Vita of Fernando L Teixeira

Vita of Fernando Lisboa Teixeira

Associate Professor
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Ohio State University
205 Dreese Lab
2015 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210-1272, USA
http://www.ece.osu.edu/~teixeira

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

ElectroScience Laboratory and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA.
Associate Professor,
October 2006 to present.
Assistant Professor,
October 2000 to September 2006.

Research: Coordinates a comprehensive research program in computational electromagnetics and optics, time-domain ultrawideband (UWB) forward and inverse scattering, and remote sensing. Applications of interest have included UWB remote sensing, multifunctional RF and optical devices, nanophotonics, metamaterials, and electromagnetic sensors for geophysical prospection (oil and gas exploration). Research sponsors have included the National Science Foundation (ECCS Division), Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Army Research Laboratory, Halliburton Co. (Sensor Physics Group), AT&T (SBC Communications), HPTi Inc., SciberQuest Inc., and the Ohio Supercomputer Center. Teaching: Courses in antennas and propagation for wireless systems, electromagnetic theory, advanced antenna theory, and numerical techniques for electromagnetic problems.

Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA.
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
October 1999 to September 2000.

Research: Research in computational electromagnetics, random media propagation and scattering, rough surface scattering (perturbational approaches), and remote sensing. Supervised students in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science graduate program at MIT on FDTD analysis of electromagnetic propagation in continuous random media and Monte Carlo study of scattering from discrete random media. Technical program coordinator of an international scientific symposium (PIERS 2000) with over 600 participants.

Center for Computational Electromagnetics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL, USA.
Research and Teaching Assistant,
Research: August 1996 to October 1999,
Teaching: February 1999 to June 1999.

Research: Research on computational electromagnetics (CEM). Development of finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) codes for EM field simulations. Application in the modeling of ground penetrating radar in dispersive earth media and in the modeling of borehole sensors for geophysical probing simulations. Development of accurate absorbing boundary conditions for FDTD and finite-element method (FEM). Research on theoretical aspects of FDTD and FEM. Teaching: Lectured, graded homeworks, and held office hours for the graduate-level course ECE420 - Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems during the Spring 1999 semester.

Satellite Transmission Department, EMBRATEL S.A. (MCI/Worldcom), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Staff Engineer,
December 1994 to July 1996.

Involved on frequency coordination and transmission plans for digital and analog carriers in the domestic communication satellites BRASILSAT B1 and B2. Software development to provide mandatory test parameters of new earth-stations antennas for the Brazilian system of communication satellites. Prospective study on the impact of inclined-orbit operation of BRASILSAT A2 on link performance. Development of a methodology for the evaluation of transponder occupation by digital TV carriers in inclined-orbit satellites. Cooperation with the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro in developing contoured beam coverage specifications of spacecraft antennas for future Brazilian satellite systems.

Brazilian Army Research and Development Center (IPD-CTEx) and Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Military Engineer (1st Lieutenant),
December 1992 to December 1994.

Work on time measurement techniques for fast mechanical events using laser beams. Work on the spectral and radiometric characterization of infrared sensors. Development of numerical synthesis (based on the simulated annealing optimization technique) of binary holograms for applications in optical interconnects. Member of the IPD-CTEx group for technical evaluation of an infrared beam-guided anti-tank missile prototype, MAF Oto Melara ( Finmeccanica S.p.A. ) in La Spezia, Italy.

Center for Telecommunications Studies, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Research Assistant,
August 1991 to March 1995.
Undergraduate Research Assistant,
March 1989 to July 1991.

Numerical analysis of axially symmetric reflector antennas using the method of moments (MoM) with different sets of basis functions (sub-domain, entire-domain, bandlimited, and B-splines). Prospective study on numerical techniques to reduce the computational cost associated with the MoM. Study on diffraction synthesis of shaped-beam reflector antennas for satellite communications. Study and implementation of interpolation schemes (two-dimensional Fourier series, bi-cubic splines, quintic pseudo-splines) applied to shaped reflector antennas surfaces. Research on diffraction synthesis of shaped reflector antennas for satellite communications. Development of graphical software interface for application on electromagnetics.

Department of Physics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Undergraduate Research and Teaching Assistant,
Research: March 1989 to July 1991,
Teaching: March 1988 to June 1988.

Research: Numerical simulation of the planar-spin model of statistical physics using Monte Carlo (canonical ensemble) and molecular dynamics (microcanonical ensemble) methods. Numerical simulation of 1+1 lattice gauge theories (Gross-Neveu model) using hybrid numerical techniques based on the Monte Carlo method. The Gross-Neveu model is related to condensed-matter equivalent models of Su-Schrieffer-Heeger and Krive-Rohavskii, describing conducting polymers. Study of such models is important to characterize charge transport properties of those structures. Teaching: Lectured weekly homework solution classes for the course Physics I during the Spring 1988 semester.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, September 1999.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Thesis title: Novel concepts for differential equation based electromagnetic field simulations
GPA = 4.00/4.00

M.S., Electrical Engineering, March 1995
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Thesis title: Moment-method analysis of circularly symmetric reflector antennas
GPA = 9.7/10.0

B.S., Electrical Engineering, July 1991
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Thesis title: Diffractive synthesis technique for shaped reflector antennas
GPA = 9.4/10.0

SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

Academic Excellence Scholarship (five times recipient), Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 1987-1991
Marshal Hermes 'Diligence and Study' Medal, Brazilian Army, 1992
IEEE-MTT Fellowship Award, 1998-1999
Raj Mittra Outstanding Research Award, University of Illinois, 1999
URSI Young Scientist Award, XXVII URSI General Assembly, Maastricht, Netherlands, 2002
SBC/Ameritech Faculty Fellow, 2002
NSF U.S. Oberwolfach Fellow, 2004
Lumley Research Award, The Ohio State University, 2004
CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2004
Triennial USNC/URSI Booker Fellowship, International Union of Radio Science, 2005

EDITORIAL AND REVIEW ACTIVITIES

Associate Editor, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2008-
Production Editor, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, 2001-2005
Guest editor, PIER monograph series vol. 32 on Geometric Methods for Computational Electromagnetics, 2001
Reviewer of monographs for McGraw-Hill, Wiley-Interscience, Prentice-Hall, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press
External evaluator or proposal reviewer for NSF, US/CRDF, DoD agencies, OSC, and various international agencies (France, Hong-Kong, Israel, South Africa, Turkey)
Served as referee for many journals including: AEU, ACES J., Chinese Phys. Lett., CMAME, COMPEL, Comput. Geosci., Electromagn., Geophys., ICAE, IEEE AWPL, IEEE GRSL, IEEE MWCL, IEEE PTL, IEEE SPL, IEEE T-AP, IEEE T-ED, IEEE T-GRS, IEEE T-MTT, IEICE Trans. Electron., IMA J. Num. Analysis, Inv. Probl., JCP, JCAM, JEMWA, JLT, J. Phys. A, JOSA, J. Math. Analysis Appl., J. Sci. Comput., Numer. Math., Opt. Comm., Phys. Lett., Radio Sci., SIAM-SIAP, SIAM-SINUM, and others.

EXTERNAL SERVICE AND AFILLIATIONS

Secretary/Treasurer, Vice-Chairman, and Chairman ('02-'06), IEEE MTT/AP-S Columbus Joint Chapter; AdCom member, TPC member, and session chair/organizer for a number of conferences.
Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Senior Member IEEE, Elected Member URSI Comissions B and F.

PUBLICATIONS

Published over 90 journal articles, 150 conference papers, and edited one book. Copies of publications are availabe upon request.

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Vita of Fernando Lisboa Teixeira

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

ElectroScience Laboratory and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA. Associate Professor, October 2006 to present. Assistant Professor, October 2000 to September 2006.

Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA. Postdoctoral Research Associate, October 1999 to September 2000.

Center for Computational Electromagnetics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL, USA. Research and Teaching Assistant, Research: August 1996 to October 1999, Teaching: February 1999 to June 1999.

Satellite Transmission Department, EMBRATEL S.A. (MCI/Worldcom), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Staff Engineer, December 1994 to July 1996.

Brazilian Army Research and Development Center (IPD-CTEx) and Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Military Engineer (1st Lieutenant), December 1992 to December 1994.

Center for Telecommunications Studies, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Research Assistant, August 1991 to March 1995. Undergraduate Research Assistant, March 1989 to July 1991.

Department of Physics, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Undergraduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Research: March 1989 to July 1991, Teaching: March 1988 to June 1988.