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Semouchkina, Elena A.

Semouchkina, Elena A.

Adjunct Professor

Office phone: (814) 865-7824
Office address: 266 Materials Research Laboratory
Office hours:
E-mail: eas203@psu.edu

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Materials, Pennsylvania State University, 2001
  • Ph.D., Physics and Mathematics, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia, 1986
  • M.S. (Distinction), Electrical Engineering, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia, 1978

Years of Service with Penn State (6 years)

  • July 2006 – Present Associate Professor and Senior Research Associate

Other Related Experience — Teaching, Industrial, Etc.

  • July 2006 – Present Senior Research Associate and Associate Professor of Engineering Science & Mechanics, Materials Research Institute, Penn State Univeristy, University Park, PA
  • June 2004 – June 2006 Research Associate, Materials Research Institute, Penn State University, University Park, PA
  • June 2001 – May 2004 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Materials Research Institute, Penn State University, University Park, PA
  • Aug 1997 – May 2001 Graduate Research Assistant, Materials Research Institute, Penn State University, University Park, PA
  • 1994 – 1997 Senior Research Associate, Environmental Engineering Lab, St. Petersburg State Technical University, St Petersburg, Russia
  • 1992 – 1994 Scientific Consultant, Engineering Company, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • 1984 – 1992 Senior Research Associate, Quantum Electronics, Siberian Physics-Technical Research Institute, Tomsk, Russia
  • 1983 – 1984 Visiting Researcher, Ioffe Physics-Technical Institute of Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • 1979 – 1983 Research Associate, Quantum Electronics, Siberian Physics-Technical Research Institute, Tomsk, Russia

Recent Principal Publications

  • Thomas Neuberger, Varun Tyagi, Elena A. Semouchkina, Michael Lanagan, Amanda Baker, Kristina Haines, and Andrew Webb (Apr 2008) “Design of a Ceramic Dielectric Resonator for NMR Microimaging at 14.1 Tesla,” Concepts in Magnetic Resonance B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering.
  • Elena A. Semouchkina, Yoshinari Miyamoto, Soshu Kirihara, George Semouchkin, and Michael Lanagan (June 2007) “Analysis of Electromagnetic Response of 3D Dielectric Fractals of Menger Sponge Type,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory Techn, 55(6), pp. 1305–1313.
  • Elena A. Semouchkina, Sandeep Mudunuri, George Semouchkin, and Raj Mittra (2007) “Band-Pass Filtering by below Cut-off Waveguides Loaded with Split-Ring Resonators: Relevance to the Lefthandedness,” in proceedings IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Varun Tyagi, Elena A. Semouchkina, Michael Lanagan, Amanda Baker, and Thomas Neuberger (2007) “Ceramic Dielectric Resonators for High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging,” in proceedings IEEE AP-S International Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Varun Tyagi, Elena A. Semouchkina, and George Semouchkin (2007) “Study of Unit Cell Configurations for an All-Dielectric Metamaterial,” in proceedings IEEE AP-S International Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii.
  • Alexander Hennings, Elena A. Semouchkina, Amanda Baker, and George Semouchkin (2006) “Design Optimization and Implementation of Band-Pass Filters with Normally Fed Microstrip Resonators Loaded by High-Permittivity Dielectric,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory Techn, 54(3), pp. 1253–1261.
  • (2006) “Double Negative Materials: Hypothesis, Realization, and New Developments,” Smart Processing Technology, High Temperature Society of Japan, pp. 79–87.
  • Elena A. Semouchkina, Yoshinari Miyamoto, Soshu Kirihara, George Semouchkin, and Michael Lanagan (2006) “Simulation and Experimental Study of Electromagnetic Wave Localization in 3D Dielectric Fractal Structures,” in proceedings 36th European Microwave Conference, Manchester, UK, pp. 776–779.
  • Masato Iwasaki, Elena A. Semouchkina, George Semouchkin, Khalid Rajab, Clive Randall, and Michael Lanagan (2006) “Symmetry Matching of Hybrid Modes for Dielectric Metamaterials,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 45(4A), pp. 2835–2841.
  • Elena A. Semouchkina, George Semouchkin, Michael Lanagan, and Clive Randall (Apr 2005) “Study of Resonance Processes in Metamaterials,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory Techn, 53(4), pp. 1477–1487.
  • Elena A. Semouchkina, Amanda Baker, George Semouchkin, Michael Lanagan, and Raj Mittra (Feb 2005) “New Approaches for Designing Microstrip Filters Utilizing Mixed Dielectrics,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory Techn, 53(2), pp. 644–652.
  • Michael Lanagan, Elena A. Semouchkina, George Semouchkin, Raj Mittra, and Clive Randall (2004) “Dielectric Metamaterials for Microwave and mm-wave Devices,” in proceedings Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Complex Media and Metamaterial, Bianisotropics, Het Pand, Ghent, Belgium, pp. 11–14.
  • Elena A. Semouchkina, George Semouchkin, Raj Mittra, and Wenwu Cao (2003) “Finite Difference Time Domain Simulation of Resonant Modes of Rectangular Dielectric Resonators,” Microwave Optical Technology Letters, 36, pp. 160–164.

Consulting, Patents, and Scientific and Professional Society Memberships

  • American Ceramic Society, Member (2005 – Present)
  • Materials Research Society, Member (2005 – Present)
  • IEEE, Member (2003 – Present)

Honors and Awards

  • ADVANCE Fellows Award, National Science Foundation (May 2004)
  • Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, Materials Research Institute at PSU (May 2001)
  • Young Siberian Scientists Award, Tomsk State University (1983)
  • Lenin's Scholarship, Tomsk State University (1978)

Recent Institutional and Professional Service

  • Diversity Council Member, Penn State University (2005 – Present)

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