Nader Engheta ( fa, نادر انقطاع) (born 1955 in

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scientist. He has made pioneering contributions to the fields of

metamaterials A metamaterial (from the Ancient Greek, Greek word Meta, μετά ''meta'', meaning "beyond" or "after", and the Latin word ''materia'', meaning "matter" or "material") is any material engineered to have a property that is not found in naturally ...

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 ...

plasmonic In physics, a plasmon is a quantum of plasma oscillation. Just as light (an optical oscillation) consists of photons, the plasma oscillation consists of plasmons. The plasmon can be considered as a quasiparticle since it arises from the quantiz ...

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. It ...

graphene Graphene () is an allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice nanostructure.

photonics, nano-materials, nanoscale optics, Optical rectenna, nano-antennas and miniaturized

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, 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

After earning a B.S. degree from the school of engineering (Daneshkadeh-e-Fanni) of the

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, he left for the United States in the summer of 1978 and earned his Masters and PhD degrees from the

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. 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

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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: *

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 The Max Born Award is given by the Optical Society (formerly the Optical Society of America) for "outstanding contributions to physical optics", and is named after Max Born. Recipients SourceThe Optical Society * 2022 Yuri Kivshar * 2021 Anne L ...

(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) * Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors (NAI) (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. Rec ...

(2012) * Fellow of Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale (URSI: International Union of Radio Science) (since 2017) * Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) (since 2015) * Fellow of the SPIE- The International Society for Optical Engineering (since 2011) * Fellow of the

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(AAAS) (since 2010) * Fellow of the

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(APS) (sinc
November 2008
* Fellow of the

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(OSA) (since March 1999) * Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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(since January 1996) * Recipient of the George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award 2008 for Excellence in Research * In

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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 *

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(

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) * 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

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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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Engheta, Nader Iranian electrical engineers American people of Iranian descent People from Tehran 1955 births Living people Metamaterials scientists University of Pennsylvania faculty California Institute of Technology alumni University of Tehran alumni Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows of the American Physical Society Fellows of the Optical Society Fellow Members of the IEEE Iranian expatriate academics 21st-century American engineers Optical engineers

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