Yahya Rahmat-SamiiYahya Rahmat-Samii was elected in 2008
as a member of

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in Electronics, Communication & Information Systems Engineering for contributions to the design and measurement of reflector and handheld-device

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 ...

. (; born August 20, 1948) is the

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Chair Professor in Electromagnetics at the

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department at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

, where he teaches and conducts research on

microwave transmission Microwave transmission is the transmission of information by electromagnetic waves with wavelengths in the microwave frequency range of 300 MHz to 300 GHz (1 m - 1 mm wavelength) of the electromagnetic spectrum. Microwave signal ...

and

radio antenna 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 ...

s. Rahmat-Samii received his Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering in 1970 from 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 ...

, Iran, and the Master of Science in 1972 and the Doctor of Philosophy degrees in electrical engineering in 1975 from the

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United States. Established in 1867, it is the f ...

. Before joining UCLA in 1989, he was a senior research scientist at the

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. He has made innovations in satellite communications antennas, personal communication antennas, wearable and implanted antennas for communications and biotelemetry, and antennas for

remote sensing Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an physical object, object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation. The term is applied especially to acquiring inform ...

and radio astronomy applications. He is the director of the UCLA Antenna Research, Analysis and Measurement Laboratory.

Awards and honors

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 ...

(2011) *Member of the

(2008) * Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Award of the

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 ...

Antennas & Propagation Society (2007) *

International Union of Radio Science The International Union of Radio Science (abbreviated ''URSI'', after its French name, ) is one of 26 international scientific unions affiliated to the International Council for Science (ICSU). History and objectives URSI was officially cr ...

Booker Gold Medal (2005) *Foreign Member of

The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium (RASAB) is a non-governmental association that promotes and organises science and the arts in Belgium by coordinating the national and international activities of its constituent academies su ...

(2001) *Honoris Causa Doctorate,

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, Spain (2001) *

Third Millennium Medal (2000) *Distinguished Alumnus Award, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department,

(1999)1999 Distinguished Alumni Award
link from Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Books

* 2008: (with F. Yang
Electromagnetic Band Gap Structures in Antenna Engineering
Cambridge University Press. * 2006: (with J. Kim
Implanted Antennas in Medical Wireless Communications
Morgan and Claypool Publishers. * 1999: (with E. Michielssen as editors

Wiley, NY. * 1995: (with D. Hoppe) ''Impedance Boundary Conditions in Electromagnetics'',

Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in the United Kingdom that publishes books and academic journals. Its parts include Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, Routledge, F1000 (publisher), F1000 Research and Dovepress. It i ...

, Washington, DC.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rahmat-Samii, Yahya 1948 births Living people People from Rasht UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science faculty American electronics engineers Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering Foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Iranian emigrants to the United States Iranian electronics engineers Microwave engineers American telecommunications engineers University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni Jet Propulsion Laboratory faculty Fellows of the IEEE

Awards and honors

Books

See also

References