Courses

• EEL 4461C Antennas and EEL 5467 Antennas for Wireless Communication Systems
• EEL 4421 Introduction to RF Circuits and EEL 5426 RF Circuit Design
• EEL 3514 Communication Systems
• EEL 5500 Digital Communication Systems I
• EEL 5501 Digital Communication Systems II
• TCN 5155 Wireless Communication with Multimedia Applications
• EEL 6509 Digital Communications by Satellite
• EEL 3514L Communication Systems Lab

Research Interests

• Wireless power transfer
• Novel Antennas
• Wearable antennas and body-centric wireless communications
• Reconfigurable, tunable, broadband, and miniaturized antennas
• On-chip antennas
• Antenna mutual coupling analysis
• RFID
• Computational and applied electromagnetics
• RF analysis and design
• High frequency (HF) antennas
• Thin-film circuits
• Passive microwave devices

Publications

• C. A. Balanis, C. D. Katsibas and S. V. Georgakopoulos, "Wireless Mobile Antennas and Cosite Interference in Communication Systems", pp. 231-240, in Applied Computational Electromagnetics: State of the Art and Future Trends (Eds: N. K. Uzunoglu, K. S. Ninita and D. I. Kaklamani), Springer, 2000
• S. V. Georgakopoulos, C. A. Balanis, C. R. Birtcher, and R. A. Renaut, "HIRF Penetration and PED Coupling Analysis for Scaled Fuselage Models Using a Hybrid Subgrid FDTD(2,2)/FDTD(2,4) Method", IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 45, pp. 293-305, May. 2003
• S. V. Georgakopoulos, C. A. Balanis, C. R. Birtcher and R. A. Renaut, "Higher-Order Finite Difference Schemes for Electromagnetic Radiation, Scattering, and Penetration, Part II: Applications", IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 44, pp. 92-101, April 2002
• S. V. Georgakopoulos, C. A. Balanis, C. R. Birtcher and R. A. Renaut, "Higher-Order Finite Difference Schemes for Electromagnetic Radiation, Scattering, and Penetration, Part I: Theory", IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 44, pp. 134-142, Feb. 2002
• S. V. Georgakopoulos, R. A. Renaut, C. A. Balanis and C. R. Birtcher, "A Hybrid Fourth-Order FDTD Utilizing a Second-Order FDTD Subgrid", IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 11, pp. 462-464, Nov. 2001
• S. V. Georgakopoulos, C. R. Birtcher and C. A. Balanis, "Coupling Modeling and Reduction Techniques of Cavity Backed Slot Antennas: FDTD vs. Measurements", IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 43, pp. 261-272, Aug. 2001
• S. V. Georgakopoulos, C. R. Birtcher and C. A. Balanis, "HIRF Penetration Through Apertures: FDTD vs. Measurements", IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 43, pp. 282-294, Aug. 2001
• C. A. Balanis, A. C. Polycarpou, and S. V. Georgakopoulos, "Computational Electromagnetic Methods for Interconnects and Small Structures", Superlattices and Microstructures, vol. 27, no. 5/6, pp. 539-543, 2000
• S. V. Georgakopoulos, C. A. Balanis and C. R. Birtcher, "Cosite Interference between Wire Antennas on Helicopter Structures and Rotor Modulation Effects: FDTD vs. Measurements", IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 41, pp. 221-233, Aug. 1999
• S. V. Georgakopoulos, C. A. Balanis and C. R. Birtcher, "Coupling between Transmission Line Antennas: Analytic Solution, FDTD and Measurements", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 47, pp. 978-985, June 1999