Professor Lee Ford

PhD, BEng

School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Professor in Electromagnetic Structure Design

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l.ford@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor Lee Ford
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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I received the BEng and PhD. degrees in electronic engineering from ±¬ÁÏTV in 1998 and 2003 respectively, followed by a Higher Doctorate (DEng) in 2023. In 2001, I joined the Stealth Materials Department at the Advanced Technology Center within BAE Systems as a research scientist working on a range of electromagnetics based projects. In 2005, I joined ±¬ÁÏTV, as a Lecturer of communications, becomming a Senior Lecturer in 2012, Reader in 2019 and Professor in 2020.

I have led and contributed to over 30 research projects funded by the EPSRC, EU, government, and industry, totalling £9.8M of funding. I have also worked on consulting projects to a range of industry partners, totalling over £500k of funding.

My current research interests include metamaterials, antenna design, and reconfigurable electromagnetic devices.

Research interests
  • Direct antenna modulation
  • Metasurfaces for magnetic resonance imaging applications
  • Reconfigurable antennas, metamaterials and metasurfaces
  • Electrically small antennas, metamaterials and metasurfaces
  • Electromagnetic material characterisation
Publications

Journal articles

  • Qu Z, Zhou Y, Kelly JR, Wang Z, Lee Ford K & Gao Y (2024) . IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 18(12), 985-991.

Conference proceedings

  • Saad R & Ford KL (2025) . 2025 19th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) (pp 1-5), 30 March 2025 - 4 April 2025.
  • Saad R, Maiden AM, Li GJ & Ford KL (2025) . Sefi 2025 53rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education Engineering and Society Proceedings (pp 823-831)
  • Khan ZU, O’Farrell T & Ford KL (2023) . 2023 IEEE 34th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC) Proceedings (pp 1-5). Toronto, ON, Canada, 5 September 2023 - 5 September 2023.
  • Henthorn S & Ford KL (2023) . 2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP). Florence, Italy, 26 March 2023 - 26 March 2023.
Teaching activities
  • EEE224 - Communications Electronics
  • EEE227 - Communications Electronics
Professional activities and memberships
  • Senior member of the IEEE
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • IET Technical Networks Communities Committee member

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