Alan E. Willner is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California. He was also president of the Optical Society in 2016.
Alan E. Willner | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Yeshiva University (BA) Columbia University (PhD) |
| Awards | Paul F. Forman Team Engineering Excellence Award (2010) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | University of Southern California |
Willner is known for his research on optical fiber communications[1] and free-space communications.[2] Willner's doctoral advisor was Richard M. Osgood Jr.
He is a recipient of the Paul F. Forman Engineering Excellence Award, Robert E. Hopkins Leadership Award, and several other distinctions.
Education
edit- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, 1988, Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science[3]
- BA, Yeshiva University[4]
Memberships
editIn early 2016, he became a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He is also an International Fellow of the U.K. Royal Academy of Engineering, as well as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; IEEE; National Academy of Inventors; the Optical Society (OSA); and SPIE. He received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, the IEEE Eric Sumner Award, and a Presidential Faculty Fellows Award from the White House."[4]
Willner was President of the OSA and editor in chief of several of their publications.[5]
References
edit- ^ Kaminov, I. P.; Li, T.; Willner, A. E. (2008). Optical Fiber Telecommunications: Systems and Networks. New York: Academic Press.
- ^ Wang, J.; Yang, J-Y.; Fazal, I. M.; Ahmed, N.; Yan, Y.; Huang, H.; Ren, Y.; Yue, Y.; Dolinar, S.; Tur, M.; Willner, A. E (2012). "Terabit free-space data transmission employing orbital angular momentum multiplexing". Nature Photonics. 6 (7): 488–496. Bibcode:2012NaPho...6..488W. doi:10.1038/nphoton.2012.138.
- ^ "Alan E. Willner". USC Viterbi. USC Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
- ^ a b Ballon, Marc (February 16, 2016). "Alan Willner Elected to National Academy of Engineering". USC Viterbi. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
- ^ "President – Alan Willner". OSA.org. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
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