Edl Schamiloglu (born 1959) is an American

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate caus ...

electrical engineer Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

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expert,

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, and

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in the department of electrical and computer engineering at the

University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico (UNM; es, Universidad de Nuevo México) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1889, it is the state's flagship academic institution and the largest by enrollment, with over 25,400 ...

. He has been known in public media for his expertise in the design and operation of

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. He is also known for his assessment on the possible origins of alleged health damages presumably caused on U.S. embassy personnel in

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in 2016 as part of the Havana syndrome incident. He is the associate dean for research and innovation at the UNM School of Engineering, where he has been a faculty since 1988, and where he is also special assistant to the provost for laboratory relations. He is also the founding director of the recently launched UNM Directed Energy Center. Schamiloglu is a book author and co-editor, and has received numerous awards for his academic achievements. He is a Fellow of the

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

and 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 k ...

. Starting on July 1, 2024, Schamiloglu was selected as

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of the

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, where he succeeds Steven J. Gitomer who has held that role for over 40 years.

Early life and education

Schamiloglu was born in

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in 1959 to

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

parents from Russia who wed in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

in 1957, where their families had independently arrived as political refugees. His only brother, Uli Schamiloglu, is professor and chair of the department of

Kazakh Language The Kazakh or simply Qazaq (Latin: or , Cyrillic: or , Arabic Script: or , , ) is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia by Kazakhs. It is closely related to Nogai, Kyrgyz and Karakalpak. It is the official lan ...

and Turkic Studies at

Nazarbayev University Nazarbayev University (NU) is an autonomous research university in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. Founded as a result of the initiative of the first President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev in 2010 (June), it is an English-medium institu ...

in Nursultan, Kazakhstan. Schamiloglu attended

Bronx High School of Science The Bronx High School of Science, commonly called Bronx Science, is a public specialized high school in The Bronx in New York City. It is operated by the New York City Department of Education. Admission to Bronx Science involves passing the Spec ...

. In 1979, he obtained a Bachelor of Science in

applied physics Applied physics is the application of physics to solve scientific or engineering problems. It is usually considered to be a bridge or a connection between physics and engineering. "Applied" is distinguished from "pure" by a subtle combination ...

and

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and a Master of Science degree in

plasma physics Plasma ()πλάσμα
, Henry George Liddell, R ...

from

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

. In 1988, he earned a PhD in

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

(with a minor in

mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

) from

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...

Career

Schamiloglu has been a faculty member at

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), and distinguished professor since 2014. 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. He is also president of the Summa Foundation, an independent, philanthropic organization promoting scientific and educational activities in the field of

electromagnetics In physics, electromagnetism is an interaction that occurs between particles with electric charge. It is the second-strongest of the four fundamental interactions, after the strong force, and it is the dominant force in the interactions of ...

. At University of New Mexico, he established a program for research and education in plasma science involving

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. Acting as a principal investigator, or leading multilateral alliances, Schamiloglu's laboratory has received research subsidies of millions of dollars often originating from the

US Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national secu ...

, In 2020, he led a five-university inter-institutional team sponsored by the Air Force, which was selected for a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Award from the

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to explore the ''Fundamental Limits to High Power Electromagnetic Amplification.'' 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

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), Anthony Boccanfuso from the University Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP), Barry W. Johnson from the University of Virginia, and Charles Johnson-Bey, of

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. Johnson's position at ERVA was later filled by

Pramod Khargonekar Pramod P. Khargonekar is the Vice Chancellor for Research and Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine. An expert in control systems engineering, Dr. Khargonekar has served in ...

from the

University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and pr ...

. Schamiloglu has taught electromagnetics, plasma physics, neurosystems engineering, and advanced mathematics. He has been an invited lecturer at institutions in the US, UK, India and China. He has supervised over eighty

M.S. A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast to ...

and

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is a ...

dissertations in related fields. Also, his laboratory has hosted many international visiting scientists since 1991. As a special assistant to the provost, Schamiloglu has been aiding in the development of working relations between the University of New Mexico and

United States Department of Energy national laboratories The United States Department of Energy National Laboratories and Technology Centers is a system of facilities and laboratories overseen by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) for scientific and technological research. Sixteen of the sev ...

. He was elected a Fellow of the

(

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

) in 2002, and a Fellow of the

in 2020.

Works

Papers

Schamiloglu has published hundreds of peer-reviewed academic articles. His citations can be retrieved from his page on Google Scholar. 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. . . * 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. . . * 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. .

Books

* High-Power Microwave Sources and Technologies (2001), Robert J. Barker, Edl Schamiloglu (co-editors), New York: IEEE Press/Wiley. 2001. . . * High Power Microwaves, 3rd edition (2015)'','' James Benford, John A. Swegle, Edl Schamiloglu (authors), CRC Press. . * High-Power Microwave Sources and Technologies using Metamaterials (2021) John W. Luginsland, Jason A. Marshall, Arje Nachman, Edl Schamiloglu (co-editors), New York: Wiley/IEEE Press, . .

Service

Schamiloglu has often been a committee member and chair at UNM,

and

National Academy A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, most frequently in the sciences but also the humanit ...

. He served on the external advisory board for

Sandia National Laboratories Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), also known as Sandia, is one of three research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Headquartered in Kirtland Air Force Ba ...

, 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. He was also founding member (2016-2020) of the Matter and Radiation at Extremes Editorial Advisory Board (an Open Access Journal), and an editor for

IEEE Transactions on Communications ''IEEE Transactions on Communications'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the IEEE Communications Society that focuses on all aspects of telecommunication technology, including telephone, telegraphy, facsimile, and point-to ...

Patents

Schamiloglu is a co-inventor of several patents for devices often related to the operation of magnetrons.

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. He was selected as a UNM Academic Leadership Fellow from 2013 to 2015, and received the Gardner-Zemke Research Award in 2016. Within the

(

), his awards include: * 2002: Elected Fellow “For Contributions to the Generation and Propagation of Intense Pulsed Charged Particle Beams” * 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” * 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” * 2019: Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society's 2019 Magne “Kris” Kristiansen Award for Contributions to Experimental Nuclear and Plasma Science Other awards he has received include: * 2003: City of Albuquerque

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Award * 2011: CST (Journal) University Publication Award * 2012:

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60th Anniversary Commemorative Medal for Leadership in Directed Energy * 2014:

IEC The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC; in French: ''Commission électrotechnique internationale'') is an international standards organization that prepares and publishes international standards for all electrical, electronic and r ...

1906 Leadership Award, given for his service leading SC77C * 2016:

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(UK) Outstanding Reviewer Award for Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics * 2020: Elected Fellow of the Americal Physical Society

References

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