Jamesina Simpson

Jamesina Simpson
Assistant Professor

Contact Information:
(505) 277-1904
simpson@ece.unm.edu

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Degrees: PhD, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2007 BS EE, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2003

Joining ECE@UNM in fall 2007, Jamesina Simpson brings a wide range of research interests and experience to the Applied Electromagnetics Group. To date, Prof. Simpson has applied the finite-difference time domain (FDTD) solution of Maxwell’s equations to applications ranging from geophysically induced electromagnetic propagation and phenomena in the Earth-ionosphere waveguide, to electromagnetic compatibility issues arising in compact portable electronic devices, and to optical interactions with living tissues. During her first year at UNM, she was awarded grants from Intel Corporation, Sandia National Labs, and the Department of Energy, and her Computational Electrodynamics Lab has grown to include three PhD students, one MS student, and one undergraduate student. She also advised an EYES student (see page 29) from India during summer 2008.

Since joining ECE@UNM, Prof. Simpson organized and chaired a special session titled “Advances in Computational Simulations for Biophotonics,” held in July 2008 at the annual IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting in San Diego, California. Further, her research on photonic nanojets was highlighted in the “best of science news” on the December 2007 Physics Today’s online blog. Prof. Simpson also presented an invited talk at the 24th International Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics in Niagara Falls, Canada, in April 2008, and she was invited to serve on the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society New Technologies Directions Committee for 2008- 2011.

Prior to her employment at UNM, Prof. Simpson interned four summers at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon. She was also awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship as well as fellowships from IEEE’s Antennas and Propagation Society, IEEE’s Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, and McCormick School of Engineering. Upon graduating from Northwestern University, Prof. Simpson was awarded the Best Doctoral Dissertation Award from the EECS Department.