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

Circuit-Loaded Microwave Metadevices: Current State of the Art and Future Directions

Das, A., Balasubramanian, M., Yang, D., Campbell, S. D. & Werner, D. H., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Microwave Magazine.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Photonics of Topological Magnetic Textures

Jandieri, V., Khomeriki, R., Erni, D., Tsagareli, N., Li, Q., Werner, D. H. & Berakdar, J., Apr 3 2026, In: Advanced Optical Materials. 14, 13, e03479.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Nonlinear generation control with torus metasurfaces

Kang, L., Nelatury, C. F. & Werner, D. H., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Nanoscale.

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

Reconfigurable Metamirrors Based on Compliant Mechanisms

Mackertich-Sengerdy, G., Kang, L., Campbell, S. & Werner, D. H., Feb 2 2026, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 36, 10, e16276.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Inverse-Design of Scalable Wideband Aperiodic Array Topologies with Realistic Element Patterns Accelerated via a Surrogate Directivity Model

Mussman, C. A., Uddin, S. M. A., Lee, W., Huff, G. & Werner, D. H., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Realization of arbitrary biaxial metamaterials enabled by an interleaved metallic patch-rod structure

Yang, D., Kang, L., Tabib, V., Huynh, A., Campbell, S. D. & Werner, D. H., Mar 15 2026, In: Optics Letters. 51, 6, p. 1685-1688 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Deep Learning for Real Time Antenna Array Failure Recovery

Young, J. T., Campbell, S. D. & Werner, D. H., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

New Algorithms for Enabling High-Dimensional Aperiodic Planar Antenna Array Optimization

Young, J. T., Tabib, V. F., Young, L. T., Campbell, S. D. & Werner, D. H., Apr 1 2026, In: IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation. 7, 2, p. 677-689 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Analytical framework for angular dispersion engineering of metasurface optics

Zerbe, B. A., Campbell, S. D. & Werner, D. H., Mar 9 2026, In: Optics Express. 34, 5, p. 7967-7978 12 p.

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