Research

Selected publications

• Andrew Mccowen, Modelling perfect electric conductor thin-wires that penetrate finite-size dielectric interfaces, IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 2010, [DOI: 10.1049/iet-map.2009.0117]
• Andrew Mccowen, The fast-multipole method applied to open-PEC problems with triangular type wire-to-surface junctions, COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2008, [DOI: 10.1108/03321640810861115]
• Andrew Mccowen, The Crout version of ILU preconditioning applied to the fast-multipole method for solving large-scale electromagnetic open PEC problems, COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2007, [DOI: 10.1108/03321640710823091]

Teaching

• EG-246 - Antennas and Propagation (12/13)
• EG-341 - Microwave Circuits and Antennas (12/13)
• EGA207 - Electromagnetics (12/13)
• EG-040 - Electricity and Magnetism (12/13)

Research theses supervised

PhD

• 2005 - Improving the Focality of Magnetic Stimulation Coils (2nd Supervisor: Professor Kenneth Morgan)
• 2004 - Iterative Solvers and Preconditioners Applied to Fast-Multipole Method for Electromagnetic Scattering in the Resonance Region (2nd Supervisor: Dr. Malcolm Towers)

MSc

• 2011 - 'Wireless communication system for commercial hand hygiene system'
• 2011 - 'Printing carbon nanotube based transistors using aerosol dispersion'
• 2011 - 'Printing conductive tracks for a blister pack application'
• 2011 - 'Development of MIMO testbed for square loop antenna operation'
• 2010 - Local sensor parameter optimization for sequential sensor development in wireless sensor network
• 2010 - '''Simulation and Optimisation of Single and Dual Junction Type-IV Semiconductor Photovoltaic Cells Using SILVACO Analysis Software '''
• 2010 - Multi-band beam steerable gap loaded square loop antenna
• 2010 - Dual-Band Capacitively Coupled Antenna for Tablet Device
• 2010 - Wavelength conversion and regeneration based on three-fibre arrangement
• 2010 - Understanding the concept of physical layer network coding in 2-way relay networks
• 2010 - Research of TCP Congestion Control Based on Wireless Networks
• 2009 - Integration of silicon components with printable flexible electronics