Chiral balls
Knotted structures with high-order symmetry and unique electromagnetic properties.
Read the researchWending Mai · Research & ideas
Electromagnetics
in the time domain.
Exploring electromagnetic waves through computation, time-varying materials, and the geometry of knots.
Dr. Wending Mai
Computational electromagnetics researcher
01 / Areas of exploration
Three ways to rethink the wave.
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Computational EM
Efficient numerical methods for understanding and simulating complex electromagnetic systems.
Methods & simulation 02Time-varying EM
New possibilities for wave propagation and control when material properties change in time.
Materials & wave control 03Knot EM
Chirality, symmetry, and the electromagnetic properties of knotted structures.
Geometry & chirality02 / Selected work
Ideas in practice.
Reconfigurable metasurfaces
Inverse design and temporal meta-systems for sophisticated wave control.
Read the researchAntenna equivalent circuits
Physically realizable circuit models derived from antenna impedance.
Read the researchFollowing the energy
Contact-tracing-inspired methods for more efficient electromagnetic simulation.
Read the researchA wave-number perspective
A system response approach to linear space-invariant, time-varying media.
Read the researchSpace meets time
Fundamental asymmetries between spatial and temporal electromagnetic boundaries.
Read the research03 / Beyond the lab
Research with
a human perspective.
Ideas, tools, and projects that connect technical work with the wider world.