Professor Alan Tennant
PhD, BEng
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Personal Chair
Professor of Applied Electromagnetics
Electrical Machines and Drives Research Group
+44 114 222 5438
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School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Profile
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I received a BEng degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of 91直播 in 1985.
Following a period in industry (BAe Systems, Stevenage), I studied at 91直播 University and obtained a PhD degree in Electromagnetic Engineering/Medical Physics in 1992.
I then joined the Defence Research Agency (DRA) where I worked on phased array antenna systems before taking up an academic post at Hull University.
I returned to 91直播 University in 2001 as a Senior Lecturer and I am currently Professor of Applied Electromagnetics.
My research is focused on Antennas, Radar and Stealth (making things invisible to radar).
I am researching 鈥渁ctive stealth鈥 which is a bit like the Klingon cloaking device in Star Trek. When the cloak is switched on the Klingon spacecraft becomes invisible to the sensors on the Enterprise.
I am also developing new techniques for secure wireless communication that allow sensitive information to be transmitted without being 鈥渟pied on鈥 by eavesdroppers.
My research has attracted substantial funding from both industry and government sources including BAE Systems, DERA, DTi, QinetiQ, DSTL, MoD and EPSRC鈥
- Qualifications
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- PhD (1992, University of 91直播)
- BEng (1985, University of 91直播)
- Research interests
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- Radar signature management
- Active radar absorbers
- Textile (knitted) electromagnetic antennas and structures
- Phase modulating microwave structures and systems
- Antennas
- Phased array antennas and systems
- Secure antenna modulation techniques
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . The Journal of Engineering, 2024(10).
- . Electronics Letters, 60(12).
- . IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 1-1.
- . IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 1-1.
- . Electronics Letters.
- . Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 421, 117285-117285.
- . IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
- . IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
- . IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 1-1.
- . IEEE Systems Journal, 1-8.
- . IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
- . International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2019.
- . Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTES), 2(6), 70-75.
- . IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 9(7), 714-714.
- . IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 64(4), 951-958.
- . IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 62(12), 6533-6536.
- . Electronics Letters, 50(20), 1414-1415.
- . Progress In Electromagnetics Research, 146, 195-207.
- . Electronics Letters, 50(3), 232-233.
- . IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 62(1), 403-410.
- . Applied Acoustics, 74(6), 865-869.
- . J MICROMECH MICROENG, 23, 1-5.
- . Electronics Letters, 49(1), 8-10.
- . 2013 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2013, 582-586.
- . 2013 5th IEEE International Symposium on Microwave, Antenna, Propagation and EMC Technologies for Wireless Communications, MAPE 2013, 338-342.
- . 2013 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2013, 410-413.
- . 2013 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2013, 591-594.
- . IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, 7(8), 606-611.
- . IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 61(4), 2301-2304.
- . Electronics Letters, 48(22), 1386-1388.
- . Electronics Letters, 48(21), 1365-1366.
- . ELECTRONICS LETTERS, 48(16), 972-973.
- . LAPC 2012 - 2012 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference.
- . LAPC 2012 - 2012 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference.
- . LAPC 2012 - 2012 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference.
- . LAPC 2012 - 2012 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference.
- . IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 60(9), 4472.
- . Proceedings of 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2012.
- . Proceedings of 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2012, 1624-1626.
- . Electronics Letters, 48(1), 10-11.
- . IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 60(1), 141-147.
- . LAPC 2011 - 2011 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference.
- . LAPC 2011 - 2011 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference.
- . LAPC 2011 - 2011 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference.
- Direction dependent antenna modulation using a two element array. Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2011, 812-815.
- Beam steering and adaptive nulling of low sidelobe level time-modulated linear array. Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2011, 948-951.
- . IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 59(1), 301-303.
- . ELECTRON LETT, 46(14), 971-972.
- . IEEE T ANTENN PROPAG, 58(3), 986-988.
- . ELECTRON LETT, 46(3), 200-201.
- . 2010 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2010, 245-248.
- . 2010 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2010, 249-252.
- . IEEE T ANTENN PROPAG, 57(3), 808-812.
- . 2008 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC, 181-184.
- . IET RADAR SONAR NAV, 1(2), 142-148.
- . IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest), 6035-6038.
- . IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest), 6027-6030.
- . IEEE ANTENN WIREL PR, 6, 64-65.
- . IEE P-RADAR SON NAV, 153(4), 311-315.
- . IEE P-RADAR SON NAV, 153(4), 316-324.
- . APPL ACOUST, 67(7), 680-688.
- . SMART MATER STRUCT, 15(2), 468-472.
- . IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest), 381-384.
- . IEEE ANTENN WIREL PR, 5, 284-285.
- . IEE P-RADAR SON NAV, 152(4), 245-247.
- . IEE P-RADAR SON NAV, 152(4), 248-252.
- . IEE P-RADAR SON NAV, 152(1), 29-33.
- . ELECTRON LETT, 41(1), 44-45.
- . IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest), 4 A, 485-488.
- . IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest), 4 A, 489-492.
- . IEEE T ANTENN PROPAG, 53(1), 394-403.
- The phase-switched screen. IEEE ANTENNAS PROPAG, 46(6), 23-37.
- . SMART MATER STRUCT, 13(1), 122-125.
- . International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 11(1), 25-30.
- . IEEE MICROW WIREL CO, 14(1), 46-47.
- . ELECTRON LETT, 39(15), 1150-1152.
- . ELECTRON LETT, 39(14), 1088-1089.
- . ELECTRON LETT, 39(1), 119-121.
- . ELECTRON LETT, 39(1), 121-122.
- A dual polarised phase-switched screen. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest), 4, 291-294.
- Electromagnetic analysis of active radar absorbers. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest), 4, 295-298.
- Design and implementation of a smart radar absorber. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest), 4, 287-290.
- . IEE P-RADAR SON NAV, 149(5), 243-247.
- . IEEE T ELECTROMAGN C, 44(3), 434-441.
- . ELECTRON LETT, 38(15), 780-781.
- . ELECTRON LETT, 38(11), 498-499.
- Characteristics of phase switched screens in the presence of pulsed radar signals. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest), 3, 380-383.
- . ELECTRON LETT, 37(25), 1507-1509.
- Experimental two-layer adaptive phase-switched screen. ELECTRON LETT, 37(23), 1379-1380.
- Phase switched radar absorbers. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest), 4, 340-343.
- A 64 element acoustic volumetric array. APPL ACOUST, 61(4), 469-475.
- . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 107(5), 2840-2840.
- Experimental phase modulating planar screen. ELECTRON LETT, 34(11), 1143-1144.
- Beam scanning characteristics of 64 element broadband volumetric array. ELECTRON LETT, 33(24), 2001-2002.
- Reflection properties of a phase modulating planar screen. ELECTRON LETT, 33(21), 1768-1769.
- Optimised design of Jaumann radar absorbing materials using a genetic algorithm. IEE P-RADAR SON NAV, 143(1), 23-30.
- NUMERICAL PATTERN SYNTHESIS OF DIFFERENCE BEAMS IN CONFORMAL ARRAYS. ELECTRON LETT, 31(12), 938-939.
- Optimum design of cylindrical Jaumann radar absorbers. IEE Conference Publication, 1(407), 450-454.
- CHARACTERISTICS OF A SALISBURY SCREEN RADAR ABSORBER COVERED BY A DIELECTRIC SKIN. ELECTRON LETT, 30(21), 1797-1799.
- DESIGN OF WIDE-BAND JAUMANN RADAR ABSORBERS WITH OPTIMUM OBLIQUE-INCIDENCE PERFORMANCE. ELECTRON LETT, 30(18), 1530-1532.
- ARRAY PATTERN NULLING BY ELEMENT POSITION PERTURBATIONS USING A GENETIC ALGORITHM. ELECTRON LETT, 30(3), 174-176.
- ANTENNA FAR-FIELD PREDICTIONS FROM 2 PHASELESS CYLINDRICAL NEAR-FIELD MEASUREMENTS. ELECTRON LETT, 28(23), 2120-2122.
- Microwave metrology of antennas as scatterers. IEE Conference Publication(333 pt 1), 432-435.
- . Int J Hyperthermia, 6(1), 193-202.
- . Electronics, 10(7), 776-776.
Conference proceedings papers
- . 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNC鈥怳RSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI) (pp 1811-1812), 14 July 2024 - 19 July 2024.
- . 2024 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 17 March 2024 - 22 March 2024.
- . 2024 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 17 March 2024 - 22 March 2024.
- . 2024 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 17 March 2024 - 22 March 2024.
- . 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI), 23 July 2023 - 28 July 2023.
- . 2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 26 March 2023 - 31 March 2023.
- . 2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 26 March 2023 - 31 March 2023.
- . Proceedings of 2022 International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS). Hangzhou, China, 19 October 2022 - 22 October 2022.
- . 2022 16th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) (pp 1-5)
- . 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI), 4 December 2021 - 10 December 2021.
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- . 2020 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 15 March 2020 - 20 March 2020.
- . 2020 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 15 March 2020 - 20 March 2020.
- . 2020 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 15 March 2020 - 20 March 2020.
- . 2019 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 9 September 2019 - 13 September 2019.
- Beam Steering of OAM Beams Using Time-switched Circular Patch Antenna Arrays. 2019 13TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION (EUCAP)
- . 2018 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 10 September 2018 - 14 September 2018.
- . 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 8 July 2018 - 13 July 2018.
- . 12th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2018)
- Antenna Beam Steering Without Phase Shifters 鈥 an 鈥極ld鈥 Technique Revisited. Proceedings of Automated RF & Microwave Measurement Society (ARMMS), 13 November 2017 - 14 November 2017.
- . 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 9 July 2017 - 14 July 2017.
- . 2017 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization for RF, Microwave, and Terahertz Applications (NEMO), 17 May 2017 - 19 May 2017.
- . 2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 19 March 2017 - 24 March 2017.
- . 2017 11th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 19 March 2017 - 24 March 2017.
- . 2017 International Workshop on Antenna Technology: Small Antennas, Innovative Structures, and Applications (iWAT), 1 March 2017 - 3 March 2017.
- . IET Conference Publications, Vol. 2017(CP732)
- . 2016 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), 14 November 2016 - 15 November 2016.
- . 2016 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), 14 November 2016 - 15 November 2016.
- . 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 26 June 2016 - 1 July 2016.
- . 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 26 June 2016 - 1 July 2016.
- . USES
- . 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 10 April 2016 - 15 April 2016.
- . 2016 10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 10 April 2016 - 15 April 2016.
- . 2015 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2 November 2015 - 3 November 2015.
- Electrically small modified planar inverted-F antenna. 2015 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2015
- Knitted textile waveguide bending. 2015 9th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2015
- . Wideband and Multi-Band Antennas and Arrays for Civil, Security [amp ] Military Applications
- . 2014 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 10 November 2014 - 11 November 2014.
- . 2014 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 10 November 2014 - 11 November 2014.
- . 2014 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 10 November 2014 - 11 November 2014.
- . 2014 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), 6 July 2014 - 11 July 2014.
- . 2014 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 10 November 2014 - 11 November 2014.
- 3D Electrically Small Dome Antenna Dual-band and Wide-band Modifications. 2014 LOUGHBOROUGH ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION CONFERENCE (LAPC) (pp 653-656)
- . The 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2014), 6 April 2014 - 11 April 2014.
- . The 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2014), 6 April 2014 - 11 April 2014.
- Knitted electromagnetic textile surfaces. ICAST 2013 - 24th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies (pp 283-289)
- . 2013 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2013 (pp 559-562)
- . 2012 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 26 March 2012 - 30 March 2012.
- . Proceedings of 6th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2012 (pp 2712-2715)
- . LAPC 2011 - 2011 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference
- A phase-modulating RF tag. LAPC 2011 - 2011 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference
- . Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, ICEAA'11 (pp 831-834)
- A reconfigurable miniaturised split ring antenna over AMC surface. Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EUCAP 2011 (pp 1068-1070)
- . 2010 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2010 (pp 305-308)
- Reduced sideband levels in time-modulated linear arrays using time-symmetric switching. EuCAP 2010 - The 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
- . JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY, Vol. 80(11)
- . Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC 2009 - Conference Proceedings (pp 233-236)
- . 2008 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, LAPC (pp 137-140)
- EFFECT OF ELEMENT FAILURE IN ACTIVE COATINGS FOR WIND TURBINE GENERATOR BLADES. 2008 IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, VOLS 1-9 (pp 1424-1427)
- CONTROL OF THE HARMONIC RADIATION PATTERNS OF TIME-MODULATED ANTENNA ARRAYS. 2008 IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, VOLS 1-9 (pp 3918-3921)
- DESIGN AND REALISATION OF ACTIVE COATINGS FOR WIND TURBINE BLADES. 2008 IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, VOLS 1-9 (pp 1420-1423)
- FDTD modelling of active radar absorbers. 2007 IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, VOLS 1-12 (pp 5506-5509)
- Space-time analysis of phase-switched screens. 2007 IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, VOLS 1-12 (pp 5514-5517)
- A synthetic acoustic volumetric array. 2006 IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop Proceedings, Vols 1 and 2 (pp 313-314)
- . Electromagnetic Materials
- . SMART STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS 2004: SMART ELECTRONICS, MEMS, BIOMEMS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, Vol. 5389 (pp 486-495)
- Performance of a phase switched screen against a pulse compression radar system. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION SOCIETY SYMPOSIUM, VOLS 1-4 2004, DIGEST (pp 4248-4251)
- . Electromagnetic Materials
- Progress in smart radar absorbers. SMART STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS 2003: SMART ELECTRONICS, MEMS, BIOMEMS, AND NANOTECHNOLOGY, Vol. 5055 (pp 344-355)
- Adaptive radar absorbing structures with active FSS. SMART MATERIALS II, Vol. 4934 (pp 190-199)
- Oblique incidence reflectivity characteristics of planar phase-switched screens. RADAR 2002(490) (pp 118-122)
- Performance of a phase switched screen against a pulsed radar signal. RADAR 2002(490) (pp 128-132)
- Cylindrical phase-switched screens. RADAR 2002(490) (pp 123-127)
- A 64 element broad band volumetric array antenna. IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM - ANTENNAS: GATEWAYS TO THE GLOBAL NETWORK, VOLS 1-4 (pp 1417-1420)
- . 24th European Microwave Conference, 1994, 4 October 1994 - 6 October 1994.
- . 24th European Microwave Conference, 1994, 4 October 1994 - 6 October 1994.
- . 1993 23rd European Microwave Conference, 6 September 1993 - 10 September 1993.
- . Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 29 October 1992 - 1 November 1992.
- . Fourth IEEE Workshop on Sensor Array and Multichannel Processing, 2006.
- Probe considerations for planar near-field/far-field phase-retrieval measurements on millimetre wave antennas. Conference Proceedings of Progress in Electromagnetic research symposium (PIERS 94). Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 11 July 1994 - 15 July 1994.
Preprints
- Research group
- Teaching activities
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- EEE334
- EEE6220
- EEE347
- EEE6012
- First Year Profession Skills
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Aerospace board of studies
- Professor of Applied Electromagnetics
- Research students
Supervisions
Primary supervisor:
- Kaleeba P N
- Mufti S
- Shi H
- Tong Y
- Wang Y
Secondary supervisor:
- Alamri SM
- Hawes M B
- Hu D H
- Mohd Yasin M N