Nacer Chahat

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Nacer E. Chahat

NationalityFrench
American
Education École supérieure d'ingénieurs de Rennes (MSc)
University of Rennes 1 (MSc)
University of Rennes 1 (PhD)
Occupation(s)Engineer
Researcher
Organization National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Known for
Scientific career
Institutions NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Thesis Antenna, propagation and interaction with the human body for body-centric wireless communications at microwaves and millimeter waves (2012)

Nacer E. Chahat is a French-American engineer and researcher at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

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Early life and education

Chahat was born in Angers, France to a family of Algerian descent. [1] He was educated at Palissy High School. [2] He obtained his master's degrees in electrical engineering from École supérieure d'ingénieurs de Rennes|Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Rennes (ESIR) and in telecommunication from the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications of Rennes (IETR), University of Rennes 1 in 2009. [3] [2] He completed his Ph.D. in signal processing and telecommunications at the IETR, University of Rennes 1, in 2012. [3] [4]

Career

Chahat has been associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), since 2013. [3] [1] Initially, he joined as a Microwave/Antenna Engineer and later took on the roles of Technical Section Staff and Product Delivery Manager in 2017. [5] He became SWOT Payload System engineer in 2019. [6]

At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Chahat has contributed to several projects, including the Mars Helicopter, Mars 2020, SWOT, Europa Clipper, Mars Cube One, RaInCube, and others. [6]

On April 19, 2021, Chahat was part of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory team that successfully made Ingenuity, the first powered-controlled aircraft to fly on another planet. [7]

In 2022, Chahat was named an IEEE Fellow, recognized for his contributions to spacecraft antennas and propagation, and became one of the youngest fellows of IEEE. [3]

Research

Chahat specializes in antenna design and electromagnetic interference and compatibility (EMI/EMC) analysis for space missions. [8] He also works across a wide range of frequencies, from UHF to THz, applied in communications, RADAR, imaging systems, satellite communications antennas, wearable and flexible antennas, and antennas for remote sensing and radio astronomy. [8]

Chahat's notable contributions to NASA missions include the design of the Raincube Ka-band deployable mesh reflector, the Mars Cube One X-band antennas, the Europa lander antenna, and communication tools for the Mars Helicopter mission. [8] [9]

Awards and recognition

Selected publications

Bibliography

Books

Book chapters

References

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  4. "EN IMAGES – Un ancien élève de l'Université de Rennes 1 dans l'équipe de l'hélicoptère Ingenuity de la Nasa – France Bleu". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  5. IEEE
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  7. "Season 5, Episode 2: Talking to Ingenuity and Other Space Robots – NASA" . Retrieved 2023-12-07.
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  9. "Interview: Nacer Chahat Designs Antennas For Mars CubeSats". February 22, 2017.
  10. "Des antennes à fleur de peau | Espace des sciences". www.espace-sciences.org. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  11. "Sergei A. Schelkunoff Transactions Prize Paper Award". IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 65 (12): 6810–6812. December 2017. Bibcode:2017ITAP...65.6810.. doi:10.1109/TAP.2017.2770241.
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  14. "SPIE Journal of Applied Remote Sensing Honors Best Papers". spie.org. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
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