Kostyantyn Sirenko

Postdoctoral Fellow

Postdoctoral Fellow​

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Research Interests

The research interests are computational physics and numerical methods. To be more precise, highly-accurate and efficient simulations in electromagnetics, optics and high-power electronics.

Selected Publications

  • K. Sirenko, M. Liu, and H. Bagci, “Incorporation of exact boundary conditions into a discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for accurately solving 2D time-dependent Maxwell equations,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 472-477, 2013
  • M. Liu, K. Sirenko, and H. Bagci, “An efficient discontinuous Galerkin finite element method for highly accurate solution of Maxwell equations,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 3992–3998, 2012
  • K. Sirenko, V. Pazynin, Y. Sirenko, and H. Bagci, “An FFT-accelerated FDTD scheme with exact absorbing conditions for characterizing axially symmetric resonant structures,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research (PIER), vol. 111, pp. 331–364, 2011
  • K. Sirenko, V. Pazynin, Y. Sirenko, and H. Bagci, “Compression and radiation of high-power short RF pulses. I. Energy accumulation in direct-flow waveguide compressors,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research (PIER), vol. 116, pp. 239–270, 2011
  • K. Sirenko, V. Pazynin, Y. Sirenko, and H. Bagci, “Compression and radiation of high-power short RF pulses. II. A novel antenna array design with combined compressor/radiator elements,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research (PIER), vol. 116, pp. 271–296, 2011

Education

  • Ph.D., Physics and Mathematics, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2008
  • M.S., Mathematics and Informatics, Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine, 2004

Professional Profile

  • Feb. 2010 - Present: Postdoctoral fellow, Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, KAUST
  • 2007 - 2009: Postdoctoral fellow, LASMEA, Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, France
  • 2007 - 2010: Research fellow, Department of Mathematical Physics, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • 2004 - 2007: Engineer, Department of Diffraction Theory and Diffraction Electronics, Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Scientific and Professional Membership

IEEE member

Awards

  • 2011 and 2012: IAMCS Visitor Grant of Texas A&M University
  • 2010: Young Scientist Award at URSI EMTS Symposium
  • 2005 and 2006: Personal Research Grant of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for young scientists
  • 2006: Special Prize for young scientist paper at UWBUSIS workshop
  • 2005: Young Scientist Best Paper Award at DIPED seminar

KAUST Affiliations

Computational Electromagnetics Laboratory, Division of Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering.