Professor Will Whittow leads the Wireless Communications Research Group and the Electrical and Robotics Community. 

His research interests span metasurfaces, frequency selective surfaces (FSS), reconfigurable radiofrequency (RF) devices, dielectric lenses, dielectric characterisation, 3D printed capacitors and filters, millimetre-wave (MMwave) antennas and inkjet printing.

He has secured funding in excess of £17million to lead or co-lead major research projects exploring 3D metamaterials for radio frequency, microwave and Terahertz (THz) applications; anisotropic microwave / THz metamaterials for satellite applications; transparent metasurfaces; 3D antennas; and embedded intelligence for manufacturing.

In addition, he has successfully led more than 30 consultancy projects, including winning a BAE Systems Innovation Award for wearable technology.

An original member of the EPSRC UK Metamaterials Network (UKMMN), he has published more than 350 peer-reviewed publications, including over 120 journal papers. He has an impressive h-index of 41, reflecting his prolific output and citation impact. In addition, he recently led the publication of the book, Bioelectromagnetics in Healthcare: Advanced sensing and communication applications (IET, 2022).

He is an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer in Additively Manufactured RF Devices and, in 2017, he received the Women’s Engineering Society’s (WES) inaugural Men as Allies Award for outreach. He is the Society’s first male Associate Fellow.