Professional Experience
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Magdy F. Iskander is a Professor and Director of the Hawaii
Center for Advanced Communications in the College of Engineering
at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
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Prior to this position, he was a Professor of Electrical Engineering
at the University of Utah for 25 years.
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He spent sabbatical and other short leaves at Polytechnic University
of New York; Ecole Superieure D'Electricite, France; UCLA; Harvey
Mudd College; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Polytechnic University
of Catalunya, Spain; and several universities in China.
Professional Activities:
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From 1997-99, he had an appointment as Program Director, in
the Electrical and Communication Systems Division of the National
Science Foundation.
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At NSF he formulated and directed a "Wireless Information
Technology" initiative in the Engineering Directorate and
funded over 29 projects in microwave/millimeter wave devices,
RF MEMS technology, propagation modeling, and the antennas areas.
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His experience at NSF has also influenced his activities in
the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society where he has been
a member of the AdCom (1997-99)
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the General Chair of the 2000 IEEE AP-S Symposium and URSI meeting
in Salt Lake City which promoted interdisciplinary research
and strong industrial participation.
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He was a Distinguished Lecturer for the AP-S (1994-97) and during
this period gave lectures in Brazil, France, Spain, China, Japan,
and at a large number of US universities and IEEE chapters.
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He was an associate editor of the IEEE AP-S Transactions (1995-98)
and an associate editor of the AP-S Magazine.
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He was elected the 2001 Vice President of the Antennas and Propagation
Society and the 2002 AP-Society President.
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Dr. Iskander served as the Director of the Center of Excellence
for Multimedia Education and Technology (CAEME) while at the
University of Utah.
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NSF is presently funding CAEME to formulate the Conceptual Learning
of Engineering (CoLoE) consortium and develop educational software
that implements this concept.
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In 1986, he established the Engineering Clinic Program to attract
industrial support for projects for engineering students. Under
his direction, the program attracted more than 105 projects
sponsored by 37 corporations from across the US. The Clinic
program now has an endowment for scholarships and a professorial
chair at the University of Utah.
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He was a member of the WTEC panel on "Wireless Technology:
and as a part of the panel, he visited many wireless companies
in Europe and Japan and made presentations on the US perspective
and summary of panel findings.
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2000-01 Chair the TTEC Panel for Telecommunications.This panel
is funded by DOD agencies to assess US competitiveness in this
technology and explore avenues for international collaborations
in this highly competitive industry.
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He is a Fellow of IEEE and was a member of the National Research
Council Committee on Microwave Processing of Materials.
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He was the General Chair of the 1996 Frontiers in Education
Conference in Salt Lake City.
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Research Contracts
His ongoing research contracts include "Propagation Models
for Wireless Communication," funded by the Army Research
Office; "Low-Cost Phased Array Antennas," funded by
both the Army Research Lab and NSF; "Microwave Processing
of Materials," funded by Corning, Inc.; and the "Conceptual
Learning of Engineering" project funded by NSF
Recognition
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Dr. Iskander received the 1985 Curtis W. McGraw ASEE National
Reseach Award,
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1991 ASEE George Westinghouse National Education Award,
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1992 Richard R. Stoddard Award from the IEEE EMC Society,
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2000 University Distinguished Teaching Award.
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Publications
He authored a textbook on Electromagnetic Fields and Waves,
Prentice Hall, 1992; edited the CAEME Software Books, Vol. I,
1991, and Vol. II, 1994; and edited four books on Microwave
Processing of Materials, all published by the Materials Research
Society, 1990-1996. He edited two special issues of the Journal
of Microwave Power, a special issue of the ACES Journal, and
the 1995 and 1996 proceedings of the International Conference
on Simulation and Multimedia in Engineering Education. He has
published over 170 papers in technical journals, has 8 patents,
and has made numerous presentations in technical conferences.
He is founding editor of the journal, Computer Applications
in Engineering Education (CAE), published by John Wiley &
Sons, Inc., which received the excellence in publishing award,
1993. The journal can be found at Http://www.interscience.wiley.com.
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Contact
Magdy F. Iskander
Hawaii Center for Advanced Communications
University of Hawaii at Manoa
http://hcac.hawaii.edu
(808)-956-3434
iskander@spectra.eng.hawaii.edu
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