Arthur D. Yaghjian

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Arthur David Yaghjian
Born (1943-01-01) January 1, 1943 (age 81)
Alma mater Brown University
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Thesis Hybrid modes and the dielectric rod antenna  (1969)

Arthur David Yaghjian (born January 1, 1943) [1] is an American electrical engineer, who is best known for his contributions to electromagnetic theory and its applications.

A native of Providence, Rhode Island, [1] Yaghjian received B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Brown University in 1964, 1966, and 1969, respectively. Briefly acting as an instructor at Tougaloo College and Hampton University, he joined the Electromagnetics Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in 1971. In 1983, he became a research scientist at the Electromagnetics Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory, where he worked until 1996. He held guest professorships at IIT Kharagpur in 1987, Technical University of Denmark in 1989 and University of Siena in 2007. He has been working as an independent consultant since then. [2]

Yaghjian's contributions include probe-compensated near-field antenna measurements, theory of electromagnetic fields in metamaterials, dyadic Green's functions and analysis of electrically small antennas. [2] [3] Being a Life Fellow of the IEEE and member of URSI, Yaghjian is the recipient of 2021 IEEE APS Distinguished Achievement Award. [2] [4] In 2022, he received the IEEE Electromagnetics Award "for contributions to fundamental electromagnetic theory and its applications to near-field antenna measurements." [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Shore, R. A.; Yaghjian, A. D. (1988). "Incremental diffraction coefficients for planar surfaces". IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 36 (1): 55–70. doi:10.1109/8.1075.
  2. 1 2 3 "2021 Distinguished Achievement Award". IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation . 69 (12): 8042. 2021. doi:10.1109/TAP.2021.3130360.
  3. Chew, Weng Cho (2024). What I Learn from Arthur Yaghjian, from Graduate School till Now!. IEEE INC-USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting. doi:10.23919/INC-USNC-URSI61303.2024.10632246.
  4. "IEEE AP-S Awards 2021". ieeeaps.org. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
  5. "IEEE Electromagnetics Award: Arthur D. Yaghjian". ieee.org. Retrieved November 28, 2024.