MENU Radiation Laboratory (RADLAB)
The nation’s premier lab in applied electromagnetics: radar, wireless, antennas, remote sensing, and RF circuits. Featuring state-of-the-art facilities and world-class academics.
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The RADLAB manages academic programs and conducts research on all aspects of applied EM, including MW and MMW circuits, MEMS circuits, antennas, wave propagation, wireless applications, computational EM, microwave remote sensing, plasma electrodynamics, and EM metamaterials.
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Affiliated Centers
The Michigan Institute for Plasma Science and Engineering (MIPSE) conducts research on various aspects of plasma science and engineering, with focused attention on low temperature plasmas (LTP) and high energy density plasmas (HEDP) in particular.
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Faculty Positions
The department is currently hiring faculty with specialties in a variety of areas, including Electromagnetics. We welcome your interest in joining our collaborative team.
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Time-varying metamaterials
Professor Anthony Grbic is a key member of a new $7.5M Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) to develop develop magnet-free, non-reciprocal metamaterials that can break the time reversal symmetry of conventional electromagnetic systems. The goal of the project is to develop more efficient and cost-effective ways to transmit and receive electromagnetic waves. It could lead to breakthroughs in areas such as next-generation wireless communication, commercial and military radar systems, imaging, and antenna systems.Kamal Sarabandi: Faculty Profile
Kamal Sarabandi, Rufus S. Teesdale Professor of Engineering, conducts research in a wide range of topics in the area of applied electromagnetics, including: radar remote sensing; antenna miniaturization; reconfigurable antennas for, and performance assessment of, wireless applications; and radar imaging for collision avoidance, autonomous vehicle control, security, etc.Events
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News
Skanda Harisha receives Best Poster Award at IEEE RFID 2025 for work on tracking mmID tags
Harisha and PhD advisor Aline Eid developed a unique type of tag that can be localized using a radar system.
Leland Pierce receives 2025 HKN Professor of the Year Award for ECE
Pierce, Associate Research Scientist and Lecturer, has spent the past decade honing his skills as an educator by putting students and their education first.
A new type of slot antenna for NextG communications
The antenna, designed by doctoral student Aditya Varma Muppala and Prof. Kamal Sarabandi, is featured by IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.