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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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Professional Activities
- Generation of Electron Cyclotron Microwave Emissions in a Mirror Discharge,
- Contributor
- 12/9/2021
- Ionospheric Beat-Wave Brillouin Scattering at EISCAT
- 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
- Laboratory modelling of plasma waves excitation and transformation to electromagnetic emission in a mirror-confined plasma
- Contributor
- 28/1/2021
- Brillouin scattering during ionospheric beat wave heating: EISCAT observations and numerical modelling results
- Contributor
- 28/1/2021
Projects
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Strachan, William
- MacLachlan, Amy Jane (Principal Investigator) Ronald, Kevin (Co-investigator) Strachan, William (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Oct-2024 - 01-Apr-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-Jun-2024 - 13-Dec-2025
- 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-Jul-2022 - 01-Jul-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-Apr-2022 - 31-Mar-2025
- INNOVATE SMART Award TMD Novel Ka band TWT design and development v2B
- Ronald, Kevin (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Nov-2021 - 31-Oct-2023
- Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-2021 University of Strathclyde | Higgins, Mark
- Eliasson, Bengt (Principal Investigator) Ronald, Kevin (Co-investigator) Higgins, Mark (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Oct-2021 - 01-Apr-2025