Iranian scientist Nader Engheta wins Benjamin Franklin Medal in US
University of Pennsylvania scientist Nader Engheta has received Benjamin Franklin Medal that goes to scientists for their achievements in extraordinary scientific, engineering and business leadership.
Professor Engheta was selected as a 2023 recipient of the medal, one of the world’s oldest science and technology awards.
Engheta, a professor in electrical and systems engineering, is among nine outstanding individuals recognized with Benjamin Franklin Medals this year for their achievements in extraordinary scientific, engineering and business leadership.
“As a scientist and a Philadelphian, I am deeply honored and humbled to receive the Franklin Medal. It is the highest compliment to receive an award whose past recipients include some of my scientific heroes such as Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Alexander Graham Bell, and Max Planck. I am very thankful to the Franklin Institute for bestowing this honor upon me”, he said after his selection to receive the medal.
The 2023 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering goes to Engheta for his transformative innovations in engineering novel materials that interact with electromagnetic waves in unprecedented ways.
Engheta founded the field of optical nanocircuits, which merges nanoelectronics and nanophotonics.
He is also known for establishing and developing the field of near-zero-index optics and epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials with near-zero electric permittivity.
Professor Engheta was born in 1955 in Tehran and is a pioneer in the field of nano-technology. He has already won other prestigious medals such as the Gold Medal of the International Society for Optics and Photonic.
