Chalmers M. Butler
Warren H. Owen Professor, Alumni Distinguished Professor
Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0915
Phone: (864) 656-5922
Fax: (864) 656-7220

Professional preparation:
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1962, Electrical Engineering

M.S., Clemson University, 1959, Electrical Engineering

B.S., Clemson University, 1957, Electrical Engineering

2002 ff. Warren H. Owen Professor, Clemson University

1998 ff. Alumni Distinguished Professor, Clemson University

l985 - 1997 Professor, Clemson University

l984 - 1985 Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Houston

1983 - 1984 Professor and Chair, Electrical Engineering, University of Houston ,

l977 - 1983 Distinguished Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi

1975 - 1976 Visiting Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Arizona

1974 - 1975 1977 Professor, Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi

1965 - 1974 Professor and Chair, Electrical Engineering, University of Mississippi

l962 - 1965 Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, Louisiana State University

Some relevant publications:

S.D. Rogers and C.M. Butler, "Cage antennas optimized for bandwidth," Electronics Letters , vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 932-933, May 25, 2000 .

S.D. Rogers, J.C. Young, and C.M. Butler, "Monopoles loaded with coils: a comparison of measured and computed results," Journal of EM Waves and Applications, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 833-857, 2001.

F. A. Pisano III, and C. M. Butler, "Analysis of a Cylindrical Antenna Containing an Aperture Coupled Load," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat, vol. 50, no . 4, pp. , April 2002.

S.D. Rogers, C.M. Butler, and A.Q. Martin, "Realization of GA-optimized wire antenna with 5:1 bandwidth," Radio Science, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 1315-1325, Nov./Dec. 2001.

S.D. Rogers and C.M. Butler, "Wideband sleeve-cage and sleeve helical antennas," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 1409-1414, Oct., 2002.

S.D. Rogers and C.M. Butler, "An efficient curved-wire integral equation solution technique," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 70-79, January 2001.

J.C. Young and C.M. Butler, "Inductance of a Shielded Coil," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 49, no. 6, pp. 944-953, June 2001.

S.D. Rogers, C.M. Butler, and A.Q. Martin, "Design and realization of GA-optimized wire monopole and matching network with 20:1 bandwidth," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., (accepted).

F. A. Pisano III, and C. M. Butler , "Load Approximations for a Wire Antenna Loaded with a Shielded Network," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat. (accepted).

F. A. Pisano III, C. M. Butler, and J. P. Rudbeck, "Analysis of a tubular monopole loaded with a shielded helical coil,"  IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat. (accepted).

Synergistic activites:
Author, "Integral equations and solution methods in electromagnetics," chapter in book for undergraduate instruction, prepared under the NSF/IEEE AP-S CAEME Program

Principal Investigator, Wideband, Low-Profile Antennas for Multimode, Multiband Radios, US Army Research Office

Investigator, Clemson University FRI, Research on Wireless, Mobile, Distributed Multimedia Communication Networks, US Army Research Office

Principal Investigator, Multiband VHF/UHF Vehicular Antenna Development (for US Army CECOM), Phase I, ITT Aerospace Communications Division

Principal Investigator, Analysis of Switched Antennas, US Army Research Office

Investigator, Clemson University MURI, Adaptive Protocols for Mobile Wireless Networks, Office of Naval Research

Principal Investigator, Multiband VHF/UHF Vehicular Antenna Development (for US Army CECOM), Phase II, ITT Aerospace Communications Division

PI (Clemson University contribution participation ), Air Force MURI on Electromagnetic Effects of Radiofrequency Pulses on Electronic Circuits and Systems, with University of Illinois, Chicago Circle , Air Force Office of Scientific Research

Chair (1991-93), Vice Chairman (1988-90), Secretary (1985-87), US National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI)

Chair (1997-99), Vice Chair (1994-96), International Commission B of URSI

Vice President (2003-2005), International URSI

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