Seminar: Edl Schamiloglu

October 4, 2024

High Power RF Through the Lens of the SUMMA Foundation

Edl Schamiloglu, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UNM

3:00 pm, UNM Centennial Engineering Center, Room 1026
Online Guests: Contact Prof. Osiński <osinski@chtm.unm.edu> for a Zoom link

Abstract: The SUMMA Foundation was founded in 1973 by the late Dr. Carl E. Baum and registered as a philanthropic organization to promote scientific and educational activities in the field of highpower electromagnetics (HPEM), also known as HPRF. The field of HPEM emerged from research on high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and evolved to study sources of ultrawideband (UWB) radiation (now referred to as mesoband radiation) and narrowband highpower microwave (HPM) radiation (now referred to as hypoband radiation). Today this field includes sources of intentional electromagnetic interference (IEMI), which is of concern to civilian infrastructure as well as to nation’s militaries. This presentation will describe the activities of the SUMMA Foundation in advocating for HPRF research internationally. In addition, it will discuss the synergy between the work of the SUMMA Foundation, the development of HPRF, and the Applied EM Program in ECE@UNM.

Bio: Dr. Edl Schamiloglu is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNM. He also leads the Directed Energy Center at UNM. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from Columbia University in 1979 and 1981, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Engineering from Cornell University in 1988. He joined UNM as an Assistant Professor in 1988. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and in 2019 he received the inaugural IEEE NPSS Magne “Kris” Kristiansen Award for Contributions to Experimental Nuclear and Plasma Science. He has published over 200 refereed journal articles. He has supervised 40 Ph.D. dissertations and 40 M.S. theses.

https://ece-research.unm.edu/schamiloglu/