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SUMMARY of research interests (100 words)
Rosa Letizia obtained her Ph.D. in numerical modelling of photonic devices from University of Leeds, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, in 2009 and the Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering from the Politecnico di Bari, Italy, in 2005. She is Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Senior Member IEEE and currently a RAEng/ Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellow. She serves as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices.
Her current research interests include:
- Millimetre wave and Terahertz vacuum electron devices and applications
- Millimetre wave technology for high data rate wireless communications
- Novel electromagnetic structures for high-frequency particle accelerators
- Photonic crystals and metamaterials
- Computational electromagnetic modelling
Current Teaching
ENGR 114 - Fundamentals of Electronic Instrumentation
ENGR 204 - Engineering Project
ENGR 335 - Optoelectronics and Wireless Communications
Keywords
- Engineering
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Cockcroft Core Grant 2025-2028
Marks, H. (Co-Investigator), Dexter, A. (Co-Investigator), Letizia, R. (Co-Investigator), Jamison, S. (Co-Investigator), Gratus, J. (Co-Investigator), Apsimon, R. (Co-Investigator), Bailey, I. (Co-Investigator) & Burt, G. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/25 → 30/09/28
Project: Research
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Transmitter for D-band MIMO enabled by traveling wave tubes for ultra-throughput satellites
Letizia, R. (Co-Investigator) & Paoloni, C. (Principal Investigator)
1/07/24 → 28/02/26
Project: Research
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THz frequency structures for particle accelerators: Realising ultrafast electron beam manipulation and diagnostics
Letizia, R. (Co-Investigator), Jamison, S. (Co-Investigator) & Burt, G. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/24 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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THz frequency structures for particle accelerators: Realising ultrafast electron beam manipulation and diagnostics
Jamison, S. (Principal Investigator), Letizia, R. (Co-Investigator) & Burt, G. (Co-Investigator)
1/04/24 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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THz imaging system for characterisation of functional artificial materials
Letizia, R. (Principal Investigator)
1/01/16 → …
Project: Other
Research output
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Bridged Double Corrugated Waveguide for a Ka-Band TWT
Costa, V. D., Altaf, A., Letizia, R. & Paoloni, C., 19/08/2025, 2025 26th International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC). IEEEResearch output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
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E-Band Meander Line Slow Wave Structure for Traveling Wave Tubes for Space Applications
Socuéllamos, J. M., Dionisio, R., Gates, J., Zubair, M., Letizia, R. & Paoloni, C., 19/08/2025, 2025 26th International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC). IEEEResearch output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
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Efficient Analysis of Highly Resonant Transmitarray Element For Sub-THz 6G Communications
Rodriguez Prado, D., Liu, X., Letizia, R., Paoloni, C. & Wang, L., 31/03/2025, In: IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters. 24, 3, p. 771-775 5 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Ka-Band Meander-Line Slow Wave Structure Design for Traveling Wave Tube for High Data Rate Wireless Links
Joshi, M. K., Costa, V. D., Zubair, M., Altaf, A., Letizia, R. & Paoloni, C., 1/09/2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 72, 9, p. 5216-5222 7 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Trapezoidal Bridged Double Corrugated Waveguide W-Band TWT for High Data Rate Links
Costa, V. D., Gates, J., Letizia, R. & Paoloni, C., 19/08/2025, 2025 26th International Vacuum Electronics Conference (IVEC). IEEEResearch output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
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26th International Vacuum Electronics Conference, Technical Programme Committee
Letizia, R. (Chair)
14/04/2025 → 17/04/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
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University of Manchester - PhD external examiner
Letizia, R. (Examiner)
14/09/2023Activity: Examination types › Examination
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University of Manchester - Mphil external examiner
Letizia, R. (Examiner)
02/2023Activity: Examination types › Examination
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IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (Journal)
Letizia, R. (Associate Editor)
2020 → 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Press/Media
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STEMMing the Leaky Pipeline: In conversation with the women of the Faculty of Science and Technology for International Women’s Day
Greyling, E., Carmo-Silva, E., Gormally-Sutton, A., Letizia, R. & Rawnsley-Lau, S.
6/04/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
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STEM-ing the Leaky Pipeline: In conversation with the women of the Faculty of Science and Technology for International Women’s Day
Greyling, E., Morrison, N., Letizia, R., Rawnsley-Lau, S., Carmo-Silva, E. & Gormally-Sutton, A.
6/03/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
Datasets
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Simulations of transmitarray unit cell at E- and W-bands with in-house MoM
Rodriguez Prado, D. (Creator), Liu, X. (Contributor), Letizia, R. (Supervisor), Paoloni, C. (Supervisor) & Wang, L. (Supervisor), Lancaster University, 02/2025
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/702
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Design and Fabrication of E-band Traveling Wave Tube for High Data Rate Wireless Links
Paoloni, C. (Creator), Basu, R. (Contributor), Gates, J. (Contributor), Narasimhan, P. (Contributor) & Letizia, R. (Contributor), Lancaster University, 01/2023
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/590
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Design and Fabrication of E-band Traveling Wave Tube for High Data Rate Wireless Links
Paoloni, C. (Creator), Basu, R. (Contributor), Narasimhan, P. (Contributor), Letizia, R. (Contributor) & Gates, J. (Contributor), Lancaster University, 2022
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/626
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Design and fabrication of a D-Band Traveling Wave Tube for millimeter wave communications
Paoloni, C. (Owner), Basu, R. (Creator), Letizia, R. (Contributor), Billa, L. (Contributor) & Mahadev Rao, J. (Contributor), Lancaster University, 2019
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/359
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Design of Sub-THz Traveling Wave Tubes for High Data Rate Long Range Wireless Links
Paoloni, C. (Owner), Basu, R. (Creator), Billa, L. (Contributor) & Letizia, R. (Contributor), Lancaster University, 2018
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/360
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