The Advancing World of Applied Electromagnetics: In Honor and Appreciation of Magdy Fahmy Iskander

這本書紀念了IEEE終身會員Magdy F. Iskander教授在電磁波的輻射、傳播、散射和應用材料和設備方面的五十年研究成果，主要集中在MHz-THz頻率範圍內的電磁學教育。這本書的目的是通過一個人的生活和時代，激勵初級研究人員並重新激發中級研究人員對電磁學社區的興趣。本書的作者是國際知名的研究人員，包括12位IEEE會士，他們突出了理論、實驗和應用電磁學中的有趣研究和新方向。

本書提供了過去五十年來理論、實驗和應用電磁學中最重要發展的單一來源參考資料；在每個子學科中，讀者可以了解當前的研究趨勢、最新技術、該領域所需的主要工具以及該領域的研究領導者的願景；還包括了對天線和傳播以及微波理論和技術特別感興趣的內容。

Akhlesh Lakhtakia received the BTech (1979) and DSc (2006) degrees from the Banaras Hindu University and the MS (1981) and PhD (1983) degrees from the University of Utah. In 1983 he joined the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at The Pennsylvania State University as a post-doctoral research scholar, where he became a Distinguished Professor in 2003, the Charles Godfrey Binder Professor in 2006, and the Evan Pugh University Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics in 2018. His current research interests include electromagnetic scattering, surface multiplasmonics, bioreplication, forensic science, solar energy, sculptured thin films, mimumes, and international higher education in STEM disciplinesHe has been elected a Fellow of Optical Society of America (1992), SPIE-The International Society for Optics and Photonics(1996), Institute of Physics (UK) (1996), American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010), American Physical Society (2012), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2016), Royal Society of Chemistry (2016), Royal Society of Arts (2017), and Sigma Xi (2023). He has been designated a Distinguished Alumnus of both of his almae matres at the highest level. Awards at Penn State include: Outstanding Research Award (1996), Outstanding Advising Award (2005), Premier Research Award (2008), and Outstanding Teaching Award (2016), and the Faculty Scholar Medal (2005). He received the 2010 Technical Achievement Award from SPIE, the 2016 Walston Chubb Award for Innovation, the 2022 Smart Structures and Materials Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2022 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Distinguished Achievement Award, and the 2022 Radio Club of America Lifetime Achievement Award. He is presently a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer (2022-24) and a Jefferson Science Fellow at the US State Department (2022-23).

Dr. Cynthia Furse is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Utah. She received her B.S. in electrical engineering with a mathematics minor in 1985, M.S. in electrical engineering in 1988, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Utah in 1994. She applies her expertise in electromagnetics to sensing and communication in complex lossy scattering media such as the human body, geophysical prospecting, ionospheric plasma, and aircraft wiring networks. She has taught electromagnetics, wireless communication, computational electromagnetics, microwave engineering, antenna design, and introductory electrical engineering, and she has been a leader in the development of the flipped classroom. She is a Fellow of the IEEE and the National Academy of Inventors. She is an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Antennas and Propagation (AP) Society, an Associate Editor for the Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, a past AdCom member for the IEEE AP Society, and past chair of the IEEE AP Education Committee. She has received numerous teaching and research awards including the 2020 IEEE Chen To Tai Distinguished Educator Award. She is a founder of LiveWire Innovation, Inc., a spin-off company commercializing devices to locate intermittent faults on live wires.

Tom G. Mackay is the Professor of Applied Electromagnetic Theory in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh and also an adjunct professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at The Pennsylvania State University. He graduated from the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Strathclyde. His research has been supported by awards from the Carnegie Trust for The Universities of Scotland, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Nuffield Foundation, Royal Academy of Engineering/Leverhulme Trust, and Royal Society of Edinburgh/Scottish Executive. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (UK), Optica (formerly OSA), and SPIE-The International Society for Optics and Photonics. His current research interests include homogenization, complex materials, and surface waves.

Akhlesh Lakhtakia於1979年獲得Banaras Hindu University的BTech學位，並於2006年獲得DSc學位，於1981年獲得University of Utah的MS學位，並於1983年獲得PhD學位。1983年，他加入賓夕法尼亞州立大學工程科學與力學系作為博士後研究學者，並於2003年成為傑出教授，2006年成為Charles Godfrey Binder教授，2018年成為Evan Pugh大學工程科學與力學教授。他目前的研究興趣包括電磁散射、表面多重離子共振、仿生複製、法醫科學、太陽能、雕塑薄膜、最小化和國際STEM學科的高等教育。他當選為美國光學學會（1992年）、SPIE-國際光學和光子學學會（1996年）、英國物理學會（1996年）、美國科學促進會（2010年）、美國物理學會（2012年）、電機電子工程師學會（2016年）、皇家化學學會（2016年）、皇家藝術學會（2017年）和Sigma Xi（2023年）的會士。他被兩所母校評為傑出校友。賓夕法尼亞州立大學的獎項包括：傑出研究獎（1996年）、傑出指導獎（2005年）、優秀研究獎（2008年）、優秀教學獎（2016年）和教職學者獎章（2005年）。他獲得了2010年SPIE技術成就獎、2016年Walston Chubb創新獎、2022年智能結構和材料終身成就獎、2022年IEEE天線和傳播學會傑出成就獎和2022年Radio Club of America終身成就獎。他目前是Sigma Xi的傑出演講者（2022-24）和美國國務院的傑佛遜科學研究員（2022-23）。

Cynthia Furse博士是猶他大學電機與電腦工程學系的教授。她於1985年獲得電機工程學士學位，並於1988年獲得電機工程碩士學位，於1994年獲得猶他大學的電機工程博士學位。她將自己在電磁學方面的專業知識應用於複雜的有損散射介質，如人體、地球物理勘探、電離層等的感測和通信。她教授過電磁學、無線通信、計算電磁學、微波工程、天線設計和入門電機工程等課程，並在翻轉課堂的發展中扮演重要角色。她是IEEE和國家發明家學院的會士。她是IEEE天線和傳播學會的傑出演講者，是《天線和傳播交易》的副編輯，曾任IEEE天線和傳播學會的AdCom成員，並曾擔任IEEE天線和傳播學會教育委員會主席。她獲得了多個教學和研究獎項，包括2020年IEEE陳杜泰傑出教育家獎。她是LiveWire Innovation, Inc.的創辦人，該公司致力於商業化定位活線上的間歇性故障設備。

Tom G. Mackay是愛丁堡大學數學學院應用電磁理論教授，也是賓夕法尼亞州立大學工程科學與力學系的兼職教授。他畢業於愛丁堡大學、格拉斯哥大學和斯特拉斯克萊德大學。他的研究得到了蘇格蘭大學卡內基信託、工程和物理科學研究委員會、紐菲爾德基金會、皇家工程學院/勒弗魯姆信託和皇家愛丁堡學會/蘇格蘭執行委員會的獎助。他是英國物理學會、Optica（前身為OSA）和SPIE-國際光學和光子學學會的會士。他目前的研究興趣包括均質化、完成