The Industrial Microwave Modeling Group - Publications

Papers in Books and Journals

T.V. Koutchma and V.V. Yakovlev, Computer modeling of microwave heating processes for food preservation, In: Mathematical Analysis of Food Processing, M.M. Farid, Ed., CRC Press, 2009 (to be published).
A.V. Brovko, E.K. Murphy, and V.V. Yakovlev, Waveguide microwave imaging: neural netwrok reconstruction of functional two-dimensional permittivity profiles, IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 57, no 2, 2009 (to be published).
A.V. Brovko, E.K. Murphy, M. Rother, H.P. Schuchmann, and V.V. Yakovlev, Waveguide microwave imaging: spherical inclusion in a dielectric sample, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Comp. Lett., vol. 18, no 9, pp. 647-649, 2008.
E.E. Eves, E.K. Murphy, and V.V. Yakovlev, Practical aspects of complex permittivity reconstruction with neural-network-controlled FDTD modeling of a two-port fixture, J. Microwave Power & Electromagnetic Energy, vol. 41, no 4, pp. 41.4.81-41.4.94, 2007.
Yu.V. Shestopalov and V.V. Yakovlev, Uniqueness of complex permittivity reconstruction in a parallel-plane waveguide, Radio Science, vol. 42, RS6S20, 2007.
V.V. Komarov, Yu.N. Pchelnikov, and V.V. Yakovlev, Cylindrical double-ridged waveguide as a basic unit of microwave heating applicators, Microwave Opt. Tech. Letters, vol. 49, no. 7, 1708-1713, 2007.
V.V. Komarov and V.V. Yakovlev, CAD of efficient TMmn0 single-mode elliptical applicators with coaxial excitation, J. Microwave Power & Electromagnetic Energy, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 174-185, 2007.
E.K. Murphy and V.V. Yakovlev, RBF network optimization of complex microwave systems represented by small FDTD modeling data sets, IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 54, no 7, pp. 3069-3083, 2006.
V.V. Komarov and V.V. Yakovlev, Coupling and power dissipation in a coaxially excited TM01l mode cylindrical applicator with a spherical load, Microwave Opt. Tech. Letters, vol. 48, no 6, pp. 1104-1108, 2006.
V.V. Yakovlev, Examination of contemporary electromagnetic software capable of modeling problems of microwave heating, In: Advances in Microwave and Radio Frequency Processing, M. Willert-Porada, Ed., Springer Verlag, 2005, pp. 178-190.
E.E. Eves, E.K. Murphy, and V.V. Yakovlev, Neural networks for FDTD-backed permittivity reconstruction, COMPEL, vol. 24, no 1, pp. 291-304, 2005.
E.E. Eves, P. Kopyt, and V.V. Yakovlev, Determination of complex permittivity with neural networks and FDTD modeling, Microwave Opt. Tech. Letters, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 183-188, 2004.
V.A. Mechenova and V.V. Yakovlev, Efficiency optimization for systems and components for microwave heating, J. Microwave Power & Electromagnetic Energy, vol. 39, no 1, pp. 15-29, 2004.
V.V. Komarov and V.V. Yakovlev, Modeling control over determination of dielectric properties by perturbation technique, Microwave Opt. Tech. Letters, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 443-446, 2003.
E. Eves and V.V. Yakovlev, Analysis of operational regimes of a high power water load, J. Microwave Power & Electromagnetics Energy, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 127-144, 2002.
K.A. Lurie and V.V. Yakovlev, Control over electric field in traveling wave applicators, J. Engng Math, vol. 44, no 2, pp. 107-123, 2002.
V.V. Yakovlev, Commercial EM codes suitable for modeling of microwave heating – a comparative review, In: Scientific Computing in Electrical Engineering, U. van Reinen, M. Gunther, D. Hecht, Eds., Lecture Notes in Computational Sciences and Engineering, vol. 18, Springer Verlag, 2001, pp. 87-96.
K.A. Lurie and V.V. Yakovlev, Optimization of electric field in rectangular waveguide with lossy layer, IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, vol. 36, no. 3, pp. 1094-1097, 2000.
V.V. Yakovlev, Comparative analysis of contemporary EM software for microwave power industry, In: Microwaves: Theory and Applications in Material Processing V, D.E. Clark, J.G.B. Binner, and D.A. Lewis, Eds., Ceramic Transactions, vol. 111, pp. 551-558.
K.A Lurie and V.V. Yakovlev, Method of control and optimization of microwave heating in waveguide systems, IEEE Trans. on Magnetics, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 1777-1780, May 1999.

Papers in Conference Proceedings

A.V. Brovko, E.K. Murphy, and V.V. Yakovlev, Reconstruction of complex permittivity profiles of materials in waveguide systems, Proc. 14th Intern. Winter School on Microwave Electronics & Radiophysics (Saratov, Russia, February 3-8, 2009) (to be published).
E.M. Kiley, S.L. Weekes, and V.V. Yakovlev, Uniformity of temperature field via microwave energy pulsing: a MATLAB-based illustration, Proc. 14th Intern. Winter School on Microwave Electronics & Radiophysics (Saratov, Russia, February 3-8, 2009) (to be published).
E.K. Murphy and V.V. Yakovlev, A technique of neural network multiobjective optimization for efficient trade-off between antenna return loss & radiation pattern, Proc. 11th Seminar "Computer Modeling in Microwave Engng & Applications" (Worcester, MA, January 2009), p. 6.
B.C. Cordes, E.E. Eves, and V.V. Yakovlev, Modeling-based synthesis of a microwave heating process resulting in a uniform temperature field, Proc. 11th Seminar "Computer Modeling in Microwave Engng & Applications" (Worcester, MA, January 2009), p. 7.
A.V. Brovko, E.K. Murphy, and V.V. Yakovlev, Reconstruction of functional 2D permittivity profiles from waveguide S-parameters, Proc. 11th Seminar "Computer Modeling in Microwave Engng & Applications" (Worcester, MA, January 2009), p. 8.
A.V. Brovko, E.K. Murphy, and V.V. Yakovlev, A neural network technique for reconstruction of 2D complex permittivity profiles of materials in waveguide systems, Proc. Global Congress on Microwave Energy Applications (GCMEA 2008 MAJIC 1st) (Otsu, Japan, August 2008), pp. 381-384.
Yu.V. Shestopalov, Yu.G. Smirnov, and V.V. Yakovlev, Volume singular integral equation method for determination of effective permittivity of meta- and nanomaterials, Proc. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS'2008) (Cambridge, MA, June 2008).
E.E. Eves, B.G. Cordes, and V.V. Yakovlev, Modeling-based synthesis of a microwave heating process producing homogeneous temperature field, Proc. 2008 ACES Conference on Applied Computational Electromagnetics (Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, April 2008), pp. 542-544.
E.K. Murphy and V.V. Yakovlev, Neural network technique simultaneously optimizing antenna return loss and radiation pattern, Proc. 2008 ACES Conference on Applied Computational Electromagnetics (Niagara Falls, ON, Canada, April 2008), pp. 528-531.
A.V. Brovko, E.K. Murphy, and V.V. Yakovlev, Neural network technique for Gaussian reconstruction of spatial distribution of complex permittivity, Proc. 10th Seminar "Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Engng" (Modena, Italy, February 2008), pp. 28-34.
B.G. Cordes, E.E. Eves, and V.V. Yakovlev, Modeling-based synthesis of a microwave heating process resulting in a uniform temperature field, Proc. 10th Seminar "Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Engng" (Modena, Italy, February 2008), pp. 35-37.
B.G. Cordes and V.V. Yakovlev, Optimization of the Sierpinski carpet fractal antenna, Proc. SIAM Conf. on Math. for Industry: Challenges and Frontiers (Philadelphia, PA, October 2007), pp. 37-38.
B.G. Cordes and V.V. Yakovlev. Synthesis of microwave heating process producing uniform temperature field, Proc. SIAM Conf. on Math. for Industry: Challanges and Frontiers (Philadelphia, PA, October 2007), p.23.
B.G. Cordes, E.E. Eves, and V.V. Yakovlev, Modeling-based minimization of time-to uniformity in microwave heating systems, Proc. 11th AMPERE Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating (Oradea, Romania, September 2007), pp. 305-308.
B.G. Cordes and V.V. Yakovlev, Computational tools for synthesis of a microwave heating process resulting in the uniform temperature field, Proc. 11th AMPERE Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating (Oradea, Romania, September 2007), pp. 71-74.
D.A. Feldman, E.M. Kiley, S.L. Weekes, and V.V. Yakovlev, Modeling of temperature fields in 1D and 2D heating scenarios with pulsing microwave energy, Proc. 41st Microwave Power Symposium (Vancouver, BC, Canada, August 2007), pp. 130-134.
Yu.V. Shestopalov and V.V. Yakovlev, Uniqueness of complex permittivity reconstruction for an arbitrarily-shaped body in a parallel-plane waveguide, Proc. URSI Electromagnetic Theory Symposium (EMTS 2007) (Ottawa, Canada, July 2007), p. 1245-1247.
D.A. Feldman, E.M. Kiley, S.L. Weekes, and V.V. Yakovlev, 1D and 2D Coupled electromagnetic-thermal models for combined convective-microwave heating in a pulsing regime, Proc. 9th Seminar "Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Engng" (Valencia, Spain, March 2007), pp. 15-19.
E.E. Eves, E.K. Murphy, and V.V. Yakovlev, Reconstruction of complex permittivity with neural-network-controlled FDTD modeling, Proc. 9th Seminar "Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Engng" (Valencia, Spain, March 2007), pp. 22-27.
Yu.V. Shestopalov and V.V. Yakovlev, Determination of permittivity of a lossy dielectric inclusion in a rectangular waveguide, Proc. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS'2007) (Beijing, China, March 2007), p. 1205.
E.K. Murphy and V.V. Yakovlev, Viable FDTD-backed RBF network optimization versus local conventional techniques, Proc. 9th Workshop on Optimization and Inverse Problems in Electromagnetics (Sorrento, Italy, September 2006), pp. 117-118.
V.V. Komarov, Yu.N. Pchelnikov, and V.V. Yakovlev, Double-ridged circular quasi-waveguide applicator, Proc. 40th Microwave Power Symposium (Boston, MA, August 2006), pp. 279-282.
V.V. Komarov and V.V. Yakovlev, CAD of a single-mode elliptical applicator with coaxial excitation, Proc. 40th Microwave Power Symposium (Boston, MA, August 2006), pp. 201-204.
B.G. Cordes, E.K. Murphy, and V.V. Yakovlev, Modeling and optimization of the Sierpinski Carpet fractal antenna, IX Intern. School for Junior Scientists and Students on Optics, Laser Physics, and Biophysics - Workshop "Electromagnetics of Microwaves, Submillimeter and Optical Waves" (Saratov, Russia, September 2005).
E.K. Murphy and V.V. Yakovlev, RBF ANN optimization of systems represented by small FDTD data sets, Proc. 10th AMPERE Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating (Modena, Italy, September 2005), pp. 376-379.
V.V. Komarov and V.V. Yakovlev, Modeling of a cylindrical applicator with the TM01l mode and a spherical load, Proc. 10th AMPERE Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating (Modena, Italy, September 2005), pp. 423-427.
E.E. Eves, V.V. Yakovlev, A. Moryc, E.K. Murphy, V.A. Staffon, and T.D. Wendel, Reconstruction of complex permittivity of dispersive materials with FDTD modeling controlled by neural networks, Proc. 39th Microwave Power Symposium (Seattle, WA, July 2005), pp. 36-39.
E.K. Murphy and V.V. Yakovlev, Numerical optimization of microwave systems represented by limited modeling data, Abstracts of Intern. Conference. on Matrix Methods & Operator Equations (Moscow, Russia, June 2005), pp. 36-37.
E.E. Eves, E.K. Murphy, and V.V. Yakovlev, ANN-FDTD-based numerical technique for reconstruction of complex permittivity, Abstracts of Intern. Conference on Matrix Methods & Operator Equations (Moscow, Russia, June 2005), pp. 36-37.
B.G. Cordes and V.V. Yakovlev, Optimization of the Sierpinski Carpet fractal antenna, Proc. 2005 ASEE NE Conference (Fairfield, CT, April 2005).
V.V. Yakovlev, Optimization of reflection and transmission characteristics of a waveguide window, Proc. 4th World Congress on Microwave & RF Processing (Austin, TX, Nov. 2002), pp. 172-174.
V.A. Mechenova, E.K. Murphy, and V.V. Yakovlev, Advances in computer optimization of microwave heating systems, Proc. 38th Microwave Power Symp. (Toronto, Canada, July 2004), pp. 87-91.
E.E. Eves, E.K. Murphy, and V.V. Yakovlev, Neural networks for FDTD-backed permittivity reconstruction, Intern. Symp. Heating by Electromagnetic Sources (HES-04) (Padua, Italy, June 2004), pp. 149-156.
E.K. Murphy and V.V. Yakovlev, FDTD-backed reconstruction of complex permittivity with backward-trained neural networks, Proc. 6th Seminar "Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Engineering" (Austin, TX, January 2004), pp. 40-47.
E.E. Eves, P. Kopyt, G.S. Pettigrew, and V.V. Yakovlev, Reconstruction of complex permittivity with neural networks, Proc. 9th AMPERE Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating (Loughborough, U.K. September 2003), pp. 141-144.
J.W. Cresko and V.V. Yakovlev, A slotted waveguide applicator design for heating fluids, Proc. 9th AMPERE Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating (Loughborough, U.K. September 2003), pp. 317-320.
E. Murphy and V.V. Yakovlev, FDTD-backed RBF network technique for efficiency optimization of microwave structures, Proc. 9th AMPERE Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating (Loughborough, U.K. September 2003), pp. 197-200.
V.A. Mechenova and V.V. Yakovlev, Efficient optimization of S-parameters of systems and components in microwave heating, Abstract Book of the 3rd World Congress on Microwave & Radio Frequency Processing (Sydney, Australia, Sept 2002), pp. M4A.24-M4A.25.
V.V. Komarov and V.V. Yakovlev, Computational analysis of an irregular slotted waveguide as radiating element, Abstract Book of the 3rd World Congress on Microwave & Radio Frequency Processing (Sydney, Australia, Sept 2002), pp. TH1A.2-TH1A.3.
V.V. Komarov and V.V. Yakovlev, Modeling-assisted perturbation technique for measurement of complex permittivity, Proc. 37th Microwave Power Symposium (Atlantic City, NJ, July 2002), pp. 80-83.
V.V. Yakovlev, Efficient electromagnetic models for systems and processes of microwave heating, Proc. Intern. Seminar on Heating by Internal Sources (HIS-01) (Padova, Italy, September 2001), pp. 285-292.
V.V. Yakovlev, Examination of contemporary electromagnetic software capable of modeling problems of microwave heating, Proc. 8th AMPERE Conference on Microwave and RF Heating (Bayreuth, Germany, September 2001), pp. 19-20.
V.V. Yakovlev, Improving quality of microwave heating by packaging - analytical approach, The 2001 ASAE Annual International Meeting (Sacramento, CA, July-August 2001), Paper 01-6149, 8 p.
H. Marshall, V.A. Mechenova and V.V. Yakovlev, Computer modeling of microwave high-power loads, Proc. 36th Microwave Power Symposium (San Francisco, CA, April 2001), pp. 5-8.
V.V. Komarov and V.V. Yakovlev, Simulations of components of microwave heating applicators by FEMLAB, MicroWaveLab, and QuickWave-3D, Proc. 36th Microwave Power Symposium (San Francisco, CA, April 2001), pp. 1-4.
V.V. Yakovlev, Commercial EM codes suitable for modeling of microwave heating – a comparative review, Proc. 3rd Scientific Computing in Electrical Engineering Workshop (SCEE '2000), Rostock, Germany, August 2000, p. 14.
K.A. Lurie and V.V. Yakovlev, Optimal material design in the problem of control of the waveguide fields, Proc. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS' 2000), Cambridge, MA, July 2000, p. 1030.

Other Papers

V.V. Yakovlev, Time for unified microwaves? Making steps towards IEEE MTT-S, AMPERE Newsletter, Issue 59, pp. 2-4, 2009.
V.V. Yakovlev, 9th Seminar "Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Engineering", AMPERE Newsletter, Issue 53, pp. 2-3, 2007.
V.V. Yakovlev, Electromagnetic analysts meet in Toulouse, AMPERE Newsletter, Issue 33, pp. 2-3, 2002.
V.A. Mechenova and V.V. Yakovlev, Making connections between modeling and industry, Microwave World, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 18-19, April 2001.
V.V. Yakovlev, Computer models to impact industrial design, Microwave World, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 18-19, April 2000.
V.V. Yakovlev, Industry and modeling: maintaining the contacts, Microwave World, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 4, Fall 2000.
V.V. Yakovlev, Computation of electromagnetic fields (COMPUMAG'99), Report to the Asian Technology Information Program, No. ATIP 99.088, December 15, 1999, 21 p.
A. Palombizio and V.V. Yakovlev, Parallel worlds of microwave modeling and industry: a time to cross? Microwave World, vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 14-19, September 1999.

Presentations at Symposia, Conferences, and Seminars

11th IMMG Seminar “Computer Modeling in Microwave Engineering and Applications”, Worcester, MA, January 2009
Seminar at the Institute of Radio Engineering & Electronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, August 2008
Global Congress on Microwave Energy Applications (GCMEA 2008 MAJIC 1st), Otsu, Japan, August 2008
EADS Corporate Research Center, Suresnes, France, March 2008
Institut National Politechque de Grenoble, Grenoble, France, March 2008
10th IMMG Seminar “Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Engineering”, Modena, Italy, February 2008
École Supérieure d'Électricité (SUPELEC), Laboratoire de Genie Electrique de Paris (LGE), Gif-sur-Yvette, France, December 2007
EADS Corporate Research Center, Suresnes, France, December 2007
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary, September 2007
Fred Tischer Lecture Series on Electromagnetics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Zurich, Switzerland, August 2007
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, July 2007
Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, March 2007
9th IMMG Seminar “Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Engineering”, Valencia, Spain, March 2007
LVT, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, December 2006
EADS Corporate Research Center, Suresnes, France, December 2006
University “Federico Secondo”, Naples, Italy, September 2006
Seminar in the Material Research Institute, Penn State University, State College, PA, June 2006
8th IMMG Seminar “Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Industry”, Worcester, MA, February 2006
Seminar at the Institute of Radio Engineering & Electronics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, December 2005
EADS-CCR, Suresnes, France, December 2005
IX International School for Junior Scientists and Students on Optics, Laser Physics, and Biophysics - Workshop "Electromagnetics of Microwaves, Submillimeter and Optical Waves", Saratov, Russia, September 2005
Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, September 2005
10th AMPERE Conference on Microwave and High Frequency Heating, Modena, Italy, September 2005
39th Microwave Power Symposium, Seattle, WA, July 2005
International Conference on Matrix Methods & Operator Equations, Moscow, Russia, June 2005
2005 ASEE NE Conference, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT, April 2005
7th IMMG Seminar "Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Industry", Monterey, CA, January 2005
EADS-CCR, Suresnes, France, December 2004
LVT, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, December 2004
Facutly of Physics, Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia, July 2004
38th Microwave Power Symposium, Toronto, Canada, July 2004
Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), Saltillo, Coahuilla, Mexico, May 2004
Seminar of the Institute of Engineering Sciences, Physics and Mathematics, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden, March 2004
6th IMMG Seminar "Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Engineering", Austin, TX, January 2004
S.-Petersburg Electrotechnical Universtity "LETI", S.-Petersburg, Russia, September 2003
IEEE Saratov-Penza Chapter & Faculty of Physics, Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia, September 2003
Gigatherm AG, Grub, Switzerland, September 2003
Laboratory of Electromagnetics and Acoustics, Ecole Polytechnique Federal da Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2003
Bio Systems Engineering Department, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, August 2003
Seminar of the Institute of Mathematics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, March 2003
Seminar of the Institute of Engineering Sciences, Physics and Mathematics, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden, March 2003
5th IMMG Seminar "Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Industry", Bethlehem, PA, January 2003
Seminar in School of Forestry, University of Melbourne, Creswick, NSW, Australia, October 2002.
3rd World Congress on Microwave & Radio Frequency Applications, Sydney, Australia, September 2002
37th Microwave Power Symposium, Atlantic City, NJ, July 2002
Seminar at the Institute of Computer Modeling, Cracow University of Technology, Cracow, Poland, July 2002
Seminar of the Faculty of Electronic Engineering Saratov State Technical University, Saratov, Russia, June 2002
Mini-Symposium "Progress in Modeling of Microwave Heating", a part of the European Symposium on Numerical Methods in Electromagnetics (JEE-02), Toulouse, France, March 6-8, 2002.
4th IMMG Seminar "Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Industry", Seattle, WA, January 2002
Seminar of the National Center for Food Safety and Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, October 2001
4th International Seminar "Heating by Internal Sources" (HIS-01), Padua, Italy, September 2001
8th AMPERE Conference on Microwave and Radio Frequency Heating, Bayreuth, Germany, September 2001
ASAE Annual International Meeting, Sacramento, CA, August 2001
Seminar of the Texas Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (TICAM), University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, May 2001
36th Microwave Power Symposium, San Francisco, CA, April 2001
Seminar of the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Saratov State Technical University, Saratov, Russia, April 2001
Lecture at the Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, April 2001
Seminar of the Institute of for Engineering Sciences, Physics and Mathematics, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden, April 2001
3rd IMMG Seminar "Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Industry", Worcester, MA, January 2001
3rd International Workshop "Scientific Computing in Electrical Engineering (SCEE-2000), Rostock/Warnemünde, Germany, August 2000
35th Microwave Power Symposium, Montreal, Canada, July 2000
Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS'2000), Cambridge, MA, July 2000
2nd IMMG Seminar "Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Industry", Worcester, MA, June 2000
2nd World Congress on Microwave & Radio Frequency Processing, Orlando, FL, April 2000
First IMMG Seminar "Computer Modeling & Microwave Power Industry", Worcester, MA, January 2000
Seminar of the Antenna & Communicational EM Group, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, November 1999
12th Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields (COMPUMAG), Sapporo, Japan, October 1999

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