Ulrich Jakobus (born 1967) is Senior Vice President - Electromagnetic Solutions of

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, Germany and was awarded

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(IEEE) in 2013 ''for leadership in hybrid computational tool development and commercialization''. His research laid the foundations for the commercial electromagnetics code FEKO which is used in antenna design, antenna placement, electromagnetic compatibility, microwave components, bioelectromagnetics, radar cross section and related fields.

Education and career

Jakobus was born in 1967 in

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, Germany to Manfred Jakobus and Ingrid Jakobus (née Gabriel). He studied at the

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and received a Diploma in Electrical Engineering in 1991 and a PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1994. He was appointed to the position of Professor in 1997. From 1991 to 2000 he was employed by the Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik (Institute for High-Frequency Technology) at the University of Stuttgart where he became a lecturer in Radio Frequency Technology. His research included numerical techniques in

electromagnetics In physics, electromagnetism is an interaction that occurs between particles with electric charge via electromagnetic fields. The electromagnetic force is one of the four fundamental forces of nature. It is the dominant force in the interacti ...

, antennas, electromagnetic compatibility, and bioelectromagnetics. His research laid the foundations for the commercial electromagnetics code FEKO. This software code can be used as a means of performing numerical experiments to answer various “what if” questions that usually arise during electromagnetic design tasks. In 2000 he became director of EM Software and Systems-S.A. (Pty) Ltd. in Stellenbosch, South Africa and product manager for FEKO with focus on development of FEKO. In 2002 he founded EM Software and Systems GmbH in

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, Germany and has been its director since then. In 2014

acquired EM Software and Systems-S.A. and Jakobus became Vice President of Electromagnetic Solutions at Altair. In January 2018 he was appointed Senior Vice President - Electromagnetic Solutions at Altair.

Memberships, associations, awards

Jakobus is a member of the following: *Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale /

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commission B *Informationstechnische Gesellschaft -

Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik The VDE e. V. () is a German technical-scientific association. ''VDE'' is best known for creating and maintaining standards in the field of electric safety and has a strong influence on the Deutsches Institut für Normung, DIN (German Institute ...

(ITG-VDE) (Information Technical Society - Association of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Information Technology) *Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society - Fellow in 2013, Board of Directors and Vice President *Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Fellow in 2013 Jakobus has received several awards, including the following: *1996 The Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Outstanding Paper award (joint award) for ''Current-based Hybrid Moment Method Analysis of Electromagnetic Radiation and Scattering Problems''. (ACES Journal Vol. 10 No. 3) *1998 Heinz-Maier Leibnitz prize awarded by the

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(German Research Foundation) *2013 Fellow of the IEEE

Publications

Jakobus has published papers on: computational electromagnetics,

finite element analysis Finite element method (FEM) is a popular method for numerically solving differential equations arising in engineering and mathematical models, mathematical modeling. Typical problem areas of interest include the traditional fields of structural ...

, application program interfaces, approximation theory,

electromagnetic shielding In electrical engineering, electromagnetic shielding is the practice of reducing or redirecting the electromagnetic field (EMF) in a space with barriers made of conductive or magnetic materials. It is typically applied to enclosures, for isol ...

, electromagnetic wave scattering, finite difference time-domain analysis, geometrical optics, message passing, method of moments, ray tracing, telecommunication network planning,

Green's function In mathematics, a Green's function (or Green function) is the impulse response of an inhomogeneous linear differential operator defined on a domain with specified initial conditions or boundary conditions. This means that if L is a linear dif ...

methods, aircraft antennas,

anisotropic Anisotropy () is the structural property of non-uniformity in different directions, as opposed to isotropy. An anisotropic object or pattern has properties that differ according to direction of measurement. For example, many materials exhibit ver ...

media, antenna arrays, antenna radiation patterns, antenna theory, convergence,

dielectric In electromagnetism, a dielectric (or dielectric medium) is an Insulator (electricity), electrical insulator that can be Polarisability, polarised by an applied electric field. When a dielectric material is placed in an electric field, electric ...

bodies, electromagnetic fields, electromagnetic launchers, frequency selective surfaces, graphics processing units, and interference. Selected publications: *1995 ''Erweiterte Momentenmethode zur Behandlung kompliziert aufgebauter und elektrisch großer elektromagnetischer Streuprobleme'' (Book) *2005 ''Fast Multipole Solution of Metallic and Dielectric Scattering Problems in FEKO'' (Journal - 21st Annual Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics) *2005 ''Fast Multipole Acceleration of a MoM Code for the Solution of Composed Metallic/Dielectric Scattering Problems'' (''Advances in Radio Science'', vol. 3) *2006 ''Challenges Regarding the Commercial Implementation of the Parallel MLFMM in FEKO'' (IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006) *2014 ''Aspects of and Insights Into the Rigorous Validation, Verification, and Testing Processes for a Commercial Electromagnetic Field Solver Package'' (Journal - IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility)

Education and career

Memberships, associations, awards

Publications

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