How it all began, and a walk-through its history

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1 How it all began, and a walk-through its history

2 John L. Volakis

3 ElectroScience History Established in 1941 with a vision to become a multidisciplinary institute (as stated in Sinclair s IEEE Magazine article). How it all started: Prof. William Everitt obtained a contract to measure antenna patterns on aircraft and tanks. Everitt was subsequently recruited to the U. of Illinois (UIUC) and his student George Sinclair became the PI of the project. Rumsey (inventor of frequency independent antennas) will become director in The current model of faculty advising multiple grad students to carry out their research was promoted by Rumsey. Rumsey was eventually recruited to UIUC and then moved to UCSD, where he is prominently remembered. Tice (1954) and later Levis became Directors First ever Antenna Measurement

4 Founders of The Ohio State University ElectroScience Laboratory Bill Everitt George Sinclair 0 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ElectroScience L A B 0 R A T 0 R Y

5 Timeline Invention of new model measurement techniques for antennas (Bill Everitt and George Sinclair) ElectroScience (then Antenna Lab) grows to 50 people by 1946 (under George Sinclair) Lasers and non-linear optics became an important research; Lasers and Applications symposium in 1962 Time division multiple access for satellite communication demonstrated Concepts of wideband and frequency independent antennas introduced Radar Cross Section (RCS/Stealth) definition and related studies introduced, including Radome research

6 June 25, Photo of Antenna Lab Personnel

7 Dr. Masters (ESL alumnus and benefactor) as featured on the 1951 Electrical Engineering Dept. brochure, doing final touches on the just installed Empire State Building Color TV antenna

8 Antenna Lab Personnel

9 The Familiar Satellite Antennas at the Saucer Field

10 Fully Expanded ElectroScience Lab after the 1964 addition

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12 Timeline Present Polarimetric imaging invented Uniform Theory of Diffraction invented, becoming the standard for high frequency EM analysis, leading to several high frequency analysis CAD tools First ever integral equation solutions using modern computers Compact Range measurement techniques invented, becoming the standard across the world High-end numerical methods (PDEs, Integral Methods, Hybrids), Metastructures, RF Materials, RF/Photonics, Cognitive Sensing, TeraHertz, Medical Sensing and Navigation

13 1977 Photo Gary Theile Jon Young Leon Peters Art Ksienski Clay Larson Buck Walters H.C. Ko Curt Davis III Luen Chen Daniel Devasirvatham Ben Munk Jack Richmond Dave Moffat Bob Garbacz Andy Terzuoli P.H. Pathak John Sahalos

14 John Kraus ( ) Each of his books has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide and translated in several languages Ohio State Professor and celebrated author of undergraduate and graduate texts in Electroctromagnetics; Designer of the Big Ear radio telescope at Ohio State University

15 Radome Design: Prof Ben Munk with (his student) Dr. Errol English

16 1984 Photo From left: Dennie Burnside (ESL Director ), Leon Peters Jr. (ESL Director, ), John Volakis (ESL Director, Jan )

17 2002 Photo Laboratory

18 New ESL Ground Breaking on Dec 20, 2009 (several alumni visited the event and are depicted in the photos below) Rentable Portion Feb

19 New ESL completed in Nov and Occupied in April 2011 Ribbon Cutting September 30, 2011

20 New ElectroScience Laboratory Building Occupied April 1, 2011 (old ESL building is behind the new building)

21 2011 Photo ElectroScience :========================================L A B 0 R A T 0 R Y

22 ElectroScience Laboratory (ESL) Today Current research at ESL covers all aspects of wireless technologies, optics and photonics (see next 2 slides). Also, ESL faculty and researchers collaborate across the campus and other universities on numerous multidisciplinary projects from RF Communications to Agriculture and Medicine. 16 Tenured and Tenured Track Faculty 14 Research Faculty and Research Scientists 90 Graduate Student Research Assistants 19 Undergraduate Research Assistants 7 Post Doctoral Researchers 7 Visiting Scholars 11 Support Staff Total Personnel : 164 People Current Annual Funding is about $10M per annum, after reaching ~$12.5M in FY11. In FY13, ESL s Research $$ was 10% of the CoE & 46% of ECE Dept. In FY12, ESL s Research $$ was 11% of the CoE & 51% of ECE Dept. In FY11, ESL s Research $$ was 12% of the CoE & 57% of ECE Dept.

23 ELECTROSCIENCE LAB Ohio State ElectroScience Laboratory The Ohio State ElectroScience Laboratory is a distinctive university center where world-class faculty and research scientists lead projects exploring electromagnetic, optics and radio frequency technologies. Researchers from this multidisciplinary facility collaborate with experts in other labs across our campus and around the world. ElectroScience features one of the largest RF research laboratories in the world. ESL researchers pursue a variety of emerging technologies, including: Medical sensing and neurosensing Cognitive sensing Millimeter waves, terahertz and photonics Multi-physics engineering Micro-devices and reconfigurable systems Navigation and guidance 0 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ElectroScience L A B 0 R A T 0 R Y

24 The ElectroScience Laboratory features a newly constructed 40,000-square-foot wireless communication and radio frequency research lab. This facility includes an indoor anechoic chamber radio frequency measurement facility, a complete complement of electromagnetics test facilities, and 4,000 square feet of rental space available to companies that focus in areas relevant to the ESL. The original 20,000-square-foot ESL lab continues to provide space for cutting-edge research and education. Researchers. faculty and students are conducting research In all aspects of electromagnetic, optics and RF technologies at the ESL, Including advancements In: Wireless communication Optics and photonics Remote sensing and radar systems Electromagnetic scattering Sensor fusion and RFIDs RF integrated circuits Terahertz imaging and millimeter waves communication Satellite and ultra-wide-bandwidth communication The Chio St81c Unlvc oity OEE ESL THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY ElectroScience L A B 0 R A T 0 R Y

25 The ElectroScience Laboratory