Andrea A.E. Lüttgen

Andrea A.E. Lüttgen
Research Associate

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Toronto
10 King's College Road
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G4, Canada

E-mail: luettgen@waves.utoronto.ca
Phone: (416) 978-5831
Fax: (416) 971-2286

Biography:

1992 Ph.D in Geophysics from the University of Cologne, Germany
1987 Diploma (M.Sc.) in Physics from the University of Cologne, Germany

Research Interests:

Metamaterials for microwave and mm-wave applications.
Broadband and steerable-beam directive antennas.
Spacecraft charging and discharging phenomena in geosynchronous orbit.
Antennas in plasma
RF Properties of Dielectric Materials

Selected Publications:

Balmain, K.G., and A.A.E. Lüttgen, Resonance cone metamaterials, in: Metamaterials, physics and engineering explorations, ed. N. Engheta and R. Ziolkowski, IEEE Press, Wiley, pp. 171-190, 2006.

Balmain, K.G., and A.A.E. Lüttgen, Planar anisotropic resonance cone metamaterials, in: Negative-refraction metamaterials, fundamental priciples and applications, ed. G.V. Eleftheriades and K.G. Balmain, Wiley, 2005.

Balmain, K.G., A.A.E. Lüttgen, and P.C. Kremer, Power flow for resonance cone phenomena in planar anisotropic metamaterials, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol 51, No. 10, October 2003.

Balmain, K.G. , A.A.E. Lüttgen, and P.C. Kremer, Using resonance cone refraction for compact metamaterial devices, Proceedings of the International Conference on Electromagneticcs in Advanced Applications, ICEAA ’03 (Torino, Italy, 8-12 September 2003), pp. 419-422, 2003.

Balmain, K.G., A.A.E. Lüttgen, and P.C. Kremer, Resonance cone formation, reflection, refraction, and focusing in a planar anisotropic metamaterial, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters., vol 1., No. 7, pp. 146-149, 2002.

Lüttgen, A. and K.G. Balmain, `Nonreciprocal magnetoplasma sheath waves', Radio Sci., 31(6), pp. 1599-1613, 1996.

Lüttgen, A. and K.G. Balmain, `Nonreciprocal magnetoplasma sheath waves on structures in space', Proc. Fourth International Conference on Tethers in Space, pp. 983-991, 1995.

Lüttgen, A. and F.M. Neubauer, `Generation of plasma waves by a tethered satellite system with satellites elongated in the direction of flight for arbitrary oblique geometry', J. Geophys. Res., vol. 99, pp. 23349-23358, 1994.

Lüttgen, A. and F.M. Neubauer, `Radiation of plasma waves by a tethered satellite system (TSS) taking into account the fully arbitrary geometry of the system', Physics of Charged Bodies in Space Plasmas, editors: M. Dobrowolny and E. Sindoni, Italian Physical Society, ISPP - 11, pp. 189-199, 1991.

Neubauer, F.M., A. Lüttgen and N.F. Ness, `On the lack of a magnetic signature of Triton's magnetospheric interaction on the Voyager 2 fly-by trajectory', J. Geophys. Res., vol. 96, Suppl., pp. 19171-19175, 1991.

Professionnal Activities:

Member of IEEE and AGU (American Geophysical Union)

Course: ECE212F - Circuit Theory - 2008

Courses taught:

ECE212F - Circuit Theory - Complex Numbers Module - 2006 and 2007
ECE221S - Electric and Magnetic Fields - 2003 and 2007
ECE357S - Electromagnetic Fields - 2001 and 2002

Last update: September 2008

[University of Toronto] [Edward S. Rogers Sr. Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering] [Electromagnetics Group]