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Villanova University Engineering Professor Dr. Moeness Amin Wins Prestigious Humboldt Prize for Groundbreaking Signal Processing Research
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Villanova University Engineering Professor Dr. Moeness Amin Wins Prestigious Humboldt Prize for Groundbreaking Signal Processing Research
Villanova University Engineering Professor Dr. Moeness Amin Wins Prestigious Humboldt Prize for Groundbreaking Signal Processing Research

Villanova, PA (PRWEB) April 27, 2016 -- Renowned radar signal processing expert Moeness Amin, PhD, Director of Villanova University’s Center for Advanced Communications, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been awarded Germany’s prestigious Humboldt Prize, also known as the Alexander von Humboldt Research Award. Sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, this international honor recognizes the lifetime achievements of researchers whose fundamental discoveries, new theories and insights have had a significant impact on their discipline, and who are “expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future.”

Amin was nominated for the Humboldt Prize in recognition of his groundbreaking signal processing research projects that advance assisted living safety with radar, improve the quality of wireless services in communications, provide accurate and robust positioning in satellite navigations, enable search and discoveries of extraterrestrial intelligence in radio telescopes, streamline postal services and parcel tracking in Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), and that achieve effective structural health monitoring in ultrasound. Amin’s research is the first in his area of specialization to receive the Humboldt Prize.

The prize nomination also cites Amin’s international research partnerships with research groups and academic institutions in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Montenegro, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

The Humboldt Foundation grants up to 100 Humboldt Research Awards annually in all disciplines, with a prize valued at €60,000 (more than $67,000), and the possibility of further support during the prize winner's life. Recipients are invited to spend up to one year cooperating on a long-term research project with specialist colleagues at a German research institution. Amin will continue his collaboration with Darmstadt University of Technology’s (TU-DA) signal processing group, playing an important role in the development of a new research initiative on assisted living.

The Humboldt Prize will be presented to Amin at the annual Humboldt meeting in Berlin in July, a highlight of which will be a reception hosted by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Joachim Gauck.

“It is indeed gratifying to have been selected to receive such international recognition, which will enable me to pursue valuable collaborations with Darmstadt and accelerate the development of radar technology for indoor remote monitoring,” said Amin. He expressed appreciation of the award, adding, “It recognizes my contributions to the broad area of signal processing and crowns all of my past achievements.”

Nominated by long-time TU-DA collaborator Abdelhak Zoubir, PhD, professor and head of the University’s signal processing group, Amin is cited for his “active and vibrant research efforts” and “continued commitment to advances in engineering and technology.” Zoubir noted Amin’s focus on “merging technological knowledge with societal needs.”

“The Humboldt Prize nomination underscores Dr. Amin’s many accomplishments,” says Zoubir. “Dr. Amin has significantly contributed to advances in signal analysis and processing for communications, radar, satellite navigation, radio frequency identification and ultrasound. The depth and breadth of his research contributions to signal processing are unique, as evidenced by the diversity of his prestigious awards and fellowships.”

The Humboldt Foundation is named in honor of Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), a German geographer, naturalist and explorer. Originally funded by von Humboldt’s friends and colleagues after his death, the foundation was reendowed by the German government after World War II to promote international academic cooperation with German scientists.

Humboldt Prize winners represent countries around the world and reflect a broad range of disciplines, from the sciences, mathematics and medicine, to linguistics, management and philosophy. Since 2013, only eight researchers from the United States have received the Humboldt Prize in engineering fields, including architecture and material science. In achieving this honor for the University, Villanova joins Princeton University, University of Illinois, Georgia Institute of Technology, Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Maryland, Iowa State University, and Missouri University of Science and Technology.

Amin’s numerous accolades include being a Fellow of four societies: the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the International Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE), the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), and the European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP). Amin has received technical achievement awards from the IEEE Signal Processing Society in 2014, EURASIP in 2009, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 2010. In addition, Amin was awarded the IEEE Third Millennium Medal, the 2015 IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Warren D. White Award for “Excellence in Radar Engineering,” and the 2010 Chief of Naval Research Challenge Award. Other honors include being the first faculty in Villanova’s College of Engineering to receive the University’s Outstanding Faculty Research Award in 1997, being named an IEEE Signal Processing Society distinguished lecturer in 2003-2004, and chairing the electrical cluster of the Franklin Institute Committee on Science and the Arts.

A prolific author, Amin’s publication record includes three books, 20 book chapters, and more than 200 journal articles and 500 conference papers. The nomination underscores the fact that in 2015, Dr. Amin averaged six published papers a month—a testament to his “superior, dynamic and active research.”

For Dr. Amin’s complete biography, including, awards, publications, speaking engagements and research grants, please visit the CAC website.

Since 1842, Villanova University’s Augustinian Catholic intellectual tradition has been the cornerstone of an academic community in which students learn to think critically, act compassionately and succeed while serving others. There are more than 10,000 undergraduate, graduate and law students in the University's six colleges – the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Villanova School of Business, the College of Engineering, the College of Nursing, the College of Professional Studies and the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law School of Law. As students grow intellectually, Villanova prepares them to become ethical leaders who create positive change everywhere life takes them. For more, visit http://www.villanova.edu.

Amanda Crisafulli, Villanova University, +1 (610) 519-8352, [email protected]

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