Curriculum Vita

Research Interests | Education and Professional Experience | Professional Activities
Graduate Student Advising | Sponsored Research Funding | Books | Patents
Journal Publications | Conference Publications | Other Presentations and Publications | Consulting

Name and title

Dr. Keith W. Whites, Ph.D.
Professor and Steven P. Miller Endowed Chair in Electrical Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
501 East Saint Joseph Street
Rapid City, SD 57701-3995
Telephone: 605-394-6861
Fax: 605-394-2913
E-mail: whites@sdsmt.edu
WWW: http://whites.sdsmt.edu

Personal

Married and a natural born citizen of the United States of America.

Research Interests

Analysis, design and measurement of artificial electromagnetic materials; materials characterization; high impedance and textured surfaces; direct-write fabrication of electromagnetic devices; ultra-wideband antennas and wireless communications; electromagnetic homogenization; RF and microwave circuits; computational electromagnetics; radar cross section reduction; electromagnetic shielding; periodic structures and frequency selective surfaces; propulsion and control of electromagnetic sailcraft; electromagnetic modeling of electrophotography.

Education

1991 Ph.D. Electrical Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (R. Mittra, advisor). Dissertation research concentrated on analytical and numerical techniques in electromagnetic scattering and is entitled "Electromagnetic Scattering Simulations Using Equivalent Boundary Condition Models."
1988 M.S. Electrical Engineering. University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign (R. Mittra, advisor). Thesis topic was in the area of electromagnetic compatibility and is entitled "Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Through Circular Waveguides Containing Radially Inhomogeneous Lossy Media."
1986 B.S. Electrical Engineering South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City

Professional Experience

SD School of Mines and Technology, Department of ECE, Rapid City, SD

8/01 to present

Professor: Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering. Primary research areas are effective media characterization and design of complex composite materials (i.e. "metamaterials"), high impedance surfaces,  electromagnetic propulsion and control of solar sails, wireless communications and computational electromagnetics.

University of Kentucky, Department of ECE, Lexington, KY

7/97 to 8/01

Associate Professor: Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical engineering. Developed repertoire of eight courses ranging from freshmen to Ph.D. level. Research activities included effective media, shielding, electrophotography and solar sails.

University of Kentucky Lexington, KY

7/91 to 7/97

Assistant Professor: Department of Electrical Engineering. See above.

University of Illinois Urbana, IL

8/90 to 5/91

Lecturer: Taught the required second-semester junior/senior level course in electromagnetics. Responsibilities included delivering the lectures, assigning homework, and administering exams. 

US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL

1/87 to 8/88

Research Assistant: Theoretically studied and experimentally tested a dielectrically loaded waveguide-below-cutoff penetration into a shielded enclosure. This study represented independent research performed in conjunction with the M.S. thesis.

Sandia National Laboratory, Livermore, CA

6/86 to 8/86

Graduate Summer Assistant: Modeled a battlefield target acquisition system. Was responsible for writing the code, integrating it into an existing simulated battlefield and testing.

Honors

Honorary Societies

Professional Affiliations and Activities

2007

 Focused Sessions Co-Organizer and Co-Chairman for “Effective Material Parameters and Role of Disorder in Metamaterials (I) and (II),” Metamaterials 2007: First International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, Rome, Italy, October 22-26, 2007.

2006

 Session Co-Chairman for “Novel Antennas,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. July 9-14, 2006.

2006

 Session Co-Chairman for “EBG Applications,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. July 9-14, 2006.

2005

 Session Co-Chairman for “Novel Antenna Elements and Feeds,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Washington, DC. July 3-8, 2005.

2004

 Session Chairman for “Modelling of Negative-Refractive-Index Materials,” Bianisotropics 2004: 10th Conference on Complex Media and Metamaterials, Ghent, Belgium, September 22-24, 2004.

2003

 Co-Editor, Electromagnetics Special Issue, vol. 23, no. 8, November/December 2003.

2002

 Session Co-Chairman for “Scattering From Frequency Selective Surfaces,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, San Antonio, TX. June 16-21, 2002.

2002
 Session Chairman for "Propagation and Scattering I," NATO Advanced Research Workshop Bianisotropics 2002: 9th International Conference on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, University Cadi Ayyad, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Guéliz (FSTG), Marrakech, Morocco. May 8-11, 2002.

2002
 Scientific Advisory Committee Member, NATO Advanced Research Workshop Bianisotropics 2002: 9th International Conference on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, University Cadi Ayyad, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques Guéliz  (FSTG), Marrakech, Morocco. May 8-11, 2002.

2001
 Programme Committee Member, 2001 International Conference on Problems of Interaction of Radiation with Matter, Gomel State University, Gomel, Belarus, October 23-27, 2001.

2000
 Session Chairman for “Composite Materials: Theory,” Bianisotropics 2000: 8th International Conference on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, September 27-29, 2000.

2000
 Scientific Advisory Committee Member, Bianisotropics 2000: 8th International Conference on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lison, Portugal, September 27-29, 2000.

1999
 Session Chairman for “EM Analysis, Antennae, and Propagation II,” IEEE Southeastcon ’99, Lexington, KY, March 25-28, 1999.

1999
 Vendor Chairman, 1999 Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium, Monterey, CA, March 15-19, 1999.

1998
 Scientific Advisory Committee Member, Bianisotropics’98: 7th International Conference on Complex Media, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, June 3-6, 1998.

1998
 Session Chairman for “Experimental Techniques I,” Bianisotropics’98: 7th International Conference on Complex Media, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, June 3-6, 1998.

1998
 Vendor Chairman, 1998 Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium, Monterey, CA, March 16-20, 1998.

1997
 Session Chairman for “Complex Composite Materials: Theoretical Research,” Bianisotropics’97: International Conference and Workshop on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, University of Glasgow, Great Britain, June 5-7, 1997.

1997
 Symposium Co-Chairman, Review Co-Chairman, Vendor Chairman, Short Course Chairman, 1997 Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium, Monterey, CA, March 17-21, 1997. 

1997
 Session Organizer and Co-Chairman for “Composite Materials,” 1997 Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Symposium, Monterey, CA, March 17-21, 1997. 

1995
 Member of the Organizing Committee, Chiral'95: 4th International Conference on Bi-Isotropic and Bi-Anisotropic Media, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, Oct. 11-14, 1995. 

1995
 Chairman of the session “Modeling of Chiral Materials,”Chiral'95: 4th International Conference on Bi-Isotropic and Bi-Anisotropic Media, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, Oct. 11-14, 1995. 

1994
 Session co-chairman for “Chiral Medium,” URSI Radio Science Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 1994.

Reviewer

Journals

Other

Graduate Student Advising

  1. Brian B. Glover, “Applications and Analysis of Carbon-Inclusion-Based Artificial Electromagnetic Materials,” M.S. thesis, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, May 2008.
  2. Korey J. Kirschenmann, “Capabilities and Limitations of Commercially Available Materials for Fabrication of Microwave Frequency Subsystems via Inkjet Printing,” M.S. thesis, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Aug. 2007.
  3. Tony Amert, “Direct Write Processing Applied to Microwave Frequency Devices,” M.S. thesis, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Aug. 2006.
  4. Jeremiah Wolf, “Lightweight Circularly Polarized Patch Antenna Array for Reconfigurable Networks,” M.S. thesis, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Aug. 2005.
  5. W. Charles Symons, III, “Investigation of a Near-Infrared Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope for Both Biological and Conducting Samples,” Ph. D. dissertation, University of Kentucky, Aug. 1999. (Co-director with Dr. Robert Lodder).
  6. Kranthi Kiran Adapa, “Solutions to Time-Varying Electromagnetic Scattering Problems Using the Finite Element Time Domain Method,” M.S. thesis, University of Kentucky, Dec. 1996.
  7. Chee Yee Chung, “Theoretical and Numerical Characterization of Composite Uniaxial Bi-Anisotropic Chiral Materials,” M.S. thesis, University of Kentucky, Feb. 1996.
  8. Abhay Samant, “Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in a Chiral-Filled Rectangular Waveguide,” M.S. thesis, University of Kentucky, July 1994.
  9. John Fessler, “Effect of Finite Ground Planes on the Radiated Emissions and Susceptibility of Printed Circuit Boards,” M.S. thesis, University of Kentucky, Dec. 1993.
  10. Yang Weng, “Effective Media Characterization of Lossless, Chiral Composite Artificial Materials Ignoring Mutual Coupling Between Inclusions,” M.S. thesis, University of Kentucky, Sept. 1993.

Sponsored Research and Extramural Funding ($8.719M in total external funding since 1992: $2.031M in funding as the principal investigator, an additional $6.688M in funding otherwise)

  1. K. W. Whites (PI), A. Amert (co-PI), and D. Anagnostou (co-PI), “Multi-Scale Artificial Dielectric Materials and Their Applications,” National Science Foundation, Grant period: 1/1/09-12/31/11.

  2. J. Kellar (PI) and K. W. Whites (co-PI), “The 2010 Initiative: Science-Based Leadership for South Dakota – Year 3,” South Dakota State University (prime: NSF EPSCoR), Grant period: 4/1/08-3/30/09.

  3. J. Kellar (PI) and K. W. Whites (co-PI), “The 2010 Initiative: Science-Based Leadership for South Dakota – Year 2,” South Dakota State University (prime: NSF EPSCoR), Grant period: 4/1/07-3/30/08.

  4. Steve Smith (PI), P. S. May (co-PI), A. G. Petukhov (co-PI) and K. W. Whites (co-PI), “MRI: Design and Development of a Femtosecond Apertureless Near-field Microscope,” National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program. Grant period: 10/1/06-9/30/08.

  5. K. W. Whites, “Flexible Antennas and Microwave Circuits Constructed by M3D and Inkjet Methods,” Department of the Army, Army Research Laboratory. Contract period: 10/1/06-2/28/08.

  6. K. W. Whites, “SD EPSCoR 2006 Summer Undergraduate Research Assistantships,” South Dakota EPSCoR Office. Grant period: 5/15/06-8/15/06.

  7. J. Kellar (PI) and K. W. Whites (co-PI), “The 2010 Initiative: Science-Based Leadership for South Dakota – Year 1,” South Dakota State University (prime: NSF EPSCoR), Grant period: 4/1/06-3/30/07.

  8. T. P. Montoya (PI), L. Simonson (co-PI) and K. W. Whites (co-PI), “Antennas and Applied Electromagnetics Instructional Enhancement at SDSM&T,” Rockwell Collins Charitable Corporation, University Allocations Program. Grant period: 7/1/05-6/30/06.

  9. K. W. Whites, “Conformal Antennas and Microwave Circuits Constructed by Direct Write Processing,” Department of the Army, Army Research Laboratory. Contract period: 4/1/05-3/31/06.

  10. J. Sears (PI) and K. W. Whites (co-PI), “Establishment of a Direct Write Laboratory for DoD Applications,” Department of the Army, Army Research Laboratory. Contract period: 4/1/05-3/31/06.

  11. K. W. Whites, “Enhancing Electromagnetic Waveguide Probes for Non-Destructive Evaluation,” Department of the Air Force, Air Force Institute of Technology. Contract period: 3/1/05-8/1/05.

  12. J. Kellar (PI), D. Galipeau (co-SI), K. Whites (co-SI), K. Han (co-SI), J. Puszynski (co-SI), D. Boyles (co-SI), R. Winter (co-SI), H. Fong (co-SI), K. Muci (co-SI) and S. Palakurthi (co-SI), “Center for Accelerated Applications at the Nanoscale (CAAN),” South Dakota 2010 Initiative Research Centers Program. Grant Period: 7/1/04-6/30/09.

  13. K. W. Whites, “Development of Conformal Antennas and Electronics Constructed by Direct Write Processing,” Army Research Laboratory. Contract period: 5/1/04-6/30/05.

  14. J. Sears (PI) and K. W. Whites (co-PI), “Establishment of a Direct Write Laboratory for DoD Applications,” Army Research Laboratory. Contract period: 5/1/04-6/30/05.

  15. K. W. Whites, “Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement.” National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program. Grant period: 5/1/04-9/30/04.

  16. K. W. Whites, “Multi-Resonant Antenna Simulation and Test,” RealTronics Corporation, Hermosa, SD. (Subcontract to “SBIR Phase I: Combining Time Compressed Synthetic Pulses and Frequency Scalable Antennae to Optimize UWB Sensor Dynamic Range,” National Science Foundation, Bernt A. Askildsen, PI.) Contract Period: 7/1/03-12/31/03.

  17. K. W. Whites, Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement. National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program. Grant Period: 7/1/03-9/30/03.

  18. K. W. Whites (PI), T. Montoya (co-PI) and L. Simonson (PI), “Rockwell Collins Partnership with SDSM&T in RF and Microwave Engineering Education,” Rockwell Collins Charitable Corporation, University Allocations Program. Grant Period: 7/1/03-6/30/04.

  19. B. Hemmelman (PI) and K. W. Whites (co-PI), “LTO Data Cartridge RF Tags – Background Investigative Research,” Imation Corporation, Wahpeton, ND. Contract Period: 5/12/03-8/31/03.

  20. K. W. Whites (PI), N. Chamberlain (co-PI) and T. Montoya (co-PI), “Equipment for an Applied Electromagnetics and Communications Laboratory,” National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program. Grant Period: 7/1/02-6/30/05.

  21. K. W. Whites, “Ultra-Wideband Antenna Design and Test in Support of a Sensor Web,” Cynetics Corporation, Rapid City, SD. (Navy STTR subcontract from “Ultra-Wideband Sensor Web,” Don K. Lefevre, PI.) Contract Period: 7/9/02-5/12/03.
  22. K. W. Whites, “Engineered Electromagnetic Materials Using Active and Passive Circuit Particles,” Regents Rushmore Faculty CAREER Research Award, South Dakota NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). Grant Period: 8/1/02-7/31/04.
  23. K. W. Whites, “RF and Microwave Measurement Equipment Acquisition Through the Agilent Technologies University Relations Philanthropy Grants Program,” Agilent Technologies. Grant Period: 4/1/02-3/31/03.
  24. K. W. Whites, “Electromagnetic Control of Lightweight Solar Sails (NASA STTR),” Energy Science Laboratories, Inc., San Diego, CA. (NASA STTR subcontract from “Carbon Sails for Gossamer Spacecraft Attitude Control,” Dr. Timothy R. Knowles, PI.) Contract Period: 12/01/00-9/30/01.
  25. K. W. Whites, “NSF CAREER Award: Eastern Europe Program Supplement,” National Science Foundation (NSF). Arlington, VA. Grant Period: 6/1/00-7/31/01.
  26. K. W. Whites, “Electromagnetic Simulation, Modeling and Characterization of Complex Composite Materials.” National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. Arlington, VA. Grant Period: 7/1/96-6/30/00.
  27. K. W. Whites, “Effective Media Characterization and Optimization of Optically-Active Materials: Applications from Microwave to Optical Frequencies.” National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award (RIA, Quantum Electronics, Waves and Beams Directorate), Arlington, VA. Grant Period: 8/15/92-2/29/96.
  28. K. W. Whites, “Numerical Electromagnetostatic Modeling of the Electrophotography Process. (Contract Extension III).” Lexmark International Incorporated, Lexington, KY. Contract Period: 12/1/94-7/31/95.
  29. K. W. Whites, “Numerical Electromagnetostatic Modeling of the Electrophotography Process. (Contract Extension II).” Lexmark International Incorporated, Lexington, KY. Contract Period: 3/1/94-10/30/94.
  30. K. W. Whites, “Experimental Characterization of Synthetic Chiral Materials (REU Supplement).” National Science Foundation (Quantum Electronics, Waves and Beams Directorate), Washington, D.C. Grant Period: 2/2/94-5/31/94.
  31. S. D. Gedney (PI) and K.W. Whites (co-PI), “High Performance Electromagnetic Simulation Tools.” Army Research Office. Grant Period: 9/1/93-8/31/94.
  32. K. W. Whites, “Numerical Electromagnetostatic Modeling of the Electrophotography Process. (Contract Extension I).” Lexmark International Incorporated, Lexington, KY. Contract Period: 6/14/93-1/30/94.
  33. K. W. Whites, “Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Supplement.” National Science Foundation (Quantum Electronics, Waves and Beams Directorate), Washington, D.C. Grant Period: 2/1/93-12/31/93.
  34. K. W. Whites, “Numerical Electromagnetostatic Modeling of the Electrophotography Process.” Lexmark International Incorporated, Lexington, KY. Contract Period: 10/15/92-6/14/93.
  35. K. W. Whites, “Numerical Analysis of the Shielding Effectiveness of a 2-D Periodic Array of Loaded Waveguides Below Cutoff.” US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL. Contract Period: 6/15/92-9/30/92.

Patent Applications

  1. T. Amert and K. W. Whites, “Dielectric loaded shorted bicone antenna with laterally extending ground plate,” U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Application Number 12/080,283, Apr. 2, 2008.

Refereed Journal Publications

  1. B. Glover, K. W. Whites, H. Hong, A. Mukherjee, and W. E. Billups, “Effective electrical conductivity of functional single-wall carbon nanotubes in aqueous fluids,” Synthetic Metals, vol. 158, no. 12, pp. 506-508, 2008.
  2. K. W. Whites and T. R. Knowles, “Computation of electromagnetic force and torque for fibrous sailcraft propelled by radiation,” Electromagn., vol. 23, no. 8, pp. 681-696, 2003.
  3. V. V. Gozhenko, L. G. Grechko and K. W. Whites, “Electrodynamics of spatial clusters of spheres: Substrate effects,” Phys. Rev. B, vol. 68, no. 12,  pp. 125422:1-16, 2003.
  4. L. G. Grechko, V. N. Mal'nev, S. V. Shostak and K. W. Whites, “Dielectric losses in wet silicon dioxide disperse systems,” Journal of Molecular Liquids, vol. 105, issues 2-3, pp. 201-204, 2003.
  5. W. C. Symons III, K. W. Whites and R. A. Lodder, “Theoretical and experimental characterization of a near-field scanning microwave microscope (NSMM),” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 91-99, 2003.
  6. K. W. Whites and F. Wu, “Effects of particle shape on the effective permittivity of composite materials with measurements for lattices of cubes,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 50, no. 7, pp. 1723-1729, 2002.
  7. F. Wu and K. W. Whites, “Quasi-static effective permittivity of periodic composites containing complex shaped dielectric particles,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 49, no. 8, pp. 1174-1182, 2001.
  8. F. Wu and K. W. Whites, “Computation of static effective permittivity for a multiphase lattice of cylinders,” Electromagn., vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 97-114, 2001.
  9. K. W. Whites, “Permittivity of a multiphase and isotropic lattice of spheres at low frequency,” J. Appl. Phys., vol. 88, no. 4, pp. 1962-1970, 2000.
  10. L. G. Grechko, K. W. Whites, V. N. Pustovit and V. S. Lysenko, “Macroscopic dielectric response of the metallic particles embedded in host dielectric medium,” Microelectronics Reliability, vol. 40, no. 4-5, pp. 893-895, 2000.
  11. L. G. Grechko, V. N. Pustovit and K. W. Whites, “Dielectric function of aggregates of small metallic particles embedded in host insulating matrix,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 76, no. 14, pp. 1854-1856, 2000.
  12. K. W. Whites, “Resistive and conductive tube boundary condition models for material wire-shaped scatterers,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 1548-1554, Oct. 1998.
  13. K. W. Whites and C. Y. Chung, “Composite uniaxial bianisotropic chiral materials characterization: comparison of predicted and measured results,” J. Electromagn. Waves Appl., vol. 11, pp. 371-394, 1997.
  14. K. W. Whites and R. Mittra, “An equivalent boundary-condition model for lossy planar periodic structures at low frequencies,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 44, no. 12, pp. 1617-1629, 1996.
  15. C. Y. Chung and K. W. Whites, “Effective constitutive parameters for an artificial uniaxial bianisotropic chiral medium,” J. Electromagn. Waves Appl., vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 1363-1388, 1996.
  16. J. T. Fessler, K. W. Whites and C. R. Paul, “The effectiveness of an image plane in reducing radiated emissions,” IEEE Trans. Electromagn. Compat., vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 51-61, 1996.
  17. A. R. Samant and K. W. Whites, “Dominant mode field solutions in a chiral-filled rectangular waveguide,” Microwave Opt. Technol. Lett., vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 339-343, 1995.
  18. A. R. Samant and K. W. Whites, “Notable features of hybrid modes in a chiral-filled rectangular waveguide,” IEEE Microwave Guided Wave Lett., vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 144-146, 1995.
  19. K. W. Whites, “Full-wave computation of constitutive parameters for lossless composite chiral materials,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 376-384, 1995.
  20. A. R. Samant and K. W. Whites, “Electromagnetic wave propagation in a chiral material filled rectangular waveguide,” Microwave Opt. Technol. Lett., vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 106-111, 1995.
  21. H. A. N. Hejase, S. D. Gedney and K. W. Whites, “Effect of a finite ground plane on radiated emissions from a circular loop antenna,” IEEE Trans. Electromagn. Compat., vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 364-371, 1994.
  22. K. W. Whites and R. Mittra, “Scattered field properties of symmetric periodic structures,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 722-727, 1994.
  23. E. Michielssen and K. Whites, “A stable electric field integral equation approach for analyzing scattering from nonplanar wire meshes with arbitrarily small cell sizes,” Microwave Opt. Technol. Lett., vol. 6, no. 16, pp. 898-903, 1993.
  24. K. W. Whites, E. Michielssen and R. Mittra, “Approximating the scattering by a material-filled 2-D trough in an infinite plane using the impedance boundary condition,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 146-153, 1993.
  25. K. W. Whites and R. Mittra, “Complex and backward-wave modes in dielectrically loaded lossy circular waveguides,” Microwave Opt. Technol. Lett., vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 199-204, 1989.

Books

Textbooks

  1. Clayton R. Paul, Keith W. Whites and Syed A. Nasar, Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields, 3rd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998. (ISBN 0-07-046083-3)

Book Chapters

  1. K. W. Whites, “Magnetostatics,” in The Electrical Engineering Handbook, W.-K. Chen, Editor. Burlington, MA: Elsevier Academic Press, 2005. (ISBN 0-12-170960-4)

Others

  1. Keith W. Whites, EGR101 Measurements Laboratory Manual. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2000. (ISBN 0-471-39803-9)
  2. Keith W. Whites, Visual Electromagnetics for Mathcad. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998. (CD-ROM ISBN 0-07-013756-0. Also available at <http://www.engr.uky.edu/~visualem>.)

Other Publications

  1. L. G. Grechko, O. A. Davidova, V. N. Mal'nev and K. W. Whites, “On the problem of optical bistability of nonlinear composites with coated inclusions,” in Interdepartmental Digest of Scientific Papers: Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surfaces, Issues 4-6, A. A. Chuiko, Editor. Kyiv: Institute of Surface Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, pp. 168-178, 2001.
  2. L. G. Grechko, V. V. Gozhenko and K. W. Whites, “Anisotropy of electrical properties of a layer of spherical particles located near a substrate,” in Interdepartmental Digest of Scientific Papers: Chemistry, Physics and Technology of Surfaces, Issues 4-6, A. A. Chuiko, Editor. Kyiv: Institute of Surface Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, pp. 179-185, 2001.

Refereed Conference Publications

  1. B. B. Glover and K. W. Whites, “Electrically isotropic artificial dielectrics from a realizable and easily engineered physically anisotropic particle,” Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagat. Soc. Int. Symp., San Diego, CA, p. 402.1, July 5-12, 2008.
  2. W. M. Fathelbab, F. Khoury, J. J. Kellar, and K. W. Whites, “Ultra-wideband (UWB) hairpin-comb filters with broad stopband performances,” IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium, Orlando, FL, pp. 451-454, Jan. 22-24, 2008.
  3. K. W. Whites, T. Amert, K. Kirschenmann, and S. M. Woessner, “Monolithic fabrication of multi-material artificial electromagnetic surfaces and devices (invited paper),” Proceedings of Metamaterials 2007, Rome, Italy, pp. 66-69, Oct. 22-26, 2007.
  4. B. Glover, K. Kirschenmann, and K. W. Whites, “Engineering R-card surface resistivity with printed metallic patterns,” Proceedings of Metamaterials 2007, Rome, Italy, pp. 621-624, Oct. 22-26, 2007.
  5. K. W. Whites, T. Amert, S. M. Woessner, N.-S. Kim, S. Decker, and J. Kellar, “Direct-write printing of multilayered appliqué antennas on high impedance surfaces,” Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagat. Soc. Int. Symp., Honolulu, HI, pp. 2765-2768, June 10-15, 2007.
  6. B. B. Glover and K. W. Whites, “Engineering lossy artificial dielectrics using single-walled carbon nanotubes,” Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagat. Soc. Int. Symp., Honolulu, HI, pp. 3400-3403, June 10-15, 2007.
  7. K. Kirschenmann, K. W. Whites, and S. M. Woessner, “Inkjet printed microwave frequency multilayer antennas,” Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagat. Soc. Int. Symp., Honolulu, HI, pp. 924-927, June 10-15, 2007.
  8. K. W. Whites, T. Amert, and K. Kirschenmann, “Microwave frequency antennas printed on flexible substrates,” Proceedings of the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association (AMTA) Symposium, Austin, TX, pp. 88-93, Oct. 22-27, 2006.
  9. K. Kirschenmann, T. Amert, and K. W. Whites, “Microstrip fixture for testing thin magnetic films,” Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagat. Soc. Int. Symp., Albuquerque, NM, vol. 4, pp. 3195-3198, July 9-14, 2006.
  10. K. W. Whites, T. Amert, N.-S. Kim, K. Han, J. Kellar, and S. Decker, “Appliqué antennas printed by low temperature direct write processing using a new highly conductive ink,” Dig. USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, p. 414, July 9-14, 2006.
  11. T. Amert, B. Glover, and K. W. Whites, “Using anisotropic high impedance surfaces for tuning antenna performance,” Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagat. Soc. Int. Symp., Albuquerque, NM, vol. 1, pp. 357-360, 2006.
  12. K. W. Whites, T. Amert, and B. Glover, “Fabrication of textured electromagnetic surfaces using the M3DTM process (invited paper),” Proceedings of Joint 9TH International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA '05) and 11TH European Electromagnetic Structures Conference (EESC '05), Torino, Italy, pp. 105-108, Sept. 12-16, 2005.
  13. T. Amert, B. Glover, and K. W. Whites, “Characterization of high impedance surfaces using magnitude measurements,” IEEE Antennas and Propagat. Soc. Int. Symp., Washington, DC, vol. 1B, pp. 640-643, July 3-8, 2005.
  14. K. W. Whites, T. Amert, K. Han, J. Kellar, and J. Sears, “Construction of antennas and textured surfaces using the M3D process,” Dig. USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Washington, DC, p. 3, July 3-8, 2005.
  15. K. W. Whites, “Survey of developments in the construction of electromagnetic media and textured surfaces (invited paper),” Bianisotropics 2004: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Complex Media and Metamaterials, Het Pand, Ghent, Belgium, pp. 34-39, Sept. 22-24, 2004.
  16. K. W. Whites and J. Preheim, “Computing bulk effective permittivity from thin film simulations,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Monterey, CA, p. 378, June 20-25, 2004.
  17. T. Amert, J. Wolf, L. Albers, D. Palecek, S. Thompson, B. Askildsen, and K. W. Whites, “Economical resistive tapering of bowtie antennas,” Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagat. Soc. Int. Symp., Monterey, CA, pp. 1772-1775, June 20-25, 2004.
  18. K. W. Whites, B. Glover, and T. Amert, “Easily designed and constructed high impedance surfaces,” Proc. IEEE Antennas and Propagat. Soc. Int. Symp., Columbus, OH, vol. 2, pp. 407-410, June 22-27, 2003.
  19. K. W. Whites, “Applications of homogenization in electromagnetics (invited paper),” XXVIIth Triennal General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Maastricht, The Netherlands, URSI Paper No. 636, Aug. 17-24, 2002.
  20. K. W. Whites and T. R. Knowles, “Chiral and anisotropic fibrous materials for gossamer sailcraft,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting Digest, San Antonio, TX, p. 108, June 16-21, 2002.
  21. K. W. Whites and T. R. Knowles, “Effect of microstructure on the performance of carbon fiber solar sail spacecraft (invited review lecture),” NATO Advanced Research Workshop Bianisotropics 2002: 9th International Conference on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, Marrakech, Morocco, p. 4, May 8-11, 2002.
  22. K. W. Whites and T. R. Knowles, “Calculating radiation force on carbon fiber gossamer space sailcraft,” IEEE Antennas Propagat. Soc. Int. Symp. Dig., Boston, MA, pp. 326-329, July 8-13, 2001.
  23. K. W. Whites and F. Wu, “Lattices of cubes as phenomenological Maxwell/Maxwell Garnett materials containing large particle interaction,” IEEE Antennas Propagat. Soc. Int. Symp. Dig., Boston, MA, pp. 492-495, July 8-13, 2001.
  24. F. Wu and K. W. Whites, “Effective permittivity calculation for 2-D pseudorandom composite media,” IEEE Antennas Propagat. Soc. Int. Symp. Dig., Boston, MA, pp. 512-515, July 8-13, 2001.
  25. A. Zhu, S. Gedney, and K. W. Whites, “Point-based high-order moment method for thin wire scattering and antenna analysis,” IEEE Antennas Propagat. Soc. Int. Symp. Dig., Boston, MA, pp. 538-541, July 8-13, 2001.
  26. F. Wu and K. W. Whites, “Computation of static effective permittivity for 2-D anisotropic composite materials,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting Digest, Boston, MA, p. 387, July 8-13, 2001.
  27. K. W. Whites and T. R. Knowles, “Electromagnetic force and torque calculations for fibrous ultra-lightweight sails,” AIAA Gossamer Spacecraft Forum, AIAA Paper No. 2001-1615, Seattle, WA, Apr. 16-19, 2001.
  28. K. W. Whites and F. Wu, “Numerical computation of the effective quasistatic permittivity for isotropic lattices of complex shaped inclusions,” Proceedings of Bianisotropics 2000 – 8th International Conference on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 41-44, Sept. 27-29, 2000.
  29. L. G. Grechko, V. V. Gozhenko, V. N. Malnev and K. W. Whites, “Anisotropy electrical properties of mono-layers of spherical particles located on substrate,” Proceedings of Bianisotropics 2000 – 8th International Conference on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, Lisbon, Portugal, pp. 111-114, Sept. 27-29, 2000.
  30. W. C. Symons and K. W. Whites, “Electromagnetic scattering analysis utilizing a near-field scanning microwave microscope,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting Digest, Salt Lake City, UT, p. 240, July 16-21, 2000.
  31. F. Wu and K. W. Whites, “Calculation of effective permittivity for a 2-D periodic composite,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium Digest, Salt Lake City, UT, pp. 372-375, July 16-21, 2000.
  32. K. W. Whites and F. Wu, “Quasi-static permittivity of a lattice of complex-shaped 3-D particles,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting Digest, Salt Lake City, UT, p. 64, July 16-21, 2000.
  33. K. W. Whites, “Static permittivity of a lattice of spheres,” XXVIth General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science, Toronto, Canada, p. 184, August 13-21, 1999.
  34. K. W. Whites, “Static permittivity of a multiphase system of spheres,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium Digest, Orlando, FL, pp. 1934-1937, July 11-16, 1999.
  35. F. Wu and K. W. Whites, “T-matrix analysis of 2-D periodic structure composed of dielectric scatterers,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting Digest, Orlando, FL, p. 246, July 11-16, 1999.
  36. K. W. Whites, “Past and present methods for computing the dielectric constant of lattices of spheres,” Proceedings IEEE Southeastcon ’99, Lexington, KY, pp. 249-252, Mar. 25-28, 1999.
  37. F. Wu and K. W. Whites, “Computation of effective permittivity of a 2-D periodic structure by T-matrix algorithm,” Proceedings IEEE Southeastcon ’99, Lexington, KY, pp. 329-332, Mar. 25-28, 1999.
  38. K. W. Whites, “Visual Electromagnetics for Mathcad (c): A computer-assisted learning tool for undergraduate electromagnetics education,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium Digest, Atlanta, GA, pp. 2288-2291, June 21-26, 1998.
  39. K. W. Whites and F. Wu, “Numerically computed effective permittivity of a composite material formed from spherical inclusions,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting Digest, Atlanta, GA, p. 180, June 21-26, 1998.
  40. K. W. Whites, “A survey of computational methods for computing the effective material parameters of composite media (invited paper),” Bianisotropics'98 7th International Conference on Complex Media, Braunschweig, Germany, pp. 209-214, June 3-6, 1998.
  41. K. W. Whites and F. Wu, “Computing the effective permittivity for a mixture of spherical particles,” Bianisotropics'98 7th International Conference on Complex Media, Braunschweig, Germany, pp. 285-288, June 3-6, 1998.
  42. K. W. Whites and C. Y. Chung, “Experimentally observed and numerically predicted scattering response of uniaxial bianisotropic chiral material slabs,” Proceedings of Bianisotropics’97 International Conference and Workshop on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, University of Glasgow, Great Britain, pp. 59-62, June 1997.
  43. K. W. Whites and C. Y. Chung, “Experimental confirmation of a numerical constitutive parameters extraction methodology for uniaxial bianisotropic chiral materials,” Proceedings of the 1997 Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium, Monterey, CA, pp. 796-802, Mar. 1997.
  44. K. W. Whites, “Comparison of computed and measured scattering by artificial chiral materials,” Proceedings of Chiral'95, State College, PA, pp. 17-20, Oct. 1995.
  45. C. Y. Chung and K. W. Whites, “Numerical extraction of the effective constitutive parameters for uniaxial bianisotropic chiral medium,” Proceedings of Chiral'95, State College, PA, pp. 91-94, Oct. 1995.
  46. K. W. Whites, “Measured and computed EM scattering comparison for chiral-material slabs,” Digest of the 1995 URSI Radio Science International Symposium, Newport Beach, CA, p. 48, June 1995.
  47. A. R. Samant and K. W. Whites, “Analysis of wave propagation in a chiral-filled rectangular waveguide,” Digest of the 1995 URSI Radio Science International Symposium, Newport Beach, CA, p. 46, June 1995.
  48. K. W. Whites, “Computation and physical behavior of bi-isotropic material parameters for a class of lossy inclusions,” Digest of the 1994 URSI Radio Science International Symposium, Seattle, WA, p. 428, June 1994.
  49. K. W. Whites, “Host effects on the constitutive parameters for synthetic chiral media,” Proceedings of Chiral'94, Perigueux, France, pp. 77-82, May 1994.
  50. V. V. Varadan, K. W. Whites, and V. K. Varadan, “Comparison of experimental prediction and Monte Carlo simulation of effective properties of microwave chiral composites,” Proceedings of Chiral'94, Perigueux, France, p. 231, May 1994.
  51. K. W. Whites, “Surmounting numerical limitations in the full-wave simulation of chiral materials,” Digest of the 1993 URSI Radio Science International Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, p. 243, June 1993.
  52. H. A. N. Hejase, K. W. Whites, and S. D. Gedney, “Comparison between induced EMF and MOM methods in modeling a circular loop antenna above a finite reflector,” Digest of the 1993 URSI Radio Science International Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI, p. 201, June 1993.
  53. T. A. Jerse, C. R. Paul, and K. W. Whites, “The effect of finite image plane width on radiation from an electric line source,” Proceedings of the 10th International Zurich Symposium and Technical Exhibition on Electromagnetic Compatibility, pp. 201-206, 1993.
  54. J. T. Fessler, K. W. Whites, and C. R. Paul, “Effect of image plane dimensions on radiated emissions,” Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Anaheim, CA, pp. 106-111, Aug. 1992.
  55. K. W. Whites, “A simple scattering model for thin material wires,” Digest of the 1992 URSI Radio Science International Symposium, Chicago, IL, p. 34, July 1992.
  56. K. W. Whites and R. Mittra, “Intrinsic properties of symmetric periodic targets,” Digest of the 1992 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Chicago, IL, pp. 691-694, July 1992.
  57. K. W. Whites and R. Mittra, “Scattering models for infinite periodic structures at low frequencies,” Digest of the 1991 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, London, Ontario, Canada, pp. 192-195, June 1991.
  58. L. W. Epp, K. W. Whites, J. Svigeli, K. O. Merewether, and R. Mittra, “An analysis of lossy, finite frequency selective surfaces using the resistive boundary condition and an impedance boundary condition model,” Digest of the 1991 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, London, Ontario, Canada, pp. 268-271, June 1991.
  59. K. W. Whites and R. Mittra, “On the validity of the impedance boundary condition for a class of electromagnetic scattering problems,” Digest of the 1990 URSI General Assembly International Symposium, Prague, Czechoslovakia, Aug. 1990.
  60. K. W. Whites and R. Mittra, “A systematic study of the impedance boundary condition,” Digest of the 1990 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, Dallas, TX, pp. 870-873, May 1990.
  61. K. W. Whites and R. Mittra, “Modal designations for complex and backward-wave modes in radially inhomogeneous lossy waveguides,” URSI Radio Science Program and Abstracts, San Jose, CA, p. 99, June 1989.

Invited Presentations

  1. K. W. Whites, T. Amert, K. Kirschenmann, and S. M. Woessner, “Monolithic fabrication of multi-material artificial electromagnetic surfaces and devices (invited paper),” Proceedings of Metamaterials 2007, Rome, Italy, pp. 66-69, Oct. 22-26, 2007.
  2. K. W. Whites, “Fabrication of flexible microwave-frequency circuits and antenna, and their applications,” One-Day Workshop, Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore, India, Sept. 2, 2006.
  3. K. W. Whites, “Application of the Method of Moments to Antenna Analysis,” Seminar, Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India, Sept. 1, 2006.
  4. K. W. Whites, T. Amert and B. Glover, “Fabrication of textured electromagnetic surfaces using the M3DTM process (invited paper),” Proceedings of Joint 9TH International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA '05) and 11TH European Electromagnetic Structures Conference (EESC '05), Torino, Italy, pp. 105-108, Sept. 12-16, 2005.
  5. K. W. Whites, “Survey of developments in the construction of electromagnetic media and textured surfaces (invited paper),” Bianisotropics 2004: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Complex Media and Metamaterials, Het Pand, Ghent, Belgium, pp. 34-39, Sept. 22-24, 2004.
  6. K. W. Whites, “Applied Electromagnetics Teaching and Research at SDSM&T,” Electromagnetics Seminar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, April 29, 2003.
  7. K. W. Whites, “Applications of homogenization in electromagnetics (invited paper),” XXVIIth Triennal General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Maastricht, The Netherlands, URSI Paper No. 636, Aug. 17-24, 2002.
  8. K. W. Whites and T. R. Knowles, “Effect of microstructure on the performance of carbon fiber solar sail spacecraft (invited review lecture),” NATO Advanced Research Workshop Bianisotropics 2002: 9th International Conference on Electromagnetics of Complex Media, Marrakech, Morocco, p. 4, May 8-11, 2002.
  9. K. W. Whites, “A survey of computational methods for computing the effective material parameters of composite media (invited paper),” Bianisotropics'98 7th International Conference on Complex Media, Braunschweig, Germany, pp. 209-214, June 3-6, 1998.
  10. K. W. Whites, “Electromagnetic characterization of composite chiral materials,” Condensed Matter Seminar, University of Kentucky Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dec. 5, 1995.

Other Presentations

  1. T. Amert and K. Whites, “Wideband conformal antennas printed using direct write techniques,” poster presented at the SD EPSCoR State Conference, Rapid City, SD, Sept. 25-26, 2006.
  2. K. Kirschenmann and K. W. Whites, “Capacitively coupled patch antennas,” poster presented at the SD EPSCoR State Conference, Rapid City, SD, Sept. 25-26, 2006.
  3. J. Gunderson and K. Whites, “Slotting planar patch antenna to reduce surface area,” poster presented at the SD EPSCoR State Conference, Rapid City, SD, Sept. 25-26, 2006.
  4. P. Zwicker and K. Whites, “Soldering to antennas and microstrips printed by direct-write technologies,” poster presented at the SD EPSCoR State Conference, Rapid City, SD, Sept. 25-26, 2006.
  5. N. Kingsbury and K. Whites, “The effects of flexing a printed line,” poster presented at the SD EPSCoR State Conference, Rapid City, SD, Sept. 25-26, 2006.
  6. K. W. Whites, “Research and Teaching Activities in the Laboratory for Applied Electromagnetics and Communications,” South Dakota Engineering Society/IEEE Black Hills Subsection Seminar, Rapid City, SD, May 26, 2005.
  7. K. W. Whites, “Multi-Disciplinary Research Activities in the SDSMT Direct Write Laboratory,” Materials Advantage/AMP Seminar, Rapid City, SD, Mar. 29, 2005.
  8. J. Colvin, T. Amert, J. Sears and K. Whites, “Micron scale deposition for rapid prototyping of electronic components,” 2005 TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, February 13-17, 2005.
  9. T. Amert, R. Worl, J. Sears and K. W. Whites, “Manufacturing miniaturized electronic devices with the M3D machine,” poster presented at the South Dakota NSF EPSCoR (EPS-0091948) Annual Conference, Sept. 17, 2004.
  10. T. R. Knowles, R. M. Perez and K. W. Whites, “Gossamer antenna lens,” Gossamer Spacecraft Technology Workshop, Pasadena, CA, 2002.
  11. K. W. Whites, “Electromagnetic analysis of microwave-driven sails,” Microwave-Driven Sails Meeting, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, Aug. 23, 2000.
  12. K. W. Whites, “Engineering electromagnetics: 'Visual Electromagnetics for Mathcad (c)' and 'Effective media calculations for composite materials',” NSF CAREER Program P.I. Meeting, Arlington, VA, Jan. 10-12, 1999.
  13. K. W. Whites and R. Mittra, “RCS computation of cavity type antenna configurations,” poster presented at the 12th Annual Workshop of the Industrial Affiliates Program in Communications, Electromagnetics, Propagation and Signal Processing, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, Apr. 1990.
  14. K. W. Whites and R. Mittra, “An application of the impedance boundary condition to antenna RCS reduction,” poster presented at the 1989 Antenna Applications Symposium, Monticello, IL, Sept. 1989.
  15. K. W. Whites, “A radio frequency data link for microprocessors,” in the IEEE 1986 Student Papers Book, IEEE Catalog number TT0123-0, pp. 109-117, 1986.

Consulting

  1. Broadway Holdings, Inc., Sheridan, Wyoming.
  2. Codelco – Chile, Division El Teniente, Rancagua, Chile.
  3. Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI). Consulting on a grant under the direction of Dr. B. Sisken, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
  4. Energy Science Laboratories, Inc., San Diego, California.
  5. Hexcel Corporation, Chandler, Arizona.
  6. J. R. Simplot Company, Caldwell, Idaho.
  7. Ranger Research, Incorporated, Lundington, Michigan.
  8. RM Associates, Champaign, Illinois.

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