Prof. Kelley's Home Page

Research Topics

• Research Overview
• FDTD Method
• IPR Antennas
• Pedagogy
• Phased Arrays
• Reactively Controlled Arrays
• Yagi-Uda Arrays
• Paper Count

Research Overview

My research interests lie primarily in the area of electromagnetics; that is, the design and analysis of antennas and other RF (wireless) devices and the study of radio wave propagation. My interests are constantly evolving, but to date they have focused on the following general topics:

• Reactively controlled array antennas
• Yagi-Uda array antennas, especially dynamic control of their properties
• Phased array antennas (active and parasitic)
• Surface-penetrating radar antennas for surveying objects and layers below ground or ice
• Evolutionary optimization methods, especially particle swarm optimization
• Computational electromagnetics, especially the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method
• Engineering education, especially in the area of electromagnetics

Details on projects in these and other areas can be found via the links at left. The area of optimization methods is not a specific research focus of mine, but I am interested in their use in challenging antenna design tasks.

I am always looking for bright, motivated undergraduate students and new graduate students who would like to work on the various research projects I am pursuing.