Douglas Werner

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
John L. and Genevieve H. McCain Chair Professor, Electrical Engineering

Douglas Werner is internationally recognized for his expertise in electromagnetics, antenna design, optical metamaterials, and metamaterial-enabled devices, as well as for the development/application of inverse-design techniques.

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Recent Publications

Photonics of Topological Magnetic Textures

Jandieri, V., Khomeriki, R., Erni, D., Tsagareli, N., Li, Q., Werner, D. H. & Berakdar, J., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Advanced Optical Materials.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Role of thermal history in the formation of commercial-scale, infrared glass-ceramics

Kosan, C., Banker, S., Zerbe, B., Ramsey, Z. G., Padilla, C. I., LaPlante, J., Tagne, G. B. J. S., Howe, A., Xu, Z., Sharma, R., Campbell, S. D., Werner, D. H., Kang, M., Mingareev, I., Hu, J., Larsen, K. W. & Richardson, K. A., Jan 2026, In: International Journal of Applied Glass Science. 17, 1, e70014.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Accelerated Antenna Design Methodology Using a Hessian-Based Nonlinear Optimizer With Automatic Differentiation

Balasubramanian, M. & Werner, D. H., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 73, 9, p. 6928-6942 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

An Efficient Curvature-Based Synthesis Methodology for Rotationally Symmetric Shaped Reflector Antennas

Balasubramanian, M. & Werner, D. H., 2025, In: IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation. 6, 1, p. 181-192 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

An Arbitrary High Order SETD Method With Local Time-Stepping: Exponential Convergence and Computational Efficiency for Multiscale Electromagnetic Analysis

Bao, H., Li, C., Zhang, T., Ding, D. & Werner, D. H., Nov 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 73, 11, p. 8564-8572 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Broadband spectral analysis of chiral nanophotonic structures at circularly polarized incidence using DGTD solver

Bao, H., Peng, Y., Li, C., Zhang, T., Ding, D. & Werner, D. H., Jan 27 2025, In: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics. 58, 4, 045003.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A Near-Zero Index Metamaterial Lens for Reduced Complexity and High-Performance Active Electronically Scanned Arrays

Binion, J. D., Mussman, C. A., Lier, E., Hand, T. H. & Werner, D. H., Mar 2025, In: Advanced Electronic Materials. 11, 3, 2400224.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Cavity-induced SAM to OAM conversion for sub-wavelength focused chiral field generation

Bohley, C., Schrader, A., Schwager, B., Werner, D. H., Jandieri, V. & Berakdar, J., Mar 24 2025, In: Optics Express. 33, 6, p. 12970-12981 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Multiphysics Inverse-Design of Multifunctional Freeform Meta-Radomes

Burns, T. G., Huynh, A., Mackertich-Sengerdy, G., Campbell, S. D. & Werner, D. H., Dec 2025, In: Small Structures. 6, 12, e202500397.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

An Augmented Network Parameter Method for Rapid Electromagnetic-Circuit Co-Simulation in the Presence of Impinging Electromagnetic Waves

Das, A., Campbell, S. D. & Werner, D. H., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 73, 2, p. 770-778 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Electrical resonances and power transfer mechanisms for time-varying circuits and systems

Das, A. & Werner, D. H., Nov 1 2025, In: AIP Advances. 15, 11, 115012.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Modeling Electromagnetic Wave Interactions with Ferroelectric Vortex Lattices in the Sub-THz Regime

Degen, M., Khomeriki, R., Jandieri, V., Svejda, J. T., Werner, P. L., Werner, D. H., Berakdar, J. & Erni, D., 2025, In: International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics. p. 504-505 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

3D Dielectric Chiral Metamaterials Achieving Nondispersive Near-Zero Ellipticity

Du, K., Kang, L., Li, C., Zhu, W., Cheng, M., Cai, Y., Zhang, B., Werner, D. H. & Wang, S., Jul 8 2025, In: Laser and Photonics Reviews. 19, 13, 2500080.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Electro-Thermal Simulation of GaN HEMT Based on a Scaling-Factor-Enhanced Time-Domain Spectral Element Solver

Li, C., Zhang, T., Bao, H., Cheng, A., Chen, D., Wang, C. F., Ding, D. & Werner, D. H., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques. 73, 2, p. 812-820 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Reconfigurable Metamirrors Based on Compliant Mechanisms

Mackertich-Sengerdy, G., Kang, L., Campbell, S. & Werner, D. H., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Advanced Functional Materials.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review