Virtual Distinguished Lecture - Prof. Levent Sevgi

The 2026 ARGENCON will feature a Distinguished Lecture delivered virtually as part of the activities of the Microwave Theory and Technology, Electromagnetic Compatibility, and Antennas and Propagation Track. This virtual talk is free and open to everyone. Registration is required. Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Modeling and Simulation Speaker: Prof. Levent Sevgi (Istanbul Technical University) Abstract TThis IEEE AP-S DL talk will focus on electromagnetic wave propagation which has long been one of the important options for medium and long-range communication as well as radar systems. In addition to the classical LF/MF/HF broadcast and communication systems, emerging HF and VHF radar technologies, intelligent transportation or digital radio broadcast systems require understanding propagation characteristics over the Earth's surface along realistic propagation paths. It is therefore propagation engineers' or site surveyors' dream to have a numerical propagation tool that calculates path losses between any two points marked on their digital maps. This necessitates the solution of electromagnetic (EM) wave equation in three-dimension (3D) which takes into account various EM effects, such as, the irregular terrain profile, the vegetation, the Earth's curvature, the atmospheric refractivity, the presence of buildings, cars, and other obstacles, etc. Also, it must include all the relevant scattering components (e.g., multiple reflections and refractions, edge/tip diffractions, surface and/or leaky waves, etc.) that account for the path loss. Unfortunately, this is not yet in sight. The aim of this presentation is to review electromagnetic wave propagation models and numerical propagation prediction tools and discuss problems, challenges, and project future developments. Speaker's Biography Prof. Dr. Levent Sevgi is a Fellow of the IEEE (since 2009) and the recipient of IEEE APS Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Award (2021). He was with Istanbul Technical University (1991-1998), TUBITAK-MRC, Information Technologies Research Institute (1999-2000), Weber Research Institute / NY Polytechnic University (1988-1990), Scientific Research Group of Raytheon Systems Canada (1998 - 1999), Center for Defense Studies, ITUV-SAM (1993 -1998 and 2000-2002) and with University of Massachusetts, Lowell (UML) MA/USA as a full-time faculty (2012 - 2013), DOGUS University (2001-2014), Istanbul OKAN (2014 - 2021), and ATLAS (2022-2024) Universities. He served four years (2020-2023) as an IEEE AP-S Distinguished Lecturer. Since Jan 2024 he has been the chair of the IEEE AP-S DL Committee. He served one-term in the IEEE AP-S AdCom (2013-2015) and one-term and as a member of IEEE AP-S Field Award Committee (2018-2019). He had been the writer/editor of the "Testing ourselves" Column in the IEEE AP Magazine (2007-2021), a member of the IEEE AP-S Education Committee (2006-2021), He also served in several editorial boards (EB) of other prestigious journals / magazines, such as the IEEE AP Magazine (2007-2021), Wiley's International Journal of RFMiCAE (2002-2018), and the IEEE Access (2017-2019 and 2020 - 2022). He is the founding chair of the EMC TURKIYE International Conferences (www.emcturkiye.org). He has been involved with complex electromagnetic problems for nearly four decades. His research study has focused on electromagnetic radiation, propagation, scattering and diffraction; RCS prediction and reduction; EMC/EMI modelling, simulation, tests and measurements; multi-sensor integrated wide area surveillance systems; surface wave HF radars; analytical and numerical methods in electromagnetics; FDTD, TLM, FEM, SSPE, and MoM techniques and their applications; bio-electromagnetics. He is also interested in novel approaches in engineering education, teaching electromagnetics via virtual tools. He also teaches popular science lectures such as Science, Technology and Society. He has published many books / book chapters in English and Turkish, over 180 journal/magazine papers / tutorials and attended more than 100 international conferences / symposiums. His three books Complex Electromagnetic Problems and Numerical Simulation Approaches, Electromagnetic Modeling and Simulation and Radiowave Propagation and Parabolic Equation Modeling were published by the IEEE Press - WILEY in 2003, 2014, and 2017, respectively. His fourth and fifth books, A Practical Guide to EMC Engineering (Sep 2017) and Diffraction Modeling and Simulation with MATLAB (Feb 2021) were published by ARTECH HOUSE. His h-index is 39, with a record of 5300+ citations (source: Google Scholar, Nov 2025).