The Advancing World of Applied Electromagnetics: In Honor and Appreciation of Magdy Fahmy Iskander
暫譯: 應用電磁學的進步世界：致敬與感謝 Magdy Fahmy Iskander

這本書紀念了馬基·F·伊斯坎德教授（終身會士 IEEE）在電磁波的輻射、傳播、散射及其應用方面的五十年研究，主要集中在 MHz-THz 頻率範圍內，以及電磁學教育。這本關於電磁學的概要，源自於一位個體的生活與時代，旨在激勵年輕研究人員並重新振奮電磁學社群中的中階研究人員。本書的作者是國際知名的研究者，包括 12 位 IEEE 會士，他們突顯了理論、實驗和應用電磁學中的有趣研究和新方向。

- 提供過去五十年來在理論、實驗和應用電磁學方面最重要發展的單一來源參考；
- 為每個子學科的讀者提供當前研究趨勢、最新技術、該領域所需的主要工具，以及該領域研究領導者的願景；
- 包含在天線與傳播以及微波理論與技術方面特別感興趣的內容。

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 年獲得班納拉斯印度大學的 BTech 學位，於 2006 年獲得 DSc 學位，並於 1981 年和 1983 年分別獲得猶他大學的 MS 和 PhD 學位。1983 年，他加入賓州州立大學的工程科學與力學系擔任博士後研究學者，並於 2003 年成為傑出教授，2006 年成為查爾斯·戈弗雷·賓德教授，2018 年成為工程科學與力學的埃文·皮尤大學教授。他目前的研究興趣包括電磁散射、表面多重等離子體、生物複製、法醫科學、太陽能、雕刻薄膜、最小化以及 STEM 學科的國際高等教育。他於 1992 年被選為美國光學學會 (Optical Society of America) 會士，1996 年成為 SPIE-國際光學與光子學學會會士，1996 年成為英國物理學會 (Institute of Physics) 會士，2010 年成為美國科學促進會 (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 會士，2012 年成為美國物理學會 (American Physical Society) 會士，2016 年成為電氣與電子工程師學會 (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 會士，2016 年成為皇家化學學會 (Royal Society of Chemistry) 會士，2017 年成為皇家藝術學會 (Royal Society of Arts) 會士，以及 2023 年成為 Sigma Xi 會士。他被指定為其母校的傑出校友，並獲得賓州州立大學的多項獎項，包括：傑出研究獎 (1996)、傑出指導獎 (2005)、首席研究獎 (2008)、傑出教學獎 (2016) 和教職員學者獎 (2005)。他於 2010 年獲得 SPIE 的技術成就獎，2016 年獲得沃爾斯頓·查布創新獎，2022 年獲得智能結構與材料終身成就獎，2022 年獲得 IEEE 天線與傳播學會傑出成就獎，以及 2022 年美國無線電俱樂部終身成就獎。他目前是 Sigma Xi 的傑出講者 (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計算機工程系的教授。她於 1985 年獲得電機工程學士學位，並輔修數學，1988 年獲得電機工程碩士學位，1994 年獲得電機工程博士學位。她將其在電磁學方面的專業知識應用於複雜的損耗散射介質中的感測和通信，例如人體、地球物理勘探、電離層等離子體和飛機接線網絡。她教授電磁學、無線通信、計算電磁學、微波工程、天線設計和入門電機工程，並在翻轉教室的發展中擔任領導角色。她是 IEEE 和全國發明家學院的會士。她是 IEEE 天線與傳播 (AP) 學會的傑出講者，擔任《天線與傳播學報》的副編輯，曾任 IEEE AP 學會的 AdCom 成員，以及 IEEE AP 教育委員會的前主席。她獲得了多項教學和研究獎項，包括 2020 年 IEEE 陳道泰傑出教育者獎。她是 LiveWire Innovation, Inc. 的創始人，這是一家商業化定位活線上間歇性故障的設備的衍生公司。

Tom G. Mackay 是愛丁堡大學數學學院的應用電磁理論教授，同時也是賓州州立大學工程科學與力學系的兼任教授。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、工程與物理科學研究委員會、納菲爾德基金會、皇家工程學院/利維赫爾姆信託和愛丁堡皇家學會/蘇格蘭執行部的獎助。他是英國物理學會 (Institute of Physics)、Optica（前身為 OSA）和 SPIE-國際光學與光子學學會的會士。他目前的研究興趣包括均質化、複合材料和表面波。