Jacob Adams
Biography
Dr. Adams received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Ohio State University in 2005 and 2007, respectively. He received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2011. From January 2011 until December 2012, he was an Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Associateiate in the Electromagnetics Laboratory at the University of Illinois. He joined the faculty at NC State in 2013.
Dr. Adams develops antennas for a variety of applications, including mobile communications, wireless sensing, and defense systems. He is also interested in novel materials and fabrication methods for multifunctional, conformal, and flexible microwave devices. In addition, Dr. Adams studies the application of eigendecomposition techniques to improve antenna modeling and design. He is currently looking for motivated graduate students interested in these research areas.
Education
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Ph.D.
2011
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -
Master's
2007
Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Ohio State University, Columbus -
Bachelor's
2005
Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Ohio State University, Columbus
Research Focus
- Communications and Signal Processing
- Electronic Circuits and Systems
Expert In
microwave , antennas
Funded Research
- Miniaturized GRIN Lenses Using 3D Printed Ceramics, BWAC Core Project
- Phase II IUCRC North Carolina State University: Broadband Wireless Access and Applications Center (BWAC)
- ROTC Research Experiences in Naval Electronic Warfare (RENEW)
- RESEARCH AREA 4: ELECTRONICS: Reconfigurable Electrofluidic Networks for Highly Adaptive Electronic Warfare Platforms
- Modeling and Characterization of Wideband Communications Via Narrowband Channels Using Direct Modulation
Highlighted Awards
Awards & Honors
- 2010 - FEKO Student Competition, Honourable Mention
- 2009 - Mavis Future Faculty Fellowship (Univ. of Illinois)
- 2008 - Antenna Applications Symposium Student Paper Contest, Finalist
- 2005 - Dean's Distinguished University Fellowship (Ohio State)
- 2005 - National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
Recent News
New Study Demonstrates Radio Signal Benefits From Decades-Old Theory
Posted on April 2, 2019 | Filed Under: Research
Electrical engineers show that a longstanding radio theory has real-world utility for boosting the quality of radio signals when transmitting at high data rates, such as with military communications.
Interviewing the Interviewers: What Companies Look For in Employees
Posted on September 16, 2017 | Filed Under: Events and News
If you have ever wondered what qualities companies are looking for when hiring college students, you’re not the only one. Thankfully, a few companies were able to answer that for us.
Model Makes Designing New Antennas Orders of Magnitude Faster
Posted on April 20, 2016 | Filed Under: Graduate Students and News and Research
Researchers in North Carolina State University’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering have developed a model that allows antenna designers to identify efficient configurations for antenna designs in minutes, rather than days.
Recent Media Mentions
‘Terminator’ liquid metal antenna created
May 29, 2015
NC State researchers have developed a liquid metal antenna that could revolutionize mobile device technology. Jacob Adams, engineering, featured.
Recent Publications
- Fundamental Limits on Substructure Dielectric Resonator Antennas (2022)
- An UHF Reconfigurable Liquid-Metal Monopole Antenna Based on a 2-D Surface (2021)
- DC-Assisted Stabilization of Internal Oscillations for Improved Symbol Transitions in a Direct Antenna Modulation Transmitter (2021)
- Metallophobic Coatings to Enable Shape Reconfigurable Liquid Metal Inside 3D Printed Plastics (2021)
- RESHAPE: A Liquid Metal-Based Reshapable Aperture for Compound Frequency, Pattern, and Polarization Reconfiguration (2021)
- Unit cell estimation of volumetrically-varying permittivity in additively-manufactured ceramic lattices with X-ray computed tomography (2021)
- 3D Printed Zirconia for UWB Stacked Conical Ring DRA (2020)
- A Circuit Model for Energy Synchronous Direct Antenna Modulation Using an Electrically Small Loop (2020)
- A Decoupling Network Based on Characteristic Port Modes (2020)
- An Energy-Synchronous Direct Antenna Modulation Method for Phase Shift Keying (2020)