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The Weber Research Institute (known prior to 1985 as the Microwave Research Institute) is a research group at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University. The institute's research focuses on electromagnetics, including "electromagnetic, acoustic and lightwave propagation, scattering and detection, together with electromagnetic waves and the environment in communication and signaling systems." [1]

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History

The Microwave Research Institute (MRI) was founded in 1945 by Ernst Weber at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (which later became the Polytechnic Institute of New York University). Research conducted at the institute included work in the areas of "electromagnetic theory, antennas and radiation, network theory and microwave networks, microwave components and devices." [2] MRI was internationally regarded as one of the foremost centers of research on microwave field theory in the world. [3] In 1985 it was renamed the Weber Research Institute in honor of its founder. [4]

Ernst Weber, Austria-born American electrical engineer, was a pioneer in microwave technologies and played an important role in the history of the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where in 1945 he founded the Microwave Research Institute. Weber was also the first president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and one of the founders of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

Leadership

Nathan Marcuvitz American academic

Nathan Marcuvitz, was an American electrical engineer, physicist, and educator who worked in the fields of microwave and electromagnetic theory. He was head of the experimental group of the Radiation Laboratory (MIT). He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He had a PhD in electrical engineering from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.

Erich E. Kunhardt Grullon was a Dominican American physicist who was Professor of applied physics at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University and a special advisor to the Institute's President.

Notable researchers

Among its most prominent members were Nathan Marcuvitz, Leo B. Felsen, Dante C. Youla and Arthur A. Oliner, all fellows of IEEE and members of the National Academy of Engineering. The institute has attracted researchers from all over the world, including Alexander Graham Bell Medal winner Tsuneo Nakahara, who in 1961 was a visiting research associate of the institute, and who went on to be vice chairman of the Sumitomo Electric Company, and Dr. Oguchi, who became chief engineer of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone. [5] [6] Another faculty member closely associated with MRI was KunMo Chung, Director of the Plasma Physics Laboratory from 1967 to 1975, who served as Minister of Science and Technology of South Korea two times and who was associated with numerous international science and technology agencies.[ citation needed ]

Dante C. Youla is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnic Institute of New York University. He has made fundamental contributions to the areas of Circuit theory, analysis and synthesis; Communication theory; microwave systems and control theory.

Tsuneo Nakahara was a communications engineer, executive advisor to the CEO of Sumitomo Electric. He was one of the main researchers contributing to the development of optical fiber technology.

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Japanese telecommunication company

The Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, commonly known as NTT, is a Japanese telecommunications company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Ranked 65th in Fortune Global 500, NTT is the fourth largest telecommunications company in the world in terms of revenue, as well as the third largest publicly traded company in Japan after Toyota and MUFG, as of September 2018.

According to a 1968 inquiry by the journal MicroWaves, microwave engineers named by a wide margin the Polytechnic Institute as the school from which they had received their training. [3]

Publications

The institute held annual symposia on topics in the field of electronic and published 24 accompanying volumes, known as the MRI Symposium Proceedings. [2] [3]

MRI Symposium topics include: [7]

  1. Modern Network Synthesis (1952)
  2. Nonlinear Circuit Analysis (1953)
  3. Information Networks (April 1954)
  4. Modern Advances in Microwave Techniques (November 1954)
  5. Modern Network Synthesis II (1955)
  6. Nonlinear Circuit Analysis II (1956)
  7. The Role of Solid State Phenomena in Electric Circuits (1957)
  8. Electronic Waveguides (1958)
  9. Millimeter Waves (1959)
  10. Active Networks and Feedback Systems (1960)
  11. Electromagnetics and Fluid Dynamics of Gaseous Plasma (1961)
  12. Mathematical Theory of Automata (1962)
  13. Optical Masers (1963)
  14. Quasi-Optics (1964)
  15. System Theory (1965)
  16. Generalized Networks (1966)
  17. Modern Optics (1967)
  18. Turbulence of Fluids and Plasma (1968)
  19. Computer Processing of Communications (1969)
  20. Submillimeter Waves (1970)
  21. Computers and Automata (1971)
  22. Computer-Communications Networks and Teletraffic (1972)
  23. Optical and Acoustical Micro-Electronics (1974)
  24. Computer Software Engineering (1976)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Overview - Electrical and Computer Engineering". Polytechnic Institute of NYU. 2011. Retrieved 19 Nov 2011.
  2. 1 2 Bertoni, Henry L.; Leopold B. Felsen (1991). Directions in Electromagnetic Wave Modeling. Springer.
  3. 1 2 3 Sarkar, Tapan K. (2006). History of Wireless. John Wiley and Sons.
  4. ↑ Saxon, Wolfgang (17 February 1996). "Ernst Weber, 94, Who Oversaw Polytechnic University's Growth". New York Times. Retrieved 19 Nov 2011.
  5. ↑ http://ethw.org/Oral-History:Tsuneo_Nakahara
  6. ↑ Reyes, Lisa (26 June 2006). "HKN Names Global Industrial Leader and Prominent Engineer Dr. Tsuneo Nakahara as Eminent Member". IEEE-ΗΚΝ. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  7. ↑ Worldcat results for Microwave Research Institute Symposia Series
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