The world of applied electromagnetics : in appreciation of Magdy Fahmy Iskander

735 Pages·2018·32.04 MB·English

by  Furse

Akhlesh Lakhtakia · Cynthia M. Furse
Editors
The World
of Applied
Electromagnetics
In Appreciation of Magdy Fahmy
Iskander
The World of Applied Electromagnetics

Akhlesh Lakhtakia • Cynthia M. Furse
Editors
The World of Applied
Electromagnetics
In Appreciation of Magdy Fahmy Iskander
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Editors
AkhleshLakhtakia CynthiaM.Furse
NanoMM–Nanoengineered DepartmentofElectrical
MetamaterialsGroup andComputerEngineering
DepartmentofEngineeringScience UniversityofUtah
andMechanics SaltLakeCity,UT,USA
PennsylvaniaStateUniversity
PA,USA
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Foreword
This festschrift volume recognizes the long and distinguished career of Magdy
F. Iskander as researcher, educator, and leader in his professional and academic
communities. His students and colleagues have spoken in great detail through
their chaptershere of hismanycontributionsto the fields ofelectromagneticsand
wireless technologies, as well as his success in translating his work into effective
educationalanduniversity-industryinteractions.Magdy,himself,haswritteninthis
volume the fascinating story of his life and career path over four decades, with
detailed chapters on his research in computational electromagnetics, propagation
modeling,antennasand antennaarrays,and metamaterialsandhis entrepreneurial
andeducationalactivities.
My own reflection on Magdy’s career accomplishments dates to our time
together as colleagues at the National Science Foundation when he joined our
Division of Electrical and Communications Systems (ECS) in the Engineering
(ENG)Directorateasprogramdirector,fromJanuary1998toOctober1999.Shortly
after his arrival at NSF, he began meetings with colleagues in our Computer and
InformationScienceandEngineering(CISE)Directoratetoexplorecooperationin
the area of wireless communications. These discussions led to the first of several
workshopsonwirelesstechnologiesthatMagdyhelpedorganizewhile atNSF, an
area of high importancefor ECS. Drawingon communityinputfromthese work-
shops,MagdyledthedevelopmentofanNSFjointsolicitationwithENG,CISE,and
theNSFInternationalOfficeonWirelessInformationTechnologyandNetworks.Its
intent was to encouragefundamentalresearch that would enable further advances
in wireless mobile communicationsand in their applicationsand services. Magdy
wasalsoamemberofthe1999WTECpanelonWirelessInformationTechnology
formed to assess US competitiveness in wireless communication R&T in Europe
and Japan. Prior to leaving NSF, Magdy developed, together with colleagues at
ARO,DARPA,andNRL,awell-recognizedworkshoponRFmicromachiningand
MEMStechnologyforwirelesscommunicationsystems.
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After returning to his faculty position as professor of electrical and computer
engineering at the University of Utah, Magdy was recruited in 2002 to join the
facultyoftheUniversityofHawaiiatManoaasprofessorofelectricalengineering
in the College of Engineering. There he took on the position he maintains today
as director of the Hawaii Center for Advanced Communications. He brought in
significantfundingforthecenterfromindustryandstateandfederalgovernmentsto
expand research and education programsin wireless communicationtechnologies
and to support hiring of young new faculty. With resources from an NSF Major
Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant, he established an indoor antenna range to
advanceresearchondigitalsignalprocessinganddesignandoptimizationofnext-
generationwirelesscommunicationsystems.Heworkedtostrengthencollaborative
research ties through the center with industry and to build a strong education
and workforce-development effort with local school systems, which included
an effective NSF- and state-supported Research Experience for Teachers (RET)
program. In 2004, Magdy submitted a successful proposal to NSF to establish as
co-director a University of Hawaii partnership with the NSF Industry/University
CooperativeResearchCenter(I/UCRC)forTelecommunicationsCircuitsandSys-
tems(CommunicationsOne)atArizonaStateUniversity.Thisjointeffortcontinues
to support strong industry-university collaborative research and robust education
andoutreachprograms.
Magdy was recognizedby the IEEE in 1993with a fellow award for his “con-
tributionstocomputationaltechniquesinbioelectromagnetics,near-fielddosimetry
analysis, and to engineering education.” In 2002, he was elected president of the
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society. Among many awards in his career, he
received their prestigious Distinguished Educator Award in 2012 and, similarly
in 2013, the award from the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society.
Magdy has a prolific record of lectures, publications, editorships of professional
journals, conference proceedings, patents, books, and book chapters. In 2011, he
organized an NSF-sponsored US/Ireland research and technology collaboration
workshopin Dublin, Ireland,and more recently in 2014 a US/Egypt workshopin
Alexandria,Egypt,hischildhoodhome.Magdyhasorganizedandchairednumerous
international conferences and workshops. A number of these have been held in
Hawaii, thus contributing to the state’s economy and where he, indeed, has been
amostgracioushost.
With this festschrift and a special session of the 2017 IEEE International
Microwave Symposium, many of his students and colleagues in the electromag-
neticsengineeringcommunityarecelebratingMagdy’smanycareerachievements
andhisenduringfriendships.
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MagdyF.IskanderandLawrenceS.Goldberg,Maui,Hawaii,2012
NationalScienceFoundation LawrenceS.Goldberg
Arlington,VA22230,USA
[email protected]
Acknowledgments
The editors warmly thank Prof. Magdy F. Iskander for inspiring them, mentoring
them,guidingthem,andencouragingthem.
The editors thank Dr. Lawrence S. Goldberg for the gracious and informative
foreword and all colleagues who contributed chapters to this festschrift. Not only
didtheywritetheirownchapters,buttheyalsoprovidedthoughtfulpeerreviewsof
chapterswrittenbyothers.
The editors are grateful to the personnel of Springer Nature for the assistance
at critical junctures during the copyediting, proofreading, and production phases.
Special thanksare due to Charles Glaser for his enthusiastic receptionof the idea
of this festschrift, to Murugesan Tamilselvan for coordinating all pre-production
activities,andtoArunPrakashRamasamyforoverseeingproductionactivities.
Theeditorsalsothanktheirfamilymembersforencouragingthemandpatiently
allowingthemthetimeneededtocelebrateandcommemoratethesuccessfulcareer
ofavaluedscientist,engineer,mentor,andfriend,Prof.MagdyF.Iskander.
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