Chair of Applied Electromagnetics

group leader

prof. dr. sc. Antonio Šarolić

associates

Anđela Matković, mag. ing.

Research Topics

  1. Research in bioelectromagnetics

  2. Study of interactions of biological material (cell, tissue, organism) with EM stimuli, which can be a side effect of technical systems in the human environment (e.g. communication systems), but also intentionally induced stimuli for use in biomedicine (stimulation, intentional exposure to the field)

  3. Measurement of dielectric properties of tissues

  4. Measurements of parameters of the human exposure to the EM field (unintentional exposure or intentional exposure for medical purposes)

  5. Experimental research of tissue response to exposure to EM stimuli

  6. Development of measurement equipment and hardware

  7. Modeling and simulations of analyzed systems using commercial software

Description of the Laboratory and equipment

The research group will have at their disposal all the resources of the Chair of Applied Electromagnetics and the associated lab (EMLab – Laboratory for EMC and EM research), consisting of the associated spaces and measurement equipment: vector network analyzer, signal generators, oscilloscopes, broadband power amplifiers, spectrum analyzers, power sensors, broadband antennas, electromagnetic (EM) field probes, GTEM cell for standard EM field generation, Helmholtz coils for standard magnetic field generation, parallel plates for standard electric field generation, workstation running EM simulation software FEKO. The experimental work will mostly be performed in the bioelectromagnetics part of EMLab: EMLAb_Bio (room A707).

project title

Measurements in bioelectromagnetics (M-BEM)

Project research activities

The project will deal with research in bioelectromagnetics, that is, the study of interactions of biological material (cells, tissues, organisms) with electromagnetic stimuli, which can be a side effect of technical systems in the human environment (e.g. communication systems), but also intentionally induced stimuli for application in biomedicine (stimulation, field exposure). The research includes an analysis that will be based on the data obtained by measurements, which requires appropriate measurement equipment, in parts: sensors, probes, electrodes, associated hardware, consumables and specialized equipment for handling biological material; with sophisticated and more expensive capital equipment that already exists in laboratories and is not the subject of procurement of this project. Measurements include measuring the parameters of the human exposure to EM field (unintentional exposure or intentional exposure for medical purposes), measuring the parameters of field sources, propagation and, in cooperation with physicians and foreign partners, and examining the response of cells and tissues to exposure to EM stimuli.

Existing research activities have shown that some specialized pieces of equipment cannot be obtained as a commercial product, but need to be produced through our own research, development, and innovation. In the process of development of measurement equipment and hardware, but also in the process of analysis of bioelectromagnetic interactions, there will be a need for a phase of modeling and simulation of the analyzed system for which commercial software will be used, with a constant need to increase computer processing power.