research overview
- Prof. Scarborough studies engineering electromagnetic (EM) structures, i.e. metamaterials, and their effects on wave propagation. His group is particularly interested in nonlinear and active metamaterials, which enable exceptional capabilities like one-way propagation, parametric amplification, and frequency-harmonic generation. These functionalities are critical to both civilian and defense applications such as radar, millimeter-wave communication, electronic miniaturization, and low-noise radio metrology.