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RESEARCH IN ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
Profs. O. Boyraz and F. Capolino
PhDs S. Campione, C. Guclu and Q. Song
Undergraduate E. Mannarino
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declare that they don’t represent any mentioned institution
RESEARCH TEAM
Prof. Ozdal Boyraz
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BS Hacettepe University, Ankara,
Turkey, Electrical Engineering,
1993
MS University of Michigan Ann
Arbor, Electrical Engineering,
1997
PhD University of Michigan Ann
Arbor, Electrical Engineering,
2001
Prof. Filippo Capolino
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Laurea Degree (BS/MS
equivalent) University of Florence,
Italy, Electrical Engineering, 1993
PhD University of Florence, Italy,
Electrical Engineering, 1997
RESEARCH TEAM
Caner Guclu
PhD Student
Salvatore Campione
PhD Candidate 2011
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BS Politecnico di Torino, Italy,
Electrical Engineering, 2007
MS Politecnico di Torino,
Italy, Electrical Engineering,
2009
MS University of Illinois at
Chicago, Electrical
Engineering, 2009
PhD University of California
Irvine, Electrical Engineering,
ongoing
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BS Middle East Technical
University (METU) Ankara, Turkey, Electrical
Engineering, 2008
MS, Middle East Technical
University (METU) Ankara, Turkey, Electrical
Engineering, 2010
PhD University of
California Irvine, Electrical
Engineering, ongoing
Qi Song
PhD Candidate 2009
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BS Dalian University of
Technology – Dalian, China,
Electrical Engineering, 2005
MS Dalian University of
Technology – Dalian, China,
Electrical Engineering, 2007
PhD University of California
Irvine, Electrical
Engineering, ongoing
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Contact: Prof. F. Capolino: [email protected]
Webpage: http://capolino.eng.uci.edu
WHAT IS ENGINEERING?
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ENGINEERING:
A profession of ACQUIRING and APPLYING
scientific knowledge in order to design new processes
and products! It combines:
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Natural sciences
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Physics, Chemistry, Material science, etc.
Mathematics
RESEARCH IN SCIENCE
Problem type: What is the
underlying mechanism/theory?
 Scientific method
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Define the problem
Research what’s been done before
 Use creativity!
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Form a hypothesis (testable prediction)
Test hypothesis (actual experiment)
Analyze data (could be more involved
than you would expect)
Form conclusions
Take appropriate actions based on
conclusions
RESEARCH IN ENGINEERING
Research in applied science and
product development
 Process
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Define the problem
Research what’s been done before
 Lots of thinking
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Create criteria
May be known
 Use scientific method to determine
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Design product
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Optimization
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Computer simulations
Improve it!
Build a prototype and TEST!
RESEARCH
THEORETICAL MODELING
SIMULATION SOFTWARE
EXPERIMENTS
WHAT IS YOUR RESEARCH TOPIC?
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A PhD student’s answer usually
sounds as strange as this:
“I am fighting windmills!”
Don Quixote
Research is a very deep and focused
activity driven by passion and
curiosity!
 Thousands of researchers contribute
to the knowledge of humanity
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HOW IS RESEARCH FUNDED?
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Government Funding
Department of Defense
 Department of Energy
 etc…
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Private Funding
Industry and university cooperation
 Private research institutions
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MISSIONS OF NSF
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Initiate and support, scientific and engineering
research and programs through grants and contracts
Award graduate fellowships in the sciences and in
engineering
Support activities related to international cooperation,
national security and the effects of scientific and
technological applications upon society
Support activities designed to increase the
participation of women and minorities and others
underrepresented in science and technology
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The authors assume full responsibility of the content, and
declare that they don’t represent any mentioned institution
OUR PROJECT
OPTICAL ANTENNAS
 SEMICONDUCTORS
 OPTO-ELECTRONICS
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RADIATING AND RECEIVING ANTENNAS
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Device that transforms guided signal into
radiated electromagnetic waves and vice versa
Physical dimensions are related to wavelength.
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wavelength=(speed of light)/(frequency)
=c/f
A cellular phone antenna works at around
109 Hz=1GHz
 Our design frequency:193 Terahertz
(1012Hz=1THz), almost 200,000 times the
frequency of your phone!
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f=20-400 MHz
=15-0.75m
f= 193 THz
=1.5m
f=400-800 MHz
=75-38 cm
f=1-2 GHz
=30-15cm
f= 5 THz
=60m
SEMICONDUCTORS AND SILICON
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Semiconductor: Neither insulator, nor conductor
Controllable behavior, switching from insulator to
conductor or vice versa
 Basics of electronic devices
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Silicon: One of the most abundant elements
OPTICAL
ANTENNA
LEAKY
WAVE
ANTENNAS
INTEGRATED WITH SILICON
SILICON
RADIATION
WAVE
DIELECTRIC
INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDE
Micron-level design
 Fiberoptics integrated with
semiconductors!
 Control of radiation level
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λ = 1550 nm (1 nm = 10-9 m)
 f = c / λ = 1931012 Hz (f ≈ 2106f of cell phone)
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE (WWW.UCI.EDU)
SCHOOLS
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Engineering (e.g., electrical, mechanical, chemical, etc.)
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Science (e.g, biological, physical, social, etc.)
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Humanities, Law
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Medicine
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and many more….
HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING (WWW.ENG.UCI.EDU)
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# Undergraduate Student: 2579
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# MS / PhD Students: 720
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# Full time Faculty: 106
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Ranked #39 in U.S.News & World Report’s 2012 listing of best engineering
graduate schools
DEPARTMENTS AT HSSOE
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Biomedical Engineering
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Chemical Engineering and Material Science
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Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Our Lab
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Contact: Prof. F. Capolino: [email protected]
Webpage: http://capolino.eng.uci.edu
PAST INTERNSHIPS – SUMMER 2011
Timothy Tang
11th
grade Irvine High School,
Irvine, CA
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Theoretical investigation of
radiation from OLWAs
Ted Ko
Mathematical comparison of 11th grade Saint Margaret`s
theories involving leaky wave
Episcopal School, San Juan
radiation
Capistrano, CA
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Proof of metamaterial concepts
using co-axial cables
TIM IS JOINING UCLA
AS UNDERGRADUATE TED IS JOINING HARVARD
STUDENT
AS UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENT
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Zinia Jesmin Tuli
Semiconductor physics,
modeling and simulation
Gained experience with
largely adopted
simulation software
COMSOL Multiphysics
ZINIA IS A UCI
UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENT
CURRENT INTERNSHIPS
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Eric Mannarino
Semiconductor physics,
modeling and simulation
Gain experience with
largely adopted
simulation software
COMSOL Multiphysics
ANY QUESTIONS?
Contact: Prof. F. Capolino: [email protected]
Webpage: capolino.eng.uci.edu