{"id":576,"date":"2026-05-14T11:16:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/cutheme-homepage\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T15:52:48","slug":"cutheme-homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Metamaterials and Antenna Research Squad (MARS) &#8211; Carleton University"},"content":{"rendered":"    \n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/CTAR3.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Metamaterials and Antenna Research Squad (MARS)\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                    \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/hardware-gallery\/\">See what we build in MARS<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/research-team\/\">Research Team<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"welcome-to-our-research-group\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to our Research Group!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-4xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-callout cu-callout--center cu-component border-8 md:border-[12px] border-solid border-cu-black-50 px-8 pt-5 pb-6 md:px-16 md:pt-8 md:py-10 rounded-lg cu-prose-first-last\">\n                    <header class=\"cu-pageheader cu-component cu-prose-first-last  cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto\">\n                <h2 id=\"graduate-positions-available-metasurfaces-antennas-computational-electromagnetics\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] relative cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-1\/2 after:-ml-5 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-4 after:w-8 after:bg-cu-red\">\n                    Graduate Positions Available: Metasurfaces, Antennas &#038; Computational Electromagnetics\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header>\n        \n        \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The MARS group is looking for a motivated Ph.D. student to join our research on electromagnetic metasurfaces and antennas. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in computational electromagnetics (CEM) and a strong interest in metasurface and antenna theory, modelling and design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">International students are welcome to apply for the Ph.D. position.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are also looking for M.A.Sc. students. For M.A.Sc. positions, Canadian citizens and permanent residents are preferred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To apply, email Prof. Shulabh Gupta at <a href=\"mailto:shulabh.gupta@carleton.ca?subject=Graduate%20Application%20-%20MARS\">shulabh.gupta@carleton.ca<\/a> with your CV and your academic transcripts or grade records. Please note that only candidates whose background matches the position will be contacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"mailto:shulabh.gupta@carleton.ca?subject=Graduate%20Application%20-%20MARS\">Email your application<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based in Canada\u2019s capital, Ottawa, the MARS targets focused applications in the area of smart Antennas and Metamaterials, and is committed to finding novel engineering solutions to some of the most challenging problems in implementing tomorrow\u2019s radio systems. and concepts in close collaboration with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/doe\/people\/tom-smy\/\">Prof. Tom Smy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-section cu-section--white w-screen ml-offset-center px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><div class=\"cu-max-w-child-5xl space-y-6 md:space-y-10   cu-prose-first-last\"><figure class=\"cu-figure not-prose  max-w-full\"><div class=\"not-prose overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-lg max-w-full rounded-none\"><div class=\"relative none overflow-hidden w-full pb-[56.25%] border border-cu-black-100\"><iframe id=\"kmsembed-1_wm4uobwe\" title=\"Videos Embed\" src=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.carleton.ca\/embed\/secure\/iframe\/entryId\/1_wm4uobwe\/uiConfId\/36153741\/st\/0\" class=\"cu-embed-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay *; fullscreen *; encrypted-media *\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" sandbox=\"allow-downloads allow-forms allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-modals allow-orientation-lock allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-presentation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group is based in the Department of Electronics(DoE) and specializes in wide range of topics in the area of microwave engineering, metamaterials, metasurfaces, signal processing and wide-band antennas. It has strong emphasis on inter-disciplinary research ranging from microwaves to optics, and with a particular emphasis on millimeter (mmWave) devices and systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group further specializes in Computational Electromagnetics focussed on novel and cutting edge problems in modeling electromagnetic metasurfaces. The group devises novel simulations methods and techniques for modeling electromagnetics metamaterials with greater emphasis on fundamental EM principles. Several of the projects are in collaboration with private industry partners, federal research labs and our international collaborators, providing a right mix of financial sustainability, research impact and creative freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The key areas of research include:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Electromagnetic Metamaterials, Antennas, Computational Electromagnetics, Analytical Modelling, Leaky-Wave Structures &amp; Broadband Antennas<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" role=\"none\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mars\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/243\/2-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Research Group, Summer 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our Research Group! Based in Canada\u2019s capital, Ottawa, the MARS targets focused applications in the area of smart Antennas and Metamaterials, and is committed to finding novel engineering solutions to some of the most challenging problems in implementing tomorrow\u2019s radio systems. and concepts in close collaboration with&nbsp;Prof. Tom Smy. 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