Some New Advances And Future Directions For Research and Collaboration
Mohamed Shalaby
Dear IET students,
Upon Dr. Hany Hammad request you are invited to attend the presentation of Prof. Antar on Saturday 16th of March 10: 30 am @ C1-200
Antennas : Some New Advances
And Future Directions For Research and Collaboration.
Yahia M.M. Antar
Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair
Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Royal Military College of Canada and Queen’s University
Associate Director, Defence and Security Research Institute, RMCC
Speaker Biography
Dr. Yahia Antar joined the staff of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston where he has held the position of professor since 1990.
Dr. Antar is a Fellow of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers), an IEEE AP-S Distinguished Lecturer, and a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (FEIC). He serves as an Associate Editor (Features) of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine and served as Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE AWPL. He served on NSERC grants selection and strategic grants committees, Ontario Early Research Awards (ERA) panels, and on review panels for the National Science Foundation.
In May 2002, Dr. Antar was awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Electromagnetic Engineering which was renewed in 2009. In 2003 he was awarded the Royal Military College of Canada “Excellence in Research” Prize and in 2012 the Class of 1965 Teaching Excellence Award. He served on the URSI Board as Vice President, and on the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Administration Committee. On 31 January 2011, Dr Antar was appointed Member of the Canadian Defence Science Advisory Board (DSAB). In October 2012 he received from the Governor General of Canada, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition for his contribution to Canada.