Thomas P. Weldon, Ph.D., P.E.
Dr. Thomas P. Weldon, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Education:
- Ph.D. Penn State, University Park, PA, 1995
- M.Eng. Penn State, Great Valley, PA, 1989
- B.S.E.E. Penn State, University Park, PA, 1979
Research:
- Microcontroller implementation of digital non-Foster antennas and metamaterials
- Design of electromagnetic and gravitational antennas beyond the Chu limit
- Digital signal processing for physical implementation of negative capacitance
- Wideband negative permittivity, negative permeability, and magnetic conductors
- Mechanical metamaterials with negative bulk modulus and negative mass density
- Digital memresistors and memcapacitors
Selected Publications:
- Thomas P. Weldon, Patrick J. Kehoe, and Killian K. Steer, “Bilinear Transform Approach for Wideband Digital Non-Foster Matching of Electrically-Small Antennas,” in 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boston, MA, July 8-13, 2018
- Thomas P. Weldon, “Measured and Field-Based Theoretical Q of Gravitationally-Small Gravitational Antennas,” in 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boston, MA, July 8-13, 2018.
- Patrick J. Kehoe, Killian K. Steer, and Thomas P. Weldon, “Thevenin Forms of Digital Discrete-Time Non-Foster RC and RL Circuits,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo,Puerto Rico, June 26- July 1, 2016.
- Thomas P. Weldon, Patrick J. Kehoe, and Killian K. Steer, “A Clock-Tuned Digital Memristor Emulator,” in 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2018), Florence, Italy, May 27-30, 2018.
- Kathryn L. Smith, Ryan S. Adams, and Thomas P. Weldon, “Measurement of a Fast-Wave Line Using Digital Non-Foster Circuits for Software-Adjustable Delay,” in 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26- July 1, 2016.