Dr John Batchelor

Senior Lecturer in Electronic Engineering

BSc PhD (Kent), MIET, MILT, Senior Member of the IEEE

Subject Area:
Antennas, Microwaves

 Research Group:
Broadband and Wireless Communications

Interests:
John Batchelor received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Kent, Canterbury, U.K., in 1991 and 1995, respectively. From 1994 to 1996 he was a Research Assistant in the Electronics Department of the University of Kent, becoming a lecturer in 1997 and Senior Lecturer in 2006. In 2005 he became head of the Antennas Group at Kent. Dr Batchelor has published work in international journals such as the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IET Proceedings on Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation and Electronics Letters. He has attracted EPSRC and industrial funding and has collaborated with groups at the Universities of Manchester and Surrey (UK) and Auckland (New Zealand). He has also collaborated with DERA and PITO (now National Policing Improvement Agency) and numerous industrial companies. His current research interests include printed antennas, platform independent RFID tags, compact multiband antennas, Electromagnetic-Band Gap (EBG) structures, and long-wavelength Frequency-Selective Surfaces (FSS).

 Publications:
Publications by Dr John Batchelor

 Selected Projects:
Genetic Algorithm Design and Development of Convoluted Printed Elements
Antennas for Integrated Milli-Metre Wave Modules
ROSETTE Project - Broadband Multi-Function Uni-Planar PIFA Antenna
Reduced Sized Cells for Electromagnetic Bandgap Structures
Convoluted Array Elements for FSS: Influence of Interweaving
Wearable Button Antenna
Field Distribution and RFID Reading within Metallic Roll Cages
ISIS Network of Excellence
EXTRACTT - WP2 (Antenna Design)
Extending Training, Research and Further Co-operation in Transmanche Telecom (EXTRACTT)
Wearable Antenna Research - House of Lords Recognition
Application of Frequency Selective Surfaces to Enhance the Properties of Buildings in Radio Communications
The Electromagnetic Architecture of Buildings

Telephone:    +44 (0) 1227 827004
Fax:               +44 (0)1227 456084
Email:            J.C.Batchelor@kent.ac.uk
Location:       Jennison Building - Room 1.12