MORE STUFF AN ELECTROMAGNETICS SCIENTIST DOES

I work with a group of very motivated and smart students. We are kind of like inventors. We come up with "crazy" ideas and find equally crazy groups to fund exploration projects to see if we can make the ideas work.

For example, can we make an antenna out of plasma gas?
Here is a pic of a glass cube holding glowing plasma as we test it.
I also am doing a bioengineering project where I am looking for glaucoma. I need to find volunteers that I can expose their eyes to a test involving a laser and light puffs of air. I continue to hope it will be successful. Below is a set of data from one of the tests.

A new project is to develop a satellite antenna for a robot submarine. We have shown feasibility, and now we need to actually do it. Hope my students can swim.


Antenna scientists work with all kinds of antennas. Below is a photo from my recent informal visit to the largest antenna in the world. Arecibo in Puerto Rico.


Now that I am retired, I am only doing the fun research. It is a thrill to continue to work with young students who are highly motivated and excited about the projects we undertake.

You like risk? I can only be successful a small percentage (~25%) of the time. So I also appreciate the brave souls that fund this research. For more information, Google my name or the ElectroScience Lab. at the Ohio State University.

Favorite quote: "If it was easy, they would do it at Michagan!"