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Nader Engheta (; born October 8, 1955) is an
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
ian- American scientist. He has made pioneering contributions to the fields of
metamaterials A metamaterial (from the Greek word μετά ''meta'', meaning "beyond" or "after", and the Latin word ''materia'', meaning "matter" or "material") is a type of material engineered to have a property, typically rarely observed in naturally occur ...
,
transformation optics Transformation optics is a branch of optics which applies metamaterials to produce spatial variations, derived from coordinate transformations, which can direct chosen bandwidths of electromagnetic radiation. This can allow for the construction o ...
, plasmonic optics,
nanophotonics Nanophotonics or nano-optics is the study of the behavior of light on the nanometer scale, and of the interaction of nanometer-scale objects with light. It is a branch of optics, optical engineering, electrical engineering, and nanotechnology. I ...
,
graphene Graphene () is a carbon allotrope consisting of a Single-layer materials, single layer of atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice, honeycomb planar nanostructure. The name "graphene" is derived from "graphite" and the suffix -ene, indicating ...
photonics, nano-materials, nanoscale optics, nano-antennas and miniaturized
antennas In radio-frequency engineering, an antenna (American English) or aerial (British English) is an electronic device that converts an alternating electric current into radio waves (transmitting), or radio waves into an electric current (receivi ...
, physics and reverse-engineering of polarization vision in nature, bio-inspired optical imaging, fractional paradigm in electrodynamics, and electromagnetics and microwaves.Research Interests
. University of Pennsylvania. February 2011.


Background

Engheta was born on October 8, 1955 in
Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...
. After earning a B.S. degree from the school of engineering (Daneshkadeh-e-Fanni) of the
University of Tehran The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...
, he left for the United States in the summer of 1978 and earned his Masters and PhD degrees from the
Caltech The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private university, private research university in Pasadena, California, United States. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small g ...
. He is one of the original pioneers of the field of modern metamaterials, and is the originator of the fields of near-zero-index metamaterials, plasmonic cloaking and optical nano circuitry (optical metatronics,). His metamaterial-based optical nano circuitry, in which properly designed nano structures function as lumped optical circuit elements such as optical capacitors, optical inductors and optical resistors. These are the building blocks for the metatronic circuits operating with light. This concept has been recently verified and realized experimentally by him and his research group at the University of Pennsylvania. This provides a new circuit paradigm for information processing at the nanoscale. His near-zero-index structures exhibit unique properties in light-matter interaction that have provided exciting possibilities in nanophotonics. His plasmonic cloaking ideas have led to new methods in stealth physics. He and his group have developed several areas and concepts in the fields of metamaterials and plasmonic optics, including, (1) ‘extreme-parameter metamaterials’ and 'epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) metamaterials'; (2) the concept of Omega structures, as one of the building blocks of structured materials,; (3) ultrathin cavities and waveguides, with sizes beyond diffraction limits, providing possibilities for unprecedented miniaturization of devices; (4) supercoupling phenomena between waveguides using low-permittivity ENZ metamaterials,; (5) extended Purcell effects in nano-optics using the ENZ phenomena, in which enhanced photon density of states occurs in a relatively large area with essentially uniform phase; (6) far-field subwavelength imaging lens based on ENZ hyperbolic metamaterials; (7) scattering-cancellation-based plasmonic cloaking and transparency,; (8) merging the field of graphene with the field of metamaterials and plasmonic optics in infrared regime, providing the roadmaps for one-atom-thick optical devices and one-atom-thick information processing,; (9) microwave artificial chirality; (10) “signal-processing” metamaterials and “meta-machine”, and (11) “digital” metamaterials. He is currently the H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor at the
University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. One of nine colonial colleges, it was chartered in 1755 through the efforts of f ...
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, USA, affiliated with the departments of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Bioengineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy.


Awards and honors

Professor Engheta has received the following honors and awards: * Elected Member
Academia Europaea The Academia Europaea is a pan-European Academy of humanities, letters, law, and sciences. The Academia was founded in 1988 as a functioning Europe-wide Academy that encompasses all fields of scholarly inquiry. It acts as co-ordinator of Europe ...
(2024) * Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award (2023) * Elected to the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and other ...
(2023) *
Franklin Medal The Franklin Medal was a science award presented from 1915 until 1997 by the Franklin Institute located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country ...
in Electrical Engineering (2023) *Hermann Anton Haus Lecture, MIT (April 13, 2022) *
Isaac Newton Medal The Isaac Newton Medal and Prize is a gold medal awarded annually by the Institute of Physics (IOP) accompanied by a prize of £1,000. The award is given to a physicist, regardless of subject area, background or nationality, for outstanding con ...
(2020) * Max Born Award (2020) * Canadian Academy of Engineering, International Fellow (2019) *Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the Ellis Island Honors Society (2019) *Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology from IEEE Nanotechnology Council (2018) * Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics, Top 1% Researcher most cited) (2017 & 2018) * William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award from IEEE Photonics Society (2017) * Beacon of Photonics Industry Award from Photonics Media (2017) * Honorary Doctorate from National Technical University Kharkov Polytechnic Institute (2017) * Honorary Doctorate from University of Stuttgart, Germany (2016) * Honorary Doctorate in Technology from Aalto University in Finland (2016) *
SPIE Gold Medal SPIE Gold Medal, or Gold Medal Award of SPIE, is the highest honor of SPIE (the international society for optics and photonics), and is considered one of the highest award in the fields of photonic and optical engineering and related instrumental ...
(2015) * Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow Award from the US Department of Defense (2015) * Distinguished Achievement Award from the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (2015) * Wheatstone Lecture in King's College London (2015) * Balthasar van der Pol Gold Medal from URSI (International Union of Radio Science) (2014) * Inaugural SINA Award in Engineering (SINA: "Spirit of Iranian Noted Achiever") (2013) * Benjamin Franklin Key Award (2013) *
IEEE Electromagnetics Award The IEEE Electromagnetics Award was established by the IEEE Board of Directors in 1996. This award is presented for outstanding contributions to electromagnetics theory, application or education. It may be presented to an individual only. Reci ...
(2012) * Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK) (2020) * Fellow of the Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale (URSI: International Union of Radio Science) (since 2017) * Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors (NAI) (2015) * Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) (since 2015) * Fellow of the SPIE- The International Society for Optical Engineering (since 2011) * Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is a United States–based international nonprofit with the stated mission of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsib ...
(AAAS) (since 2010) * Fellow of the
American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of ...
(APS) (sinc
November 2008
* Fellow of the
Optical Society of America Optica, founded as the Optical Society of America (later the Optical Society), is a professional society of individuals and companies with an interest in optics and photonics. It publishes journals, organizes conferences and exhibitions, and ca ...
(OSA) (since March 1999) * Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines. The IEEE ...
(since January 1996) * Recipient of the George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award 2008 for Excellence in Research * In
Scientific American ''Scientific American'', informally abbreviated ''SciAm'' or sometimes ''SA'', is an American popular science magazine. Many scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to it, with more than 150 Nobel Pri ...
Magazine List of 50 Leaders in Science and Technology, 2006 http://www.payvand.com/news/06/dec/1035.html Dr. Nader Engheta in Scientific American 50 list * Endowed Scholarly H. Nedwill Ramsey Professorship, U. of Pennsylvania, January 2005 – present * IEEE Third Millennium Medal *
Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon Guggenheim, Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon indiv ...
(
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
) * UPS Foundation Distinguished Educator term Chair * Fulbright Naples Chair Award (1998) * S. Reid Warren Jr. Award (two times: 1993 and 2001) * IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) Distinguished Lecturer for 1997–1999 * 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) * Frequent plenary and keynote speaker at many conferences


Books

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See also

* Iranian science


References


External links


Dr. Nader Engheta in Scientific American 50 list
* For Nader Engheta's Recent Research Papers, see https://www.seas.upenn.edu/~engheta/publications-intro-page.htm * For Press Releases and News Media Reports on some of Nader Engheta's Research, see https://www.seas.upenn.edu/~engheta/news-1.htm
''Doing Math at the Speed of Light'' - A TEDx talk by Dr. Engheta
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