Technical Elective Offered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
This electrical and computer engineering-specific technical elective introduces students to the field of antenna theory and electromagnetic radiation, equipping them with the skills to design, analyze, and apply various antenna systems.
The course prepares students for advanced graduate studies in antenna engineering as well as lucrative positions at companies like:
- Lockheed Martin
- Amazon
- Honeywell
- SpaceX
- Cadence
- NASA
- Starkey Technologies
Click here for the average salary for an antenna engineer within the United States.
Students who take this course will learn about:
- Radiation Mechanism
- Radiation Characteristics
- Impedance Bandwidth
- Planar Antenna Design
- Antenna Array Design
- Beamforming
- Antenna Applications
- Computer-Aided Design using Altair FEKO
Faculty from The College of New Jersey have published multiple peer-reviewed research papers related to antennas, including:
- M. Khan and M. Chowdhury, “Analysis of Modal Excitation in Wideband Slot-Loaded Microstrip Patch Antenna Using Theory of Characteristic Modes,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 68, no. 11, pp. 7618-7623, Nov. 2020.
- N. Lusdyk and M. Khan, “On the Use of Characteristic Mode Analysis for Dual Beam Antenna Array,” 2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Florence, Italy, 2023.
- M. Khan, B. Bissen, and A. Caruso, “Performance Enhancement of UWB Cavity-backed Monopole Antenna,” 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/URSI), Denver, CO, USA, 2022.