Edward R. Wawrzynek

Hello! I’m a PhD student studying electrical engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder. My general interests lie in applied electromagnetics, particularly in antennas, phased arrrays, and lenses.

I’m currently with the Antenna Research Group at CU, where I’m working on the design of unusual dielectric lenses for phased array applications. I previously worked on electrically small antennas for compact phased arrays, as well as work in the High Speed Digital Engineering Group at CU on high bandwidth conductive ink structures.

In my free time, I enjoy taking walks in the woods.

A copy of my resume is available here. I can be reached at edward@wawrzynek.com.

Publications

  1. E. Wawrzynek, S. Yen, and D. Filipovic, “An Ultrawideband Hybrid TEM-Horn Loop Circular Phased Array Enabled by Lens Loading,” 2026 IEEE International Phased Array Symposium, Boston, MA, 2026 (accepted).
  2. E. Wawrzynek, S. Yen, and D. Filipovic, “Bandwidth Expansion of Circular Phased Arrays Through Quasi-Conformal Transformation Optics,” 2026 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI), Detroit, MI, USA, 2026.
  3. E. Wawrzynek, S. Yen, and D. Filipovic, “A Highly Directive Linear Array of Electrically Small Folded Helices,” 2026 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium (ACES), Thessaloniki, Greece, 2026.
  4. E. Wawrzynek, S. Yen, and D. Filipovic, “Design of Circular Array Lenses Through the Quasi-Conformal Transformation Optics,” 2026 United States National Committee of URSI National Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI NRSM), Boulder, CO, USA, 2026, doi: 10.23919/NRSM68586.2026.11550940.
  5. S. Yen, E. Wawrzynek, and D. Filipovic, “On The Practicality of Superdirectivity in the HF Band,” 2025 Antenna Applications Symposium, Monticello, IL, USA, 2025.
  6. E. Wawrzynek, S. Yen, L. Boskovic, and D. Filipovic, “An Electrically Small Circularly Polarized Spherical Folded Helix Antenna for GPS,” 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (APS/URSI), Ottawa, ON, Canada, 2025, pp. 2047-2050, doi: 10.1109/AP-S/CNC-USNC-URSI55537.2025.11266082.
  7. E. Wawrzynek, S. Yen, and D. Filipovic, “Design of an Electrically Small Circularly Polarized Spherical Folded Helix Antenna,” 2025 United States National Committee of URSI National Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI NRSM), Boulder, CO, USA, 2025, pp. 352-353, doi: 10.23919/USNC-URSINRSM66067.2025.10907254.

Projects

Design and fabrication of a frequency scanned leaky-wave antenna at X-band (10 GHz) from a parallel plate waveguide with a sinusoidally modulated upper reactance surface.

Design and fabrication of a small (\(\lambda/12\) diameter) spherical helix antenna for GPS with low axial ratio.

An interactive finite difference time domain solver for the 2d wave equation, demonstrating various wave phenomenology.

Software for exploring, rendering, and animating fractals, including 2D iterated systems and 3D distance estimated systems.