Useful Links

Electromagnetic Software:

• Software:

  • FEKO

    • Free Student Edition

    • Getting Started Manual

    • Examples Guide

    • Learning Library

    • FREE eBook: Learn Electromagnetic Simulation with Altair Feko

  • CST

Free Computational Electromagnetic Modeling Codes:

• Link

RF Circuits and Systems

• Software:

  • Keysight ADS:

    • Tutorial: Video; ADS Example Book: Focused on RF and Microwave Design

    • Vendor component libraries

    • Student license

    • Keysight EEsof EDA - Resources for Students

    • Keysight EEsof EDA University Educational Support Programs

  • Broadcom/Avago AppCAD Design Assistant

  • NI AWR

  • Layout: Altium; Eagle; pads

• Passive Component Models:

  • muRata: SimSurfing; ADS Library

  • ATC: s-parameter files

  • Coilcraft: S-parameters and SPICE models

  • TDK: S-parameter, Equivalent Circuit Model, SPICE Model, DC Bias Model, DC Superimposition Model

• Active Circuits:

  • Wolfspeed GaN RF Large Signal Models: https://www.wolfspeed.com/rf/large-signal-models

Millimeter Wave Technology:

• NSF mm-Wave RCN workshop

• NIST 5G mmWave Channel Model Alliance

Open Textbooks:

• Open Textbook Library

• MIT Open Courseware Online Textbooks

• Wikibooks

Python

• Scipy

• SciKits

  • RF

  • Machine learning

Numerical Software:

• GNU Octave

• MATLAB

Writing:

• LaTex:

  • Standalone: MikTEX + WinEdt

  • Cloud-Based: ShareLaTex

  • Guide: LaTeX Wikibook

• Microsoft Word

  • How to Insert Equations Numbers

  • Adding captions and inserting cross-references in Word

• EPS Figure Editors (Vector graphics editor):

  • Inkscape (Free)

  • Adobe Illustrator

• Papers and Researchers:

  • IEEE

  • Google Scholar

  • Engineering Village

  • Web of Science

  • ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global

  • JSTOR

  • Highly cited researchers

• Writing Task Resource List

• How to write a good PhD thesis and survive the viva

Graduate student fellowship opportunities:

• DoD - SMART Scholarship

• DoD - NDSEG Fellowship Program

• DOE - Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program

• DOE - Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP)

• National Institutes of Health Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research

• NASA Fellowships

• IEEE Microwave Theory & Techniques Society Undergraduate scholarships/Graduate fellowships

• Google PhD Fellowships

• Facebook PhD Fellowships

• Microsoft Women’s Fellowship Program

• Microsoft PhD Fellowships

• IBM PhD Fellowships

• Hertz Foundation

• National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship

• Ford Foundation Fellowships

• National Physical Science Consortium Fellowships

Others

• The Feynman Lectures on Physics

• Microwaves 101

• RF Classics

Free Online Course

• Keysight RF and Microwave