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Jayanti Venkataraman

Professor

Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering
Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Associate Department Head
jnveee@rit.edu
585-475-2143
Office Location
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Jayanti Venkataraman

Professor

Department of Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering
Kate Gleason College of Engineering
Associate Department Head

Education

BS, MS, Bangalore University (India); Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science (India)

Bio

Dr. Jayanti Venkataraman is the Director of the Electromagnetics Theory and Applications (ETA) Laboratory in the Electrical and Microelectronic Engineering Department at RIT. She received the B.S. and M.S. degrees (Physics) from Bangalore University, India and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering i from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. She joined the Electrical Engineering department at RIT in 1982.

At RIT, Dr. Venkataraman has developed the area of Electromagnetics for the Electrical Engineering undergraduate and graduate programs. She has established the Microwave and Antenna Lab with funding primarily from the National Science Foundation. She has developed and teaches the electromagnetics graduate course sequence that includes microwave circuits, antenna theory, advanced electromagnetic theory and, design and characterization of microwave systems. Her research interests are in theoretical modeling and measurement of microstrip antennas and integrated microwave circuits, composite right/left handed materials and applications, Numerical Optimization techniques, and Bio-electromagnetics. Dr. Venkataraman has also served as a consultant to some RF and biomedical companies in Rochester. She is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTTS) and the Antennas and Propagation Society (APS). She has served several times as the Chair and Vice chair for the Rochester chapter of MTTS/APS and as session chair and reviewer of the APS International Symposium. 

Dr. Venkataraman is the 2001-02 recipient of the Eisenhart Award for Outstanding Teaching from the Rochester Institute of Technology and the 2007 IEEE Region 1 award for establishing a unique educational experience in the area of Electromagnetics, Microwaves and Antennas.

For more about Dr. Venkataraman, see her website.

Selected Publications

· Venkataraman J., Freer B., and Beam K., “Real Time Continuous Monitoring of Blood Glucose”, Proceedings EuroEM2012, Toulouse, France, July 2-6, 2012.

· Kaur A., Banerjee S. A., Zhao W., Venkataraman J., and Lu Z., “Deep Subwavelength Power Concentration-Based HyperbolicMetamaterials” International Journal of Optics, Volume 2012, Article ID 879392

· Pulito D., Venkataraman J., and Lu Z.,”Image formation properties of 3-D dielectric DNG and wire mesh ENZ metamaterials at Microwave frequencies”, Proceedings IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society International Symposium, Chicago, July 9-13, 2012.

· Venkataraman J., Freer B., “Feasibility of Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring”, Invited paper, Proceedings IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society International Symposium, Spokane, WA, July 5-18, 2011

· Pecararo M., Venkataraman J, Tsouri G, and Dianat S. “Characterization of the Effects of the Human Head on Communication with Implanted Antennas” Proceedings IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society International Symposium, Toronto, Canada, July 11-15, 2010

· Ali A. and Venkataraman J, “Gain Enhancement of Patch Antenna Using Double Negative Superstrate Realized by a High Dielectric with Triangular Lattice of Holes,” Proceedings IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society International Symposium, Charleston, SC, June 3-7, 2009.

jnveee@rit.edu
585-475-2143

Select Scholarship

Journal Paper
Venkataraman, Jayanti, et al. "Antenna Arrays as Millimeter-Wave Wireless Interconnects in Multi-Chip Systems." IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters 19. 11 (2020): 1973-1977. Print.
Tsouri, Gill, Stephanie Zambito, and Jayanti Venkataraman. "On the Benefits of Creeping Wave Antennas in Reducing Interference Between Neighboring Wireless Body Area Networks." IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Syayetms 11. 1 (2017): 153-160. Print.
Shamim, Md Shahriar, et al. "A Wireless Interconnection Framework for Seamless Inter and Intra-Chip Communication in Multichip Systems." IEEE Transactions on Computers 66. 3 (2017): 399-402. Print.
Published Conference Proceedings
Venkataraman, Jayanti and Douglas Bean. "Gain Enhancement of On-Chip Antenna at 60 GHz Using an Artificial Magnetic Conductor." Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting. Ed. IEEE. Montreal, Canada: IEEE, 2020. Print.
Venkataraman, Jayanti and Vu Le. "All-Passive Composite Right/Left-Handed (CRLH) Antenna Array for Sum and Difference Patterns." Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting. Ed. IEEE. Montreal, Canada: IEEE, 2020. Print.
Venkataraman, Jayanti and D. V. Giri. "'Electromagnetics in Emerging Medical Technologies'." Proceedings of the EUROEM2016. Ed. IET. London, UK, UK: n.p., 2016. Print.
Venkataraman, Jayanti and Rounak Singh Narde. "Trimmed DOE Lens and Gain Enhancement." Proceedings of the IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society International Symposium. Ed. IEEE. Fajardo, Puerto Rico: n.p., 2016. Web.
Venkataraman, Jayanti, Aron Khan, and Zhaolin Lu. "Non-Crosstalk Light Propagation in Anisotropic Metamaterials Composed of Multilayered Metal-Insulator Stack." Proceedings of the IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society International Symposium. Ed. IEEE. Fajardo, Puerto Rico: n.p., 2016. Web.
Venkataraman, Jayanti, Chetan Munuswamy, and Amlan Ganguly. "Design of Antennas for 3D Wireless Network-on-Chip with Micro-Fluidic Cooling Layers." Proceedings of the IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society International Symposium. Ed. IEEE. Fajardo, Puerto Rico: n.p., 2016. Web.
Venkataraman, Jayanti, Christopher Torbitt, and Zhaolin Lu. "Beam shaping and Gain Enhancement using DOE Lens." Proceedings of the IEEE Antennas and Progagation International Conference, Memphis, TN, July 7-11, 2014. Ed. Unknown. Memphis, TN: IEEE, 2014. Print.
Venkataraman, Jayanti, et al. "Investigation of Waveguide Effects in Intra-vehicular Environments." Proceedings of the IEEE Antenna and ProIEEE Antenna and Propagation Society International Symposium, Memphis, July 7-11, 2014pagation Society International Symposium. Ed. Unknown. Memphis, TN: IEEE, 2014. Print.
Venkataraman, Jayanti, Matthew Sidley, and Anoop Adhaypak. "Analytical Model for Real Time, Non-invasive Estimation of Blood Glucose Level." Proceedings of the 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, Chicago, August 25-29, 2014. Ed. Unknown. Chicago, IL: IEEE, 2014. Print.
Venkataraman, Jayanti and D.V. Giri. "Therapeutic and Diagnostic Uses of Electromagnetic Energy." Proceedings of the AMEREM 2014, Electromagnetics Conference, Albuquerque, July 27-31, 2014. Ed. AMEREM. Albuquerque, NM: n.p., 2014. Print.
Trong, Duong, Jayanti Venkataraman, and Zhaolin Lu. "Enhancement of Ambient Energy Harvesting Using a Metamaterial Lens." Proceedings of the IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society International Symposium. Ed. IEEE. Orlando, FL: IEEE Explore, 2013. Print.
Torbitt, Christopher, Jayanti Venkataraman, and Zhaolin Lu. "Gain Enhancement using DOE Lens and DNG Lens." Proceedings of the IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society International Symposium. Ed. IEEE. Orlando, FL: n.p., 2013. Print.
Sidley, Matthew and Jayanti Venkataraman. "Feasibility of Blood Glucose Estimation from Real Time Monitoring." Proceedings of the IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society International Symposium. Ed. IEEE. Orlando, FL: n.p., 2013. Print.
Venkataraman, Jayanti, Benjamin Freer, and Kelly Beam. "Real Time Continuous Monitoring Of Blood Glucose." Proceedings of the EuroEM, July 2-6, Toulouse France. Ed. D. V. Giri. Toulouse, France: n.p., 2012. Web.
Venkataraman, Jayanti, Daniel Pulito, and Zhaolin Lu. "Investigation of Image Formation Properties of 3-D Dielectriv DNG And Wir Mesh ENZ Metamaterials At Microwave Frequencies." Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Conference. Ed. IEEE. Chicago, IL: n.p., Web.
Beam, Kelly and Jayanti Venkataraman. "Phantom Models for In-Vitro Measurements of Blood Glucose." Proceedings of the IEEE Antenna and Prop Society International Sym, Spokane, WA, July 5-18, 2011. Ed. IEEE. Spokane WA: n.p., 2011. Print.
Venkataraman, Jayanti and Benjamin Freer. "Feasibility of Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring." Proceedings of the IEEE Antenna and Prop Society International Sym, Spokane, WA, July 5-18, 2011. Ed. IEEE. Spokane WA: n.p., 2011. Print.
Invited Keynote/Presentation
Venkataraman, Jayanti. "Gain Enhancements Techniques." IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society and IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society. Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. 18 Dec. 2013. Conference Presentation.

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