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My research interests include electromagnetics, nanophotonics, electromagnetic scattering, and antennas.
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academic article
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Ding, J., Yang, P., Mishchenko, M. I., & Nevels, R. D.
(2020).
Identify the limits of geometric optics ray tracing by numerically solving the vector Kirchhoff integral. 2011 OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION (OFC/NFOEC) AND THE NATIONAL FIBER OPTIC ENGINEERS CONFERENCE.
28(7), 10670-10682.
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Michalski, K. A., & Nevels, R. D.
(2019).
Corrections to “On the Groundwave Excited by a Vertical Hertzian Dipole Over a Planar Conductor: Second-Order Asymptotic Expansion With Applications to Plasmonics”. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
67(10), 4287-4287.
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Abbas, H. T., Aljihmani, L. N., Nevels, R. D., & Qaraqe, K. A.
(2019).
Electromagnetic Scattering of Two- Dimensional Electronic Systems. IEEE Access.
7, 106521-106526.
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Zheltikov, A. M., & Nevels, R. D.
(2019).
Intensity and wavelength scaling of laser-driven electron transition radiation: toward a table-top source of electromagnetic pulses. Laser Physics Letters.
16(1), 015401-015401.
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Zhou, Y., Nevels, R. D., & Shi, W.
(2018).
Capacitance Extraction With Provably Good Absorbing Boundary Conditions. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS.
37(10), 2013-2021.
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Abbas, H. T., Zeng, X., Nevels, R. D., & Zubairy, M. S.
(2018).
Deep subwavelength imaging via tunable terahertz plasmons. Applied Physics Letters.
113(5), 051106-051106.
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Shin, J., & Nevels, R. D.
(2017).
A propagator analysis of transmission line on an inhomogeneous substrate. MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS.
59(6), 1411-1416.
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Michalski, K. A., & Nevels, R. D.
(2017).
On the Groundwave Excited by a Vertical Hertzian Dipole Over a Planar Conductor: Second-Order Asymptotic Expansion With Applications to Plasmonics. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
65(4), 1133-1140.
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Nevels, R. D., & Michalski, K. A.
(2014).
On the Behavior of Surface Plasmons at a Metallo-Dielectric Interface. Journal of Lightwave Technology.
32(19), 3299-3305.
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Kish, L. B., & Nevels, R. D.
(2013).
Twisted Radio Waves and Twisted Thermodynamics. PLOS ONE.
8(2), e56086-e56086.
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Nevels, R., Welch, G. R., Cremer, P. S., Hemmer, P., Phillips, T., Scully, S., ... Scully, M. O.
(2012).
Figuration and detection of single molecules. MOLECULAR PHYSICS.
110(15-16), 1993-2000.
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Nevels, R. D.
(2010).
President's Message. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION MAGAZINE.
52(6), 8-10.
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Nevels, R. D.
(2010).
Untitled. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION MAGAZINE.
52(6), 8-10.
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Stone, W. R.
(2010).
Editor's Comments. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION MAGAZINE.
52(5), 8-265.
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Nevels, R. D.
(2010).
President's Message. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION MAGAZINE.
52(5), 8-10.
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Nevels, R. D.
(2010).
President's Message. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION MAGAZINE.
52(4), 8-9.
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Nevels, R. D.
(2010).
Untitled. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION MAGAZINE.
52(4), 8-9.
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Stone, W. R.
(2010).
Editor's Comments. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION MAGAZINE.
52(3), 8-217.
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Nevels, R. D.
(2010).
Untitled. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION MAGAZINE.
52(3), 8-9.
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Nevels, R. D.
(2010).
President's Message. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION MAGAZINE.
52(2), 8-9.
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Nevels, R. D.
(2010).
Untitled. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION MAGAZINE.
52(2), 8-9.
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Sete, E. A., Svidzinsky, A. A., Eleuch, H., Yang, Z., Nevels, R. D., & Scully, M. O.
(2010).
Correlated spontaneous emission on the Danube. JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS.
57(14-15), 1311-1330.
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Nevels, R. D.
(2010).
President's Message. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION MAGAZINE.
52(1), 8-9.
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Stone, W. R., & Nevels, R. D.
(2010).
Untitled. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION MAGAZINE.
52(1), 8-+.
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Jeong, J., Hong, I., & Nevels, R.
(2009).
The Time Domain Propagator Method for Lossless Multiconductor Quasi-TEM Lines. IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging.
32(3), 619-626.
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Jeong, J., & Nevels, R.
(2009).
Time-Domain Analysis of a Lossy Nonuniform Transmission Line. IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs.
56(2), 157-161.
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Nevels, R., & Jeong, J.
(2008).
Time Domain Coupled Field Dyadic Green Function Solution for Maxwell's Equations. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
56(8), 2761-2764.
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Nevels, R., & Jeong, J.
(2008).
Corrections to “The Time Domain Green's Function and Propagator for Maxwell's Equations”. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
56(4), 1212-1213.
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Nevels, R., Jeong, J., & Hemmer, P.
(2006).
Microwave Simulation of Grover's Quantum Search Algorithm. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION MAGAZINE.
48(5), 38-47.
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Nevels, R., & Jeong, J.
(2004).
The Time Domain Green'S Function and Propagator for Maxwell'S Equations. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
52(11), 3012-3018.
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Shin, C., Nevels, R., Strieter, F., & Biard, J. R.
(2004).
An electronically controlled transmission‐line phase shifter. MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS.
40(5), 402-406.
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Shin, C., & Nevels, R.
(2002).
Optimizing the Gaussian Excitation Function in the Finite Difference Time Domain Method. IEEE Transactions on Education.
45(1), 15-18.
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Nevels, R., & Shin, C.
(2001).
Lorenz, Lorentz, and the gauge. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION MAGAZINE.
43(3), 70-71.
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Nevels, R., & Miller, J.
(2001).
A Simple Equation for Analysis of Nonuniform Transmission Lines. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
49(4), 721-724.
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Miller, J. A., & Nevels, R. D.
(2001).
An absorbing boundary condition for the path‐integral time‐domain method. MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS.
28(2), 93-98.
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Nevels, R. D., Miller, J. A., & Miller, R. E.
(2000).
A path integral time-domain method for electromagnetic scattering. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
48(4), 565-573.
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Nevels, R. D., Arndt, G. D., Raffoul, G. W., Carl, J. R., & Pacifico, A.
(1998).
Microwave catheter design. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
45(7), 885-890.
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Nevels, R. D., & Wu, Z.
(1997).
Determination of propagation constants in two‐dimensional waveguides by frequency‐domain path‐integral methods. MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS.
14(4), 233-236.
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Nevels, R. D., Goswami, J. C., & Tehrani, H.
(1997).
Semi-orthogonal versus orthogonal wavelet basis sets for solving integral equations. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
45(9), 1332-1339.
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Huang, C., Wu, Z., & Nevels, R. D.
(1994).
Stationary phase Monte Carlo path integral analysis of electromagnetic wave propagation in graded-index waveguides. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
42(9), 1709-1714.
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Nevels, R. D., Wu, Z., & Huang, C.
(1993).
Feynman path integral for an infinite potential barrier. PHYSICAL REVIEW A.
48(5), 3445-3451.
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Nevels, R. D., & Wheeler, J. E.
(1993).
Corrections to 'Radiation from a dielectric coated hemispherical conductor fed by a coaxial transmission line' (Feb. 1989, 16-20). IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility.
35(1), 114-114.
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Huang, C., Wu, Z., & Nevels, R. D.
(1993).
Edge diffraction in the vicinity of the tip of a composite wedge. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
31(5), 1044-1050.
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Nevels, R. D., Huang, C., & Wu, Z.
(1993).
Fourier transform path integral method: numerical technique for scalar scattering in inhomogeneous regions. IEE Proceedings - Microwaves Antennas and Propagation.
140(6), 488-494.
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Huang, C., & Nevels, R. D.
(1992).
A closed‐form multidimensional free‐space green's function by the path‐integral method. MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS.
5(5), 225-227.
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Huang, C., & Nevels, R. D.
(1992).
Closed-form multidimensional free-space Green's function by the path-integral method. MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS.
5(5), 226-227.
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Nevels, R. D., & Wu, Z.
(1992).
Electromagnetic Field and Conduction Current Equivalence in the Lorentz and Coulomb Gauges. Electromagnetics.
12(2), 147-153.
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Rynne, B. P., Smith, P. D., & Nevels, R. D.
(1991).
Time-domain scattering calculations in the Coulomb gauge. MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS.
4(13), 586-589.
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Zheng, D., Michalski, K. A., Crowell, K. J., & Nevels, R. D.
(1990).
Transverse electric wave scattering by two‐dimensional surfaces of arbitrary shape in the presence of a wedge. Radio Science.
25(5), 721-730.
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Michalski, K. A., Nevels, R. D., & Zheng, D.
(1990).
Comparison of Lorentz and Coulomb gauge formulations for transverse-electric wave scattering by two-dimensional surfaces of arbitrary shape in the presence of a circular cylinder. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
38(5), 732-739.
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Nevels, R. D., & Wheeler, J. E.
(1990).
Near field radiation from four coaxial line fed structures. MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY LETTERS.
3(3), 90-95.
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Nevels, R. D., & Crowell, K. J.
(1990).
A coulomb gauge analysis of a wire scatterer. IEE Proceedings - Microwaves Antennas and Propagation.
137(6), 384-388.
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Wheeler, J. E., & Nevels, R. D.
(1989).
Reflection and transmission properties of annular slot covered by dielectric hemisphere. IEE Proceedings H (Microwaves Antennas and Propagation).
136(1), 59-63.
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Nevels, R. D., & Wheeler, J. E.
(1989).
Radiation from a dielectric coated hemispherical conductor fed by a coaxial transmission line. IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility.
31(1), 16-20.
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Butler, C. M., & Nevels, R. D.
(1988).
COUPLING THROUGH A SLOT IN A PARALLEL-PLATE WAVEGUIDE COVERED BY A DIELECTRIC SLAB. AEU. Archiv fur Elektronik und Ubertragungstechnik.
42(1), 46-53.
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Michalski, K. A., & Nevels, R. D.
(1988).
On the use of the Coulomb gauge in solving source-excited boundary value problems of electromagnetics. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
36(9), 1328-1333.
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Nevels, R.
(1987).
The annular aperture antenna with a hemispherical center conductor extension. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
35(1), 41-45.
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Dahleh, M., Nevels, R., & Tsang, L.
(1985).
Plane‐wave diffraction by a dielectric‐coated corrugated surface. Journal of Applied Physics.
58(2), 646-650.
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Nevels, R. D., Butler, C. M., & Yablon, W.
(1985).
The Annular Slot Antenna in a Lossy Biological Medium (Short Papers). IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.
33(4), 314-319.
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Nevels, R.
(1984).
An analysis of a two-dimensional dielectric covered corrugated antenna feed horn. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
32(8), 877-880.
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Nevels, R., & Butler, C.
(1982).
Electromagnetic diffraction by a slot in a ground screen covered by a dielectric slab. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
30(3), 390-395.
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Nevels, R. D., & Butler, C. M.
(1982).
ELECTROMAGNETIC PENETRATION THROUGH A SLOT IN A SCREEN COVERED BY A DIELECTRIC SLAB. Electromagnetics.
2(2), 147-159.
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Nevels, R. D., & Butler, C. M.
(1981).
Electromagnetic scattering by a surface wave from a notch in a ground plane covered by a dielectric slab. Journal of Applied Physics.
52(5), 3145-3147.
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Nevels, R. D.
(1980).
ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING OF A SURFACE WAVE FROM NOTCHES IN A GROUND PLANE COVERED BY A DIELECTRIC SLAB. Organic Geochemistry.
91-94.
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Butler, C. M., Howard, A. Q., & Nevels, R. D.
(1977).
Electromagnetic diffraction of an aperture in a planar conducting screen separating partitioned half‐spaces. Journal of Applied Physics.
48(12), 4886-4892.
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King, R., Glisson, A. W., Govind, S., Nevels, R. D., & Prewitt, J. O.
(1977).
Currents and Charges Induced in an Arbitrarily Oriented Electrically Thin Conductor with Length up to One and One-Half Wavelengths in a Plane-Wave Field. IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility.
EMC-19(3), 145-147.
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Pogorzelski, R. J., Nevels, R. D., Wilton, D. R., & Lewis, G. C.
(1976).
Debye‐series approach in analysis of transient radiation from a Hertzian dipole antenna in a cavity in a medium. Journal of Applied Physics.
47(8), 3459-3470.
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Wilton, D. R., Pogorzelski, R. J., & Nevels, R. D.
(1975).
Singularity trajectories under parameter variation. Proceedings of the IEEE.
63(2), 335-336.
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Ding, J., Yang, P., Mishchenko, M. I., & Nevels, R. D.
(2020).
Identify the limits of geometric optics ray tracing by numerically solving the vector Kirchhoff integral. 2011 OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE AND EXPOSITION (OFC/NFOEC) AND THE NATIONAL FIBER OPTIC ENGINEERS CONFERENCE.
28(7), 10670-10682.
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chapter
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Shin, J., & Nevels, R. D.
(2018).
Propagator Methods in Electromagnetics. The World of Applied Electromagnetics.
(pp. 515-543).
Springer International Publishing.
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Nevels, R. D., & Abbas, H. T.
(2016).
Optical Nanoantennas. Handbook of Antenna Technologies.
(pp. 527-566).
Springer Singapore.
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Shin, J., & Nevels, R. D.
(2018).
Propagator Methods in Electromagnetics. The World of Applied Electromagnetics.
(pp. 515-543).
Springer International Publishing.
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conference paper
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Voronin, A. A., Kim, J., Yang, P., Nevels, R. D., Zheltikov, A. M., & IEEE, ..
(2019).
Propagation of Low-Frequency Broadband Electromagnetic Field Waveforms in the Atmosphere. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
2133-2134.
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Abbas, H. T., & Nevels, R. D.
(2018).
Electromagnetic Field Scattering from a Thin Sheet. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
2397-2398.
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Shin, J., & Nevels, R. D.
(2018).
Numerical Dispersion and Stability of the Time Domain Propagator Numerical Algorithm. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
2317-2318.
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Shin, J., & Nevels, R.
(2017).
A Full Wave Analysis of a Propagator Method for Electromagnetic Fields. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
1131-1132.
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Abbas, H. T., & Nevels, R. D.
(2017).
An Integral Equation Scheme for Plasma Based Thin Sheets. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
953-954.
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Shin, J., & Nevels, R.
(2017).
Analysis of a Time-Domain Propagator Numerical Method for Electromagnetic Fields. 1-4.
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Abbas, H. T., Nevels, R. D., & Michalski, K. A.
(2017).
Plasma Based Terahertz Devices. 1-4.
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Abbas, H. T., & Nevels, R.
(2016).
Plasma Based Integrated On-Chip Antenna. 1645-1646.
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Shin, J., & Nevels, R.
(2016).
Recent Progress in the Development of a Propagator Method for Electromagnetic Fields. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
1041-1042.
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Shin, J. O., Abbas, H. T., & Nevels, R.
(2015).
A Numerical Method for the Electromagnetic Field Time Domain Propagator Equations. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
1480-1481.
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Abbas, H. T., Shin, J., & Nevels, R. D.
(2015).
Numerical Techniques for Evaluating Electromagnetic Field Propagators. 22-23.
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Nevels, R. D., Michalski, K. A., & Abbas, H. T.
(2014).
Plasmonic and Surface Wave Propagation in Boundary Layers in the Microwave, THz, and Optical Regimes. 1-3.
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Nevels, R. D., & Michalski, K. A.
(2014).
On the existence of the Sommerfeld Integral pole and its contribution to the electromagnetic field. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
619-620.
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Nevels, R., & Kish, L.
(2013).
Twisted Waves: Concept and Limitations. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
1460-1461.
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Maksoud, I. A., Elkamchouchi, H., & Nevels, R.
(2010).
On The General Tensor Solution to Maxwell's Equations and its Potential as a Numerical Technique for Antennas in Complex Environments. 1-3.
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Yang, K., & Nevels, R. D.
(2009).
Diagrams for Several Electromagnetic Field Gauges. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
1-4.
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Nevels, R., & Jeong, J.
(2007).
The time domain dyadic integral equation for the electromagnetic field. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
4585-4588.
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Jeong, J., & Nevels, R.
(2005).
Novel Time Domain Analysis Technique for Lossy Nonuniform Transmission Lines. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
848-851.
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Nevels, R. D., & Jeong, J.
(2004).
The Electromagnetic Field in a 1-D Lossy Medium Based on a Maxwell Equation Propagator. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
2055-2058.
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Nevels, R.
(2003).
The complete free space time domain Green's function and propagator for Maxwell's equations. AP-S International Symposium (Digest) (IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society).
10-13.
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Nevels, R., & Jeong, J.
(2003).
Signal Reconstruction by Path Integral Methods. 227-228.
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Miller, R. E., & Nevels, R. D.
(1998).
Investigation of the discrete wavelet transform as a change of basis operation for a moment method solution to electromagnetic integral equations. 1258-1261 vol.2-1261.
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Nevels, R., Miller, J., & Miller, R.
(1998).
Rotation in electromagnetic field equations: a discussion, interpretation and application. 875-878 vol.2-878.
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Mamishev, A. V., Nevels, R. D., & Russell, B. D.
(1996).
Effects of conductor sag on spatial distribution of power line magnetic field. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON POWER DELIVERY.
1571-1576.
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Nevels, R. D., Goswami, J. C., & IEEE, ..
(1996).
Current distribution on a scatterer obtained by integral equations with semi-orthogonal and orthogonal wavelet basis sets. AP-S International Symposium (Digest) (IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society).
340-343.
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Nevels, R. D., Arndt, D., Carl, J., Raffoul, G., & Pacifico, A.
(1995).
Microwave antenna design for myocardial tissue ablation applications. AP-S International Symposium (Digest) (IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society).
1572.
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Nevels, R. D.
(1995).
Simple 'derivation' of Maxwell's equations relying on the new extended Helmholtz theorem. AP-S International Symposium (Digest) (IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society).
822-825.
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Nevels, R., Wu, A., & Huang, C.
(1993).
Electromagnetic penetration through an inhomogeneously filled slot of arbitrary cross-section. IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility.
193-194.
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Chenhong, H., Zuoguo, W. u., & Nevels, R. D.
(1992).
SPMC path integral method applied to electromagnetic wave propagation in transversely inhomogeneous media. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
2317-2320 vol.4-2320.
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Voronin, A. A., Kim, J., Yang, P., Nevels, R. D., Zheltikov, A. M., & IEEE, ..
(2019).
Propagation of Low-Frequency Broadband Electromagnetic Field Waveforms in the Atmosphere. 2007 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium.
2133-2134.
Research
awards and honors
- Fellow, conferred by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - (Piscataway, New Jersey, United States), 2007
- Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Distinguished Achievement Award, The, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 1994
- Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Distinguished Achievement Award, The, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 1984
Teaching
teaching activities
- ECEN322 Elec & Magnetic Fields Instructor
- ECEN445 Appl Electromag Theory Instructor
- ECEN451 Antenna Engineering Instructor
- ECEN485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ECEN485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ECEN491 Hnr-research Instructor
- ECEN635 Electromagnetic Theory Instructor
- ECEN637 Num Methods In E-m Instructor
- ECEN638 Antennas & Propagation Instructor
- ECEN685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ECEN689 Sptp:num Methods In E-m Instructor
- ECEN691 Research Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Cholleti, Vipin K. (2010-05). FDTD Analysis of Metamaterial Coated Microwave Antenna.
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Jeong, Jaehoon (2006-12). Analytical time domain electromagnetic field propagators and closed-form solutions for transmission lines.
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Loizou, Loizos (2010-12). A Non-Pyramidal Rectangular-to-Trough Waveguide Transition and Pattern Reconfigurable Trough Waveguide Antenna.
Background
education and training
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Kentucky - (Lexington, Kentucky, United States)
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology - (Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi - (Oxford, Mississippi, United States)
Contact
first name
- Robert
has last name
- Nevels
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Electrical Engineering
3128 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3128
USA
Other
- r-nevels@tamu.edu