Willie John Padilla

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Paul Wang Distinguished Professor

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Research Themes

Metamaterials

Research Interests

Theoretical and experimental investigation of electromagnetic metamaterials and metasurfaces, and their application to imaging and sensing at microwave, terahertz, and infrared frequencies

Education

  • Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, 2004

Positions

  • Dr. Paul Wang Distinguished Professor
  • Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

  • Fellow. Optical Society of America. 2013
  • Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. President of the United States of America. 2009

Courses Taught

  • VMS 325L: Optics and Photonics
  • PHYSICS 621: Advanced Optics
  • PHYSICS 320L: Optics and Photonics
  • MSEG 591: Independent Study
  • ECE 899: Special Readings in Electrical Engineering
  • ECE 571: Electromagnetic Theory
  • ECE 541: Advanced Optics
  • ECE 370D: Intermediate Electromagnetic Theory
  • ECE 340L: Optics and Photonics
  • ECE 270L9: Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation (Lab)
  • ECE 270DL: Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation
  • BME 552: Advanced Optics

Publications

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