Specialization profile--Tera-hertz sensing

The profile Applied Electromagnetics focuses on the education of students on various theoretical and practical aspects of electromagnetic fields and radiation. The education deals with an extensive introduction to the electromagnetic theory which is necessary in most fields of electrical engineering, such as communications, antenna, radar, microwave engineering. The most useful mathematical tools for the analysis of electromagnetic problems and antenna are explained with parallel emphasis to their application in real-world problems.

The profile prepares for graduation in the Terahertz Sensing research group, which has expertise and actively conduct research activities on novel antennas for the following applications: space observation, medical imaging, security screening, on-chip antennas and time-domain sensing. 
Within this specialisation, you will learn about the physical phenomena behind generation, guided propagation, transmission, and reception of electromagnetic waves, as well as the principles of radiation from antennas, typical antenna structures, and basic skills of antenna design.

Suggested courses

EE4016	Antenna Systems		5 EC		details
EE4510	Advanced electromagnetics		5 EC		details
EE4580	Quasi optical systems		4 EC		details
EE4605	Integrated Circuits and Systems for Wireless Applications		5 EC		details
EE4620	Spectral Domain Methods in Electromagnetics		4 EC		details
EE4C05	Electromagnetics		5 EC		details
ET4169	Radar I: From Basic Principles to Applications		5 EC		details
ET4358	Fundamentals of wireless communications		5 EC		details

MSc project proposals

Some examples of thesis topics (this list is not exhaustive):

MS3	[New! TUD-NXP] Fusion of mono-static and bi-static radar responses (01.12.2022)
	[New! TUD-NXP] Codesign of 2D Antenna Array and DOA Estimation (01.12.2022)
SPS	Signal processing for wearable sensing of heart rhythm and function

Thesis examples

	2011	S. Bensdorp	Comparative study of light trapping strategies in thin film solar cells
MS3	2010	W.M. Brink	Non-Invasive Electromagnetic Ablation of Female Breast Tumors
SPS	2013	Jason Mensingh	Development of a Two-Dimensional Resonator Design Tool
THZ	2022	Leila Gottmer	A GO/PO tool for synthesizing shaped multi-surface dielectric lens antennas
		Junhong Gu	Time-Domain Electromagnetic Leaky Waves Radiation from a Long Slot
		Martijn Huiskes	Towards the design of an imaging setup using photoconductive antennas
		Rik Bokhorst	MMIC packaging using Flip-Chip technology at G band
		Jinglin Geng	Volumetric Method of Moments: A Numerical Tool for High Frequency Problems Analysis
		Caspar Coco Martin	Wideband Flat Lenses Based on Artificial Dielectric Layers
		Dunja Lončarević	Spectral Analysis of The Infinite Slot Leaky Wave Antenna & Leaky Wave Antenna With Multiple Slots
	2021	Zhuang Chen	Wideband Feeding Network Design For Dual-Polarized Connected Arrays
		Ashwita Nair	Geometrical Optics - Physical Optics model of the mutual coupling between antennas under integrated lenses
		Saurabh Nerkar	GUI for System Dimensioning and QO Channel Analysis of Pulsed Pico-second Radar
		Caspar van Wamel	Reduction of Cross Polarization Level in Connected Slot Arrays using Artificial Dielectric Layers with Vertical Metallic Inclusions
		Nick van Rooijen	On the Development of a Lens Phased-Array at 100GHz
		Stefanie Brackenhoff	SPLITTER: A data model and algorithm for detecting spectral lines and continuum emission of high-redshift galaxies using DESHIMA 2.0
	2020	Antonios Pelekanidis	A THz Lens Antenna fed by a Photoconductive Connected Dipole Array
	2019	Cyrus Tirband Dastgerdi	A non-galvanic chip-to-waveguide transition for mm-wave characterization probes
		Kevin Kouwenhoven	Dielectric Loss Measurements at Sub-K Temperatures and Terahertz Frequencies
	2018	Huasheng Zhang	A GO/FO Tool for Analyzing Quasi-optical Systems in Reception
		Bart van den Bogert	28 nm CMOS Array of Strips for Pedestrian Detection
		Diego Emer	EM Interference Analysis of the Fly's Eye Antenna System in Stadium Scenarios
	2017	Zhengzheng Wang	Complete tool for predicting the mutual coupling in non-uniform arrays of rectangular aperture radiators
		Ralph van Schelven	Analysis of three dimensional array antenna elements to achieve asymmetric active element patterns
		Cantika Felita	Analytical Study of Artificial Dielectrics Composed of Non-Aligned Layers
		Sjoerd Bosma	Quasi-optical system for the DESHIMA spectrometer
		Arturo Fiorellini Bernardis	The Observable Field: On the Estimation of the Available Power for Antennas in Reception
	2016	Alejandro Pascual Laguna	Early design of the MOSAIC antenna
	2015	Shahab Dabironezare	Analysis and design of a dual-band THz imager based on incoherent detectors.
		Siyi Zhou	Analysis and Design of Pulsed Photoconductive Antennas
		Wenda Zhu	Mm-Wave In-Package Antennas for Short-Range Car Radar Application
		Xuxiang Liu	Demonstration of 2 x 2 heterodyne receiver array at 1.4THz using HEB mixers and Fourier phase grating LO
		Sven van Berkel	Characterization of Printed Transmission Lines at High Frequencies
	2014	Harshitha Thippur Shivamurthy	Wideband, Wide-Scan Planar Connected Slot Array Enhanced with Artificial Dielectrics

	2019	Andrea Degasperi	Time Domain Modeling of Photoconductive Antennas

Contact person

For more information about the research group, possible thesis topics, and suggestions for your ISP:

prof.dr. Andrea Neto

Terahertz Sensing Group

Department of Microelectronics