AUGUST 2026 | VOLUME 74 | NUMBER 8
The primary objective of this Special Issue is to showcase recent advances in analytical, numerical, and multiphysics computational methods for complex electromagnetic media. By bringing together contributions spanning theory, methodology, and applications, the issue aims to address the growing challenges associated with novel materials, multiscale structures, coupled physical phenomena, and emerging electromagnetic technologies, while promoting accurate, efficient, and physically consistent simulation and design methodologies.
Guest Editorial Special Issue on Advanced Computational Methods and Multiphysics Simulation for Complex Electromagnetic Media
K. Li, V. Okhmatovski, A. Z. Elsherbeni, and Y. Zhou
A Stable Subgridding Technique Based on ADE FDTD for Problems with Drude MediaW. Shi, J. Wang, and W.-Y. Yin
Subcell FDTD Methods for Accurate Model-ing of Moving Conducting and Dielectric InterfacesT. Xu and C. D. Sarris
An Accurate Weighted Parameter Enhanced Confor-mal Method for Dispersive FDTD MethodZ. Li, M. Li, J. Wang, G. Zhu, X. Wu, Z. Huang, and K. Niu
Z-Transform Based Divergence-Preserving ADI-FDTD Method and Its Integration with Subgrid Techniques for GPR SimulationsG. Xie, X. Ren, Y. Li, Z. Huang, and A. Z. Elsherbeni
An Improved ADI-FDTD Analysis of Shielding Effectiveness for an Enclosure with Thin Apertures and Wires under Arbitrary IncidenceK. Niu, W. Ding, J. Wang, Z. Chen, C. Yang, X. Ren, Z. Huang, and X. Wu
An Accurate Conformal Weakly Conditionally Stable FDTD Scheme and Its Application on Electromagnetic Shielding Effectiveness AnalysisK. Niu, J. Wang, J. Zhang, Y. Li, Z. Huang, X. Wu, and A. Z. Elsherbeni
Improvements in Wide-band and Robust Lorenz Gauge Potential-Based Finite Element MethodsS. T. Elkin, F. Sandoval, and T. E. Roth
A Novel 2D High-Frequency Dis-continuous Galerkin Method with Phase Information for Scattering in Non-Smooth Inhomogeneous MediaH. Feng, S. Fu, and Q. Zhan
A DG-FEM-GSTC Method for Fast Simulation of Metasurfaces with Strong Normal PolarizationK. Wu, K. Shuai, and Q. Ren
Fast Simulation of Resonant and Conformal Metasurfaces Using DGTD-GSTC MethodK. Wu and Q. Ren
An Explicit Non-Iterative Discontinuous Galerkin Time-Domain Method with Accurate Treatment for Kerr NonlinearitiesR. Xiang, X. Ma, L. Ma, and J. Wang
Time-Domain Finite Element Modeling of Nonlinear Materials with Matrix-Free MethodY.-Y. Wang, Q. Zhan, H. Zhang, H. Feng, Y.-D. Wang, B. Sun, R. Bai, and W.-Y. Yin
A Finite-Difference Time-Domain Approach for Conformal Electromagnetic-Thermal Coupled AnalysisZ. Li, Z. Chen, X. Wu, M. Li, Z. Huang, S. Cao, and K. Niu
Electro-Thermal-Mechanical Multiphysics Co-Simulation of Chiplet Architecture Based on the FDTD MethodW. Zhang, P. Li, X. Ren, Z. Huang, X. Wu, C. Yang, and K. Niu
An Enhanced Electromagnetic-Thermal Multiphysics Coupling Scheme with a Subgridding Algorithm for Chiplet Architecture SimulationX. Huo, J. Shi, G. Zhang, X. Ren, Z. Huang, X. Wu, and K. Niu
An Unconditionally Stable Stochastic CDI-FDTD Method for Electromagnetic Wave Propagation in Media with Uncertain Material PropertiesG. Xie, X. Wu, G. Hou, G. Wang, X. Ren, Y. Li, X. Wu, and Z. Huang
Time-Efficient SETI-DP Implementation with Termination of High-Order Nearly Perfectly Matched Layer for Solving Elastic Wave ProblemsN. Feng, H. Li, Z. Huang, J. Xu, and Q. Q. Liu
3D Time-Domain Modeling of Semi-Airborne TEM in Complex Media Using an Optimized Block Rational Krylov MethodY. Chen, X. Wang, L. Liu, J. Cai, and Q. Zhan
DGTD Analysis of Cloud-to-Cloud Lightning Pulse Propagation in the Earth-Ionosphere Waveguide J. Dong, B. Wei, L. Li, Q. Yang, Z. Li, and H. Chen
On Direct EM-Driven Optimization of Reflectarray Antennas for Gain Enhancement and Sidelobe Suppression S. Koziel, M. A. Belen, A. Çalişkan, and P. Mahouti