Ramakrishna Janaswamy

Professor

Office: Marcus 215D

Mailing Address:
215D Marcus Hall
University of Massachusetts
100 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, MA 01003-9292

janaswamy@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-0937

Personal Academic Website

Full Curriculum Vitae

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Education

B.Tech. (ECE), Regional Engineering College, Warangal, India, 1981
M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1983
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1986

Research

Theoretical and computational electromagnetics, Radiowave propagation, System modeling, Wireless channel modeling, Wave propagation in terrestrial environments, Antenna analysis and design.

Research Area:

Sensing Systems

Publications

Book:

R. Janaswamy, Radiowave Propagation and Smart Antennas for Wireless Communications, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 312, November 2000.

Book Chapter:

R. Janaswamy, Signal Fading in Radio Communications, in Wiley Encyclopedia of RF and Microwave Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.

Selected Journal Articles:

R. Janaswamy, "Field determination near plasmonic structures by the Feynman-Kac stochastic representation,'' IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2017, DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2017.2660247
L. Azpilicueta, F. Falcone, and R. Janaswamy, "Hybrid ray launching-diffusion equation approach for propagation prediction in complex indoor environments,’' IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 2017, DOI 10.1109/LAWP.2016.2570126
R. Janaswamy, "On random time and on the relation between wave and telegraph equations,’’ IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 61(5), pp. 2735-2744, May 2013.
R. Martelly and R. Janaswamy, "Modeling radio transmission loss in curved, branched and rough-walled Tunnels with the ADI-PE method,'' IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 58(6), pp. 2037-2045, June 2010.

Honors

Distinguished Alumni Professional Achievement Award from Alma mater National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India, 2017; College of Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award, 2013-2014; Distinguished Foreign Scientist Award, CSIR, India, June 2013; IEEE Fellow, 2003; IEEE Third Millennium Medal, 2000; Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Research, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 1991.

Best Paper Awards:

1995 R. W. P. King Best Paper Award of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.

Society Memberships:

IEEE, American Geophysical Union

Experience

Institutional & Professional Service:

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation: August 2010-July 2016; Associate Editor IET Electronics Letters: July 2015-July 2017; Member IEEE Antennas and Wave Propagation Standards Committee: July 2013-Present; Editorial Board International Journal of Advances in Microwave Technology, July 2015-Present; Associate Editor IETE Technical Reviews, August 2009-July 2013; Associate Editor, Radio Science, January 1999-January 2004; Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, July 2003-2006; Chairman of IEEE Monterey Bay Subsection, July 1998-July 2001; Elected Member of US National Committee of URSI, Commissions B and F; Member of Technical Program Committees, Joint IEEE AP-S International Symposium/URSI Meeting, 1999, 2000; Chaired Technical Sessions at the IEEE AP-S International Symposia, 1995, 1999, 2001-2009.

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