Professor Sevgi

The role of Electromagnetic (EM) fields in our lives has been increasing. Communication, remote sensing,integrated command/ control/surveillance systems, intelligent transportation systems, medicine, environment,education, marketing, and defense are only a few areas where EM fields have critical importance. We have witnessedthe transformation from Engineering Electromagnetics to Electromagnetic Engineering for the last few decades afterbeing surrounded by EM waves everywhere. Among many others, EM engineering deals with broad range of problemsfrom antenna design to EM scattering, indoor–outdoor radiowave propagation to wireless communication, radarsystems to integrated surveillance, subsurface imaging to novel materials, EM compatibility to nano-systems,electroacoustic devices to electro-optical systems, etc. The range of the devices we use in our daily life has extendedfrom DC up to Terahertz frequencies. We have had both large-scale (kilometers-wide) and small-scale (nanometers)EM systems. A large portion of these systems are broadband and digital and must operate in close proximity thatresults in severe EM interference problems. Engineers must take EM issues into account from the earliest possible designstages. This necessitates establishing an intelligent balance between strong mathematical background (theory),engineering experience (practice), and modeling and numerical computations (simulation).This Distinguished/keynote lecture aims at a broad-brush look at current complex EM problems as well as certainteaching / training challenges that confront wave-oriented EM engineering in the 21st century, in a complex computerand technology-driven world with rapidly shifting societal and technical priorities.

Biography:

Prof. Dr. Levent Sevgi is a Fellow of the IEEE (since 2009) and the recipient of IEEE APSChen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Award (2021). He was with Istanbul TechnicalUniversity (1991–1998), TUBITAK-MRC, Information Technologies Research Institute(1999–2000), Weber Research Institute / NY Polytechnic University (1988–1990), ScientificResearch Group of Raytheon Systems Canada (1998 – 1999), Center for Defense Studies,ITUV-SAM (1993 –1998 and 2000–2002) and with University of Massachusetts, Lowell(UML) MA/USA as a full-time faculty (2012 – 2013), DOGUS University (2001-2014),Istanbul OKAN (2014 - 2021), and ATLAS (2022-2024) Universities.He served four years (2020-2023) as an IEEE AP-S Distinguished Lecturer. Since Jan 2024 hehas been the chair of the IEEE AP-S DL Committee. He served one-term in the IEEE AP-S AdCom (2013-2015) and one-term and as a member of IEEE AP-S Field Award Committee (2018-2019). He had been the writer/editor of the “Testingourselves” Column in the IEEE AP Magazine (2007-2021), a member of the IEEE AP-S Education Committee (2006-2021), He also served in several editorial boards (EB) of other prestigious journals / magazines, such as the IEEE APMagazine (2007-2021), Wiley’s International Journal of RFMiCAE (2002-2018), and the IEEE Access (2017-2019 and2020 - 2022). He is the founding chair of the EMC TURKIYE International Conferences (www.emcturkiye.org).He has been involved with complex electromagnetic problems for nearly four decades. His research study has focusedon electromagnetic radiation, propagation, scattering and diffraction; RCS prediction and reduction; EMC/EMImodelling, simulation, tests and measurements; multi-sensor integrated wide area surveillance systems; surface waveHF radars; analytical and numerical methods in electromagnetics; FDTD, TLM, FEM, SSPE, and MoM techniquesand their applications; bio-electromagnetics. He is also interested in novel approaches in engineering education, teachingelectromagnetics via virtual tools. He also teaches popular science lectures such as Science, Technology and Society.He has published many books / book chapters in English and Turkish, over 180 journal/magazine papers / tutorials andattended more than 100 international conferences / symposiums. His three books Complex Electromagnetic Problems andNumerical Simulation Approaches, Electromagnetic Modeling and Simulation and Radiowave Propagation andParabolic Equation Modeling were published by the IEEE Press - WILEY in 2003, 2014, and 2017, respectively. Hisfourth and fifth books, A Practical Guide to EMC Engineering (Sep 2017) and Diffraction Modeling and Simulation withMATLAB (Feb 2021) were published by ARTECH HOUSE.His h-index is 39, with a record of 5300+ citations (source: Google Scholar, Nov 2025).