LyceanEM Release 0.1.0
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I’m delighted to announce the version 0.1.0 release of LyceanEM. The support of the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio has allowed us to complete the first major release of our development roadmap. This includes :
Blog posts
2025
Reset Connect North Climate Reception
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A welcome invite from Reset Connect resulted in Professor Mark Beach and I taking the train up to Westminster with posters and a Communication Systems and Networks Laboratory banner up to Parliament. Presenting the results of my work on scalable electromagnetics for Space-based Solar Power. We were able to engage with Members of Parliament from the North of England, and discuss the potential for different technologies to address the Net Zero Climate Challenge.
2024
Modelling Microwave Power Transfer
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A critical part of the development of LyceanEM in support of the development of Space-based Solar Power is the development of a robust and accurate model for microwave propagation. The critical issue for space-based solar power is an accurate prediction of the losses from propagation through the different layers of the atmosphere for extremely large scale microwave beams, over 1km in radius. This level of electromagnetics modelling is beyond the capability of current commercial software, and requires the development of new open-source tools to support the development of the technology.
Royal Academy of Engineering Awardee Excellence Community Conference
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The Royal Academy of Engineering Awardee Excellence Community Conference was an excellent opportunity to meet other awardees, and discuss the future of engineering in the UK. The conference was held in Manchester, and was a great opportunity to brings together Royal Academy awardees and alumni to network, exchange ideas, learn from each other and to shape the work of the Academy.
2023
Vehicular Dataset with Spirent and Cardiff University
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Initial mapping of the vehicular Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) measurement dataset created with Spirent and Cardiff University.
Engaging Plots with PyVista
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An intial exploration of PyVista for interactive 3D plots, and the challenges and opportunities for interactive plots in webpages.
STEM for Britain 2023
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2022
The Power of the Sun : Workshop on Space Based Solar Power
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I’m excited to announce “The Power of the Sun : Workshop on Space Based Solar Power”, funded by the University of Bristol, and supported by the Satellite Applications Catapult and Virtus Solis. Beyond the academic interest in the problems of modelling such large antenna arrays in orbit, I am very excited about the possibility of transforming what was a staple of science fiction, into a very real contributor to the energy mix.
Unfogging the Farfield
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When considering antennas and antenna arrays, one of the more useful and consistent abstractions are that of the plane wave, and the related concept of the farfield. These concepts are simplifications of the expanding spherical wavefronts in the limit of large distances. The approximation states that when considering a specific direction or set of directions the spherical wavefront can be approximated as a plane wave propagating in the direction of interest.
Operating in the Future Electromagnetic Environment Symposium
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An excellent symposium hosted at the IET. A lovely building with a statue of Faraday right in front. The symposium was hosted by DSTL.
Workshop Announcement: RF Sensing as a Service
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Workshop Announcement: RF Sensing as a Service A workshop hosted by the University of Bristol as part of my research into satellite based passive radar, in order to explore the challenges, breakthroughs and applications for space based sensor networks.
Nvidia Applied Research Accelerator Award
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Announcement of Nvidia Applied Research Accelerator Award, and implications for combined sensor network research.
LyceanEM Examples
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Addition of examples to the documentation for LyceanEM, found at examples. The examples cover Aperture Projection, Aperture Modelling, Array Modelling and Beamforming, and modelling physical channels in the Frequency or Time Domain.
Release of LyceanEM
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LyceanEM, the electromagnetics software I have been developing to support my research is now open for anybody to use. If you have an interest in communications, antennas, or radar then LyceanEM can help.
2021
Royal Academy of Engineering Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellowship
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Announcement of Royal Academy of Engineering Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Profiling, Electromagnetics and GPU Processing
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Discussions of the struggles of electromagnetics development, profiling, and the benefits of the GPU architecture
2020
GPU Processing and Medical Imaging
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Introduction to GPU accelerated processing, and exploration of medical imaging
Beamforming and Conformal Antenna Arrays
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In order to predict the performance envelope of an array, the effects of beamforming the aperture need to be taken into account. The array is modelled using electric current sources to replicate the individual elements and "Equal Gain Combining" to form the beam efficiently in along the desired directions.
Rapid EM Modelling
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Rapid Electromagnetics modelling for mobile platforms
Why Model?
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What’s the point of Modelling?
Introducing LyceanEM
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Welcome to the LyceanEM blog, I will add to it as I work on new ways to model electromagnetics for sensors and communications. I will update this blog with musings on the changing needs of antenna engineers in the battle for bandwidth and capability on the latest sensor and communications systems, and ways to address them.