Electrical engineering PhD candidate Yang Li has been selected to receive an IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Doctoral Research Award for his proposal “Design of a Non-Metallic, Low-Loss Metamaterial Planar Superlens at Microwave Frequency.” The award includes a $2,500 fellowship.
Li’s proposal involves creating a planar lens for super-resolution imaging (a ‘superlens’) by three-dimensional arrays of two sets of magneto-dielectric spheres arbitrarily arranged on a simple tetragonal lattice. He will receive his award at the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society meeting July 3-8, 2011, in Spokane, Washington. His thesis advisor is Nicola Bowler, associate professor of materials science and engineering.