About the Authors
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About the Authors
Charles K. Alexander is professor of electrical and computer engineering in the Washkewicz College of Engineering at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. He is also the director of the Center for Research in Electronics and Aerospace Technology (CREATE). From 2002 until 2006 he was dean of the Fenn College of Engineering. He has held the position of dean of engineering at Cleveland State University, California State University, Northridge, and Temple University (acting dean for six years). He has held the position of department chair at Temple University and Tennessee Technological University as well as the position of Stocker Visiting Professor (an endowed chair) at Ohio University. He has held faculty status at all of the aforementioned universities.
Dr. Alexander has secured funding for two centers of research at Ohio University and Cleveland State University. He has been the director of three additional research centers at Temple and Tennessee Tech and has obtained research funding of approximately $100 million (in today’s dollars). He has served as a consultant to 23 private and governmental organizations including the Air Force and the Navy.
He received the honorary Dr. Eng. from Ohio Northern University (2009), his PhD (1971) and M.S.E.E. (1967) from Ohio University, and the B.S.E.E. (1965) from Ohio Northern University.
Dr. Alexander has authored many publications, including a work book and a videotape lecture series, and is coauthor of Fundamentals of Electric Circuits, currently in its fifth edition, Engineering Skills for Career Success, Problem Solving Made ALMOST Easy, the fifth edition of the Standard Handbook of Electronic Engineering, and Applied Circuit Analysis, all with McGraw-Hill. He has delivered more than 500 paper, professional, and technical presentations.
Dr. Alexander is a Life Fellow of the IEEE and served as its president and CEO in 1997. In addition he has held several volunteer posi tions within the IEEE during his more than 45 years of service. This includes serving from 1991 to 1999 on the IEEE board of directors.
He has received several local, regional, national, and international awards for teaching and research, including an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree, Fellow of the IEEE, the IEEE-USA Jim Watson Student Professional Awareness Achievement Award, the IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Distinguished Professor Award, the Distinguished Engineering Education Achievement Award, the Distinguished Engi neering Education Leadership Award, the IEEE Centennial Medal, and the IEEE/RAB Innovation Award.
Charles K. Alexander
Matthew N. O. Sadiku
Matthew N. O. Sadiku received his PhD from Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville. From 1984 to 1988, he was an assistant professor at Florida Atlantic University, where he did graduate work in computer science. From 1988 to 2000, he was at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he became a full professor. From 2000 to 2002, he was with Lucent/Avaya, Holmdel, New Jersey, as a system engineer and with Boeing Satellite Systems as a senior scientist. He is currently a professor at Prairie View A&M University.
Dr. Sadiku is the author of more than 240 professional papers and over 60 books, including Elements of Electromagnetics (Oxford Uni versity Press, 6th ed., 2015), Numerical Techniques in Electromagnetics with MATLAB (CRC, 3rd ed., 2009), and Metropolitan Area Net works (CRC Press, 1995). Some of his books have been translated into French, Korean, Chinese (and Chinese Long Form in Taiwan), Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. He was the recipient of the 2000 McGraw-Hill/ Jacob Millman Award for outstanding contributions in the field of electrical engineering. He was also the recipient of Regents Professor award for 2012 to 2013 by the Texas A&M University System.
His current research interests are in the areas of numerical modeling of electromagnetic systems and computer communication networks. He is a registered professional engineer and a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) “for contributions to computa tional electromagnetics and engineering education.” He was the IEEE Region 2 Student Activities Committee Chairman. He was an associ ate editor for IEEE Transactions on Education and is a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).