Electrically Thick Rectangular Microstrip Antennas
  • Joseph R. Zinecker (M.S., 1985)
    Efficient Computation of Green’s Functions for Periodic Structures
  • Shayla Erin Dennis Davidson (M.S., 1984)
    Experimental Study of Reactively Loaded Dual-Frequency Microstrip Antennas
  • Shih-Chang Frank Huang (Ph.D., 1984)
    Techniques for Measuring the Dielectric Properties of Samples Using Coaxial-Line and Insulated Antenna
  • Mark W. McAllister (Ph.D., 1983)
    The Resonant Dielectric Antenna: Experiment and Theory
  • Joseph R. Zinecker (B.S., 1982)
    Computation of the Driving Point Impedance of a Rectangular Microstrip Antenna (Honors Thesis)
  • Brij Bhushan Popli (M.S., 1981)
    Numerical Analysis of Radiation into the Air Due to a Dipole Embedded in a Dense Medium
  • Afroz J. M. Zaman (Ph.D., 1981)
    A Theoretical Investigation of Eddy Current Response to Subsurface Flaws for Application in Nondestructive Evaluation
  • Shih-Chang Frank Huang (M.S., 1979)
    An Antenna for Underground Radio Communication
  • Weiming Ou (M.S., 1979)
    Nondestructive Measurement of Thickness and Dielectric Constant of a Dielectric Layer on a Conductive Substrate by Means of Surface Electromagnetic Waves
  • Faramarz Vaziri (Ph.D., 1979)
    Electromagnetic Fields of Underground Antennas
  • Martin Ray Allerding (M.S., 1976)
    An Experimental Investigation of the Circular Disc Antenna
  • Chun Chi Lee (M.S., 1976)
    Coupled Yagi-Uda Arrays of Dipoles
  • Pierre Bertrand Morel (M.S., 1976)
    A Theoretical Investigation of the Circular Printed Circuit Antenna
  • George Wadih Raffoul (Ph.D., 1976)
    The Infinitely Long Yagi Array of Concentric Circular Loops
  • Mark D. Walton (M.S., 1976)
    An Experimental Study of the Printed-Circuit Circular Disc Antenna
  • Nabil Kamel Takla (M.S., 1974)
    Numerical Analysis of the Yagi-Uda Array