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Dr. Ravi Panwar

Assistant Professor
School of Material Science And Technology IIT(BHU)
Phone No(s): 0542-7165530
Email: ravi.mst@iitbhu.ac.in
Area of Interest: Microwave absorption and EMI shielding techniques: Nanocomposites, metamaterials, frequency selective surface & metasurface technology, reflecting intelligent surfaces, stealthy radomes, antennas, artificial intelligence/machine learning- applied to discovering and designing materials and structures at RF, microwave, millimeter, and terahertz frequencies
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Dr. Ravi Panwar is an Assistant Professor specializing in Microwave Materials and Structures at the School of Materials Science and Technology (SMST), IIT (BHU), Varanasi. Prior to this role, he served as an Assistant Professor of RF & Microwave Engineering at IIIT Jabalpur from 2017 to 2022. Earlier in his career, he held the positions of Visiting Professor and Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Opto-Electro-Robotics Laboratory, KAIST, South Korea. Dr. Panwar is a Senior Member of IEEE (SMIEEE’19) and a recognized expert in electromagnetic technology.

Dr. Panwar's research portfolio includes advanced EMI mitigation techniques, stealth technology, RF nanotechnology, frequency-selective surfaces, metamaterials, antennas, radomes, and the use of AI/ML for the discovery of new materials suited to high-frequency applications. His work is highly application-oriented, with numerous government-funded projects holding significant commercialization potential.

A dedicated mentor, Dr. Panwar has guided students across all academic levels, authored over 100 research publications, secured five patents, and is an active reviewer and conference speaker recognized for his contributions to the field.

Position held Employer Nature of duties Duration
Assistant Professor
Grade-I		 IIT (BHU) Varanasi Teaching and research 2022 onwards
Assistant Professor
(Grade-I and Grade-II)		 IIIT Jabalpur Teaching, research, and administration 2017-22
 
Assistant Professor Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala Teaching and research 2016-17
Visiting Professor KAIST, South Korea Research 2016-17 (Short visit)
Postdoctoral Fellow KAIST, South Korea Research 2015-16
Assistant Professor NIT Kurukshetra Teaching and research 2011-12

  • S. No

    Project Title

    Role

    Funding Agency

    Period

    Status

    1.

    Innovative flexible frequency selective surfaces

    PI

    CRG, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST)

    2022-25

    Ongoing

    2.

    Smart radio environment (using metamaterials)

    PI

    IIITB COMET Foundation, the TIH under National Mission On Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems(NM-ICPS)

    2022-25

    Ongoing

    3.

    Heterogeneous electronic waste for development of cost-effective microwave absorber

    PI

    ECRA, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST)

    2017-20

    Completed

    4.

    Design and prototyping of  conformal exterior stealth tanker drone

    PI

    AI & Robotics Technology Park @ IISc Bangalore seed-funded by DST and the Government of Karnataka

    2021-22

     

    Completed & awarded “Most Innovative Project” with a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/-

    5.

     Microwave-absorbing thin films

    PI

    UGC-Department of Atomic Energy, Consortium for Scientific Research

    2022-25

    Ongoing

    6.

    Design and development of cost-effective Wi-Fi router guard

    PI

    Design Innovation Centre (DIC), MHRD

    2022-23

    Ongoing

    7.

    Optimal design of multilayered microwave absorbing structures

    PI

    PDPM-IIITDMJ

    2017-2021

    Completed

A method for fabricating heterogeneous nanocomposite fused perforated microwave absorber, Application No. 202221075919, Filed and Published dated Dec. 27, 2022

A process for producing a customized conformal electromagnetic interference shielding structure, Application No. 202121001685, Filed and Published dated Jan. 13, 2021.

A process for developing broadband microwave absorbing composite using heterogeneous electronic waste of discarded batteries and a product thereof, Application No. 202021026301, Filed and Published dated June 22, 2020.

Process for producing X-band radar-absorbing material, Application No. 202021044157, Filed and Published dated October 09, 2020.

Method for manufacturing radar absorbing material using microwave heat-treated electronic waste, Application No. 202021050272, Filed and Published dated Nov. 18, 2020.

International Journals

V. Chaudhary, R. Panwar, Machine learning derived TiO2 embedded frequency selective surface for EMI shielding applications, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 2023, Early Access.

V. Chaudhary, R. Panwar, Machine learning empowered magnetic substrate coupled broadband and miniaturized frequency selective surface, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 65, 406-413, 2023.

R.Yadav, R. Panwar, AI-based estimator for computational discovery and synthesis of customized microwave absorbing materials, Journal of Applied Physics (AIP), 2023, accepted. Honor: Chosen as a featured article

N.Goyal, R. Panwar, Minkowski inspired circular fractal metamaterial microwave absorber for multiband applications, Applied Physics A, 129, 293, 2023.

Nikunj Goyal, Ravi Panwar, Dielectric characterization of electromagnetic mixing model assisted optimization derived heterogeneous composites for stealth technology, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 30, 690-699, 2022.

R. Yadav, R. Panwar, Effective medium approximation fused optimization strategy derived new kind of honeycomb microwave absorbing structure, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 58, 1-5, 2022. 

V. Chaudhary, R. Panwar, FSS derived using a new equivalent circuit model backed deep neural network, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 20, 1963-1967, 2021.

R. Yadav, R. Panwar, Microwave heat-treated electronic waste constituted X-band radar absorbing structure using electromagnetic mixing model-assisted optimization strategy, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 63, 996-1006, 2021. 

V. Chaudhary, R. Panwar, Neural network topology based terahertz absorber using fractal frequency selective surface, IEEE Sensors Journal, 21, 24028-24037, 2021. 

R. Yadav, R. Panwar, Numerical and experimental dielectric investigation of heterogeneous electronic waste-derived cost-effective composite for stealth applications, IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, 28, 1743-1750, 2021. 

V. Chaudhary, R. Panwar, Hybrid ECM blended whale optimization derived frequency-selective conformal EMI shielding structure using ferrite substrate, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 57, 1-10, 2021. 

R. Yadav, R. Panwar, Multilayer gradient perforated radar absorbing structure for stealth applications, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 58, 1-5, 2021. 

V. Chaudhary, R. Panwar, ECM enabled whale optimization assisted facile design of dual-band conformal FSS for WLAN shielding applications, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (Taylor & Francis), 35, 1261-1272, 2021. 

P. Das, R. Panwar, Broadband RCS reduction of microstrip antenna in the THz band, Optical and Quantum Electronics (Springer), 53, 410:1-16, 2021. 

R. Yadav and R. Panwar, Improved performance of electronic waste constituted cost-effective microwave absorber using cavitation, IEEE/TMS Journal of Electronic Materials, 50, 3862-3875, 2021. 

A. Sahu, V. Chaudhary, R. Yadav, and R. Panwar, Design, fabrication, and non-destructive microwave measurement of quad resonance mono-band metamaterial polarization converter realized by fractal inspired split ring resonator, IEEE/TMS Journal of Electronic Materials, 50, 511-520, 2021. 

T. Kala, K. Maharshi, S. Patel, and R. Panwar, Electromagnetic and mechanical characterization of iron reinforced natural fiber composites for microwave absorbing applications, Advanced Composite Materials (Taylor & Francis), 2021, Early Access. 

A. Sharma, R. Panwar, and R. Khanna, Development of single-layered, wide-angle, polarization-insensitive metamaterial absorber, Defence Science Journal (DRDO Journal), 71, 372-377, 2021.

A. Sharma, R. Panwar, and Rajesh Khanna, Microwave non-destructive testing of active frequency selective surface embedded tunable radar absorber, IET Electronics Letters, 56, 981-982, 2020. 

R. Mishra and R. Panwar, Investigation of graphene fractal frequency selective surface loaded terahertz absorber, Optical and Quantum Electronics (Springer), 52, 1-13, 2020. 

R. Mishra, A. Sahu, and R. Panwar, Cascaded graphene frequency selective surface integrated tunable broadband terahertz metamaterial absorber, IEEE Photonics Journal, 11, 1-9, 2019.  Honor: Popular articles of the Journal during 2019-20.

A. Sharma, R. Panwar, and R. Khanna, Experimental validation of frequency selective surface loaded hybrid metamaterial absorber with wide bandwidth, IEEE Magnetics Letters, 10, 1-5, 2019.  Honor: Popular articles of the Journal.

V. Mishra, R. Panwar, A. Singh, S. Puthucheri, and D. Singh, Critical analysis of periodic fractal frequency selective surfaces coupled with synthesized ferrite-based dielectric substrates for optimal radar wave absorption, IET Science, Measurement and Technology, 13, 794-802, 2019. 

Ravi Panwar and Jung Ryul Lee, Recent advances in thin and broadband layered microwave absorbing and shielding structures for commercial and defense applications, IOP Journal of Functional Composites and Structures, 1, 032001, 2019. Honor: Invited and most read, most downloaded and most cited articles of the Journal during 2019-20.

Yagyesh Kumar, Rishi Mishra, Ekta Panwar, Jaswinder Kaur, and Ravi Panwar, Design, optimization and critical analysis of graphene-based surface plasmon resonance sensor for DNA hybridization, Optical and Quantum Electronics (Springer), 51, 1-12, 2019. 

Jaswinder Kaur, Nitika, and Ravi Panwar, Design, and optimization of a dual-band slotted microstrip patch antenna using differential evolution algorithm with improved cross-polarization characteristics for wireless applications, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (Taylor & Francis), 33, 1427-1442, 2019. 

Atipriya Sharma, Ravi Panwar, and Rajesh Khanna, Design and development of low radar cross-section antenna using hybrid metamaterial absorber, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters (Wiley), 61, 2491-2499, 2019.  Honor: Among the top 10% most downloaded articles of the Journal.

Ravi Panwar, Smitha Puthucheri, and Dharmendra Singh, Experimental demonstration of novel hybrid microwave absorbing coatings using particle size controlled hard-soft ferrite, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 54, pp. 1-5, 2018. 

Rishi Mishra, Ravi Panwar, and Dharmendra Singh, Equivalent circuit model for design of frequency-selective, terahertz-band, graphene-based metamaterial absorber, IEEE Magnetics Letters, 9, 1-5, 2018.  Honor: Popular articles of the Journal since published online.

R. Yadav, R. Panwar, and Dharmendra Singh, Extended Jaya’s algorithm for optimal design of broadband layered microwave absorbing structures, IEEE Magnetics Letters, 9, 1-5, 2018.  Honor: Popular articles of the Journal during 2018-20.

Ravi Panwar, and Jung Ryul Lee, Performance and non-destructive evaluation methods of airborne radome and stealth structures, IOP Journal of Measurement Science and Technology, 29, 062001, 2018.  Honor: Invited article.

Ravi Panwar, Daesung Son, and Jung Ryul Lee, Novel optimization method of single square FSS impinged and cascaded radar-absorbing composites, Advanced Composite Materials (Taylor & Francis), 27, 1-11, 2018.

Ravi Panwar, Dharmendra Singh, Jung Ryul Lee, Periodic frequency selective surface coupled, highly efficient, broadband, single layer microwave absorber, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials-Rapid Communications, 12, 7-8, 2018. 

Ravi Panwar, and Jung Ryul Lee, Progress in frequency selective surface-based smart electromagnetic structures: A critical review, Aerospace Science and Technology (Elsevier) Ranking 2 out of 34 in ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE, 66, 216-234, 2017.  Honor: Most downloaded and most cited articles of the Journal during 2017-2020.

Ravi Panwar, Smitha Puthucheri, Dharmendra Singh, Vijaya Agarwala, and Jung Ryul Lee, Microwave absorption properties of FSS impacted composites as a broadband microwave absorber, Advanced Composite Materials (Taylor & Francis), 26, 99-113, 2017. 

Smitha Puthucheri, Isha Singh, Mohd Najim, Ravi Panwar, Dharmendra Singh, Vijaya Agarwala, and Ghanshyam Das Varma, Development of thin broadband radar absorbing materials using nanostructured spinel ferrites, Journal of Material Science: Materials in Electronics (Springer), 27, 7731-7737, 2016. 

Ravi Panwar, Smitha Puthucheri, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, Fractal frequency selective surface embedded thin broadband microwave absorber coatings using heterogeneous composites, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 63, 2438-2448, 2015. 

Ravi Panwar, Smitha Puthucheri, Dharmendra Singh, and Vijaya Agarwala, Design of a ferrite-graphene-based thin broadband radar wave absorber for stealth applications, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 51, 1-4, 2015. 

Ravi Panwar, Smitha Puthucheri, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, An efficient use of waste material for development of cost-effective broadband radar wave absorber, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (Taylor & Francis), 29,1238-1255, 2015. 

Ravi Panwar, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, A cost-effective solution for development of broadband radar absorbing material using electronic waste, Ceramics International (Elsevier), 41, 2923-2930, 2015. 

Ravi Panwar, A critical review on reliable, low power and high yield electronic system design, Technology Letters, 2, 5-18, 2015.

Ravi Panwar, Smitha Puthucheri, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, Investigation of a novel natural waste composite as a radar wave absorber at X-band, Advanced Science Letters (American Scientific Publishers), 20, 1425-1429, 2014. 

Ravi Panwar, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, Design and experimental verification of a thin broadband nano-composite multilayer microwave absorber using genetic algorithm-based approach, AIP Proc. (American Institute of Physics), 1620, 406-415, 2014.

A. Kumar, R. Panwar, D. Kumar, M. Kumar, and D. Kumar, Reactively sputtered amorphous MoN films as a diffusion barrier for copper metallization, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials-Rapid Communications, 5, 54-57, 2011.

List of Book Chapters

Sunil Jorwal, Varun Chaudhary, Ravi Yadav, Ravi Panwar, Design, optimization, and critical analysis of hybrid frequency selective surface in the range of 1-18 GHz, Recent Trends in Electronics and Communication. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 777,  pp. 725-732, Springer, Singapore, 2022.

Anindya Midya Chowdhury, Ravi Yadav, Varun Chaudhary, and Ravi Panwar, Broadband electromagnetic performance analysis of radome structures realized using hybrid equilibrium optimization strategy, Intelligent Computing and Communication Systems, Algorithms for Intelligent Systems, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1295-4_9. Honor: Received Best Paper Award

Atipriya Sharma, Ravi Panwar, and Rajesh Khanna, Design, optimization, and critical analysis of metamaterial superstrate-coupled high-gain microstrip patch antenna, Intelligent Computing and Communication Systems, Algorithms for Intelligent Systems, Springer, Singapore. Doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-1295-4_10

Tanveer Kaur, Arpit Sahu, Ravi Panwar, and Rajesh Khanna, Chip resistor loaded fractal frequency selective surface based miniaturized broadband microwave absorber from 2 to 18 GHz, Algorithms for Intelligent Systems (AIS), Springer Nature Pvt. Ltd. Singapore, 2020, ISBN: 978-981-15-0633-8.

Arpit Sahu, and Ravi Panwar, An optimal design of split-ring resonator and electronic waste composite based cost-effective microwave absorber for low observable applications, Algorithms for Intelligent Systems (AIS), Springer Nature Pvt. Ltd. Singapore, 2020, ISBN: 978-981-15-0633-8.

Arpit Sahu, Ravi Yadav, Trivesh Kumar, and Ravi Panwar, Design and analysis of triple split-ring resonator-based polarization-insensitive, multiband metamaterial absorber, Algorithms for Intelligent Systems (AIS), Springer Nature Pvt. Ltd. Singapore, 2020, ISBN: 978-981-15-0633-8.

List of Conference Publications
Conferences Abroad

Varun Chaudhary, Ravi Panwar, Magnetic substrate coupled broadband and miniaturized electromagnetic interference shielding structure using deep neural network, IEEE International Magnetics Virtual Conference (IEEE-Intermag 2021), Italy, April 26-30, 2021.

Ravi Yadav, Ravi Panwar, Fe-SiC composite constituted multilayer gradient perforated microwave absorbing structure for stealth applications, IEEE International Magnetics Virtual Conference (IEEE-Intermag 2021), Italy, April 26-30, 2021.

Ravi Panwar, and Dharmendra Singh, Design, fabrication and performance evaluation of magneto-dielectric based electromagnetic wave absorbers optimized using biologically inspired optimization strategies, IEEE International Magnetics Conference (Intermag 2018), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, April 23-27, 2018.

Ravi Panwar, and Dharmendra Singh, Microwave heat-treated ferrite-based X-band microwave absorber with wide bandwidth for low observable applications, IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC), Nov. 13-16, 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 387-390, 2017, available online at IEEE Xplore.

Tanveer Kaur, Ravi Panwar, and Rajesh Khanna, Design of resistive circuit elements based broadband metamaterial structures from 2 to 18 GHz, Meta’17 8th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, Songdo Convensia, Incheon - Seoul, South Korea, July 25-28, 2017.

Ravi Panwar, Jong-Min Hyun, and Jung Ryul Lee, Effective utilization of advanced electromagnetic approaches for microwave absorbing composites, The 10th IEEE Asian-Australasian Conference on Composite Materials (IEEE-ACCM), Busan, South Korea, Oct. 16-19, 2016.

Ravi Panwar, Jong-Min Hyun, and Jung Ryul Lee, Microwave absorption response of FSS impinged bilayered microwave absorber for anti-radar applications, Advances in Structural Health Management and Composite Structures 2016, Jeonju, Republic of Korea, vol. I, P17-1~4, August 23-25, 2016.

Ravi Panwar, and Jung Ryul Lee, Design of X-band microwave absorber using square-shaped frequency selective surface, Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (KSAS) Spring Conference, Republic of Korea, April 2016.

Ravi Panwar, and Dharmendra Singh, Investigation of significantly enhanced electromagnetic wave absorption of hard-soft ferrite-graphene nanocomposite, IEEE International Conference on Magnetics, pp. 1, Beijing, China, May 11-15, 2015 Available online at IEEE Xplore. Honor: Awarded with IEEE Magnetic Society-Student Award and DST Travel Grant (Young Scientist).

 
Conferences in India

Amit Meti, Neeraj Kumar Bhoi, Harpreet Singh, Ravi Panwar, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Dec. 07-10, 2022.

Sarang Joshi, Kumar Maharshi, Nikunj Goyal, Shiv Dayal Patel, Ravi Panwar, Multifunctional carbon-basalt hybrid composites against bird strike, Materials Today Proceedings (Scopus Indexed), 2022.

Ravi Yadav, Ravi Panwar, Jaya's algorithm derived cavitation inspired lightweight and broadband microwave absorbing structure, IEEE INDICON 2021, IIT Guwahati, 19-21 December 2021.

P. Das, Ravi Panwar, Analysis of a compact X-band metamaterial absorber, IEEE  International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), IISc Bangalore, July 9-11, 2021, available online at IEEE Xplore.

Deepanshu Sahu and Ravi Panwar, Design strategy for graphene metasurface wideband tunable THz absorber, IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation, Power and Signal Processing (CAPS-2021), IIIT Jabalpur, Dec. 10-12, 2021.

Nikunj Goyal and Ravi Panwar, Graphene-based quad-horn metamaterial absorber for THz applications, IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation, Power and Signal Processing (CAPS-2021), IIIT Jabalpur, Dec. 10-12, 2021.

Ravi Yadav, Ravi Panwar, Circular cavitation based lightweight and broadband radar absorbing structure, IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation, Power and Signal Processing (CAPS-2021), IIIT Jabalpur, Dec. 10-12, 2021.

Sarang Joshi, Shivdayal Patel, and Ravi Panwar, Natural fiber constituted electromagnetic wave absorbing composites: a short review, International Conference on Recent Development on Materials, Reliability, Safety and Environmental Issues, NIT Jalandhar, June 25-27, 2021.

Varun Chaudhary, Ravi Yadav, Ravi Panwar, Design and analysis of a 5G electromagnetic shielding structure using teaching-learning based optimization, 4th IEEE Conference on Information and Communication Technology 2020 (CICT 2020), IIIT Kancheepuram, 03-05 Dec. 2020, available online on IEEE Xplore.

Sunil Jorwal, Varun Chaudhary, Ravi Yadav, and Ravi Panwar, Design, optimization and critical analysis of hybrid frequency selective surface in the range of 1 to 18 GHz, International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS 2020), MNNIT Allahabad, 09-11 Oct. 2020.

Ravi Panwar, Electronic waste-derived products for microwave applications, Young Scientist Conclave, India International Science Festival 2020 (IISF 2020), Organized by Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), 22-25, Dec. 2020.

Varun Chaudhary, Ravi Yadav, Ravi Panwar, Design and analysis of circular loop FSS using particle swarm optimization for 4G LTE shielding, International Design Workshop 2020 (DeW 2020) under the joint venture of IIIT Jabalpur and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan, Feb. 13-15, 2020.

Ravi Yadav, Varun Chaudhary, Ravi Panwar, Optimal design of thin and broadband multilayered electromagnetic wave absorbing structures at low frequency using Jaya’s algorithm, International Design Workshop 2020 (DeW 2020) under the joint venture of IIIT Jabalpur and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan, Feb. 13-15, 2020.

Yagyesh Kumar, Ekta Panwar, and Ravi Panwar, Design and critical analysis of hybrid multilayered surface plasmon resonance biosensor configuration with improved sensitivity, National Symposium on Microwave Absorbing Materials, IIT Roorkee, August 24-25, 2018.

Ravi Yadav, Ravi Panwar, Optimal design of thin and broadband multi-layered electromagnetic wave absorbing structures at low frequency using Jaya’s algorithm, National Symposium on Microwave Absorbing Materials, IIT Roorkee, August 24-25, 2018.

Ravi Panwar, Efficient use of electronic waste in the development of cost-effective radiation absorber, India International Science Festival, IIT Madras, October 13-16, 2017.

Ravi Panwar, Varsha Mishra, Smitha Puthucheri, Dharmendra Singh, and Vijaya Agarwala, Application of sandwiched Sierpinski carpet fractal FSS for performance enhancement of microwave absorbing composite, IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, IIT Roorkee, India, pp. 784-787, Dec. 3-4, 2016, available online at IEEE Xplore.

Ravi Panwar, Smitha Puthucheri, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, Development of broadband radar wave absorber using bio-degradable waste composite, International Conferences on Materials Sciences and Technology, University of Delhi, India, 2016, available online at VBRI Press.

Ravi Panwar, Smitha Puthucheri, Arunima Singh, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, Critical analysis of fractal FSS with heterogeneous composite to enhance microwave absorption for stealth application, IEEE International RF and Microwave Conference (IMaRC 2015), pp. 416-418, 10-12 Dec. 2015, Hyderabad, India, available online at IEEE Xplore.

Ravi Panwar, Smitha Puthucheri, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, Fractal frequency selective surface embedded broadband microwave absorber using disassembled waste printed circuit boards, IEEE Conference on Recent Advances in Electronics and Computer Engineering, IIT Roorkee, pp. 116-119, Feb. 13-15, 2015, available online at IEEE Xplore.

Arunima Singh, Ravi Panwar, Smitha Puthucheri, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, Parametric analysis of frequency selective surfaces over radar-absorbing nanocrystalline structures, IEEE Conference on Recent Advances in Electronics and Computer Engineering, IIT Roorkee, pp. 75-79, 2015, available online at IEEE Xplore.

Ravi Panwar, Smitha Puthucheri, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, Study to explore the possible application of sugarcane bagasse for development of broadband microwave absorber: a cost-effective solution, Uttarakhand State Council for Science & Technology (UCOST), Govt. of Uttrakhand, Dehradun, 2015.

Ravi Panwar, Smitha Puthucheri, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, Effect of particle size on radar wave absorption of fractal frequency selective surface loaded multilayered structures, IEEE International RF & Microwave Conference (IMaRC 2014), pp. 186-188, Dec. 15-17, 2014, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc, Bangalore), Bangalore, available online at IEEE Xplore. Honor: One of the five finalists shortlisted for the KU Limaye Memorial Best Paper Award.

Ravi Panwar, Smitha Puthucheri, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, Design of frequency selective surface embedded broadband multilayered microwave absorbing structures, 6th IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, Dec. 08-10, 2014.

Ravi Panwar, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, Design and experimental verification of a thin broadband nano-composite multilayer microwave absorber using genetic algorithm-based approach, International Conference on Light “Optics 14”, National Institute of Technology (NIT Calicut), Kerala, March 19-21, 2014.  Honor: Received Best Research Paper Award

Ravi Panwar, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, Investigation of a novel stone dust-based composite waste material coated over cloth for radar wave absorption at X-band, International Conference on Electron Microscopy, Electron Microscope Society, University of Delhi, July 07-11, 2014.

Ravi Panwar, Dharmendra Singh, and Vijaya Agarwala, A novel waste material coated on cloth for radar absorption at X-band, Seminar on Radar Imaging and its Applications, IIT Roorkee, Jan. 02-03, 2014.

Ravi Panwar, Vijaya Agarwala, and Dharmendra Singh, Investigation of a novel natural waste composite as a radar wave absorber at X-band, National Conference on Nanotechnology and Renewable Energy, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi, April 28-29, 2014.

Ravi Panwar, and Asha Dhingra, Single-electron transistor: A useful nano-electronic device, International Conference on Sports Biomechanics, Emerging Technologies & Quality Assurance in Technical Education, Indian Society of Biomechanics, IIT Roorkee, 2012.

Most Innovative Project (cash prize of Rs. 50,000/-), Project funded by AI & Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK) @ IISc Bangalore (seed-funded by DST and the Government of Karnataka), 2022.

Best Paper Award, International Conference on Cutting Edge Technologies in Computing and Communication Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, 2020.

Visiting Professor Fellowship, University of Campania, Italy, 2020.

Elevated to the grade of Senior Member, IEEE, the highest professional grade of IEEE. IEEE Senior Membership recognizes a professional accomplishment as less than 10% of IEEE Members have achieved this recognition, 2019.

International Travel Grant by MPCOST, Government of Madhya Pradesh, India to visit NTU, Singapore, 2018.

Visiting Professor Fellowship, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, 2017.

Early Career Research Award, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India, 2017.

Top Poster Award for an effective research contribution under the Swachh Bharat Mission of the Government of India at India International Science Festival (IISF) 2017, IIT Madras, 2017.

KAIST Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, Republic of Korea, 2016.

Brain Korea Research Fellowship, Ministry of Education, National Research Foundation (NRF), Republic of Korea, 2015.

IEEE Magnetics Society-Student Award, IEEE International Conference on Magnetics (Intermag 2015), Beijing, China.

International Travel Grant (Young Scientist), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, to visit Beijing, China, 2015.

Student’s Career Development Fund (SCDF) for International Travel, IIT Roorkee, 2015.

Best Research Paper Award (Gold Medal), International Conference on Light “Optics 14”, AIP Conference, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India, 2014.

Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) Teaching Assistantship, Government of India, 2012.

 
Student’s Achievements

Young Scientist Award won by the Ph.D. student with the First Position and was rewarded with a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 /- by the M.P. Council of Science and Technology, 2021.

"Swachhta Saarthi Fellowship” awarded to the Ph.D. student under the Waste to Wealth Mission of the Government of India, 2021.

IIIT Jabalpur Proficiency Award won by my Student Rishi Mishra for Best B.Tech Project in the graduating B.Tech batch, 2019.

 
Some Highlights Relevant to Our Research Articles

Featured Article of the Journal: The article entitled, “AI-based estimator for computational discovery and synthesis of customized microwave absorbing materials” recognized as featured article of the journal, 2023.

Top Read Articles of Journal: The article entitled, “Design and development of low radar cross-section antenna using hybrid metamaterial absorber” recognized as the Top 10% most downloaded articles Microwave and Optical Technology Letters (Wiley), 2020.

Most Popular Articles of Journal: The article entitled, “Experimental validation of frequency selective surface loaded hybrid metamaterial absorber with wide bandwidth” recognized as the Most Popular Articles in the IEEE Magnetics Letters since published online.

Most Popular Articles of Journal: The article entitled, “Cascaded graphene frequency selective surface integrated tunable broadband terahertz metamaterial absorber” recognized as the Most Popular Articles in the IEEE Photonics Journal, 2019-20.

Most Popular Articles of Journal: The article entitled, “Equivalent circuit model for design of frequency-selective, terahertz-band, graphene-based metamaterial absorber” recognized as the Most Popular articles by IEEE Magnetics Letters, since published online.

Most Popular Articles of Journal: The article entitled, “Extended Jaya’s algorithm for optimal design of broadband layered microwave absorbing structures” recognized as Most Popular articles by IEEE Magnetics Letters, 2018- 20.

Most Downloaded and Most Cited Articles of Journal: The article entitled, “Progress in frequency selective surface-based smart electromagnetic structures: A critical review” recognized as the Most Popular/Most Cited articles by Aerospace Science and Engineering (Elsevier), since 2017.

Most Downloaded and Most Cited Articles of Journal: Ravi Panwar and Jung Ryul Lee, Recent advances in thin and broadband layered microwave absorbing and shielding structures for commercial and defense applications, IOP Journal of Functional Composites and Structures, 2019-20.

  1. Expert talk on “Soft computing derived advanced electromagnetic techniques for microwave absorption” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Student Branch Chapter (SBC), IIT Indore, November 12, 2022.
  2. Talk on “Dielectric and microwave characterization of artificial materials” IEEE Faculty Development Program on “Materials Characterization”, jointly organized by E&ICT Academy IIT Roorkee, IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section, and IIT (BHU) Varanasi, September 25, 2022.
  3. Keynote talk on “Recent advancement in EMI shielding techniques”, International Conference on Microwave Absorbing Materials, National Institute of Technology Patna (NIT Patna), August 24, 2022.
  4. Invited talk on “Soft computing empowered EMI shielding techniques”, DST sponsored Faculty Development Programme on Emerging Technologies, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, August 10, 2022.
  5. Invited talk on “Advanced EMI shielding techniques for communication applications”, on the occasion of “World Telecommunication & Information Society Day”, Institution of Engineers, Varanasi Local Centre in association with IIT (BHU), Varanasi,  May 17, 2022.
  6. Keynote talk on “Electronic waste-derived advanced microwave absorbing structures: an effort towards Swachh Bharat Mission of Government of India”, 2nd International Conference on Advances in VLSI and Embedded Systems (AVES 2021), S.V. National Institute of Technology Surat (NIT Surat), Dec. 18, 2021.
  7. Invited talk on “Recent advancement in metamaterial microwave absorbing structures and techniques” Malviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur, Oct. 09, 2021.
  8. Expert talk on "Artificial intelligence-enabled design and manufacturing of advanced stealth structures" AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Sponsored FDP on Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Swami Keshvanand Institute of Technology, Management & Gramothan, Jaipur, June 7-11, 2021.
  9. Expert lecture on “Call for paper writing and research report on innovation” ABES Engineering College Ghaziabad, Jan. 29, 2021.
  10. Invited talk on “Progress in advanced electromagnetic structures for stealth application: An effort towards Self-reliant India”, AICTE sponsored QIP short-term course on "IoT and Its Applications, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, December 31, 2020.
  11. Expert talk on “An effort towards electronic waste management under the Swacch Bharat Mission of Government of India”, IEEE International e-Conference on “Innovations in Engineering & Technology” (ICIET-20), Sponsored by AICTE, Jabalpur, November 26, 2020.
  12. Invited talk on “Progress in frequency selective surface based smart electromagnetic structures for airborne stealth applications”, AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Sponsored Five days FDP on Cyber-Physical Systems, IIIT Pune, November 10, 2020.
  13. Invited talk on “Electronic Waste Management: A Massive Initiative Towards Swachh Bharat Mission of Government of India”, Neelkanth Institute of Technology, Meerut, U.P., October 30, 2020.
  14. Invited talk on “Design, development, and performance evaluation of metamaterial absorbing structures”, National Conference on Microwave Absorbing Materials, IIT Roorkee, August 23-24, 2020.
  15. Expert talk on “Electromagnetic interference shielding solutions and testing technologies”, Workshop on “Standards Driven Research and Innovation in India” organized by IIT Bhilai and Telecommunications Standards Development Society India, (TSDSI), July 28, 2020.
  16. Expert talk on “Electronics waste management: A massive initiative towards Swachh Bharat Mission of Government of India”, THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology (State Govt. Institute), Tehri, Uttarakhand, Dec. 03, 2019.
  17. Invited talk on “Current scientific progress and potential applications of microwave absorbing structures”, National Symposium on Microwave Absorbing Materials, IIT Roorkee, India, August 24, 2019.
  18. Invited talk on “An efficient use of graphene and frequency selective surface for design of THz metamaterial absorber: Technology of the future”, National Symposium on Microwave Absorbing Materials, IIT Roorkee, India, August 24-25, 2018.
  19. Invited talk on “FSS impacted microwave absorbing structures and their performance evaluation using distinct microwave measurement techniques”, Workshop on Recent Trends in Microwave Absorbing Materials for Stealth & Communication Applications, IIT Roorkee, India, August 24, 2017.
  20. Invited talk on “Heterogeneous nanocomposite based advanced microwave absorbing materials for fighter aircrafts”, First International Workshop on Stealth & Radome Structures, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, South Korea, Jan. 2017.
  21. Invited talk under BK21 Project Group on “Stealth and radome based advanced electromagnetic structures”, Chonnam National University, South Korea, Dec. 2016.

Ph.D.- 04
M.Tech/ME/M.Des.-13
B.Tech.- 50+

Session Chair/Publication Chair/Technical Expert/Judge

Session Chair, Design Workshop on Future of Design Thinking and 3D Printing in Healthcare (DeW 8.0), IIIT Jabalpur in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan, February 16-18, 2022.

Session Chair, International Conference on Control, Automation, Power and Signal Processing, IIIT Jabalpur, December 10-12, 2021.

Session Chair, National Workshop on Microwave Absorbing Materials, IIT Roorkee, August 24, 2021.

Session Chair, IEEE International e-Conference on “Innovations in Engineering & Technology” (ICIET-20), Sponsored by AICTE, Jabalpur, November 26, 2020.

Session Chair, National Conference on Microwave Absorbing Materials, IIT Roorkee, August 23-24, 2020.

Session Chair, Design Workshop 7.0 (DeW 7.0) in collaboration with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan, IIIT Jabalpur, India, Feb. 13-15, 2020.

Member, Reviewer Committee, Unmanned Aerial System in Geomatics-2019 (ICUASG-2019), IIT Roorkee, April 06-07, 2019.

Member, Advisory Committee, Abhikalpan 2019, Institute Techno-Design Festival, IIIT Jabalpur, March 2-4, 2019.

Session Chair, International Conference on Information and Communication Technology 2018 (CICT-2018), IIIT Jabalpur, October 26-28, 2018.

Session Chair, National Symposium on Microwave Absorbing Materials, IIT Roorkee, India, August 24-25, 2018.

Publication Chair, International Conference on Information and Communication Technology 2018 (CICT-2018), IIIT Jabalpur, October 26-28, 2018.

Judge, Essay Competition under Hindi Pakhwara, IIIT Jabalpur, 2018.

Session Chair, IEEE Asia Pacific Microwave Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov. 13-16, 2017.

Judge and Technical Expert, International Space Settlement Design Competition 2017, Gurugram, Nov. 02-05, 2017.

Membership in Professional Bodies

  • IEEE Senior Member
  • IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques (MTT) Society
  • IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society
  • IEEE Photonics Society
  • IEEE Young Professionals
  • IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Technical Community
  • Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Science

 Conference/ Faculty Development Program/Short Term Course/Workshop Organized

  • Organizing Chair, Design Workshop on Future of Design Thinking and 3D Printing in Healthcare (DeW 8.0), IIIT Jabalpur in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan, February 16-18, 2022.
  • IEEE International Conference on “Control, Automation, Power and Signal Processing, IIIT Jabalpur, Dec. 10-11, 2021.
  • TSDSI Workshop on Standards Driven Research and Innovation in India jointly organized with IIT Bhilai, IIT Ropar, IIT Patna, and IIIT Naya Raipur, July 28, 2020.
  • FDP on High Frequency and Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Analysis Using HFSS, sponsored by ICT Academy (Govt. of India), IIIT Jabalpur, March 19-23, 2018.

 Technical Reviewer Experience

  • Reviewed for Government Funding Agencies: ECRA, EMR, and IMPRINT.

 Reviewed for International Journals

  • IEEE: IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Wave Propagation, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Communications Magazine, Journal of Electronic Materials, IEEE Access, IEEE MTT Society’s Microwaves 101
  • IET: IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, IET Electronics Letters
  • IOP: Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Journal of Measurement Science and Technology, Materials Research Express
  • Elsevier: Measurement, Materials and Design, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, Composite Structures, Composites Science and Technology, International Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Springer: SN Applied Physics, Waste and Biomass Valorization (WAVE)
  • Taylor & Francis: Journal of Microwave Power and Electromagnetic Energy, Advanced Composite Materials, IETE Journal of Research
  • Wiley: Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, International Journal of RF & Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering, International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices, and Fields
  • Others: Defence Science Journal, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (SAGE), International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (Inderscience), Journal of Optical Engineering (SPIE)
  • Reviewed for International Conferences: International Conference on Cutting-Edge Technologies in Computing and Communication Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, November 06-07, 2020, International Conference on Paradigms of Computing, Communication and Data Sciences (PCCDS-2020), NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, May 1-3, 2020, IEEE International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal Processing (VCAS-2019), MNNIT Allahabad, October 21-23, 2019, IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technology 2018, Jointly Organized by all four Central Government Funded IIIT’s, IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Informatics Systems-2016 Organized by IIT Roorkee.

 Member Ph.D. Advisory Committee of Different Institutes/Universities

  • Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT Allahabad)
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidalaya (JNKV), Jabalpur
  • Vellore Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh

 Member Advisory Committee and Technical Program Committee

  • International Conference on Advances in Data Computing, Communication, and Security (I3CS-2021), NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, 08-10 Sept. 2021.
  • International Conference on Computer Vision, High-Performance Computing, Smart Devices and Networks (CHSN-2021), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada (JNTU Kakinada), Andhra Pradesh, 20-21 August 2021.
  • 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Noida, 25-27 November 2021.
  • International Conference on Microwave Absorbing Materials, IIT Roorkee, August 24-25, 2020.
  • First International Conference on Cutting-Edge Technologies in Computing and Communication Engineering (IC4E), NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, 06-07 November 2020.
  • World Congress on Laser Optics, Paris, France, May 11-12, 2020.
  • International Conference on Machine Learning, Image Processing, Networks and & Data Sciences (MIND'2020), NIT Silchar, Assam, India, April 23 - 24, 2020.
  • International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication (ICSC-2020), Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Noida, March 5-7, 2020.
  • International Design Workshop 2020 (DeW 2020), IIIT Jabalpur, Feb. 13-15, 2020.
  • International Conference on Machine Learning, Image Processing, Network Security, and Data Sciences (MIND 2019), NIT Kurukshetra, Haryana, March 3-4, 2019.
  • International Conference on Computing, Communications, and Cyber-Security (IC4S), Chandigarh, India, October 12-13, 2019.
  • International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India, March 7-9, 2019.
  • International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning Methods for Human Centric Systems, Moscow, Russia, November 5 -9, 2018.
  • National Symposium on Microwave Absorbing Materials, IIT Roorkee, India, August 24-25, 2018.
  • Coordinator, FDP on High Frequency and Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Analysis, IIIT Jabalpur, March 19-23, 2018.
  • International Conference on Reliability and Safety Engineering, IIIT Jabalpur, Feb. 26-28, 2018.
  • International Design Workshop 2017 (DeW 2017), IIIT Jabalpur, Dec. 09-11, 2017.