Schamiloglu has been a faculty member at University of New Mexico since 1988. At the UNM School of Engineering, he has successively been Regents’ Lecturer from 1996 to1999, ECE Gardner-Zemke Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (since 2000),[16] and distinguished professor since 2014.[17] Also at the University of New Mexico, he has been associate chair and director of the Graduate Program (2000–2001), director of the School of Engineering Research Center COSMIAC (2015-2017), associate dean for research and innovation (2017-2023), and special assistant to the provost for laboratory relations since 2018.[6] He is also president of the Summa Foundation, an independent, philanthropic organization promoting scientific and educational activities in the field of electromagnetics.[18]
At University of New Mexico, he established a program for research and education in plasma science involving pulsed power and intense beam-driven, high power microwave devices. He founded the Pulsed Power, Beams and Microwaves Laboratory (1989), where for many years his team have been pursuing research in areas such as modeling of electromagnetic systems, directed energy microwaves, and the effects of high power microwaves on systems.[19]
As a principal co-investigator, Schamiloglu became a founding member of the NSF Directorate for Engineering's sponsored Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA), together with Dorota Grejner-Brzezińska from The Ohio State University (now Research Vice-chancelor at UW Madison),[26] Anthony Boccanfuso from the University Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP), Barry W. Johnson from the University of Virginia, and Charles Johnson-Bey, of Booz Allen Hamilton.[27] Johnson's position at ERVA was later filled by Pramod Khargonekar from the University of California, Irvine.[28]
Schamiloglu has taught electromagnetics, plasma physics, neurosystems engineering, and advanced mathematics.[29] He has been an invited lecturer at institutions in the US, UK, India and China. He has supervised over eighty M.S. and Ph.D. dissertations in related fields. Also, his laboratory has hosted many international visiting scientists since 1991.[29]
Schamiloglu has published hundreds of peer-reviewed academic articles.[32] His citations can be retrieved from his page on Google Scholar.[33] Some of his most cited papers are:
Fuks, Mikhail; Schamiloglu, Edl (2005-11-10). "Rapid Start of Oscillations in a Magnetron with a "Transparent" Cathode". Physical Review Letters. 95 (20): 205101. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.205101. ISSN0031-9007.[34]
Schamiloglu, Edl (2014-08-18). "Enhanced surface flashover strength in vacuum of polymethylmethacrylate by surface modification using atmospheric-pressure dielectric barrier discharge". Applied Physics Letters. 105 (7): 071607. doi:10.1063/1.4893884. ISSN0003-6951.[35]
Fuks, Mikhail I; Schamiloglu, Edl (2010-06). "70% Efficient Relativistic Magnetron With Axial Extraction of Radiation Through a Horn Antenna". IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. 38 (6): 1302–1312. doi:10.1109/TPS.2010.2042823. ISSN0093-3813[36]
Books
High-Power Microwave Sources and Technologies (2001), Robert J. Barker, Edl Schamiloglu (co-editors), New York: IEEE Press/Wiley. 2001. ISBN978-0-470-54487-7. OCLC557402344.[37]
High Power Microwaves, 4th edition (2025), James Benford, Edl Schamiloglu, Jacob Stephens, John A. Swegle, Peng Zhang (authors), CRC Press. ISBN978-1032250465, OCLCon1464287136[38]
High power microwave sources and technologies using metamaterials (2021), John W. Luginsland, Jason A. Marshall, Arje Nachman, Edl Schamiloglu (co-editors), IEEE Press series on RF and microwave technology (First ed.) Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-IEEE Press. ISBN978-1-119-38446-5, OCLC1031456950[39]
Schamiloglu has often been a committee member and chair at UNM, IEEE and National Academies.[29] He served on the external advisory board for Sandia National Laboratories, REHEDS Foundation, Army's Extramural Basic Research Program in Electronics (ARO), K&A Wireless, Directed Energy Professional Society, Pulsed Power Conferences, Inc., SUMMA, and EPSCoR/IDeA Foundations.[29] He was also founding member (2016-2020) of the Matter and Radiation at Extremes Editorial Advisory Board (an Open Access Journal).
Patents
Schamiloglu is a co-inventor of several patents for devices often related to the operation of magnetrons.[41]
Honors
Schamiloglu's academic achievements have been recognized by many awards. Within UNM he received Research Excellence Awards in 1992, 2001 and 2017, also Creativity Awards in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018 and 2019.[42][43][44] He was selected as a UNM Academic Leadership Fellow from 2013 to 2015,[6] and received the Gardner-Zemke Research Award in 2016.[45]
2002: Elected Fellow “For Contributions to the Generation and Propagation of Intense Pulsed Charged Particle Beams”[8]
2008: Albuquerque Section Outstanding Engineering Educator Award
2013: Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society's Richard F. Shea Distinguished Member Award “For Outstanding Contributions to its Technical Committees”[46]
2015: NPSS PPST Peter Haas Award “For Research in the Area of Pulsed Power, Beams, and Microwaves, and for his Dedicated Service to the Current and Future Pulsed Power Community through his Leadership and Educational Endeavors”[16]
2019: Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society's 2019 Magne “Kris” Kristiansen Award for Contributions to Experimental Nuclear and Plasma Science[47]
^Benford, James (2025). High power microwaves. Series in plasma physics (Fourth ed.). Abingdon, Oxon ; Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN978-1032250465.
^Luginsland, John, ed. (2022). High power microwave sources and technologies using metamaterials. IEEE Press series on RF and microwave technology (1st ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-IEEE Press. ISBN978-1-119-38446-5.
^Vega, Felix; Morai, Nicolas; Schamiloglu, Edl; Kasmi, Chaouki (Jan 1, 2025). Recent Advances in High-Power Electromagnetics (Electromagnetic Waves) (1st ed.). Hampshire, UK: Scitech Publishing (published 2025). ISBN978-1839539473.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)