Prof. Shi’s primary interests focus on computational electromagnetics, photonics, RF devices and integration, and electro-optic systems for RF photonic applications. The ultimate goal of computational electromagnetics is the efficient and accurate numerical simulation of the electromagnetic interactions within complex devices and systems. Prof. Shi develops appropriate computational algorithms for the modeling and design of RF, photonic, and electro-optic (EO) devices that encompass diverse structural and material properties, ranging from passive to active, from dispersive to nondispersive, and from linear to nonlinear. In addition, he researches system level modeling of many heterogeneously integrated RF photonic systems that comprise various devices and subsystems, such as passive millimeter wave imaging systems, widely-tunable spectrally-pure RF sources that are based on photonic technologies, and optical addressed phased array systems
