Specialization profile--Applied electromagnetics

The profile Applied Electromagnetics focuses on the education of students on various theoretical and practical aspects of electromagnetic fields and radiation. The education deals with an extensive introduction to the electromagnetic theory which is necessary in most fields of electrical engineering, such as communications, antenna, radar, microwave engineering. The most useful mathematical tools for the analysis of electromagnetic problems and antenna are explained with parallel emphasis to their application in real-world problems.

Within this specialisation, you will learn about the physical phenomena behind generation, guided propagation, transmission, and reception of electromagnetic waves, as well as the principles of radiation from antennas, typical antenna structures, and antenna design skills.

Compulsory courses for this profile are:

• EE4C05 Electromagnetics (Q1)
• EE4510 Advanced electromagnetics (Q2)
• EE4725 Quasi optical systems (Q3)
• EE4620 Spectral domain methods in electromagnetics (Q4)
• EE4595 Wavefield imaging (Q4)

Suggested courses

EE4510	Advanced electromagnetics		5 EC		details
EE4565	Propagation and scattering of electromagnetic waves		5 EC		details
EE4595	Wavefield imaging		5 EC		details
EE4620	Spectral domain methods in electromagnetics		4 EC		details
EE4725	Quasi optical systems		4 EC		details
EE4730	High frequency wireless architectures		3 EC		details
EE4C05	Electromagnetics		5 EC		details
EE4C13	Wireless systems for electrical engineering applications		5 EC		details
ET4169	Radar I: From basic principles to applications		5 EC		details

MSc project proposals

Some examples of thesis topics (this list is not exhaustive):

THZ	Wideband SatCom phased array
	Wideband lens feed design

Thesis examples

	2011	S. Bensdorp	Comparative study of light trapping strategies in thin film solar cells
MS3	2010	W.M. Brink	Non-Invasive Electromagnetic Ablation of Female Breast Tumors
SPS	2013	Jason Mensingh	Development of a Two-Dimensional Resonator Design Tool
THZ	2024	Nadine van Dam	The feasibility of the two-dimensional Contrast Source Inversion method on realistic three-dimensional data to find Electrical Properties of human tissue
		Zerui Gao	Wideband Mixer EVM Characterization through a VNA Setup at Sub-THz Frequencies
		Cesare Tadolini	On the Modelling of the Feeds for Integrated Lens Antennas
	2023	Junyao Tan	Study of Lens Arrays for Radiative Near Field Communication in the H-Band
		Robbin van Dijk	Demonstration of near Diffraction-Limited Imaging using a THz CMOS-Integrated Camera
		Weiya Hu	Artificial Dielectric Flat Lenses: Analysis, Design, Simulations & Measurements
		Yanwen Chen	An Electromagnetic Model for Thermal Emission
		Erik Speksnijder	Development of spectral domain techniques for the analysis of printed transmission lines with nonzero conductor thickness
		Alexandros Bechrakis Triantafyllos	Analysis of Core-Shell Leaky-Wave Lens Antennas based on a combination of Physical Optics and Asymptotic Techniques
		Laurens Beijnen	Distributed Excitations of Pulsed Photo-Conductive Sources: The Time Domain Analysis
		Roderick Tapia Barroso	Study on the Number of Independent Beams from Planar Domains
	2022	Leila Gottmer	A GO/PO tool for synthesizing shaped multi-surface dielectric lens antennas
		Junhong Gu	Time-Domain Electromagnetic Leaky Waves Radiation from a Long Slot
		Martijn Huiskes	Towards the design of an imaging setup using photoconductive antennas
		Rik Bokhorst	MMIC packaging using Flip-Chip technology at G band
		Jinglin Geng	Volumetric Method of Moments: A Numerical Tool for High Frequency Problems Analysis
		Caspar Coco Martin	Wideband Flat Lenses Based on Artificial Dielectric Layers
		Dunja Lončarević	Spectral Analysis of The Infinite Slot Leaky Wave Antenna & Leaky Wave Antenna With Multiple Slots
	2021	Zhuang Chen	Wideband Feeding Network Design For Dual-Polarized Connected Arrays
		Ashwita Nair	Geometrical Optics - Physical Optics model of the mutual coupling between antennas under integrated lenses
		Saurabh Nerkar	GUI for System Dimensioning and QO Channel Analysis of Pulsed Pico-second Radar
		Caspar van Wamel	Reduction of Cross Polarization Level in Connected Slot Arrays using Artificial Dielectric Layers with Vertical Metallic Inclusions
		Nick van Rooijen	On the Development of a Lens Phased-Array at 100GHz
	2020	Antonios Pelekanidis	A THz Lens Antenna fed by a Photoconductive Connected Dipole Array
	2019	Cyrus Tirband Dastgerdi	A non-galvanic chip-to-waveguide transition for mm-wave characterization probes
		Kevin Kouwenhoven	Dielectric Loss Measurements at Sub-K Temperatures and Terahertz Frequencies
	2018	Huasheng Zhang	A GO/FO Tool for Analyzing Quasi-optical Systems in Reception
		Bart van den Bogert	28 nm CMOS Array of Strips for Pedestrian Detection
		Diego Emer	EM Interference Analysis of the Fly's Eye Antenna System in Stadium Scenarios
	2017	Zhengzheng Wang	Complete tool for predicting the mutual coupling in non-uniform arrays of rectangular aperture radiators
		Ralph van Schelven	Analysis of three dimensional array antenna elements to achieve asymmetric active element patterns
		Cantika Felita	Analytical Study of Artificial Dielectrics Composed of Non-Aligned Layers
		Sjoerd Bosma	Quasi-optical system for the DESHIMA spectrometer
		Arturo Fiorellini Bernardis	The Observable Field: On the Estimation of the Available Power for Antennas in Reception
	2016	Alejandro Pascual Laguna	Early design of the MOSAIC antenna
	2015	Shahab Dabironezare	Analysis and design of a dual-band THz imager based on incoherent detectors.
		Siyi Zhou	Analysis and Design of Pulsed Photoconductive Antennas
		Wenda Zhu	Mm-Wave In-Package Antennas for Short-Range Car Radar Application
		Xuxiang Liu	Demonstration of 2 x 2 heterodyne receiver array at 1.4THz using HEB mixers and Fourier phase grating LO
		Sven van Berkel	Characterization of Printed Transmission Lines at High Frequencies
	2014	Harshitha Thippur Shivamurthy	Wideband, Wide-Scan Planar Connected Slot Array Enhanced with Artificial Dielectrics

	2019	Andrea Degasperi	Time Domain Modeling of Photoconductive Antennas

Contact person

For more information about the research group, possible thesis topics, and suggestions for your ISP:

prof.dr. Andrea Neto

Terahertz Sensing Group

Department of Microelectronics