Emeritus Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

3116 EECS Building
1301 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48901-2122
Phone: 734-647-1788
Fax: 734-647-2106
Email: senior@eecs.umich.edu

Education:

• B.Sc. (Appl. Math.) Manchester University, U.K., 1949
• M.Sc. (Appl. Math.) Manchester University, U.K., 1950
• Ph.D. (Appl. Math.) Cambridge University, U.K., 1954

Professional Experience

• Radar Research and Development Establishment, Malvern, U.K.
  • Senior Scientific Officer (1952-57).
• Radiation Laboratory, University of Michigan
  • Research Scientist (1957-69)
  • Associate Director (1962-74)
  • Director (1974-87)
• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, University of Michigan
  • Professor (1969-98)
  • Acting Department Chair (1987)
  • Associate Chair for Academic Affairs (1995-98)
  • Emeritus Professor (1998- )

Publications

• Electromagnetic and Acoustic Scattering by Simple Shapes (with J. J. Bowman and P. L. E. Uslenghi), Hemisphere Pub. Corp., New York, 1969, 1987; 728 pp.
• Mathematical Methods in Electrical Engineering, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, U.K., 1986; 272 pp.
• Approximate Boundary Conditions in Electromagnetics(with J. L. Volakis), IEE Press, London, 1995; 353 pp.
• Over 200 articles in technical journals.

Awards

• IEEE Fellow (1972)
• University of Michigan
  • College of Engineering Research Excellence Award (1981)
  • Eta Kappa Nu Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching (1981, 1982)
  • Stephen S. Atwood Award (1983)
  • Tau Beta Pi Outstanding Faculty Award (1986)
  • College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award (1988)
  • Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship (1990)
  • State of Michigan Teaching Excellence Award (1991)
• URSI van der Pol Gold Medal (1993)
• IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000)
• IEEE AP-S Distinguished Achievement Award (2000)
• Honorary Member, USNC/URSI (2005- )

Professional Service

• Editor, Radio Science (1973-79)
• USNC/URSI
• Member (1979-2002)
• Chair, Commission B (1975-78)
• Secretary (1978-81)
• Chair (1981-84)
• Honorary Member (2005- )
• URSI
• Chair, Commission B (1987-90)
• Vice-President (1993-96)
• President (1996-99)
• Chair of Honors and Awards Committee (1999-2002)
• Chair of Young Scientists Committee (2002-05)

• Sigma Xi
• EKN
• IEEE Life Fellow

Research

• Electromagnetic scattering and diffraction by man-made and natural objects.