Electromagnetics & micromagnetics
High-performance computational methods for electromagnetic fields, micromagnetic dynamics, and their coupling to realistic material and device models.
Computational Electromagnetics & Multiphysics Lab
Modeling electromagnetics and magnetization in next-generation materials and devices.
We develop high-performance computational methods for realistic systems involving electromagnetics, magnetization dynamics and statics, spintronics, elastics, heat transport, mechanical motion, and coherent X-ray imaging.
- Electromagnetics
- Magnetization
- Spintronics
- Elastics
- Heat transport
- CXDI
University of California San DiegoElectrical & Computer EngineeringCenter for Memory & Recording Research
High-performanceAlgorithms and codes designed for computationally demanding material and device models.
MultiphysicsCoupled formulations spanning magnetic, electromagnetic, elastic, thermal, and mechanical effects.
Material and device-relevantRealistic materials and systems, from memory technologies to coherent X-ray imaging.
Research thrusts
Computation across coupled physical scales.
Our work combines physical modeling, numerical methods, and parallel computing to study materials and devices whose behavior cannot be captured by a single isolated mechanism.
Coherent X-ray imaging
Computational methods for real-time three-dimensional coherent X-ray diffraction imaging and reconstruction of magnetic textures.
Memory & recording
Magnetic and ferroelectric memory and recording systems, including MRAM, FeRAM, PMR, HAMR, and ferroelectric recording.
Magnetoelastic spin dynamics
Spin-wave–phonon propagation and coupling among spin-transfer-torque and spin-orbit-torque oscillators.
Neural interfaces
Neural-network-enhanced EEG event recognition for device control, including integration with virtual-reality systems.
Research in motion
Electromagnetic fields, magnetization, and realistic structures.
Selected visuals from the lab’s simulations and modeling work, including electromagnetic scattering, microstructure-resolved magnetics, and dynamic field visualization.
Simulation movie
Dynamic visualization of a computed magnetic structure.
The movie gives visitors an immediate view of the lab’s simulation workflow and three-dimensional field visualization.
Selected publications
Recent results.
Selected journal articles from the lab’s recent work in high-performance computation, spin dynamics, coherent imaging, and topological magnetic systems.
Fast calculation of retarded potentials in multi-domain TDDFT
F. M. Shapira, V. Lomakin, A. Boag, and A. Natan.
Open publicationSpin wave assisted synchronization in 2D arrays of spin torque oscillators
F. Ai, J. Duan, and V. Lomakin.
Open publicationReal time 3D coherent X-ray diffraction imaging
F. Ai and V. Lomakin.
View in publication listCorrelated spin wave generation and domain-wall oscillation in a topologically textured magnetic film
C. Liu, F. Ai, S. Reisbick, V. Lomakin, and Y. Zhu.
View in publication listLab news
Recent milestones.
Conferences, student research, leadership, and degree milestones from the lab community.
August 2026
The lab and CMRR host TMRC 2026 at UC San Diego.
The 37th Magnetic Recording Conference brought three days of discussion on solid-state magnetic memory, storage architectures for AI, and recording beyond 3 Tbit/in².
2026
ENLACE interns present real-time EEG research.
Edith Elias and Diego Munos completed and presented a project on neural-network-based real-time EEG event detection.
July 2026
Prof. Lomakin begins term as CMRR Director.
Vitaliy Lomakin began serving as Director of the Center for Memory and Recording Research at UC San Diego.
2024
Fangzhou Ai completes Ph.D.
Dr. Ai defended work on high-performance computational techniques for X-ray imaging and micromagnetic analysis of periodic arrays.