Research

Check out the new youtube video on our research center!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRSdhIJp6ss

Currently recruiting PhD and MS students to work in Printed Electronics for RF and MW Applications- must be US citizen or Permanent Resident– Email alkim_akyurtlu@uml.edu with CV. 

Projects:
Main emphasis of current research is on additive manufacturing for RF and Microwave Applications. Some specific projects include 

• Additive Manufacturing for Technology protections
  • Trusted Microelectronics
  • Anti-Tamper
  • Authentication

• Advanced Materials
• Antenna Characterization
• Bare Die Integration
  • System On Substrates (SOS)
  • Substrate Integrated Circuits (SIC)
• Chip Integration
• Computational Modeling and Simulations
• Dielectric measurements
  • Free space method
  • Waveguide method
  • Inhouse printed co-planer waveguide method
  • Inhouse printed concentric cylindrical capacitor method
• Functional Ink Development
  • Ferroelectric Inks for Printed Variable Capacitors
  • UV Curable Dielectric Inks
  • Ag-BST Convertible Ink
  • Conductive Nanoparticle Inks
  • NIR transparent inks
  • LWIR reflective inks
  • Semiconductor inks
• Metamaterials
  • Flexible surfaces for RF Applications
  • Fabric-based Metasurfaces
  • Optical and IR Metasurfaces
  • Flexible metasurfaces
  • Magnetic metasurfaces
• Targeted Ink Development for Additive Manufacturing Processes
  • Silver Nanoparticle and Reactive Inks
• Thin Film Devices
  • MIM Diodes
• 3D Printed Antenna Arrays
• Printed Chip Interconnects
• Printed E-Textiles for Wearable Electronics
  • RF Metasurfaces on Textiles
• Printed RFID Tags
• Printed RF and Hybrid Connectors
• Printed Tunable Metamaterials

 Facilities:

• Printed Electronics Research Collaborative (PERC)
• Center for Photonics, Electromagnetics, and Nanoelectronics (CPEN)