Willie Padilla

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Willie Padilla Profile Photo
Willie Padilla Profile Photo

Research Interests

Theoretical and experimental investigation of electromagnetic metamaterials and metasurfaces, and their application to imaging and sensing at microwave, terahertz, and infrared frequencies

Education

  • Ph.D. University of California - San Diego, 2004

Positions

  • Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

  • Fellow. Optical Society of America. 2013
  • Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. President of the United States of America. 2009

Courses Taught

  • BME 552: Advanced Optics
  • ECE 270DL: Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation
  • ECE 270L9: Fields and Waves: Fundamentals of Information Propagation (Lab)
  • ECE 370D: Intermediate Electromagnetic Theory
  • ECE 541: Advanced Optics
  • ECE 571: Electromagnetic Theory
  • ECE 590: Advanced Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • ECE 891: Internship
  • ECE 899: Special Readings in Electrical Engineering
  • PHYSICS 621: Advanced Optics