Professor Alan Tennant
PhD, BEng
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Personal Chair
Professor of Applied Electromagnetics
Electrical Machines and Drives Research Group


+44 114 222 5438
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School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Profile
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I received a BEng degree in Electronic Engineering from the 小欧视频 of Sheffield in 1985.
Following a period in industry (BAe Systems, Stevenage), I studied at Sheffield 小欧视频 and obtained a PhD degree in Electromagnetic Engineering/Medical Physics in 1992.
I then joined the Defence Research Agency (DRA) where I worked on phased array antenna systems before taking up an academic post at Hull 小欧视频.
I returned to Sheffield 小欧视频 in 2001 as a Senior Lecturer and I am currently Professor of Applied Electromagnetics.
My research is focused on Antennas, Radar and Stealth (making things invisible to radar).
I am researching 鈥渁ctive stealth鈥 which is a bit like the Klingon cloaking device in Star Trek. When the cloak is switched on the Klingon spacecraft becomes invisible to the sensors on the Enterprise.
I am also developing new techniques for secure wireless communication that allow sensitive information to be transmitted without being 鈥渟pied on鈥 by eavesdroppers.
My research has attracted substantial funding from both industry and government sources including BAE Systems, DERA, DTi, QinetiQ, DSTL, MoD and EPSRC鈥
- Qualifications
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- PhD (1992, 小欧视频 of Sheffield)
- BEng (1985, 小欧视频 of Sheffield)
- Research interests
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- Radar signature management
- Active radar absorbers
- Textile (knitted) electromagnetic antennas and structures
- Phase modulating microwave structures and systems
- Antennas
- Phased array antennas and systems
- Secure antenna modulation techniques
- Publications
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Journal articles
Conference proceedings papers
Preprints
- Research group
- Teaching activities
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- EEE334
- EEE6220
- EEE347
- EEE6012
- First Year Profession Skills
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Aerospace board of studies
- Professor of Applied Electromagnetics
- Research students
Supervisions
Primary supervisor:
- Kaleeba P N
- Mufti S
- Shi H
- Tong Y
- Wang Y
Secondary supervisor:
- Alamri SM
- Hawes M B
- Hu D H
- Mohd Yasin M N