Dr Timothy Pelham
PhD, PhD, MPhys
Current positions
Research Fellow
School of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering
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Research interests
Timothy Pelham received an Masters in Physics at the University of Surrey in 2009, followed by work as a Systems Engineer for MBDA in Bristol. In 2012 Timothy left MBDA for a PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of Bristol. Currently pursuing an Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Bristol, supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering. His research interests extend from antennas and propagation physics, across electromagnetics modelling, to complex systems modelling and concept design. His current work combines conventional direction finding techniques with electromagnetics modelling, computer vision and RF fingerprinting to develop spatial intelligence as a new way to secure wireless networks. Timothy has published LyceanEM as a framework for rapid virtual prototyping of antenna arrays, and frequency and time domain channel modelling.
Timothy is also interested in the development of novel, space based RF sensing, combining challenges in antenna array design and complex propagation geometries to transform sensing capabilites in multiple fields from weather radar to mapping.
More information on LyceanEM can be found here, while further information on research activity can be found on the website.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
The Power of the Sun: Workshop on Space Based Solar Power
Principal Investigator
Description
Space Based Solar Power represents an attractive source of clean and sustainable energy, which could form part of the UK Net Zero commitment. However, to make the transition from concept…Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
Space Based Solar Power : Wireless Transmission
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/03/2023 to 29/02/2024
SPRINT Challenge Led Sandpit
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/06/2022 to 30/09/2022
Intelligence Fellowship
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/12/2021 to 30/11/2023
Publications
Recent publications
23/06/2025A Scalable open-source electromagnetics model for Wireless power transfer and Space-Based Solar Power
25th International Symposium On Electromagnetic Theory
Rapid Virtual Prototyping for Cubesat Scale Deployable Reflector Antennas
An Overview of Gigascale Antenna Arrays and Electromagnetics for Space Based Solar Power
2024 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
Mechanical Vibrations on a Deployable Nanosatellite Antenna
2024 18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
LyceanEM: GigaScale Electromagnetics for Beamforming and System Planning
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