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Applied Electromagnetics & Propagation (AEP)

We are a team of researchers working on classical and quantum electrodynamics applied to the study of antennas, and guided and free-space wave propagation, scattering and diffraction.

Radio channel prediction

Radio channel prediction

Polarisation dependent LWA2

Polarisation dependent LWA2

Polarisation dependent LWA

Polarisation dependent LWA

Directional vector

Directional vector

Bull's eye antenna

Bull's eye antenna

Our current areas of research focus are:

  • Deterministic radiowave propagation models
    • THz material library
    • THz scattering
    • Radio channel prediction using machine learning and ray-launching
  • Advanced components
    • Quasi-optical and (meta)lens antennas
    • Topological metasurface waveguides
    • Polarising metasurfaces
    • Multi-port antennas
  • Quantum technologies for communications

  • AEP Research areas

    We carry out a wide range of research projects, often in collaboration with partners at other universities and in industry. Below are a selection of our current research projects.

Key staff

  • Professor Costas Constantinou

    Professor of Communication Electrodynamics

    Staff profile for Professor Costas Constantinou, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Deputy Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer and Professor of Communication Electrodynamics.

  • Dr Shashwat Sharma

    Assistant Professor of Applied Electromagnetics and Antennas

    Dr Shashwat Sharma is a researcher, engineer, and computational scientist with an academic and industrial background in computational and applied electromagnetics.