Research Summary
Radar design, digital systems and space instrumentation, analog design, software designed radio and radars, radio wave propagation, meteor detection, system integration, radio wave remote sensing and radar studies of the atmosphere and ionosphere.
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Recent Publications
Mutual Inductance of Multilayer Spiral-Inductor Clusters for Small-Form-Factor Wireless Power Transfer (μWPT)
Benjestorf, J. S., Urbina, J. V. & Lakhtakia, A., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 61, 8, 8600210.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
BeeCam-AprilTag: timing the flight duration of individual honey bees in remote field settings with AprilTag and Raspberry Pi
Brandt, S., Penaloza-Aponte, D., Underwood, R. M., Bruckner, S., DeMoras, B., López-Uribe, M. M. & Urbina, J., Dec 2025, In: MethodsX. 15, 103624.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Periodic pixelated structure for electro-optically and orientationally programmable asymmetric electromagnetic transmission
Clemente-Arenas, M., Rubio-Noriega, R. E., Urbina, J. V. & Lakhtakia, A., Nov 20 2025, In: Applied optics. 64, 33, p. 10150-10156 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
New and Emerging Directions in the Fields of Antennas and Propagation
Pichot, C., Huff, G. H., Yang, Y., Jiang, Z. H., Tong, X., Loh, T. H., Alemaryeen, A., Wagih, M., Noghanian, S., Paryani, R. C., Huang, Y., Sakakibara, K., Vipiana, F., Fear, E., Bakshi, S. C., Waterhouse, R., Urbina, J., Meinrath, S., Shih, B. P. J. & Sharma, R. & 3 others, , 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 73, 1, p. 566-581 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Electrically tunable silicon-organic metasurface as demultiplexer for wavelength-division multiplexing systems
Rubio-Noriega, R. E., Soria-Pinedo, F. D., Clemente-Arenas, M., Urbina, J. V., Hernandez-Figueroa, H. E. & Lakhtakia, A., Jul 1 2025, In: Optical Engineering. 64, 7, 077103.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Non-Metallic Electrical Connector: A New Connector Technology Based on Wireless Power Transfer
Benjestorf, J. S., Pascucci, V. C., Urbina, J. V. & Lakhtakia, A., 2024, In: IEEE Access. 12, p. 121994-122015 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Capturing First- and Second-Year Master's Engineering Students' Perceptions of Support in Their Transitions to Graduate School
Berdanier, C. G. P., Urbina, J., Hamilton, R. F., Cohan, C. L., Peeples, T. L. & Reed, C. H., Jun 23 2024, In: ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Non-metallic magnetostatically tunable metasurface absorber for terahertz waves
Clemente-Arenas, M., Rubio-Noriega, R. E., Urbina, J. V. & Lakhtakia, A., Mar 1 2024, In: Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics. 41, 3, p. 691-697 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Three-dimensional computer vision for exploring heterogeneity in collective Cancer Invasion
Li, Y., Zhu, N., Ahmed, M., Urbina, J., Huang, T. Y. & Wong, P. K., Dec 2024, In: Scientific reports. 14, 1, 23560.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Automated entrance monitoring to investigate honey bee foraging trips using open-source wireless platform and fiducial tags
Penaloza-Aponte, D., Brandt, S., Dent, E., Underwood, R. M., DeMoras, B., Bruckner, S., López-Uribe, M. M. & Urbina, J. V., Dec 2024, In: HardwareX. 20, e00609.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Identifying Barriers to Recruiting Low-Income Students into Engineering Master's Programs
Berdanier, C. G. P., Peeples, T. L., Cohan, C. L., Urbina, J. & Howard-Reed, C., Jun 25 2023, In: ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Multi-instrument study of a spread-F event at Arecibo linked to solar wind variations
Bostan, S. M., Urbina, J. V., Mathews, J. D., Dinsmore, R. L. & Robinson, R. M., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics. 249, 106099.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Effects of Microwaves on Burning Velocity, UV–VIS-Spectra, and Exhaust Gas Composition of Premixed Propane Flames
Eckart, S., Dasari, S. A., Collins, E., Behrend, R., Urbina, J. & Krause, H., Mar 2023, In: Flow, Turbulence and Combustion. 110, 3, p. 629-648 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Machine Learning Algorithm to Detect and Analyze Meteor Echoes Observed by the Jicamarca Radar
Li, Y., Galindo, F., Urbina, J., Zhou, Q. & Huang, T. Y., Aug 2023, In: Remote Sensing. 15, 16, 4051.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Numerical Modeling and Measurement of Apis Mellifera Radar Scattering Properties
Alzaabi, O., Al-Khaldi, M. M., Ayotte, K., Penaloza, D., Urbina, J., Breakall, J. K., Lanagan, M., Patch, H. M. & Grozinger, C. M., 2022, In: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review