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Manushanker Balasubramanian

Assistant Research Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Electrical Engineering

121 Electrical Engineering East

mxb839@psu.edu

814-865-7667

 
 

 

Education

  • B.E, Electrical and communication engineering, University of Madras, 2004
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical engineering, University of Siena, 2015

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Arkaprovo Das, Dongha Yang, Sawyer Campbell and Douglas Werner, 2026, "Circuit-Loaded Microwave Metadevices: Current State of the Art and Future Directions", IEEE Microwave Magazine, pp. 17
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Danilo Erricolo, Besma Smida, Pai-Yen Chen, Amin Rastgordani, Mohammadreza Pav, Francesco Presta, Kenneth E. Kolodziej, Douglas H Werner and Arkaprovo Das, 2025, "In-Band Full-Duplex for Integrated Sensing and Communication: A Review and Perspective on Advances in Electromagnetics, Antennas, and Propagation", IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Electromagnetics, Antennas and Propagation, 1, (1), pp. 14
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian and Douglas Werner, 2025, "Accelerated Antenna Design Methodology Using a Hessian-Based Nonlinear Optimizer With Automatic Differentiation", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 73, (9)
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian and Douglas Werner, 2024, "An Efficient Curvature-Based Synthesis Methodology for Rotationally Symmetric Shaped Reflector Antennas"
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Sawyer D Campbell and Douglas H Werner, 2023, "A Shaped Reflector Antenna Design Approach for Contoured Beam Synthesis With Surface Curvature Constraints", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 72, (2), pp. 10
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Sawyer D Campbell and Douglas H Werner, 2023, "A new sequential differential ray tracing formulation for homogeneous and GRIN lenses using automatic differentiation", Optical Engineering, 62, (2), pp. 14
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Sawyer D Campbell and Douglas H Werner, , "Heuristic UTD solution for scattering by a thin lossless anisotropic slab", IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 68, (12), pp. 11
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Sawyer D Campbell and Douglas H Werner, , "A high-frequency solution for scattering by a multilayer anisotropic slab", IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 20, (6), pp. 5

Conference Proceedings

  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Arkaprovo Das, Adam Spangler, Pingjuan L Werner and Douglas Werner, 2026, "Time-Modulated RF and Microwave Circuits with Periodically Varying Modulation Index"
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Arkaprovo Das, Pingjuan L Werner and Douglas Werner, 2026, "Performance Evaluation of Linear Antennas Loaded with Optimized Time-Modulated Circuit Elements"
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Arkaprovo Das, Pingjuan L Werner and Douglas Werner, 2026, "An Efficient Hybrid MoM-T-Matrix-UTD Method for Modeling Electromagnetic Problems"
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Arkaprovo Das, Adam Spangler, Wolfgang VonGetzie, Pingjuan L Werner and Douglas Werner, 2025, "A Conversion Matrix Approach for Modeling Time-Modulated Circuit Elements with Periodically Varying Modulation Index"
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Arkaprovo Das, Wolfgang VonGetzie, Pingjuan L Werner and Douglas Werner, 2025, "An Efficient Method of Moments and Automatic Differentiation Technique for Fast Parametric Analysis of Antennas"
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Sawyer D Campbell, Ronald P Jenkins, Benjamin A Zerbe, Eric Whiting, Arkaprovo Das, Jacob T Young, Douglas H Werner and Pingjuan Werner, 2022, "A Toolkit for Multiscale Optical System Inverse-design", Proceedings of the SPIE, United States, 12217, (122170C), pp. 4
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Pingjuan L Werner and Douglas H Werner, 2022, "A Curvature Based Shaped Reflector Antenna Design Method for Contoured Beam Synthesis", IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, United States
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Colin A Mussman, Pingjuan L Werner and Douglas H Werner, 2022, "A New Curvature Based Shaped Reflector Antenna Design Methodology Publisher", IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, United States
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Sawyer D Campbell, Pingjuan L Werner and Douglas H Werner, 2021, "A Heuristic UTD Solution for Scattering by a Multilayer Anisotropic Slab", International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena, United States
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Sawyer D Campbell, Pingjuan L Werner and Douglas H Werner, 2021, "Application of heuristic UTD formulation for describing scattering by a thin and multilayer anisotropic slab", International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium (ACES), United States
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Sawyer D Campbell and Douglas H Werner, 2021, "Highly-efficient GRIN Lens Optimization Through Differential Ray Tracing", IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, United States
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Sawyer D Campbell and Douglas H Werner, 2021, "Geometrical Optics Ray Tracing in a Thick Anisotropic Slab", IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Sawyer D Campbell and Douglas H Werner, 2021, "Anisotropic Slab Scattering: Oblique Incidence Case", IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Sawyer D Campbell, Pingjuan L Werner and Douglas H Werner, 2020, "Geometrical Optics Solution for Periodic Multilayer Anisotropic Slab Scattering", International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian and Douglas H Werner, 2019, "Anisotropic Slab Scattering: A High Frequency Solution", International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian and Alberto Toccafondi, 2016, "Accurate calculation of creeping ray parameters for radiation of sources on convex NURBS surfaces", IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI)
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Alberto Toccafondi and Stefano Maci, 2015, "Radiation of a source on a convex NURBS surface", European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Alberto Toccafondi and Stefano Maci, 2014, "Including high-frequency surface diffraction in a hybrid FEBI-MLFMM-UTD method", European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2014)
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Alberto Toccafondi and Stefano Maci, 2014, "Including high-frequency surface diffraction in a hybrid FEBI-MLFMM-UTD method", European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2014)
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Alberto Toccafondi and Stefano Maci, 2012, "UTD computation for NURBS surfaces", European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP)
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian, Arkaprovo andas, , , "Hessian-based Antenna Optimization with Automatic Differentiation", International applied computational electromagnetics society (ACES) symposium, UNIVERSITY PARK, United States
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian and Garvith Mishra, , "Inverse Design Techniques for Optimizing Passive Lumped Networks", International applied computational electromagnetics society (ACES) symposium, UNIVERSITY PARK, United States
  • Manushanker Balasubramanian and Arkaprovo Das, , "A T-Matrix EFIE-PMCHWT Method for Computing Electromagnetic Scattering from Composite Conductor-Dielectric Objects", International applied computational electromagnetics society (ACES) symposium, UNIVERSITY PARK, United States

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

  • IEEE Senior Member, March 2023
  • Postdoc Travel award, Penn State University, July 2022

Service

Service to Penn State:

  • Committee Work, Committee Member, Penn State, Electromagnetics, Remote Sensing, and Space Sciences, January 2025 - March 2026
  • Assessment Activities, Evaluator, Interviewer, Millennium Scholars Program, February 2024 - February 2024
  • Participation in Recruitment and Retention Activities, Judge, Millennium Scholars Program, Penn State University, February 2023
  • Contributions to Programs to Enhance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Judge, Graduate Exhibition Judging, Penn State University, Graduate Exhibition Planning Committee, March 2023

Service to External Organizations:

  • Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Chairperson, Session organizer, International applied computational electromagnetics society (ACES) symposium, May 2024 - May 2024
  • Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Peer Reviewer, International applied computational electromagnetics society (ACES) symposium, IEEE, May 2024 - May 2024
 


 

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We offer B.S. degrees in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering and data science and graduate degrees (master's degrees and Ph.D.'s) in electrical engineering and computer science and engineering. EECS focuses on the convergence of technologies and disciplines to meet today’s industrial demands.

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