Iranian American Dr. Engheta receives 2013 Benjamin Franklin Key Award
Penn Engineering: Dr. Nader Engheta, an Iranian American Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania is the recipient of the 2013 Benjamin Franklin Key Award from the IEEE Philadelphia for "outstanding electrical engineering design, innovation and problem solving."
IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence. The Key Award is given annually for outstanding technical innovation and technological contributions that have significant practical application. Engheta's research activities span a broad range of areas involving the physics of fields and waves. He is a leading figure in the field of metamaterials, which combines physics, engineering and nanotechnology to bend and manipulate waves in ways that natural materials cannot. Metamaterials can have applications in military and aerospace fields.
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