Nader Engheta to receive Gold Medal

Adjunct Professor of Physics and the H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering Nader Engheta is to receive the Balthasar van der Pol Gold Medal of the Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale (URSI).  URSI is a prestigious international scientific organization covering all aspects of the science of waves.  The van der Pol Gold Medal is one of URSI's highest awards, given every 3 years.  The award will be given in Beijing, China in August of this year "For groundbreaking contributions and innovations in electromagnetic theory and applications of composite materials, metamaterials and nanoscale optics, bio-inspired imaging and sensing, and material-based optical nano circuitry".