Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Email: Peter Collins
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, OH, 1996
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, WPAFB, OH, 1990
B.S.E.E., Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1985
B.A., Physics and Engineering, Bethel College, St. Paul, MN, 1985
Dr Collins primary research interests are in the areas of Low Observables, Electromagnetic Materials Design, and Noise Radar Technology applications, along with the underlying foundational disciplines of Electromagnetic Theory, Computational Electromagnetics, and Signature Metrology. Most recently, Dr Collins has been exploring the noise radar as an aid to indoor navigation as well as an Unmanned Aero-Vehicle sensor. The technology shows promise as a relatively low cost, spectrally compliant sensor for both indoor and outdoor applications.
ELECTROMAGNETICS/LOW OBSERVABLES
NOISE RADAR TECHNOLOGY
ANTENNAS
MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION
METAMATERIALS
Principal Publications:
13. Collins, P.J., and McGuirk, J.S., "A Novel Methodology for Deriving Improved Material Parameter Sets for Simplified Cylindrical Cloaks," Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 11: 015104 (8pp), January 2009.
12. M. Boehle, K. Lafdi, E. Zinsser, and P. Collins, “Exfoliated Graphite as a Filler to Enhance the Electromagnetic Interference Shielding of Polymers,” Journal of the Scientific Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1-5, January 2009.
11. McGuirk, J.S., and P.J. Collins, "Controlling the Transmitted Field into a Cylindrical Cloak's Hidden Region," Optics Express, 16: 17560-17573, 2008.
10. Bradley, C.J., P.J. Collins, D.G. Falconer, J. Fortuny-Guasch, and A.J. Terzuoli, Jr., "Evaluation of a Near-Field Monostatic to Bistatic Equivalence Theorem," IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46:449-457, February 2008.
9. Bradley, C.J., P.J. Collins, J. Fortuny-Guasch, M.L. Hastriter, G. Nesti, A.J. Terzuoli, Jr., and K.S. Wilson, “An Investigation of Bistatic Calibration Objects,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 43:2177-2184, October 2005.
8. Bradley, C.J., P.J. Collins, J. Fortuny-Guasch, M.L. Hastriter, G. Nesti, A.J. Terzuoli, Jr., and K.S. Wilson, “An Investigation of Bistatic Calibration Techniques,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 43:2185-2191, October 2005.
7. Fuller , D.F., A.J. Terzuoli, Jr., P.J. Collins, and R. Williams, “Approach to Object Classification Using Dispersive Scattering Centers,” IEE Proceedings on Radar, Sonar, and Navigation, 151:85-90, April 2004.
6. Collins, P.J., “Circle-fit Summation Acceleration of Periodic Green’s Functions,” Journal of the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society, 17: 93-96, March 2002.
5. Collins, P.J. and J.P. Skinner, “A Hybrid Moment Method Solution for TEz Scattering from Large Planar Slot Arrays,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 50:145-156, February 2002.
4. Eigel, R.L., Jr., P.J. Collins, A.J. Terzuoli, Jr., G. Nesti, and J. Fortuny, “Bistatic Scattering Characterization of Complex Objects,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 38:2078-2092, September 2000.
3. Lasocki, D.A., C.L. Matson, and P.J. Collins, “Analysis of Forward Scattering of Diffuse Photon-Density Waves in Turbid Media: A Diffraction Tomography Approach to an Analytic Solution,” Optics Letters, 23:558-560, April 1998.
2. Skinner, J.P., and P.J. Collins, “A One-Sided Version of the Poisson Sum Formula for Semi-Infinite Array Green’s Functions,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 45:601-607, April 1997.
1. Collins, P.J. and J.P. Skinner, “An Iterative Solution for TM Scattering from Perturbed Circular Dielectric Cylinders,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 44: 806-813, June 1996.