Research Interests
Bioelectromagnetics
Implantable Antennas
Antennas (Design, Analysis and Evaluation)
Computational Electromagnetics
Integral and Volume Methods (Method of Moments, Finite Element Methods)
Fast Integral Methods (Adaptive Integral Method, Fast Multiple Method)
Frequency Selective Surfaces and Volumes
High Frequency (GTD and PTD) and Hybrid Methods for Modeling Coated and
Non-metallic Structures
Analytical Methods in Electromagnetics (Direct and Inverse Scattering)

Current Research Projects
Aperstructure Program Support

Development of Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering Algorithms to Accurately Predict Sea Surface Salinity for Modeling Ocean Circulation

Implantable Antenna Sensors for Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Most Current Publications:
T. Yilmaz, T. Karacolak, and E. Topsakal, 2.4 GHz Skin Mimicking Gel Characterization for In Vitro Design and Testing of a Dual Band Implantable Antenna, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, (accepted for publication).

J. Pvillalta, T. Karacolak and E. Topsakal, Convergence Characteristics of Matrix Solvers for Implantable Antennas, ACES Journal, (accepted for publication).

T. Karacolak, A. Z. Hood and E. Topsakal, In-Silico/Vitro Design of MICS/ISM Dual Band Implantable Antennas for Wireless Data Telemetry, IEEE Trans. on MTT, April 2008.

A. Z. Hood, T. Karacolak, E. Topsakal, A Small Antipodal Vivaldi Antenna for Ultra Wide Band Applications, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, December 2008.