David R. Jackson was born in St. Louis, MO on March 28, 1957. He obtained the B.S.E.E. and M.S.E.E. degrees from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1979 and 1981, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1985. From 1985 - 1991 he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston, Houston, TX. From 1991 to 1998 he was an Associate Professor in the same department, and since 1998 he has been a Professor in this department.

He is a Fellow of the IEEE and is presently serving as the Chair of the Transnational Committee of the IEEE AP-S Society, and as the Chair of U.S. Commission B of URSI (the International Union of Radio Science). He is also on the Editorial Board for the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques.

Previously, he has been the Chapter Activities Coordinator for the IEEE AP-S Society, a Distinguished Lecturer for the AP-S Society, an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, and a member of the AdCom for the AP-S Society. 

He has also served as an Associate Editor for the Journal Radio Science and the International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering.

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-• Research and Academics

Areas: Applied Electromagnetics. Research interests at present include microstrip antennas and circuits, leaky-wave antennas, leakage and radiation effects in microwave integrated circuits, periodic structures, and electromagnetic compatibility and interference.

 
-• Selected Publications

Microstrip Antennas

H. Xu, D. R. Jackson, and J. T. William, “Comparison of Models for the Probe Inductance for a Parallel Plate Waveguide and a Microstrip Patch,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 53, pp. 3229-3235, Oct. 2005.

L. I. Basilio, J. T. Williams, D. R. Jackson, and M. A. Khayat, “A Comparative Study of a New GPS Reduced-Surface-Wave Antenna,” Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 4, pp. 233-236, 2005.

R. L. Chen, D. R. Jackson, J. T. Williams, and S. A. Long, “Scan Impedance of RSW Microstrip Antennas in a Finite Array,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 53, pp. 1098-1104, March 2005.

W. L. Langston and D. R. Jackson, “Impedance, Axial-Ratio, and Receive-Power Bandwidths of Microstrip Antennas,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 52, pp. 2769-2773, Oct. 2004.

M. A. Khayat, J. T. Williams, D. R. Jackson, and S. A. Long, “Mutual Coupling Between Reduced Surface-Wave Microstrip Antennas,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 48, pp. 1581-1593, Oct. 2000.

D. R. Jackson, J. T. Williams, A. K. Bhattacharyya, R. Smith, S. J. Buchheit, and S. A. Long, “Microstrip Patch Designs that do not Excite Surface Waves,” IEEE Trans.  Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 41, pp. 1026-1037, Aug. 1993.

Gain Enhancement via Leaky Waves and Leaky-Wave Antennas

G. Lovat, P. Burghignoli, F. Capolino, and D. R. Jackson, “High Directivity in Low-Permittivity Metamaterial Slabs: Ray-Optic vs. Leaky-Wave Models,” special issue on Metamaterials and Special Materials for Electromagnetic Applications and Telecommunications, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 48, pp. 2542-2548, Dec. 2006.

P. Burghignoli, G. Lovat, and D. R. Jackson, “Analysis and Optimization of Leaky-Wave Radiation at Broadside From a Class of 1-D Periodic Structures,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 54, pp. 2593-2604, Sept. 2006.

G. Lovat, P. Burghignoli, and D. R. Jackson, “Fundamental Properties and Optimization of Broadside Radiation from Uniform Leaky-Wave Antennas,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 54, pp. 1442-1452, May 2006.

C. Di Nallo, S. Paulotto, and D. R. Jackson, “A Full-Wave Numerical Approach for Modal Analysis of 1D Periodic Microstrip Structures,” P. Baccarelli, IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 54, pp. 1350-1362, April 2006.

G. Lovat, P. Burghignoli, F. Capolino, and D. R. Jackson, “Highly-Directive Planar Leaky-Wave Antennas: A Comparison Between Metamaterial-Based and Conventional Designs,” Proceedings of the European Microwave Association, vol. 2, pp. 12-21, March 2006.

G. Lovat, P. Burghignoli, F. Capolino, D. R. Jackson, and D. R. Wilton, “Analysis of Directive Radiation from a Line Source in a Metamaterial Slab with Low Permittivity,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 54, pp. 1017-1030, March 2006.

T. Zhao, D. R. Jackson, and J. T. Williams, “General formulas for 2D Leaky Wave Antennas,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 53, pp. 3525-3533, Nov. 2005.

T. Zhao, D. R. Jackson, and J. T. Williams, “2-D Periodic Leaky-Wave Antennas -- Part II: Slot Design,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 53, pp. 3515-3524, Nov. 2005.

T. Zhao, D. R. Jackson, J. T. Williams, H. Y. Yang, and A. A. Oliner, “2-D Periodic Leaky-Wave Antennas -- Part I: Metal Patch Design,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 53, pp. 3505-3514, Nov. 2005.

T. Zhao, D. R. Jackson, J. T. Williams, and A. A. Oliner, “Simple CAD Model for a Dielectric Leaky-Wave Antenna,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 3, pp. 243-345, Dec. 2004.

H. Ostner, J. Detlefsen, D. R. Jackson, and E. Schmidhammer, “Radiation from Dielectric Leaky-Wave Antennas with Circular and Rectangular Apertures,” Electromagnetics, vol. 17, no. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1997, pp. 505-535.

“Radiation from One-Dimensional Dielectric Leaky-Wave Antennas,” (H. Ostner, J. Detlefsen, and D. R. Jackson), IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 43, pp. 331-339, April 1995.

D. R. Jackson, A. A. Oliner, and A. Ip, “Leaky-Wave Propagation and Radiation for a Narrow-Beam Multiple-Layer Dielectric Structure,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 41, pp. 344-348, March 1993.

M. Guglielmi and D. R. Jackson, “Broadside Radiation from Periodic Leaky-Wave Antennas,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 41, pp. 31-37, Jan. 1993.

P. K. Potharazu and D. R. Jackson, “Analysis and Design of a Leaky-Wave EMC Dipole Array,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 40, pp. 950-958, Aug. 1992.

A. Ip, D. R. Jackson, and A. A. Oliner, “An Improved Calculation Procedure for the Radiation Pattern of a Cylindrical Leaky-Wave Antenna of Finite Size,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 40, pp. 19-24, Jan. 1992.

A. Ip and D. R. Jackson, “Radiation from Cylindrical Leaky Waves,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 38, pp. 482-488, April 1990.

D. R. Jackson and A. A. Oliner, “A Leaky-Wave Analysis of the High-Gain Printed Antenna Configuration,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 36, pp. 905-910, July 1988.

D. R. Jackson and N. G. Alexopoulos, “Gain Enhancement Methods for Printed Circuit Antennas,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 33, pp. 976-987, Sept. 1985.

N. G. Alexopoulos and D. R. Jackson, “Fundamental Superstrate (Cover) Effects on Printed Circuit Antennas,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 32, pp. 807-816, Aug. 1984.

High-Frequency Effects on Integrated Transmission Lines

P. Baccarelli, P. Burghignoli, G. Lovat, S. Paulotto, F. Mesa, and D. R. Jackson, “Direct Modal Transition from Space-Wave to Surface-Wave Leakage on Microstrip Lines,” Radio Science, Vol. 40, pp. 1-14, Dec. 2005.

J. Bernal, F. Mesa, and D. R. Jackson, “Crosstalk Between Two Microstrip Lines Excited by a Gap Voltage Source,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 52, pp. 1770-1780, Aug. 2004.

W. L. Langston, J. T. Williams, D. R. Jackson, and F. Mesa, “Fundamental Properties of Radiation from a Leaky Mode Excited on a Planar Transmission Line,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 51, pp. 2366-2377, Dec. 2003.

W. L. Langston, J. T. Williams, D. R. Jackson, and F. Mesa, “Spurious Radiation from a Practical Source on a Leaky Covered Microstrip Line,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 49, pp. 2216-2226, Dec. 2001. 

F. Mesa, D. R. Jackson, and M. Freire, “High Frequency Leaky-Mode Excitation on a Microstrip Line,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 49, pp. 2206-2215, Dec. 2001. 

M. Freire, F. Mesa, C. Di Nallo, D. R. Jackson, and A. A. Oliner, “Spurious Transmission Effects due to the Excitation of the Bound Mode and the Continuous Spectrum on Stripline with an Air Gap,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 47, pp. 2493-2502, Dec. 1999.

F. J. Villegas, D. R. Jackson, J. T. Williams, and A. A. Oliner, “Leakage Fields from Planar Semi-Infinite Transmission Lines,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 47, pp. 443-454, April 1999.

C. Di Nallo, F.  Mesa, and D. R. Jackson, “Excitation of Leaky Modes on Multilayer Stripline Structures,” IEEE Trans.  Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 46, pp. 1062-1071, Aug. 1998.

D. Nghiem, J. T. Williams, D. R. Jackson, and A. A. Oliner, “Existence of a Leaky Dominant Mode on Microstrip Line with an Isotropic Substrate: Theory and Measurements,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 44, pp. 1710-1715, Oct. 1996.

D. Nghiem, J. T. Williams, D. R. Jackson, and A. A. Oliner, “The Effect of Substrate Anisotropy on the Dominant-Mode Leakage from Stripline with an Air Gap,” IEEE Trans.  Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 43, pp. 2831-2838, Dec. 1995. 

D. Nghiem, J. T. Williams, D. R. Jackson, and A. A. Oliner, “Leakage of Dominant Mode on Stripline with a Small Air Gap,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 43, pp. 2549-2556, Nov. 1995.

D. Nghiem, J. T. Williams, D. R. Jackson, and A. A. Oliner, “Proper and Improper Dominant Leaky Mode Solutions for a Stripline with an Air Gap,” Radio Science, Vol. 28, pp. 1163-1180, Nov.-Dec. 1993.

EMC/EMI

C. Lertsirimit, D. R. Jackson, and D. R. Wilton, “An Efficient Hybrid Method for Calculating the EMC Coupling to a Device on a Printed Circuit Board inside a Cavity by a Wire Penetrating an Aperture,” Electromagnetics, Vol. 25, nos. 7-8, pp. 637-654, Oct.-Dec. 2005.

C. Lertsirimit, D. R. Jackson, and D. R. Wilton, “Time-Domain Coupling to a Device on Printed Circuit Board Inside a Cavity,” Radio Science, Vol. 40, pp. 1-12, Oct. 2005.

Periodic Structures and Metamaterials

G. Lovat, P. Burghignoli, F. Capolino, D. R. Jackson, and D. R. Wilton, “Analysis of Directive Radiation from a Line Source in a Metamaterial Slab with Low Permittivity,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 54, pp. 1017-1030, March 2006.

D. R. Jackson, A. A. Oliner, T. Zhao, and J. T. Williams, “The Beaming of Light at Broadside Through a Subwavelength Hole: Leaky-Wave Model and Open Stopband Effect,” Radio Science, Vol. 40, pp. 1-12. 2005.

F. Capolino, D. R. Jackson, and D. R. Wilton, “Fundamental Properties of the Field at the Interface Between Air and a Periodic Artificial Material Excited by a Line Source,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation (special issue on Artificial Magnetic Conductors, Soft/Hard Surfaces, and Other Complex Surfaces), Vol. 53, pp. 91-99, Jan. 2005.

H. Y. D. Yang, R. Kim, and D. R. Jackson, “Design Considerations for Modeless Integrated Circuit Substrates Using Planar Periodic Patches,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. 48, pp. 2233-2239, Dec. 2000.