Dr Craig Donaldson
Research Fellow
Physics
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Prize And Awards
- Member European Microwave Association
- Recipient
- 12/6/2023
- IEEE Senior Member
- Recipient
- 23/11/2019
- 2007 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) Best Student Paper
- Recipient
- 1/6/2007
- IEEE Member
- Recipient
- 1/1/2006
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Publications
- Progress on the UoS PL-BWO experiment
- Maclnnes P, Donaldson C, MacLachlan A J, Whyte C G, Ronald K, Phelps A D, Cross A W
- 2023 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) Vol 2023 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/icops45740.2023.10481430
- Feedhorn synthesis using a parameterized aperture field distribution
- Zhang Liang, Whyte Colin G, Donaldson Craig R, Ronald Kevin, Cross Adrian W
- IEEE Electron Device Letters Vol 45, pp. 252-255 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2023.3345222
- Helically corrugated interaction regions for W-band gyrotron-Traveling Wave Amplifiers
- Donaldson Craig R, Zhang Liang, Robertson Craig W, MacInnes Philip, Whyte Colin G
- 2023 53rd European Microwave Conference (EuMC) 2023 53rd European Microwave Conference (EuMC) 2023 53rd European Microwave Conference (EuMC) (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc58039.2023.10290435
- Microwave undulator to generate short-wavelength FEL radiation
- Zhang Liang, Donaldson Craig R, Robertson Craig W, Whyte Colin G, Cross Adrian W, Clarke Jim
- 2022 15th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT) 2022 15th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Tetrahertz Technologies (UCMMT) 2022 15th UK-Europe-China Workshop on Millimetre-Waves and Terahertz Technologies (UCMMT), pp. 1-3 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ucmmt56896.2022.9994836
- Quasi-optical output for a high gain, broadband W-band amplifier
- Donaldson C R, Smith G M, Robertson D A, Robertson C W, Zhang L, MacInnes P, Whyte C G
- 2022 47th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz) (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/irmmw-thz50927.2022.9895885
- Status and ongoing development of a KW-level broadband W-band gyro-TWA
- Zhang Liang, Donaldson Craig R, Whyte Colin G, Cross Adrian W
- 2021 51st European Microwave Conference 2021 51st European Microwave Conference (EuMC), pp. 1042-1045 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc50147.2022.9784268
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Research Interests
Broadband, high power, mm-wave/terahertz gyrotron travelling wave amplifiers for telecommunications and space object identification; Gyrotron backward wave oscillator; Electron beam generation; Beam-wave interaction; novel manufacturing techniques; electrodeposition and electroforming; and pulsed power technologies.
Professional Activities
- Space-Comm Expo
- Participant
- 11/9/2024
- Space Academic Network (SPAN) (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 3/9/2024
- Optimization and measurement of an orthomode input coupling system for W-band gyro-amplifiers
- Keynote speaker
- 24/4/2024
- Helically corrugated interaction regions for W-band gyrotron-Traveling Wave Amplifiers
- Speaker
- 20/9/2023
- IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2021
- IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 2020
Projects
- Leo ISAR Option 10
- Whyte, Colin (Principal Investigator) Donaldson, Craig (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jul-2024 - 01-Feb-2025
- RCloud ISAR2 R-Cloud+ RQ0000051831 - Phase 2 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) Study and De-Risking Programme
- Whyte, Colin (Principal Investigator) Donaldson, Craig (Co-investigator) Robertson, Craig (Co-investigator)
- 01-Apr-2024 - 31-Mar-2025
- Serapis Option 3B - continuation
- Whyte, Colin (Principal Investigator) Donaldson, Craig (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jul-2023 - 01-Nov-2023
- Serapis option 2A
- Whyte, Colin (Principal Investigator) Donaldson, Craig (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jul-2023 - 01-Sep-2023
- Serapis Option 3C
- Whyte, Colin (Principal Investigator) Donaldson, Craig (Co-investigator)
- 01-May-2023 - 01-Sep-2023
- Demonstrating Key technology for cm resolution ISAR imaging of LEO...
- Whyte, Colin (Principal Investigator) Cross, Adrian (Co-investigator) Donaldson, Craig (Research Co-investigator)
- 18-Oct-2021 - 31-Mar-2023
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Contact
Dr
Craig
Donaldson
Research Fellow
Physics
Email: craig.donaldson@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3355