World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Award Badge
Engineering and Technology
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
96
Citations
45251
World Ranking
183
National Ranking
66

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - IEEE Electromagnetics Award “For contributions to electromagnetic solutions of complex multiphysics problems and inverse scattering methods.”
  • 2013 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to large-scale computational electromagnetics of complex structures.
  • 2003 - OSA Fellows For pioneering contributions to the study of scattering, inverse scattering theory with superresolution and optical waveguide analysis techniques.
  • 1993 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to wave propagation, scattering, and inverse scattering in inhomogeneous media and their applications.

Overview

Weng Cho Chew is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of physics and astronomy as well as engineering. Within these fields, they have contributed extensively to subfields including atomic and molecular physics and optics, electrical and electronic engineering, artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering, and aerospace engineering.

The main research topics covered by Weng Cho Chew involve quantum information and cryptography, electromagnetic simulation and numerical methods, electromagnetic scattering and analysis, quantum and electron transport phenomena, microwave engineering and waveguides, quantum computing algorithms and architecture, and mechanical and optical resonators.

They have collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors including Dong-Yeop Na, Thomas E. Roth, Claire Migliaccio, Félix Vega, and Christophe Fumeaux.

Common venues for their publications are:

  • IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques
  • Physical Review. A/Physical Review, A
  • Electromagnetic Waves

Several significant papers from recent years highlight their academic contributions:

  • "Finite-difference time-domain methods," 2023, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "The Transmon Qubit for Electromagnetics Engineers: An introduction," 2022, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
  • "Quantum information preserving computational electromagnetics," 2020, Physical Review. A/Physical Review, A
  • "Quantum Maxwell's Equations Made Simple: Employing Scalar and Vector Potential Formulation," 2020, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine
  • "Diagonalization of the Hamiltonian for finite-sized dispersive media: Canonical quantization with numerical mode decomposition," 2021, Physical Review. A/Physical Review, A

Weng Cho Chew has been recognized with the following awards:

  • IEEE Electromagnetics Award (2017) for contributions to electromagnetic solutions of complex multiphysics problems and inverse scattering methods
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2013) for contributions to large-scale computational electromagnetics of complex structures
  • OSA Fellow (2003) for pioneering contributions to scattering, inverse scattering theory with superresolution and optical waveguide analysis techniques
  • IEEE Fellow (1993) for contributions to wave propagation, scattering, and inverse scattering in inhomogeneous media and their applications

Best Publications

  • Waves and Fields in Inhomogeneous Media

    Weng Cho Chew

  • Fast and Efficient Algorithms in Computational Electromagnetics

    W.C. Chew;E. Michielssen;J. M. Song;J. M. Jin

  • A 3D perfectly matched medium from modified maxwell's equations with stretched coordinates

    Weng Cho Chew;William H. Weedon

  • Multilevel fast multipole algorithm for electromagnetic scattering by large complex objects

    J. Song;Cai-Cheng Lu;Weng Cho Chew

  • Reconstruction of two-dimensional permittivity distribution using the distorted Born iterative method

    W.C. Chew;Y.M. Wang

  • Multilevel fast-multipole algorithm for solving combined field integral equations of electromagnetic scattering

    J. M. Song;W. C. Chew

  • PERFECTLY MATCHED LAYERS FOR ELASTODYNAMICS: A NEW ABSORBING BOUNDARY CONDITION

    W.C. Chew;Q.H. Liu

  • Integral Equation Methods for Electromagnetic and Elastic Waves

    Weng Cho Chew;Weng Cho Chew;Mei Song Tong;Bin Hu

  • An iterative solution of the two-dimensional electromagnetic inverse scattering problem

    Y. M. Wang;Weng Cho Chew

  • Integral equation solution of Maxwell's equations from zero frequency to microwave frequencies

    Jun-Sheng Zhao;Weng Cho Chew

  • A multilevel algorithm for solving a boundary integral equation of wave scattering

    Cai‐Cheng ‐C Lu;Weng Cho Chew

  • Solution of combined-field integral equation using multilevel fast multipole algorithm for scattering by homogeneous bodies

    X.Q. Sheng;J.-M. Jin;J. Song;W.C. Chew

  • Fast solution methods in electromagnetics

    Weng Cho Chew;Jian-Ming Jin;Cai-Cheng Lu;E. Michielssen

  • Complex coordinate stretching as a generalized absorbing boundary condition

    Weng Cho Chew;Jianming Jin;E. Michielssen

  • On the formulation of hybrid finite-element and boundary-integral methods for 3-D scattering

    Xin-Qing Sheng;Jian-Ming Jin;Jiming Song;Cai-Cheng Lu

  • Numerical simulation methods for rough surface scattering

    Karl F Warnick;Weng Cho Chew

  • Systematic derivation of anisotropic PML absorbing media in cylindrical and spherical coordinates

    F.L. Teixeira;W.C. Chew

  • A study of wavelets for the solution of electromagnetic integral equations

    R.L. Wagner;Weng Cho Chew

  • General closed-form PML constitutive tensors to match arbitrary bianisotropic and dispersive linear media

    F.L. Teixeira;W.C. Chew

  • Fast Illinois solver code (FISC)

    J.M. Song;C.C. Lu;W.C. Chew;S.W. Lee

  • Finite-difference time-domain simulation of ground penetrating radar on dispersive, inhomogeneous, and conductive soils

    F.L. Teixeira;Weng Cho Chew;M. Straka;M.L. Oristaglio

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiming Song
Jiming Song Iowa State University
Tie Jun Cui
Tie Jun Cui Southeast University
Wei E. I. Sha
Wei E. I. Sha Zhejiang University
Jian-Ming Jin
Jian-Ming Jin University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Eric Michielssen
Eric Michielssen University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Fernando L. Teixeira
Fernando L. Teixeira The Ohio State University
Qing Huo Liu
Qing Huo Liu Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo
Mahta Moghaddam
Mahta Moghaddam University of Southern California
Wallace C. H. Choy
Wallace C. H. Choy University of Hong Kong
Zaiping Nie
Zaiping Nie University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Weng Cho Chew

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles