Rajeev Bansal

Professor Emeritus

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Education

• Ph.D., Applied Physics, Harvard University, 1981
• S.M., Applied Physics, Harvard University, 1977
• B.Tech., Electrical Engineering, IIT (Kanpur), India, 1976

Research Focus

• Applied electromagnetics (EM)
• Antenna design
• Biomedical applications of EM waves

Publications

Books

• R. Bansal, From ER to E.T.: How Electromagnetic technologies are Changing Our Lives, Wiley-IEEE Press, 2017.
• R. Bansal (ed.), Fundamentals of Engineering Electromagnetics, Taylor andFrancis, FL, 2006. [Derived from Handbook of Engineering Electromagnetics by R. Bansal (ed.), 2004]
• R. Bansal (ed.), Engineering Electromagnetics: Applications, Taylor and Francis,FL, 2006. [Derived from Handbook of Engineering Electromagnetics by R. Bansal (ed.), 2004]
• R. Bansal (ed.), Handbook of Engineering Electromagnetics, Marcel Dekker, NY, 2004.

Book Chapters

• D. Rivera and R. Bansal, Submarine Antennas, pp. 4937-4951, Encyclopedia of RF and Microwave Engineering, edited by K. Chang, Wiley, NJ, 2005.
• R. Bansal, “Review of Vector Analysis and Coordinate Systems,” pp. 681-690, Appendix C in Handbook of Engineering Electromagnetics, edited by R. Bansal, Marcel Dekker, NY, 2004.

Selected Journal Articles

• A. Teber, I. Unver, H. Kavas, B. Aktas, and R. Bansal, “Knitted radar absorbing materials (RAM) based on nickel-cobalt magnetic materials,” J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Vol. 406, pp. 228-232, 15 May 2016.
• R. Habash, Daniel Krewski, R. Bansal, and H. T. Alhafid, “Principles, applications, risks and benefits of therapeutic hyperthermia,” Frontiers in Bioscience E3, pp. 1169-1181, June 1, 2011.
• D. Tonn and R. Bansal, “Design of a Metamaterial-Based Linear Insulated Antenna Using a Genetic Algorithm,” Int. J. of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 39-49, January 2009.
• K. R. Mahmoud, R. Bansal, M. El-Adawy, , S. H. Zainud-Deen, and S. M. M. Ibrahem, “Performance of a Circular Crossed-Dipole Array for SDMA Configuration Adopting Directivity and Polarization Control using Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm,” Int. J. of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 50-59, January 2009.

Professional Activities

• Columnist, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 1987-present.
• Columnist, IEEE Microwave Magazine, 2000-present.
• Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of RF & Microwave CAE, 2004-present.
• IEEE AP-S Liaison to COMAR, 2001-present.