Awards & Honors

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  • 2024 Elected to Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe)
  • 2024 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Award
  • 2023 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering, from the Franklin Institute
  • 2023 Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2023 Caltech Distinguished Alumni Award
  • 2022 Hermann Anton Haus Lecture, Research Lab Electronics, MIT (April 2022)
  • 2020 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize, from Institute of Physics (UK) (October 2020)
  • 2020 Max Born Award, from OPTICA (formerly Optical Society of America) (March 2020)
  • 2019 Canadian Academy of Engineering, International Fellow (June 2019)
  • 2019 Ellis Island Medal of Honor from the Ellis Island Honors Society (May 2019)
  • 2018 Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology from IEEE Nanotechnology Council (October 2018).
  • 2017 & 2018 Highly Cited Researcher (Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics, Top 1% Researchers Most cited.)
  • Honorary Doctoral Degree from Ukraine’s National Technical University Kharkov Polytechnic Institute (November 2017).
  • 2017 Photonics Media Industry Beacons Award. https://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?PID=5&VID=141&IID=967&AID=62341
  • 2017 William Streifer Scientific Achievment Award from IEEE Photonics Society (to be presented on October 2, 2017)  https://www.photonicssociety.org/awards/william-streifer-scientific-achievement-award
  • Fellow of URSI (Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale), March 2017.
  • Honorary Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat. h.c.) from University of Stuttgart, Germany (conferred on November 18, 2016).
  • Honorary Doctorate in Technology (Doctor of Science in Technology, honoris causa) from Aalto University, Finland. (Conferred on October 7, 2016).
  • Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors (NAI), 2015. http://us2.campaign- archive1.com/?u=a29770d10dce5eabc93a56c59&id=7e 4d87084c&e
  • Speaker at the 2015 Schawlow-Townes Symposium on Photonics at the University of Ottawa, Canada, October 8, 2015, sponsored by the Max-Planck- uOttawa Center for Extreme and Quantum Photonics. This symposium is in honor of the two pioneers and Nobel Laureates, Professor Charles Townes (1915- 2015) and Professor Arthur Schawlow (1921-1999), whose groundbreaking efforts several decades ago led to the development of laser science and technology.
  • 2015 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow (a.k.a. National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow (NSSEFF) Award from the Department of Defense (2015)
    http://www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release- View/Article/605588
  • 2015 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Distinguished Achievement Award (2015)
  • 2015 Wheatstone Lecture at King’s College London (Feb 18, 2015)
  • 2015 Gold Medal from SPIE (the international society for optics and photonics) (2015) http://spie.org/x114633.xml?WT.mc_id=ZTWZ
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) (2015)
  • 2014 Balthasar van der Pol Gold Medal from URSI (Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale, International Union of Radio Science) https://www.ursi.org/awards.php
  • 2013 SINA Award in Engineering from “Spirit of Iranian Noted Achievers” (SINA) Organization (2013) Watch the announcement of the event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxmd2TP7xsc
  • 2013 Benjamin Franklin Kay Award from IEEE Philadelphia Section (2013)
  • 2012 IEEE Electromagnetics Award (one of the Technical Field Awards)
  • 2008 George H. Heilmeier Award for Excellence in Research, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, March 2008.
  • Scientific American Magazine 50 Leaders in Science and Technology in 2006, for his contributions to the field of plasmonics, November 2006.
  • Guggenheim Fellowship Award, 1999.
  • Fellow of Institute of Physics (UK) (2020)
  • Fellow of URSI (Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale) (2017)
  • Fellow of US National Academy of Inventors (NAI) (2015)
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS) (2015)
  • Fellow of the SPIE- International Society for Optics and Photonics (2011)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2010)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) (2008)
  • Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA) (1999)
  • Fellow of IEEE (1996)
  • Endowed H. Nedwill Ramsey Chaired Professorship in Electrical and Systems Engineering (Jan 1, 2005 – present)
  • UPS Foundation Distinguished Educator term Chair for one-year term (Academic Year 1999-2000)
  • Selected as one of the Distinguished Graduates of the University of Tehran’s School of Engineering on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of School of Engineering of University of Tehran, December 2004.
  • IEEE Third Millennium Medal, April 2000.
  • Fulbright Chair Award for Naples, Italy through the Fulbright Distinguished Chairs program (1998).   (First recipient of Naples Chair in the field of engineering).
  • NSF Presidential Young Investigator (PYI) Award (1989).
  • W. M. Keck Foundation’s 1995 Engineering Teaching Excellence Award, 1995.
  • Christian F. and Mary R. Lindback Foundation Award for distinguished teaching, April 1994.
  • S. Reid Warren, Jr. Award for distinguished teaching, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, October 1993 and April 2002.
  • 2012 Computer Simulation Technology (CST) University Publication Award for the paper Y. Zhao, N. Engheta, and A. Alu “Effects of shape and loading of optical nanoantennas on their sensitivity and radiation properties,” Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 28, No. 5, 27 Apr. 2011, pp 1266-1274.
  • 2008 Computer Simulation Technology (CST) University Publication Award for the paper A. Alu and N. Engheta, “Cloaking and Transparency for Collections of Particles with Metamaterial and Plasmonic Covers,” Optics Express, Vol. 15, No. 12, pp. 7578-7590, June 11, 2007.
  • Magistri Artivm honoris causa (Honorary MA degree) from University of Pennsylvania, 1990

Plenary and Keynote Speeches:

  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Structuring light with metastructures,” the 2024 Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics and Nanophotonics, Newry, Maine, July 7-12, 2024.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Sculpting light in four dimensions,” the PQE 2024, Physics of Quantum Electronics Conference, Snowbird, Utah, January 8-12, 2024.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Structuring light with metastructures,” the NanoMeta 2024, Seefeld in Tirol, Austria, January 3-6, 2024.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Extreme metastructures for structuring light,” the 5th Novel Intelligent and Leading Emerging Sciences (NILES) Conference, Nile University, Cairo, Egypt, October 21-23, 2023.  (Online presentation)
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Structuring light with media with higher dimensions: Space, time and more,” 2023 META’23: The 13th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, Paris, France, July 18-21, 2023.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Structuring light with metastructures,” 2023 International Conference on Quantum Engineered Sensing and Information Technology (QUEST 2023), Paris, France, June 27-30, 2023.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Metastructures as computing machines,” the 2023 European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2023), Florence, Italy, March 27-31, 2023.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “From theory to application: An academic perspective on the future of metamaterials,” at the Metamaterials in the Real World Show Case, UK Metamaterials Network, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, London, UK, December 9, 2022.
  • Plenary Speaker (online) on the topic of “Metaphotonics for structuring light,” at the 16th Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Conference -Nano TR, Ankara, Turkey, September 5-8, 2022.
  • Keynote Speaker (online) on the topic of “Structuring light with extreme metamaterials and metasurfaces,” at the UK Metamaterials Network (UK MMN) Summer School 2022: Flexible and Electromagnetic Metamaterials, Universitu of St. Andrews, UK, August 15-19, 2022.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Extreme Metamaterials in Four Dimensions,” NanoPlasm 2022, 4th International Conference on Frontiers in Plasmonics and Nanophotonics, Grand Hotel San Michele, Cetraro, Italy, June 12-16, 2022.
  • Plenary Speaker (online) on the topic of “4D Structured Waves,” at the 2021 META’21: The 11th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, Warsaw, Poland (online), July 20-23, 2021.
  • Plenary Speaker (online) on the topic of “4D Metastructures,” at the 2021 Waves in Time-Varying Media Workshop (online), April 28, 2021.
  • Keynote Speaker (online) on the topic of “Structuring Light with 4D Metamaterials,” at the 2021 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting (online), April 18-22, 2021.
  • Keynote Speaker (online) on the topic of “Four-Dimensional (4D) Metamaterials for Structuring Fields and Waves,” at the 2021 Marina Forum on EMetamaterials Singapore (online), March 4-5, 2021
  • Plenary Speaker (online) on the topic of “Nanophotonics as Computing Machines,” at the 2021 SPIE Advanced Lithography Symposium (online), February 21-25, 2021.
  • Plenary Speaker (online) on the topic of “Four-Dimensional Spatiotemporal Metamaterials,” at the 2021 URSI-USNC National Radio Science Meeting (online), January 4-9, 2021.
  • Plenary Speaker (online) on the topic of “Extreme Metastructures,” at the 2020 Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (online), Hong Kong, December 8-11, 2020.
  • Keynote Speaker (online) on the topic of “Metamaterials that Solve Equations,” at the 2020 Mediterranean Microwave Symposium (online), December 9-11, 2020.
  • Keynote Speaker (online) on the topic of “Wave Interaction in Spatiotemporal Metastructures,” at the 2020 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall/Spring 2020 (online), November 27-December 4, 2020.
  • Plenary Speaker (online) on the topic of “Metastructures with Four Dimensions and High Degrees of Freedom,” 14th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena, (online) New York, NY, USA, September 28-October 3, 2020.
  • Plenary Speaker (online) on the topic of “Metacomputing with Metastructures,” METANANO’20 online conference (originally planned to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia), September 14-18, 2020.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Metamaterial-based Analog Computing,” at the SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, February 5, 2020.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Spatiotemporal Metaphotonics,” presented at the International Symposium on Plasmonics and Nanophotonics (iSPN’2019), Kobe, Japan, November 11-14, 2019.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “An Interdisciplinary Journey with Waves and Matters,” presented at the 5 x 5 Celebration of the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) 5th annivary, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, October 30, 2019.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Analog Processing with Metastructures” 10th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META’19), Lisbon, Portugal, July 23-26, 2019.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Functional Metaphotonics” Topological Photonics and Beyond Conference, Tianjin, China, June 30-July 2, 2019.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Functional Waves” Nature Conference on Nanophotonics and Integrated Photonics, Nanjing, China, November 11, 2018.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Extreme Wave Platforms” 18thInternational Microwave Symposium (MMS), Istanbul, Turkey, November 1, 2018.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Near-Zero-Index Photonics Materials and Devices” at 13thNanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC), Portland, Oregon, October 17, 2018.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Extreme Electromagnetics” at International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA’18), Cartagena, Colombia, September 10, 2018. •Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Metamaterials for Informatics” at The 12thInternational Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena, Espoo, Finland, August 29, 2018.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Metastructures at the Limits” Near-Field Optics (NFO’15) Conferences, Troyes, France, August 27, 2018.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Metaphotonics: Where do we go from here?” 2018 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense (RAPID), Miramar Beach, FL, August 23, 2018.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Metastructures for Analog Computing and Informatics” at 11thInternational Conference on Nanophotonics (ICNP’18), Wroclaw, Poland, July 2, 2018.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “X-Y-Z-T Metamaterials” at META’2018:  10thInternational Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, Marseille, France, June 26, 2018.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Photonic Doping and Single-Inclusion Metamaterials” at NanoPlasm 2018, Cetraro, Italy, June 14, 2018.(via Skype)
  • Keynote Speaker in Closing Session on the topic of “Extreme Platforms for Extreme Functionality” at 2018 International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Philadelphia, PA, June 14, 2018.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Let Waves Do the Math” at 2018 Photonics North Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 7, 2018.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Metaphotonics” at 2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, May 15, 2018.
  • Distinguished Seminar Speaker at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, April 12, 2018 on “Extreme Photonics”.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Extreme Photonics” at Optics and Photonics Conference at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, December 11, 2017.
  • UB SEAS Dean’s Distinguished Speaker at University at Buffalo, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Electrical Engineering, October 24, 2017 on “Extreme Photonics”.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Extreme Metastructures” at 6thKarlsruhe Days of Optics and Photonics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany, November 7, 2017.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Extreme Photonics” at 2017 XL Encontro Nacional de Fisica da Materia Condensada (the annual meeting of the Brazilian Phsyical Society), Buzios, Brazil, August 28, 2017.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Classical and Quantum Anomolies in Extreme Photonic Platforms” at 2017 ICMAT (9 th  International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies) Symposium W: Optically Resonant Nanostructures, Signapore, June 19, 2017
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Photonic Doping” at 2017 Internaional Workshop on Discrete, Nonlinear and Disordered Optics, Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany, May 10, 2017.
  • Distinguished Lectures Series Speaker at Temple University, Department of Electrical Engineering, February 8, 2017, on “Low-Index Photonics.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Low-Index Photonics” at 2017 PQE, Snowbird, Utah, January 2017.
  • Distinguished Lectures Series Speaker at University of New Mexico, Optical Science and Engineering Program, High Technology Materials Center, Albuquerque, NM, November 2-4, 2016.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Sculpting Waves in Low-Index Photonics,” at the Physics of Light- Matter Interactions & Excited State Dynamics Northrop-Grumman, Redondo Beach, CA, October 25, 2016.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Near-Zero Photonics” at 2016 Meta’16, Malaga, Spain, July 26, 2016.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Tailoring Waves and Fields with Extreme Platforms” at 2016 NanoPlasm, Cetraro, Italy, June 13, 2016.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Tailoring Scattering Signatures with Metamaterials” at 2016 IEEE Radar Conference, Philadelphia, PA, May 3, 2016.
  • Distinguished Lectures Series Speaker at George Washington University, March 2, 2016, on “Optics at the Extreme.”
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Tailoring Photons” at 2015 IEEE International Photonics Conference (IPC), Reston, VA, October 6, 2015.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “From Unconventional to Extreme to Functional Materials” at 2015 Brazil Materials Research Society (Brazil-MRS) Meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 28, 2015.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Let the Waves Do the Math” at the 2015 ACM NanoCom, Boston, MA, September 21-22, 2015.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Sculpting Waves” at SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, August 9, 2015.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Metaplatforms” at Meta’15, the 6th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonics Crystals and Plasmonics, New York, NY, August 5, 2015.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Recent Advances in Metatronics” at the 2015 IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and URSI CNC/USNC Joint Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 22, 2015.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Functional Metastructures” at the 2014 National Spanish URSI Conference, Valencia, Spain, September 3-5, 2014.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Metafunctional Platforms” at the 2014 Metamaterials: 8th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 25-30, 2014.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Extreme Optics” at the NanoPlasm’14, Cetraro, Italy, June 15-23, 2014.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Metastructures at the Extreme” at the META’14-Singapore: the 5th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals, and Plasmonics, Singapore, May 20-23, 2014.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Metaphotonics” at the 4th Metamaterials Symposium University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, March 7, 2014.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Metastructures: Form vs Function” at the 2014 PQE-14 the 44th Winter Colloquium on Physics of Quantum Electronics Conference, Snowbird, Utah, January 5-9, 2014.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Seeing the Unseen: From Polarization-Sensitive Eyes in Nature to System-on-Chip Sensing and Imaging Devices” at the 2014 International System-on-Chip (SoC) Conference, Exhibits and Workshops, Irvine, CA, October 23-24, 2013.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Metaphotonics” at the 2013 IONS, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 3, 2013.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Mixing Metamaterials with Nonreciprocity,” at “2013 Metamaterials Congress—7th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwave and Optics, Bordeaux, France, September 16-19, 2013.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Meta- Electromagnetics and Meta-Optics” at “2013 URSI Commission B Internation Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS’13), Hiroshima, Japan, May 20-24, 2013.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Meta-Wave and Meta-Structures” at “2013 EuCAP”, the 7th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Gothenburg, Sweden, April 8-12, 2013.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Metamaterials for Meta-Optics: From Structures to Functions to Processes” at “2013 NanoMeta”, the 4th International Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials, Seefeld in Tirol, Austria, January 3-6, 2013.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Metamaterials: From Structure to Function” at the 2012 IONS- FOCUS New York City, New York, New York, October 11, 2012.
  • Tutorial Speaker on the topic of “Metamaterials and Metasystems:  Mixing Simplicity with Complexity,” at the 2012 Workshop on New Materials and New Concepts for Controlling Light and Waves, Croucher Advanced Study Institute, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Institute for Advances Study, Hong Kong, October 6, 2012.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Light, Electrons, Metastructures and Metasystems” in the 2012 European Optical Society Annual Meeting, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK September 27, 2012.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “From Metamaterials to Metasystems to Metafunctions” in the META’12, 3rd International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals, and Plasmonics, Paris, France, April 20, 2012.
  • Keynote presentation on the topic of “Ultrafast Metatronics,” at the 2012 SPIE Photonics West, Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XVI, San Francisco, CA, January 21- 26, 2012.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Of Light and Metatronics” in the 2011 MESA+ of the Institute of Nanotechnology, University of Twente, the Netherlands, September 27, 2011.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Metatronics: Merging Electronics, Photonics, and Magnetics into One Paradigm” in the 2011 European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2011), Rome, Italy, April 11-15, 2011.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Of Light, Electrons, and Metamaterials” in the 2011 SPIE Photonics West, LASE, San Francisco, California, January 22-27, 2011.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Metatronics with Light and Electrons: Taming the Optics and Electronics with Metamaterials” in the 4th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (Metamaterials’2010), Karlsruhe, Germany, September 13-16, 2010.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Metatronics: Manipulating the Light and Electrons with Metamaterials” in the 18th RiNEm (Italian National Conference in Electromagnetics), Benevento, Italy, September 6-10, 2010.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Linear and Nonlinear Elements in Metactronics” in Opening Ceremony of the NATO Advanced Research Wokrshop META’10, 2nd International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals, and Plasmonics, Cairo, Egypt, February 22-25, 2010.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Seeing the Unseen:  How Can we Learn from Polarization-Sensitive Eyes and How Can We Design Better Imaging Systems?” in Opening Ceremony of the 2009 European Microwave Conference (EuMC) as Part of the 2009 European Microwave Week (EuMW), Rome, Italy, September 28- October 2, 2009..
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Taming the Light with Metamaterials” in the NanoScience and Engineering Part of the 2009 SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering on Optics and Photonics, San Diego, California, August 2-6, 2009.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “What to Do with Extreme Metamaterials” at the 2009 ETOPIM’8 Conference, Crete, Greece June 11, 2009.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Circuits with Light at the Nanoscale: A New Paradigm for Nanoscale Information Processing” at the 43th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS 2009), Baltimore, MD, March 18, 2009.
  • Plenary Speaker on the topic of “Circuits with Light at the Nanoscale” at the 13th Interantional Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics/Canadian Radio Sciences Meeting/ANTEM/URSI/CNC, Banff, AB, Canada, February 18, 2009.
  • Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Circuits with Light at the Nanoscale” at The 6th International System-on-Chip Conference, Exhibit and Workshop, Newport Beach, California, November 5, 2008.
  • Keynote speech on the topic of “Extreme- Parameter Metamaterials,” at the Metamaterials’ 2008:  2nd International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwave and Optics, Pamplona, Spain, September 21-26, 2008.
  • Delivered the single Public Lecture (a large Plenary speech) on the topic of “Seeing the Unseen:  From Polarization-Sensitive Eyes to Biologically- Inspired Sensing and Imaging Science” at the 2008 XXIX General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI-GA 2008), Chicago, Illinois, August 7-16, 2008.
  • Keynote speech on the topic of “Metactronics: Optical Circuits and Information Processing in Nanoworlds” at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Metamaterials for Secure Information and Communication Technologies (META’08), Marrakech, Morocco, May 7-10, 2008.
  • Keynote Speech at the Plasmoic Metamaterials Conference of the 2007 SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering on Optics and Photonics, the talk entitled “Plasmonic Metamaterials:  The Tale of Two Phenomena,” San Diego, California, August 26- 30, 2007.
  • Plenary Speaker at the Optical Society of America (OSA) Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics, talk entitled “What do Optical Nanocircuits, Squeezing Light, and Supermicroscopy Have in Common?” in Hangzhou, China, June 18-22, 2007.
  • Plenary Speaker at the 51st International Conference on Electron, Ion, Photon Beam Technology and Nanotechnology (EIPBN) talk on the topic of “Metamaterial and Plasmonic Nanocircuits:  Towards a New Paradigm in Optica Nanoelectronics” in Denver, CO, May 29-June 1, 2007.
  • Kilby Keynote Speaker on the topic of “Seeing the Invisible:  Polarization Vision in Nature and Non- Invasive Imaging and Sensing Applications” at the 2006 Government Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology Conference (GOMACTech 2006), San Diego, CA, March 20-23, 2006.
  • Delivered one of the three General Lectures (large plenary speech) on the topic of “Metamaterials and Plasmonic Phenomena” at the XXVIII General Assembly of International Union of Radio Science (URSI), New Delhi, India, October 23-29, 2005.
  • Keynote Speaker at the International Workshop on Antenna Technology: Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials (iWAT’05), talk on the topic of “Nanocircuit Elements, Nano-Transmission Lines, and Nano-Antennas Using Plasmonic Materials in the Optical Domains,” in Singapore, March 7-9, 2005.
  • Plenary Speaker at the International Union of Radio Science (URSI)-U.S. National Committee (USNC), National Radio Science Meeting talk on the topic of “Seeing the Invisible: Polarization Vision, Its Biophysical Mechanism and Non-Invasive Imaging Applicastions” Boulder, CO, January 5-8, 2005.
  • Keynote Speaker on “Metamaterials and Plasmonic Media: Theory and Potential Applications,” Bianisotropics’04: 10th International Conference on Complex Media and Metamaterials” Ghent, Belgium, September 22-24, 2004.
  • Plenary Speaker on “Electromagnetics of Complex Media and Metamaterials,” in the Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory (MMET*2002) conference, in Kiev, Ukraine, Sept. 10-13, 2002.
  • Plenary Speaker on “Fractionalization Methods and Their Applications in Radiation and Scattering Problems,” in the Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory (MMET*2000) conference, in Kharkov, Ukraine, Sept. 12-15, 2000.
  • Keynote Speaker on “Fractional Derivatives, Fractional Integrals and Electromagnetic Theory,” in the International Conference on Computational Electromagnetics and Its Applications (ICCEA’99), in Beijing, China, Nov. 1-4, 1999.
  • Plenary Speaker on “Fractional Calculus and Fractional Paradigm in Electromagnetic Theory,” in the Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory (MMET*98) conference, in Kharkov, Ukraine, June 2-5, 1998.
  • Plenary Speaker on Chiral and Complex Material in the 14th Triennial URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Sydney, Australia, August 17-20, 1992.

Media News and Press Release about Our Research

Penn Today, “Brewing Brilliance,” an article by Nathi Magubane and Ian Scheffler, about collaboration between Nader Engheta’s group and Firooz Aflatouni’s group.   https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/brewing-brilliance

Nature Photonics News and Views article by Daniel Brunner titled “Reviving holographic photonic integration,” Nature Photonics, Vol. 18, pp. 402-403. May 2024, about our Nature Photonics paper February 2024. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-024-01432-z

Physics (American Physical Society online magazine), “Metamaterials for Optical Analog Computing,” an article by Matteo Rini, Physics 17, 52, March 29, 2024, about our Nature Photonics paper February 16, 2024. https://physics.aps.org/articles/v17/52

Penn Today, “Photonic chip opens door to AI computing at light speed,” a news article by Ian Scheffler, February 21, 2024, about our Nature Photonics paper February 16, 2024. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-engineering-new-chip-opens-door-ai-computing-light-speed 

Physics World, “Photonic metastructures does vector-matrix multiplication,” a news article by Sam Jarman March 11, 2024, about our Nature Photonics paper February 16, 2024. https://physicsworld.com/a/photonic-metastructure-does-vector-matrix-multiplication/

IEEE Spectrum, “Faster, More Secure Photonic Chip Boosts AI training – Optical computing can perform matrix computations at the speed of light,” news article by Charles Q. Choi, March 4, 2024, about our Nature Photonics paper February 16, 2024.  https://spectrum.ieee.org/photonic-ai-chip

Caltech Heritage Project, David Zierler Interviews Nader Engheta “Nader Engheta (PhD’82), Physicist, Electrical Engineer, and Metamaterials Pioneer, August 15, 2023 (published online October 16, 2023).  https://heritageproject.caltech.edu/interviews-updates/nader-engheta

Caltech Magazine, The 2023 Distinguished Alumni Awards, November 2023.  Article about the recipients of the 2023 Caltech Distinguished Alumni Awards.  https://magazine.caltech.edu/post/distinguished-alumni-awards-daa-2023

Caltech, Electrical Engineering, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, “Nader Engheta (MS’79, PhD’82) named Distinguished Alumni Awardee,” May 22, 2023 https://www.ee.caltech.edu/news/nader-engheta-ms-79-phd-82-named-a-2023-distinguished-alumni-awardee

Penn Today, an article by Devorah Fischler about Nader Engheta, titled “On a different wavelength Nader Engheta leads a community in light”: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/different-wavelength-nader-engheta-leads-community-light?fbclid=IwAR0Chw53NV-_2uPJAKHB2iD1Flas_JpVv2enyl2kSh_srNmlCioalfAuCB0

Penn Today, a press release about Nader Engheta, titled “Penn scientist Nader Engheta wins the Benjamin Franklin Medal ”: https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-scientist-nader-engheta-wins-benjamin-franklin-medal

The Philadelphia Inquirer, an article by Tom Avril about the recipients of the 2023 Benjamin Franklin Medals: https://www.inquirer.com/science/franklin-institute-awards-merck-kenneth-frazier-20230124.html

Franklin Institute announcement of the 2023 recipients of the Benjamin Franklin Medals, January 24, 2023. https://www.fi.edu/awards/class-of-2023

BBC Persian, Hard Talk, October 19, 2021, an interview with Amir Payam from the program “Hard Talk” on the occasion of receiving the 2020 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics (UK). Interview in Farsi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DQPo4ZG2Ag

Harvard Iranian Clubhouse, July 31, 2021, a Clubhouse chat on my research activities. YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DeDsOkpCDc

New Scientist, July 22, 2020, an article by Anna Demming entitled “Why old school technology could shape the future of digital computing,” which features our Science article on “Inverse-designed Metastructures that solve equation”, https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24732924-000-why-old-school-technology-could-shape-the-future-of-digital-computing/

SPIE, July 1, 2020, an article by Neil Savage entitled “Computing and Optics Team up Over Metasurfaces,” which includes discussion about our Science article on “Inverse-designed Metastructures that solve equation”, https://spie.org/news/photonics-focus/julaug-2020/computing-and-optics-team-up-over-metasurfaces?SSO=1

Optics and Photonics News (OPN), Our work on “Solving Equations with Metamaterials” was selected as one of the highlights of optics in 2019 (OPN: Vol. 30, No. 12, p. 50, 2019.). https://www.osa-opn.org/home/articles/volume_30/december_2019/extras/solving_equations_with_metamaterials/ This is based on our Science paper on “Inverse-designed metastructures that solve equations” Science, Vol. 363, pp. 133-1338, March 22, 2019 by N. Mohammadi Estakhri, B. Edwards, and N. Engheta.

Physics Today, June 1, 2019, an article by Christine Middleton entitled “A Metamaterial Solves Integral Equation” about our Scince article on “Inverse-designed Metastructures that solve equation”, Physics Today, 72, 6, 22 (2019): https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4222

Optics and Photonics News (OPN), May 16, 2018, an interview by Stewart Wills entitled “A Conversation with Nader Engheta” on the occasion of my plenary talk at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, May 13-18, 2018. https://www.osa- opn.org/home/newsroom/2018/may/a_conversation_with _nader_engheta/

Physics Today, May 2017, an article by Mark Wilson entitled “Photonic doping tunes transparent media” about our Scince article on “Photonic Doping of Epsilon-Near-Zero Media”, http://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/PT .3.3544?utm_source=Physics%20Today&utm_mediu m=email&utm_campaign=8249598_NQ%20- %20May%202017%20TOC&dm_i=1Y69,4WTFI,E1P4 6A,IMDSB,1 .

Phys.Org, ScienceDaily.com, PhotonicsOnline.com, Penn News Today, Press release entitled “Photonic doping makes class of metamaterials easier to fabricate” prepared by E. Lerner, about our Science paper entitled “Photonic doping of epsilon-near-zero media,” I. Liberal, A. Mahmoud, Y. Li, B. Edwards, and N. Engheta, Vol. 335, no. 6329, pp. 1058-1062, 2017.  Relevant links:  Penn News Today: https://news.upenn.edu/news/penn-engineers- photonic-doping-makes-class-metamaterials-easier- fabricate?utm_source=Primary&utm_campaign=3759 92f756- EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_10&utm_medium=em ail&utm_term=0_3777f2ca8f-375992f756-43407461 Phys.Org: https://phys.org/news/2017-03-photonic-doping-class-metamaterials-easier.html ScienceDaily.com: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/03/170309142133.htm PhotonicsOnline.com:

Persian Heritage, September 2016, interview with the magazine editor.

Huffington Post August 18, 2016, interview entitled “Nader Engheta: Pinnacle of Interdisciplinary Research,” interviewer: Jahandad Memarian, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jahandad- memarian/nader-engheta-the- pinnacl_b_11556358.html

Optics and Photonics News (OPN): July/August issue 2016, the cover story was our feaure article on the zero-index platforms, our paper I. Liberal and N. Engheta, “Zero-Index Platforms: Where Light Defies Geometry,” OPN, Vol. 27, pp. 28-33, July-August 2016: http://www.osa- opn.org/home/articles/volume_27/july_august_2016/f eatures/zero- index_platforms_where_light_defies_geometry/

SPIE TV: Jan 21, 2016, A video prepared by SPIE on the occasion of receiving the 2015 SPIE Gold Medal.  The video has been posted on SPIE News and SPIE Nanotechnology:  http://spie.org/newsroom/technical- articles/videos/engheta-video , http://spie.org/newsroom , http://spie.org/newsroom/nanotechnology

Penn News Today: Jan 6, 2016, A News entitled “Spirit of Innovation” about the Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI), http://us5.campaign- archive1.com/?u=581921521eeb40a803fe109ff&id=7b4 9e387ab&e=1de6e05e57

Penn News Today: Jan 5, 2016, A News entitled “Scientific Advances” about the NSSEFF Award from US DoD, http://us5.campaign- archive2.com/?u=581921521eeb40a803fe109ff&id=2e3 e9781dc&e=1de6e05e57

Optics and Photonics News, Our work on “Advances in ENZ Metamaterial Devices” was selected as one of the highlights of optics in 2015 (OPN: Vol. 26, No. 12, p. 35, 2015.). https://www.optica-opn.org/home/articles/volume_26/december_2015/extras/advances_in_%CE%B5-near-zero_metamaterial_devices/ This is based on our IEEE TAP paper on “Experimental Demonstration of a Millimeter-Wave Metalic ENZ Lens based on the Energy Squeezing Principles” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 231-239, Jan 2015 by V. Torres, B. Orazbayev, V. Pacheco-Peña, J. Teniente, M. Beruete, M. Navarro-Cía, M. Sorolla Ayza, and N. Engheta

Kayhan.London online An interview with Mr. Bijan Farhoodi on the occasion of receiving the 2015 SPIE Gold Medal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkUPTdupCt4

Penn News:  “Penn’s Engheta and Ghrist Earn National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowships,” a press release by Evan Lerner of UPenn about winning the 2015 National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowship (NSSEFF) Award from the Department of Defense, November 24, 2015.

Brazilian Materials Research Society (XIV SBPMat) Newsletter: September 3, 2015,  aninterview/article by Ms. Veronica Savignano of the Brazilian Materials Research Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa em Materiais (SBPMat)) on the occasion of delivering a plenary talk at the 2015 Brazilian Materials Research Society (XIV SBPMat Meeting) in Rio de Janeiro, September 28, 2015. http://sbpmat.org.br/en/entrevistas-com-palestrantes- de-plenarias-do-xiv-encontro-nader-engheta/

SPIE Optics and Photonics Event News and Photos: August 2015, https://spie.org/news/spie-professional-magazine-archive/2015-july/engheta_gold-medal-

SPIE Professional Magazine: July 2015, an article entitled “SPIE Gold Medal Winner Explores World of Waves”, by Karen Thomas on the occasion of receiving the 2015 SPIE Gold Medal, http://spie.org/x114633.xml?WT.mc_id=ZTWZ .

Penn News Today: June 10, 2015, A News entitled “Top Class” about the IEEE Antennas and Propagation (AP) Society Distinguished Achievement Award, http://us5.campaign- archive2.com/?u=581921521eeb40a803fe109ff&id=21a a1b7286&e=1de6e05e57

Fanni Reunion Organization:  News article on the occasion of my receiving the 2015 SPIE Gold Medal, March 2015.  http://fannireunion.org/uncategorized/1442/

Danestaniha:  An interview with me by Pouria Nazemi for the magazine Danestaniha, March 2015. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=87568011 2473571&set=a.487031178005135.104971.100000947716 251&type=1&theater

Nanotechweb.org:  at the Faraday Discussions 3: Achieving extreme photonics with nanostructures, a video at the meeting of Faraday Discussiosn February 16-18, 2015. http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/multimedia/60632

United Airlines Hemisphere Magazine:  Quoted in an article by Boyd Farrow entitled “Coming Soon: X-Ray Specs”, March 2015, about metamaterials http://www.hemispheresmagazine.com/2015/03/01/coming-soon-x-ray-specs/

Penn News Today:  press release entitled “Metamolecules:  Penn Research Develop Way of Making Light-Bending Raspberry-like Metamolecules” by Evan Lerner, March 16, 2015. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- researchers-develop-way-making-light-bending- raspberry-metamolecules about our ACS Nano paper entitled “Raspberry-like Metamolecules Exhibiting Strong Magnetic Resonances” by Z. Qian, S. P. Hastings, C. Li, B. Edwards, C. K. McGinn, N. Engheta, Z. Fakhraai, and S.-J. Park.

Optics and Photonics News, Our work on “Doing Math with Light” was selected as one of the highlights of optics in 2014 (OPN: Vol. 25, No. 12, p. 52, 2014.). This is based on our Science paper on “Performing Mathematical Operations Using Metamaterials” Science., Vol. 343, Issue 6167, pp. 160- 163, Jan 2014 by A. Silva, F. Monticone, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

Engineering and Technology Magazine (E & T) of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET): Vol. 9, Issue 12, December 15, 2014, a news article entitled “Photonic computers promise energy-efficient supercomputers” by Christine Evans-Pughe, http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2014/12/photonic- supercomputers.cfm  about our Science paper on “Performing mathematical operators with metamaterials”.

MRS Bulletin: Vol. 39, Issue 12, page 1039, December, 2014, A News and Analysis entitled “Digital Metamaterial Bits for Simplere Optical Elements” by Ian McDonald, http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2014.291 about our Nature Materials paper entitled “Digital Metamaterials” by C. Della Giovampaola and N. Engheta.

Penn News Today:  press release entitled “Penn Research Shows Ways to Design ‘Digital’ Metamaterials” by Evan Lerner, November 24, 2014. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- research-shows-way-design-digital-metamaterials  about our Nature Materials paper entitled “Digital Metamaterials” by C. Della Giovampaola and N. Engheta.

Several press releases on October 20, 2014:

http://www.cnet.com/news/physicists-create- reversible-laser-tractor-beam/, http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/20/hollow-laser- tractor-beam/, http://www.science20.com/news_articles/new_tractor _beam_can_repel_and_attract-147245, http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/20/ optical-tractor-beam-laser-physicists, http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology- news/newsid=37797.php ,  http://www.9news.com.au/technology/2014/10/20/16/ 01/tractor-beam-built-at-anu, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2014- 10/20/c_133729188.htm , http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/10/20/tracto r-beam-built-anu about our Nature Photonics paper entitled “A Long-Range Polarization-Controoled Optical Tractor Beam” by V. Shvedov, A. Davoyan, C. Hnatovsky, N. Engheta, and W. Krolikowski.

Science News: September 19, 2014, A News entitled “Making Metamaterials Digital Could Simplify Invisibility” by A.Grant, https://www.sciencenews.org/article/making-metamaterials-digital-could-simplify-invisibility-cloaks about our Nature Materials paper entitled “Digital Metamaterials” by C. Della Giovampaola and N. Engheta.

Conversation: September 15, 2014, A News entitled “Invisibility Cloaks Closer Thanks to ‘Digital Metamaterials” by P. Orbell, https://theconversation.com/invisibility-cloaks-closer-thanks-to-digital-metamaterials-31562 about our Nature Materials paper entitled “Digital Metamaterials” by C. Della Giovampaola and N. Engheta.

Penn News Today: August 21, 2014, A News entitled “Career Achievement” about the URSI van der Pol Gold medal, http://us5.campaign- archive2.com/?u=581921521eeb40a803fe109ff&id=ea4 70541a7&e=1de6e05e57

Science Editors’ Choice, Research Highlights, week of August 15, 2014, a highlight written by Science Editor Ian Osborne entitled “Steering an Optical Signal without Wires” in Vol. 345, issue 6198, pp. 784, August 15, 2014, about our Nature Communications paper on July 4, 2014 on “Imaging and Steering an Optical Wireless Nanoantenna Link” by D. Dregely, K. Lindfors, M. Lippitz, N. Engheta, M. Totzeck, H. Giessen.

Materials Today Podcast, April 15, 2014, http://www.materialstoday.com/computation- theory/podcasts/metamaterials-and-analog- computing/ an interview with Stewart Bland about “Metamaterials and Analogue Computing” about our Science paper on “Performing Mathematical Operations with Metamateroals,”

Penn Current Express, January 16, 2014, http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2014-01-16/latest-news/metamaterials-do-math an article about our Science paper on “Performing Mathematical Operations with Metamateroals.”

Several other press releases on January 10, 2014 from New Scientists http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24849-first- lightbending-calculator-designed-with- metamaterials.html, R & D Magazine

http://www.rdmag.com/news/2014/01/research-lays- out-theory-metamaterial-acts-analog-computer,

Nanowerk https://www.nanowerk.com/news2/newsid=33919.php

https://phys.org/news/2014-01-theory-metamaterials-analog.html,

http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2014/jan/light-analog.cfm

Austrian Science http://science.orf.at/stories/1731444 about our Science paper on “Performing Mathematical Operations with Metamaterials, Science Perspective Article: January 10, 2014, a perspective commentary written by Ari Sihvola entitled “Enabling Optical Analog Computation Using Metamaterials” about our paper on “Performing Mathematical Operations with Metamaterials” in the same issue of Science, Vol. 343, pp. 160-163, January 10, 2014.

Penn News Today: January 10, 2014, A News entitled “Photonic Calculus” by Evan Lerner, January 10, 2014, http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- research-helps-lay-out-theory-metamaterials-act- analog-computer

Optics and Photonics News, Our work on “Nonreciprocal Optics within a Wavelength Fraction” was selected as one of the highlights of optics in 2013 (OPN: Vol. 24, No. 12, p. 36.).  http://www.osa- opn.org/home/articles/volume_24/december_2013/fea tures/optics_in_2013_introduction_(1).  This is based on our Physical Review Letters papers on “Nonreciprocal Rotating Power Flow within Plasmonic Nanostructures” Phys. Rev. Lett., 111, 047401, (July 2011) by A. Davoyan and N. Engheta.

The Hindu, A commentary entitled “Going beyond electronics” by Shubashree Desikan, August 22, 2013, http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/going- beyond-electronics/article5045353.ece about our paper in Physical Review Letters “Near-IR Metatronic Nanocircuits by Design”, Vol. 111, 073904, August 16, 2013.

Physics Focus, A commentary entitled “Circuits for Light” by Gabriel Popkin, Physics, Vol. 6, p. 91, August 16, 2013, DOI: 10.1103/Physics.6.91, http://physics.aps.org/articles/v6/91 about our paper in Physical Review Letters “Near-IR Metatronic Nanocircuits by Design”, Vol. 111, 073904, August 16, 2013.

Science Editors’ Choice, Research Highlights, week of August 16, 2013, a highlight written by Science Editor Ian Osborne entitled “Controlling Power Flow” in Vol. 341, pp. 696, August 16, 2013, about our Physical Review Letter paper on July 22, 2013 on “Nonreciprocal Rotating Power Flow within Plasmonic Nanostructures” by A. Davoyan and N. Engheta.

Several other press releases from StreetInsider.com, EON, MeNewsWire, 4Traders, OSIXNews, TMCnet.com, FACEOFF, Morocco Gazette, NasimSaba, TNews.ir, Kuwait Daily News, FeedsFloor, August 5, 2013, Press Release of SINA Awards announcement: http://www.sinairan.org/sina_in_press

Mahnaa August 5, 2013, SINA Awards announcement: from Mahna Institute, www.mahnaa.com

BusinessWire August 5, 2013, Press Release of SINA Awards announcement: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/201308050 05136/en/SINA-Announces-2013-Outstanding- Achievers-Hall-Fame

Yahoo Finance, August 5, 2013, Press Release of SINA Awards announcement: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sina-announces-2013- four-outstanding-150000698.html

Reuters, August 5, 2013, Press Release of SINA Awards announcement: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/05/ma-sina- idUSnBw055136a+100+BSW20130805

CNBC, August 5, 2013, Press Release of SINA Awards  announcement:  http://www.cnbc.com/id/100939525

SINA Organization, August 5, 2013, Announcement of the inaugural recipients of the 2013 SINA Awards, www.sinairan.org, “Spirit of Iranian Noted Achievers”.  Video announcing the winners on August 5, 2013: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxmd2TP7xsc , announcing the SINA day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMwiQNZPP1g

Penn News Daily, April 29, 2013, Practical Values, http://us5.campaign- archive1.com/?u=581921521eeb40a803fe109ff&id=8dc 3354116 a news about receiving the Banjamin Franklin Key Award.

Penn News Daily, April 2, 2013, Metamaterials, http://us5.campaign- archive2.com/?u=581921521eeb40a803fe109ff&id=065 1e2f406 a news about my 2-minute video description of the concept of metamaterials, released online on March 12, 2013.  Here is the link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK4RQr7RICY .

Science Editor’s Choice, a news brief entitled “Optical Beam Steering” by Editor, March 22, 2013, Vol. 339, http://proxy.library.upenn.edu:2169/content/339/6126/ twil.full about our paper in Optics Express “Electrically Controlled Optical Beam-Steering by an Active Phased Array of Metallic Nanoantennas” Vol. 21, Issue 4, pp. 5198-5208, February 25, 2013 by C. T. DeRose, R. D. Kekatpure, D. C. Trotter, A. Starbuck, J. R. Wendt, A. Yaacobi, M. R. Watts, U. Chettiar, N. Engheta, P. Davids.

New Scientist, a news brief entitled “Light Hits Near Infinite Speed in Silver-Coated Glass” by Jeff Hecht, January, 2013, http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23050-light- hits-near-infinite-speed-in-silvercoated-glass.html  about our paper in Physical Review Letters “Experimental Verification of n = 0 Structures for Visible Light”, Vol. 11o, 013902, January 2, 2013.

Nature Magazine and Scientific American, a news brief entitled “Electron Beams Set Nanostructures Aglow” by Eugenie Samuel Reich, January 8, 2013, http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=ele ctron-beams-set-nanostructures-aglow   about our paper in Physical Review Letters “Experimental Verification of n = 0 Structures for Visible Light”, Vol. 11o, 013902, January 2, 2013.

Physics Viewpoint, A commentary entitled “Metal- Coated Waveguide Stretches Wavelengths to Infinity” by Wenshan Cai, Physics, Vol. 6, p. 1, January 2, 2013, DOI: 10.1103/Physics.6.1, http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/Physics.6.1 about our paper in Physical Review Letters “Experimental Verification of n = 0 Structures for Visible Light”, Vol. 11o, 013902, January 2, 2013.

Azonano.com,  news article entitled “Penn Researchers Extend Boundaries of Metamaterial Field” December 19, 2012. http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=26219 about our paper on “Transformation Electronics:  Tailoring the Effective Mass of Electrons,” Physical Review B (Rapid Communications), Vol. 86, 161104(R), October 8, 2012 by M. Silveirinha, and N. Engheta.

Penn News Daily, December 21, 2012, Mass Effect, http://us5.campaign- archive1.com/?u=581921521eeb40a803fe109ff&id=1dc 13d36d6&e=1de6e05e57 a news about Penn Press  release about our paper on “Transformation Electronics:  Tailoring the Effective Mass of Electrons,” Physical Review B (Rapid Communications), Vol. 86, 161104(R), October 8, 2012 by M. Silveirinha, and N. Engheta.

Penn News  press release entitled “Penn Metamaterial Experts Show a Way to Reduce Electron’s Effective Mass to Nearly Zero,” by Evan Lerner, December 14, 2012. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- metamaterials-expert-shows-way-reduce-electrons- effective-mass-nearly-zero about our paper on “Transformation Electronics:  Tailoring the Effective Mass of Electrons,” Physical Review B (Rapid Communications), Vol. 86, 161104(R), October 8, 2012 by M. Silveirinha, and N. Engheta.

Science Now: November 6, 2012, a news article entitled “Nanoscale Device Makes Light Travel Infinitely Fast”, by Adrian Cho, November 6, 2012, http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/11/infin tely-fast-light.html#.UJu942J3ne0.email .

Penn News Today: July 16, 2012, Engineering Award, A News entitled “Penn’s Nader Engheta Receives Electromagnetics Award” by Evan Lerner, July 12, 2012, http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- s-nader-engheta-receives-electromagnetics-award . Electronic Engineering Journal, A feature article entitled “Taking Your Lumps at Optical Frequencies,” by Bryon Moyer, June 25, 2012, http://www.eejournal.com/archives/articles/20120625 -metatronics/  , about our work on optical metatronics.

Wired’s Jargon Watch, June 2012 issue, discusses the term “Metatronics”.

NILT Nanonews, A news article entitled “Engineers Use Plasmonics to Create an Invisible Photodetector,” by the editor, May 23, 2012, http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/05/Manufacturin g-Photonics-Engineers-Use-Plasmonics-To-Create- An-Invisible-Photodetector/ , about our Nature Photonics paper on “An Invisible Metal- Semiconductor Photodetector,” appeared online on May 20, 2012.

Nanomanufacturing Weekly, A news article entitled “Engineers Use Plasmonics to Create an Invisible Photodetector,” by the editor, May 23, 2012, http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/05/Manufacturin g-Photonics-Engineers-Use-Plasmonics-To-Create- An-Invisible-Photodetector/ , about our Nature Photonics paper entitled “An Invisible Metal- Semiconductor Photodetector,” by P. Fan, U. Chettiar, L. Cao, F. Afshinmanesh, N. Engheta, and M. Brongersma, appeared online on May 20, 2012.

Physics Viewpoint, A commentary entitled “Wiring Up Displacement Currents” by Jon Schuller, Physics, Vol. 5, p. 52, May 7, 2012, DOI: 10.1103/Physics.5.52, http://physics.aps.org/articles/v5/52 about our paper in Physical Review Letters “Experimental Verification of Displacement-Current Conduits in Metamaterials- Inspired Optical Circuitry”, Vol. 108, 193902, May 7, 2012.

Science Update Podcast, A one-minute science news podcast entitled “Light Circuit” about our work on optical metatronics, April 4, 2012, http://www.scienceupdate.com/2012/04/light-3/.

Nature Photonics, Research Highlights, A news brief entitled “Nanophotonics: Circuit Design” by James Baxter, Vol. 6, p. 213, March 30 (April issue) 2012; highlighting our paper on Metatronics in Nature Materials.  http://www.nature.com/nphoton/journal/v6/n4/full/n photon.2012.58.html?WT.ec_id=NPHOTON-201204

Penn News Today: March 27, 2012, World of Waves, A News about the interview at the Penn Current, Q&A with Nader Engheta, by Evan Lerner, March 15, 2012, http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=r 8gn7dcab&v=001JO9rJ3gjxX6fgX1ibKZTdM6JGOfG4 OBqzSb8frHNXnQy5FlZegWr62lcObUGTdvtz1yu2q U8RsGCDDGaillwVbp5nVFuvF_AvL23TupdJUWXS 96SQfGGFQ%3D%3D .

Penn Current, Q&A with Nader Engheta, by Evan Lerner, March 15, 2012, http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2012-03- 15/interviews/qa-nader-engheta .

Physorg.com,  news article entitled “Researchers Built First Physical Metatronic Circuit” by Editors, February 22, 2012. http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-physical- metatronic-circuit.html about our Nature Materials paper on “o Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

Azonano.com,  news article entitled “Researchers Demonstrate First Physical Metatronic Circuit Using Nanotechnology” by Cameron Chai, February 27, 2012. http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=24358 about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

NILT Nano Newsletter,  news article entitled “First Physical Metatronic Circuit Using Nanotechnology” by Brian Bilenberg, March 2, 2012. http://nilt.com/default.asp?Action=Details&Item=608 about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

CuteDevices,  news article entitled “Light-Based ‘Metatronics’ Chip Melts Minds, Not Copper,” by Editors, February 26, 2012. http://www.cutedevices.com/light-based-metatronics- chip-melts-minds-not-copper-2610.html about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

Electronista,  news article entitled “Metatronic Light Chips Could Lead to Speed Breakthroughs,” by Editors, February 26, 2012. http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/26/metatro nic.processor.uses.light.to.send.data/ about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

SpectroscopyNOW.com,  news article entitled “Next Generation Circuitry:  Here Come the Metatronics” by David Bradley, March 1, 2012. http://www.spectroscopynow.com/coi/cda/detail.cda? id=26838&type=Feature&chId=3&page=1 about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

Penn News Daily  news brief entitled “Metatronic Circuits by Evan Lerner, February 28, SpectroscopyNOW.com,  news article entitled “Next Generation Circuitry:  Here Come the Metatronics” by David Bradley, March 1, 2012. http://www.spectroscopynow.com/coi/cda/detail.cda? id=26838&type=Feature&chId=3&page=1 about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

Penn News Daily  news brief entitled “Metatronic Circuits by Evan Lerner, February 28, 2012. http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=r 8gn7dcab&v=0014Ey5FNw0bDISLvlz3mJ- SCgAkUfQ4K_BEyGh11gyvedtUVQRG1hJMkkmSW xx6jSc-F275hyLwldogGKIEOc7BxtfCDlfDpzxuZjfJgry29LS2 HnxCTNUzg%3D%3D about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

OPN (Optics and Photonics News (online),  news article entitled “Team Built Mid-Infrared Lumped Nanocircuits,” by Patricia Daukantas, February 27, 2012. http://www.osa-opn.org/OpenContent/NewsRoom/Team-Builds- Mid-Infrared-Lumped-Nanocircuit.aspx about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

Penn News  press release entitled “Penn Researchers Built First Physical “Metatronic” Circuit” by Evan Lerner, February 22, 2012. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- researchers-build-first-physical-metatronic-circuit about our Nature Materials paper on “Experimental Realization of Optical Lumped Nanocircuits at Infrared Wavelengths” Nature Materials, Vol. 11, pp. 208-212, March 2012 (online Jan 29, 2012) by Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alu, and N. Engheta.

Optics and Photonics News, Our work on “one-atom- thick metamaterials and transformation optics using graphene” was selected as one of the highlights of optics in 2011 (OPN: Vol. 22, No. 12, p. 44.).  http://www.opnmagazine- digital.com/opn/201112#pg1 This is based on our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.  Our work is featured in the video made by the OPN on Highlights of Optics in 2011.  http://www.osa-opn.org/

Nature Materials, a Research Highlights entitled “Our choice from the recent literature” written by the Editor Joerg Heber, Nature Materials, Volume 10, pp. 558 (2011), about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta, http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v10/n8/full/nm at3091.html?WT.ec_id=NMAT-201108.

Ars Technica  a news article entitled “Sending a beam of light along a sheet of graphene,” by Chris Lee, June30, 2011. http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/06/sending- a-beam-of-light-along-a-sheet-of-graphene.ars   about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Inovacao Tecnologica, a news article entitled “Metametarials plano leva optica a escala atomica,” by Editor, June 14, 2011. http://www.inovacaotecnologica.com.br/noticias/noti cia.php?artigo=metamaterial-plano-grafeno-optica- escala-atomica&id=010160110614  about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

AzoNano,  a news article entitled “Penn Researchers demonstrates transformation optics using graphene,” by Cameron Chai, June 13, 2011. http://www.azonano.com/news.aspx?newsID=22669       about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011)

by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Nanowerk News  a news article entitled “Engineers Envisions Two-Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials and One-Atom-Thick Optical Device,” by Editor, June 9, 2011. http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=21699.php       about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Photonics online  a news article entitled “Penn Engineers: Two-Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials and One-Atom-Thick Optical Device,” by Editor, June 13, 2011. http://www.photonicsonline.com/article.mvc/Two- Dimensional-Graphene-Metamaterials-And- 0001?sectionCode=News&templateCode=SponsorHeader&user=2403429&source=nl:31144  about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Kurtzweil News a news article entitled “Engineers Envision Two-Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials and One-Atom-Thick Optical Device,” by Editor, June 10, 2011. http://www.kurzweilai.net/engineers-envision-2-dimensional-graphene-metamaterials- and-1-atom-thick-optical-devices  about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Physorg.com  a news article entitled “Two- Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials and One- Atom-Thick Optical Devices Envisioned,” June 9, 2011. http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-06-two- dimensional-graphene-metamaterials-one-atom- thick-optical.html    about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Science Daily news a news article entitled “Engineers Envision Two-Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials and One-Atom-Thick Optical Devices,” June 10, 2011. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110609 141552.htm  about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Spektrum der Wissenschaft  a German-langiage news  article entitled “Wunderfolie noch wundervoller,” June 9, 2011. http://www.spektrum.de/artikel/1073924&_z=798888 about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Lentar.ru  a Russian-langiage news article entitled “Two-Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials and One-Atom-Thick Optical Devices,” June 10, 2011. http://lenta.ru/news/2011/06/10/metagraphen/ about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Penn News  press release entitled “Penn Engineers:  Two-Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials and One- Atom-Thick Optical Devices,” by Evan Lerner, June 9, 2011. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- engineers-envision-two-dimensional-graphene- metamaterials-and-one-atom-thick-optical-devic  about our Science papers on “Transformation Optics Using Graphene” Science, 332, 1291-1294, (June 2011) by A. Vakil and N. Engheta.

Almanac, a news brief in the section on Honors and Other Things, about selection to become Fellow of SPIE-The Interantional Society for Optical Engineering, February 8, 2011, Volume 57, No. 21, http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v57/n21/ho t.html

Penn News  press release entitled “Penn Researchers Tap into Cell Power to Create Building “Skins” that Adapt to Heat/Light of Environment”  by Jordan Reese,  September 21, 2010. http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn- researchers-tap-cell-power-create-building-skins- adapt-heatlight-environment about our NSF grant from the Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI), entitled “Energy Minimization via Multi-Scalar Architectures: From Cell Contractility to Sensing Materials to Adaptive Building Skins,” S. Yang (PI), P. Jones (Co-PI), J. Sabin (Co-PI), J. Van der Spiegel (Co-PI), N. Engheta (Co- PI), September 1, 2010 till August 31, 2014.

Daily Pennsylvanian  article entitled “Penn Professors Collaborate to Design Futuristic Buildings”  by Elena Gooray The Daily Pennsylvanian,  September 16, 2010.  http://thedp.com/article/profs-collaborate-design- futuristic-building about our NSF grant from the Office of Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI), entitled “Energy Minimization via Multi-Scalar Architectures: From Cell Contractility to Sensing Materials to Adaptive Building Skins,” S. Yang (PI), P. Jones (Co-PI), J. Sabin (Co-PI), J. Van der Spiegel (Co-PI), N. Engheta (Co-PI), September 1, 2010 till August 31, 2014.

New Scientist  article entitled “Wireless revolution may reach inside microchips”  by Colin Barras, New Scientist Issue 2762, May 26, 2010, http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627624.600 -wireless-revolution-may-reach-inside- microchips.html about our Physical Review Letters article on “Wireless at the Nsnoscale:  Optical Interconnects Using Matched Nanoantennas”, Physical Review Letters,. Vol. 104, 213902, May 24, 2010..

Photonics Spectra  Profile Interview with Nader Engheta entitled “The Teacher: An Interview with Nader Engheta,”  by David Shenkenberg,  pp. 16-17, October 2009.

Daily Pennsylvanian  article entitled “Engineering professor creates ‘cloaking device’”  by Trishula Patel, The Daily Pennsylvanian,  October 25, 2009. http://thedp.com/article/engineering-prof-creates- cloaking-device about our Physical Review Letters article on “Experimental Verification of Plasmonic Cloaking at Microwave Frequencies with Metamaterials”, Physical Review Letters,. 103, 153901, October 6, 2009.

PhysOrg.com  article entitled “Running Electronics Using Light”  by Miranda Marquit, PhysOrg.com October 19, 2009. http://www.physorg.com/news175161170.html about our Physical Review Letters article on “All-Optical Metamaterial Circuit Board at the Nanoscale”, Physical Review Letters,. Vol. 103, 143902, October 2, 2009.

Quoted in Optics and Photonics Focus (online) article by Giorgio Volpe entitled “Refractive Index:  To the Limits and Beyond”, (about Shanhui Fan’s article in Phys. Rev. Lett.) http://www.opfocus.org/content/v6/s2/opfocus_v6_s2 .pdf,  Vol. 6, Story 2, July 22, 2009.

APS Publication Physics highlight article entitled “Seeing without being seen”  by Javier Garcia di Abajo, Physics Vol. 2, 47, 2009. http://physics.aps.org/viewpoint- for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.233901 about our Physical Review Letters article on “Cloaking a Sensor”, Physical Review Letters,. Vol. 102, 233901, June 8, 2009.

Quoted in Nature’s News Feature by Geoff Brumfiel, “Ideal Focus”, Vol 479, pp. 504-505, May 28, 2009.

Nature Photonics, a research highlight entitled “In a Squeeze”  in page 243, Vol. 3, May 2009 issue of Nature Photonics, www.nature.com/naturephotonics about our Physical Review Letters article on “Transporting an Image through Subwavelength hole”, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 102, 103902, March 13, 2009.

Science News article entitled “Cloaked Eye Still Sees” by Laura Sanders, Vol. 175 # 10 (Page 12), May 9, 2009, http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/42803/d escription/Cloaked_eye_still_sees about our Physical Review Letters article on “Cloaking a Sensor”, Physical Review Letters, 2009.

Optics and Photonics Focus (online) entitled “Twisting the Knob of Light” by Giorgio Volpe, in Volume 4, Story 3 of Optics and Photonics Focus, February 9, 2009, http://www.opfocus.org/index.php?topic=story&v=4 &s=3, about our Nature Photonics article on “Tuning the Scattering Response of Optical Nanoantennas Using Nanocircuit Loads” Nature Photonics, Vol. 2, p. 270, May 2008, and our Physical Review Letters article on “Input Impedance, Nanocircuit Loading, and Radiation Tuning of Optical Nanoantennas”, Vol. 101, 043901, 2008.

Nature Photonics, a News and Views article entitled “Engineering optical nanoantennas” by Mark Brongersma about our Nature Photonics article on “Tuning the Scattering Response of Optical Nanoantennas Using Nanocircuit Loads” Nature Photonics, Vol. 2, p. 270, May 2008.

Nature Photonics, a News and Views article entitled “Optical Cloaking: A Many-Layered Solution” by Amber Jenkins about our Physical Review Letters article on “Multifrequency Optical Invisibility Cloaks  with Layered Plasmonic Shells (Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 113901 (2008)”, Nature Photonics, Vol. 2, p. 270, May 2008.

NANO, the magazine for Small Science, an article by Elaine Mulcahy entitled “A Trick of Light’” about metamaterials and nanocircuits, Issue 6, April, 2008.

Nanomaterials News, a news story entitled “Shrinking microwave devices with metafilms’” by editors about our IET article on “Sub-wavelength resonators: On the use of metafilm to overcome the lambda/2 size limit”Vol. 4, Issue 4, April 22, 2008.

EE Times, a cover story article entitled “Professor posits metananocircuits as electronics’ next frontier’” by Sunny Bains about my Science article on “Circuits with Light at Nanoscales” February 27, 2008 (in March 3, 2008 issue)  http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;?articleID =206900564

Almanac, a news brief in the section on Honors and Other Things, about selection to receive the 2008 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award in Excellence in Research,  news brief entitled “Heilmeier Faculty Award: Dr. Engheta”, December 11, 2007, http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v54/n15/ho t.html

Laser Focus World, a news feature entitled “Photonic Frontier: Integrated Optics: Metananocircuits can operate at optical frequencies,” by Jeff Hecht, about my Science Review Article (Volume 317, Number 5845, Issue of 21 September 2007), Volume 43, Issue 12, December 1, 2007, <http://www.laserfocusworld.com/display_article/31 4434/12/ARTCL/none/Feat/PHOTONIC- FRONTIERS:-INTEGRATED-OPTICS:- Metananocircuits-can-operate-at-optical-frequencie>)

Nanotechweb.org, from UK Institute of Physics Publishing, a news feature entitled “Simulation shine a light on optical wire: Nanowaveguide models offer clues to wiring up optical nanocircuits,” by James Tyrrell, about our paper in Optics Express (Volume 15, Number 21, October 5, 2007) on “Optical ‘Shorting Wire’””.  Posted on November 19, 2007, http://nanotechweb.org/cws/article/tech/31824 )

Sciences et Avenir, a cover story entitled “L’homme Invisible, c’est possible!”, by David Larousserie, about different cloaking methods including our technique.  October 2007, pp. 60-71.

Photonics Spectra, a news feature entitled “Review Provides Blueprint for Optical Nanocircuits,” by David Shenkenberg in the section on Presstime Bulletin, about my Science Review Article (Volume 317, Number 5845, Issue of 21 September 2007), October 2007, p. 18.   http://www.photonics.com/content/spectra/2007/Octo ber/news/89213.aspx )

Nanowerk, a news feature entitled “Metactronics:  A Metamaterial-Based Nanotechnology Approach towards Electronics” by Michael Berger, about my paper in Science (Volume 317, Number 5845, Issue of 21 September 2007) on “Circuits with Light at Nanoscales:  Optical Nanocircuits Inspired by Metamaterials”.  Posted on October 16, 2007, http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=2947.php

Science, in the section of This week in Science, a news brief about my paper in Science (Volume 317, Number 5845, Issue of 21 September 2007) on “Circuits with Light at Nanoscales:  Optical  Nanocircuits Inspired by Metamaterials”.  The news briefs edited by Stella Hurtley and Phil Szuromi, Science, Vol. 317, p. 1645, September 21, 2007. www.science.org

Nature Materials, in the section of Research Highlights, a news brief about our work on cloaking that appeared in Optics Express on Mar 2007.  The news article by the editors of Nature Materials, entitled “Shopping for Cloaks,” May 2007, Vol. 6, p. 325. www.nature.com/naturematerials

Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), Air Force Research Laboratory Press Release about selection to 2006 Scientific American 50 List of Leaders in Science and Technology.  Article by Maria Callier, March 2, 2007  ” Scientific American Article Names Researcher as One of Top 50 Technological Leaders”, http://www.afosr.af.mil/News/nr_2007_06_SAArticle. htm   (News outlets NewsBlaze, Commodity Chemicals News, March Air Reserve Base, Kirtland Air Force Base and U.S. Newswire have also announced this press release.)

Almanac, a news brief in the section on Honors and Other Things, about selection to the Scientific American 50 List of leaders in science and technology,  news brief entitled “Dr. Engheta: Scientific American 50″, January 16, 2007, http://www.upenn.edu/almanac

Daily Pennsylvanian, a news brief about selection to the Scientific American 50 List of leaders in science and technology,  news brief by Mara Gordon, “’SEAS Prof. named a top-fifty scientist”, December 5, 2006, http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com

University of Pennsylvania Office of University Communications Press Release about selection to 2006 Scientific American 50 List of Leaders in Science and Technology.  Article by Greg Lester, December 4, 2006  ” University of Pennsylvania’s Nader Engheta Named One of the “2006 Scientific American 50”, http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=105 9

Scientific American, about selection to 2006 Scientific American 50 List of Leaders in Science and Technology.  Description of our work by George Musser, December 2006, http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=CA41CF93-E7F2-99DF- 332D036FA997032C&pageNumber=4&catID=9

Daily Pennsylvanian, In the section entitled “Perspective” featured under the “Nanotechnology Pie” article by Uri Friedman, page 5 November 14, 2006, http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com

Photonics Spectra, Article by Hank Hogan, entitled “Stepping out of the Shadows Using Polarized Light,” October 2006, about out research on bio- inspired polarization imaging for detection of objects in shadows. http://www.photonics.com/content/spectra/2006/Octo ber/tech/84505.aspx

Daily Pennsylvanian, a story on the work on one of my graduate students, Brian Edwards, on electric tweezers, Article by Leanne Ta, “’Electric tweezers’ make tiny moves easy”, September 11, 2006, http://media.www.dailypennsylvanian.com/media/storage/paper882/news/2006/09/11/News/electric.Twee zers.Make.Tiny.Moves.Easy-2265237.shtml

University of Pennsylvania Office of University Communications Press Release about the work of one  of my graduate students, Brian Edwards, in my group on electric tweezers.  Article by Greg Lester, August 18, 2006  ” University of Pennsylvania Student Creates Electric Tweezers; Now Everyone Can Have a Desktop Lab”, http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=992

The Pennsylvania GAZETTE, Article by Jennifer Nath C’08, entitled “Metamaterials to Marvel Over” about our research on metamaterials, July-August 2006, page 29.

Quoted in the Science News Article by Peter Weiss entitled “Out of Sight:  Physicists get serious about invisibility shields” week of July 15, 2006, Vol 170, No. 3, p. 42, http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060715/bob9.a sp.

Quoted in CNN.com, MSNBC, and NBC10.com, about the various cloaking proposals, and the Science News Article by Adrian Cho  http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/05/25/invisibility.clo ak.ap/index.html, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12961080/, http://www.nbc10.com/news/9273555/detail.html, May 25, 2006.

Optics and Photonics News (OPN), monthly magazine of Optical Society of America.  Article by Patricia Daukantas, Senior Writer/Editor, entitled “Lumped Circuit Elements for Optical Frequencies,” Vol. 17, No. 6, p. 9, 2006, about out research on lumped optical elements. http://www.osa- opn.org/abstract.cfm?URI=OPN-17-6-8

Physics News Update, Bulletin of Physics News of American Institute of Physics (AIP).  Part of this press conference highlights our work on nanocircuit elements at optical frequencies, Article by Phil Schewe and Ben Stein, Number 770 # 1, March 23, 2006 “Two-Dimensional Light”, http://www.aip.org/pnu/2006/split/770-1.html .

Fall 2005 Penn Engineering Alumni Magazine, Article by Jessica Stein Diamond entitled “Discovering Scientific Gold in Metamaterials” about our research on metamaterials.

Science Daily about our idea of nanocircuit elements at optical frequencies,  September 28, 2005  “Penn Theorists to Create Optical Circuit Elements “,  http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/09/050928081542.htm

Nanotechnology News about our work on concept of nanocircuit elements at optical frequencies,  September 28, 2005  ” A Beam of Light on a Path of Gold to a Miniaturized World: Penn Theorists to Create Optical Circuit Elements “,  http://www.nanotech- now.com/news.cgi?story_id=11730

CCNmag.com news about our work on concept of nanocircuit elements at optical frequencies,  September 28, 2005  ” A Beam of Light on a Path of Gold to a Miniaturized World “