Last updated: 10 August 2008

Jamesina J. Simpson, Ph.D.


   

Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM


B.S. 2003, Ph.D. 2007
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

Licensed Amateur Radio Operator
Extra Class, Callsign: AB9HZ


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Contact Info Student Alumni Academic Service
Biographical Sketch Invited Talks Professional Society Memberships
Research Interests Book Chapters           Leadership Experience
Awards, Honors, and Education Support           Refereed Journal Publications Links
Teaching Experience Refereed Conference Proceedings           Personal
Students Other Presentation

Email: simpson at ece dot unm dot edu
Office: Electrical and Computer Engineering Building, Room 318A
Phone: 505-277-1904
Mailing address:
        MSC01 1100
        1 University of New Mexico
        Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

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Biographical Sketch

Dr. Simpson obtained the B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, in 2003 and 2007, respectively. She was a recipient of the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and also received graduate fellowships, awards, and grants-in-aid from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, McCormick School of Engineering, and Intel Corporation. As an undergraduate, her studies were supported by Intel Corporation, and her summer research by grants from Northwestern University and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

In August 2007, Dr. Simpson joined the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico as a tenure-track assistant professor.
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  • 2001 Summer Grant, Northwestern University Undergraduate Research Grants Committee
  • 2001-03 Undergraduate research assistantship funded by Intel Corporation
  • 2002 German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Undergraduate Award
  • 2003 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) International Symposium Student Paper Contest Finalist
  • 2003-04 Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering Murphy First-Year Graduate Fellowship
  • 2004-05 IEEE AP-S Graduate Research Award
  • 2004-05 Graduate research assistantship funded by Intel Corporation
  • 2005-07 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship
  • 2006 IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S) Graduate Fellowship
  • 2006-07 Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering Richter Dissertation- Year Fellowship (declined due to prior NSF Graduate Fellowship)
  • 2007 Best Dissertation Award, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, Northwestern University
  • 2009 Biographical listing in Marquis Who's Who in America
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  • Spring 2008, ECE 360: Electromagnetic Fields and Waves (undergraduate course)
  • Fall 2008, ECE 495/563: Computational Methods for Electromagnetics (senior undergrad / graduate course, to be taught)
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Students

  • Monica Madrid, M.S. student
  • Cesar Mendez-Ruiz, Ph.D. Student, supported by a CONACYT Fellowship
  • Jiajun Niu, Ph.D. Student
  • Ethan Tanner, Undergraduate Research Assistant
  • Yaxin Yu, Ph.D. Student
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Student Alumni

  • Abhishek Tomar, Undergraduate Research Assistant, EYES Program, Summer 2008
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Invited Talks

    1. J. J. Simpson, A. Taflove, J. A. Mix, and H. Heck, “Ultrahigh-speed wireless digital bus interconnects using electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) technology,” IEEE AP-S / MTT-S Chapter Meeting, Chicago, IL, Nov. 2004.
    2. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Recent advances in FDTD modeling of ULF/ELF propagation within the global Earth-ionosphere waveguide,” U.S. National Committee (USNC) / International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Annual Meeting, Boulder, CO, Jan. 2005.
    3. J. J. Simpson, A. Taflove, J. A. Mix, and H. Heck, “An experimental and computational study of bandpass wireless digital-bus interconnects using electromagnetic bandgap technology at 50 GHz,” IEEE AP-S International Symposium, Washington, D.C., July 2005.
    4. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “3-D FDTD modeling of ULF/ELF propagation within the global Earth-ionosphere cavity using an optimized geodesic grid,” IEEE AP-S International Symposium, Washington, D.C., July 2005.
    5. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Progress in three-dimensional FDTD Maxwell’s equations modeling of global impulsive ULF/ELF propagation,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 2006.
    6. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “3-D FDTD model of the Earth-ionosphere waveguide including a gyrotropic plasma ionosphere,” URSI North American Radio Science Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, July 2007.
    7. J. J. Simpson, “Computational electrodynamics modeling from near-DC to light,” IEEE AP-S, MTT-S, EMC-S and Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Joint Chapter Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, Sept 2007.
    8. J. J. Simpson, “FDTD full-Maxwell's equations modeling from near-DC to light,” 24th International Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics (ACES), Niagara Falls, Canada, April 2008.
    9. J. J. Simpson, X. Li, A. Heifetz, and V. Backman, “FDTD computational synthesis and analysis of the partial-wave spectroscopy image of the inhomogeneous dielectric sphere,” IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 2008.
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Book Chapters

    1. A. Taflove and J. J. Simpson, “Introduction to Maxwell’s Equations and the Yee Algorithm,” Chap. 3 in Computational Electrodynamics: The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method, 3rd ed., A. Taflove and S. C. Hagness, Norwood, MA: Artech, 2005.
    2. M. Piket-May, W. K. Gwarek, T.-L. Wu, B. Houshmand, T. Itoh, and J. J. Simpson “High-Speed Electronic Circuits with Active and Nonlinear Components,” Chap. 15 in Computational Electrodynamics: The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method, 3rd ed., A. Taflove and S. C. Hagness, Norwood, MA: Artech, 2005.
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Refereed Journal Publications

    1. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Two-dimensional FDTD model of antipodal ELF propagation and Schumann resonance of the Earth,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 53-56, 2002. Paper1.pdf
    2. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Three-dimensional FDTD modeling of impulsive ELF antipodal propagation and Schumann resonance of the Earth-sphere,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 443–451, Feb. 2004. Paper2.pdf
    3. J. J. Simpson, A. Taflove, J. A. Mix, and H. Heck, “Computational and experimental study of a microwave electromagnetic bandgap structure for potential use as a bandpass wireless interconnect,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 343-345, July 2004. Paper3.pdf
    4. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Efficient modeling of impulsive ELF antipodal propagation about the Earth sphere using an optimized two-dimensional geodesic FDTD grid,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 3, no. 11, pp. 215-218, 2004. Paper4.pdf
    5. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Electrokinetic effect of the Loma Prieta earthquake calculated by an entire-Earth FDTD solution of Maxwell’s equations,” Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 32, L09302, doi:10.1029/2005GL022601, 2005. Paper5.pdf
    6. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “A novel ELF radar for major oil deposits,” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 36-39, 2006. Paper6.pdf
    7. J. J. Simpson, A. Taflove, J. A. Mix, and H. Heck, “Substrate integrated waveguides optimized for ultrahigh-speed digital interconnects,” IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 1983-1990, May 2006. Paper7.pdf
    8. J. J. Simpson, R. P. Heikes, and A. Taflove, “FDTD modeling of a novel ELF radar for major oil deposits using a three-dimensional geodesic grid of the Earth-ionosphere waveguide,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 1734-1741, June 2006. Paper8.pdf
    9. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “ELF radar system proposed for localized D-region ionospheric anomalies,” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 500-503, Oct. 2006. Paper9.pdf
    10. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “A review of progress in FDTD Maxwell’s equations modeling of impulsive sub-ionospheric propagation below 300 kHz,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation in the Special Issue on Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Complex Environments: A Tribute to Leopold Benno Felsen, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 1582-1590, June 2007. Paper10.pdf
    11. A. Heifetz, J. J. Simpson, S.-C. Kong, A. Taflove, and V. Backman, “Subdiffraction optical resolution of a gold nanosphere located within the nanojet of Mie-resonant dielectric microsphere,” Optics Express, vol. 15, no. 25, pp. 17334-17342, 2007. Paper11.pdf
    12. S.-C. Kong, J. J. Simpson, and V. Backman, “ADE-FDTD scattered field formulation for dispersive materials,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 4-6, 2008. Paper12.pdf
    13. J. J. Simpson, “Global FDTD Maxwell’s equations modeling of electromagnetic propagation from currents in the lithosphere” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 56, no. 1, pp. 199-203, 2008. Paper13.pdf
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Refereed Conference Proceedings

    1. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “FDTD modeling of millimeter-wave photonic bandgap structures for potential use as ultrahigh speed bandpass wireless interconnects,” Proc. USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Antonio, TX, p. 82, June 2002.
    2. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Two-dimensional FDTD modeling of impulsive ELF antipodal propagation about the Earth-sphere,” Proc. IEEE AP-S International Symposium, San Antonio, TX, vol. 3, pp. 678-681, June 2002.
    3. A. Taflove, J. J. Simpson, and G. Chang, “Two emerging multiphysics FDTD applications from the megameter scale at 3 Hz to the nanometer scale at 300 THz,” Proc. USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Columbus, OH, June 2003.
    4. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Global three-dimensional FDTD modeling of impulsive ELF propagation about the Earth,” Proc. IEEE AP-S International Symposium, Columbus, OH, vol. 4, pp. 940-943, June 2003.
    5. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Computational study of millimeter-wave metal-pin photonic bandgap waveguides for use as ultrahigh-speed bandpass wireless interconnects,” Proc. IEEE AP-S International Symposium, Columbus, OH, vol. 4, pp. 871-874, June 2003.
    6. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Three-dimensional FDTD modeling of the response of the global Earth-ionosphere waveguide to seismically-induced sources,” Proc. USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Monterey, CA, June 2004.
    7. J. J. Simpson, A. Taflove, J. A. Mix, and H. Heck, “A study of a microwave electromagnetic bandgap structure with waveguiding defect for potential use as a bandpass wireless interconnect,” Proc. IEEE AP-S International Symposium, Monterey, CA, vol. 2, pp. 1523-1526, June 2004.
    8. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Recent advances in FDTD modeling of ULF/ELF propagation within the global Earth-ionosphere waveguide,” Proc. USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, F2-3, p. 167, Jan. 2005.
    9. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Whole Earth FDTD modeling of ELF electromagnetic sounding of oil deposits with the U.S. Navy’s ELF transmitter system,” Proc. USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Washington, D.C., July 2005.
    10. J. J. Simpson, A. Taflove, J. A. Mix, and H. Heck, “An experimental and computational study of bandpass wireless digital-bus interconnects using electromagnetic bandgap technology at 50 GHz,” Proc. IEEE AP-S International Symposium, Washington, D.C., July 2005.
    11. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “3-D FDTD modeling of ULF/ELF propagation within the global Earth-ionosphere cavity using an optimized geodesic grid,” Proc. IEEE AP-S International Symposium, Washington, D.C., July 2005.
    12. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Global 3-D FDTD Maxwell’s equations modeling of ionospheric disturbances associated with earthquakes using an optimized geodesic grid,” Proc. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2005.
    13. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “An investigation of a novel radar for ionospheric disturbances using a global 3-D FDTD model of the earth-ionosphere waveguide,” Proc. URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, Jan. 2006.
    14. J. J. Simpson, A. Taflove, J. A. Mix, H. Heck, “Optimized substrate integrated waveguide bends for high-speed digital circuits,” Proc. IEEE AP-S International Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, July 2006.
    15. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Proposal for an ELF radar of D-region ionospheric anomalies analyzed using a 3-D geodesic FDTD model of the Earth-ionosphere waveguide,” Proc. IEEE AP-S International Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, July 2006.
    16. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Progress in three-dimensional FDTD Maxwell’s equations modeling of global impulsive ULF/ELF propagation,” Proc. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 2006.
    17. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “3-D FDTD Maxwell’s equations modeling of sub-30 kHz electromagnetic wave propagation in the Earth-ionosphere waveguide including ionospheric plasma as influenced by the geomagnetic field,” Proc. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2006.
    18. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “3-D FDTD model of the Earth-ionosphere waveguide including a gyrotropic plasma ionosphere,” Proc. URSI North American Radio Science Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, July 2007.
    19. J. J. Simpson, “FDTD full-Maxwell's equations modeling from near-DC to light,” Proc. 24th International Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics (ACES), Niagara Falls, Canada, April 2008.
    20. J. J. Simpson, X. Li, A. Heifetz, and V. Backman, “FDTD computational synthesis and analysis of the partial-wave spectroscopy image of the inhomogeneous dielectric sphere,” Proc. IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 2008.
    21. A. Altunc, J. J. Simpson, C. E. Baum, C. G. Christodoulou, and E. Schamiloglu, “Numerical simulation of a lens for launching a spherical TEM wave,” Proc. IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 2008.
    22. J. J. Simpson, “3-D FDTD modeling of hazardous effects of an historically intense coronal mass ejection on the global earth-ionosphere waveguide environment,” Proc. IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 2008.
    23. J. J. Simpson, B. Horine, and H. Heck, “Ultra high-resolution FDTD modeling of an integrated circuit package for characterizing and solving EMC problems in compact portable electronic devices,” Proc. IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, July 2008.
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Other Presentation

    1. J. J. Simpson and A. Taflove, “Three-dimensional FDTD modeling of the response of the global Earth-ionosphere waveguide to seismically-induced sources using latitude/longitude and spherical geodesic grids,” 2nd International Conference on Discrete Global Grids, Ashland, OR, Oct. 2004.
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Academic Service

    1. Session Chair, “Innovative Approaches to Solving Large and Multiscale Radiation and Scattering Problems,” IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2005.
    2. Special Session Organizer and Chair, “Emerging Techniques and Applications for FDTD Computational Modeling of Planetary Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in the ULF, ELF, and VLF bands,” North American Radio Science Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, 2007.
    3. Special Session Organizer and Chair, “Advances in Computational Simulations for Biophotonics,” IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2008 (to be held).
    4. Session Chair, “Ionospheric Remote Sensing using Ground and Space-Based Sensors,” IEEE AP-S International Symposium and USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2008 (to be held).
    5. Committee Member, New Technology Directions Committee, IEEE AP-S, 2008-2010.
    6. Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation; IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine; IEEE Antennas and Propagation Letters; IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques; IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science; IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters; IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing; Annales Geophysicae
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Professional Society Memberships

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
Eta Kappa Nu Electrical Engineering Honor Society
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society
IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
URSI (Associate Member, Commission B)
American Geophysical Union

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Leadership Experience

Sept. 2001 – June 2003 Evanston, IL
Resident Assistant, September 2001 – June 2002: Goodrich House (all-female hall); September 2002 – June 2003: Slivka Hall (Science and Engineering Residential College)
Served as a mentor/advisor to 50 undergraduate students.

Feb. 2004 – June 2007 Evanston, IL
Assistant Master, Shepard Residential College (multi-thematic)
Coordinated social and academic events and opportunities to foster interaction between 180 undergraduate residents and faculty from all seven schools of Northwestern University.
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Links

Professor Allen Taflove, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University: http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/ecefaculty/Allen1.html

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc.: http://www.ieee.org/

IEEE Student Scholarships and Awards: http://www.ieee.org/membership/students/sc_scholarships.html

IEEE Xplore: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/

EE Times: http://www.eet.com/

Science Magazine: http://www.sciencemag.org/

Tomorrow's Professor Listserv: http://sll.stanford.edu/projects/tomprof/newtomprof/index.shtml

Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): http://www.daad.org/

National Science Foundation: http://www.nsf.gov

The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience: http://www.iaeste.org/

Engineers Without Borders: http://www.ewb-usa.org/

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Personal

I enjoy running long-distance road and trail races. Some past races include:

1998 Bolder Boulder 10K, Boulder, CO (with Eve)
2003 Skokie Spirit 10K, Skokie, Illinois (with NU running club)
2004 Indy Mini-Marathon, Indiannapolis, Indiana (with NU running club)
2004 Wrigley Start Early 10K Run, Chicago, Illinois (with NU running club)
2004 Chicago Half-Marathon, Chicago, Illinois (with NU running club)
2004 Honolulu Marathon, Honolulu, Hawaii (with AIDS marathon - Chicago)
2005 Kentucky Derby mini-marathon, Louisville, Kentucky (with Luke and George)
2005 Rocky Mountain Half-Marathon, Denver, Colorado (with my Dad!)
2005 Chicago Marathon, Chicago, Illinois (with ERC)
2006 Boston Marathon, Boston, Massachusettes
2006 Elgin Valley Fox Trot 10 Mile Run, Elgin, Illinois (with ERC)
2006 Chicago Half-Marathon, Chicago, Illinois (with ERC)
2007 Trail of Lights 5K, Albuquerque, NM (with Greg)
2008 Cactus Ridge Ramble 14.5 Mile Trail Run, El Paso, TX
2008 Forever Young 10K, Placitas, NM
2008 Armed Forces Day 1/2 Marathon, Albuquerque, NM
2008 Run the Caldera Marathon, Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM (with Greg)
2008 Pikes Peak Ascent, Manitou Springs, CO

I also enjoy running / hiking with my dogs...


... and keeping my cats out of trouble.


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