Professor Lee Ford
PhD, BEng
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Professor in Electromagnetic Structure Design
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School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Profile
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I received the BEng and PhD. degrees in electronic engineering from The University of Sheffield in 1998 and 2003 respectively, followed by a Higher Doctorate (DEng) in 2023. In 2001, I joined the Stealth Materials Department at the Advanced Technology Center within BAE Systems as a research scientist working on a range of electromagnetics based projects. In 2005, I joined The University of Sheffield, as a Lecturer of communications, becomming a Senior Lecturer in 2012, Reader in 2019 and Professor in 2020.
I have led and contributed to over 30 research projects funded by the EPSRC, EU, government, and industry, totalling £9.8M of funding. I have also worked on consulting projects to a range of industry partners, totalling over £500k of funding.
My current research interests include metamaterials, antenna design, and reconfigurable electromagnetic devices.
- Research interests
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- Direct antenna modulation
- Metasurfaces for magnetic resonance imaging applications
- Reconfigurable antennas, metamaterials and metasurfaces
- Electrically small antennas, metamaterials and metasurfaces
- Electromagnetic material characterisation
- Publications
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Journal articles
- A reconfigurable transmitarray unit cell employing liquid metal. IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 18(12), 985-991. View this article in WRRO
Conference proceedings
- An Equivalent Circuit Model for a Dual Polarised Interdigital Reflective Surface Design. 2025 19th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) (pp 1-5), 30 March 2025 - 4 April 2025.
- RETHINKING ASSESSMENT: LARGE-SCALE THRESHOLD AND GRADING ASSESSMENT IN ENGINEERING. Sefi 2025 53rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education Engineering and Society Proceedings (pp 823-831)
- Direct IF sampling receivers for 5G millimeter-wave communications systems. 2023 IEEE 34th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) Proceedings (pp 1-5). Toronto, ON, Canada, 5 September 2023 - 5 September 2023. View this article in WRRO
- Tuneable polarisation agnostic reflectarray element at mmWave using polymer dispersed liquid crystal. 2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP). Florence, Italy, 26 March 2023 - 26 March 2023. View this article in WRRO
- An Experimental System for the Measurement of Electromagnetic Propagation on Curved Surfaces. 2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) (pp 1-4), 26 March 2023 - 31 March 2023.
- An Upconverting Superheterodyne Metamaterial. 2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) (pp 1-5), 26 March 2023 - 31 March 2023.
- A reconfigurable transmitarray unit cell employing liquid metal. IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 18(12), 985-991. View this article in WRRO
- Teaching activities
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- EEE224 - Communications Electronics
- EEE227 - Communications Electronics
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Senior member of the IEEE
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- IET Technical Networks Communities Committee member