Allen Taflove

Biosketch

To date, Allen has been the principal investigator on some 40 grants and contracts. He has authored or co-authored 4 books, 12 invited papers or chapters in books, approximately 250 journal papers and conference papers/abstracts, and 13 U.S. patents. He has been the thesis adviser of 14 Ph.D. recipients who hold professorial, engineering, or research positions at major institutions such as the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Colorado-Boulder, McGill University (Montreal, Canada), MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory.

Allen was recently honored as one of four Charles Deering McCormick Professors of Teaching Excellence at Northwestern, and is currently serving as Master of Northwestern's Lindgren Residential College of Science and Engineering. He also originated (and currently serves as faculty advisor to) the Undergraduate Design Competition, now in its 11th year, and advises the student chapters of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi.

Current Research Areas

• Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) techniques and applications in computational electromagnetics
• Propagation of bioelectric signals within the human body
• Laser-beam propagation within samples of human blood
• UHF diffraction by buildings in urban wireless microcells
• Microwave cavity resonances in subatomic particle accelerators
• Electrodynamics of micron-scale optical devices
• Novel wireless interconnects for ultrahigh-speed digital data buses
• Extremely low-frequency geophysical phenomena

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Ph.D. Alumni

• Jeffrey Blaschak (June 1988). Vice president, Bank One, Inc., Chicago, IL.
• Fady Harfoush (June 1989). Vice president, Bank One, Inc., Chicago, IL.
• Thomas Moore (June 1989). Senior technical staff, Northrop Defense Systems Division, Rolling Meadows, IL.
• Mark Strickel (June 1989). Senior financial analyst, Aon Corp., Chicago, IL.
• Thomas Jurgens (June 1991). Senior engineer, Science Applications, Inc., Chicago, IL.
• Melinda Piket-May (Aug. 1993). Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. Also Associate Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of Colorado-Boulder campus.
• Rose Joseph (June 1994). Staff scientist, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA.
• Christopher Reuter (June 1994). Research engineer, U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, NY.
• Daniel Katz (June 1994). Staff scientist, Caltech's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
• Eric Thiele (June 1994). Staff engineer, Mission Research Corp., Dayton, OH.
• Susan Hagness (June 1998). Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
• Elena Vasilyeva (June 2000). Research engineer, Submarine Systems, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ.
• Veera Anantha (June 2001). Systems architect, Intrinsity Semiconductor, Inc., Austin, TX.
• Milica Popovic (August 2001). Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Current Research Team

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Dr. Nikolai Stoykov (in collaboration with Dr. Todd Kuiken and Dr. Jules DeWald of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago). Research topic: Computational electromagnetics modeling of the propagation of bioelectric signals within the human body, including signals generated by arm muscles, the heart, and the brain.

Ph.D. Graduate Students

• Adam Rybaltowski (Ph.D. expected June 2002; co-advised with Prof. Prem Kumar). Dissertation topic: Optimized information coding for laser-beam detection and ranging (LIDAR) applications.
• Geoff Waldschmidt (Ph.D. expected June 2002). Dissertation topic: FDTD modeling of microwave cavities in particle accelerators, especially Argonne National Laboratory's Advanced Photon Source.
• Jethro Greene (Ph.D. expected June 2003). Dissertation topic: FDTD modeling of micron-scale photonic coupling and resonating structures in three dimensions.
• Grace Chang (Ph.D. expected June 2003). Dissertation topic: FDTD modeling of cellular radio wave diffraction from the corners and rooftops of buildings in urban areas.
• Snow Tseng (Ph.D. expected June 2003). Dissertation topic: FDTD modeling of laser beam scattering upon propagation through random arrays of human red blood cells.
• Zhigang Chen. Dissertation topic to be decided.

Undergraduate Students

• John Shen (B.S. expected June 2002). Project: FDTD modeling of cellphone-induced RF absorption in anatomical models of the human head.
• Jamesina Simpson (B.S. expected June 2003). Projects: 1) FDTD modeling of novel millimeter-wave wireless interconnects for ultrahigh-speed digital circuits; 2) FDTD modeling of extremely low-frequency radiowave propagation about the entirety of the spherical surface of the Earth.

U.S. Patents

1. J. E. Bridges, A. Taflove, and R. H. Snow, "Method for in situ heat processing of hydrocarbonaceous formations," 4,140,180 (Feb. 20, 1979).
2. J. E. Bridges, A. Taflove, and R. H. Snow, "Apparatus and method for in situ heat processing of hydrocarbonaceous formations," 4,144,935 (March 20, 1979).
3. J. E. Bridges and A. Taflove, "Apparatus and method for in situ heat processing of hydrocarbonaceous formations," Re 30,738 (Sept. 8, 1981).
4. J. E. Bridges and A. Taflove, "Apparatus and method for in situ controlled heat processing of hydrocarbonaceous formations," 4,449,585 (May 22, 1984)
5. J. E. Bridges and A. Taflove, "Method and apparatus for mitigation of radio frequency electric field peaking in controlled heat processing of hydrocarbonaceous formations in situ," 4,476,926 (Oct. 16, 1984).
6. J. E. Bridges, G. C. Sresty, and A. Taflove, "Single well stimulation for the recovery of liquid hydrocarbons from subsurface formations," 4,524,827 (June 25, 1985).
7. J. E. Bridges and A. Taflove, "Conduction heating of hydrocarbonaceous formations," 4,545,435 (Oct. 8, 1985).
8. J. E. Bridges, G. C. Sresty, and A. Taflove, "Electro-osmotic production of hydrocarbons utilizing conduction heating of hydrocarbonaceous formations," 4,645,004 (Feb. 21, 1987).
9. G. C. Sresty, A. Taflove, and K. R. Umashankar, "Method and apparatus for enhancing liquid hydrocarbon production from a single borehole in a slowly producing formation by non-uniform heating through optimized electrode arrays surrounding the borehole," 4,662,438 (May 5, 1987).
10. J. E. Bridges, A. Taflove, H. Dev, and R. H. Snow, "In situ decontamination of spills and landfills by radio frequency heating," 4,670,634 (June 2, 1987).
11. J. E. Bridges, G. C. Sresty, and A. Taflove, "Method and apparatus for treating hazardous wastes or other hydrocarbonaceous material," 5,487,873 (Jan. 30, 1996).
12. J. E. Bridges, A. Taflove, S. C. Hagness, and A. V. Sahakian, "Microwave antenna for cancer detection system," 6,061,589 (May 9, 2000).
13. A. Taflove and E. Vasilyeva, "Elongate radiator conformal antenna for portable communications devices," 6,292,144 (Sept. 18, 2001).

Books

1. K. R. Umashankar and A. Taflove, Computational Electromagnetics: Integral Equation Approach. Norwood, MA: Artech House, 1993.
2. A. Taflove, Computational Electrodynamics: The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method. Norwood, MA: Artech House, 1995.
3. A. Taflove, ed., Advances in Computational Electrodynamics: The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method. Norwood, MA: Artech House, 1998.
4. A. Taflove and S. C. Hagness, Computational Electrodynamics: The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method, 2nd ed. Norwood, MA: Artech House, 2000.

Book Chapters

1. A. Taflove and K. R. Umashankar, "A Hybrid Moment Method / Finite-Difference Time-Domain Approach to Electromagnetic Coupling and Aperture Penetration into Complex Geometries," Chap. 14 in Applications of the Method of Moments to Electromagnetic Fields, B. J. Strait, ed. Orlando, Florida: SCEEE Press (1980).
2. A. Taflove and K. R. Umashankar, "Solution of Complex Electromagnetic Penetration and Scattering Problems in Unbounded Regions," pp. 83-113 in Computational Methods for Infinite Domain Media- Structure Interactions, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, AMD Vol. 46 (1981).
3. A. Taflove and K. R. Umashankar, "Detailed Near/Far Field Modeling of Complex Electrically-Large Three- Dimensional Structures," Chap. II.10 in Inverse Methods in Electromagnetic Imaging, Part I, W.-M. Boerner, ed., NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series C, vol. 143. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Reidel (1985).
4. A. Taflove and K. R. Umashankar, "Review of FDTD Numerical Modeling of Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Radar Cross Section," in Radar Cross Sections of Complex Objects, W. R. Stone, ed. New York: IEEE Press (1990).
5. A. Taflove and K. R. Umashankar, "The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method for Numerical Modeling of Electromagnetic Wave Interactions with Arbitrary Structures," Chap. 8 in Progress in Electromagnetics Research 2: Finite Element and Finite Difference Methods in Electromagnetic Scattering, M. A. Morgan, ed. New York: Elsevier (1990).
6. A. Taflove, "State of the Art and Future Directions in Finite-Difference and Related Techniques in Supercomputing Computational Electromagnetics," pp. 197-213 in Directions in Electromagnetic Wave Modeling, H. L. Bertoni and L. B. Felsen, eds. New York: Plenum (1991).
7. J. P. Brooks, K. K. Ghosh, E. Harrigan, D. S. Katz, and A. Taflove, "Progress in Cray-Based Algorithms for Computational Electromagnetics," Chap. 2 in Progress in Electromagnetics Research, vol. 7, T. Cwik and J. Patterson, eds. Cambridge, MA: EMW Publishing (1993).
8. A. Taflove, "Advances in Finite-Difference Time-Domain Methods for Engineering Electromagnetics," in Ultra-Wideband Short-Pulse Electromagnetics, vol. 2, H. L. Bertoni, L. Carin, L. B. Felsen, and S. U. Pillai, eds. New York: Plenum (1995).
9. S. C. Hagness, S. T. Ho, and A. Taflove, "Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) Computational Electrodynamics Simulations of Microlaser Cavities in One and Two Spatial Dimensions," in Computational Electromagnetics and its Applications, T. G. Campbell, R. A. Nicolaides, and M. D. Salas, eds. (ICASE/LaRC Interdisciplinary Series in Science and Engineering, Vol. 5). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer (1997).
10. V. Sathiaseelan, B. B. Mittal, A. J. Fenn, and A. Taflove, "Recent Advances in External Electromagnetic Hyperthermia," Chap. 10 (pp. 213-245) in Advances in Radiation Therapy, B. B. Mittal, J. A. Purdy, and K. K. Ang, eds., part of the series Cancer Treatment and Research, S. T. Rosen, series ed. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer (1998).
11. A. Taflove, "Numerical Issues Regarding FDTD Modeling of Microwave Structures," in Time Domain Methods for Microwave Structures: Analysis and Design, B. Houshmand and T. Itoh, eds. New York: IEEE Press, pp. 59-75 (1998).
12. S. C. Hagness, A. Taflove, and S. D. Gedney, "Finite-Difference Time-Domain Methods," Chap. 3 in Handbook of Numerical Analysis VII: Numerical Methods for Electrodynamic Problems, W. H. A. Schilders and E. J. W. ter Maten, eds. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier-North Holland (in press).

Refereed Journal Publications

1. A. Taflove and M. E. Brodwin, "A radio frequency tunable active filter," IEEE J. Solid State Circuits, vol. 9, pp. 73-76, April 1974.
2. A. Taflove and M. E. Brodwin, "Numerical solution of steady-state electromagnetic scattering problems using the time-dependent Maxwell's equations," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 23, pp. 623-630, Aug. 1975.
3. A. Taflove and M. E. Brodwin, "Computation of the electromagnetic fields and induced temperatures within a model of the microwave-irradiated human eye," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 23, pp. 888-896, Nov. 1975.
4. A. Taflove, M. E. Brodwin, and J. E. Matz, "A passive electrodeless method for determining the interior field of biological materials," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 24, pp. 514-521, Aug. 1976.
5. A. Taflove and J. Dabkowski, "Prediction method for buried pipeline voltages due to 60 Hz ac inductive coupling. Part I: Analysis; Part II: Field test verification," IEEE Trans. Power Apparatus and Systems, vol. 98, pp. 780-794, May/June 1979.
6. A. Taflove, J. Dabkowski, and M. Genge, "Mitigation of buried pipeline voltages due to 60 Hz ac inductive coupling. Part I: Design of joint rights of way; Part II: Pipeline grounding methods," IEEE Trans. Power Apparatus and Systems, vol. 98, pp. 1806-1823, Sept./Oct. 1979.
7. A. Taflove, "Application of the finite-difference time-domain method to sinusoidal steady state electromagnetic penetration problems," IEEE Trans. Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 22, pp. 191-202, Aug. 1980.
8. A. Taflove and K. R. Umashankar, "A hybrid moment method / finite-difference time-domain approach to electromagnetic coupling and aperture penetration into complex geometries," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 30, pp. 617-627, July 1982.
9. K. R. Umashankar and A. Taflove, "A novel method to analyze electromagnetic scattering of complex objects," IEEE Trans. Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 24, pp. 397-405, Nov. 1982.
10. A. Taflove and K. R. Umashankar, "Radar cross section of general three-dimensional structures," IEEE Trans. Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 25, pp. 433-440, Nov. 1983.
11. A. Taflove, K. R. Umashankar, and T. G. Jurgens, "Validation of FDTD modeling of the radar cross section of three-dimensional structures spanning up to 9 wavelengths," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 33, pp. 662-666, June 1985.
12. A. Taflove, J. H. Dunlap, and R. A. Zalewski, "Testing of railroad signal equipment for power line interference susceptibility. Part I: The test jig; Part II: Test results," IEEE Trans. Power Apparatus and Systems, vol. 104, pp. 3345-3359, Dec. 1985.
13. K. R. Umashankar, A. Taflove, and S. M. Rao, "Electromagnetic scattering by arbitrary shaped three- dimensional homogeneous lossy dielectric objects," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 34, pp. 758-766, June 1986.
14. G. A. Kriegsmann, A. Taflove, and K. R. Umashankar, "A new formulation of electromagnetic wave scattering using an on-surface radiation boundary condition approach," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 35, pp. 153-161, Feb. 1987.
15. A. Taflove and K. R. Umashankar, "The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method for electromagnetic scattering and interaction problems," invited paper, J. Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 1, pp. 243-267, 1987.
16. K. R. Umashankar, A. Taflove, and B. Beker, "Calculation and experimental validation of induced currents on coupled wires in an arbitrary shaped cavity," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 35, pp. 1248-1257, Nov. 1987.
17. A. Taflove, K. R. Umashankar, B. Beker, F. A. Harfoush, and K. S. Yee, "Detailed FDTD analysis of electromagnetic fields penetrating narrow slots and lapped joints in thick conducting screens," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 36, pp. 247-257, Feb. 1988.
18. D. M. Sullivan, O. P. Gandhi, and A. Taflove, "Use of the finite-difference time-domain method in calculating EM absorption in man models," IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, vol. 35, pp. 179-186, Feb. 1988.
19. T. G. Moore, G. A. Kriegsmann, and A. Taflove, "An application of the WKBJ technique to the on-surface radiation condition," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 36, pp. 1329-1331, Sept. 1988.
20. T. G. Moore, J. G. Blaschak, A. Taflove, and G. A. Kriegsmann, "Theory and application of radiation boundary operators," invited review paper, IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 36, pp. 1797-1812, Dec. 1988.
21. A. Taflove, "Review of the formulation and applications of the finite-difference time-domain method for numerical modeling of electromagnetic wave interactions with arbitrary structures," invited paper, Wave Motion, vol. 10, pp. 547-582, Dec. 1988.
22. F. A. Harfoush, A. Taflove, and G. A. Kriegsmann, "A numerical technique for analyzing electromagnetic wave scattering from moving surfaces," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 37, pp. 55-63, Jan. 1989.
23. J. G. Blaschak, G. A. Kriegsmann, and A. Taflove, "A study of wave interactions with flanged waveguides and cavities using the on-surface radiation condition method," Wave Motion, vol. 11, pp. 65-76, March 1989.
24. A. Taflove and K. R. Umashankar, "Review of FDTD numerical modeling of electromagnetic wave scattering and radar cross section," invited paper, Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 77 (Special Issue on Radar Cross Sections of Complex Objects), pp. 682-699, May 1989.
25. A. Taflove and K. R. Umashankar, "The finite-difference time-domain method for numerical modeling of electromagnetic scattering," invited paper, IEEE Trans. Magnetics, vol. 25 (Special Issue on Field Computation), pp. 3086-3091, July 1989.
26. A. T. Perlik, A. Taflove, and T. Opsahl, "Predicting scattering of electromagnetic fields using FDTD on a Connection Machine," IEEE Trans. Magnetics, vol. 25 (Special Issue on Field Computation), pp. 2910-2912, July 1989.
27. B. Beker, K. R. Umashankar, and A. Taflove, "Numerical analysis and validation of the combined-field surface integral equations for electromagnetic scattering by arbitrary shaped two-dimensional anisotropic objects," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 37, pp. 1573-1581, Dec. 1989.
28. A. Taflove and K. R. Umashankar, "The finite-difference time-domain method for numerical modeling of electromagnetic wave interactions," invited paper, Electromagnetics, vol. 10 (Special Issue on Three- Dimensional Electromagnetic Computation), pp. 105-126, Jan.-June 1990.
29. M. A. Strickel and A. Taflove, "Time-domain synthesis of broadband absorptive coatings for two-dimensional conducting targets," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 38, pp. 1084-1091, July 1990.
30. F. A. Harfoush, G. A. Kriegsmann, and A. Taflove, "Numerical implementation of relativistic electromagnetic field boundary conditions in a laboratory-frame grid," J. Computational Physics, vol. 89, pp. 80-94, July 1990.
31. S. Arendt, K. R. Umashankar, A. Taflove, and G. A. Kriegsmann, "Extension of on-surface radiation condition theory to scattering by two-dimensional homogeneous dielectric objects," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 38, pp. 1551-1558, Oct. 1990.
32. B. Beker, K. R. Umashankar, and A. Taflove, "Electromagnetic scattering by arbitrarily shaped two- dimensional perfectly conducting objects coated with homogeneous anisotropic materials," Electromagnetics, vol. 10, pp. 387-406, Oct.-Dec. 1990.
33. F. A. Harfoush and A. Taflove, "Scattering of electromagnetic waves by a material half-space with a time- varying conductivity," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 39, pp. 898-906, July 1991.
34. D. S. Katz, A. Taflove, M. J. Piket-May, and K. R. Umashankar, "FDTD analysis of electromagnetic wave radiation from systems containing horn antennas," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 39, pp. 1203-1212, Aug. 1991.
35. R. M. Joseph, S. C. Hagness, and A. Taflove, "Direct time integration of Maxwell's equations in linear dispersive media with absorption for scattering and propagation of femtosecond electromagnetic pulses," Optics Letters, vol. 16, pp. 1412-1414, Sept. 15, 1991.
36. K. R. Umashankar, W. Chun, and A. Taflove, "Simple analytical solution to electromagnetic scattering by two-dimensional conducting objects with edges and corners. Part I: TM polarization," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 39, pp. 1665-1671, Dec. 1991.
37. P. M. Goorjian and A. Taflove, "Direct time integration of Maxwell's equations in nonlinear dispersive media for propagation and scattering of femtosecond electromagnetic solitons," Optics Letters, vol. 17, pp. 180-182, Feb. 1, 1992.
38. M. J. Piket-May, A. Taflove, W. C. Lin, D. S. Katz, V. Sathiaseelan, and B. B. Mittal, "Initial results for automated computational modeling of patient-specific electromagnetic hyperthermia," IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, vol. 39, pp. 226-237, March 1992.
39. T. G. Jurgens, A. Taflove, K. R. Umashankar, and T. G. Moore, "Finite-difference time-domain modeling of curved surfaces," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 40, pp. 357-366, April 1992.
40. K. R. Umashankar, S. Nimmagadda, and A. Taflove, "Numerical analysis of electromagnetic scattering by electrically large objects using spatial decomposition technique," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 40, pp. 867-877, Aug. 1992.
41. P. M. Goorjian, A. Taflove, R. M. Joseph, and S. C. Hagness, "Computational modeling of femtosecond optical solitons from Maxwell's equations," IEEE J. Quantum Electronics, vol. 28 (Special Issue on Ultrafast Optics and Electronics), pp. 2416-2422, Oct. 1992.
42. A. Taflove, "Re-inventing electromagnetics: supercomputing solution of Maxwell's equations via direct time integration on space grids," Computing Systems in Engineering, vol. 3 (Special Issue on High-Performance Computing for Flight Vehicles), pp. 153-168, Dec. 1992.
43. V. Sathiaseelan, A. Taflove, M. J. Piket-May, C. E. Reuter, and B. B. Mittal, "Application of numerical modeling techniques in electromagnetic hyperthermia," Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal, vol. 7 (Special Issue on Bioelectromagnetic Computations), pp. 61-71, Winter 1992.
44. R. M. Joseph, P. M. Goorjian, and A. Taflove, "Direct time integration of Maxwell's equations in 2-D dielectric waveguides for propagation and scattering of femtosecond electromagnetic solitons," Optics Letters, vol. 18, pp. 491-493, April 1, 1993.
45. M. J. Piket-May, A. Taflove, and J. B. Troy, "Electrodynamics of visible light interactions with the vertebrate retinal rod," Optics Letters, vol. 18, pp. 568-570, April 15, 1993.
46. T. G. Jurgens and A. Taflove, "Three-dimensional contour FDTD modeling of scattering from single and multiple bodies," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 41, pp. 1703-1708, Dec. 1993.
47. K. R. Umashankar, S. Chaudhuri, and A. Taflove, "Finite-difference time-domain formulation of an inverse scattering scheme for remote sensing of inhomogeneous lossy layered media," J. Electromagn. Waves Apps., vol. 8, pp. 489-509, April 1994.
48. M. Strickel, A. Taflove, and K. R. Umashankar, "Finite-difference time-domain formulation of an inverse scattering scheme for remote sensing of conducting and dielectric targets," J. Electromagn. Waves Apps., vol. 8, pp. 510-529, April 1994.
49. V. A. Thomas, M. E. Jones, M. J. Piket-May, A. Taflove, and E. Harrigan, "The use of SPICE lumped circuits as sub-grid models for FDTD analysis," IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, vol. 4, pp. 141-143, May 1994.
50. E. Thiele and A. Taflove, "Finite-difference time-domain modeling of Vivaldi slot antennas and arrays," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 42, pp. 633-641, May 1994.
51. D. S. Katz, E. T. Thiele, and A. Taflove, "Validation and extension to three dimensions of the Berenger PML absorbing boundary condition for FDTD meshes," IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, vol. 4, pp. 268-270, Aug. 1994.
52. M. J. Piket-May, A. Taflove, and J. Baron, "FDTD modeling of digital signal propagation in 3-D circuits with passive and active loads," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 42, pp. 1514-1523, Aug. 1994.
53. C. E. Reuter, R. M. Joseph, E. T. Thiele, D. S. Katz, and A. Taflove, "Ultrawideband absorbing boundary condition for termination of waveguiding structures in FDTD simulations," IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, vol. 4, pp. 344-346, Oct. 1994.
54. R. M. Joseph and A. Taflove, "Spatial soliton deflection mechanism indicated by FDTD Maxwell's equations modeling," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 6, pp. 1251-1254, Oct. 1994.
55. J. P. Zhang, D. Y. Chu, S. L. Wu, W. G. Bi, R. C. Tiberio, R. M. Joseph, A. Taflove, C. W. Tu, and S. T. Ho, "Nanofabrication of 1-D photonic bandgap structures along a photonic wire," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 8, pp. 491-493, April 1996.
56. S. C. Hagness, R. M. Joseph, and A. Taflove, "Subpicosecond electrodynamics of distributed Bragg reflector microlasers: Results from finite-difference time-domain simulations," Radio Science, vol. 31, pp. 931-941, July-Aug. 1996.
57. R. M. Joseph and A. Taflove, "FDTD Maxwell's equations models for nonlinear electrodynamics and optics," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 45, pp. 364-374, March 1997.
58. D. Rafizadeh, J. P. Zhang, S. C. Hagness, A. Taflove, K. A. Stair, S. T. Ho, and R. C. Tiberio, "Waveguide- coupled AlGaAs/GaAs microcavity ring and disk resonators with high finesse and 21.6-nm free-spectral range," Optics Letters, vol. 22, pp. 1244-1246, Aug. 15, 1997.
59. S. C. Hagness, A. Taflove, and J. E. Bridges, "Wideband ultralow reverberation antenna for biological sensing," Electronics Letters, vol. 33, pp. 1594-1595, Sept. 11, 1997.
60. G. Stratis, V. Anantha, and A. Taflove, "Numerical calculation of diffraction coefficients of generic conducting and dielectric wedges using FDTD," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 45, pp. 1525-1529, Oct. 1997.
61. S. C. Hagness, D. Rafizadeh, S. T. Ho, and A. Taflove, "FDTD microcavity simulations: design and experimental realization of waveguide-coupled single-mode ring and whispering-gallery-mode disk resonators," J. Lightwave Technology, vol. 15, pp. 2154-2165, Nov. 1997.
62. C. E. Reuter, A. Taflove, V. Sathiaseelan, M. Piket-May, and B. B. Mittal, "Unexpected physical phenomena indicated by FDTD modeling of the Sigma-60 deep hyperthermia applicator," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 46, pp. 313-319, April 1998.
63. M. Popovic, S. C. Hagness, and A. Taflove, "FDTD analysis of a complete TEM cell loaded with liquid biological media in culture dishes," IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, vol. 45, pp. 1067-1076, Aug. 1998.
64. E. Vasilyeva and A. Taflove, "Three-dimensional modeling of amplitude-object imaging in scanning near-field optical microscopy," Optics Letters, vol. 23, no. 15, pp. 1155-1157, Aug. 1, 1998.
65. V. Anantha and A. Taflove, "Calculation of diffraction coefficients of three-dimensional infinite conducting wedges using FDTD," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. 46, pp. 1755-1756, Nov. 1998.
66. S. C. Hagness, A. Taflove, and J. E. Bridges, "Two-dimensional FDTD analysis of a pulsed microwave confocal system for breast cancer detection: Fixed-focus and antenna-array sensors," IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering, vol. 45, pp. 1470-1479, Dec. 1998.
67. S. C. Hagness, A. Taflove, and J. E. Bridges, "Three-dimensional FDTD analysis of a pulsed microwave confocal system for breast cancer detection: Design of an antenna-array element," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation , vol. 47, pp. 783-791, May 1999.
68. G. Waldschmidt and A. Taflove, "The determination of the effective radius of a filamentary source in the FDTD mesh," IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, vol. 10, pp. 217-219, June 2000.
69. A. Rybaltowski and A. Taflove, "Signal-to-noise ratio in direct-detection mid-infrared random-modulation continuous-wave lidar in the presence of colored additive noise," Optics Express, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 386-399, Oct. 8, 2001.
70. V. Anantha and A. Taflove, "A novel generalized total-field / scattered-field FDTD boundary partially embedded within PML," IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation (in press).
71. M. Lowery, N. Stoykov, A. Taflove, and T. Kuiken, "A multiple-layer finite element model of the surface EMG signal," IEEE Trans. Biomedical Engineering (in press).
72. T. Kuiken, N. Stoykov, M. Lowery, and A. Taflove, "Finite-element modeling of electromagnetic signal propagation in a phantom arm," IEEE Trans. Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering (in press).

Magazine Articles

1. A. Taflove, "An analog-computer-type active filter," QST, vol. 59, pp. 26-27, May 1975.
2. A. Taflove and K. R. Umashankar, "Finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) modeling of electromagnetic wave scattering and interaction problems," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Newsletter, vol. 30, pp. 5-20, April 1988.
3. D. S. Katz, A. Taflove, J. P. Brooks and E. Harrigan, "Large-scale methods in computational electromagnetics," Cray Channels, vol. 13, pp. 16-19, Spring 1991.
4. A. Taflove, "Re-inventing electromagnetics: Supercomputing solution of Maxwell's equations via direct time integration on space grids," Cray Channels, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 14-17, Summer 1993.
5. A. Taflove, "Re-inventing electromagnetics: Emerging applications for FDTD computation," IEEE Computational Science and Engineering, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 24-34, Winter 1995.
6. A. Taflove, "Why study electromagnetics: The first unit in an undergraduate electromagnetics course," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine (in press).

Courses

• Freshman Engineering Design and Communications
• ECE 202 Introduction to Electrical Engineering
• ECE 224 Introduction to Electromagnetics
• ECE 386 Computational Electromagnetics
• ECE 408-1 Classical Electrodynamics
• ECE 408-2 Computational Electrodynamics