About ESL

The ElectroScience Laboratory (ESL) is a major "Center-of-Excellence" in the Electrical Engineering Department, and is one of the largest such research laboratories in the United States. Our faculty,research scientists, and students are involved in all aspects of electromagnetic and RF technologies, including:

·   Satellite and ultra-wide-band width communications
·   Signal processing
·   Photonics
·   Remote sensing
·   Ground penetrating radar systems
·   Radar imaging
·   Propagation and radar scattering
·   Antenna engineering
·   Electromagnetic compatibility and interference
·   Computational methods and measurements

A variety of emerging areas are also being pursued, such as those related to:

·   Bio-physics
·   RF materials and systems design
·   Composite materials characterization
·   Micro-device modeling
·   Multi-physics engineering

Established in 1942, Ohio State's ElectroScience Laboratory is a distinctive University center where world class faculty and research scientists lead projects that provide state-of-the-art exploration and superior training for graduate and undergraduate students. ElectroScience is a multidisciplinary research facility that collaborates with other laboratories (http://micromd.osu.edu, http://eewww.eng.ohio-state.edu/ssep) across our campus working with microfabrication, solid state and other materials.

In addition to our indoor anechoic chamber RF measurement facility, we have a complete complement of electromagnetic test facilities utilized by our team of researchers. We offer government and industry sponsors an environment for both fundamental and engineering system research to solve the most demanding real-world challenges.

ESL maintains world-class experimental facilities that have been refined over the years through its industrially supported “EM Raneg Consortium.” Among our faculty and senior researchers are 12 IEEE Fellows and two National Academy of Engineering members.

More than 65 graduate and undergraduate students conduct world-class research at ESL, and through the years, 315 doctoral and 500 Master’s students have graduated from the ElectroScience Laboratory and gone on to very successful careers in government, industry and academia.

Please click here to see or print a brief brochure about the laboratory. (Adobe Acrobat is Required)

A brief overview presentation for some of our on-going research activities is given in these viewgraphs.

If you need additional information, please contact:

Prof. John L. Volakis, Director
ElectroScience Laboratory
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
The Ohio State University
Email: volakis.1@osu.edu
1320 Kinnear Road
Columbus, Ohio 43212-1191

Also, you may contact Ms. Molly Wambold at:

Email: wambold.1@osu.edu
Phone: (614) 292-6191 or (614)292-7981
Fax: (614) 292-7297