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Nader Engheta Born October 8, 1955
Tehran, IranResidence United States of America Fields Physics, Electrical Engineering Institutions University of Pennsylvania Alma mater California Institute of Technology Doctoral advisor Charles H. Papas Nader Engheta (Born 1955 in Tehran) is an Iranian scientist and engineer. He has significantly contributed to novel artificial materials, photonics, nano-structured materials, novel graphene materials, and plasmonics. [1][2]
He received his B.S. degree with high honors in Electrical Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering (Fanni) at University of Tehran in 1978, and his Ph.D. degree from Caltech in 1982. He is currently the H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering at University of Pennsylvania.
He received the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1999 for his work on "Fractional paradigm of classical electrodynamics." The Scientific American selected Nader Engheta as one of the top 50 leaders in Science and Technology for the year 2005-2006.
He is also on the editorial board of the peer reviewed journal Metamaterials, along with a number of other notable board members who have significantly contributed to metamaterial research.[3]
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Awards and honors
- IEEE Electromagnetics Award (2012)
- Fellow of the American Physical Society (since November 2008)
- Recipient of the George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award 2008 for Excellence in Research
- Top 50 research leaders of the year 2006, Scientific American Magazine [4]
- IEEE Third Millennium Medal
- Guggenheim Fellowship (1999)
- Fellow of the Optical Society of America (since March 1999)
- UPS Foundation Distinguished Educator term Chair
- Fulbright Naples Chair Award (1998)
- Fellow of IEEE (since January 1996)
- S. Reid Warren Jr. Award
- W. M. Keck Foundation's Engineering Teaching Excellence Award (1995)
- Christian F. and Mary R. Lindback Foundation Award (1994)
- NSF Presidential Young Investigator (PYI) Award (1989)
Books
- Engheta, Nader; Ziolkowski, Richard W., eds (July 2006). Metamaterials: Physics and Engineering Explorations. Wiley-IEEE Press. pp. 440. ISBN 978-0-47176-102-0.
References
- ^ University of Pennsylvania. ScholarlyCommons: Repository. Author Nader Engheta.
- ^ Research Interests. University of Pennsylvania. February 2011.
- ^ Lapine, Mikhail, Coordinating Editor (2010), "Coordinating Editor, Editing board, and Adviosry board", Metamaterials (journal): 01, http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaleditorialboard.cws_home/710726/editorialboard, retrieved 2010-03-16
- ^ http://www.payvand.com/news/06/dec/1035.html Dr. Nader Engheta in Scientific American 50 list
See also
- Iranian science
Categories:- Iranian scientists
- American scientists
- Iranian engineers
- American people of Iranian descent
- People from Tehran
- Guggenheim Fellows
- 1955 births
- Living people
- Metamaterials scientists
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