Sarris, Costas
Professor

Biography

Costas Sarris received the PhD degree in electrical engineering and MSc degree in applied mathematics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and the Diploma (with distinction) in electrical engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

His research interests are in the area of computational electromagnetics, with emphasis on time-domain modeling, adaptive mesh refinement, enhanced stability and higher order methods.

He also works on physics-based wireless propagation models (with full-wave, asymptotic and hybrid techniques), uncertainty quantification and scientific machine learning.

Prof. Sarris in an IEEE Fellow and a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society for 2024-2026. He was a recipient of the 2021 Premium Award for Best Paper in IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, the IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Young Engineer Award in 2013 and the Early Researcher Award (from the Ontario Ministry for Research and Innovation) in 2007.

Prof. Sarris served as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques in 2019-2024. Moreover, he served as Guest Editor of two special issues of the Microwave Magazine on Machine Learning for Microwaves (2021) and Time-Domain Numerical Methods (2010), an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (2009-2013) and the IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters (2007-2009).

He was the TPC Chair of the 2023 and 2019 MTT-S Numerical Electromagnetics, Multiphysics and Optimization (NEMO) Conference and the 2015 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and CNC/USNC Joint Meeting in Vancouver, BC; the TPC Vice-Chair of the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, Montreal, QC; the TPC co-Chair for the IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and CNC/USNC Joint Meeting in Toronto, ON, and the Chair of the MTT-S Technical Committee on Field Theory and Computational Electromagnetics (2018-2020).

Prof. Sarris received the Faculty Teaching Award from the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto in 2021, the Gordon R. Slemon (teaching of design) award in 2007 and four Departmental Teaching Awards (by confidential vote of ECE students, for excellence in undergraduate teaching) in Fall 2021, 2018, 2016 (3rd year Fields and Waves) and Spring 2005 (4th year Radio and Microwave Wireless Systems).

Memberships/Awards

• Fellow, IEEE (for contributions to microwave and electromagnetic field computations)
• Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (2024-2026).
• Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Journal on Multiscale and Multiphysics Computational Techniques (2019-2024).
• 2021 Premium Award for Best Paper in IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation.
• 2021 Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto, Teaching Award (recognizing a faculty member who demonstrates outstanding classroom instruction and develops innovative teaching methods).
• Chair, IEEE MTT-S Technical Committee on Field Theory and Computational Electromagnetics (2017-2019).
• IEEE MTT-S Outstanding Young Engineer Award; IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society, 2013 (for outstanding early-career contributions to microwave engineering).
• Early Researcher Award; Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, 2007 (for promising, recently-appointed Ontario researchers).
• Guest Editor, IEEE Microwave Magazine Special Issue on machine learning for microwave engineering (2021) and Special Issue on time-domain methods (2009).
• Technical Program Committee Chair, 2019 IEEE MTT-S Numerical Electromagnetics, Multiphysics, Optimization (NEMO) Conference, Boston, MA; 2015 IEEE AP-S Int. Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and URSI CNC/USNC Joint Meeting, Vancouver, BC.
• Departmental Teaching Award; ECE Department, University of Toronto Spring 2006, Fall 2016, Fall 2018, Fall 2021 (for excellence in undergraduate teaching).
• The Gordon R. Slemon (teaching of design) Award; ECE Department, University of Toronto, 2007 (for excellence in teaching of design).