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6025
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2011

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  • 2005 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the development of radar target identification, discrimination, and detection schemes.

Overview

Edward J. Rothwell is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within engineering and social sciences, with a primary focus on mechanical and aerospace engineering as well as sociology and political science.

The main fields of study for Edward J. Rothwell include:

  • Engineering
  • Social Sciences

Subfields of their work cover:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Automotive Engineering

Key research topics explored by Rothwell involve:

  • Tribology and Lubrication Engineering
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Antenna Design and Analysis
  • Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems
  • Mechanical Engineering and Vibrations Research
  • Railway Engineering and Dynamics

Their recent scholarly publications include:

  • "Negative Index Metamaterial Lens for Subwavelength Microwave Detection," 2021, Sensors
  • "Could laser-based profile measurements be used in wheel/rail contact and vehicle dynamics simulations?", 2025, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
  • "Trust, fairness, and transparency: Perceptions of energy justice in Maine's offshore wind planning process," 2025, Energy Research & Social Science

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Rothwell include:

  • David Crosbee
  • Kevin Oldknow
  • Srijan Datta
  • Saptarshi Mukherjee
  • Xiaodong Shi

Publication venues that have featured Rothwell's work multiple times are:

  • Sensors
  • Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part F Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit
  • Energy Research & Social Science

Edward J. Rothwell is a recipient of the IEEE Fellow award, granted in 2005 for contributions to the development of radar target identification, discrimination, and detection schemes.

Best Publications

  • The singularity expansion method and its application to target identification

    C.E. Baum;E.J. Rothwell;K.-M. Chen;D.P. Nyquist

  • Miniaturization of Patch Antennas Using a Metamaterial-Inspired Technique

    R. O. Ouedraogo;E. J. Rothwell;A. R. Diaz;K. Fuchi

  • Radar target discrimination using the extinction-pulse technique

    E. Rothwell;D. Nyquist;Kun-Mu Chen;B. Drachman

  • Analysis of the Nicolson-Ross-Weir Method for Characterizing the Electromagnetic Properties of Engineered Materials

    Edward J. Rothwell;Jonathan L. Frasch;Sean M. Ellison;Premjeet Chahal

  • Investigation of Simulated annealing, ant-colony optimization, and genetic algorithms for self-structuring antennas

    C.M. Coleman;E.J. Rothwell;J.E. Ross

  • Tracking Insects with Harmonic Radar: a Case Study

    Matthew E. O'Neal;D. A. Landis;E. Rothwell;L. Kempel

  • Radar target discrimination by convolution of radar return with extinction-pulses and single-mode extraction signals

    Kun-Mu Chen;D. Nyquist;E. Rothwell;L. Webb

  • Origami Tunable Frequency Selective Surfaces

    K. Fuchi;Junyan Tang;B. Crowgey;A. R. Diaz

  • Scattering center analysis of radar targets using fitting scheme and genetic algorithm

    Qing Li;E.J. Rothwell;Kun-Mu Chen;D.P. Nyquist

  • Frequency domain E-pulse synthesis and target discrimination

    E. Rothwell;K. Chen;D. Nyquist;N. Gharsallah

  • A Through-Dielectric Radar Imaging System

    Gregory L Charvat;Leo C Kempel;Edward J Rothwell;Christopher M Coleman

  • Performance of an automated radar target discrimination scheme using E pulses and S pulses

    P. Ilavarasan;J.E. Ross;E.J. Rothwell;K.-M. Chen

  • Extraction of the natural frequencies of a radar target from a measured response using E-pulse techniques

    E. Rothwell;Kun-Mu Chen;D. Nyquist

  • Effect of electromagnetic field exposure on chemically induced differentiation of friend erythroleukemia cells.

    Gang Chen;Brad L. Upham;Wei Sun;Chia Cheng Chang

  • An ultrawideband (UWB) switched-antenna-array radar imaging system

    Gregory L. Charvat;Leo C. Kempel;Edward. J. Rothwell;Christopher M. Coleman

  • An origami tunable metamaterial

    Kazuko Fuchi;Alejandro R. Diaz;Edward J. Rothwell;Raoul O. Ouedraogo

  • Self-structuring antennas

    C.M. Coleman;E.J. Rothwell;J.E. Ross;L.L. Nagy

  • A Reconfigurable Microstrip Leaky-Wave Antenna With a Broadly Steerable Beam

    R. O. Ouedraogo;E. J. Rothwell;B. J. Greetis

  • Harmonic radar tag measurement and characterization

    G.L. Charvat;E.J. Rothwell;L.C. Kempel

  • Radar target identification using a combined early-time/late-time E-pulse technique

    Q. Li;P. Ilavarasan;J.E. Ross;E.J. Rothwell

  • Time domain deconvolution of transient radar data

    E.J. Rothwell;W. Sun

  • Beam Steering of a Half-Width Microstrip Leaky-Wave Antenna Using Edge Loading

    M. Archbold;E.J. Rothwell;L.C. Kempel;S.W. Schneider

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Tour
James M. Tour Rice University
Kamal Sarabandi
Kamal Sarabandi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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