“This award recognizes Dr. Engheta’s trailblazing advances in engineering and physics,” Penn Engineering Dean Vijay Kumar told Penn Today. “The swift and sustainable technologies his research in metamaterials and mechatronics offers the world are the result of a lifelong commitment to scientific curiosity. For over 35 years, Nader Engheta has personified Penn Engineering’s mission of inventing the future.” Nader Engheta is the H. Nedwill Ramsey Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, with affiliations in the Departments of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, Bioengineering, and Materials Science and Engineering. He received his BS degree from the University of Tehran, and his MS and Ph.D. degrees from Caltech.
