Electromagnetic Modeling for Microwave Power Engineering

Courses Taught by Vadim Yakovlev

Courses & Lectures
Electromagnetic Modeling for Microwave Power Engineering

The course consists of a series of lectures on fundamentals of EM modeling and their relevance to processes and systems of microwave thermal processing. The topics are thoroughly illustrated by examples of CAD of the applicators with the 3D conformal FDTD simulator QuickWave-3D and supplementing optimization procedures.
Previous times taught:

(1) In the facilities of The Ferrite Company, Inc., Hudson, NH on April 9 and 18, 2002. (2) In the facilities of Gigatherm AG, Grub AB, Switzerland on December 8-9, 2003
(3) In the facilities of Industrial Microwave Systeems, L.L.C., Morrisville, NC on February 18, 2004.
(4) As a part of the 4th World Congress on Microwave and RF Applications, Austin, TX, November 7, 2004 (5) Extended version entitled "Electromagnetic Simulators: Methods and Applications" as a part of the graduate course "Electromagnetics Applied to the Industry", Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, September 20-29, 2005

(6) In the facilities of The Ferrite Company, Inc., Nashua, NH, September 1, November 3, December 2, 2005

(7) In the facilities of EMPA, Thun, Switzerland, August 14-16, 2007

Next course to be taught: TBD
Aspects of Computational Electromagnetics

Nuts & Bolts of Modern Electromagnetic Modeling

Series of lectures for undergraduate students and the beginners - a brief introduction to the mathematical and computational aspects of modern numerical modeling in high frequency electromagnetics.
Previous Lectures:

(1) As a part of the WPI's Math Dept Series Cool Math Talks, WPI, November 4, 2003 (2) As a part of the Short Course "Fundamentals of Dielectric Heating and Applicator Desing" of the 10th AMPERE Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating, Modena, Italy, September 12, 2005. (3) As a part of the Short Course "Fundamentals of Dielectric Heating and Applicator Desing" of the 11th AMPERE Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating, Oradea, Romania, September 3, 2007.
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(4) As a part of the Short Course " Basics of Microwave and HF Heating" of the 12th AMPERE Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 7, 2009.
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Next Lecture: TBD
Introduction to Artificial Neural Networks Technology

Series of lectures for students and engineers - a concise overview of operning elements of the booming interdisciplinary technology (including examples of application of ANN to diverse practical problems and applied scenarios of microwave engineering).
Previous Lectures:

(1) As a part of the WPI's Math Dept Series Cool Math Talks, WPI, November 2, 2004 (2) Invited talks in LVT, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, December 13 & 16, 2004, and in EADS CRC, Suresnes, France, December 20, 2004 Next Lecture: TBD
Workshops
Electromagnetic Modeling for Microwave Processing with QuickWave-3D

1-/2-day workshop includes an overview of basics in computational electromagentics and practical work with QuickWave-3D (taught jointly with M.Celuch)
Last times the Workshop was held:

(1) As a part of the 3rd World Congress on Microwave and RF Applications, Sydney, Australia, September 22, 2002 (2) As the 5th IMMG Seminar "Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Industry", Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA, January 13, 2003 Next workshop: TBD
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