Professor Kevin Ronald
Physics
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Prize And Awards
- European Physical Society
- Recipient
- 2012
- Member APS Division of Plasma Physics
- Recipient
- 2005
- Member of the IEEE
- Recipient
- 2004
- Member of the IoP, Chartered Physicist
- Recipient
- 1992
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Publications
- Plasma channel development in polymineralic and porous rock aggregates
- Wong T, MacPherson R, Timoshkin I, MacGregor S, Zhang L, Speirs DC, Whyte CG, MacLachlan AJ, Ronald K, Bingham B, Konoplev IV, Eves S, Bamford R
- IEEE Pulsed Power & Plasma Science Conference 2025 (2025)
- Simulation and analysis of a high-k electron-scale turbulence diagnostic for MAST-U
- Speirs DC, Ruiz Ruiz J, Giacomin M, Hall-Chen VH, Phelps ADR, Vann R, Huggard PG, Wang H, Field A, Ronald K
- Nuclear Fusion Vol 65 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/adb761
- Millimetre wave super pulses mediated by multidimensional structured surfaces
- MacLachlan A J, Phelps A D R, Robertson C W, MacInnes P, Whyte C G, Ronald K
- Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Vol 66 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ad8fd0
- Sub-THz and THz Cherenkov radiation source with two-dimensional periodic surface lattice and multistage depressed collector
- MacLachlan Amy J, Zhang Liang, Konoplev Ivan V, Phelps Alan D R, Robertson Craig W, MacInnes Philip, Whyte Colin G, Ronald Kevin, Cross Adrian W, Henderson Mark A
- Scientific Reports Vol 14 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-74374-9
- Design of a low frequency, density profile reflectometer system for the MAST-U spherical tokamak
- Rhodes T L, Peebles W A, Zeng Lei, Hall-Chen Valerian, Ronald Kevin, Kubota S, Meng Yusong, Lantsov R, Michael C M, Crocker N A, Scannell R
- Review of Scientific Instruments Vol 95 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0219578
- Helical waveguides : microwave amplifiers and pulse compressors
- Young A, Whyte C, Robertson C, Maclnnes P, Cross A, Ronald K, Phelps A
- 2023 IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science (ICOPS) Vol 2023 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1109/icops45740.2023.10481001
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Professional Activities
- Research of Millimetre-wave Undulator at 94 GHz
- Contributor
- 17/4/2025
- Modulated cusp electron gun for millimeter-wave gyro-amplifiers
- Contributor
- 15/4/2025
- Ionospheric Beat-Wave Brillouin Scattering at EISCAT
- Contributor
- 12/9/2021
- Generation of Electron Cyclotron Microwave Emissions in a Mirror Discharge,
- Contributor
- 12/9/2021
- International e-Conference on Recent Trends in Plasma Physics
- Contributor
- 19/5/2021
- International School on Physics and Allied Disciplines - 2021
- Contributor
- 9/3/2021
Projects
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Strachan, William
- MacLachlan, Amy Jane (Principal Investigator) Ronald, Kevin (Co-investigator) Strachan, William (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2028
- Drilling and Integrated GigaHertz-Generated Energy Resource DIGGER
- Ronald, Kevin (Principal Investigator) MacGregor, Scott (Co-investigator) Timoshkin, Igor (Co-investigator) Whyte, Colin (Co-investigator) Wilson, Mark (Co-investigator) Speirs, David (Research Co-investigator) Zhang, Liang (Research Co-investigator)
- 14-Jan-2024 - 13-Jan-2025
- Energy Transfer Technologies Skills and Training Hub (Centre for Doctoral Training)
- Ronald, Kevin (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2032
- Design and simulation of high power (0.5MW to 1MW), high efficiency (>55%), single frequency Surface Wave Source operating in the 70GHz to 170GHz frequency range
- Ronald, Kevin (Principal Investigator) MacLachlan, Amy Jane (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2023
- EPSRC IAA: Design and simulation of high power (0.5MW to 1MW), high efficiency (>55%), single frequency Surface Wave Source operating in the 70GHz to 170GHz frequency range
- Ronald, Kevin (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
- INNOVATE SMART Award TMD Novel Ka band TWT design and development v2B
- Ronald, Kevin (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2023