A clear understanding of such interactions is instrumental in developing electronic systems capable of functioning normally in a high-intensity ambient electromagnetic environment. The interaction of electromagnetic fields with biological objects such as a human body is an important issue in MRI and microwave hyperthermia applications. Better understanding of such interactions cannot only provide vital safety information, but can also enable engineers to design better and new devices. In this project, we develop highly accurate and efficient three-dimensional computational methods for simulation of the interaction of electromagnetic fields with biological objects. The goal of this project is to develop a finite-element method using vector elements for electromagnetic analysis of electronic devices, circuits, antennas, and radar scattering.
Special emphasis is on the method's accuracy, efficiency, and versatility.
Both frequency and time-domain methods will be investigated and their performance will be evaluated. In this project, we develop hybrid numerical methods to compute electromagnetic scattering from realistic three-dimensional targets. As a result, they are accurate and efficient and can be applied to large complex targets.