Cynthia Furse

Cynthia Furse is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah. Dr. Furse (Ph.D. 1994) is the Director of the Center of Excellence for Smart Sensors at the University of Utah and Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. The Center focuses on imbedded antennas and sensors in complex environments, such as telemetry systems in the human body, and sensors for location of faults on aging aircraft wiring. Dr. Furse has directed the Utah Smart Wiring program, sponsored by NAVAIR and USAF, since 1998. She is Head of Research for LiveWire Test Labs, Inc., a spin-off company commercializing devices to locate intermittent faults on live wires. Dr. Furse teaches electromagnetics, wireless communication, computational electromagnetics, microwave engineering, and antenna design. Dr. Furse was the Professor of the Year in the College of Engineering at Utah State University for the year 2000, Faculty Employee of the year 2002, a National Science Foundation Computational and Information Sciences and Engineering Graduate Fellow, IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Graduate Fellow, and President's Scholar at the University of Utah. She is the Chair of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Education Committee, and the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Antennas and Propagation.

Biography Updated on 20 March 2007

Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Low-Power STDR CMOS Sensor for Locating Faults in Aging Aircraft Wiring
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 43–50, 2007
  2. Resolving A Paradox in the Teaching of Faraday's Law - [Education Column]
    IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 192–200, 2007
  3. Optimization of a Buried Microstrip Antenna for Simultaneous Communication and Sensing of Soil Moisture
    IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 797–800, 2006
  4. Broadband and Multiband Antenna Design Using the Genetic Algorithm to Create Amorphous Shapes Using Ellipses
    IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 2776–2782, 2006
  5. The Invisible Fray: A Critical Analysis of the Use of Reflectometry for Fray Location
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 697–706, 2006
  6. Multicarrier Reflectometry
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 812–818, 2006
  7. Noncontact Probes for Wire FaultLocation With Reflectometry
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 1716–1721, 2006
  8. Mixed-Signal Reflectometer for Location of Faults on Aging Wiring
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 1479–1482, 2005
  9. Feasibility of Spread Spectrum Sensors for Location of Arcs on Live Wires
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 1445–1450, 2005
  10. Analysis of Spread Spectrum Time Domain Reflectometry for Wire Fault Location
    IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 1469–1478, 2005
  11. Spread spectrum sensors for critical fault location on live wire networks
    Structural Control and Health Monitoring, vol. 12, no. 3-4, pp. 257–267, 2005
  12. Integration of signals/systems and electromagnetics courses through the design of a communication system for a cardiac pacemaker
    IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 117–119, 2005
  13. 13 crazy, notorious things to do in an EM class
    IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 133–134, 2005
  14. Trepidation-free teamwork teaching
    IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 161–163, 2005
  15. Miniaturized Biocompatible Microstrip Antenna Using Genetic Algorithm
    IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 1939–1945, 2005
  16. The Impedance of a Short Dipole Antenna in a Magnetized Plasma Via a Finite Difference Time Domain Model
    IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 53, no. 8, pp. 2711–2718, 2005
  17. Noise-Domain Reflectometry for Locating Wiring Faults
    IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 97–104, 2005
  18. Application of Phase Detection Frequency Domain Reflectometry for Locating Faults in an F-18 Flight Control Harness
    IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 327–334, 2005
  19. A Robust Detector for Multicarrier Spread Spectrum Transmission Over Partially Jammed Channels
    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 1038–1044, 2005
  20. Design of Implantable Microstrip Antenna for Communication With Medical Implants
    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1944–1951, 2004
  21. Laboratory Project in Wireless FSK Receiver Design
    IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 18–25, 2004
  22. Take a stand: speaking about RF safety [Education Column]
    IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 146–150, 2004
  23. Frequency-domain reflectometery for on-board testing of aging aircraft wiring
    IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 306–315, 2003
  24. An inexpensive distance measuring system for navigation of robotic vehicles
    Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 33, no. 2, pp. 84–87, 2002
  25. FDTD modeling and validation of EM survey tools
    Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 427–429, 2002
  26. On the equivalent circuit of a receiving antenna
    IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 164–165, 2002
  27. System-level microwave design projects
    IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 138–142, 2001
  28. Cross-borehole delineation of a conductive ore deposit in a resistive host—experimental design
    Geophysics, vol. 66, no. 3, p. 824, 2001
  29. Faster than Fourier: ultra-efficient time-to-frequency-domain conversions for FDTD simulations
    IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 24–34, 2000
  30. Application and optimization of the perfectly matched layer boundary condition for geophysical simulations
    Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 253–255, 2000
  31. The problem and treatment of DC offsets in FDTD simulations
    IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 48, no. 8, pp. 1198–1201, 2000
  32. Prof. James R. Wait and mining production technology-an appreciation
    IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 48, no. 9, pp. 1438–1441, 2000
  33. Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 2361–2378, 1999
  34. Calculation of electric fields and currents induced in a millimeter-resolution human model at 60 Hz using the FDTD method
    Bioelectromagnetics, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 293–299, 1998
  35. Computations of SAR distributions for two anatomically based models of the human head using CAD files of commercial telephones and the parallelized FDTD code
    IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 829–833, 1998
  36. Comparison of FDTD computed and measured radiation patterns of commercial mobile telephones in presence of the human head
    IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 46, no. 6, pp. 943–944, 1998
  37. Use of PML boundary conditions for wireless telephone simulations
    Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 95–98, 1997
  38. Validation of the finite-difference time-domain method for near-field bioelectromagnetic simulations
    Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 341–345, 1997
  39. Currents induced in the human body for exposure to ultrawideband electromagnetic pulses
    IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 174–180, 1997
  40. A memory efficient method of calculating specific absorption rate in CW FDTD simulations
    IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 558–560, 1996
  41. Why the DFT is faster than the FFT for FDTD time-to-frequency domain conversions
    IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 326–328, 1995
  42. The use of the frequency-dependent finite-difference time-domain method for induced current and SAR calculations for a heterogeneous model of the human body
    IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 128–133, 1994
  43. A simple convolution procedure for calculating currents induced in the human body for exposure to electromagnetic pulses
    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 42, no. 7, pp. 1172–1175, 1994
  44. Improvements to the finite-difference time-domain method for calculating the radar cross section of a perfectly conducting target
    IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 919–927, 1990
  45. Three-dimensional electromagnetic power deposition in tumors using interstitial antenna arrays
    IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 36, no. 10, pp. 977–986, 1989