Robert Emmanuel Collin (24 October 1928 – 29 November 2010) was a
Canadian American
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electrical engineer, university professor and
life fellow of the
IEEE
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.
Collin was elected to the
National Academy of Engineering in 1990.
Biography
Collin was born on 24 October 1928 in the small town of
Donalda, Alberta, Canada. He received an undergraduate degree from the
University of Saskatchewan
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and a PhD in electrical engineering from
University of London (Imperial College). He worked at the
Canadian Armament and Research Development Establishment
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Originally formed at the end of World War II in 1945 as the Can ...
on guided missile antennas,
radomes and radar system evaluations.
Collin taught at
Case Western Reserve University
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between 1958 and 1997. His served stints as the electrical engineering department chair and the interim dean of engineering.
He was a distinguished visiting professor at
Ohio State University
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and was a visiting professor at universities in Brazil, China and Germany.
He made significant contributions to the field of microwaves. He is widely known for his textbooks on electromagnetic waves, microwave engineering and antennas. He was a life fellow of the IEEE.
Among his students, Collin was viewed as remarkable for his ability to recount the uttermost details of lengthy mathematical proofs from memory. He was an outstanding scholar of microwave and radar engineering and relativistic electrodynamics based on tensor calculus. During the Korean War era, Dr. Collin achieved many important engineering breakthroughs for His Majesty's and Her Majesty's governments.
Books
*Collin RE, ''Antennas and Radiowave Propagation'', McGraw-Hill, 1985.
*Collin RE, ''Field Theory of Guided Waves'', 2nd ed, IEEE, 1991.
*Collin RE, ''Foundations for Microwave Engineering'', 2nd ed, IEEE, 2001.
*Collin RE; Zucker FJ; eds, ''Antenna Theory'', 2 vols, McGraw-Hill, 1969.
*Hansen RC; Collin RE, ''Small Antenna Handbook'', Wiley, 2011.
*
Plonsey R; Collin RE, ''Principles and Applications of Electromagnetic Fields'', McGraw-Hill, 1961.
Awards
*1990: Member,
National Academy of Engineering
*1992: IEEE APS Distinguished Career Award; IEEE Schelkunoff Prize Paper Award
*1999:
IEEE Electromagnetics Award
*2000: IEEE Third Millennium Medal
References
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1928 births
2010 deaths
Alumni of Imperial College London
University of Saskatchewan alumni
Case Western Reserve University faculty
Canadian electrical engineers
Fellow Members of the IEEE
Engineering writers
Canadian academics in engineering
Microwave engineers
Electrical engineering academics
Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering
Canadian emigrants to the United States
American electrical engineers