An Oklahoma native, Dr. Jessica Ruyle graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2006. While at Texas A&M University she completed three internships with Sandia National Laboratories and was President of HKN. She moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for graduate school. She completed an M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2008 and a Ph.D in 2011. Her graduate research has resulted in two patent filings. The first patent, the culmination of her masters research, was for a pattern reconfigurable microstrip antenna. The second patent resulted from her doctoral research and was for a placement insensitive RFID antenna.
EDUCATION
PhD, Electrical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011
MS, Electrical Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008
BS, Electrical Engineering
Texas A&M University, 2006
Experience
Assistant Professor, University of Oklahoma
Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Intern, Sandia National Laboratories
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The development and characterization of new electromagnetic devices and platforms such as antennas and packaging to improve the performance of wireless systems in challenging environments. Specific research interests include antennas in the following categories:
- Non-LTI
- Conformal
- Reconfigurable
- Filtering Antennas (Filtennas)
- Multiband or Wideband
- Electrically Small
AWARDS, HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2014
Senior Member IEEE, 2016
William H Barkow Presidential Professorship, 2021