School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

The Wireless Communications Research Group (WiCR) undertakes research on a range of topics applicable to cutting edge wireless communications technology. The research is primarily focused on  antennas, microwave and (sub)mm-wave engineering, and metamaterial structures. With innovation at the centre of its ethos, the Group collaborates with a number of internationally leading companies and universities across the world.

General Research Areas.

Antennas
Propagation

Propagation in buildings
Small antennas
Fabric based antennas and systems
Frequency Selective Surfaces
Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures
Metamaterials
Leaky Wave Antennas
Planar and Conformal Antennas and Arrays
Mobile Communications Antennas
Microwave Filters
High Frequency Device Packaging
Mm-wave and Submm-wave (THz) antennas
Tunable antenna and filter systems
Bioelectromagnetics

Biomimetic Antennas

Polarisation Dependent EBG surfaces
Numerical modelling and simulation

2D Leaky-wave high-gain antennas
3-D antenna arrays
Analysis and design of periodic meta-surfaces
Conformal/cylindrical antennas
Electromagnetic focusing structures for medical applications
Enhancing Networks and Wireless Research at Loughborough
Fabric Based Antennas

Production of Fabric Based Antennas
Metamaterial-inspired antennas
MIMO antennas
Packaging of Optically Controlled Microwave Switches
Propagation Control within Buildings
Reconfigurable antennas
Ultra Wideband Monopole Antenna

Sheffield University
Manchester University
Queen’s University (Belfast)
University Hospitals Leicester
Cash’s

Nottingham Trent University
Signature Industries (Sarbe)
ESA/ESTEC
DSTL
University of Kiel
University of Patra, Greece
Technical University of Cartagena, Spain