Dean Weller's book and journal publications

Book contributions

  • Katehi, G. Rebeiz, T. Weller, R. Drayton, S. Robertson and C. Chi, The Industrial Electronics Handbook, ed. David Irwin, CRC Press, Inc., Section X, Si Micromachining in High-Frequency Applications, pp. 1547-1572, 1996.
  • Balachandran, T. Weller, A. Kumar, S. Jeedigunta, H. Gomez, J. Kusterer and E. Kohn, Emerging Nanotechnologies for Manufacturing, ed. Jeremy Ramsden, William Andrew Applied Science Publishers, Nanocrystalline Diamond for RF-MEMS Applications, pp. 277-300, 2010.
  • Mumcu and T. Weller, Antenna Engineering Handbook, Ch. 10 Small Antennas and Miniaturization Techniques, ed. John Volakis, McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, 2018.

Selected publications

  • F. Firat, J. Wang and T. Weller, "Characterization of Additively Manufactured Suspended Finite Ground CPW Interconnects Enhanced by Femtosecond Laser Micromachining," in IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 965-972, June 2024, doi: 10.1109/TCPMT.2024.3399750.
  • Menon and T. M. Weller, "Toward Pactive (Passive +Active) Sensing for Improved Identification of Material Properties," in IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, vol. 4, pp. 97-110, 2023, doi: 10.1109/OJAP.2023.3236110.
  • Tipton, R. B.; Hou, D.; Shi, Z.; Weller, T. M.; Bhethanabotla, V. R., “Optical interconnects on a flexible substrate by multi-material hybrid additive and subtractive manufacturing,” Additive Manufacturing, Vol. 48, Part A, December 2021.
  • M. Abdin, W. J. D. Johnson, J. Wang and T. M. Weller, "W-Band MMIC Chip Assembly Using Laser-Enhanced Direct Print Additive Manufacturing," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 5381-5392, Dec. 2021 doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2021.3124237.
  • L. Saffold and T. M. Weller, "Dielectric Rod Antenna Array With Planar Folded Slot Antenna Excitation," in IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, vol. 2, pp. 664-673, 2021.
  • Menon and T. M. Weller, "A Novel Background Calibration Technique for Microwave Radiometric Sensors in Indoor Applications," in IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 4, no. 12, pp. 1-4, Dec. 2020.
  • Uluer, M. J. Jaroszeski, J. L. Gess and T. M. Weller, "An X-Band Dielectric Rod Antenna for Subdermal Tumor Heating to Assist Electroporation-Mediated DNA Delivery," in IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 340-346, Dec. 2021.
  • C. Lugo, J. Wang and T. M. Weller, "Analytical and Experimental Study of Multilayer Dielectric Rod Waveguides," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 69, no. 4, pp. 2088-2097, April 2021.
  • Kacar, T. M. Weller and G. Mumcu, "3D Printed Wideband Multilayered Dual-Polarized Stacked Patch Antenna with Integrated MMIC Switch," in IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation, doi: 10.1109/OJAP.2020.3041959, December 2020.
  • Kacar, T. Weller and G. Mumcu, "Conductivity Improvement of Microdispensed Microstrip Lines and Grounded Coplanar Waveguides Using Laser Micromachining," in IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 2129-2132, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TCPMT.2020.3038332.
  • Tipton, D. Hou, E. Rojas-Nastrucci, T. Weller and V. Bhethanabotla, “Laser Enhanced Direct Print Additive Manufacturing of Circular Cross-Section Optical Fiber Interconnects for Board Level Computing Devices,” Additive Manufacturing, 15 April 2020.
  • Neff, E. A. Rojas-Nastrucci, J. Nussbaum, D. Griffin, T. M. Weller and N. B. Crane, "Thermal and Vapor Smoothing of Thermoplastic for Reduced Surface Roughness of Additive Manufactured RF Electronics," in IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 1151-1160, June 2019.
  • Lugo, R. A. Ramirez, J. Wang and T. Weller, "Multilayer Dielectric End-Fire Antenna with Enhanced Gain," IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 17, Issue 12, pp. 2213-2217, December 2018. 10.1109/LAWP.2018.2871103.
  • Ramirez, E. Rojas and T. Weller, “Laser Assisted Additive Manufacturing of mm-Wave Lumped Passive Elements,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory & Techniques, Vol. 6, Issue 12, pp. 5462-5471, December 2018. doi: 10.1109/TMTT.2018.2873294
  • Frolik, J. E. Lens, M. M. Dewoolkar and T. M. Weller, "Effects of Soil Characteristics on Passive Wireless Sensor Interrogation," in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 3454-3460, April15, 15 2018.
  • Zaiden, J. E. Grandfield, T. M. Weller and G. Mumcu, "Compact and Wideband MMIC Phase Shifters Using Tunable Active Inductor-Loaded All-Pass Networks," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 66, no. 2, pp. 1047-1057, Feb. 2018.
  • Rojas-Nastrucci; H. Tsang; P. I. Deffenbaugh; R. A. Ramirez; D. Hawatmeh; A. Ross; K. Church; T. M. Weller, "Characterization and Modeling of K-Band Coplanar Waveguides Digitally Manufactured Using Pulsed Picosecond Laser Machining of Thick-Film Conductive Paste," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 3180-3187, Sept. 2017.
  • Castro, E. A. Rojas-Nastrucci, A. Ross, T. M. Weller and J. Wang, "Fabrication, Modeling, and Application of Ceramic-Thermoplastic Composites for Fused Deposition Modeling of Microwave Components," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 2073-2084, June 2017.
  • Rojas-Nastrucci, J. T. Nussbaum, N. B. Crane and T. M. Weller, "Ka-Band Characterization of Binder Jetting for 3-D Printing of Metallic Rectangular Waveguide Circuits and Antennas," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 65, no. 9, pp. 3099-3108, Sept. 2017.
  • Ramirez, E. Rojas-Nastrucci, and T. M. Weller, “UHF RFID Tags for On/Off-Metal Applications Fabricated using Additive Manufacturing,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless and Propagation Letters, Vol. 16, Issue 1, pp. 1-4, 2017.
  • Kenneth H. Church, Nathan Crane, Paul I. Deffenbaugh, Thomas P. Ketterl, Clayton Neff, Patrick Nesbitt, Justin Nussbaum, Casey Perkowski, Harvey Tsang, Jing Wang, and Thomas M. Weller, “Multi-Material and Multi-Layer Direct Digital Manufacturing of 3D Structural Microwave Electronics,” Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 105, Issue 4, 2017.
  • A. Rojas-Nastrucci, A. D. Snider and T. M. Weller, "Propagation Characteristics and Modeling of Meshed Ground Coplanar Waveguide," in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 64, no. 11, pp. 3460-3468, Nov. 2016.
  • Castro, E. A. Rojas, M. F. Córdoba, A. Perez, T. Weller, and J. Wang, “High-Permittivity and Low-Loss Electromagnetic Composites Based on Co-Fired Ba0.55Sr0.45TiO3 or MgCaTiO2 Micro-Fillers for Additive Manufacturing and Their Application to 3D-Printed K-Band Antennas,” Journal of Microelectronics and Electronic Packaging, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp.102-112, July 2016.
  • F. Hawatmeh, S. LeBlanc, P. I. Deffenbaugh and T. Weller, "Embedded 6-GHz 3-D Printed Half-Wave Dipole Antenna," in IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, vol. 16, no. , pp. 145-148, 2017.
  • Ketterl, T.P.; Vega, Y.; Arnal, N.C.; Stratton, J.W.I.; Rojas-Nastrucci, E.A.; Cordoba-Erazo, M.F.; Abdin, M.M.; Perkowski, C.W.; Deffenbaugh, P.I.; Church, K.H.; Weller, T.M., "A 2.45 GHz Phased Array Antenna Unit Cell Fabricated Using 3-D Multi-Layer Direct Digital Manufacturing," in Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on , vol.63, no.12, pp.4382-4394, Dec. 2015.
  • Deffenbaugh, P.I.; Weller, T.M.; Church, K.H., "Fabrication and Microwave Characterization of 3-D Printed Transmission Lines," in Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE , vol.25, no.12, pp.823-825, Dec. 2015.
  • Nassar, I.T.; Wang, J.; Frolik, J.L.; Weller, T.M., "A High-Efficiency, Miniaturized Sensor Node With 3-D Machined-Substrate Antennas for Embedded Wireless Monitoring," Sensors Journal, IEEE , vol.15, no.9, pp.5036,5044, Sept. 2015.
  • Nassar and T. M. Weller, "A Novel Method for Improving Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna Performance," in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 63, no. 7, pp. 3321-3324, July 2015.
  • Nassar, H. Tsang, D. Bardroff, C. Lusk and T. Weller, “Mechanically Reconfigurable, Dual-Band Slot Dipole Antennas,” Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 63, no. 7, July 2015.
  • F. Córdoba-Erazo and T. M. Weller, "Noncontact Electrical Characterization of Printed Resistors Using Microwave Microscopy," in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 509-515, Feb. 2015.