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Attacks using hijacked planes as bombs, such as the Sept. 11 attacks
on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, could possibly be avoided
with additional research in the field of electromagnetics.
While federal agencies could have shared vital information that
may have aided in predicting the Sept. 11 attack, University of
Mississippi electrical engineering professor and new chair Dr. Allen
Glisson said additional research in electromagnetics is needed to
reduce similar attacks in the future.
“Electromagnetics helps solve problems associated with target
recognition,” said Glisson. “It is used to locate objects
in the air and determine what type of objects they are.”
The Department of Electrical Engineering has obtained UM’s
approval to establish a Center for Applied Electromagnetic Systems
Research. The center’s objective is to develop and maintain
a center of excellence in electromagnetic theory and its applications
for this important area of engineering. Electromagnetics involves
significant national and international interest, Glisson said.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineer’s Board
of Directors has elected Dr. Allen W. Glisson Jr., chair and professor
of electrical engineering, an IEEE Fellow for his lifelong contributions
to electromagnetic scattering by surfaces of arbitrary shape.
Glisson is one of four IEEE Fellows within the Department of Electrical
Engineering. Drs. John N. Daigle, Kai-Fong Lee, and Ahmed A. Kishk
also have IEEE Fellow status.
Having four IEEE Fellows in the department indicates The University
of Mississippi is a true center of excellence in electrical engineering.
Professors Ahmed A. Kishk and Allen W. Glisson received the 2002
Exemplary Award for service as Applied Computational Electromagnetics
Society Journal editors-in-chief from 1998 to 2001.
Dr. Ning Xiang, research scientist of the Jamie L. Whitten National
Center for Physical Acoustics and research associate professor of
electrical engineering, was elected a Fellow of the Acoustical Society
of America for his contributions to signal processing, architectural
acoustics, and acoustic detection.
While Xiang’s principal work is with the NCPA landmine detection
project, he is associated with the electrical engineering department
through his work with associate professor Dr. Paul M. Goggans on
signal processing for landmine detection.
Xiang and Goggans have successfully applied Bayesian analysis to
study acoustics in coupled spaces—an active research field
in architectural acoustics. At the same time, they have worked on
model-based Bayesian inference in automatic landmine recognition.
•The School of Engineering and the Department of Electrical
Engineering were major participants at the Fourth Annual Memphis
Area Engineering and Science Conference—Building Foundations
for a Better Tomorrow. Nine papers describing electrical engineering
research being pursued at the University were presented. These papers
were co-authored by a number of students and faculty. Dr. Atef Z.
Elsherbeni served on the MAESC Organization Committee, and he and
Dr. Richard K. Gordon were moderators for three technical sessions.
•Last spring, 11 students and three faculty members of the
Department of Electrical Engineering participated in the 2002 annual
meeting of the Mississippi Academy of Science in Biloxi. Sixteen
co-authored papers were presented in the Physics and Engineering
Division technical session. Dr. Ahmed A. Kishk, professor of electrical
engineering, was the Physics and Engineering Division chair this
year, and Dr. Atef Z. Elsherbeni, professor of electrical engineering,
was selected for MAS Division vice chair for the 2002-03 year.
•The department also participated at the 2002 Sigma Xi Research
Poster Symposium held on campus. Guiping Zheng won first place with
his poster on the design and analysis of bow-tie aperture antennas.
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