Professor Lee Ford

PhD, BEng

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Professor in Electromagnetic Structure Design

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l.ford@sheffield.ac.uk
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Professor Lee Ford
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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I received the BEng and PhD. degrees in electronic engineering from The University of Sheffield in 1998 and 2003 respectively, followed by a Higher Doctorate (DEng) in 2023. In 2001, I joined the Stealth Materials Department at the Advanced Technology Center within BAE Systems as a research scientist working on a range of electromagnetics based projects. In 2005, I joined The University of Sheffield, as a Lecturer of communications, becomming a Senior Lecturer in 2012, Reader in 2019 and Professor in 2020.

I have led and contributed to over 30 research projects funded by the EPSRC, EU, government, and industry, totalling £9.8M of funding. I have also worked on consulting projects to a range of industry partners, totalling over £500k of funding.

My current research interests include metamaterials, antenna design, and reconfigurable electromagnetic devices.

Qualifications
  • DEng (University of Sheffield), 2023
  • PhD (Electronic Engineering, University of Sheffield), 2003
  • BEng (Electronic Engineering - Communications, University of Sheffield), 1998
Research interests
  • Direct antenna modulation
  • Metasurfaces for magnetic resonance imaging applications
  • Reconfigurable antennas, metamaterials and metasurfaces
  • Electrically small antennas, metamaterials and metasurfaces
  • Electromagnetic material characterisation
Publications

Journal articles

Conference proceedings papers

Datasets

Research group

Electromagnetics, Wireless Hardware & RF Devices

Teaching activities
  • EEE224 - Communications Electronics
  • EEE227 - Communications Electronics
Professional activities and memberships
  • Senior member of the IEEE
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • IET Technical Networks Communities Committee member
Research students
Student Degree  Status Primary/Secondary
Holtby D G PhD Graduated Primary
Lee H PhD Graduated Primary
Liu H PhD Graduated Primary
Roberts J PhD  Graduated Primary