Leopold B. Felsen

Leopold B. Felsen^[1] (May 7, 1924 in Munich^[2] – September 24, 2005 in Boston^[3]) was an electrical engineer and physicist known for studies of electromagnetism and wave-based disciplines. He had to flee Germany at 16 due to the Nazis.^[4] He has fundamental contributions to applied electromagnetic field analysis.

Academic life

He received his bachelor, master, and PhD degrees from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, in 1948, 1950, and 1952, respectively, all in electrical engineering.^[2] After his educations he became professor at Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn^[5] and at Boston University College of Engineering, an IEEE life fellow and a fellow of both the Acoustical Society of America and the Optical Society of America.^[2]

In 1973 he coauthored with Nathan Marcuvitz a textbook titled Radiation and Scattering of Waves which published by Prentice Hall in its Electrical Engineering Series. This was a classic worldwide textbook which immediately became widely used by researchers^[6] and has been described as "The Bible" in applied electromagnetism.^[7] In 1994 IEEE reissued Radiation and Scattering of Waves as one of its classic reissues in the collection of The IEEE Press Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory.^[8]

Awards

In 1991 he won the IEEE Heinrich Hertz Medal.^[9]^[10]

Publications

Authored

Felsen LB, Marcuvitz N, Radiation and Scattering of Waves, Wiley-IEEE, 2003.
Felsen LB, Mongiardo M, Russer P, Electromagnetic Field Computation by Network Methods, Springer, 2009.^{[Note 1]}

Edited

Bertoni HL, Carin L, Felsen LB, (Eds), Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse Electromagnetics, vol 1, Springer, 1993.
Bertoni HL, Felsen LB, (Eds), Directions in Electromagnetic Wave Modeling, Springer, 1991.
Carin L, Felsen LB, (Eds), Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse Electromagnetics, vol 2, Springer, 1995.
Felsen LB, (Ed), Hybrid Formulation of Wave Propagation and Scattering, Martinus Nijhoff, 1984.
Felsen LB, (Ed), Transient Electromagnetic Fields, Springer, 1976.
Pinto IM, Galdi V, Felsen LB, (Eds), Electromagnetics in a Complex World: Challenges and Perspectives, Springer, 2004.

Tributed

Russer P, Mongiardo M, (Eds), Fields, Networks, Computational Methods, and Systems in Modern Electrodynamics: A Tribute to Leopold B. Felsen, Springer, 2004.
Sevgi L, Electromagnetic Modeling and Simulation, Wiley-IEEE, 2014.

Notes

^ Published posthumously.

References

^ Dr. Leopold B. Felsen elected in 1977 as a member of National Academy of Engineering in Electronics, Communication & Information Systems Engineering for his contributions to Contributions to the theory and application of microwave propagation in complex media and for leadership in engineering education.
^ ^a ^b ^c Felsen, L. B. (1992). "Radiation and Scattering of Transient Electromagnetic Fields". International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields. 5 (3): 149–161. doi:10.1002/jnm.1660050305. ISSN 0894-3370.
^ Leary, W. E. (2005). "Leopold B. Felsen, 81, Expert on the Properties of Waves, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ Leary, Warren E. (10 October 2005). "Leopold B. Felsen, 81, Expert on the Properties of Waves, Dies". The New York Times.
^ "Felsen family endows scholarship at Poly". NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. May 4, 2006. Archived from the original on 2014-05-29.
^ Felsen, L. B.; Marcuvitz, N. (2003). Radiation and Scattering of Waves. Wiley-IEEE. pp. vii–viii. ISBN 978-0-780-31088-9.
^ Leary, W. E. (October 2005). "Leopold B. Felsen, 81, Expert on the Properties of Waves, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
^ Dudley, D. G. (2006). "The IEEE Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory". IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. 48 (6): 126–127. doi:10.1109/MAP.2006.323368. ISSN 1558-4143. S2CID 40484203.
^ Recipients of the IEEE Heinrich Hertz Medal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
^ IEEE site

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[11] Published posthumously.

[NAE-1] Dr. Leopold B. Felsen elected in 1977 as a member of National Academy of Engineering in Electronics, Communication & Information Systems Engineering for his contributions to Contributions to the theory and application of microwave propagation in complex media and for leadership in engineering education.

[LBF-2] Felsen, L. B. (1992). "Radiation and Scattering of Transient Electromagnetic Fields". International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields. 5 (3): 149–161. doi:10.1002/jnm.1660050305. ISSN 0894-3370.

[3] Leary, W. E. (2005). "Leopold B. Felsen, 81, Expert on the Properties of Waves, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 December 2023.

[4] Leary, Warren E. (10 October 2005). "Leopold B. Felsen, 81, Expert on the Properties of Waves, Dies". The New York Times.

[5] "Felsen family endows scholarship at Poly". NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. May 4, 2006. Archived from the original on 2014-05-29.

[6] Felsen, L. B.; Marcuvitz, N. (2003). Radiation and Scattering of Waves. Wiley-IEEE. pp. vii–viii. ISBN 978-0-780-31088-9.

[7] Leary, W. E. (October 2005). "Leopold B. Felsen, 81, Expert on the Properties of Waves, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved January 31, 2024.

[8] Dudley, D. G. (2006). "The IEEE Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory". IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. 48 (6): 126–127. doi:10.1109/MAP.2006.323368. ISSN 1558-4143. S2CID 40484203.

[9] Recipients of the IEEE Heinrich Hertz Medal, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

[10] IEEE site

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