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Jin-Au Kong to be awarded the Docteur Honoris Causa
by the University of Nantes
For Immediate Release
FRIDAY, 29 September 2006
Contact: William Smith, Assistant
Director for Finance and Sponsor
Relations
Phone: +1.617.253.5621
Email: whs@mit.edu
CAMBRIDGE, MA. 09.29.2006
The Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announces
that Jin-Au Kong, Professor of Electrical Engineering
and leader of RLE's Center for Electromagnetic Theory
and Applications (CETA), will be awarded the Docteur
Honoris Causa by the University of Nantes at a ceremony
on October 13, 2006 in Nantes, France. Professor Kong
will be one of six recipients of one of the highest
honors awarded by French universities.
Professor Kong is being honored for his significant
contributions to the fundamental theories of electromagnetism,
his leadership in the novel application of electromagnetic
detection techniques to important problems in geophysics,
and to his distinguished service to industry, governments,
the United Nations, and to the global academic and
research community.
Professor Kong is internationally recognized for his
work in electromagnetic wave propagation, radiation,
and scattering, and their applications in microwave
remote sensing, geophysical exploration, and electromagnetic
transmission and coupling in microelectronic integrated
circuits. He continues to pursue his research interests
in the area of electromagnetic wave theory and applications.
He has published over 30 books including Electromagnetic
Wave Theory, and over 700 refereed journal articles,
book chapters, and conference papers.
The title of Doctor Honoris Causa is one of the most
prestigious distinctions awarded by French universities.
The honor was established in January 20, 1918 by an
act of the French Republic to allow French universities
to honor "...foreign nationals because of eminent
services rendered to the sciences, the letters or arts,
France or the university."
Said RLE Director Jeffrey
H. Shapiro, Julius A. Stratton
Professor of Electrical Engineering, "Professor
Kong has been one of the world leaders in his field
for decades, and continues to make fundamental contributions
and advances in electromagnetic theory and applications.
In addition, he has a remarkable degree of commitment
to the enterprise of scholarship worldwide, and to
promoting excellence at MIT and beyond. I can think
of no one more deserving of this distinguished honor."
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