Contact Dr Ivor Morrow
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- Email: i.l.morrow@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Computing, Simulation & Modelling
- Sensor Technologies
- Space Systems
- Systems Engineering
Background
Ivor gained his BSc (Hons) in Physics and his MSc in Electronics from Queens University of Belfast in 1988 and 1989 respectively. After a period in industry with BAE at Warton Aerodrome he joined Cranfield University in 1993 to undertake a PhD in Active Integrated Microwave Antennas and Arrays graduating in 1996. He was then a Research Fellow at Stellenbosch University in 1997, working on Finite Difference Time Domain technique (FDTD), before taking up a Senior Research Fellowship at Delft University in 1998 developing antennas and FDTD modelling techniques appropriate to ground penetrating radar applications. He re-joined Cranfield University as a Lecturer in 2002 and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2006.Current activities
RESEARCH INTERESTS
(i) antennas and phased array for 5G and Tera-Hertz space based applications.
(ii) new microwave imaging techniques for ground penetrating radar applications.
(iii) electromagnetic bandgap and microwave materials for focusing e.g. GRIN, phase modulating and switching applications.
(iv) frequency selective surfaces (FSS) with control of polarization and reflection phase.
TEACHING
Ivor has given undergraduate courses in Electromagnetic Fields and Waves (E357) and currently teaches master level in the following subjects; antennas, propagation and electromagnetic devices (EMPD), developments in communication and radar sensors and computational electromagnetic techniques (MSEEW).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Member of the EPSRC Peer Review Associate College (2015-present).
- Previous Technical Committee Member of the Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference LAPC (2005-2018) . LAPC Life Fellow award 2018.
- Current Committee Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology's (IET) Antennas and Propagation Professional Network (2017-present).
- Previous Chairman of the Institute of Engineering and Technology's (IET) Antennas and Propagation Professional Network (2009-2013).
- Previous Technical Committee Member Computation Electromagnetics Conference (2014).
Clients
- CURRENT AND RECENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
(DETERMINE) - New Configurations for Low Cost, Fast and Efficient Ground Penetrating Radar for Humanitarian Demining [Find A Better Way Charity/ EPSRC]
(CORREO) Conformal Retro Reflectors for Earth Observation [UK Space Agency]
(METAPOL) Metamaterial Surfaces for Antenna Polarisation Control [MoD]
(FEATS) Future Electronic Antennas using Tapered Slots [Roke Manor/QinetiQ]
(REANT) Reconfigurable Antennas [Dstl]
(ESFSM) Electrically Small Frequency Selective Materials [Dstl]
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Morrow I L (2014) The Inside View, Electronics Letters, 50 (2) 56-56.
- Morrow I L & Thomas P (2014) Compact Frequency Selective Surface for Polarisation Transform, Electronics Letters, 50 (2) 64-65.
- Whittow W G, Bukhari S S, Jones L A & Morrow I L (2014) Applications and Future Prospects for Microstrip Antennas using Heterogeneous and Complex 3-D Geometry Substrates, Progress In Electromagnetics Research, 144 271-280.
- Wraight A, Morrow IL, Robinson J, Marino M & Marson R (2008) Phase processing techniques for the prediction of induced current, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 50 (3) 612-618.
- Vardaxoglou Y, Morrow IL & McEvoy P (2007) In Memoriam: James Rodney James, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 49 (2) 129-129.
- Davies R W & Morrow I L (2007) Closely coupled triple layer hybrid FSS/EBG for increased directivity, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 49 (5) 1125-1128.
- Morrow I L, Hall P S & Dahele J S (2007) The contribution of J.R. James to dielectric rod and other novel antennas, IET Seminar Digest, 2007 (11961).
- Davies RW, Morrow IL, Cooper JF & Youngs I (2006) Frequency-selective surface composed of aperture-coupled high-impedance surfaces, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 48 (6) 1022-1025.
- Morrow IL, Davies RW, Cooper JF & Young I (2006) Frequency-selective surface composed of aperture coupled high impedance surfaces, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 48 (6) 1022-1025.
- James J R, Morrow I L, Cushnaghan P & Fairweather A S (2003) Wall surface wave effects in WLAN propagation environments, Electronics Letters, 39 (3) 267-269.
- Morrow IL & vanGenderen P (2002) Effective imaging of buried dielectric object, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 40 (4) 943-949.
- Morrow IL (2001) A 2D polarimetric back-propagation algorithm for ground penetrating radar applications, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 28 (1) 1-4.
- Morrow IL (2001) TEM horn optimized for transient radiation, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 30 (3) 161-164.
- Büke A, Moumen A, Morrow I L, Ligthart & L P (2000) Optimized dual-polarized aperture-coupled patch antenna, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 27 (4) 252-255.
- Morrow I L, Hall P S & James J R (1997) Measurement and modeling of a microwave active-patch phased array for wide-angle scanning, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 45 (2) 297-304.
- Morrow I & James J R (1995) Sequentially rotated large bandwidth circularly-polarized printed antennas, Electronics Letters, 31 (24) 2062-2064.
- Hall PS & Morrow IL (1994) Analysis of radiation from active microstrip antennas, IEE Proceedings H: Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, 141 (5) 359-366.
- Andrasic G, Drewett R, Morrow I & James J R (1994) New anisotropic monopole bandwidth extension concept, Electronics Letters, 30 (24) 1998-2000.
Conference Papers
- Adamson MF, Morrow IL & James D (2022) Behaviour of characteristic modes on patch antennas in multilayered media. In: Automated RF and Microwave Society (ARMMS) Conference, Thame, 25-26 April 2022.
- Wirth S & Morrow IL (2019) Comparison of performance of polarimetric decomposition techniques to suppress subsurface clutter in GPR applications. In: 2018 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC 2018), Loughborough, 12-13 November 2018.
- Wirth S, Morrow IL & Horsfall I (2019) Fabrication procedure and performance of 3D printed X-band horn antenna. In: 2018 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC 2018), Loughborough, 12-13 November 2018.
- Wirth S, Morrow IL & Horsfall I (2019) Near-field microwave imaging using a polarimetric array of 3D printed antennas and lenses. In: 2018 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC 2018), Loughborough, 12-13 November 2018.
- Wirth S & Morrow IL (2019) Effective polarization filtering techniques for ground penetrating radar applications. In: AMTA (Antenna Measurement Techniques Association Symposium) 2018, Williamsburg, VA, 4-9 November 2018.
- Wirth S & Morrow I (2018) Near-field microwave sensor composed of 3D printed antennas and lenses. In: 2018 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization (NEMO), Reykjavik, Iceland, 8-10 August 2018.
- Wirth S, Morrow I & Andre D (2018) Microwave phase contrast imaging of the subsurface using variation in soil moisture level. In: 2018 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization (NEMO), Reykjavik, Iceland, 8-10 August 2018.
- Mallinson D & Morrow I (2018) Implementation of HEMP waveforms for time-domain modeling. In: 2018 IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Numerical Electromagnetic and Multiphysics Modeling and Optimization (NEMO), Reykjavik, Iceland, 8-10 August 2018.
- Elgy J, Andre D, Morrow IL & Finnis M (2018) Remote determination of building material characteristics using asymmetric bistatic radar geometries. In: EUSAR 2018: 12th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, Aachen, 4-7 June 2018.
- Andre D & Morrow I (2018) A new spatially variant SAR basebanding technique. In: EUSAR 2018; 12th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, Aachen, 4-7 June 2018.
- Corbett B, Andre D, Muff D, Morrow I & Finnis M (2018) Imaging SAR phenomenology of concealed vibrating targets. In: 12th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar (EUSAR 2018), Aachen, 4-7 June 2018.
- Morrow I, Wirth S & Finnis M (2017) Discrimination of buried objects using time-frequency analysis and waveform norms. In: 2016 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, 14-15 November 2016.
- Morrow I & Finnis M (2017) Determination of the permittivity and permeability for some low-loss and high-loss microwave materials. In: 2016 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, Loughborough, 14-15 November 2016.
- Morrow I, Walker R, Finnis M & Whittow W. (2017) Investigation of a disk-loaded monopole antenna with extended bandwidth matching. In: 2016 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, Loughborough, 14-15 November 2016.
- Morrow I L, Whittow W & Finnis M (2016) Investigation of disk loaded monopole with extended bandwidth matching. In: 2016 10th IEEE European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Davos, 10-15 April 2016.
- Morrow I L, Whittow W, Morrison K, Finnis & M (2015) A Low Profile Frequency Selective surface for Radar Earth Observation. In: 2015 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, 2-3 November 2015.
- Morrow I, Morrison K, Finnis M & Whittow W (2015) A low profile retrodirective frequency selective surface for radar earth observation. In: 2015 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, 2-3 November 2015.
- Morrow IL, Morrison K & Finnis M (2015) Conformal Retro Reflectors for Earth Observation:CORREO. In: Committee on Earth Observation Satellites Working Group on Calibration and Validation Synthetic Aperture Radar Subgroup, Noordwijk, 27-29 October 2015.
- Morrow IL (2014) Efficiency of electrically small UHF/VHF resonator antennas with matching network. In: 9th IET International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics (CEM 2014), Imperial University, London, 31 March - 1 April 2014.
- Morrow IL (2014) Frequency selective surface composed of electromagnetic band gap leaky parallel plate waveguide. In: 9th IET International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics (CEM 2014),, Imperial University, London, 31 March - 1 April 2014.
- Morrow I. L. (2014) Methods and Techniques for Microwave Imaging. In: Ninth International Conference on Computation in Electromagnetics CEM-2014,, Imperial College, London, 31 March 2014.
- Morrow IL (2014) Multi-perspective landmine detection with ground penetrating radar and the hidden Markov Model. In: 2014 8th IEEE European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), The Hague, 6-11 April 2014.
- Johnson N & Morrow IL (2013) GPR landmine detection and identification using the Hidden Markov model: (Early Stage Results). In: 1st IET Colloquium on Antennas, Wireless and Electromagnetics,, Loughborough, 29 May 2013.
- Morrow IL & Thomas P (2013) Compact meanderline surface for linear to cicular polarisation transform. In: 2013 IEEE Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, 11-12 November 2013.
- Johnson N & Morrow IL (2013) GPR landmine detection and identification using the Hidden Markov model: Early Stage Results. In: 1st IET Colloquium on Antennas, Wireless and Electromagnetics, Loughborough, 29 May 2013.
- Morrow IL, Clow N & Bertram G (2011) Improvement in efficiency bandwidth product of UHF antenna on truncated ground plane. In: 2011 IEEE Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, 14-15 November 2011.
- Clow N & Morrow IL (2009) Towards the development of electrically small antenna measurement systems technology. In: Antenna Applications Symposium, Monticello, Illinois, 22 September 2009.
- Morrow IL & Davies RW (2009) Low Profile Monopole Antenna with Integrated EBG Reflector and Directors. In: Antenna Applications Symposium, Monticello, Illinois, 22 September 2009.
- Morrow I L & Clow N (2009) ESA measurements using the hybrid fibre-optic reflection measurement system. In: 2009 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, 16-17 November 2009.
- Morrow I & Scanlon W (2009) Conference Proceedings: Welcome message. In: 2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, Loughborough, 16-17 November 2009.
- Morrow IL, Schaubert DH & Clow N (2009) Microstrip antennas utilising MEMS for reconfigurable polarisation states.
- Morrow IL, Dingley G & Cooper A (2009) Wideband blade monopole antenna with sleeved coaxial feed. In: 2009 Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference, Loughborough, 16-17 November 2009.
- Whittow W, Panagamuwa C, Derat B & Morrow IL (2009) Correlation of specific absorption rates in the human head due to multiple independent sources. In: 2009 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), Loughborough, 16-17 November 2009.
- N. Clow, I. L. Morrow and A. S. Fairweather, (2008) Polarisation Properties of Electrically Small Antennas on High Impedance Surfaces. In: IET Seminar on Wideband, Multiband Antennas and Arrays for Defence or Civil Applications, London, 13 March 2008.
- Morrow IL & Wraight A (2008) Field Estimation and Assessing Accuracy In Complex RF Environments. In: 30th Antenna Measurement Techniques Association Annual Symposium, Boston, MA, 16 November 2008.
- Morrow IL & Robinson SL (2008) Wideband quasi-Yagi elliptic dipole antenna for phased array applications. In: IET Seminar on Wideband, Multiband Antennas and Arrays for Defence or Civil Applications, London, 13 March 2008.
- Morrow IL & Prekatsounakis I (2008) A class of wideband slot antenna with fourth order polynomial taper. In: IET Seminar on Wideband, Multiband Antennas and Arrays for Defence or Civil Applications, London, 13 March 2008.
- Morrow IL & Wraight AW (2007) Field estimation and assessing accuracy using Kriging. In: 2007 2nd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), Edinburgh, 11-16 November 2007.
- Davies RW & Morrow IL (2006) A compact frequency filtering superstrate using the antenna-filter-antenna. In: CST European Electromagnetic User Group Meeting, Boppard, 1 March 2006.
- Davies R, Morrow I L, Youngs I & Cooper J C (2006) Application of the Antenna Filter Antenna as an integrated Compact Superstrate. In: Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference 2006 LAPC 2006, Loughborough University, 11 April 2006.
- Davies RW & Morrow IL (2006) Wideband compact monopole antenna with EBG reflector and superstrate. In: IASTED International Conference on Antennas, Radar and Wave Propagation (ARP 2006), Banff, Alberta, 3-4 July 2006.
- Wraight A, Morrow I L & Hoad R (2005) The Analysis, Measurement and Signal Processing of EMP Induced Currents'. In: 9th International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), Turin, 12 September 2005.
- Wraight A, Morrow I & Hoad R (2005) Convolution techniques used for the prediction of induced current. In: IEEE 6th International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility and Electromagnetic Ecology, 2005., 21-24 June 2005.
- Wraight A & Morrow I L and Hoad R (2004) Low level coupling techniques used for the HIRF clearance of air systems. In: EMC Europe, International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Eindhoven, 6 September 2004.
- Wraight A & Morrow I L and Hoad R (2004) Low Level Swept Techniques and Convolution with Time Domain Environments. In: 2004 European Electromagnetics Symposium (EUROEM), Magdeburg, 1 July 2004.
- Morrow IL (2003) Reconstruction algorithm for object determination from ultra-wideband field data. In: 2003 12th International Conference on Antennas and Propagation, (ICAP), Exeter, 31 March - 3 April 2003.
- Morrow IL, James JR, Cushnaghan P & Fairweather AS (2003) Initial investigation of surface waves on walls over the WLAN spectrum. In: 2003 12th International Conference on Antennas and Propagation, (ICAP), Exeter, 31 March - 3 April 2003.
- Morrow IL, Persijn J & van Genderen P (2002) Rolled edge ultra-wideband dipole antenna for GPR application. In: 2002 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, San Antonio, TX, 16-21 June 2002.
- Morrow IL & James JR (2002) Fundamental limitations on excitation of a surface wave on a plasma column. In: 2002 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, San Antonio, TX, 16-21 June 2002.
- Morrow IL & Van Genderen P (2001) Polarimetric near-field back propagation algorithm for application toGPR imaging of mines and minelike targets. In: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, Orlando, Florida, 16-20 April 2001.
- Morrow IL & van Genderen P. (2000) Imaging of objects embedded in a lossy half-space with a stepped frequency synthetic aperture radar. In: International Conference on Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications. 2000. (MIKON-2000), Wroclaw, 22-24 May 2000.
- Morrow IL & van Genderen P (2000) Theory and Practice of Transient Antenna Characterisation for Remote Sensing Applications. In: International Symposium on Antennas for Radar Earth Observation, Delft, 8 June 2000.
- Morrow IL, Moumen A & van Genderen P (2000) Measurement and Modelling of Transient TEM Horn Antennas. In: IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, 2000, Salt Lake City, UT, 16 July 2000.
- Snip A, Morrow IL & van Genderen P (1999) Evaluation of Antennas in a Stepped Frequency Ground-Penetrating Radar for Location of Buried Objects. In: 5th International Conference on Radar Systems RADAR99, Brest, 17 May 1999.
- Sai B, Morrow IL & van Genderen P (1998) Limits of Detection of buried Landmines based on Local Echo Contrasts. In: European Microwave Conference, Amsterdam, 5 September 1998.
- James JR & Morrow IL (1998) Excitation and Efficiency of Electrically Small Plasma Antennas. In: Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium 1998 (PIERS 98), Nantes, 13 July 1998.
- Morrow IL & James JR (1995) Investigation of Active Wideband Printed Antennas. In: Progress in Electromagnetic Research Symposium, Seattle, 24 July 1995.
- Haskins PM, Dahele JS, Morrow IL & Hall PS (1995) Active polarization-agile microstrip patch antennas. In: 1995 9th International Conference on Antennas and Propagation (ICAP), Eindhoven, 4-7 April 1995.
- Hall PS, Morrow IL, Haskins PM & Dahele JS (1994) Phase control in injection locked microstrip active antennas. In: IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest, 1994, San Diego, CA, 23-27 May 1994.
- Morrow I L & Hall P S (1994) Techniques for Phase shifting in Active Microstrip Phased Arrays. In: 20th QMW (Queen Mary and Westfield College) Antenna Symposium,, London, 24 March 1994.
- Hall PS & Morrow I L (1993) Active Patch Antennas. In: IEE Colloquium Digest - Recent Developments in Microstrip Antennas, London, IEE Savoy Place, 1 February 1993.
Books
- I. L. Morrow (2007) Launching of Electromagnetic Waves on Negative Impedance Surfaces. In: Scientific Writing in English. M. Hatakeyama (ed.), Tokyo: ALC Press Inc., ed. 1st.
