Pakistani Professor
Elected to Prestigious National Academy of Engineering
Los
Angeles, CA: Dr. Asad Abidi, Professor, Electrical Engineering,
UCLA, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering
(NAE). Election to the NAE marks the highest professional
lifetime distinction accorded to an American engineer.
Professor Abidi was nominated for his contributions to the
development of CMOS radio technology. This research has
helped to define a new industry. The next generation of
chips for cell phones and wireless networking in computers
is all based on CMOS radios. Many of the circuits can be
traced to Dr Abidi’s research at UCLA.
Academy membership honors those who have made outstanding
contributions to engineering research, practice, or education.
Established in 1964, the NAE shares responsibility with
the National Academy of Sciences to advise the federal government
on questions of policy in science and technology.
Professor Abidi has been an electrical engineering faculty
member at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and
Applied Science since 1985, where he, in collaboration with
other engineering colleagues, led the way in research and
creation of what is now known as integrated circuits and
systems.
Prior to his tenure with the School, Abidi worked at Bell
Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, in the Advanced LSI Development
Laboratory. He has received a number of awards and honors
while at UCLA, including the TRW (now Northrup Grumman)
Award for Innovative Teaching, and the IEEE Donald G. Fink
Award.
Following secondary school education at Cadet College, Hasan
Abdal in Pakistan, Dr. Abidi earned his B.Sc. with Honors
degree from Imperial College, London, UK, and an MS and
PhD in electrical engineering from the University of California,
Berkeley.
The mission of NAE is to promote the technological welfare
of the nation by gathering the knowledge and insights of
eminent members of the engineering profession. The NAE is
the portal for all engineering activities at the National
Academies, which along with the NAE, include the National
Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the
National Research Council.
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