Julio Urbina

Affiliate Researcher
Titles and Affiliations
Professor, Electrical Engineering

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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Projects

Recent Publications

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, Manohar, V., Dagefu, F. T. & Ito, K., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 73, 1, p. 566-581 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

The Non-Metallic Electrical Connector: A New Connector Technology Based on Wireless Power Transfer

Benjestorf, J. S., Pascucci, V. C., Urbina, J. & Lakhtakia, A., 2024, In: IEEE Access. 12, p. 121994-122015 22 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-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 journalConference articlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalConference articlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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 journalArticlepeer-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. 19

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

The geoPebble System: Design and Implementation of a Wireless Sensor Network of GPS-Enabled Seismic Sensors for the Study of Glaciers and Ice Sheets

Anandakrishnan, S., Bilén, S. G., Urbina, J. V., Bock, R. G., Burkett, P. G. & Portelli, J. P., Jan 2022, In: Geosciences (Switzerland). 12, 1, 17.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Meteor Detection With a New Computer Vision Approach

Li, Y., Galindo, F., Urbina, J., Zhou, Q. & Huang, T. Y., Oct 2022, In: Radio Science. 57, 10, e2022RS007515.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Sporadic micro-meteoroid source radiant distribution inferred from the Arecibo 430 MHz radar observations

Li, Y., Zhou, Q., Urbina, J. & Huang, T. Y., Sep 1 2022, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 515, 2, p. 2088-2098 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Creating a Virtual International Research Experience

López-Uribe, M. M., Urbina, J. V., Mejía, A. I., Duque, L. O., Riaño-Jimenez, D., Cure, J. R., Ramos, V., Martel, C., Fuentes, J. D. & González, V. H., 2022, In: American Entomologist. 68, 1, p. 24-27 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review