The programme is one of five in the School of Electrical and Information Engineering. It has a major focus on Computational Electromagnetics, but also the analysis and design of antennas and antenna systems, and general applied Electromagnetics. The pioneering work of Derek Nitch culminated in the C++ Object Oriented NEC2 program called SuperNEC, which placed us in a unique position to use this architecture as foundation for future research.
Recent or imminent additions to SuperNEC are:
- Dielectric Coated wires.
- Green's function for dielectric slabs.
- Finalization of the iterative matrix solution techniques.
- Addition of Genetic Algorithm based Antenna Optimizers.
- Addition of an RF and Antenna Systems Toolbox for Matlab.
- Integration of “Simply Sparse” as a Sparse Matrix solver.
The Dielectric coatings and Genetic Algorithms have been successfully integrated into the core SuperNEC.
The objectives of this programme are:
- To foster fundamental research in the area of Computational Electromagnetics that is likely to be of value to industry in the longer term.
- To undertake contract research to meet the needs of the Computational Electromagnetics industry.
- To foster a relationship with industry that is mutually beneficial.
Research Head: Prof. A. Clark
