PHD COURSE TITLE
"Metamaterials and Material-by-Design for Electromagnetic Applications"
ABSTRACT
Recent breakthroughs in the theory of Transformation Electromagnetics, such as the possibilities concerning cloaking and invisibility, have caught both the scientific and popular imagination, and have stimulated a huge growth in related research around the world. The potential of the underlying Transformation Electromagnetics approaches however have much wider applicability than cloaking alone, in arguably more important applications that span communications, energy transfer, sensors and security. However, theory and concepts are outstripping practical demonstration and testing, leading to a mismatch in what may be theorised and computed and what can be realised for impact in society and commerce. In this short course, the history of research on transformation electromagnetics and metamaterials for achieving the invisibility will be reviewed. Potentials and physical limitations of metamaterials will be demonstrated through numerical simulations and microwave experiments. The roadmap for developing radically novel devices based on transformation electromagnetics and metamaterials engaging UK leading theorists, modellers and material scientists will be discussed.
LECTURER
Prof. Yang HAO, Queen Mary University of London
(http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~yang/)
VENUE
ELEDIA Research Center (ELEDIA@UniTN, Università di Trento)
Room "LEVICO"
Polo Scientifico Fabio Ferrari
Via Sommarive, 5 I-38123 Povo (TRENTO)
TIME SCHEDULING
Tuesday July 19, 2016 14:30-18:30
Wednesday July 20, 2016 09:00-13:00
Wednesday July 20, 2016 14:00-18:00
Thursday July 21, 2016 09:00-13:00
CONTACT
Prof. Giacomo OLIVERI <giacomo.oliveri@unitn.it>
