
Research Statement:
Development and characterization (theoretical and experimental) of microwave, millimeter printed circuits, computer-aided design of VSLI interconnects, development and characterization of micromachined circuits for microwave, millimeter-wave and submillimeter-wave applications including MEMS switches, high-Q evanescent mode filters and MEMS devices for circuit reconfigurability, development of low-loss lines for submillimeter-wave and terahertz frequency applications, theoretical and experimental study of uniplanar circuits for hybrid-monolithic and monolithic oscillator, amplifier and mixer applications, theoretical and experimental characterization of photonic bandgap materials.