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Raj Mittra

Raj Mittra is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Raj Mittra rather than just read about it. In short: Raj Mittra (born 1 July 1932) is an Indian-born electrical engineer and academic. He is currently a professor of electrical engineering at University of Central Florida.

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Reference excerpt

Raj Mittra (born 1 July 1932) is an Indian-born electrical engineer and academic. He is currently a professor of electrical engineering at University of Central Florida. Previously, he was a faculty member at University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and Pennsylvania State University, where he was the director of the Electromagnetic Communication Laboratory of the Electrical Engineering department. His specialities include computational electromagnetics and communication antenna design.

Biography Mittra was born on the 1st July 1932, in India. In 1950, he graduated from Agra College, Uttar Pradesh, with a Bachelor of Science in physics, followed by a Master of Science in radio physics received in 1953 from the University of Calcutta in Kolkata, India and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 1957 from the University of Toronto in Canada.

Professional career In 1957, Mittra became a visiting assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois. In 1961 he was promoted to associate professor, and in 1966 to full professor. At this time he also became the associate director of the Electromagnetics Laboratory. In 1984, he was named the director of its Electromagnetic Communication Laboratory, and continued to work at the University of Illinois until he retired in 1996. After a short retirement, later in 1996 Mittra took a professor position at Penn State in the Electrical Engineering Department. He founded and was appointed as the director of its Electromagnetic Communication Laboratory. He still holds these positions in 2013. In 2015, he moved to Orlando, Florida and became a professor at University of Central Florida. He served a one-year term as president of the IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) from 1976 to 1977. He became president of RM Associates, a consulting firm, in 1980 and remains so in 2013. He was elected to the board of directors of the Electromagnetics Society in 1978. He was the editor for the Transactions Antennas and Propagation Society from 1980 to 1983 and International Journal of Electronics and Communications from 1975 to 2001.

Research and publications Mittra's research interests include communication antenna design, computational electromagnetics, electromagnetic modeling and simulation of electronic packages, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) analysis, and radio scattering.

Books authored or co-authored R. Mittra, and S. W. Lee, Analytical Techniques in the Theory of Guided Waves, McMillan and Company, 1971. D. Bouche, F. Molinet, and R. Mittra, Asymptotic Methods in Electromagnetics, Springer-Verlag, 1997. A. F. Peterson, S. L. Ray, and R. Mittra, Computational Methods for Electromagnetics, The IEEE/OUP Series on Electromagnetic Wave Theory and Oxford University Press, 1997. Wenhua Yu and Raj Mittra, CFDTD: Conformal Finite-Difference Time-Domain Maxwell's Equations Solver, Software and User's Guide, Artech House Publisher, 2004. Yinchao Chen, Qunsheng Cao, Raj Mittra, Multiresolution Time Domain Scheme for Electromagnetic Engineering, A John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publication, January 2005. Wenhua Yu, Raj Mittra, Tao Su, Yongjun Liu and Xiaoling Yang, Parallel Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method," Artech House Publisher, July 2006.

Books edited or co-edited R. Mittra, Numerical and Asymptotic Techniques for Electromagnetics, Springer-Verlag, 1975. R. Mittra, and H. L. Maanders, "Spectral theory of diffraction," Modern Topics in Electromagnetics and Antennas, Peter Peregrines Ltd., New York, 1977. R. Mittra, W. A. Imbriale, and E. J. Maanders, Satellite Communication Antenna Technology, North-Holland, 1983. R. Mittra, Computer Techniques for Electromagnetics, Pergamon Press, 1973. Revised, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, 1987. A. Guran, R. Mittra, and P. J Moser, Eds., Electromagnetic Wave Interactions With a foreword by Hans A. Bethe, World Scientific, New Jersey, 1996. Douglas H. Werner and Raj Mittra, Frontiers in Electromagnetics, IEEE Press, 1999.

Awards He has received the following awards:

IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal – 2011 IEEE Electromagnetics Award – 2006 AP-S Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Award – 2004 IEEE/AP-S Distinguished Achievement Award – 2002 IEEE Millennium medal – 2000 IEEE Centennial Medal – 1984

References

External links Publications http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Raj_Mittra/ http://www.lapconf.co.uk/guest-speakers http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/elektrik/issues/elk-08-16-1/elk-16-1-1-0802-8.pdf https://news.psu.edu/story/584498/2019/08/21/administration/former-faculty-member-and-spouse-commit-4-million-electrical https://www.ece.ucf.edu/raj-mittra-receives-usnc-ursi-distinguished-radio-science-award/

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Raj Mittra

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Raj Mittra claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Raj Mittra before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Raj Mittra ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Raj Mittra

In research: Raj Mittra appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Raj Mittra in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Raj Mittra is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1932 births, 20th-century Indian scholars, American academics of Indian descent, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Raj Mittra outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Raj Mittra in simple terms?

Raj Mittra (born 1 July 1932) is an Indian-born electrical engineer and academic. He is currently a professor of electrical engineering at University of Central Florida.

Why does Raj Mittra matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Raj Mittra?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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